janeyjay

Hey, we here in Rays-ville will take it. I'm with you on the cheating cheater Astros and, natch, the Red Sox. Tonight I'm looking forward to a good NL wild card game and to heckling Joe West one last time.

Part of me is thrilled about this and part of me is sad because hating on him has become a bit of sport for me. But then I was reminded that we'll always have Angel Hernandez.

I am very very very angry about this prospect and my fellow Rays fans and I pretty much hate our owner. Frankly, I wish he'd sell the team and go the @#*^% away. A sign touting the Montreal situation was going to be up in the Trop during the playoffs and public outcry was so intense, with the majority of voices vehemently opposed to this that the front office backed down. No sign. While I'm no longer a season ticket holder, I go to a good number of games a year and that nonsense is just a slap in the face to franchise-long supporters like myself and my family. I could give a whole TED talk about this, but I'll stop now.

Much, much respect to the Blue Jays from this long-time-lurker-first-time-poster Rays fan. While I think whoever we meet in the ALDS will play tough, the Jays are the only team that I didn't want to face. I'm a big Charlie Montoya fan and he's done a heck of a job with the team -- Jays will be a force for a while. And now this lone little franchise-long Rays aficionado will go back to lurking.

I'm watching! And I'm a little addicted. It's miles better than the US version. I'm behind and trying not to be spoiled but it's hard. But it's a perfect summer binge because it's so so frothy and delicious.

I've seen him in several shows in NYC, including Dear Evan Hansen and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. He's a damn good song and dance man in addition to being a good actor.

While watching, I kept expecting Lucinda to come around the corner. Or better yet -- Dr. Bob Hughes with an ax to grind.

Same. I teared up a little when I saw him because ever after all this time I STILL miss ATWT. I half expected to see Lucinda come around the corner. Loved seeing André De Shields and Stephen Spinella as part of the HIV storyline. As out gay men who were young men during the '80s AIDS crisis, I can only imagine how emotional it must have been for them.

Agree agree agree. I'm a full-on RPDR fan, but this installment is one of my favorites of all the iterations. I laughed, I cried -- it was better than Cats.

My DVR cut off before the end -- I know that Ginny got the job offer, but what else did I miss? And yes -- I want a second season as well. This show has charm to spare. Plus Bradley Whitford.

I've been watching the marathon on/off all day. Not sure how I missed watching this on the regular when it was first aired -- but I'm really enjoying it now. LOTS of legitimate laughs.

I was just thinking the same thing. I'd be happy with an hour each week at Ponderosa, and just clips of what's happening back in the game.

It looked to me like he left his pilot's hat on too long and took it off right before hitting the stage. #hathead

They are on Twitter. En masse. I often live tweet all the shows in this franchise and some of my snarkier comments are blasted by the die-hard fans. They also have Twitter handles like mrsbieber and givemearose, which seems appropriate.

The gents on Love Island UK are very affectionate with one another and no one blinks an eye. In fact, one of my favorite pairs ever were part of a bromance (Kem and Chris, Love Island UK season 3.) They did some weird shit that I won't mention but it came across as genuine and hilarious.

After thinking about this, I smell producer hijinks here. Keeping Cash is obviously better for the DRAMA than mild-mannered Winston. PS: I hate that I think about this show when it's not actually on.

@fishcakes I like that scenario you laid out. Katrina is my favorite of the girls (she's almost too good/mature for this nonsense show) and for some weird reason, I think she and Winston would make a not-horrible couple.

The right people did leave -- neither George nor Marli made a big impression, save for Marli/Winston. Although I have hopes he will couple up with Katrina, since it looks like old Weston's going to mosey on over to Kelsey. And Big Brother syndrome avoided thank goodness. Much better look.

The "I GOT A TEXT" announcement is part of the Love Island Handbook, as it's done on the UK version as well. I look at it like Tim Gunn's "gather round" thing on Project Runway -- a bit annoying but part of the package and a means to share info/push the narrative.

Dear Yamen, You are not our boy, regardless of what you say. Please stop referring to yourself as such, effective immediately. Thank you, America

A Katrina/Winston coupling sounds interesting -- I too really like her, but she seems almost too mature for this group of boys. She and Winston might actually "vibe," as the kids say. And while I really enjoy the music chosen for the show, that cover of The Police's "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" was terrible. Although with The Police being my favorite band of all time, I might be a wee tad biased.

I'm very distracted by Aissata's (?) wig front. It seems askew. Hopefully this is not the most interesting thing about her.

I've just finished binging a couple of seasons of Love Island UK -- I got totally sucked in, mostly because I think the English accents made the fluff seem more highbrow. And the UK announcer is absolutely hilarious -- like have to stop the DVR because I'm laughing so hard hilarious. I think that part of this franchise's charm is that it doesn't take itself too seriously and that production is in on the joke, so to speak, with the audience.

That scene with Kate singing to Jack was an exact reenactment of me singing to my 25-week NICU kiddo. I never ever sang verse two, and even changed the words to verse one to end with "You bring sunshine every day" rather than "Please don't take my sunshine away" because even that was a little too painful. And I agree with Kate moving around way too jauntily for someone who'd just had an emergency c-section. I delivered my kiddo without need for surgery and I was even moving more slowly than that. The conversation with Toby and Gavin (?) was realistic. Those dark thoughts do cross your mind, horrible as it may seem. It's normal and perhaps part of the NICU Parent survival instinct during a time when nothing is normal or familiar.

They are indeed in the same conference -- the Southeastern Conference -- albeit in different divisions (Alabama is in the SEC West, Kentucky is in the SEC East.) And this was much like football, with Alabama winning. Had Sara won, then it would have been akin to basketball.