Blergh

I also hope the sitting Democrats think OUTSIDE THE BOX and actually be ready to hit the ground running instead of just sitting on their hands and whining about being powerless and outnumbered.

Agree, and I ALSO hate it when the muzac ends and the phone 'rings' ONLY to have ANOTHER prerecorded message! Sakes! If you can't answer the phone, don't fake as though it's about to happen and then insult callers' intelligence by having a recording play yet again- just keep playing the muzac until a REAL HUMAN BEING can answer the phone! How difficult is that?

Dare I say it? While I fully believe that Mr. Trump's boorish behavior to women he wasn't married to deserves being called out, for Senator Clinton to act as though she was going to be the Avenging Angel on behalf of all the women Mr. Trump had wronged while not so much as addressing the facts that she never so much as acknowledged much less called out her own husband's ungentlemanly behavior to other women(or made any offers to help THEM) despite it being VERY public record seemed a bit hypocritical to me(and yes indeed I DID vote for her because I thought and still think she'd be a better President than Mr. Trump). Could other registered voters in vital states/districts have ALSO decided that this was hypocritical and NOT been willing to hold their noses as I was willing to do and either voted for Mr. Trump, voted for third parties or not voted at all?

It's sunny outside, cool but most of the autumn leaves are STILL on the trees here with their colors looking so vibrant! Isn't that good to keep in mind?

My fave Trader Joe's item? Easy! The Exit Door- because I've never had more than a 'meh' reaction despite all the hype and pals' pleadings.

Anyone see the one in which the mother has invited the entire extended family to celebrate the holidays and is PROUD that her young son wants to spend EVERY WAKING MOMENT playing some handheld game? She actually considers all these relatives giving him advice on HOW to play the game to be the SAME as him interacted and behaving like a human being with them even though he never so much as looks up or nods at anything anyone else says. I don't know what's sadder: the fact that she (and her family )seem to be in complete denial re the slug she's raised OR the fact that the company seems to think that THIS is a good way to sell their games!

OK, I already touched upon this earlier in the Movies Forum. However; this last election caused me to lose all respect for Clint Eastwood to the point I will never patronize anything he's connected to again unless he makes a profound and sincere apology. . If it was a case of him merely saying he supported Mr. Trump without further elaborating why, I could have accepted it. However; for him to go on a profane rant against anyone who OBJECTED to Mr. Trump's dissing others and expecting everyone to just roll over caused me to lose all respect. It would have been one thing had Mr. Eastwood acknowledged the dissing but just said that, whilst he himself disagreed with Mr. Trump's dissing, he believed Mr. Trump's platform was good enough to vote for (and, whilst I would NOT have agreed with that, I could have respected that position). But for him to essentially egg Mr. Trump on and refuse to even consider that NO ONE has the right to bulldoze others on a one-way street without risking consequences or even objections, well that DID IT for me!

Here's a pet peeve: Clerks who waste time telling their life stories and on political rants whilst their colleagues actually serve the public. I had the experience of having to get an important errand done with a line literally going out the door. One clerk spent the entire time I was there telling a single customer their life story interspersed with rants whilst the OTHER clerk managed to get the entire line taken care of on their own whilst the first one gabbed with just the one customer. Look, your life story and politics are YOUR business not mine. ALL I want when I go to your establishment is to get my transactions done as efficiently and accurately as possible. Cheers and pity to the coworker who had to do ALL the work whilst the One Person Blah Blah Brigade held court. And even if I had AGREED with the political POV (or thought the bio interesting) , I still would have considered them a needless waste of time and completely inconsiderate to everyone else in the establishment.

So after the crushing blow of November 8th, why on Earth did the party re-elect Representative Pelosi as the Minority Leader? Sorry, but business as usual has done nothing but set the party back IMO and the party is past due making a fresh start with new blood.

Even though they were already separated at the time, it was Mr. Tinker who got the news of her only child Richard Meeker, Jr.'s tragic death in 1980 AND made the decision not to tell her until the next morning so she'd have one last peaceful night of sleep before her world would be shattered forever by the news. I always respected him for doing that for her. Anyway, after so many months of speculation re her own health, Miss Moore HAS issued a touching tribute to her onetime spouse so I hope that means that she's healthy enough to receive and communicate news.

And it's reached Dollywood's doorstep in nearby Pigeon Forge but so far fire fighters have kept it at bay. That entire area is VERY dependent on tourism so the loss of these tourist hot spots could have major impact for quite some time.

I'm no fan of soccer but quite tragic about that Brazilian soccer team and just now I was reading how virtually the entire team worked its way via honing their skills against incredible odds out of obscurity and grinding poverty to become an inspirational team beloved by that nation. According to CNN's latest, there were six survivors out of 75 folks on the plane. I wonder if any of them were team members and what kind of conditions are these survivors? Of course, we need to keep in mind that EVERY sudden death be it of an individual or on a massive scale will impact the lives of friends and loved ones even if the rest of the world has no idea who the fallen ones were or what they did.

Like Miss Henderson, Mr. Glass looked astoundingly healthy in his most recent appearances- one could even say 'buff' (albeit with white hair). Still, considering he died from 'respiratory failure' and he smoked like a chimney on Barney Miller, maybe those coffin nails did him in after all. He did an excellent job re gallows humor & comic relief when it was most sorely needed. At least he was working steadily at the close of his life. Have no idea (nor do I care) who he may have had for companionship or whether he had any but I hope he was content nonetheless. RIP, Mr. Glass.

Good call, RaeSpellman!

As long as we're doing annoying slang. Can we put an end to writing 'prolly' for 'probably'? Not only is it not as cute as one may think but WHO actually PRONOUNCES it that way out loud?

If one hates one's job, is it too much to ask to not broadcast one's job searches or bragging about other places wanting to hire them to coworkers until one has ACTUALLY gotten hired by somewhere else? Just asking.

shok, I agree that Senator Kaine was ' a terrific candidate and worked hard for' Senator Clinton. However;I think he was badly underutilized and the fact is it was President Clinton NOT Senator Kaine who gave those speeches in place of Senator Clinton when she was out of commission. I believe his underutilization was one of many missteps this campaign made that contributed to our current status.

This is one Presidential spouse I DO hope fords her own political career as soon as her younger is on her own.

Yep, I TOTALLY agree. Although I didn't like every single one of his decisions or moves, I'm PROUD that I voted for President Obama in all the primaries as well as Presidential elections. Alas, IMO, we're all going from class to crass.

I liked that Walter's wife DID put forth valid arguments WHY she could not greenlight this procedure regardless of how compelling the case was re the burn victim and her daughter. Moreover, no matter how one sliced it (as good intentioned the MO may have been) James WAS essentially bribing her ( a government administrator) via the luxury suite, meals and gift basket. As much as I felt sorry for the poor burn victim, I would have liked it had Julianna kept her NO to the end just to see how James and Walter would have had to do had to make the best of things despite that constraint. Moreover; even with this procedure being successful, it wouldn't take much for someone with an axe to grind to call foul on BOTH Julianna and Walter re getting cozied up to this billionaire. Yes, of course I was glad that the procedures seemed to work out for the hockey player wanting to use his skills to gift his struggling parents a house. However; even if he manages to regain ALL his mobility and skills, he REALLY needs to rethink about how to earn a living because EVERY SINGLE TIME he goes into the rink he (and every hockey player) risks having catastrophic injuries (to say nothing of longterm health problems re the impact of 'minor' mishaps). This is far more serious than just missing a few teeth. Interesting that the only 'recurring' patient is the one with James's diagnosis. Yes, it's nice that they're able to keep his quality of life up as much as possible re chess games and personal visits but it's not going to entirely stop the inevitable- and what will James do if they CANNOT stop the progression much less reverse the effects or cure it?

I know! She always looked so healthy and VITAL that I couldn't imagined her not being here for a VERY long time. Two years back, after Ann B. Davis's death, they showed a clip of Miss Davis wishing her a Happy 80th Birthday. No way would I have imagined that Miss Henderson was 80 (maybe mid 50's had I not known her story) . Here's to a lovely lady inside and out!

If Miss Perry agreed to do that line with that logo, she CHOSE to do it for the money and is not really 'stuck'. It's not as though this was foisted upon her against her will as much as we individually may dislike said logo. I wonder if she'll do any nods to Josie and the Pussycats?

Just saw back-to-back ads with one kid leaving a Coke for Santa, then another kid leaving an Oreo. He's going to be one wired Claus and lets hope he doesn't have 'feed his reindeer' too often before his return to the North Pole.

OK, I thought about putting this in the 'Pet Peeves' Forum but since it's not upsetting nor disruptive to my life in any way (and we ALL need to keep in mind things to smile and be grateful for), I decided to put it here. At 11PM last night, I noticed TODAY's papers in the driveway. Now, as much as I wasn't sure that it was a hot idea to have this 'window on the near future' (and recalling a Twilight Zone ep in which folks were startled by a mistakenly delivered futuristic newspaper), I felt a little bit wary and cynical since I know it got delivered just so everyone could read the zillions of ads for the impending Black Friday sales starting in just a few hours. However; since this saved me a trip to the curb first thing this morning AND I know that they usually put together newspapers well in advance of the publication date (unless there's a catastrophic last minute happening), overall, it's a good thing. Did anyone else have this happen last night?

OK, Can say a word against Hurricane Eyes? These folks will pick up on every little vibe of dissatisfaction with management or other coworkers then endlessly 'advise' and gossip about these problems til the cows come home but offer NO constructive solutions or directly talk to those they have problems with. I think more than any other group, they are the worst morale killers.