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True. I guess I was hoping that the show wouldn't make me dislike him as much as I did in DwD.

I kinda thought that was the whole point of the category - famous authors who used their middle names - so I didn't have a problem with it. ymmv, of course

Doesn't mean that she isn't miscast in the role, though. To me, she's coming across as too modern in the trailers, although I didn't have that problem with her in Bleak House so I'm willing to wait and see. I thought Paloma Baeza was miscast in the tv version, but Nathaniel Parker, Nigel Terry and Jonathan Firth more than made up for that. (Never have seen the original film version, but Julie Christie was certainly stunning in her prime.)

Are you from Maryland, White Stumbler? I know it's our state sport, but could be others' as well.

She was relating a story about Princess Mary's birth, in winter when no flowers were in bloom, and how Henry gave her roses made out of white silk as a celebration. It was meant to illustrate her belief that he had loved her once.

In my book, this rates burning at the stake. Both because I hate going with such a modern look in a period house and because I just hate stainless steel appliances in general.

My question about that one is: wouldn't these women have met this child at least once prior to deciding to adopt her? You know, to see if they're all compatible. I know what the ad's trying to do, and that's fine, but it just bugs me to see them apparently meet the child for the first time and announce "we're your new mommies". Yeah, I know, I'm overthinking it.

I thought "feathered", "birds", "Audobon". Wasn't sure if it was old enough but that's what I went with. As for "The Good Earth" clue, I saw part of the movie years ago, and know that Pearl S. Buck wrote the book, and that's it. I wouldn't know the characters' names if my life depended on it. And I didn't get Stevie Wonder, but then, I not particularly a fan of his, and had no idea that he and Tony Bennett did a duet. (Not really a fan of Bennett either.) I've heard the name, but wouldn't have known his work by sight. And after seeing that example, I'm just as glad. I hate modern art.

For the love of god, get rid of that mustache!!!!!!! Otherwise, the new champion was certainly impressive. I knew it, and yet I couldn't pull it out of my brain in time. At least Greg's answer was actually by Fitzgerald; all I could come up with was "The Other Side of Midnight", most definitely NOT by Fitzgerald. Although a much more entertaining read. I hate modern art, so the last two clues were a bust for me. Although I did get O'Keefe, because, as you say, if they're looking for a female American artist, it's usually O'Keefe, and Warhol and Picasso seemed obvious.

In America, our class system is more money-based, but otherwise, yeah, for the most part Americans are still class-obsessed. No, they're held up as being somehow better than the rest of us by virtue of having an undogly amount of money, for doing absolutely nothing of worth. By the media, at least.

Given that both the actress and the character came over from Private Practice, this is actually true.

IDK, he did exactly what I wanted to do: make Tyrion shut the hell up. The farther we get into the story, the less I like Tyrion. I can't believe that one of my favorite characters on the show is rapidly becoming one of my least favorite. Though at least we aren't getting him moaning about where whores go, so that's something.

She had something like 8000 Unsullied originally, so I doubt she's lost all of her army, but street-to-street fighting wouldn't seem to be their forte. Yeah, she needs her dragons.

I got it correct, but the friend who was watching with me said Frommers.

Argh! I was ten minutes late getting the show turned on and missed the Bounty category! Which I would've run. But I did get the FJ correct (a complete surprise since political categories suck for me), although I did some hemming and hawing over whether or not Mondale was still alive.

I've been to the Meyerhoff in Baltimore. It's a wonderful venue, acoustically much better than some huge arena. But still, not like the blockbuster tours of yore.

People in desert areas have been eating camels for centuries. Camel is actual pretty common in Middle Eastern and North African cuisine. According to contestants on one Amazing Race, where they had to cook and eat ground camel, it tastes like very high quality, slightly fattier ground beef. (That episode sort of made me want to try camel someday.) But yeah, the goat jaw thing and the unlaid eggs quicked me out. I mean, I eat chicken and eggs, and I've tried goat, but that doesn't mean I want to see teeth and eyes and such. (You can call me a hypocrite if you like - I'll cop to that.)

I had sympathy for Tom because he was really between a rock and a hard place with the situation, I'd have been with you about the book club consensus though. I'm not sure I particularly liked Hannah as a character, but she had every right to feel as she did.

I had to change the channel during Harry's performance. I'll confess that I've never liked him as a performer. I've always thought that, at best, he's a poor man's Frank Sinatra, and at worst, he's smooth jazz on Lite FM (for which I've already expressed my disdain). I can listen to Sinatra any time I want; I don't need Harry.

Well, as many of us predicted, Rayvon the cockroach took out Tyanna. Although, I have to say, based on her performance last night, I'm not too angry 'cause that wasn't good. Of course, that song (and I use the term loosely) is not a singer's song at all. Specifics, in order of appearance: Round One Nick - That was really, really good. Matchbox 20 was a good fit for his voice, and he finally seemed comfortable on stage. Clark - Living for the City was okay. I like it when he gets bluesy, but the range wasn't good for him; he strained for those high notes. It had energy, though. Jax - I could the vocal strain, and thought some of the pitch was off, but this was on the good end of Jax's multiple personalities. I thought it was alright. Rayvon - Of course he took a mid-tempo song full of emotional pain and turned it into a drab, over-orchestrated, over-elaborate, over-done, emotionless ballad. Vocally, it sounded nice, but it was like extra-strength Ambien. Round Two Nick - That song choice was inspired. It suited his voice and really allowed him to connect with the audience. There was a whole lot of emotion there. Nick has definitely chosen the right time to hit his groove. Jax - I heard vocal strain here as well, but she connected with that song and managed to express the emotion of it without going over the top. I like this Jax; why do I have to put up with that other one so often? Rayvon - Even though I wasn't a fan of the song, this was by far his best performance. You could hear the emotion coming through every line, and for once, he didn't over-stylize it. It was pure and sweet, and I could finally see what the judges must have seen in him at the beginning. Clark - I didn't hear most of this song, didn't even recognize it (Googling tells me it was "Your Man" by Josh Turner - really? Didn't sound like that at all at the end.) but what I heard sounded like smooth jazz on some Light FM station. Which I hate. I don't think it'll get him cut at this point because his fan base will keep him in, but if I had to judge by this one performance, I'd really wonder what the hell the judges were thinking when they chose him for the finals. My pick for top three, based on their performances over the course of the season: Nick, Clark, Jax. But I wouldn't count out Rayvon. I'm sure he'll manage to take down a seeming sure thing next week, too.

I was so confused by the wording of the clue that I couldn't come up with anything at all. So did I. And I love opera, but just never knew it was the plural of "opus". Jeopardy, it's so educational. I drink kahlua. I adore kahlua mudslides. I love kahlua so much, I put it in hot chocolate in the winter. Yum. So imagine how stupid I felt when the word that came out of my mouth for that clue was "sambuca". Even though my mind knew it was wrong, and knew full well that sambuca is Italian, not Mexican, that's what I said, although I did immediately correct it. Ugh. I completely mis-read that clue, and was trying to come up with some cape along the Equator. I'll show myself out now.

With Juve winning it all. That's the only result that doesn't make me want to vomit.

I haven't seen the ad, so I don't know if it's refering to something college-specific (or maybe it's implying that they'll have problems getting jobs after college), but it's pretty much guaranteed that everyone will have some sort of problem at some point in their adult lives, probably many, many times before they die. Doesn't mean it isn't a stupid word, though.

That probably explains why it sucks now. (Said as someone who's been watching BBC America for more than a decade now.) It used to run a variety of British dramas, comedies, and reality-type shows, and the variety is what made it good. If you didn't like the Office, they had several other comedies to watch; same goes for their dramas, home-and-garden shows, food-related shows, etc. Now it's all re-runs of Top Gear (which I love, but not over and over and over), Gordon Ramsay's American show, and ST:NG. There are times when I long for re-runs of Footballers' Wives, ffs! (Although admittedly that show was fun in a totally cheesy way.)

I'd much rather have seen Hannah stay, but since I only watch sporadically, this doesn't really matter all that much. Do hope that douchebag Adam doesn't have this season's winner.