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I'm sorry that has been your experience, and very glad that is far from a universal truth.

- George Earl's old granny rode a pig home yesterday The spelling of geography (never heard it until this thread) - King Henry Died by Drinking Chocolate Milk The metric system: kilo, hecto, deca, deci, centi, milli (heard it, but forgot all about it until this thread) - A red Indian thought he might eat tomatoes in church The spelling of arithmetic (I learned a rat in the house might eat the ice cream) - Kids Play Catch Over Farmer Green's Shed Taxonomy: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species (I learned King Philip Came Over For Good Soup)

I wound up being able to see (most of) the game, after all. Revision and pass surprised me as TS, as did The Cherry Orchard (only because I thought that wrong guess would trigger the right one), but I figured amend/emend was going to stump them all. The Microsoft clue belonged in the first round. At $200. I'm surprised only one got FJ; I'd have predicted at least two. A "Hollywood & politics" incident about a fictional character, in 1992, big enough to make the cover of Time, and the show was revived last season? There's a lot of info in that clue. Yes, it was. They didn't do too well in that category (probably why they left it until the end) - by that point, the TS didn't surprise me.

She didn't; the father chose not to be involved (basically, his lifestyle was not suitable for raising a child, and he wasn't willing to change it to something that would be). I doubt Quayle would have preferred she opt for abortion over single motherhood. I'm not going to see tonight's episode, so I looked up FJ online. Murphy Brown was one of my favorite shows - and I particularly love the episode that wove in Quayle's remarks ("Do I look glamorous to you?!") - so it was an instaget for me. Capital is the city, capitol is the building. (Capital is also the letter, the asset, the crime, etc. - basically, unless you mean the government building, capital is the word you're looking for.) I don't have a cute device for remembering that, though.

@isalicat, can you shave the mats and then, knowing he can't reach that area to groom, be diligent in brushing the new fur that comes in so he doesn't reach the matted stage again? Or would the sound of clippers go over about as well as putting him in the carrier? Oh, wait - he goes outside, right? If so, sunny summer might not be a good time for him to have exposed skin.

I didn't see the episode, so I don't know, but you're probably right -- that's how I learned it (although I have heard it with Deserves Fudge, too).

Nope, because I didn't see that. Maybe I heard about it and it was my subconscious speaking to me tonight, but that doesn't ring a bell.

Same here. The Lawrence of Arabia TS surprised me, too. This was my first time watching Ryan play, as I was out Thursday, Friday, and last night, and I was kind of surprised to learn he was a four-day champion as he seemed to have a few really bad guesses today. But then he was impressive at other times, so obviously it evened out. I correctly predicted someone was going to guess Madeleine Albright instead of Condoleezza Rice, and I'm not even sure specifically why. Looking back, I guess I figured someone would not pay proper attention to the dates and wouldn't know Rice's connection to football. But it's a little weird I was so sure of that in a second or two.

Any Day Now. I wish Lifetime, at least (it was their show), would air it again, but that would cut into their line-up of evil women/women in jeopardy shows. It's often left out when talking about TV's history of dealing with racism and race relations, but 20 years ago this show was examining things like the systemic impact of racism regardless of any individual's intent, cultural appropriation, and white privilege - probably because, unlike most shows then or now, half the writers room were people of color. All rooted in the tentatively renewed friendship in Birmingham, AL between two women who'd been childhood friends, played wonderfully and with great chemistry by Lorraine Toussaint and Annie Potts (and with terrific flashbacks each episode to their 1960s selves and their families).

My mom called me during the first commercial break to vent about that owner. It sure didn't sound like she only discovered after the fact what had happened; she was clear on when he'd consumed the packets. And it was "yesterday afternoon" not "last night" (plus, there are 24-hour facilities in the area even if it had happened after hours, and there was no reference - as there often is, given the nature of the clinic/show - to her needing a low-cost option), so I was confused why she waited. You know your cat has eaten something labeled "Caution: Do Not Eat" AND he's indeed showing symptoms (vomiting and lack of appetite at least; I can't remember if there was lethargy) and you wait until the next day? I want to think she was a victim of lazy editing, but I don't know. I can't remember details of the other stories, but I do recall laughing at Oleysa's follow-up, showing how she could get around post-op, concluded with her owner throwing a long ball and her running a few feet before stopping and looking back as if to say, "It was surgery, not magic." It's sad they only expect to buy her a few years of quality life, given her age, but better than nothing.

Especially by Rose; the others have a fairly bad track record with caring about animals, but she was usually presented as concerned with their welfare. Yet here, even though she's the one whose idea it was to get the dog in the first place, when he starts barking as they head towards the kitchen, she says, "I forgot about him." And then does nothing when he runs off. I guess this is before they decided she was an animal person (she says she's afraid of large dogs, too).

That line delivery makes me cringe. But I love the episode overall; the vase shooting and Blanche's mace story make me laugh out loud every time. Rue knocks both those scenes right out of the park. When my mom and I play Scrabble, "disdam" is allowed. "You're no good at disdam game."

He's magnificent in both his scenes* - a small gem in a movie filled with them. That scene at the train station activates my tear ducts every time, when Marla is hesitant to go because who's going to take care of him, and he tells her nothing is ever going to happen here, and she has to go where things happen. *I'm sure I mentioned this before, but there was another scene not with him, but about him, that got cut for time: calling back to their train station conversation about the condition of her glove, Marla opens a package from him and finds a new glove. She marvels that he must have spent an entire week's pay on it, and the next thing we see is her mailing him cash. It's lovely; she's never had a paycheck before, so she's excited in general, and so honored to be able to use one to give him a gift in return.

The folks at Sirius XM listen to very different country music than I do. This list is ... I don't even know. It will be interesting to see if I side eye their top picks as much as I do these down in the 900s.

A League of Their Own is what I associate him with (I never watched Lois & Clark), and that train station scene always makes me tear up, too. ("Nothing is ever gonna happen here. You have to go where things happen.") We're in good company; Penny Marshall said on the Blu-Ray commentary track that it got to her every time, too. It was a small role, but he fits right in as one of the many wonderful things about that film.

So yummy. I had a particularly good one in Ogunquit. I've never been to Old Orchard Beach.

His essay revealed he came here, rather than being born here, and there are plenty of people out there, especially in Florida, for whom that's enough to question brown folks' immigration status, especially if - we don't know, as we only heard a snippet - the essay also indicated he lives with his uncle rather than his parents (hell, there are plenty of people for whom his skin tone would be enough). He made the paper for winning a local contest with an essay about his first night in America. I have no trouble believing someone looked at the picture and got all pissy about "someone like him" winning with a story like that. Or it could have happened even before that, by someone on the judging panel. Unless whoever said hey, you should look into this kid's status worked for the INS, the timeline is accelerated - not a lot of time for them to get the tip, get around to checking it out, and showing up for him. And he wouldn't have been allowed to wander freely after the deportation order was issued, to go say goodbye to Dorothy. It's unlikely he wouldn't have been cautioned by his family to fly under the radar more (Dorothy is the one who submitted the essay for the contest, but just putting it out there to teachers is something most in his shoes would be more circumspect about.) Dorothy, given the school systems in which she'd worked, should have realized the potential implications and not submitted the essay without raising the issue with him first, and her just talk to the judge and it will all work out naivete after the fact is also out of step with someone with her experience and habit of staying informed about the world around her. Those are all okay, it's TV (and a sitcom at that) allowances I have to make. But the basic premise of his essay ultimately leading to deportation? No suspension of disbelief required.

I never get fully invested in the case in “Wish You Were Here”, because Brenda’s evil little sister Gretchen is an unexplained villain. She attacks one victim while she's married, and then all the others occur over four years later (starting over a year after her divorce). I get why she killed the ex - because, when the spousal support order expired, he threatened to turn her in over the previous victims - but I never understand why she killed the others. I mean, I understand it was precipitated by them not telling her they loved her, I just don’t understand why that was a thing for her – she’s just “nuts” (in the colloquial sense, not as a slur for mental illness) with no reason, and that happens, but usually there’s a little more explored when it comes to motivation. My other nitpick is not something I’m going to stab myself with one of my Phillips head screwdrivers to find out, but I’m pretty sure the resulting wound wouldn’t have such a clearly-delineated shape. This episode kicks off my complicated and ever-changing reaction to Gus. I join those who sympathize with him having been hit with a lot at once; his guilt at leaving his sisters in the abusive home he escaped being magnified by learning one was killed after running away from him and the other is out there someplace unknown is strong, and it’s touching when he sees Marianna’s body and says, “she’s older – almost grown” - a lot happened in his absence. But I also join Andrea in having no time for his entitlement. He won’t answer her questions – which are to ensure Marianna running away from him in Vegas doesn’t help create reasonable doubt that Slider is the one who killed her – unless they pay for a funeral for Marianna. Priorities, dude. I like the way Andy gets him to finally cooperate – and I like Sharon’s prompting Rusty with “Thank you, Andy” when Andy offers to take Gus home with him for a meal and a decent sleep, and that Rusty changes it to “Thanks, Lieutenant” - and I like even more that when Rusty snots off with his warning to him, Andy doesn’t even bother reassuring him about his new role in his life, just says yes, he will find Paloma and don’t anyone come crying to him when it doesn’t work out like they want. Provenza watching cat videos on “the YouTube” is delightful (“mew mew”). I also like that the register at the no-tell motel includes not just Smiths and Joneses, but a Don Juan, a Casanova, and two Jack Bauers. And I really like Amy’s “here come the excuses” when the living victim says, “I’m not making excuses…” in explaining why he had an affair with Gretchen. I love “Fifth Dynasty”, which is saying something given it rests on a fundamental flaw (come to think of it, I like most of the episodes where the cases are based on a big ball of that’s not how this works, which is a testament to how great this show is) – Judge Ryan would never have been able to sign off on the settlement agreements regarding her son. And that’s bad enough on a legal show, period, but in this very episode, recusals and forced removals due to conflicts of interest are a plot point! But Patricia Wettig plays the many facets of the character beautifully, and the scenes between her and Mary McDonnell – two actors who got their degrees in drama and trained on the stage – are case studies in “acting is reacting.” That notification scene in Sharon’s office is a fantastic piece of work I never tire of watching, and all subsequent scenes between them are great, too. Fundamentally, I love the nuance of Sharon and Judge Ryan’s relationship – they clearly know each other outside the courtroom, but the professional remains their primary association; they’re not going out for drinks, but maybe Chandler and Ricky played on a team together or something like that. They’re women of the same age, in the same general male-dominated profession, and there’s a degree of personal on top of that bond. The reason I like that backdrop is it doesn’t stop Sharon for a moment when she realizes what Chandler did – and that his mom knew. I love when Judge Ryan closes the file about the Suarez case and Sharon reopens it and slides it right back in front of her, shortly progressing to a firm “Stop!” in the face of Ginny’s extortion version of events, and later telling her she’s either in extreme denial or concealed evidence, and if it’s the latter she will nail her for it. And Wettig perfectly plays the transition from Judge Ryan’s continued denial when it’s the squad alleging Chandler had molested his nephew, to horrified acceptance when she listens to Sean reluctantly confirm it (“I didn’t think Aunt Ginny would believe me” is powerful). She stands on the other side of the courtroom and pleads for mercy in her nephew’s killing of her own son, but if she’d taken off her maternal blinders years ago she could have saved at least three other victims (the other two settlement agreement kids plus the younger nephew). The conflicting aspects of her are well done. Marianna’s funeral is also nicely done, even though Rene Rosado is still relying a bit too much on the smelled a fart style of non-verbal acting at this stage. It has been a long road for everyone, and the effect of this sad bit of closure is conveyed beautifully. I especially like Sharon and Andy being comfortable supporting each other via subtle but open physical affection (it goes with what Amy told Cooper about them being deliberate with how they manage themselves at work, since this sort of is and sort of isn’t work) and Sharon assuring Rusty he did a great thing to help, even though it wasn’t possible to tie things up ideally for the Wallace siblings. The lead-up to that is good, too, with Sharon getting it through Rusty’s head that Gus will not get custody of Paloma, and is in no position to even if that was possible. Gus takes longer to grasp the big picture, and that makes sense; it’s natural that he’s a bit bewildered and bitter about everything, and - even though I have a fleeting desire to smack him upside the head - I prefer that to stories where a character in a position like his immediately sees the light. I also love that the emotional reality of Amy, Cooper, and Julio having to deal with these assholes is presented honestly (and get a great kick out of Cooper knocking that one Nazi right off his bike). Sharon’s “charming” in response to learning the bikers call their girlfriends “back-warmers” is great. As is when she tells Henry she's happy to see him safe, and can he please tell her where on Earth he has been.

Nah, let's be real - he's white, that wasn't going to happen.

It was interesting to hear everyone on about how ballsy it was for Mark Peel to opt for a cocktail rather than cooking anything with passion fruit, given they've had someone previously not only do serve just a cocktail, but win the first round with it. Granted, that person didn't aim to only present a cocktail, he ran out of time and that's all that was ready, but his planned dish was only the cocktail with nuts and candied fruit. With that said, we all agreed that cocoa nibs cocktail winning was bullshit, so that odd precedent notwithstanding, it was indeed an odd choice. And it's not like there was a great deal of technique to Peel's drink, plus it didn't truly make passion fruit the star - dark rum was prominent. Dumb. I've been to his restaurant - a concept that gave me pause, because seafood isn't normally something I trust a "fast casual" restaurant to do, but it works - and used to go to his original restaurant frequently. (I also know - as just an acquaintance - Nancy Silverton, his ex-wife with whom he partnered in both Campanile and a pretty good bakery [I think they met during their time at Spago, Wolfgang Puck's flagship restaurant].) He's synonymous with "California cuisine" and has talent and pedigree. I was surprised to see him falter that way. Both clam rolls looked tasty, but I was still sort of mulling over round one and didn't fully focus on specifics.

The only time I'd ever heard of a gorgon was in an early episode of L&O: SVU; the gorgon was the monster in a videogame a kid was obsessed with playing, so when he identified the woman who was abusing him and his foster siblings, he did so by referring to her as the gorgon. Similar to you, I had no idea until FJ was revealed that it was based on an existing tale rather than something the SVU writers made up.

No, he didn't, and that was so glaring I wondered if it was cut for time (if so, bad edit -- "the more you know"). As I understand it, it's lyoo-blyah-nuh (although I've also heard the first syllable as loo instead). I've never been there, I just "know" it from the quizzes I periodically take to maintain/expand my geography knowledge.

Officious surprised me as a TS, and in that same category, I was surprised by “on-and-off-again” instead of “on-again-off-again,” which is the only way I’ve ever heard it. South (lawn) and Ray Bradbury surprised me, too. I had a hunch Steve Carrell was going to go unanswered, though, and I’d have bet money on the contestants joining me in not knowing Edo Castle. (I didn’t know dire wolf, either, but wasn't didn't have a sense of how they were going to do with that clue.) I had no idea for FJ, which is often the case when it deals with religion/mythology; sometimes I surprise myself, but not tonight. It's a category you know you have to study (if you haven't already) if you're going to be on the show, I wonder if they all didn't prep very well in that subject or if it was a lesser-known story.

Because Alex stating jerry-rigged would be accepted as interchangeable with jury-rigged got me mildly curious, I read a few articles about the phrases and found this one from Merriam-Webster about the usage history of the two (and "jerry-built," as I referenced in my first post) interesting.

Boy, another fast start in this game – I came in at 7:03 and couldn’t believe how many clues were already off the board. I’m not very knowledgeable about dog breeds, but with the B spotted I managed to run that category. I loved the anagrams, salad, “sc”ilent C, doctors & lawyers, and cities in a country categories too. It was a very good game for me. I kept hearing “gem of a word” as “genital word” whenever Allison selected a clue in that category. Yeah, I don't know. I cannot believe the Romeo clue was a DD in DJ to begin with, and then that it was missed. Angel Island and Jeffrey Toobin as TS surprised me a bit, but nothing like that. I've always regarded "jerry-rigged" as a mispronunciation/misspelling of "jury-rigged" -- I've heard of "jerry-built" (meaning you cut corners in building whatever to save money, resulting in something flimsy), and figured conflating the two was the origin of the error. I didn't realize it was now considered - at least by J! clue writers - an acceptable alternate.