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A guy from Duke. Did Gettleman think he was drafting for a basketball team? WTF? At number six. Because he was coached by the same guy who coached the Mannings? I can't even with this. This dude is me:

I know there already is one, because I've posted there about how much I hate this damn movie. Here it is.

Yes, I've seen categories like that numerous times, where it would help to go in order, because the clues and/or the answers form a pattern that provides an additional way of getting the next one right - which is what Alex has cited as his annoyance with board jumping - but I don't think they've ever done a category where you needed to go in order because the later clues only made sense in the context of the earlier ones; if they have, someone with a better memory will let us know.

Dumplin' is the only thing I've watched her in since Marley & Me, but she was good in it and it's a great movie.

I'll still be bitter about that one on my death bed.

I don’t know if starting at the bottom and getting to the lower-value goes later was skewing my perspective (I missed a week of episodes, so it’s still a little new to me), but many of the $200 and $400 clues seemed too easy. And the Overeaters Anonymous clue shouldn’t have been a DD in DJ (the “Over” clues in general belonged in the first round). I was as stumped by 21 Pilots and Panic! at the Disco (thank you, @Abstract, for alerting me to the exclamation point) as the contestants were, but Super Scooper going unanswered surprised me; I guessed none of them live someplace with fire season, but I just looked it up (I don't pay attention to the intros) and Kevin lives here in Los Angeles, and he's the one who answered it wrong. Over a million dollars in not even three weeks worth of games -- wow!

Kevin Costner did something really sweet while editing Dances With Wolves: Although she had a long and lauded career on NY stages (including Broadway), some TV and small movies, in her late thirties this was Mary McDonnell's first break into a big-budget, big-studio film, and he knew her mom had terminal cancer. When he found out her mom would almost certainly not live to see the premiere, he sent his latest cut of the film on tape; her mom never got to see that career-changing performance on the big screen, but they did get to watch it together in her hospital room.

Here's video of the "Shut Fuck Mountain" rant from Grace and Frankie I posted about last week; the delivery makes it even better:

Fritz pisses me off with his "you're not going anywhere bullets may be flying without me" bullshit and I resent the wholly inaccurate portrayal of the inmates at Men's Central Jail, but otherwise "Death Warrant" is one of my favorites - especially for that bean bag gun scene, and everyone's reactions to it both at the time and when Sharon comes into the Murder Room later. I also really appreciate the little touch that, given she talked about the recoil, when we see Sharon hours later, in the final scene, she has her hand tucked inside her shirt to be resting where the stock of the gun would have bruised her. Before the gun, when Sharon reports that she has found and is following the woman, I also love her "Why would I lose her?" and that fabulous face she makes after hanging up with Brenda. And the way she says, "Yeah. What did you think I was doing?" when Brenda realizes she really did investigate for a use of force. I love the way they work together in this one, starting with this exchange: "Captain Raydor?" "Chief Johnson." "I have a complaint." "When have you not?"

I am not in favor of "exotic" pets, and that kid - and his father - knowing jack all about the bearded dragon they'd acquired is one of the reasons why. Same with the "Oh, Biggie Smalls is a girl? And females have cycles?" owner of the tortoise. But I'll admit it was amusing to learn how long it would take sedation to kick in/wear off with cold-blooded metabolism. Since the poor dog who chewed off her own tail hasn't attacked any other body parts, I guess it was an unknown injury to the tail and not any sort of generalized anxiety that will continue to cause problems. That was awful! I'm glad Sutter Butter's crazy blood pressure resolved with medication, and that controlling the hypertension seemed to resolve the seizure activity; he'd been through so much, and then lost his owner, and I really felt for the owner's daughter saying she couldn't handle losing him, too, since he's the biggest reminder of her mom. Poor Jasper (I think - the dog fight victim) with that big-ass drain and cone, but with the muscle trauma resolved, he'll be good as new. That must have been a traumatic experience for the owner witnessing it and trying so hard to separate them.

It’s painful watching Sharon Beck once again attempt to manipulate Rusty in “Letting it Go,” and then when she attacks him, blaming her actions on his sexual orientation – double ouch. It’s sad hearing him say she was a good mom until he was eleven, when we know things started going haywire when he was six; it’s sad what he accepts as normal. I like that to Andy the forged prescription is an easy ticket to tossing Sharon Beck in jail, but that’s not what Sharon is after. Sharon’s face when Rusty hands it to her and she realizes his mom is not actually any better is so touching even at a distance through the window. And the conversations she and Rusty have, first when Sharon confirms the prescription is fake and then at the end when his mom calls drunk asking for a ride, are great as always. I love how Sharon never says things like, “When I went through this with Jack,” she just talks to him and lets the fact she speaks from experience be understood; I consistently appreciate that about the writing. I also consistently appreciate the wonderful reacting Mary McDonnell does when the focus is on another character, and that’s also on display in the final scene – as Rusty’s side of the conversation with his mom makes clear what is happening, that realization is written all over her. I have major issues with the DA in this one, so I like Provenza’s “Sorry, it was either let him in or shoot him,” when he barges into Sharon’s office. I very much take his point about Jackie being the ideal testifying victim, but phrasing it as “she did absolutely everything right” is so offensive, and even dangerous, since she fought back and that is not always the “right” thing to do. All he prosecutes is sex crimes, and I appreciate his passion for the victim in addition to his win-loss ratio, but he should know better. It’s very in character that when Jackie confesses, and says after she killed him she slept through the night for the first time in months, Julio’s response is “Good for you.” The interaction between Amy and the veteran is great. And I like when the guys are excited when Laura confesses again, but Amy and Sharon both know she’s lying – they understand why someone in her circumstances might do that. I love that Amy reiterates what Laura said, that in the wake of Cross’s death is the first time anyone listens to her about the rape. It’s heartbreaking when she breaks down crying, and begging Amy to help her stop crying, after saying she’ll never know if killing him would have been the one thing that would help her move forward, because nothing else does. This episode has one of my favorite lines of the series, since I can’t stand Buzz: “Can’t you just fire him? Any idiot can hit record.” I also love Sharon’s “Why, because I’m a woman?” when Taylor wants her at the press conference, and that he gives it right back to her, talking about how many times he got put before a camera to talk about race and homicide. The only thing that bugs me is a tiny thing, that they don’t have a seating chart of the restaurant to compare to when they’re looking for social media posts tagged with the restaurant Jackie uses as an alibi – they’re not going to know the table number from those posts. Season four is when I get really irritated with the focus on Rusty, but “Do Not Disturb” is a bit of a precursor to that; I remember watching it the first time and thinking, “Okay, we just had Rusty and his mom, now we have Rusty and his therapist?” I really like Dr. Joe, though, so I go with it – even though the parallels between Lina and Rusty get eye-rolling-ly heavy. And there’s much potential for clunkiness when you frame an episode this way, with one character narrating events to another, but it works. And we get one of the few times Sharon and Fritz are at odds, so I really appreciate seeing how they work together under those circumstances – they work together very well, so it’s nice to get a look at how that dynamic changes or doesn’t when they’re in conflict. I like when she yells at him, heh, and I also like when they arrive at the friend’s beach house and Fritz tells the squad, “A couple of times there, it felt like you boys were trying to lose me.” Also how Andy gets pissed because Fritz keeps grabbing pictures back off the Murder Board when Andy pins them up as suspects. And Andy’s face when Sharon offers to let Fritz join him in interviewing Lina’s friends. And Sharon casually telling Fritz, “If you want to see how [I will keep my promise to respect diplomatic immunity], come with me.” But my favorite part is everything around Rusty coming out to the squad. First, the scene where he asks Sharon to do it for him, because of the line delivery on “You want me to tell Buzz that you’re gay?” And then Sharon slipping and starting to say everyone already knows. Wrapping up with, “I can’t be honest about you for you. Good luck.” And then when he finally does it. Julio’s laugh at Andy's "I think once we get over the initial shock" is the best reaction, but they’re all great. And then they move right on to using it to goad Amy into admitting she’s dating Cooper. Rusty’s confusion that it’s really a non-issue is cute, and it’s perfect that he tracks Provenza down to make sure things really are the same between them. The Village People exchange is priceless, especially Rusty looking them up and just having a “huh” reaction. Second favorite is Amy slamming on the brakes to cause the accident and telling Cooper, “Sorry, I know regulations say I’m supposed to give a heads-up, but you wouldn’t stop talking.” I also like how irritated Sharon is by the friend, feeling “over-exposed” to typical teenage behavior and wasting no time threatening to get her Harvard acceptance revoked to get her to talk. I have a rather odd reaction to part of this episode: I cannot picture Lina and Josh as a couple. And that makes no sense, because we never see them together, but there is something about him that I just can’t see her being so into him. And when he talks about her, I just don’t feel it. Totally random note: Last week, I came across an old article about Meryl Streep’s daughter, and it mentioned her fiancé, Mehar Sethi – my immediate thought was of this episode.

From the Wayfair tent, both teams picked small items that were for holding things. I can't believe Vern left the floor in his lounge; the best thing Carter did was cover his. I liked the pencils on the flower vases, but it was a bit ridiculous as the table base. Speaking of ridiculous, those tiny bean bag chairs will wind up in someone's classroom, because no one over the age of six can get in and out of them. Which makes the low coffee table a total waste. But I dug that couch. I laughed so hard I disturbed my cat that Carter's kids' drawings were supposed to be of the principal, and in several of them she not only had a different color hair, she was an entirely different race. I love it.

If we're doing a "dollars earned per hour of work" calculation, I liken the research less to education in advance of the job and more to the parts of the job for which one cannot bill but which must be done in order to do the billable portion. But, either way, yes, he's enjoying a terrific return.

That doesn't account for all the hours of studying and practicing, but, yes, he's putting up some incredibly impressive numbers. I haven't had a chance to watch most of this week, and that won't change until Monday, so hopefully I can get caught up on clues this weekend via the archive. Odds are James will still be there, and hang around a while, so I'll still have plenty of his stellar play and silly gestures to watch when I get back to my usual schedule.

Heh; glad I could help. Rose deciding to call the police about the ex-wife happens in part one, and the cop and stripper showing up happens in part two, so that's probably why by the time the cop arrives to see Rose, you've forgotten why.

I watched this for Gillian Anderson, and wound up quite liking the younger set, too. There's some good acting going on, even though several cast members don't have a lot of experience. Anyway, the Eric and Adam thing was the glaring exception to my enjoyment. Even after their hook-up, Adam was right back to threatening him. But a little scooting up to each other in class, and it's all okay? Very disappointing. My favorite scene was when Maeve explained why she was helping the mean girl for free. I teared up when she said she wouldn't let some boy kiss her at a party, so he told everyone she gave him head and bit him, so four years later she's still called "Cock Biter" to her face by people she doesn't even know, and there are all these wild stories about her. These things stick, and if she can stop another girl from being shamed, she will. I liked the "It's my vagina" scene, too, but it was Maeve's recounting of how she got her reputation that really did me in. A lot of my favorite scenes revolved around Maeve, including the mini wave with the two other women at the abortion clinic. I like the way they handled the abortion - it was a pragmatic decision she didn't agonize over or become traumatized by. Most women who opt for abortion say "relief" is their primary emotion afterward, but TV just loves to present it as some haunting experience; I like that this show just got on with it. I love the friendship between Otis and Eric, and their make-up dance was a great payoff.

Because that woman was threatening her - the ex-wife of Miles's friend who Rose took to some event because Miles was out of town.

HE ATE! We still have a ways to go before he's eating enough on his own that I can stop syringe feeding, and then it will be another milestone when he's eating his normal amount, but Chester is finally eating a little bit on his own today (very little at a time, and about 1/4 his usual intake total, but that's a hell of a lot better than nothing). He's still uncomfortable (gas and cramping), but I don't think painful, and the inflammation has gone down because he made a normal, blood-free poop today (first output since he came home from the hospital). He purrs and gives kisses, and when he gets back to doing his "fainting goat" impression and falls over for cuddles, I will weep with relief. Right now, he's still almost always in "meatloaf" position (where they look like they could be picked up and stuffed inside a meatloaf pan, rather than lying on their sides, curled up, or sprawled out - it happens frequently in sick kitties). All his tests came back normal/negative, so it's "just" the IBD and possible GI lymphoma (which is small cell, which is easier to treat and has a much better prognosis -- if your cat ever has to have cancer, that's the one you want). It's really not an option to scope and biopsy (because of his overall condition, but also because the steroid therapy he's been on can skew the results, so we're not even guaranteed a clear answer), so we started him on prednisolone tonight (instead of the budesonide he'd been on since July) and we'll do that alone for two weeks, and then consider adding the chlorambucil (chemo, but with relatively few/minor side effects, and which is used to treat severe cases of benign IBD as well as cancer). Whew. We're still just on the road to recovery, and this is hitting him a lot harder/taking longer to bounce back from than the flare that caused him to go on medication last summer, but I am such a bundle of nerves - and punch drunk from exhaustion - I'm significantly relieved by this progress. Hopefully we'll both get some better sleep tonight. And hopefully I don't have to wait until my parents get home Sunday to start spending more than a couple of hours per day with Riley/in my own home. Thanks for the good thoughts, purrs, and head bonks.

Having just finished a binge watch of the fabulous One Day at a Time reboot (yes, shortly after Netflix cancels it is when I finally get around to watching it), I have to add Justina Machado to my list. When she popped up in an episode of Major Crimes five years ago, I immediately recognized her from an episode of Cold Case many years prior, because her performance in that (as the mother of a dying little girl) was pitch perfect and made a small guest role memorable. Looking at her credits, I'd seen her in a few of the numerous other things she's done over the years, but until ODAAT, I associated her with those two guest shots. Now having three seasons worth of a starring role to feast on, I'm a fan. She's equally adept at comedy and drama, and she doesn't over-do either one; she's always natural and relatable. On a shallow note, she also has really pretty hair.

What a sad coincidence - I just watched her in an episode of the One Day at a Time reboot a few hours ago.

Which, looking at his house, he could afford. It's not even that I'm just not that nice (although I'm not), but that having anyone (other than cats), no matter how much I love them, in my home for an extended period is going to have a negative and possibly destructive effect on our relationship; I can't handle being around anyone that much, especially in what is supposed to be my sanctuary. If there was no feasible alternative, sure, because it's family, but otherwise, no. But even though I am wired differently, I appreciate they see it as they do, and the kids and wives largely found it fun, like an extended slumber party. Nothing wrong with either way of interacting with family and I'm glad it worked for them. And it was funny when the brother said he felt like a wife instead when Doc came home bitching about his day.

Sigh. I hate the part where a cat given meowzapine (the mirtazapine appetite stimulant) has had the anxiety effect kick in, but not the hunger effect (at least not yet enough to overcome the nausea, despite anti-nausea meds); especially having anxiety, and having had full-blown anxiety attacks, I find it particularly heartbreaking to watch Chester so agitated because I empathize. He is settling down a little bit, and I know how this works, but I just want to wave a magic wand and have him feel better. He's so sweet, and the onset of this disease is probably why he got dumped - at eight years old, the average age it kicks in, and he had all the symptoms from jump - at the shelter by his first owner, and he's been such a good boy about taking his meds (he doesn't like the pills, but once you pry his surprisingly-strong jaw open, he complies, and he doesn't even blink when we stab him in the thigh twice a month with B12 injections), I hate to see him not feeling well. Yes, Chester is home, even though he hasn't eaten; the vet readily agreed with my plan to see how he'll do in a comfortable environment, and syringe feed him baby food until he starts eating on his own -- the ultrasound joined the other tests in showing nothing amiss other than IBD, so he doesn't need intense monitoring, there's nothing that's going to make him suddenly crash, etc. We need to figure out a new treatment plan going forward - we're very much on the same page as to what we're leaning towards now, but we will have all outstanding test results within three days, so will make a decision then - but the only thing necessary to avoid additional immediate problems is to maintain at least the minimum necessary hydration and nutrition. With many hours of IV fluid therapy under his belt, I can do that at home, so he's better off here than in the hospital. I'm giving him a couple more hours to settle in, and then I'll fix up ye olde feeding syringe and start a little bit at a time. I've already emailed in "I'm off tomorrow unless anything urgent and specific to me comes up about Case X; taking care of a sick kitty" because I am not going to get much sleep. Thankfully, my boss, assistant, and most of my co-workers are all pet parents (most of them cat ladies), so no eye-rolling. Oh, and when I pulled Chester out of the carrier and onto my lap, Bandit thoroughly inspected him -- and then played with the compression bandage (a cute purple polka dot one) I took off Chester's IV leg as if it was a catnip toy. Cats.

Or Santa, either -- Mookie's I will kill you in your sleep for this face is memorable across holidays.

At Bud and Allison's wedding reception on Grace and Frankie, Allison's father was being his usual condescending, dismissive, jerk self to her mother. She (the mom/jerk's wife), having quite enjoyed the open bar but not being sloppy drunk or anything like that, slammed her hand on the table when he tried to declare they were leaving, and delivered one of the greatest lines of the season: "Shut the fuck up. Shut all the way the fuck up, until you reach the top of Shut Fuck Mountain, where there are no more fuck ups to shut."