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For what it's worth, here's my theories: When people pronounce it with the stress the first syllable of the word FEN-ta-nil, the vowel of the final unstressed vowel drops off to a schwa /ə/ for it comes out like FEN-ta-nəl Or, more likely, because it's an unfamiliar word for a drug, I think there's also probably some sort of analogy with other drugs like alcohol or Tylenol and other drugs that end in -ol.

I think the key word is yet. AI is evolving fast (Just a look at midjourney for AI art and assume that the writing apps are evolving at similar pace), so I don't blame the writers and actors for trying to get ahead of it.

Like Bob Iger with his $200 million a year telling writers and actors they need to be "realistic." Fuck you, Bob! Exactly! That's part of the problem. There's so much money being thrown around on these things (see the latest Indiana Jones with it's $300 million budget) and the loss of DVD revenue has led to studios becoming very risk-averse. I'm sure lots of writers and actors want to do different things, but are shackled by the money-men and stick to the money-making formula. The studios force them to turn out shit and then they get blamed for the shit they're forced to turn out.

I remember years ago, when I went to Meteor Crater, the guide said the meteorite was flying fast enough to go from London to Seattle in 9 seconds. Which is why it was vaporized when it hit the ground. Don't forget the curtains around hospital beds. They can ensure complete privacy. Just once I would love a show to have the dramatic moment with a character missing and then we cut to the actor/actress just sitting behind the wheel screaming at people.

Are they just doing this to shoot a cruise-themed Hallmark movie?

And there's never a timing issue, like: "I'm taking you out to Paris! It's 7 AM now, so with the flight time and the different time zone, we need to leave right away to get there for dinner!"

I assumed that was because they got tired of doing all the household tasks in their Sunday dresses and pearls back in the 50's.

I got Tara Cole, which mostly fits I guess.

I've met people like that and they make the comments and if you try to ignore it they'll keep going with it, and if you protest they'll retreat to "I was just joking! Don't be so serious!" (As a man, I've encountered it as general bullying rather than sexual harassment, but still). I remember talking to a woman once and she told the advice from her father about dealing with gross comments: Just calmly respond with "I don't get it" and make them actually explain what they're saying.

Love's Greek To Me had some great scenery and it was kinda fun to watch Deanna Troi turn into Lwaxana Troi (TNG fans know what I mean) At least she didn't refer to her daughter as "Little One." The mentions of the myth of Psyche felt like it was written by someone who hadn't read the myth of Psyche (which also had its fair share of abuse) but this movie could have been interesting if it was Hallmark's take on the Labors of Psyche. But it always kind of gets me when Hallmark movies hit on much deeper themes and don't know what to do with them. Here we dealt with the difficulties of immigrants who must give up aspects of their identity to assimilate into the dominant culture. As well as the alienation of modern American life with the social atomization (did our female lead have any other personal connections other than her mother and her archaeologist friend who she had admitted to not having seen for like three years?) and the loss of cultural traditions. Not to mention the culture shock of suddenly being thrown into the deep end of Greek life. Our couple did have some rather serious communication problems, although in defense of both of them, some of these deep issues they would have had trouble conceptualizing let alone talking about. But as is usually the case with Hallmark, they just ignore these deep issues and keep going, like a lost hiker in the woods who determinedly trudges in the same direction, regardless of whether or not it's the best course of action. So that when we get to the Obligatory Hallmark Misunderstanding (when the fiance finds out about the job offer) it made him look pretty bad, or even abusive as @Maelstrom pointed out. However it ultimately doesn't matter, because we have a wedding to get to, so by Hera, we're going to see these two hitched!

Finally watched Love in Zion National and the scenery was incredible. As for the rest, I almost think it would have worked better as a mystery rather than a romance, especially since most of the romance was pretty much in the voice-over epilogue anyway. As someone who has lived in the desert southwest for many years there was just a lot I couldn't ignore: -Cindy Busby talks about how much she loves the desert sunrise when the sunlight was clearly early afternoon. -They head out for a six day hike with school backpacks?! My condolences to your families. -The villain loots an ancient site right in front of a park ranger! -I would think NAGPRA would stop the villain from taking the artifacts from the museum at all (or at least tie him up in court for a long time) -The Anasazi were more of an archaeological culture rather than a distinct nation. -The Anasazi disappeared around 1400 and the modern Hopi, Zuni and several other Indian nations claim descent from them. -Anasazi is generally considered an offensive term nowadays and has been replaced by Ancestral Puebloan. -The "spirit guide" (which was correctly referred to as a Kachina doll, once) is a cheap tourist trinket Navajo Kachina. And it appears to be an ogre Kachina, not exactly what I would want as a spirit guide.

I'm willing to bet he's in for a few surprises now.

The Mel Gibson gambit: "You've done awful things, but you made us a lot of money so we'll just forget about it." Guilty until proven rich.

I'm sure she already ordered a cake with a file in it to be sent to her cell.

Wow! That's truly horrible. But it explains a lot. I gave up on Lost around the end of the second season although I noticed the shift about midway through season 1. It kinda fits with the overall undercurrent of the show that there was a contempt for the characters and even the audience (I remember reading somewhere that if the audience guessed one of their mysteries right, they would change it). It annoyed me how vaunted that show was when things like the storylines mentioned in the article (usually minority and female) were just dropped and characters killed off when they were developing toward something interesting. Interesting about Cuse, a man of limited talent. I loved The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. back in the 90's but that show was all over the place in terms of its central overarching mystery (which changed weekly). I really hate the idea that seems to have taken hold: that genius is this rare wonderful thing that must be nurtured above all else, and if a few of the "little people" get hurt in the process, well, that's the price we have to pay to be so blessed. But the reality is, talent and genius are common, we just don't nurture them enough. Look how many talented writers went through the Lost writing rooms only to be chewed up and spit out. And how many others out there never got a chance? And I would also argue it wasn't Lindelof and Cuse that made that show a hit, it was the actors, writers and all the other crew that put in the work.

Yeah, I'm a bad Trekkie, lol. I heard the story that when Patrick Stewart was cast, they told him his character would drink a lot of tea. Patrick Stewart recommended Lapsang Souchong but the producers were afraid that no one would know what it was so they went with Earl Grey. It's a shame because Lapsong Souchong is a really good tea.

A fellow tea connoisseur! I've recently discovered some really good Chinese teas. Coffee I can take or leave, but I do love a cuppa, although I don't drink as much in the summer (because making iced tea is apparently too much work for me). People on TV only seem to drink Earl Grey. I don't know why, there's so many better teas out there, but no one seems to know about them.

English spelling is something else. Where everything just comes together to make it more confusing. Partly it reflects the way it was pronounced centuries ago. Tough was originally pronounced with a sound at the end similar to the /x/ sound in Scottish loch (And tough is still pronounced that way in Scots). Then you had grammarians who thought spelling should be more like Latin which is how we ended up with the /s/ in island (from insula) even though it was never pronounced there, and island is not derived from insula. And finally there is the fact that English has something like 12 vowel sounds but only 5 letters to write them with. Too many cooks I guess you could say.

This one I can forgive (and not just because I used to make it all the time) because it seems designed to trip us up. Here's my theory: I think we all remember, even if subconsciously, our First Grade spelling lessons about two vowels next to each other are "long" and one vowel is "short" (despite the fact that English has not had phonemic vowel length for centuries). Loose and Lose are pronounced the same (with actual long vowels) /luːs/ and /luːz/ with one key difference, the second consonant in Lose is voiced. So that long vowel in Lose blends into that voiced consonant making it seem longer than the vowel next to the unvoiced consonant in Loose, and that spelling rule kicks in and we end up getting them reversed.

While I can sympathize with him about hating being told how to do one's art, I think Dreyfuss is conflating a number of issues: Appearing in blackface: No. Just no. It's been made clear that this is offensive, and if that's the path he wants to go down, then he can expect the rest of us to treat him like the asshole he is. Portraying a Black man: Why? Everything else aside, wouldn't it just be easier to cast a black man? (Assuming it's not some science fiction movie where a white man is seen by everyone else as black or something) Portraying Othello: Nothing stopping him. Setting aside the ambiguous history of Othello's race, Shakespeare's plays (and the stage in general) offer all sorts avenues of experimentation, they did The Tempest with Prospero as a woman (Helen Mirren) and in the 90's there was a TV version King Lear as a Western (with Patrick Stewart) and even a reverse race casting of Othello again with Patrick Stewart as Othello and the rest of the cast was black.

I'll admit, I don't see it. His criticisms seem valid and even mild compared to others I've seen.

Watching the xenophobes freak out about asylum seekers is really something else. It takes a special kind of idiot who, after seeing decades spent making countries unlivable, can still be shocked that people don't want to live there. Biden is better than Trump, but like John said, that's a low bar. Biden has a record, he shouldn't be immune to criticism, and it would make him a stronger candidate if he would address it.

You mean like those women who don't just take their husbands' last name but their first ones as well? So she will always be Mrs. Michael Corinthos.

I still like my idea that Comet the Wonder Horse got his hooves on the Infinity Stones Ice Princess and the Cassidine weather machine and has been slowly altering the climate to create more grasslands. Barring that, someone should look into all the heavy metal contamination that has to be in the Port Charles water supply, explaining all the cancer and stupidity in that town. They have been trying to make the Alexis-as-Reporter story work for years now so...🤷‍♂️ Love the nickname, perfect fit for the Eldritch Abomination that is Carly (and easier than some combination of Carly and Cthulhu) (It especially annoys me the confused look on Carly's face when ever anyone mentions an altruistic motive for their actions)

Finally got around to watching this one. The Princess of Stock Footage Castle was... Actually that sort of sums it up. I especially loved: "We should bed down here for the night," even though the shadows said it was clearly midday. And she can put a dagger in a wood burning brazier and within moments it's red hot? At least there was the Princess Bride callbacks: "As you wish" And the other guy was a guest too, and so his fantasy involved getting tortured and maimed? OK. You people need to specify more. I would have liked it better if the lady-in-waiting was actually the other guest and her fantasy was to lay around and do nothing and still save the day. And just a final thought, if you can get knocked off your Life Path by one jerk boss, maybe it wasn't really your Life Path to begin with. As for Ruby and Isla. Zzzzzzzzz. Isla, who is a mermaid (called it!) So at least now we can have boring lesbian love stories just like boring straight love stories. That was my favorite scene by far. This is the Circe-esque Elena Roake I want to see.