Phebemarie

Yes, Rene's a French bulldog from Teaneck, New Jersey.

Going to see Head Over Heels (written by Jeff Whitty) at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival this Saturday (if the smoke clears out from nearby fires). For many smaller schools like mine (we have fewer than 300 students), RnH musicals are difficult. A big chorus is a requirement in all those traditional shows. South Pacific would be impossible due to the number of males in the cast. Royalties have also gone up, making shows like The Sound of Music a bit of a financial stretch as well. Almost Maine is a really sweet, simple show . Schools are producing it because it has flexible casting and a variety of characters so a lot of kids are show-cased.

Dion's little superior smirk when the social worker realized she'd been set up was adorable.

I really disliked the episode where Bernadette and Howard fix Leonard up. That Leonard had so little self-worth that he would go on a second date with the woman seemed very out-of-character.

Happy Days, one word: Ayyyyyy!

Is the tropic-print shirt definitely Dean's? It's been really hot (100 degrees) in the Pacific Northwest this week. Maybe he's trying to stay relatively cool while he directs.

I agree with Lillybee. As wonderful as that commercial is, the dog body language at the end makes me think the person holding the camera is telling the hound to stay and sit while the orangutan finishes its routine. Reminds me of a sibling rolling its eyes at a nuisance kid brother or sister.

Yokosmom, if you're a theater fan and live near NYC, there is a musical coming to Broadway soon based on the life of Alexander Hamilton. It's written by Lin-Manual Miranda who wrote the Tony-winning musical, In the Heights. On topic: I am a big fan of John Adams, but I couldn't get past the tar and feathering scene in the first episode. HBO doesn't pull any punches where violence is concerned.

Today it seems like the new Ford Edge commercial has been featured a lot. (It's the one with the equally ubiquitous "This is my Fight Song"). Since one of the key lines in the voice over is "I'll take those odds", I'm almost certain Jennifer Lawrence is providing the narration. Does anyone else agree?

Couldn't Dean's comment about blood have been directed at himself, too? By this time, I'm sure that he feels the whole Winchester/Campbell line is cursed, not just Sam. Yep, what Aeryn said. :)

What if instead of Lucifer possessing Dean, it's Michael? We wouldn't see that twist coming. Or how about this: the boys go through nefarious means to get the mark off, both compromising themselves and their ideals along the way. Miracle of miracles! Whatever means they take works! Joyous day! A minute later Supernatural god (in the form of John WInchester) shows up, and he's not amused.

I'm worried that the Steins are going to harvest some Winchester body parts (like an arm, perhaps). I know it was already mentioned that Dean wouldn't be free of the mark if he cut off his arm, but I find it an odd coincidence that the writers allowed the Stein prisoner to escape the way he did. No one has mentioned the college student killed in the opening. The last time I've been as unsettled by the first first minutes of Supernatural was during the "My Bloody Valentine" episode. I use one of those scoops to make cookies, for Chuck's sake!

That was just gross from the opening to the end.

I think the only reason the title was chosen was because the word paint made for a clever connection to the ghost's tale of woe.

I felt sorry that the tragedy in Oslo, Washington, was used as a punch line after Gemma's tornado answer. 43 people were killed in that landslide.

There was a statistic that I may have misread on opening night stating the herding group has only one Best in Show win in the history of Westminster. I'm a big fan of the Shetland sheepdogs, which rarely place in the dog shows I've watched. I was hoping for a Swagger win last night just to get the herders in the spotlight.

Did anyone else get a "Very Supernatural Christmas" vibe from this episode? We had folkloric villains, snarky Dean (even in his junior form) and sentimental Sam.

It feels like Big Bang Theory is a victim of its own success in some ways. All the things that made the show funny and endearing have been watered down or replaced with endless commercials.

Could Lachlan be Miloj post-surgery?

Does anyone else get the feeling that no matter the designs each week, the producers have a certain order of offing that was established at casting? It's the only way I can understand some of the unfortunate choices the judges make. Last week, the story line called for Dimitry to be thwarted again in his quest for first; this week, he vanquishes the designer who edged him out and takes the prize.

As much as I'd love my Oregon State Beavers to be in the National Championship game, it was the Oregon Ducks who were dominated last night. Even though the University of Oregon is an in-state rival to my alma mater, I didn't think they deserved to be humiliated by that last touchdown, either, Crs97. I may change my mind at Civil War time next fall.

The Things They Carried is the title of a famous book about the Vietnam War. The Executioner's Song is book about Gary Gilmore, a murderer who was sentenced to death in Utah in 1977.

Charlie didn't seem like herself in that clip. The way she said, "That's the Dean I remember..." seemed a little dark. Anyone else pick up on that?

So will Castiel resurrect the bad guys so Dean doesn't feel like a monster?

I'm so excited! Good choice, USA Network! :)