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atrupar is out there every day posting on bluesky and twitter the play-by-play of everything political. Live-tweeting events so we don't have to watch them. I'm often grateful. yet at the same time often wondering if he takes breaks, so that he doesn't collapse. I was happy to see this today -- it's a simple thing, but important.

I don't find Kristen entertaining in any way at all.

I noticed that, too. I wasn't sure if it was the untalented acting of the actor (because the character Derek seems uncomfortable with everything)... or if the character has a specific aversion to having his picture taken due to worrying about exposure of a secret past.

I'm guessing the same, that March Madness through off the timing of cliffhangers. MVJ wrote for B&B for 14 years, so she's aware of the annual March Madness 2-day preemption. However, I remember that the show was originally announced to begin airing in "early 2025" with no specific date -- and some of us who were reading the early announcements had assumed/guessed back then that it would debut in perhaps January or early February. Much later on it was clarified that the debut would be February 24. Speculation: I wonder if MVJ had planned for the show to debut a few of weeks earlier than it did, which would have meant for episodes #20 and #25 to air on Fridays instead of on Tuesdays. This is episode #20: https://soapsspoilers.com/beyond-the-gates/recaps/march-25-2025-bill-shocked-naomi-suing This is episode #25: https://soapsspoilers.com/beyond-the-gates/recaps/april-1-2025-dani-kisses-bill The real test of this *speculation* will be... if... in a few weeks, the cliffhangers start airing Fridays again... which mark the time of whenever MVJ had originally planned for March Madness to be over with. Related but less provable speculation: Speculation: I wonder if the March Madness preemption caused the Ashley/Derek stuff to be omitted one week and oversaturating the following week? Just speculating. (But don't have the patience to sort through all the Ashley/Derek stuff, to see what aired when, to verify that speculation). If March Madness threw things off, then episode #28 which aired Friday April 4th, would have originally been planned as a Wednesday episode. https://soapsspoilers.com/beyond-the-gates/recaps/btg-vanessa-confronts-joey-about-his-dead-mom

"next week on Y&R" preview video week of April 7 - 11

Wed April 9 "Leslie's covert actions raise suspicions about Laura's recovery." Is this where the Leslie nurse wig disguise comes in? I thought it would be for DNA stuff. Maybe that's later on.

Recently I posted this on another thread. "Sami is a rapist, too. The show has never dealt with specifically calling it that. She's also been raped by multiple people. Sami needs therapy. The show refuses to deal with this issue for her, and until they do it, I have no reason to tune in" I posted that, but I never thought it would happen... And now I am stunned to read this: https://www.tvinsider.com/1184983/days-of-our-lives-sami-brady-return-2025-alison-sweeney-interview/ Sweeney appreciates that the writers scripted an evolution for Sami off-screen. “Part of what they wrote for the storyline is that she’s been going to therapy and talking it out with someone,” she shares. “I thought that was a really interesting choice. I do think Sami can use some therapy, and working through some of those issues is probably very healthy for her. So, in some ways, she’s really tackled her feelings about what happened then and gotten some perspective on it.” I am skeptical that this was done well, but at least it's something.

https://x.com/JenniferTilly/status/1907307175413993867

preview video for week of April 7 - 11

I don't want any Guza-style stuff, because I hated what Guza did on GH. I want Ashley and Derek gone but just let them disappear never to be mentioned again

Nicole describes traits of a classic narcissist, in reference to Joey. Little does she know she's describing Ted's hidden self.

I posted a link but nevermind, it's broken

at the World Championships Exhibition Gala in Boston, March 2025. Ilia Malinin's hauntingly beautiful Exhibition Program to the music 'To Build a Home' lia Malinin's breathtaking tribute honoring the victims of Flight 5342 and the brave first responders. (The IG account disallowed embedding of this video but you can click to watch. It's very beautiful.) https://www.instagram.com/p/DH2Bow8z5rJ/

I loathed anything Duke and especially loathed anything Faison. ewwww.

I like the friend pairings and how they are opposites. Nicole grounds wild Vanessa but without judgement. Pamela grounds wild Dani but without judgement.

yeah Ordway announced back in November that she's on recurring; but the credits were never changed after she announced it -- she's remained in the contract section of the credits.

Carrie (the blonde) has a hairstyle that reminds me of younger Y&R Christine Blair

I never saw the Fraternity Row stuff or the Eterna stuff. Many years I didn't watch OLTL at all. I saw only a few episodes of Natalie when I had rare tv access at that point in my life. My time watching OLTL was much much earlier. The only daughter of Viki that I knew was Erin Torpey's Jessica.

Daphnée Duplaix is so beautiful

Monday, April 7 video preview of Karla on The Price is Right via tvinsider: pr.mp4

Well, MVJ wrote for Bold for 14 years. Maybe she learned this from Brad?

I get it. It's an established shortcut. I'm not going to critique anyone for using it since it's been around for ages. I simply cannot myself.