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I don't think Jax's sexuality comes into play here. Who he sells himself to does not identify who he prefers to have sex with. I'm guessing anyone with the right amount of money for the former and himself sprawled naked in a mirrored room and a handful of lube for the latter. We're talking about the Gorilla not Enough in the Mist after all. Anyone who finds him sexually attractive enough to throw money his way is just fine. But only as someone to serve as a reflection as to the glory that is himself in his own mind. I'm guessing without cameras, ole Jax and his hand are the only ones making notches in the bedpost. That or he gives a mean blowjob for 100 bucks.

Peter Straub. I loved his earlier work. But lately his books seem too surreal and over stylistic. To the point that even his short works had become a slog for me.

1. While I loathe cheating and find Eddie repugnant, I have to wonder about what was going on in their marriage. I'm not blaming the victim here. Because I'm not sure if Brandi truly was a victim. It seems to me she was fine if Eddie banged someone else as long as he came home. But I don't think that was a clear agreement the two worked out. Eddie did cheat on Brandi with Leann Rimes. But I suspect that was not the crime, What he did was he left Brandi for Leann Rimes. And that was a crime. Frankly I think Brandi would find it self-serving in a sick way if she and Eddie were still married and he had a history of banging bolded names (in gossip columns). And the thing is if you treat the situation that happened as Brandi is doing, and even take her version as gospel, then you are making the cheating/leaving aspect something he is continuing to do to you. Which is pathetic. And I suspect again something Brandi enjoys. It is the only thing that makes her "relevant" and bolds her own name in said columns. And gets her on this show, sells her books, puts her on Celebrity Apprentice etc.* But she also is wallowing in this act of betrayal. It should be "he cheated on me and left me" but the way she really straps herself to the cross makes it seem that it is some kind of ongoing act she cannot move on from. Not by the choice she is obviously making. But as if she is simply not able to by the laws of the universe. Loathe him, hate him, scorn him for the rest of your life. Stop enjoying reliving it as if it is something he does simply by breathing. 2. I think the various substances give her courage to be more flippant, rude, trashy and angry. I do think it has become a problem because it enables Brandi to be the Brandi we see on the show. I'm guessing she is hoping VH1 brings back some addict show or she has a coupling in line to land a "therapy" show either VH1 or WE. I'm betting she is cunning enough to have a backup plan when this show sends her on its way. I think even the shock value has only so long it can go. Aviva either pretty much refused to film with the rest of her cast or they refused to invite her other than the contractual events and she got the toss despite being a divisive reality character. I'm not sure how long Brandi can stay on if the rest start icing her out. Then again, if the two newer women with a little name power decide to take over Vanderrump and Lemony Foster might unite behind Brandi to maintain some kind of control. I thinkVanderrump is small and petty enough to find Kyle having center credits annoying. I cannot imagine the first time she appears at a PR event with either of those two and they get more and louder acclaim. *Has CA been mentioned yet in an episode? When did it film in compare to this show? Quite a bit before, no? ETA: I'm all for people slut shamming. I judge. So can anyone else. If it happens to be different criteria than I prefer that's on me. Being sexually active is a bit different anyways to me. Like defining what is porn. I know what it is even if I can't define it to someone else. Brandi is a slut to me. Not an empowered, sexually active non-relationship only for pleasure person. But a slut. She uses her sexuality. Instead of simply being sexual. She tries to define herself in a certain way publicly with it. Gives me plenty of license to use it against if I so choose in my opinion. I doubt I can shame her though. Works like that don't shame. Get offended yes. Shame? She should be a Republican Congressman she has such little idea of the word.

Stalin hated Hitler. Doesn't mean I like Stalin. Or Hitler. By this I mean as much as loathe Brandi, I don't stand up and cheer when the pricier famewhores sneer from their corner. This is the flea bitten mongrel you both joyfully joined and rubbed against Lisa Rinna and Eileen whatsyourface. Sorry but I find them just as bad the rest already. I wish a huge wave would rush in and take the Foster house out to sea with the entire cast and their hubbies. And Rinna's horrific children. Hell they can have Kim's dog and whatever lackeys Lisa Vanderpump has on her leash. Like that freak Ken. Not the bullying old fart who she is married to (he's already cover). The one the rented swan hated. Rinna talks a good talk. But deep down I'll bet she is as hard as any that cameras are on her and "DRAMA" is unfolding. Brandi is stupid enough to not realize both the other two are newer. But both came on not only thirsty but survivors of sorts of the soap opera market. Bitch eat bitch there. Brandi has no idea how much she is playing into their hands. I am surprised how poorly Eileen sells mocking self-deprecation though. She seems so phoney in those talking heads. I can't imagine how close she walks to the cliffs of Humblebrag when the cameras aren't on her. I wish they had brought back Camille because she not only understands the game, she is also crazy enough to get int he mix. Watching Rinna glide her tongue over whichever veteran gets her camera time is almost as gross as Brandi doing...well whatever Brandi is doing. Eileen is selling a package and I'm not buying. It reeks of being over produced, filled with by products and only microwavable.

Is Jimmy Dean also the one that tries to convince you that some pre-packaged microwavable "food", you have no idea is really what is in it, where it was made or how long ago, is somehow so much more tastier than the salad or sandwich that was just prepared for you a few minutes ago? Yeah. Probably deserves more comment in the annoy/irritate/outrage thread. But I have to laugh as if those pathetic examples of what you should toss for a Jimmy Dean processed microwave piece of crap for are always going to be your only option. It would make more sense to market them as the quick alternative when you don't have time for anything else and it is more the equivalent of fast food than fresh made food. Speaking of which I love salads JD. So stop with acting like a salad can't be filling. You do know that salads often come with stuff on them. Meat. Cheese. Eggs. Seafood. Stuff that hasn't been run through a factory the size of a military aircraft testing hanger outside of Omaha. To the JD Sun ads. The one where the husband laughs as his wife concedes the staring contest. Wouldn't deliberately engaging your wife in a staring contest, if you are The Sun, constitute spousal abuse? How about an ad with the blackened eyed spouse bleating she loves him as the cops perp walk the Sun into the local pokey. The cops can be munching on some JD of course.

saki there are far too many recorded instances of women bearing the Dowager courtesy in public and court accepted appearances who are relicts of a childless spouse. So you can add absolute to your certainty. The Herald of Arms, Debretts Burkes Ruvigny and Guy Stair Sainty all simply say it comes from the rights of being married. There is and has never been a single recorded mention other than here that I can find that say the law and the Queen's Court only allow the title if there are descendents holding the title from which the courtesy is afforded. None. It does not exists. Otherwise how embarrassing for the royals to address the Widow of the childless Duke of Northumberland as The Dowager Duchess of Northumberland. Wouldn't they know? Plus of course the common sense of the meaning of the word. Coming from Dower and those rights. Which were in good part aimed at being the one thing that protected a wife from heirs coming in and ousting her without a dime. Being the world of Fellowes, its probably more that Anna doesn't feel worthy still having been soiled. What with her rape being all about Bates don't cha know.

I like Molly and her mother and sister just fine. I love Carl and his grandmother. I love Mike's mother. And that is it. Mike, Vince and the rest could be written out tomorrow and I think the show would do just fine. Just change the title to "Molly". And I think as the show included more characters and gave them larger roles the show suffered. Well on top of what the writers did to it. People have gone to jail for less.

All I know is that I have eaten plenty of scones as a "foreigner" and the cook at Chatsworth is just as proud as the one at the Dorchester at serving a "proper" scone. And they were different enough to notice even though they were of the plain variety. Ever culture has something they swear is uniform, Italians have sauce/gravy, French have croissants and souffles. All recognizable as such. Yet can vary. Because that is what we do. If we were able to be completely uniform there would be one thing. Food. I get what you are saying but I can attest that things vary enough to be noticeable and still be the same. I mean this show would not exist if there were not accepted variances in what to expect but still able to be put out by a different person and many times commented on by the judges as good form and yet different but just as good from another plate.

1. What the heck is up with the woman who is ashamed to buy her Depends in a grocery store? First she acts like she peed in the check out aisle when she puts the box on the conveyer belt. If I was the check out person, well first I would not give a fuck, but also I would think she just committed murder the way she cringes and squirms. Also why does she struggle to hide them in the back of her trunk. I have never seen a trunk that magically turns transparent unless maybe she is old Wonder Woman and she has a car to match the jet. And it makes it seem like it is such an inconvenience having to juggle the bag you want to hide with the rest of the bags and the trunk. I'm guessing she can't strain pasta or peel a hard boiled egg either. Where the bag sits in the trunk seems inconsequential. 2.Why does the cheap on-the-lesser-channels commercial for some kind of dog vitamin additive claim to stop a dog from shedding? Most dogs shed. Naturally. It serves a purpose. A very vital one health wise. So either they have no problem lying to sell a product or it actually does stop your dog from shedding. in which case I'm guessing your dog dies an early death.

Not sure why. So much to hate in the Progressive "Flo" ads. But when she is surprising people at the service center I hate that she calls a toddler who looks about two....holding her own baggie of treats; "little tiny baby". I know it is irrational but it just makes me grit my teeth. When I'm not yelling at the tv "no you dumb ass, a little tiny baby is swaddled and has to be held a certain way".

How on earth did you manage that? US biscuits tend to be incredibly varied. Some are very scone like. While others are rolled and some are dropped. Some are form baked. Some are even squeezed out of a piping tube (made with bacon fat and incredible with bacon, eggs and grits). I guess what I am saying is that while your impression is correct for what you experiences, it would take years and a gut the size of Texas to experience all the different ways American make "biscuits". People who know biscuits have as dogmatic and yet varied idea take in the US about as much as they do barbeque. I'd wager there are ten times the types and varieties I have been lucky (and unlucky) to have eaten. Don't get me started on PA Dutch who call a noodle a dumpling. While I could appreciate the effort and even technique in the panoramas, I was extremely underwhelmed by even the best of them. It was not a hunger inducing episode. Which is good in a way. But I prefer the ooey gooey ones that have my mouth watering and what I can, in a pinch, use as a culinary surrogate. ETA: What I've said about US biscuits I can also say to a slightly lesser degree about what British people consider the proper "scone". A lot won't admit it but there are some rather significant differences despite all claiming to serve a traditional one.

Several PBS stations seemed to have flubbed the premiere a bit. I got a flier in the mail after the last pledge and it was supposed to start the same night as Downton did. But it started two weeks before with a skipped week. Which is odd. My sister's PBS in Vermont simply started with the second episode. They scheduled the first one a week prior but never aired it. Showing a holiday show instead. But did a 're-air' sometime during Sunday early in the wee hours I guess. It seems odd to have no commercials. Paul looks pregnant. Mary looks frail. Compared to when I saw them last.

I don't agree and would be curious to where you get that from as I might have labored under incorrect form for some time. However I have seen more than one reference in Burkes and Debrett both to the courtesy of Dowager extending to 1. any woman who enjoyed the marital title. Meaning you did not have to be the mother of the next title holder. Plenty of childless widows enjoyed the usage of "Dowager" ____ and were referred to as such in press and court usage. 2. There are references to dueling Dowagers who hated each other. Dueling in that both could use the title being widows to successive holders of that title. Many times brothers and uncles and sons left widows in their wake as the title tried but failed to pass down in a direct line more than one generation. When it mattered socially there tended to be one more "accepted" dowager. Usually the one who had been married to the one who held the title the farthest back. But there have been amusing instances of both showing up for a social event (like letting the wrong "dowager" into the outer royal enclosure at Derby). In any case historically there are references to Dowagers being childless widows and more than one to a title living at the same time. When Robert dies, and George is married, if Cora survives she can use the title Dowager Countess of Grantham. Even if Violet is still living and uses the title as well. It is automatic. No matter how confusing that may be. Most likely just to keep things civil, Cora would be styled "Lady Grantham" if George had a countess and Violet was alive. But she could be and should be introduced as Cora Dowager Countess of Grantham even if Violet was introduced prior. Or after. I'm not a 100% on who gets to enter the dining room first. The relict of the man who held it first or most recent. I feel for Edith's original situation. Though birth control was known of by that time and the man was married no matter how they tried to "justify" it. I do not find Edith sympathetic having taken the child away from her adoptive family and then mope around her day after day. It is not an argument about what is right, it is just how I feel. Personally if Edith had gone up in smoke I would have been relieved. Instead I have to sit through episode after episode of Fellowes contrived plotting and drama of her maybe getting "caught" and how that will fall out. Watching Fellowes spend yet another season of using the character as his emotional punching bag is weary and annoying. The brief surge Edith had when she was attempting to be a career woman was refreshing and interesting. Of course she had to trip over a dick and fall flat on her face.

Lord Merton's surname is Grey. Which suggests he is a Baron. His son was 'Honorable" so that makes it even more likely. By the twenties proximity probably played little in where Earls lived in regards to each other even with estates. England is hardly that big after all and the numbers of titles were actually growing in the 1800s. Plus the shift in how estates played their role in British High society complete with entry by the industrial and banking wealthy late Victorian times had evolved by the time Edward VII took the throne. I have avoided the British season so I'm wondering if Jimmy is truly gone for good. I suspect we will get another worthless segue to London after all from the way some of the characters were talking this episode.

Marrying a Lord would make Isobel a Lady. Which is still far down the pecking order ladder of a Dowager Countess. Violet isn't doing whatever she is doing to prevent Isobel from out ranking her. That we know. Well this is also Julian Fellowes who despite his inordinate love of the "noble" class still manages to get so much of it wrong. Let's just say in the real world married to a Lord Merton would not elevate someone above a Dowager Countess. Edith annoys the heck out of me with her sniveling and moping. Robert's pomposity still has no bounds even when he is politically fencing with the shrill and dislikeable Bunting. Funny that an interview I saw had both the performers who play Robert and Mary thinking their characters are pretty much complete asses most of the time and Fellowes in the same interview considers both his "voice". The interview was prior to the last season so I have to really wonder at the dynamic of two leads playing roles the creator considers flawed but laudable but they consider more flawed than admirable. I felt a bit cozy just sucking up the atmosphere but once again there is so much lather rinse repeat for the umpteenth time. The only way any of the characters progress is to either die or leave the show. The rest, Robert, Mary, Edith, Tom, Thomas, etc all go back to start and get the replay button hit. We have seen them do the same damn thing season after season in some way or the other. The actor playing Gillingham has a weird way of talking. Physically that is. His mouth does something. Last season I thought he was hot. This season, not so much. The man hiding Edith's waif is hotter than the fire he was in the scene with. But he is a male in Edith's life. And I loathe cheating. But still if he is going to fall into bed with anyone other than his wife, Isis stands a better chance. No way is Edith going find even physical happiness at this point. I suspect Mary is Fellowes mother and Edith is the wicked spinster aunt who left her money to her cat instead of her grubby nephew. A new train line will go through the property and an express to York will mow Edith down. That is what I picture for the final scene of the final show. Oh, and just as she finds what she thinks is true and lasting happiness and contentment.

1. That would be Strider. Though in the books Legolas meets Strider/Aragorn for the first time in The Fellowship of the Ring at the council of Elrond which Jackson actually puts in the movie. 2. Tolkien killed Kili. No 'they ' about it. It was not something that was thought up in the film. Alongside Thorin and Fili before the gates of Erebor when they fought the Battle of Five Armies. Which made much more sense than Jackson's feeble little mind did 3. In the books Elves and Dwarves did not work that way. Legolas and Gimli were seen as almost unnatural just being friends. A Dwarf hoping on top of a Elven woman would be more of a crime than some consuming of a love that dare not be. They literally were different races. Not different ethnic group members.. 4. Only Peter Jackson knows. Well maybe Kay or Jared's too. 5. No such thing Peter Jackson made it up, Just like he did Tauriel in her entirety. I'm sure there are plenty of websites already up and running which detail how different the movies are from the book. If you care that is. There is definitely something to be said for the audience who hasn't read the book and just can sit back and see it all as a movie and nothing else. I might have enjoyed more myself not knowing what was cannon and what was Jackson.

Eh, It's called having an opinion. I'm not sure even if the place still has a new car spell why people are clutching pearls over someone else having a different take on someone who whores herself out for the public. As noted it is a free world. At this point, nice as it is, you really don't have to explain yourself or your reaction. Just air what you feel. Everyone else here does. Despite the "I don't get..." passive aggressive "all must think as I do' silliness that still persists.

Station Eleven had it faults, but it is easily in my top ten of the year. I recently finished the upcoming Half the World by Joe Abercrombie. It felt a bit too much of a middle book but is a quick entertaining read. I suspect fans will adore it. Up next is Blood Will Follow by Snorri Kristijansson. I was not too impressed with the first one, but not disappointed so much I would not read a free copy of book two. Besides plenty of authors have surprised me with their second effort. ETA: I liked Anthony Ryan's second book enough but found of the major releases last year (in his case a re-release of self published work by a major imprint) it was the weakest followup. I've found I enjoyed Django Wexler's second book in his series much more. And I have grown to appreciate Brian McClellan's ancillary work tremendously; something Ryan seems to either not have time to do or simply no interest. Still all three are welcome entries to the fantasy (no elves-dwarves-dragons oh my) field. All three look to drop another round this coming year by the half way point or so.

Seems to me that Peter Jackson just sort of loses control when it comes to straying too far from the book material. And it is odd that he did so in the manner done in The Hobbit Films. I find it odd he didn't at least expand on what was known via the books. Say Beruthial and her cats instead of Tauriel. Use of Beorn more and better. The back story of Elrond's wife and his twin sons. As a kid when I first read tLotR, I was actually bored with the bit about Frodo and Sam going into Mordor. So almost hated The Two Towers. But man I loved the glossaries. Adored them. Wallowed in them. If Jackson was going three movies, just using The Hobbit provided him with plenty of story to pad (imagine a small movie wiithin the first movie that did ten minutes or so of full out goodness involving the Fall of Gondolin when they found the two swords?). Again Queen Beruthiel as the love interest instead of a made up Tauriel would have been much more interesting. Imagine Evangeline Lilly 'purring' over either Legolas or Kili (as long as it wasn't too Eartha Kitt on the old Batman show). If they are going to shoe horn a female into the trilogy as was done, she should have been faceted strong and represented something other for men to save. Dol Guldur as filler could have been epic and instead ended up flat. The actual Battle in the title ended up being nothing more than the very worst elements of every other Middle Earth battle done in tLotR trilogy. Sadly I promised my nephews I would take them Boxing Day so I have to sit through it twice. I do think the trilogy would have been much better served if Smaug had died at the very end. If people couldn't figure out the series continued to a third one when ads came out telling them there was a third Hobbit movie with the very material beyond Smaug then they are too stupid to live.

Not exactly as I wished or even just envisioned. But still quite a nice way to exit. Loved how each time the cameras went over the set the number of guests singing just grew and grew. i wonder how many hours will be spent by fans trying to 'where's waldo' the entire line up. As someone who actually hated most of the tosses between Jon and Stephen ( TDS was at its height for me and I felt cheated of the seconds sometime minute and a half I felt it took away from TDS), I loved the way they included Jon at the end as if the TCR was one long field piece by Stephen. I was both glad and yet disappointed David Letterman wasn't riding shotgun with Santa. I was dreading it would be O'Lyingly Reilly

I did wonder if Yolanda crafted the phone call. Yeah I'm lolling on a grassy knoll here. But I noticed before she took the call she kept looking at her cell phone. I can't help but wonder if she had already known by a prior off camera call and figured it had to come out on the show because I do think Yolanda and David are smart enough to know the events happening in real time can wreck havoc with the image they try to sell via the packaged season. Maybe I'm giving Yolanda too many smarts. But David Foster is a pro at image control. After all he in part is responsible for both the Kardashians and Spencer Pratt. He has an ability to weave evil even if unknowingly. And to be fair, even if it was an unintended consequence, I can't fault someone trying to mitigate your child's stupid mistake. Yes Bella should face serious consequences, But it also should not define her via the show with something she should be paying for for the rest of life because mamma daddy and step daddy are all attention trollops. But the way it came off seemed organic enough but if crafted was nicely done since it put it out there but kept it at a minimum, Yolanda got to exit speedily stage left without having a camera crew following her every fraught moment back to the states and the next we see the issue she and David have a smooth facade.

Last season a true homage to Lord of the Flies. Called Everyone Versus Jeff: Bloody Host in the Water.

Don't they have to airdrop dvd players first? Otherwise? A bunch of N Koreans just got some odd dinnerware.

Yeah I bet even as I type, Mike is in some rent-a-office still trying to decide on a screen saver. Just knowing if the show never came back Reza's head would explode and Mike's car loan holder would be knocking on his door makes me hope it falls into the abyss never to rise again.

To be fair, and I'm just going by the promos where she is constantly trying to stride with command in heels she can barely crawl in. But it could be, going by the walk and the posture, Patty actually does have a freshly roasted goose nestled between her thighs. I want to know who does her fillers/botox and if they have a bid in for Versailles. Seasonally it was bad enough. But the promos for this episode and Patty had about three different "faces". Maybe she injects herself between takes. That or her body is constantly rejecting her attempts to keep it looking fresh.