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Art Parkinson has grown quite a bit...he was in last year's Dwayne Johnson film, "San Andreas." http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/media/images/83356000/jpg/_83356641_sanandreas3.jpg

Al, to Mrs. Garrett: "I like that fucking black Darjeeling."

Love the pet vs. pills stories. My beloved old Labrador had epilepsy from age 5 until his death at age 14. He had to take phenobarbital and potassium bromide for his seizures. This regimen kept him seizure-free for 9 years. I placed the phenobarbital pill in a chunk of bagel, and squirted the liquid KBr on top. He gobbled it down with no problem :) Fortunately both of the dogs I have now are natural born gobblers, and giving them pills is easy. Not so much for my cat, although Pill Pockets do work if I squish them around the pill first. I give my pups apple and carrot chunks - they like healthy snacks much more then their person does LOL. Here is a list of fruits and vegetables that are toxic to dogs - look out for those apple seeds: http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/5-fruits-and-veggies-that-are-toxic-to-your-dog/

Video from an Ohio airport...on their way to the music festival: http://www.tmz.com/2015/06/20/jill-jessa-duggar-derick-dillard-josh-alive-festival-19-kids-and-counting/?adid=hero1

I lasted about 20 minutes - until I realized my angry commentary was disturbing my dog's nap. Grabbed the remote and sent those sanctimonious boxes of hair into electronic oblivion. Jim Bob and Michelle clearly live on their own planet (more like a dumbass-teroid). A backward, soulless place where 1 is greater than 5.

They will be the cover story in the next issue of People: "The Duggars' Dark Secrets" Video clip: http://www.people.com/people/videos/0,,20926233,00.html

Some new Josh Duggar articles, from the "No Longer Quivering" site: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/nolongerquivering/2015/05/dear-victims-of-josh-duggar/

RE: The scene with Aemon's body on the funeral pyre...I wondered if his body would burn. I guess he was like Viserys - a flammable Targaryen.

Agreed. I have already read a few articles, quoting psychologists who state Josh's actions constitute learned behavior. Storms of scrutiny will rain down on the Duggar family. Tip of the iceberg, etc. OK I'm done with the weather metaphors LOL.

Excerpt from story linked below: Connected industry sources tell TMZ, TLC is considering a number of options, weighing the pros and cons. One is to cancel the show outright, the other is to just go full steam ahead, but there is real talk about continuing without Josh. Our sources say there's a strong sense axing Josh would not materially hurt the show. We're told TLC has done research and it shows the daughters have become the driving force. The weddings of Jill and Jessa were ratings successes, as was the birth of Jill's baby. http://www.tmz.com/2015/05/23/19-kids-and-counting-josh-duggar-molestation-scandal-tlc-jill-jessa/

The scenes with Jaime and Bronn sneaking through the Water Gardens reminded me of an old Bob Hope/Bing Crosby movie, Road To Morocco:

Show has a pattern of making noble, lovable characters appear even more noble and lovable - right before killing them. Therefore when I saw Ser Barristan engage the Sons of the Harpy, I knew he was toast. By the same pattern, I am quite scared for sweet, brave Shireen...I believe Stannis is done for as well. I thoroughly enjoyed their scene together, although I got the chills hearing about Greyscale Barbie.

Now that Derick has chugged the Kool-Aid and gone to the Duggars, I think I'll call him Duh-wreck.

Did anyone else catch Derick's irritation when James was filming him? Ben may not be the brightest crayon in the box, but he always appears to be kind to the children, and enjoys their company.

That wedding march sounded like a dirge preceding a plague wagon - "Bring out your dead!"