DramatistDreamer

Also, Spencer Grammar.

I'm not talking just about Venus and tournaments' schedules. Washington D.C. had the same issue. Andy Murray was the most vocal (for obvious reasons) and was criticized for it but a bunch of players just decided to withdraw or lose quickly just so they could move onto the next tournament. This included plenty of much younger players. Montreal handled the rains much better than Washington but my point is, that we can expect tournaments to get backed up, especially those that don't have roofs and run on consecutive days. There were quite a few lower level tournaments this year and last year that were totally washed out due to chaotic weather events. Everyone had better get used to this and have a plan in place for how to deal with it. Also, I've heard from people who attend tournaments that they'd rather know in advance what the cut-off time for the last match is. They don't want to be sitting around in the damp after 9pm wondering whether they're going to see tennis. I didn't mean to connect the issue of Venus' health with all of this. They are two separate issues but it all came out in one abbreviated stream of consciousness.

You will see some familiar faces from daytime (particularly CBS daytime) in this trailer for Tell Me A Story.

It was a role where she got to create her own personality and you can see the energy and excitement she brought to it. She was sort of in the mold of a Judith Clayton, but Judith Clayton on steroids! On ATWT, Schulenberg was shoved into trying to pick up where Dunphy had left off. Whereas Dunphy had chemistry with both Agim Kaba and Jesse Lee Soffer, Schulenberg had chemistry with neither (of course the poor writing and direction likely contributed to this), which is why TPTB ended up shoving Alison and Casey together (tbh, I didn't see a whole lot of chemistry between Schulenberg and Billy Magnussen either but I guess it was the least terribly awkward of the three choices). Had Dunphy continued on with the role, I could've seen her becoming an interloper in the relationship between Will and Gwen. And yes, Howarth was awful as Paul, that's not open for debate, LOL. I was put off by the fact that ATWT got rid of Holroyd, especially for a notorious scene chewer.

Avenatti is another that needs to stay in his lane. Don't get a Giuliani complex, thinking you can coast to the presidency based on your prosecutorial/legal reputation. So this Kavanaugh man looks to have been entrenched in some of the worst aspects of Republican political actions in the late 20th century. The Kenneth Starr panel and now the team that prepared John Ashcroft on how to handle terrorism detainee issues like racial profiling, monitoring attorney-client conversations and military tribunals. Apparently Kavanaugh had offered to help on the monitoring of attorney-client conversations issue. It seems like he has been trying to obscure his involvement in this. Funny how much Trump bellowed how different he was supposed to be from other Republicans, especially Bush but he can't grab the leftovers from W.'s administration fast enough.

Two matches in one day for a 38 year old told me all I needed to about how that match would turn out. These tournaments need to construct a plan for how they will deal with climate change because these types of weather patterns are here to stay and they will continue to affect tournaments.

Honestly, I've been trying to avoid looking at why her name was trending but curiosity got the better of me in this instance. SMH.

I'm glad you mentioned that because I read about that yesterday and think that it is pretty notable, yet I wonder whether it is being discussed in broadcast news.

Yeah, I saw the video of her stumbling and flailing for words when asked about Pelosi. Instead of stumping as if she's running for president, she should have just stayed local and continued to meet with her potential constituents and fellow NYers, that's where her priorities should have been. She's become a cautionary tale of what happens when a woman and in particular a WOC hitches her wagon to Berners, while the irony is that Sanders never even bothered to endorse her.

I'm glad it's not just me that's been seeing this.

And just think...these same candidates will be facing off again in the general election! Call me cynical but imo, many of the very same people screaming against DACA and immigration reform prefer that there is no proper guest worker program and/or path to legalization so that they can continue to exploit undocumented workers, especially seeing that so many are afraid to come forward to report abuses like wage theft and exploitation.

I don't understand any of the choices ATWT made the entire final decade they were on the air. It seemed as if as soon as they hooked onto something that could work and be reasonably entertaining, they would ruin it just as quickly. Although I eventually got used to Marnie Schulenberg as Alison, I disliked the pairing of Alison and Casey. I got used to the recasts of both Alison and Casey somewhat but neither were as charismatic as the previous actors in those roles. Worse still, ATWT took a hacksaw to the stories and characterizations of their young adult set of characters. It wasn't pretty. The recasts of Craig and Paul and Adam were all pretty bad that decade. There was no good reason to recast Scott Holroyd. They also made Dusty, (a character who was once accepted to Harvard) into a low-rent gangster wannabe. Don't get me started on some of the storyline choices! The big mistake that ATWT and Y&R and many of the other daytime dramas made was that they didn't bother to look for fresh talent for their writing rooms (and with ATWT being in NYC where you had Columbia University and NYU, and that is unforgivable). The "cam girls" was likely some middle age dude's idea of a relevant storyline. Perhaps had Alison and Amber been living in Eastern Europe in the late 1990s, then sure it could've been relevant. I tried to binge-watch a bunch of episodes between 2005-2007 after having spent months watching episodes from the 1980s and early '90s and boy the contrast in quality of everything was depressing.

And really, it's the announcer's job. Then again, tennis loves to use volunteers so I'm not sure if the announcer is being paid enough to care. That was a good, mature match from Tiafoe. Any number of things could've been his undoing in this match (playing a Canadian in his home tournament, rain delay, etc.) but he didn't let it get the best of him. I hope he keeps going forward.

Probably not disrespectful. Unprofessional. Personally, I could do without the announcer cataloging the players tournament history during the warmup, the announcers usually don't get it right anway. Save that for the player compendium or something.

Not surprised, tbh. Kerber always seems to struggle in the wake of her biggest successes.

Yes, I remember we discussed it too in this thread. So far I'm seeing very little acknowledgement of that in the articles that are popping up. Only this, so far-

Sharice Davids won the Democratic primary in Kansas, beating out five other candidates. First Native American woman, LGBTQ candidate to run for Kansas Congressional seat. Kansas Dems choose Sharice Davids to challenge Rep. Kevin Yoder for seat in Congress

The chain of corruption continues to extend itself around the Trump regime.

I'm not expecting all the great things for FAA all in one tournament. I can see him having a better career than Dennis in the long run, if he stays healthy because his technique is so stellar and more importantly, his temperament is so even-keeled. I saw FAA in Croatia this year and his improvement from the last ATP tournament I saw him play last season at the tournament in Basel--leaps and bounds.

New trailer with Laura Harrier (Destiny, OLTL 2.0). Kind of nice to see both actresses who played Destiny doing things!

I know...I've been watching FAA for about two years now, lol. Still, at just 17 and 3/4, to do it in front of the home crowd is something special. Pouille is not known for his consistency and no, this has definitely not been his best season.

Felix Auger-Aliassime, who turns 18 tomorrow (same birthday as Federer) notched a win against his highest ranked opponent, Pouille, in straight sets in front of his Canadian home crowd!

People may not have realized that there was a protest in D.C. today.