DramatistDreamer

Well, tbh, Sloane didn't win one match during the Aussie summer last year either and she had a coach then. Also, the same coach that she had during the WTA Finals in Singapore is with her this week.

A few years ago, someone told me that the comedy of Louis C.K. was enlightened and brilliant and I just shrugged inside. I never bothered to check out his comedy, never watched his show and I still barely know who he is. I'm fine with not having ever listened to his comedy. Given the way, she stalked Anita Hill, even going so far as to inundate Hill's voicemail/answering machine with coercive messages, this doesn't surprise me, in the least.

^^Can't say that I'm surprised. I couldn't be the only one that noticed some non-verbal cues, for one, Bernie swatting his wife's hand away so disrespectfully. That really stuck out to me and left a bad taste in my mouth. It wouldn't surprise me if a spirit of chauvinism and sexism went from the top down to all parts of the campaign, if one leads by example in such a manner. Speaking of people who shouldn't be leading- This seems particularly unwise.

I guess they can use all that leftover soy to try to build that wall.

This article discusses the reasons why Jerry Lewis' unfinished and "lost" Holocaust film is likely to remain in limbo. At least, for the foreseeable future. ‘The Day the Clown Cried’: Why Jerry Lewis’s Lost Holocaust Film Is Still Lost

A new low by MbS and KSA in the war in Yemen.

^^Anyone who read that NYT article I posted days ago would see that the GOP has already been implementing the reversal of specific environmental policies on a state by state basis, which not only affects that particular state but the surrounding/neighboring states by environmental "drift" or runoff by air or in the runoff that occurs in rivers and streams. The effects have already been devastating for the people who live and work in those areas where toxins are being released into the air and water. This simply cements what they've already been doing since Trump got in office. The one saving grace may be that many of those energy companies already spent the money necessary to comply with the Obama-era rules and appear to have little intention of regressing to old systems.

This is little Olympia Ohanian watching yesterday's match between her mommy and auntie in Abu Dhabi. Serena joked that she was applauding Venus. Adorable.

The WGA Strike of 1988 began in March, the Laura storyline was wrapped up by May. It needed to end at that point but it seemed as if most of the Hughes, except Tom and Margo, were less visible until Nancy and Mac's wedding in the Fall. Margo's scenes in Greece seemed very repetitive, heavy laden-with flashbacks and that same "If You Say My Eyes Are Beautiful" song playing ad nauseum. The downside of having less Hughes was that it seemed like a Snyders overload. Caleb came right on the heels of Dusty's exit (I mean, like, the very same episode that Dusty left, Caleb walks on after). Lily had no breathing room before she was a Babe in Boyland. And it was ridiculous the way, Spence, Beau and Lily's daddy Rod were fussing over Lily's every move. It was overkill! Perhaps it might be because there were episodes missing on You Tube, it gave the impression of wildly uneven storytelling but so much of the episodes seemed like filler, riddled with all those flashbacks. The episodes with some of the most fun scenes between Kirk and Iva seem to be missing from You Tube unfortunately. It's also too bad that many of the juicier episodes having to do with Emily and Tonio facing a reckoning for their affair and the fallout down the line between Craig and Emily (there is one episode posted where Craig and Emily have a confrontation and end their fling after Craig finds out) are not on You Tube. I thought the affair and the shifting business alliances between Holden, Emily, Tonio and Craig were probably the most compelling, least repetitive/reductive material presented during the WGA strike and some of the most exciting scenes/episodes are missing. The WGA strike ended by August. Early September got more interesting with Margo delivering Adam in time for Tom to witness the whole truth and by the end of September, the tone of the episodes seemed to shift. The relief came when Lilith emerged in early October and then Mac and Nancy's wedding. We still saw the Snyders but at least, the obsession over Lily's virtue faded. The cast was mostly back on canvas (not in fake Greece or fake Edinburgh, Germany, England or whatever other fake European cities served as destinations) and the storytelling no longer seemed to carry a disjointed quality.

The environment is in such a perilous state since these Obama-era rollbacks by the Trump W.H. began. It is having a truly toxic effect on the people living in the states highlighted in this long-read article. Even the people in nearby states are at risk. In the case of the agricultural valley in California, the threats are also real for anyone who eats produce grown in this region. So basically everyone in the U.S.

At this point, I think it is the belief that anything good can ever come from a Trump administration at any age would be the marginal thinking. It appears that the daughters of a Queens based podiatrist are saying that their father helped to diagnose Trump with bone spurs as a favor to D.J's father, Fred Trump in order to help Donald avoid Vietnam after his education deferments were all used up. I say "helped" because there may have been more than one doctor used.

Some former soap actors performed voice-overs for the recently released animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse, which is gaining critical and box-office acclaim. Darcy Rose Byrnes (Abby Carlton Newman, Y&R), Chrystee Pharris (Simone Russell Passions, Katie GH)

Indian doubles specialist, Sania Mirza recently had a baby.

I watched HOC but I always wondered about why people would cheer for Frank Underwood. I thought both Frank and Claire needed to go to prison, they were both selfish, horrible people who perverted democracy and justice.

Still in '88 and some really intriguing trivia when it comes to those minor characters (again). Ira Hawkins, the actor who played Dr. Hartley, who declared Tonio Reyes impotent/infertile (and therefore, incapable of fathering Meg's baby) has a prolific career as a character actor onscreen (part of the Law & Order universe) and onstage. Brooke Stacey Mills, who played Carrie Sturgess, Andy Dixon's romantic interest for all of a minute and Lien Hughes' fellow classmate, apparently also played a character named Carrie Sturgess in a 2011 short film called...wait for it...The World Turns! Why let a good character name go to waste, I guess. Vyto Ruginis who played Lien Hughes' racist history teacher Mr. Patelli, has an extensive career as an actor and producer, with films like Moneyball and The Fast and the Furious Also, it seems like any episode from 1988 would be very tough to digitize for sale due to the extensive use of popular music. Every scene that takes place in the Cellar (was this club owned by just Lisa Mitchell or was it jointly owned by Craig Montgomery and Lisa, as part of the Mona Lisa?) uses songs that feature heavily in the Billboard Top 40 and there are many! In previous years, there might be one or two popular (recognizable, anyway) songs per year that often get repeated over and over-- less than five, really, but in '88, there are about well over a dozen that get used in such a short period of time. It seems as if it would be overwhelming to try to scrub those scenes of popular music without a team of people working on it.

You know what? I'm not even watching that Spacey video. I'll take your word for it and assume that it's creepy and highly insensitive and offensive.

Oh, that's right! About a year later, she appeared on GL.

I'm not sure how many people remember her character, Gerry Parker on ATWT (she was briefly Hal Munson's partner after Margo Hughes, pregnant, fled to Greece) but Katell Pleven is a vintner and owns what is known as a Vine Collective. https://www.tvcwines.com/

This is pretty cool though.

Both Harrison brothers and Christina McHale who are all in-laws? Who arranged this men's draw at the Hawaii Open...The Tennis Channel?! The women's draw, at least resembles something of a professional tennis exhibition with elite players but, let's just say that the tournament is lucky that both Milos and Kei decided to play tennis this weekend. Can you imagine having to face the possibility of having the Harrison brothers playing each other in a finals?

Trump has already broken campaign promises. He was emphatic that Mexico would pay for the wall. Now that it is clear that there will never be any chance of that happening, he's just trying to shift the goalpost (apologies for the sports metaphor) and slide the bill to taxpayers. Only his ditzy base believes otherwise.

Same. It's actually really depressing to see how this is all playing out. So much dysfunction. I hate to mention the "R" word but with so much chaos and uncertainty, and the financial markets in the state they're in now, it just seems like the circumstances will be ripe for another recession.

Same.