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They were hilarious. Janney was Ginger, and the other one was Donna. I love when Alex, Fletcher, Nick, and Mindy are having the dinner from hell, and the maids tell Alan-Michael ("the dark prince" who was their favorite Spaulding) he simply must go in there. He does, entertaining the hell out of himself, and ultimately declaring he's going to move back in. I loved Ginger and Jenna together, too. I tried to find the dream sequence with Jenna as a Fifth Street waitress serving Donna and Ginger, but could only find it as a couple of brief video-only clips in this: IIRC, Buzz's return was all tied up in that storyline, too. He was using a fake identity - Rex Mancini? - but she couldn't out him because he'd seen her taking the pillow out from under her shirt, so they had a mutual blackmail society going on. I had no idea that was taking up space in my brain until you asked.

I just checked the archive since I'll be watching football tonight; thankfully, I either didn't need to see the photos or seeing them wouldn't have helped, so it wasn't an issue. The contestant who missed out on the tie by just one dollar must be pretty frustrated, but hopefully also had a great time. I missed all but one novel, but otherwise did well in the first round, only missing two others (I joined the contestants in being stumped by the sweep second hand clue, and missed St. Peter). In DJ, though, I didn't run a single category. I missed three each in famous names and composers, and one each in the rest. It took longer than it should have for FJ to spring to mind, but it finally did.

Same here. I had an Oscar stuffed animal; I loved the little green grouch.

She was a troublemaking teen - complete with a boyfriend named Elvis - who got shipped off to Springfield to live with Maureen (her aunt) and Ed. She slept with Hart (who was dating Julie) once, he took off after Julie broke up with him, and Bridget found out she was pregnant. She didn't want to tell her family. I don't remember how, but Nadine found out. Nadine was desperately trying to hold onto Billy (who was still in love with Vanessa), so she pretended she was pregnant and offered Bridget money to hide in their attic (telling Ed and Maureen she was doing some school thing in Appalachia, with limited phone access) until the baby was born, and then Nadine would pass him off as hers. Maureen died while Bridget was very pregnant, so she got to talk to Ed on the phone, but not "come home". At some point after Peter was born, Vanessa got Bridget to confess the whole scheme. Billy divorced Nadine and got back together with Vanessa. Then there was a custody battle, between Vanessa and Billy, Bridget, and Roger (Hart was still nowhere to be found). I think Bridget got custody. Or she and Vanessa shared? I don't remember. Bridget had a great friendship with Kat, and was also friends with David. At some point, she dated Dylan. By then, she was running the Reardon boarding house. I don't know what happened after that, as I quit watching in the mid-90s.

I don't think I've ever seen any of them in anything, so my Chris UO is I rarely know which one is which: Pratt: Goes to a sketchy church, posted something weird about his wife and kid recently, and (along with Anna Faris) dumped two pets Evans: Helps women to the stage at award shows, accidentally shared a dick pic with the world Hemsworth: ??? Pine: ??? If you showed me a photo line-up of the four and ask to me to ID them, I think I could pick out Evans. But that's it.

I had to look it up to see if I'd ever heard it (I didn't see the movie, but thought I might have come across it on radio), and I didn't recognize it. It was okay, but I wasn't interested enough to listen to the whole thing. So then I looked up the lyrics, and those are good. But it just didn't grab me. Maybe you had to see the film? I don't know, but I guess I'm on neither the popular nor unpopular side on this one, as it just registers as one of many "eh, okay" songs to me.

I loved in an episode of Who's the Boss? when Angela got in bed, and, as she situated her head on the pillow, Judith Light flipped her hair out from under her neck. Because that's how I sleep - sometimes I'll pin it up, but I prefer not to have something in my hair while I sleep since I move positions a lot, but in leaving it down I don't want my hair warming my neck or wrapping over my face when I turn. So I fling it out from under me, and it hangs off the back of the pillow and mostly stays out of my way throughout the night. It was nice to see a character do the same, especially because that meant an actor was lying there with her hair sticking all about and we don't often see that (unless it's exaggerated for comedic effect).

I'd have still had issues, but the movie would have been better with a final scene of the two of them on a ship headed overseas, finally at least fulfilling the travel prong of his myriad dashed dreams. I don't want to have to assume; I want to know this poor guy got to do at least one of the desires he'd repeatedly had to give up. Yes, that's it for me - it's the degree that means I can't accept this film as an ode to putting the community over the individual (a philosophy I am generally in favor of, but generally is a key word; it's not healthy for any given person to always sacrifice, but, as I said, this film fetishizes it - for George, at least, since I note no one else was expected to follow suit).

Yep. I'm a dough chilled 24 hrs person, because that's exactly how I want my chocolate chip cookies to come out. I hardly ever make them, and I'm not one of those people with my own recipe I've perfected through years of experimentation; I just use the old standard from the back of Nestle Toll House bag (but I use different chips, the Ghirardelli 60%). But I take the time to chill the dough (okay, not always 24 hours) because it gives me that soft texture I want.

The context was Sharon, in her role as the LAPD Women's Coordinator, vetting Brenda to be an internal candidate for the Chief position, and talking about how having a woman in charge could change things for female officers. That there have traditionally been very few paths to promotion, and a personal relationship with a man in power shouldn't have to be one of them. Watching it after knowing Sharon, we know the "sleeping with the boss" shorthand is not how she'd have said it; if she had the same conversation a few years later, the point would be made with different language. But the writers didn't know Sharon very well back then (they hadn't needed to; she was initially signed only for those three episodes in season five, so newly into her recurring role in season six, they were still figuring her out), and were just barely expanding Brenda's interactions with her to a more nuanced antagonism before letting time develop the spark of mutual respect of "Dead Man's Hand" into what their relationship became over the course of season seven. Season six is a transition period in their relationship, and through it and, especially, season seven we learn a little more about Sharon. But we inevitably don't get to know Sharon outside that one narrow context - it's not just that we only see her at work, we only see her when she's out of her office, interacting with Major Crimes - until Major Crimes unfolds. As annoying as Rusty and disproportionate amount of attention to him became, I absolutely loved the trajectory of Sharon's relationship with him, so I think an impromptu foster kid was an interesting choice for the bridge between work and home that lets us get to know this character in a new way. Far better than a love interest, which is usually the go-to choice for an easy way to show an audience another side of a character in a workplace-centered show.

I'm glad she grew out of that, but it was rather funny while it lasted, if for nothing else than how the squad reacted to her (and how much it irritated Provenza; Provenza is one of my favorite cranky pants characters, so anyone/anything that gets him wound up is welcome). The way Kearran Giovanni totally embraced that aspect of Amy in the audition is how she landed the role, and I agree she did a nice job with it. I love her performance of Amy's introduction, where she's standing there in the aftermath of a total disaster, but she's not at all intimidated by Provenza because she knows she did everything by the book - to the extent she asks him about the opening in Major Crimes at the scene of an OIS. The writing and acting created something a bit fascinating, in that Amy was honest in her dissembling; everyone knew what she was doing, and she knew that they knew. I actually find it an interesting strategy she'd made work. I appreciate that they showed from the first episode she had skills and smarts, she wasn't just a suck-up. And I really appreciate that Sharon didn't hold her ambition against her. She shouldn't - ambition is a good thing, and Amy's tactics weren't evil or even particularly underhanded - but ambition gets treated as a negative in women, and Sharon is the kind of person who would not buy into that sexist notion.

Since I love the film Clue, I'm irrationally bummed none of them knew conservatory. I'm also sad no one knew no kill. I struggled in Disney and 1821, missing three in each. Other than that I did well in the first round, except for the two brainfarts I had in fiction, knowing the titles but unable to get them from my brain to my mouth in time. I did really well in DJ, only missing six! And four of those were among the many clues that stumped all the contestants, too, so I was particularly pleased with my performance. I didn't get FJ, though. I've read the play, but a long time ago and I obviously didn't retain the title of the play within it, so that spark any recognition. And thinking of plays of that era inspired by Shakespeare didn't get me anywhere in time, so I wound up with no response at all.

It would fit across in my bedroom (but it would look ridiculous), but I'd have about a whopping two feet of space to walk by at the foot of it. I wouldn't want a bedroom large enough for an Alaskan king bed to fit in. My house was built in 1938, and one of the things I like most about it is the apportionment of space - the living room and kitchen are large, while the bedrooms and bathrooms are not small (well, the half bath is), but not any larger than they need to be. Those are functional, one-purpose rooms and don't need to be any bigger; the living room and kitchen are where I want plenty of space.

As I said in the TCM thread, I dislike the film because I hate the If he'd never been born act and the ending. The sexism of Mary's Pottersville life being miserable is appalling (she's living on her own in the city and working in a library, all dowdy and bespectacled - the horror!), but the whole thing is ridiculous. George is so vital that if he hadn't come along, everyone in Bedford Falls have wound up miserable? Even accepting that, so what? Why is their unhappiness so much more important than his, so that his life that's been a series of sacrifices and disappointments isn't painfully unfulfilling, it's actually wonderful because all those things he had to give up made all these people's (few of whom properly appreciated his sacrifice) lives wonderful? Saying it's nice to help others is one thing, but this absolutely fetishizes an unhealthy degree of self sacrifice. The ending I hate for how simplistic it is. George was suicidal due to a lifetime of disappointment and resentment. But, apparently, now that he won't be carted off to prison (because Potter is just going let it go once the money is back?), all his problems are over. And this town he's so utterly stuck in, this life that bore no resemblance to what he'd wanted for himself, is actually where he's always been meant to be. Terrific performances, but not a film I can sit through because its message ticks me off.

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I just checked the archive, as I'll be watching football tonight. Thankfully not being able to see pictures wasn't much of an issue with this game. Ugh, another Women Authors category. Will this ever stop?! It was a little weird for Alec Baldwin's name to pop up, given what happened between when this episode was filmed and now. I didn't know Marc Bolan's name, so I missed that TS. Same with the Aquino TS, as I didn't know his first name. I also missed two in history and one in Treys, but got everything else in the first round. In DJ, I didn't run a single category. Again. I missed three in cinema (it would have been two, but I couldn't remember Doc's last name), two each in archaeology, portmanteaus, and ferries, and one each in the other two. So not bad, but frustrating (I have a thing about not having at least one DJ category in which I know all of them). FJ was an instaget (well, instaguess that I then doubted but stuck with).

Maybe this was an early click! moment for me, because that was one of my biggest takeaways the first time I watched this movie as a kid - Living alone in the city with a library job sounded pretty cool to me, so why did Mary look so awful and miserable? The other one was wondering why Bedford Falls was the good place when Pottersville had so much more happening. So, yeah, I'm with you. I re-watched it once long ago, as an adult, and still didn't like it, all because of that awful If he'd never been born sequence and the ending. George is utterly trapped in a life that has been filled with sacrifice and disappointment, but if he hadn't been born, everyone else's life would have been miserable. Okay, first, really? He's that vital that none of these people could have even functioned in life if he hadn't come along? Second, so what? Why is their unhappiness so much more important than his, so that his unfulfilled life is actually wonderful because he made their lives wonderful, nevermind that all their happiness resulted from him having to give something up (for which most of them didn't seem particularly grateful)? It fetishizes self sacrifice. Of course it's not good to be selfish, but this extreme isn't healthy. I hate how simplistic the ending is. He was suicidal over a lifetime of disappointment and resentment, but now that he won't be carted off to prison (I guess, because apparently Potter is just going to let it go once the money is back?), his problems are over, it's a wonderful life, and he's right where he belongs?

Yes, his role in the film is why his death is reported in entertainment media, and of course her contribution would be noted. But she shouldn't be the focus; it opens with a slideshow about Berry's post-Oscar career, then has a proper opening sentence about Calhoun's death, then goes right back to her. Even just ditching the slideshow would make a huge difference, as that basically describes the Deadline obituary, which comes across a lot better.

It's off-putting the way that article centers Berry rather than Calhoun.

I loved watching him on the field when he played for the Giants, but his antics made him difficult to root for. That's only gotten worse over the years, plus his on-field production has waned, so I'm not not sure how I feel about having him back on one of my teams.

At least it's a better trailer than the first one, which was terrible because she narrated the entire thing while sounding nothing like Lucille Ball; if you're going to hang your hat on narration, the voice better evoke the icon, and throughout she sounded as much like Lucille Ball as any random woman on the street. This is still only something I'll watch some time when nothing else is on, because I don't have any particular interest in it (I respect Ball's comedic talents and business acumen and liked some of her film performances, but I hate I Love Lucy and don't care about their messy marriage), but this is a better presentation of the film than the first trailer.

I have endometriosis, so my periods are miserable (in terms of both flow and pain), and I get migraines, although thankfully not very many of those anymore. And, yes, it is incredibly aggravating when people who don't suffer these maladies dismiss them as "just" something. "It's just cramps/It's just a bad headache; take some pills and let's go." No, they're specific things that cause intense, sometimes debilitating pain and other disruptions. Those who don't endure them have no reason to know that on their own, but when someone who does explains what it's like, the proper response is along the "How awful" lines. It is not to think "It can't be that bad" because it does not line up with their own experience.

Wow, what an exciting finish. I only ran Up All Night and firsts in the first round, but I wasn't bad in the rest; I missed three in mythology, but that's not bad for me, and I only missed one each in the others. I was bummed to miss a river, because the last time I quizzed myself on lakes and rivers was just a few days ago (I periodically take geography quizzes), but only missing one celebrity was a pleasant surprise. Even though I generally excel at vocabulary categories, the bid TS stumped me, too, to the point my response was "Huh?" In DJ, I only ran word origins, and this time I was pretty bad in the rest. I blew the entire book into a movie category (I could have told you who starred in all the films, but not who wrote any of the books), and the only Shirley I knew was Chisholm. (I can't believe I couldn't think of the word "protocol" for the Shirley Temple clue, but neither could any of the contestants, so at least I'm in good company.) I missed three in sitcoms, two in Caribbean, and one in science. FJ was an instaget, at least.

Usually the companies that make atypical size mattresses sell sheets for them (for example, some Sleep Number mattresses need really deep fitted sheets, and SN sells them). And Amazon showed a few linen brands offering Alaska King. So they're out there, but there aren't many to choose from, and you can't just walk into Bed, Bath & Beyond and pick up a set. I have the same double bed I've had since I graduated from my crib, but I've had an RV Short Queen size (same width as a queen, but the length of a double) mattress on it for about 15 years; when my parents bought a new motorhome, it came with a basic Sleep Number model, they replaced it with one with more features, and I took the one it came with. So I have the width of a queen size (it just sticks out over my box spring three inches on each side, which you can't tell other than when making it). When I get a new bedroom set, I'll stick with a (regular) queen bed, because while there is physically enough room for a king, that wouldn't look right in the room. So I'll continue to be of the "Thanks, now go home" persuasion rather than letting someone share it with me. Honestly, I would be even with a king bed; I'm with Janeane Garofalo, who joked that after sex "I become like a bartender at 2 AM: 'Okay, people, let’s move it out; you don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here.'”

I hate sharing a queen bed with another human (sharing with cats is fine, but I cannot handle another person unless it's a king bed, and even then I wish they were in another room). I looked up the dimensions and a double is only six inches different, so not that much, but I'd feel the loss of every inch of that space. And, in looking that up, I discovered there are even wider beds than the standard king. I knew about California king, which is longer but not as wide, but there's also Wyoming, Texas, and Alaska. That last one is the biggest option - 108 x 108 (a standard king is 76 x 80)!