Look. They have to have an open floor plan because they do so much entertaining. And anyone who doesn't have granite countertops and stainless steel appliances just might as well live in a trailer. Also, they are required to keep all paint colors currently on the walls.

I've really enjoyed Serial but I have to keep my enjoyment to the podcast only. It was disturbing to learn about all these internet sleuths who are doing their own "investigations" by harassing Jay on his Facebook page and other tragic Reddit-solves-the-Boston-Bombing type tactics. I find this stuff distasteful, even…

I always love the chef camaraderie on this show - even when they're competing, they still love good food and compliment the others work. Obviously there's usually a season villain or two and it's fun to hate them, but it's also enjoyable to see good chefs appreciating a good dish.

It's to my everlasting shame that the dirty 70s dude look always works on me.

True crime stories. Books, tv shows, the entirety of the Investigation Discovery network. I know it's trashy sensationalism but I can't stop watching/reading/listening.

Good for your friends. Holy crap.

Dottie Sandusky is either in an extreme case of denial or she doesn't want to admit that she knew what her husband was because it reflects poorly on her. I tend toward the latter.

That's amazing and I'm going to start Instagram-following her for that.

Aw, thanks. It was something I tried and then decided wasn't worth it. Now I'm just cutting back but not eliminating bread.

I made some gluten-free biscuits last week out of a combination of almond and soy flour. They were like little hockey pucks and made a large THUNKing sound when they hit the garbage can.

This is why I've been weary of Blais this season - it means less Hugh!

Wait, what's the other way to pronounce Aaron?

I love Hugh.

I wonder, too, if Koenig can find another story she's as attached to as this one. That's part of what makes the podcast so intriguing, that the story is being told by someone who is just as fascinated by the case as the listener.

There, one lucky—and wealthy—attendee won an evening with Springsteen
that will include a ride in the side car of the Boss’s motorcycle to his
house.

On point, as ever.

Aw, come on. He had to get rid of the unibrow.

No one likes a try-hard. The obviously pre-written lines are just eye-rollingly awful (that motorcycle metaphor from the first episode is the best example of that).

Ugh. Gross.

Yes! I was glad to see a real judge's table again, too. I get that they want to mix things up and that the middling chefs want feedback too, but judge's table has always been such a centerpiece to the show that it seems silly to do away with it completely. I hope they bring it back at least a few more times this…