Ben Carson gets his economic platform from the Bible:

Oh no, your jpeg of the Canine Donald is even better, because I can forward it to friends in workplaces without explanation.

Maybe the video of Susan Hayward’s star turn as Helen Lawson in 1967’s “Valley of the Dolls” exorcised him/her/it!

It is a truth universally acknowledged that no one on earth produces better kitsch and clutter than the English.

You’re right, they would have landed at Liverpool, probably, which is pretty close to Yorkshire, where Downton Abbey is set. The Lusitania was bound for Liverpool before it was sunk. On the other hand the Titanic left England from Southampton, and if their ship had docked there they would have made their way to London…

That is excellent.

When I used to have a life my fellow undiagnosed alcoholics devised this “oh shit, have to go into work today” regimen:

I just saw another one this morning that was a homophobic response to one of your comments in the Irish Skeleton In the Tree Roots thread. Are you dismissing him?

That is an excellent hypothesis and one that I’ve never heard before (and believe me, I spend WAY too much time reading DA recaps and speculation.)

Have you seen the finale? Be thankful you’re going as Blanche!

“Honey” is what I have called all of our dogs as a nickname, like, “Come here honey, let’s cross the street…” so everyone thinks that’s what all our dogs have ever been named. I should just give in and name all the next ones “Honey.”

Is that a true quote?

This would make another excellent Pissing Contest!

There’s something a little lascivious about the way the descender on the cap is tickling the underside of the m.

And if anyone needs help with the Carlos Pena Vega one I’ll contribute. It won’t be G-rated, though.

I would love to see the Queen on an episode of “Hoarders.”

The Queen sent her first tweet last fall from the Science Museum in London. Sadly, it wasn’t about Downton Abbey. I don’t know if she ever sent a second one.

And who’s to say she hasn’t? Her sister, Princess Margaret, apparently liked to have a good time and may have enetertained a Turkish diplomat or two.

And if Sam brings Woody with him it will give Thomas someone new to ogle. Maybe Thomas can teach Woody how to rewind the clocks.

You are quite right about Fellowes. I read that he’s working on a new series called “The Gilded Age,” which is set in New York in the 1880s, and must be about the ruthless industrialists who became incredibly wealthy during the period.