LennieBriscoe

film noire, I *heart* you!

Ricky has found the Fountain of Youth! LOVED all the guys singing in Spanish for "The Cup of Life"!

How to wrap roses properly to hawk them in a bar. OMG. "Doctors teach their children to be doctors. I sell flowers, so this is what I teach." Someone get Maria a Professor Higgins STAT! Josh should not have married until he could afford it. Period. (And why can I not get Betty Broderick out of my head?! LOL!)

TrixieBelden, LOVE your name! She was my favorite of them all! ;-) But I disagree about space, as one must also consider "stuff."

I really, really have liked Clark (and Tyanna) throughout, but from the git-go, when I read that he had Clay Aiken as one of his faves, I wondered if TPTB or even his own principles would allow him to win and be molded the AI Way. So perhaps tonight's contre-temps was inevitable. Rayvon and Nick are, to me, complete non-entities. Either would fit right in with the Caleb Who? Kris Who? Come Out and Just Stand Here But Don't Sing Ruben Who? Male Winners Circle. Jax is in like Flynn. She has all the elements of a current female Pop star, for good or ill.

IMO, it's not about finding a job, getting along, compromising, or even about love---it's about personal comfort and needs. I live in suburban PA not far from NYC; I have relatives living in apartments in Jersey City and Bayonne. I do the "drive for a quart of milk," but I've also done the "walk the city blocks to get the groceries" bit. IMO, the latter schlepping gets old when the person does! And that's ignoring things like weather. Physical space requirements are important. If Sean needs a house and yard while Davina requires much less space to be happy as long as her space is in Manhattan, so be it. Neither party is "right" or "better" or even more sophisticated than the other. It's not like she's spending her days in a museum and her nights at the ballet. If Sean is feeling closed in, why should he need to change?

I think Ryan D. is plain not attracted to Jessica, which manifests itself as anger. JMO.

Springboard, mon ami; springboard.

It is a very common spelling.

I MUST get some "PittMoss"! I HATE the "Behind the Ink" notion. HATE. I, too, love my Kindle, but I cannot abide when I place my fingers wrong and up pops a frickin' new screen! Are there that many people who like to have their reading constantly interrupted to look at photos or read a Wikipedia entry? Plus, the female half of the pitch team was extremely haughty. Haven't a clue as to what the electrical product does. Don't care. Gave me flashbacks of my most-loathed classes. Those mothers win the "Laziest Moms Ever" award.

John McEnroe, are you posting here?! Funny, the mentions of Douglaston; it's the only place in Queens I've ever spent any time in. It's okay.

Re: "Gypsy" and "Romani" ("Rumney"?!)--- Source.

I'm a wise-acre from birth, but I find "jokers" who find ways to "joke" or "prank" in ways deliberately chosen to scare, upset, humiliate, belittle, or even just annoy, to be insufferable prats who need to grow the hell up. This goes double for a man-woman situation. A decent man in general, let alone a man in love, doesn't find upsetting a woman to be humorous. Moreover, Ryan's risible "It's trashy on OTHERS, not on YOU!" lameness is why he blew up and left; he was caught out on camera. (Has he looked at his own arms?) Bah. One could see as soon as the chapel doors opened that Ryan was deflated. And then at the altar he barely looked at Jessica. At the wedding party he didn't hold her chair or help her get seated. She never should have succumbed to his wedding-night-so-my-buddies-expect-this overtures. He wants out ASAP so that he can proceed with his Reality TV fame and fortune. Bwahahahahaha!

Maybe so. I know I get this distinct vibe from Ryan D. for sure. Like, Pauly D. envy. davetheman: Some of us aren't super-invested in our ethnic background. 21st C. American culture has reached the point where people are allowed to "self-identify," whether it be by gender, race, ethnicity, or religion. Defining Davina's choices as "self-hate" is denying her her own autonomous right to think, prefer, and self-identify as she sees fit. She likes what she likes, and doesn't what she doesn't---just as do we all. "Self-hate" is a psycho-analysis-by-TV I for one am not quite ready to accept.

I, too, thought Jax was channeling Joey, not Lady Gaga. And then HCJ's antics with Nick put me to sleep; woke up to see Clark's critique only; changed the station.. Wow, Nedsdag, I thought you were sadly misinformed, but no! Only the Top 5 to Tour! Idol keeps shooting itself in the foot...... But they should be so lucky as to play "State Fairs"! Carrie Underwood and Meghan Trainor will be at ours this summer! She just appeared on "Empire" and has a song on its soundtrack, and sang on the Academy Awards show. Plus, duets or "songs featuring..." are not new!

Is Linus Roache channeling William Shatner doing Capt. Kirk? He. is starting. to speak. in. a. staccato. manner. I thought King Ecbert's kiss of Judith (whom I find unattractive, but that's not my point!) was creepy, icky, skeevy, and all that. He isn't doing it out of lust for her, nor misplaced love for Athelstan; King Ecbert wants ownership of ALFRED. Floki, can you not see that Ragnar made a huge fool of you? You will. But hey---the good news is, it won't make you happy! Just like you're not making Helga (maybe she'll stab you the THIRD time you put your hands around her neck). Who chose these actresses? The blondes all look alike to me, and now so do the brunettes!

In a show that has plenty of murders, treachery, and battle savagery, Judith's adultery with Athelstan is hardly the only "bad" act given a pass! Hello, Bjorn "Love the one you're with"! Hello, Ragnar and his women and their men! I don't think her behavior was "glorified," either, for King Ecbert speaks not for the church but for his own manipulative self. In regards specifically to "glorifying" the adultery: The child grows up to be Alfred the Great. Traditionally, heroes of such renown are usually said to have had a "supernatural" siring, regardless of the mother's marital status. ~~Hated Fugly Floki from Day 1, and still do. Bleagh to him and his gruff whispers about "the gods." Yeah, he won't take kindly or quietly to Ragnar's wearing of Athelstan's Crucifix. ~~Ragnar and Athelstan had a touching bromance, but Ragnar and Ecbert make a great comedy duo. ~~I like this show a lot. But as a person who has read mythology from knee-high to a grasshopper, I care not one whit for Norse mythology. The days of the week suffice for me! :-P ~~ Disagree somewhat. Christ descended into Hell to redeem, not preach to, the Old Testament and other saintly but pre-Christ men of their sins and allow them to ascend to heaven. And I don't see anywhere this, either in the New Testament or in this episode: ~~"The Apostles' Creed" is a MAJOR prayer of the Episcopal Church.

Love me some Robert (should've picked "Mack the Knife"!), but his mouth had a constant "catching flies" look. Rumer was terrific again. I look forward to a happy dance for her! Derek's routine was lovely. Miss Patti is NOT about to concede the "great for her age" award to SS! (Speaking of whom: Suzanne is my new role-model! And any dame on a show with Suzanne "Chrissy Snow" Somers ought not think her own bustline is the cat's meow, knowwhati'msayin'?) I think Chris Soules looks pretty decent, giving it the old college try. Check it: Redfoo and his weird hair got the fewest votes, so Exit, Stage Left. Riker changed his 'do and will live to sign quite a few more dance cards. He overall looked dashing! Noah, God bless him henceforth.

Still Team Tyanna!

Hard for Whitney to be keen on moving to Iowa while Chris is in LA chasing the Disco Ball trophy. :-P

Oh, Drogo! Your post melted MY butter! :-) I agree with you about these three, also. So glad your girl felt differently from the way Becca did!

Re divorce: Gotta cop to wondering about cause-and-effect. ;-)

I've always thought coconuts are brown. Guy seemed ADHD. Sorority girls showed a glimpse of the "It's whom you know in life" world. And it dresses alike. Twin pillow seemed cumbersome, but it's clearly better than two separate pillows. That Truck_UV guy is going to back and throttle the no-show boss! I just realized I have nothing in common with any of the above customer targets.

And here I thought "W" meant "weed." Heh. Chrissa was completely clueless. I mean, sure, canned spaghetti sauce was totally doofus, but people are known to consume the stuff. Ginger-cookie-covered chicken, OTOH, is just bizarre. And since when does one's signature dish come from a sudden whim? I hated the way she talked, too. The layers of unreality to this reality show astound! Stunt people! Scripted paid diners! Dean and a date! Mysteriously cold oven! Gotta love it!

I wanted to love this show and ended up disliking it very much. 1. Katie's vocal fry was turn-the-channel off-putting. 2. The finished products didn't appeal to me. 3. The show is a poor rip-off of "Flea Market Flip." And now I learn (I turned the channel, heh) about Tim? Feh!