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I'm not the author of course but I thought you did a fine job of only sharing certain tidbits while repeatedly asking people to buy the book. If not for you I never would have even heard of the book.

I thought the writing for Niki was still somewhat layered in the '80s, even if the performance wasn't. Bits like her helping Viki recover from her stroke. The '95 stuff was when she just seemed to become complete scum. And this was also the start of inviting viewers to laugh at sexual abuse (as it was supposed to be both weird and hilarious that Niki's abuse led her to do things like try to have sex with Joey), which Ron took the ball and ran with in later years.

That's the thing with these out of touch, sneering types - they didn't even listen to the words out of his own mouth. His own words! He made it clear and has made it clear for decades how he feels about trade. He didn't hide it. He didn't hold back. This is what he wants and has wanted for a very long time. They thought someone would be there to hold his hand and everything would be alright. And now we have to suffer the consequences, while they cry into their large wads of cash. CNN has a history of this (as does MSNBC), don't they? Just another reminder that Anderson Cooper tends to lean to the right, for all his phony posturing. Jeff Zucker cheered Trump running for President. You don't do that unless you share a kinship with him.

John Mulaney making me more interested in OC than I generally have been in a number of years...

Chuck Grassley is reminding me that before he mostly became known for being a huge [!@#$%^&*] with too much power there used to be "fun" articles about his wacky social media adventures. Which apparently involve him tweeting like he's texting on the toilet.

I had issues with the way that Viki's 1995 alters (namely the way that Niki was rewritten, which led to the path of her eventually becoming a complete monster), but Tori was fascinating. I wish they'd done more with her, but maybe it was for the best they only really had that one plot. I feel like I am extremely hard on OLTL compared to other soaps, and I don't even entirely know why. If I ever have time I will go back and rewatch Malone and SBH's OLTL. It was the first time I watched OLTL, on the one hand, but on the other hand, it was difficult to fully invest because there were just so many elements I disliked (Antonio, Todd, Kelly, etc.).

I don't think he'll run as a Democrat. I think he'll run as a "third way" type to push this fantasy that many in the media have of some kind of dream party combining the GOP's fiscal conservatism with the Democrats' social liberalism. I remember when they got hot over this in 2016, only for it to go nowhere.

The odd thing about that quote is I just never got that great passionate vibe between Sloan and Viki. And it is even more odd if the seeds were in place that she was with him because he was like her father. I could see it more with Viki and Ben, or I could have if I did not find Mark Derwin about as attractive as a block of cheese.

Weigel's tweet interests me mostly because I'm pretty sure this is exactly what that phony Bloomberg is likely going to do. And the media will lap it up, as they spent years trying to make him happen (remember when he was going to run in 2012, or 2016, or when he was going to stop national gun violence?). I'm not a woman so I have no room to speak about how they will vote, but in this case I do wonder how much of the Trump female vote is already locked in due to what he did in 2016. You knew what you were getting with him, to say the least, in terms of misogyny and harassment of women. If he loses some of the female vote I think it will be on economic issues, or maybe, to a lesser degree, social issues.

The "liberal" New York Times strikes again. You can feel the media itching for that Trump comeback. Another day another degradation. Oh and it's also a way to get the story off Kavanaugh, which the media would love too.

I think Obadiah is probably only going to make a few appearances. I have to admit I'm interested to see Charity's father, as we never have in all these years. I can see why others would not, don't get me wrong. Marlon is supposed to be one of the "good" Dingles (whether he is or not is in the eye of the beholder), so she is probably more wary.

What gets me is this wasn't even a crackpot theory from a fringe voice, like I initially thought. It turns out many on the right who are in huge positions of power were apparently involved in this plan. Yet apparently they were still protected and deluded enough to just assume Whelan had far more evidence than yet another Twitter conspiracy theory. Even after the fact, "intellectual" blowhards like the NYT's very own Ross Douthat were telling people to give him the benefit of the doubt. I really do have to wonder if the man being accused was not a Kavanaugh supporter, would so many on the right have backed off in the first place? It's terrifying to think someone who is this insanely bold to blast this stuff all over Twitter is so insulated by those who are now running our country.

Mark Steines is saying he was fired from Hallmark because he stood up against female staffers being sexually harassed. https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/hallmark-channel-mark-steines-harassment-1202951935/

Thanks. I didn't know that. Did Arley ever do more daytime? It's a shame OLTL didn't keep her on in some role.

It's good to see you here again! I had forgotten I used to type those up. If there's ever anything else for AMC in those years (in terms of magazine articles) you think you might need, let me know and I'll see if I can help.

Sorry they deleted your photos.

Thanks. Someone asked as he wasn't in that promo from 1974 that showed up on Youtube a few months ago. Maybe they just didn't include all the cast members.

I thought he might have went after all that brouhaha over their comments about Jordan Peterson. I guess Peterson would probably have agreed with this particular essay though...

I think they want to on some level, as they still show the countryside and still have a farm, but I agree it is not a big priority to them.

I was a big fan of Kelly's when she was on Idol, bought her first few CDs. I still like her well enough but as the years have passed she's seemed increasingly desperate and near-breakdown point to me, not helped by the marriage that always rings a bit off to me as well (the rumors going around about said marriage don't help). I don't watch talk shows anymore, and no new talk shows last anyway, but best of luck to her.

Thanks for taking the time to make those. I don't know how you do it.

I think there was also a lot of comment about having too many blondes on the show at the time.

I'm so sorry to hear that.