Jenn Dolari @dolari@driveinsaturday.org

@socketwench - "NOW, Geordi!"

@soatok - This change infuriates me even more than leaving a restaurant drive through that has a sign saying "See you tomorrow."

@Aminorjourney - We're not expecting anything until Thursday Night, but, this doesn't bode well for when it does.

@irenes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3WlEihhMjw

@irenes - One of the things I do like about this kind of swerve into the fantasy is that there's a great episode (My first, in fact, "State of Decay") about vampires that were driven out of the universe by the Time Lords. So it's not like this is all "new." It exists in the Tom Baker years.

@irenes - I hate to say it, but I kind of hope they don't dive too deep into fairytale/fantasy. That does nothing for me, and, honestly, I was super dissapointed in the Christmas Special.

That said, it's not "RUINED FOREVER" for me. If it goes down this path, I'll just turn it off, let everyone else enjoy it, and come back when it changes again.

I stopped watching during the Colin Baker years because I found him too abusive. When I came back, I got Sylvester and Ace, the best team. It'll change and usually for the better (from my POV).

@socketwench

Just realized I've been unemployed for a year and five days.

To be honest, Tableau took care of me in the end. I'm burning savings, but it's all cash from Tableau's severance at this point.

I made iced tea that tastes EXACTLY my grandmother's iced tea.

I never really knew how she made it, but all I did this time was boil a teapot full of water with TEN teabags, pour the tea into a large one gallon pitcher which I then filled with water...but left the tea bags in to steep while it cooled.

Sucralose and lemon, and it tastes JUST like hers. I guess she left the tea to seep a REALLY long time.

@Alairthephoenix - I'm a big believer that a lot of American Reality TV is the audience's want to see people fail.

The uplifting stuff from the UK Kitchen Nightmares just doens't show up in the US version for that very reason.

I used to not like Gordon Ramsay because of how shouty and angry he was portrayed on American TV. Then I saw a few episodes of his British shows, and I saw a side of him that was obviously edited out of the US shows.

He actually gives a damn, is hoping to make a difference, and often the shouty and yelly comes from when things are on the line and someone makes an overly dumb mistake. You usually only see this "nice" version of Gordon Ramsay in his Masterchef Kids show (minus the yelling).

This interview is super insightful and very eye-opening to his mindset and why he does what he does. And also hosted by my fave chaos goblin youtube chef, Josh Scherer. I wonder if they did end up brawling it out in the parking lot.

It does not go into why the produces edit him to yell all the time, but I think that's more of what the regional audience wants and what they want gets ratings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENhfIeZF_AY

Well. One of the medications that has had the biggest visible change in me, has made my life 100% better, and changed the course of my future...

...is not covered by the new insurance.

Back to crusty skin until I get better insurance or get $10,000 for each dose.

The American Healthcare System is a joke.

Hrm.

Closetspace was originally planned to be a one season TV show in the 90s cause I didn't think I'd ever manage more than one season to begin with.

With most streaming services cancelling things after a season (or sometimes in production) NOW IS THE TIME TO STRIKE! Cause I don't think I'd manage more than one season to begin with!

Wind is still blowing but power hasn't gone out again. Given our snow chances this week, I think I'll wait on resetting all the clocks until were past this....