Browncoat

I wander around the house, too.

Did she really, though? She’s still got a long way to go, I think.

I grafted John Lithgow onto Richard Jenkins, and assumed Evan Rachel Wood was going for an approximation of Debra Winger's voice. I thought this was a pretty depressing movie. That poor girl never stood a chance, starting with her name.

Add me to the list of those who've never heard of a flatform shoe -- in fact, the autocorrect here changed it to platform! I had no idea on FJ, but picked Virginia just because I live there. And the only TS I got were root and Mayor.

Almost instaget FJ tonight, but I may or may not have misspelled it. I only wrote down two TS tonight -- honky-tonk and Dayton. I would like to claim aileron, but I suspect I would have mispronounced it, too. I would like to thank Snoopy and the Red Baron for my knowing the Sopwith Camel.

The manager did enough sucking up that we were okay with buying some token from the registry. IIRC, the expensive item might have been store-specific? It's been, oh my god, it's been more than thirty years! since this incident! Now I have to go lie down.

Once upon a time, when I was a college student, a friend got engaged and registered at Big Department Store (that worked on commission). Several of us pooled our money to buy a gift from the registry, but when we went to the store, looking like college students, the sales clerks completely ignored us. I mean, they looked at us, sneered, and looked away. That made me so angry that I waved our money around and started shouting, "Hey, we have money! Is it not good enough for you? We'll be happy to spend it somewhere else! Where's the manager?" and so on, in that vein. Of course my friends were ready to crawl under the nearest rock, but damn if we didn't get waited on. But as retribution, I told the clerk we weren't going to buy the expensive thing we'd wanted to (and could afford), because we didn't want to give their rude asses that much in commission. The manager was pissed, too. Sadly, I couldn't convince my friend to change the registry to another store. All that to say, your peeve is other people.

I thought he was a magician, unrelated to the mother and daughter, and it was meant to be magic that he pulled all that out from behind her. But I do agree that those are the worst of a bad lot.

Zurie is the best. I guess Rachel did okay with the singing, but I'm not a fan of that style. I am enjoying this show far more than I expected to. I think it's at least partly because Terry doesn't take himself too seriously.

I suspect because the quote just says, "tear down this wall" without specifying which one.

I was hoping for better, but only had 3/5 this week. But I did have an asterisk, so I've got that going for me.

Totally blanked on FJ tonight. Boo, hiss. Good on middle guy for getting it and the win! I got Parthenon, Jesuit, basilisk, ubiquitous, and Argo. I had no idea there was an opera called Nixon In China.

I really wish they'd film a new opening. The plate switch is not well done, and I'm over the whole sausage thing. Loved the Clooney flashback. I always thought Booker was a good match for Jackie. Well, except for that whole he's her boss thing, of course. Laurie Metcalf's legs look great! It is kind of a step backward for Darlene and Becky to work at Wellman, but when Roseanne worked there, the Conners were never hurting for money in the same way as they were after they all quit. Plus, those jobs should come with benefits, right? Solid, realistic ep, IMO.

I feel like Jim Morrison would be fun, but I think I'll go with David Bowie. This was a really hard choice!

Those two weren’t right for Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett, either, but that didn’t stop Tim Burton casting them. Wouldn’t surprise me in the slightest if they play Gomez and Morticia.

I had to think about FJ tonight, but I had time to write it down before the music stopped. I wonder what color the Jeopardy! music is? Alex should have asked middle woman that instead of what music is black. The TS that I remember getting were abut, dam, bridge, the Nile, Spitfire (love those Triumph cars!), germanium, All My Children, and Jack Hanna.

I am surprisingly sad to lose the Olympians. But they were struggling from the start, and got apparently the worst cab driver of the bunch (maybe in all of Colombia? Seems like a cab driver should know where a University in the city is!), and just couldn't recover. After last night, I'm ready for the whiny boys who wouldn't read the damn clue to go next! I suspect they'll stick around though. Love the couple who won, and the NFL players are growing on me. The backflip at the mat helped a lot. I also cheered at the flashback to Colin and the Yield. That was one of the best episodes ever.

Gorgeous photo!

The clue was, "Barilla says of this Italian phrase, 'The firm bite...allows you to taste the pasta better'", and Alex read the quote part in his Dracula accent. I suppose he was trying for Italian, but missed.

Damn, I knew FJ, but could not come up with his name! There was a whole movie about him not too long ago, with Bryan Cranston -- I can even picture Cranston, as Trumbo, sitting in the tub, writing. But his name completely escaped me. Rats. Good game, though! The boards were cleared, and there weren't too many TS. I only got Waitress, and that was a missed DD. So, apparently Alex thinks Dracula lived in Italy?

I groaned when I saw the category for FJ, thinking I didn't have a chance. Happily, it was an instaget for me! No idea how I knew it, though. "Ring of Fire" for a Preparation H commercial made me laugh. Thank goodness Roseanne Cash said no! I got that TS along with barrel, "Baby You Can Drive My Car", sepulchre, Hester Prynne, bank, the age of the Earth, atomic weight, and Mesa Verde. For a few minutes, I was concerned that we wouldn't have anyone playing in FJ. Good comeback by middle guy. But I do wish they'd clear the boards!

Instaget FJ for me tonight -- I shouted it out before Alex even finished reading the clue. Good start to the week! It made me a little sad that there were so many TS in the Poe"M" category! I love Poe. I ran that category. So, TS I got include Murders and Morgue, MS, X, Mad, Maelstrom, emancipate, countermand, visual, and Cro Magnon. I used to watch Zoom! on PBS all the time back in the day. Boston, Mass, 0-2-1-3-4!

I love that crazy rooster. He might be my favorite Disney Princess animal sidekick.

It looks like an Australian Shepherd.

3/5 with one * this week.