I'm not impugning her at all. Her music skills are impressive, and I'm a big fan. It's just that she has an entire career above and beyond that as a celebrity and media presence, which also requires an impressive amount of skill and dedication.

She's not just a musician, she's a pop star and general-purpose celebrity. So her media presence extends beyond her albums, into magazines, entertainment journalism, social media, and so forth.

On May 17th, Justified will have been off the air for about a month, having finished its final season.

Yeah I thought the writers were pretending Annelise never existed, then she returned after a season and a half.

I love how even after Eamon is off the show, Trebek can't stop ragging on his tiny winning sum.

On that note, sending a lone agent to each floor of the building was a really bad tactical move. If Dottie didn't have places to be she could've John McClane'd all of them.

I was really worried Dottie was gonna kill Sousa. He was totally outmatched in that fight.

There were a whole lot of Unionists in the South. Tens of thousands joined the Union Army, and others simply resisted Confederate conscription. That was more common in Tennessee, North Carolina, and Virginia than in Mississippi, but it is a real perspective that was totally overwhelmed by Lost Cause history for the…

In this fictional narrative, I'm rooting for the Soviets. In real life, I'm very glad it collapsed, allowing people in the Baltic states and other countries to enjoy their fundamental human rights and the like. I welcome the inclusion of various Eastern Bloc states into NATO. I condemn the gulags and the brutal…

The Lost Cause perspective would be "I have deep reservations about slavery, but I just love my state and family so much, that I'll follow the Saintly General Lee into battle."

Some really late thoughts on this:

If the characters don't interest you by this point, then your enjoyment of the show is unlikely to increase. I've bailed on a number of shows after a couple seasons for that reason.

Yeah, but they spent a couple days at the Beeman residence at the end of season 1, when Elizabeth was shot. He could have taken it then maybe.

I don't think there are any other notable ones, hence the joke. But yeah, about a year ago I was thinking of checking out some foreign rappers. I like Keny Arkana a lot, but never really went beyond that to listen to anything else.

A lot of country tracks from the 90s and 2000s. I've moved away from the genre in recent years, in part because the top 40 stuff has turned into mush, but I still have a few good tracks from back in the day. So, Kathy Matea, Chris Cagle, Martina McBride, and Miranda Lambert.

I don't usually post here, especially 400 posts in, but I had an excellent night. Like every Saturday, I worked an 11-7 shift as a gate guard, spending most of the time on my laptop. I did a bit of schoolwork, started the 4th season of Battlestar Galactica, listened to a some music I hadn't really heard since high…

I figured she heard sirens and didn't want to alert the police with a gunshot.

The ISI guy had never met Philip before. He was just in too much shock to freak out.

Yeah I thought she was gonna get too attached to Yousef, and he would have to keep her from going to Zurich or whatever. Also, a little bit coldhearted is a huge understatement. He's barely fazed by the death of a woman he seduced, exploited, and ultimately sent to die. Or even if he has strong feelings, his…

I assumed based on the headline that this would involve Toby Keith's "I Love This Bar & Grill," instead of some random restaurant in Michigan.