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I thought Carol was engaged to someone other than Tag in the pilot. An athlete or something? (We never saw him, and maybe never even heard his name, but it wasn't Tag.) They dropped that early on, and then she was with Tag.

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That closes out the I'll Be Me documentary, as one final punch to the gut. "I'm still here, but yet I'm gone" sets the tone, and then the final verse: I'm never gonna know what you go through All the things I say or do All the hurt and all the pain One thing selfishly remains I'm not gonna miss you I'm not gonna miss you Here's an old Rolling Stone article that includes the video; I just cried my way through it again.

Yes, I remember one instance of that pretty clearly in my mind, but can't for the life of me remember what episode it's from -- I have the niggling thought it the episode following the first break-up, but I didn't list it because I'd have to check to see if that's accurate. I just remember seeing it again after the abuse was revealed, and it sticking out to me that she was holding herself the very same way she did when she came to Roseanne's after the beating that led to the abuse revelation. If that scene was, indeed, in the immediate aftermath of the initial break-up, that would very much be another "ah, I see so much in hindsight now that I know" aspect of this. If she broke up with him because he hit her, but didn't tell her family that was why, and then he gave his litany of excuses, apologies, and promises it would never happen again, and she took him back, that could have been the "We can work this out, we've done it before" he referred to. And that would add an extra layer to Roseanne's guilt at having pushed Jackie to get back together with him after that break-up. As realistic as is the litany of things that stand out in hindsight, so, too, is Jackie's reaction to things. That she'd hide it for so long, that it took more than one time walking away to leave for good (average is seven times leaving and going back before leaving for good - or, tragically, being killed) that she'd be so embarrassed when it was revealed (and not wanting to go to the hospital in town, letting more people know), that she'd make excuses and blame herself (there's no work so he's edgy, I shouldn't have pushed, he's told me when he gets like this I should just leave him alone, etc.), that she'd waver when he was once again apologetic, that she'd get defensive when Roseanne just wants to cut-and-dried "you're leaving right now and never speaking to him again" be done, etc. That makes it especially moving to see Jackie send Roseanne away, and then disabuse Fisher of the notion that's so they can talk it out -- it's because she doesn't want Roseanne thinking she's the reason Jackie is leaving, and she doesn't want him thinking that, either. She's deciding.

After I get guacamole mixed together (chunky avocado, cilantro, jalapeño, and garlic), I stick the pit in the middle, cover the bowl tightly with plastic wrap, and put it in the fridge for several hours for the flavors to combine. It stays nice and green. My avocado peeve is that grocery stores only sell the Hass variety. I love them, but there are so many other great varieties, too! I have to go to the farmers markets to get those, though. There are over half a dozen varieties grown commercially in CA, but the chain supermarkets here just stick with Hass. Fuerte are probably my favorite, and it particularly irks me that those aren't widely available - they're in season pretty much exactly during the brief downtime for Hass. While I'm lodging avocado complaints, I must note that I truly hate what I call the Florida avocado (Choquette, I think) -- they're so freakin' watery the flavor is almost completely diluted.

Sorry, it has been a bad week; I thought of a couple of quotes, but feared I wouldn't have proper time to check for guesses and update the puzzle, so haven't posted. If anyone else wants to put one up, feel free.

Hartsfield's Landing The Black Vera Wang War Crimes - add me to the list hating the Donna's diary story

I don't do that, because I'd get really sick of it; I'm split about 50/50 between making just enough of a dish for one dinner or making enough to also have one or even two lunch-size servings left over. Any more than that, is too much of the same exact thing in the time frame it will stay good. I do plan meals to use some of the same ingredients in several different dishes over the course of a week or two, though -- no waste, but adequate variety. Salad greens rarely go to waste, despite the fact it's just me with a head of this, a head of that, etc., because I have some sort of side salad with every dinner. I cycle between add-ins and dressings, coordinating with the night's main course and side, to keep things interesting. Plus, I make my lunches, so that helps use things up before they go bad. But shopping and cooking in a way that didn't result in waste was definitely a learning curve! I don't fault anyone who decides, "Eh, screw it" and sticks with convenience food. Sometimes my garden overflows with something (e.g. any kind of squash - man, those things are prolific!) such that there just aren't enough ways to cook it without me getting burnt out on it, so then I take the excess (after what I've shared with family, friends, and neighbors) to the local food pantry. But I call first and ask, "Can you use zucchini, or are you overloaded with everyone's backyard garden excess?" They usually laugh and say, yeah, they're getting a whole lot of it, but there are still enough clients that they can use more. Which is a sad commentary on food security in this country, but that's much more than a peeve. But I also live in an area with a wide variety of great, independent restaurants that deliver, so it's not rare for me to decide I'm not in the mood to cook - cooking is something I sometimes enjoy, usually think nothing of (good or bad), and sometimes just don't have the energy for - and instead call out for food. In my parents' neighborhood, there is one good Chinese restaurant, one pretty good Thai restaurant, and one good Italian restaurant that deliver, and that's it; the rest are blah. And the Thai and Italian restaurants stop delivering at 8:00 or something. I hate it when I'm kittysitting at their place and decide I want to order in. At home, I have access to just about anything until 10:00 weeknights and 11:00 p.m. or later weekends (and one Asian fusion place that will deliver until 1:00 a.m. seven days a week). I can even get (delicious, authentic) Mexican food delivered here, which was a big peeve in my previous neighborhood -- several great delivery options for every other cuisine, but none of the Mexican restaurants delivered.

Night Five - Sorkin's straw man defense against people pointing out the sexism in his shows, that does nothing more than confirm he just doesn't get it, is painful to endure Hartsfield's Landing - I don't enjoy the prank war The Black Vera Wang - I hate the C.J./Simon Donovan stuff

See, I would put electricity at the top of your list, because it shouldn't be scary. If you learned the fundamentals of electricity and plumbing, you'd be able to handle a lot of repairs yourself (and you'd have the necessary knowledge base to properly evaluate anyone you might hire to take on the more advanced jobs).

That scene really gets me, too. We saw not just their financial struggle in general, but how many times they had to put that house on the line with another mortgage. (I love when Bonnie tells Roseanne Rodbell's is shutting down the diner ["and it's not like there's a lot out there for two career gals like us"] and Roseanne is silent for a beat and then says, "I've got, like, two mortgages on my house.") So for that to finally be securely theirs is quite moving.

Under-cabinet lights are great, but depending on what you want them for - accent vs. task lighting, primarily - you may find the battery-operated, remote controlled lights suit your purposes without need for integrated (wired) lights these days.

No, it was a documentary about real people who'd held these various White House jobs - how their experiences were reflected (or not) on the show (and thus maybe shouldn't even be part of the voting, but it aired during season three, so we'll vote it off and carry on). It was done to commemorate the 100th episode, I think, and aired near the end of the season. It contained comments from presidents Carter, Bush, and Clinton, and members of their administrations (plus a couple dating back to Nixon, Ford, and/or Reagan).

From the article expanding on the women added to the writing staff, which states they'll actually write episodes: I didn't know Kristen Cloke and Glen Morgan were still married (at least, according to IMDb they are); I hope she's a better writer than she was an actor in The Field Where I Died. I looked up her writing credits, and she hasn't written anything other than an episode of some show Glen did that ran only eight episodes. The only Shannon Hamblin I find is a producer, and I can't find a Karen Nielson at all on IMDb. I'll dig around some more tomorrow.

Oh, thank goodness. I just have to get through the two bookends, and can hopefully enjoy the rest. From the linked article: But then my good mood plummets with this tidbit: And we're still finding ways to see dead people, it seems:

It's recommended to scrape, not rinse, dishes before putting them in the dishwasher; it wastes water to rinse (because rinsing isn't necessary in order for the dishes to come out clean*), plus there's something about the enzymes in the detergent needing some food particles to attach to so it doesn't rinse away pretty much as soon as the cycle starts. I haven't explored that second prong in any depth since I don't have a dishwasher (I will once I finally renovate my kitchen, though, and man do I miss having one). *This wasn't true of my crappy dishwasher back in the day, but for decent machines of recent decades, that's how they're supposed to work and generally do. When I am someplace that has a dishwasher, I scrape - and the dishes seem perfectly clean when they come out - but something with avocado or melted cheese, I rinse or even soak (depending on how much time has passed before putting it in the dishwasher), because otherwise it may not come off in the wash.

I'm too lazy to go back and look this part up, but I distinctly remember that when that quote of his was reported, it came after it had already been reported somewhere that Doggett and Reyes wouldn't be part of season 10. Now, obviously Reyes wound up appearing. But, IF at the time of Patrick being asked the question at the convention, neither one of them had been approached to appear, and especially IF Patrick knew it was being said that Doggett and Reyes weren't going to be part of it, then he was saying, "No, I'm not interested in revisiting the role" after 1013 had already said, "We're not interested in revisiting those characters."

Did they have screens? If not, those are deathtraps, you know. Just ask that Michigan to Paris HH.

What a stupid complaint (shocking on HH, I know). If she was concerned with the potential problems inherent to something below ground level, that would be a reasonable issue to raise, certainly. But they're "antiquated" and not her taste? So don't go down there. Guests don't go down there, so they won't think her tacky, or whatever she's concerned about, for having a basic, functional basement if she wants to ignore it and leave it at that.

That was actually back in her Closer days (season seven's Death Warrant), but it was one of my favorite things ever on TV. And your point stands -- then-Captain, now-Commander Sharon Raydor wouldn't scream in terror at anything. Not even finding her living room full of Provenza's ugly household furnishings. I think this another one of those Things That Sometimes Happen in Real Life, But Happen Far More Often on TV gripes, and it is, indeed, quite frustrating. There may not be anything wrong with any given female TV character screaming her head off - not for help, not to scare the perp away, not in conjunction with or for a couple of seconds before taking action, just standing and screaming - given the circumstances (or even regardless of the circumstances since, as others have said, sometimes the mind/body responds in ways we wouldn't have expected and cannot control), but it is a problem when this is how so many women - and so few men - on TV respond to frightening/threatening situations. There are pleasant exceptions, of course, and I do think the TV landscape in general is slowly but steadily improving on that front, but it remains a recurring annoyance.

I like green goddess dressing, but I have no idea how the Trader Joe's version tastes. (I looked it up and I'd definitely rather have the traditional green goddess recipe, but I wouldn't expect the TJ's version to smell and taste like puke.) I wouldn't put it on pasta salad - but, then again, I don't like pasta salad (other than my mom's macaroni salad). To me, pasta salad means vinaigrette (which I do like, and I like pasta, and everything you put in your pasta salad other than the chickpeas, I just don't like the combination). I hope you had a good alternate dressing on hand for your pasta salad.

Isaac and Ishmael Isaac and Ishmael Isaac and Ishmael No? Okay: Isaac and Ishmael (a steaming pile of ignorant, offensive crap) Posse Comitatus (stupid Simon Donovan storyline, plus covert assassination) Documentary Special (I liked this fine, but it doesn't stack up against the episodes)

That was my recollection, too, so I went back and found it: Robert Patrick, known for his role as John Doggett, Mulder’s season eight and nine replacement, was asked about his time on The X-Files at a Scandinavian Sci-Fi convention. He immediately jumped into why he doesn’t want to be a part of the new episodes. “I wanna do as many different roles that I can, and not just one thing,” Patrick said. “So the same I feel about with John Doggett and the X-Files. I'm doing a new show right now called Scorpion, that I love. And I’d much rather be doing that show than going backwards and revisiting a character that I’ve already done.”

I never listened to Glen Campbell's music beyond what was on the radio, but I liked his voice a lot, and I liked those singles -- Wichita Lineman, Galveston, Rhinestone Cowboy, Southern Nights. The I'll Be Me documentary that came out a few years ago about him and his family coping as the dementia began to progress was well done (which, of course, means it was painful to watch sometimes).

I wish the kid on the left was a better actor, because I like the concept and the one on the right sells it, but the one on the left is like watching a fourth-grade class play. Also, the kid voice narrating the beginning and end is very annoying. "Tim and Charlie! Fourth graders!" is enough to have me lunging for the remote; if I'd come across this on TV instead of recommended here, I'd have never made it to the meat of the commercial.