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I don't remember the others by title and don't care enough to look them up, but I liked The Supremes, so I'm going to briefly jump back in to cast another vote ranking it number one. If me not ranking the rest causes tabulation problems, here you go (ranking based on the order in which I like the titles): 2. Eppur Si Muove 3. Shutdown 4. Talking Points

I didn't see that one, but Jason Biggs is the actor from American Pie. I checked his IMDb page and, yes, he appeared on an episode early this year.

Did my ears deceive me (increasingly possible; those assholes seem determined to chase after my eyes in the deterioration race), or did the chef eliminated in the first round keep saying "melody" instead of "medley." I was yelling at her through the TV to yank those radishes and carrots off the plate. I think the leeks could have worked, but the rest was too much. I love seafood pizzas, so I pretty much drooled throughout round two.

To me, there are two considerations with LED if you’re committing yourself to something where you have to change the fixture, not just the bulb, when it’s done (an idea I'm just not fond of on general principle). One, the circuitry of an LED bulb is more complex, so there are more things to go wrong and thus cut short the natural lifespan (which does seem to actually be pretty damn long). Two, LED bulbs don’t just go, go, go and then burn out – they degrade (fade). So for part of that lifespan, you’re not getting the full lumen output. (The 50,000 hour rating means that at 50,000 hours it will be down to about 70% of its output, and that’s when it’s time to retire it; but how long have you spent dwindling down from 100 to 70? And at what percent could you tell it wasn’t as bright?) So, if everything works as it's supposed to, it will last that long. If something goes wrong with the bulb, it won't, and there are more opportunities for something to go wrong. If it does last that long, it won't be at full brightness the entire time, but you may never notice it -- the somewhat arbitrary 70% thing came about from the idea that's when most people will start to notice the decrease.

No, that was an actor playing Jerry Garcia. As you noted, the real deal couldn't have appeared, since he'd recently died (which is what prompted Roseanne to switch the baby from a girl to a boy and name it after Garcia in tribute).

That was David Crosby (who played her husband, Duke).

That wasn't very good, but I like that they did it. And just told the audience, "It may not be your thing [which it clearly wasn't, as there was no discernible recognition when the song started or hit the chorus], but we're trying to pay tribute."

And those two things are only a few episodes apart, too, which is what makes it funny to me. With these things, I always like to see if I can come up with a plausible off-screen story to justify the apparent inconsistency. She tells Nana Mary it's a brand-new car in the context of telling her to stuff it, because when they arrive at the Conner house for Thanksgiving, Nana Mary complains about her aching butt (from sitting in the car). So it could have been new-ish and she was exaggerating to shut her up. But when Becky talks about the dollar-for-dollar matching deal she has with Dan and Roseanne, Bev says, "You know, Becky, all these years I've been driving your grandfather's hand-me-downs. It's time I had a new car of my own. But the one I have is in very good condition." So, if we went with the "new-ish" theory for the comment in the Thanksgiving episode, does this one still contradict it? For it not to, we have to first accept that even though it was only a couple of years old, Al bought a better car and gave this one to Bev. Then, that, even though it is only a couple of years old, Bev is ready to ditch it because she wants her very first brand new car. That second prong is actually quite believable, since this is when she's totally fired up about spending Al's money in light of the impending divorce - she absolutely would give away a perfectly good car and buy a new one, just to spite him. But is the first prong believable? We don't know enough about Al's car-buying habits to say whether jumping from car to car when a better one comes along is his thing. He was getting ready to leave his wife for his mistress, though, so maybe he did - in order to treat himself to a spiffier car and to assuage his guilt by giving her a car better than his last hand-me-down she was driving as his parting gift. So, the two statements can co-exist with some real fanwanking, but if Bev had just told Nana Mary, "Stop it, Mother, that is a perfectly good car," instead, it wouldn't be necessary.

Jodie Foster always springs to mind first, but putting my thinking cap on, I'm also coming up with Claire Danes, Neil Patrick Harris, Dean Stockwell, Natalie Portman, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mae Whitman, Fred Savage, Drew Barrymore, and Rick(y) Schroder.

I love those - it definitely beats holding a flashlight with your mouth. I had to do some sprinkler repair the other day, and once done I decided to check the directional flow of the whole system (since the heads sometimes get a little off course thanks to the lawnmower, and then too much water is missing the lawn and hitting the driveway instead) -- in this hideous heat and humidity we're having this week, it was great fun to play in the sprinklers.

One of the things that turned me away from the regular show, and annoys me even more in the celebrity edition even though I still watch, is when the contestants do these exaggerated "What on earth? It's so unfamiliar I can't even recite the word back after hearing it" reactions to ingredients that are not remotely unusual. That they've never cooked with them may be believable, but never eaten them in restaurants or others' homes to know what they are or have so much as heard of them before? Please, especially when we're dealing with people who have the money and access to eat better than most. Tonight it was shiitake and cremini mushrooms. Like they've never seen those on a menu!

I am far from a "royal watcher," so I don't know a lot about Diana, but one thing that seemed obvious from any level of attention is how much she loved her children (which should be a given, but the world is full of examples that it isn't). I was thus interested enough in this production, from her sons' perspective, to track it down online. I have a close friend whose parents both died before her kids were born, so "Grandma and Grandpa" has always meant her in-laws to them. And she loves her in-laws as grandparents (and in-laws), but she still has a whole lot of feelings about that. So that's my personal background to say that segment with William particularly touched me, when he talked about how he'll often share stories of "Granny Diana" when he puts the kids to bed, so they'll grow up knowing they'd have had two grandmas who adore them, it's just one of them didn't live to be part of it all.

I'm so glad this is back! It's probably my favorite version of the show. Even the judges I generally dislike are often enjoyable as contestants, because of the camaraderie between the judges. I don't care that they don't do one episode's baskets from start to finish, but instead pull three from different episodes. It's kind of random and disjointed overall, but in a way that adds up to feeling relaxed and fun rather than something negative; I like the loosey-goosey feel of it all.

Me wants both!

Well, they certainly beat Rachel and Sean! From what we saw of Judd and Pam during their season and the little I've read about either of them since, they both seem like good people, so if they're still happy together after all this time then I am happy for them. I still wish the show had aired all that footage they shot of Pam at work; I'd have much rather seen that than Puck's antics.

Fantastic! I could only give Maddie about 75 mL at a time; she didn't have a heart problem (for those unfamiliar with the wonderful world of fluid therapy, heart conditions may necessitate caution with the amount and frequency of fluid administration), wasn't getting over-hydrated and having too many nutrients flushed out or her kidneys over-worked, or any of the usual suspects when it comes to potential drawbacks, but when I gave her 100 mL, she seemed uncomfortable afterward. For just a short while, so I think it was the fluid bubble itself on her small frame. I decreased the amount, and she was fine. Sorry; random reminiscence on Maddie's bouts with pancreatitis (she never needed fluids for her CKD - thankfully, she was among the lucky ones for whom diet was enough to keep it from progressing [she was at stage two, dropped down to stage one, and stayed there] - so I didn't have to do it routinely, just when she was battling pancreatitis). Getting back to the point, isn't it fabulous how much better they can feel with fluids? I'm glad he's feeling better since Sunday's administration, and that today's went so well. If he continues to take it like a champ, and you only have to do it every few days, that's a significant improvement for him with minimal fuss for either of you. Great news! (And treats taste better off Mom than a plate - at least according to Maddie and Riley.)

I hope your husband and kid take care of all the rest of the household chores; with all the time you spend cooking for them, they'd better make sure you never touch a vacuum, washing machine, etc.! There's a hole in the wall Italian joint down the street from my friend's house, and we went there for the second time last night, fully intending to try different things than we had the first time we went (which was several months ago), but we'd so thoroughly enjoyed our previous orders that we wound up getting the exact same meal. Guess we'll just have to go again! Tonight I'll be making lamb chops, as I took two out of the freezer this weekend and then wound up going out every night, but I haven't planned side dish and salad yet. Asparagus will probably be involved in one or the other, as I have a lot of it right now.

I use Pyrex glass containers (the Snapware line) for food storage, too; I switched a couple of years ago because I didn't like the extra dish dirtied by storing in plastic and then microwaving in something else, and I wanted to reduce the amount of plastic, even unheated, touching my food. I bought two sets from Costco. I posted my plastic storage containers (Glad, Ziploc, even some old Tupperware) on Freecycle, so they'd continue to be reused.

I love martinis. I also like vodka martinis, but I hate when I order a martini and before I can specify which gin I want, the bartender/server asks, "Vodka or gin?" If I wanted a vodka martini, I'd have asked for one. Speaking of switching liquors for a different take on a standard drink, while I like tequila, I don't care for a Bloody Maria. Similarly, I don't like whatever you call a Bloody Mary made with gin. I think the flavors compete too much.

We'll see, obviously, but I don't anticipate that being the case. She was up front with ABC that, should the show get one more season (after season eight, she knew if there was another one, it would be the last), she wanted to go crazy experimenting with different, "out there" ways of telling the stories. So both things would have to happen again: Roseanne wanting to use those or new "out there" methods of storytelling in the revival and the network agreeing. Given the difference in circumstances then and now, I don't particularly see either happening, and certainly not both.

Not beyond a "thank you," and even that is not strictly necessary. Your resignation letter was the primary communication, and his email is the acknowledgment of that; there's not really a need for more, but you can, in turn, acknowledge his reply with a simple "thank you" email. As for how you'll look back on his email when this chapter in your life is truly closed, there are several possible motivations behind it, and time may tell which one was at play here. My suggestion is to get your unemployment claim squared away, continue to enjoy your downtime with your kitty, and move forward when you're ready. Oh, and stop for a laugh from time to time at what you learned about the place falling utterly to pieces in your absence, of course.

At first I thought, "Seventeen?! Even for Ina, that's nuts." But I just looked up the recipe, and it says it serves 10, so the fact it actually turns out 17 generous portions sounds like typical Ina -- a yield almost double what is stated. I automatically cut all her recipes in half.

The crazy and the inconsistent opinions existed back in the day, there just wasn't social media to make it so readily accessible. Going by that Daily Beast article, it seems worse now, certainly, but she had some pretty unhinged phases during the show's original run yet managed to stay on message and on comedic point when it came to the Conners. Hopefully this revival includes the disillusionment without the hate or lies. Because, yikes, that was a scary read.

Ugh, he's that guy from Modern Family, and at first I thought he was just playing a really annoying character, and then he started showing up in all these commercials playing characters every bit as annoying, and now the very sight of him has me lunging for the remote.

I don't remember season five well enough to vote, didn't see all of six, and didn't see any of seven, so I'll be back for the all-stars round.