I have no poker face because my eyebrow twitches ALWAYS give away the game.

I feel so terrible that she was murdered for being kind. I lived in Baltimore City and worked in the harbor for years, and learned very quickly to avoid the beggars - I’ve bought food for a few but never ever gave money, and never carried cash in case someone DID mug me. So many of them were scammers - they’d come…

I grew up in western NY, where the two primary ethnicities are Italian and Polish. And most of the sausages found there (that aren’t white or red hots) are... Italian or Polish. And I sadly must commit treason against my heritage and admit the Polish sausages are better. (although I will never turn down a plate of…

I have a friend who has legit PTSD from what her ex-husband did to her - financially among other things. Won’t get into details because it’s unusual enough that I don’t want to risk her privacy, but it was pretty ugly and she still has the occasional really bad day from the long-term psychological trauma that was…

Not only do I have chub rub, I walk everywhere and my job has me on my feet most of the day. I burn through jeans and trousers within 3-4 months most of the time. Gap used to be my go-to for work pants, but even they fall apart in short order these days. I’m trying out a couple pairs of Levis, and we’ll see how long…

When I was in high school, I was on the staff of the literary magazine with several other students. I reviewed about a third to a half of the student submissions - but not all of them. Three submissions were chosen for prizes, and I didn’t happen to read the first prize winner until after the magazine was published.

It…

Cold noodles with soy sauce and mustard that I got in a ramen run to the local Asian market this afternoon, om nom.

I had always seen it called Plattdeutsch, so I went on a Wikipedia rampage and learned things, so thanks for that. I studied Hochdeutsch in school and Dutch on my own time as an adult, so I’m always interested in how much I can understand of the various Germanic languages and dialects without having to resort to…

I do not like beer in general. The one beer I do enjoy and drink regularly is Lindeman’s kriek, which is Belgian lambic fermented with cherries. Strawberry is pretty good too, raspberry is not bad, peach is okay, cassis is less okay, and apple is just gross. I was in Belgium and they had four feet by six feet of two…

Good thing sex workers aren’t obligated to give a shit what you think about their profession.

Can’t stand Brianna. Not a fan of Roger either, but that’s mostly because he doesn’t match up at all with the character physically other than being Scottish. Young Ian grew on me and I adore that kid. Jamie did a great job inhabiting his role. Claire... did not. I mean, I don’t hate her, but she’s not really Claire in…

This show notoriously makes me shout WHAT IS THIS SHIT, RON at the screen. I had mostly just grumbled a bit so far this season, and I was okay with it until the bear thing and then I started shouting again.

As it turns out, they skipped that part. Whew!

I have a lot of issues with the casting in this show, but Roger and especially Brianna are the worst of the lot. Brianna is a tough character to like to begin with - being a Daddy’s Girl who very reasonably struggles with the truth of her heritage and spends a lot of time being grouchy about it - but the actress is…

Anything over a 38-40 is also perceived as grotesque/overweight for some reason. I am not large breasted, but I have a very wide ribcage, and bras in my size family often have NASA levels of scaffolding, not to mention completely bland. I just need a little more fabric in the band and the gore, ffs.

I gotta say,…

Presumably because if DG or the writers didn’t touch the subject at all, they’d be accused of pretending such things didn’t exist. At least they *attempted* to handle the subject with grace and didn’t flinch away from some of the bloodier aspects. They could have handled it a lot better, liiiike maybe hire a POC…

Yep, huuuuge Scots population here in NC from the Cape Fear to the mountains. Cross Creek in the show is modern day Fayetteville, and the dinner party with Philip Wylie takes place in Wilmington, although the show just used some generic green screen 18th century river town.

I love Maria Doyle Kennedy, but she leaves me cold as Jocasta, and I don’t know if it’s her or the writing. She’s just so stilted for a character that has a very large personality. Those dresses, though. uff. The costumers deserve all the awards every season.

And they were supposed to be in Wilmington. I know the tax benefits got pulled, but people still film movies and shows here; was it really that hard to drop a crew on the actual Cape Fear for a few days?