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Only in the sense of "anyone but me". But Sunday had zero chance of winning, and Adam does still have a chance. Or at least did. Not taking out David when he had a chance may very well bite him in the butt.

Me, too! Weird, I was certain I hated him. And that pisses me off. You lost. Be graceful about it.

Nope. Not just you. Although Jay choking up really made me like him more than I ever did before.

Hannah's an idiot and so is everyone that voted with her. For example, how did that help Adam?

Exactly!

Re: the cough that just won't go away. There are some respiratory viruses like RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) that cause edema and swelling in the airways. It causes that exact same hacking cough that hangs on for weeks. I work in a children's hospital as a respiratory therapist, and that thing is EVERYWHERE right now. With children, it's much more dangerous because their airways are teeny anyway, and if you add swelling and fluid... they literally can't breathe. A fair amount still get intubated and placed on ventilators until the swelling subsides, but a lot are being saved that experience by a heated (body temp), humidified, very high flow nasal cannula that uses the pressure of the flow to literally hold their airways open. And to repeat what you've all been told - it's viral, treated symptomatically and takes a few weeks to get back to close to normal. Sorry, guys.

I'm lucky to live near a most excellent, old-fashioned butcher shop. Definitely pricier than the grocery story, but the meat is fresh and local and tastes SO much better!

I just learned something! Thanks, LH!

What? Surely not.

Sounds great. Have you noticed a spike in the electric bill when using them?

Re: Sofia and those Head & Shoulders commercials. The first, she's ragging on the son about scratching his head, and she kind of lunges at him and yells, "I know!" Never made a lick of sense to me until I happened to see it on CC and realized she was saying, "Ay! No!"

Which reminds me of the time I flipped on the bathroom light one morning to find just a cricket leg. My rant at the girls was epic. "If you're going to play with it, kill it! If you're going to kill it, eat it! If you're going to eat it, eat ALL of it! I don't do carcasses!" When I relayed that story one Christmas, my youngest niece nearly died laughing and immediately tweeted it as words of wisdom from her aunt. Sans context, just for fun. The smart-assery is strong in my family.

I have a cat that ferret-lopes, the weirdo. :)

I work 12 hour shifts in a hospital, and the shoes come off first so I don't track anything in. Then everything comes off and I hit the shower. That gives my hair time to dry before bed. I can't imagine not showering before bed. I'd feel filthy after being in a hospital all day. Then I lay out clothes for the next morning, because my brain doesn't work so well in the morning. :) I have short hair, so I don't have to shower again in the morning if I'm running late. And I usually am, because my brain doesn't work so well in the morning. I wear the same thing every work day - Scrubs; which, btw? Closest you can get to working in pajamas. But if I didn't lay out my clothes the night before, I'd be standing in front of the closet, trying to figure out what I was doing. Because... yeah, you get it.

I highly doubt it. I wonder how they pick who votes first.

But he'll be back... Too soon?

Whoopsie, looks like he does! Or at least did. Maybe that's why he's so adamant about it now.

Oh, c'mon, he died 5 seasons ago!

How about saying "Ha-HAH!" in that specific sing-song Nelson sort of way. Go, Buffy!

Hopefully, we haven't jinxed him talking about him here.

"Dog!" All chime in as they ferret-lope away: "dog, dog, dog, dog"

Ooh, homemade noodles are the best!

That's Drogo, a damn gorgeous man on Game of Thrones (even if he is dead, damn it).

My sister once put the tree and presents in the baby's playpen... That might work! (just kidding) I try to cat-proof the tree and let it go. No glass ornaments, absolutely NO cellophane tinsel, as that can cause intestinal blockage/strangulation - I use the old-fashioned Victorian tinsel available from the Vermont Country Store. I put some cloth ornaments underneath for them to bat off and play with and just put them back on every day - cloth loops, I don't want them chewing on ornament hooks anymore than I'd let them play with fish hooks. I have a quilted tree skirt that they lay on and look up at the lights and bat at the safe ornaments. Presents? Can't help you with that one. I live alone and all my presents are at other people's houses. :)

Well, I guess that told you everything you needed to know about her...