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My regular extra-moisturizing hand cream is the shea butter hand cream from L'Occitane en Provence (or, to be honest the relabeled stuff at Trader Joe's for $4.99 rather than $20+ for the same size). I've gotten cracked skin on the back of my hands a couple of times, and the Burt's hand salve healed them. It's a bit greasy going on and has a strongish scent, but absorbs in a couple of minutes and the scent dissipates.

I don't watch a ton of TV, and in recent years, TGW was literally the only CBS show I watched (and like a lot of us, by the final season I was hate-watching my way to the end). I haven't had cable for years, and there have been a few shows on basic cable channels that don't provide streaming access (like FX and AMC) that I was willing to buy a season of on Amazon or iTunes so I could watch as it aired (and then own). I would never buy a streaming service (especially at $10/month) for just one or two shows, even if they're high quality. And of course, we have no idea whether the spinoff will be on par with the first two seasons of TGW, or the last two.

Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys were both nominated for Golden Globes, though the show itself missed out on a Best TV Drama nom.

My skin tends to moderate dryness, but more so around the eyes and I find a lot of eye creams too light (perhaps since so many are oil free). Clinique All About Eyes Rich is an exception for me.

That site's a good resource. I was able to confirm through them that my favorite bra has sadly been discontinued. I've still got a few to wear (it was from Warner's, and I was always able to stock up easily through buy-2-get-1, sometimes even buy-2-get-2 sales at Macy's or online). Then I'll have to go bra shopping, which I dislike, to find a sub.

A sweet story about Victoria Yeates, who plays Sister Winifred, getting engaged while they were filming the Christmas special.

Sooo...Carrie is both wigging off her meds and brilliant: check. Carrie and Dar Adal are against each other: check. Saul can't square his loyalty to/belief in Carrie with whether he can trust her judgment: check. Phil Collins cover: ack. Homeland seasons 1–5: rinse and repeat. That's all I got from that minute of my time.

Hey, I was coming here to rave about Boy Brow as well! Superior to any gel I've tried. It's a pomade-like formula and the texture is very supple; it holds well but isn't stiff at all, and it's easy to apply. I've never used a brow product with color before, but the small brush keeps the color on the hair only if that's what you want, which I appreciate (I barely wear makeup compared to most of you, and my aesthetic is very natural). The Blonde shade works perfectly for me (dark blond/light brown brows). I don't know that it's a holy grail, but I'm liking Glossier's Stretch concealer, too. It's got a light, creamy and comfortable texture that blends easily into bare skin (important to me, as I don't wear foundation) and doesn't get cakey or crease and settle into fine lines under the eyes. It's not highly pigmented, but coverage is buildable.

CTM posted this in its Facebook feed today:

No one has mentioned the pies? Coincidental to this conversation: Waitress was turned into a musical, which has been running on Broadway since last summer.

The floral dress wasn't borrowed; she told Sister Mary Cynthia, "I brought the maternity dress from home" (i.e., Australia).

In the Guardian: The day we discovered our parents were Russian spies. The sons (then in high school and college) of the illegals arrested in 2010 who inspired The Americans, talk about what it was and is like to have their North American world upended à la Paige, but not quite. ETA: I now realize that this week-old article is old news for the more completist among us, though I just discovered it this morning (not, obviously, via these forums).

It's been years since I've used scents, though I do like to use lightly scented soaps and lotions, usually something citrusy (lemon verbena is a favorite). Occasionally I'll get something custom scented at a local shop, Body Time. I'm currently using a lotion from there scented with neroli and grapefruit oils, a nice citrus-floral blend.

Per the show's usual MO, they based the subjects of this case on real folks, namely the photographer Sally Mann, who photographed her children. A New York Times magazine article explored the issues years ago, and last spring the NYT published an essay by Mann discussing her perspective and how public perceptions affected her family.

No, a forum or comments moderator removing your post is not a violation of your First Amendment right to free speech.

Nope.

I had never seen Jenny Agutter in anything before Call the Midwife, but I've just been watching the first couple of seasons of MI5, and it's fun to see her play a character that ranges through the darker end of the gray scale.

This. As someone intimately familiar with the city and metro area the show was set in, I actually preferred when I could forget it was supposed to be taking place in Berkeley. Of course it doesn't look like the actual place, and one can't expect an LA-based show to do so, especially in exteriors (lots too big with too much space between houses - even large houses in the hills are pretty cheek-by-jowl so nothing like Zeek and Camille's property - sidewalks too wide and new, etc.). But what really got me was the show not even trying to reflect the place it was supposedly set, for instance, when everyone got concern-faced and "Is it safe?!11!" when Amber found her apartment in Oakland, as if Oakland were one big danger zone, or when Max referred to a freeway as "the" 280 (using "the" with route numbers is a So Cal convention, not used in Nor Cal). It would take so little effort to get simple stuff like that right and make it less generic.

Here's what I think is a smart critical take on the show.

Josh Charles was really stellar in Season 5. His winning would probably constitute a major upset, given the other nominees in the category. Not that that would be a bad thing.

I've rewatched the first two seasons and found them to be just as compelling and binge-watchable as they were the first time around (I did see the first season on DVD, while DVRing the second, and my ex and I lost plenty of sleep marathoning). I don't need to see the rest again, but the energy (and constant cliffhangers) of S1 and 2 will draw me back in. Among other things, I think the later seasons suffered from both the writers not actually knowing where they were taking the Rambaldi mythology, and J.J. Abrams's attention turning first to Lost, then movies.

I recently saw a trailer for The Grand Seduction, in which Taylor Kitsch stars as a doctor that a small down-at-heels Canadian town is trying to lure so they can land a factory deal. Sort of a folksy comedy with a bit of rom-com thrown in, I guess. I almost didn't recognize him clean cut with short hair, and with the Canadian accent he had to tame to play Riggins. Trailer here.

Eric and Tami Taylor own this thread for me, but I also was a Matt and Julie fan when she wasn't being dumb. Will and Helen, and Luke and Grace on Joan of Arcadia. Sydney and Vaughn. This.