For a minute, Amello, I thought you said VB's voice was "Barbara Bush hot", lol.

Oh no, she gets as much of the blame as everyone else on the writing team. However as someone who has seen Hogan's material before, on both ATWT and DAYS, he has the tendency to drop stories or end them in the most anticlimactic way.

But as his boss, isn't it up to MAB to make sure he doesn't drop stories? He's a co-head writer, not the head writer, like at ATWT and Days. So he's not necessarily writing his own stuff, but writing somebody else's stories that he has input on.

Jess Walton ROCKS. I loved her today.

But as his boss, isn't it up to MAB to make sure he doesn't drop stories?

Yes. Unless she has a tendency to drop stories as well. In which case, it's the ADHD leading the ADHD.

For a minute, Amello, I thought you said VB's voice was "Barbara Bush hot", lol.

[sarah Silverman mocking laugh.]HA HA HA HA [/sarah Silverman mocking laugh.]

[sarah Silverman mocking laugh.]HA HA HA HA [/sarah Silverman mocking laugh.]

If you don't think it's funny, just say so.

If you don't think it's funny, just say so.

I did think it was funny. But as a proven bitch, I had to get the last word!

Yes. Unless she has a tendency to drop stories as well. In which case, it's the ADHD leading the ADHD.

True enough.

Maria just isn't a real storyteller. I just can't grasp how one part of the show can be really good, while the other part (which she clearly gives no attention to) is appalling. Y&R might be better than the other soaps on right now, but is that saying much?

Of course, I realize things take time. But really, I've given her time to sort out some of her problems, but the Winter's and Tyrant aren't getting any better, Gloria and Jeffrey's purpose on this show is still lost on me, certain characters have been ignored for months and that doesn't look like it's about to change, and her pacing is all over the place in some storylines.

As I said before, I think it's wise for Maria to keep her EP title, and hand over the HW reigns to a real "storyteller." Hogan and certainly Scott Hamner should be phased out when their contracts are up.

Anyway, I still stand by convincing Patrick Mulcahey to HW the show, along with help from Natalie Minardi Slater. Pat is a storyteller, and Nat loves Y&R and has worked in every writing position on a soap opera writing staff, I think she deserves the chance to at least Co-HW by now.

Y&R's has a lot of vestigial characters these days, like the Baldwin-Fisher's, Amber, Chole, and even Phyllis that appear direction-less and one-note, in a sense. I'd love to see Mulcahey attempt to try to put some dept and give these characters a clear-cut purpose, like he helped to do with the Cooper's on GL, or Carly and many of the other vestigial characters on GH. Not to mention, I trust that he'd honour the core families of the show and respect its unique attributes.

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Adam and Heather made my day today. I love them.

As for the mole talk, it bothers me sometimes. I think if was a little further away from her mouth it wouldn't be an issue. But for me, her voice is so sexy I completely forget about it. It's like Sophia Bush hot.

She does have a sexy voice. And although my bread is buttered on the other side, she looked smokin hot in Adam's shirt today!!

Poor lil Lily....having her white dress all covered in poo poo

I think they said that Jana had headaches only due to her being separated from the love of her life. The distance that she had was torturing her and now that Kevin is back home, they're gone.

Gag me.

Maria just isn't a real storyteller. I just can't grasp how one part of the show can be really good, while the other part (which she clearly gives no attention to) is appalling.

Of course, I realize things take time. But really, I've given her time to sort out some of her problems, but the Winter's and Tyrant aren't getting any better, Gloria and Jeffrey's purpose on this show is still lost on me, certain characters have been ignored for months and that doesn't look like it's about to change, and her pacing is all over the place in some storylines.

As I said before, I think it's wise for Maria to keep her EP title, and hand over the HW reigns to a real "storyteller." Hogan and certainly Scott Hamner should be phased out when their contracts are up.

Anyway, I still stand by convincing Patrick Mulcahey to HW the show, along with help from Natalie Minardi Slater. Pat is a storyteller, and Nat loves Y&R and has worked in every writing position on a soap opera writing staff, I think she deserves the chance to at least Co-HW by now.

Y&R's has a lot of vestigial characters these days, like the Baldwin-Fisher's, Amber, Chole, and even Phyllis that appear direction-less and one-note, in a sense. I'd love to see Mulcahey attempt to try to put some dept and give these characters a clear-cut purpose, like he helped to do with the Cooper's on GL, or Carly and many of the other vestigial characters on GH. Not to mention, I trust that he'd honour the core families of the show and respect its unique attributes.

Just your description of Patrick and Natalie's strengths gives me goosebumps.

I think they said that Jana had headaches only due to her being separated from the love of her life. The distance that she had was torturing her and now that Kevin is back home, they're gone.

Since when did this become One Life to Live?

Gag me.

I know.

Also wanted to add that today's episode made me wish that Phyllis would take Chloe under her wing, so to speak, and they can become friends. Something along the lines of the Sam/Maxie friendship on GH.

Ah yes. The Graz always seems to follow the beat of his own fashion drummer:

I it too Graz.

And i also have that t-shirt.

I don't think either have been dropped, to be honest. But that's just my opinion.

I agree. There is a lot of groundwork being played and a lot of stories playing out right now and im sure the groundwork is for future stories.