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Maybe Hope could be drafted from Forrester Creations to be the new Marchetti creative head. Get her away from the man/child crew over there and dump her into a whole new mess of men who don't know what the heck they're doing. Summer is going to catch the same thing that Cole got, or her plane is going to crash her on some isolated island for the next two years. Or, her commercial flight will have a layover in Newark and never be seen again.

FINALLY!!!! Nikki done got her hair did right. At least, from the front and left side that we've just seen.

Lola is in a new movie coming out, On Swift Horses. Better than being stuck in a kitchen, hmm?

Another thought- The vampire's portrait is in his office, not at home. Couldn't Jack do the same for his father? All we ever get are old B/W photos sitting around every once in a while.

Opportunity missed- when Diane asked Jack if there was anything that should be changed. Yeah, yeah, the portrait had a back story but Jack should have said he'd rather see a picture of dear old Dad there. Since nobody had ever seen the lady pic nobody would ever miss it. Stash it in the dining room or in the kitchen with Mrs. Martinez.

Hi Cricket, leave Danny out on the road someplace? Hi Heidi, need any more highlighter?

Big reveal of living room- instead of dark green on dark green now we have pink on aubergine. What is their love of the darkest possible wall colors? Any time someone wears a dark color the only way we'll be able to find them is if they perch on the couch.

"Business dress" in real life is a real regional thing. Washington DC is much more conservative, like the Midwest. California, Florida- wacko rules. New York and Texas- somewhere in between. Soap business dress is a real oxymoron. It's strictly character driven, in broad strokes, with no tie to time of day, season, or occasion. For reference see Lauren Fenmore in Genoa City.

The new hair/makeup changes make me think of that song from Grease- Beauty School Dropout.... and I liked their looks better than this!

Cady McClain had a broad southern accent while on All My Children. Actually pretty good. I've always enjoyed watching her. I'd like to see the modeling girls running around with Crest White Strips in, slathered in Olay lotions and using Pantene on their heads. We could work in the old folks using Metamucil and Fixodent. There's a multitude of products that could be used to clean crime scenes and the inevitable babies will be swaddled in Pampers. All the angst will lead to bumper crops of Rolaids and Pepto Bismol. There could be a running joke of someone opening a closet (Fibber McGee style) and all the products spilling out. P&G has a potential gold mine here.

Joey (Jon Lindstrom) really seems to be enjoying himself. I like when that happens.

Could Luna do some sort of minor mayhem on Steffy to get her offscreen for a while? And when she comes back, could Steffy have had a personality transplant? Please?

Ooooh, next week the remodel is unveiled. The front door didn't change. Will it take until Friday for us to see the new living room?

Js Nana - thanks for the refresh. Guess I was stuck on the diminutiveness of the nicknames. Michael having conniptions with Diane was good. His facial expressions were epic. Then he runs to Victor to warn him. So, which will win, his conscience or his wallet? I just can't get over Michael being so loyal to Victor even though he knows it's looney tunes. Abby in a conversation with Victor? Of course, it was about "He who will always be mentioned" Doomaaah. Well, that's about the only way to get her involved in a storyline nowadays. And, her mom Ashley has been shipped off to Europe with Traci again, so other than Devon she's got nobody to talk to.

Re: Traci being called Pumpkin- that used to be an acceptable nickname back in the 50s. On Father Knows Best, Robert Young called Lauren Chapin (the young daughter) Pumpkin. So that fits in with the wholesome family dynamic they wanted for the Abbotts. Not so much anymore, hmm?