Not embalming?  Isn't that against the law in some states?  I guess Maine isn't one of them.

It's not against the law, but some undertakers like to give the impression that it is so they can make more $$ (Or so I'm told).

Brrr.  Hafta go, this creepy subject is giving me goosebumps!!!   

Me too. 

I realize that as a gay man, I am prone to watch DS in a certain way, but I really found myself wondering--whatever the writer and director intended--whether David Selby, Lisa Richards and Chris Pennock had intended to play the scene in Cyrus' lab today where Cyrus "returns" and "explains" about his "working relationship" with Yeagar, as if Sabrina and Quentin suspected Cyrus of having had a sexual fling with Yeagar that the latter then chose to turn to his own nasty advantage.

Quentin's expression throughout the scene looked as if he'd lifted a stone and found something foul--a common mainstream straight-male reaction to insinuations of homosexuality then as now.  And Sabrina looked as if she was ready to burst into tears at any moment (which is kind of Sabrina's default setting).

I know that the text was that Longworth had run into trouble getting illegal substances for his experiments or some similar underworld thing with Yeagar, but the SUBTEXT seemed to turn around "so this is Cyrus' dirty little secret."

You were not alone, Gothick!  That was exactly the feeling I got watching the scene, although it probably sounded silly at the time.

Thank you,                       thank you everybody.

And now..........

I open the mail this afternoon when I get home and what do I find??

A card from Carol, with MONEY!         

WOW!

                                Thank you so much Carol!!             

And that's not all (as if any of thought is was? ) - there's a whole new section in the forum's Statistics Center devoted to Karma (Top 10 Cures, Top 10 Curses, Top 10 Positive Total, Top 10 Negative Total). Whoa! Could it get any better? I don't think so!!

I don't think so either!!  Wow!  Now we've got a whole area of the board dedicated to the popular and unpopular for everyone to see!!  All we need now is a statistical analysis of the cure to curse ratio.

Is this really necessary?  I can see how the whole non limit to cures and curses would be funny, but why make lists out of them?  Anyone can just look at someone's cure/curse count and know where they probably stand.

- LAFB
  (A webcam is not necessary, just slip a note under the door) 

Obviously I don't have any kids..........

But I AM a senior!


                YAY!!                                               YAY!


And I am graduating, by the way............yesterday when I pulled into the student parking lot a bunch of cars were parked every which way--the senior prank.  At first they were actually told their graduation was in jeopardy....."Unfortunately tonight, 67 of our seniors will not be graduating."   Now they have to wash windows after school.  [snicker]  But I was actually parked in between lines, hence I do not have to wash windows.

And now I am free to pursue a life of religious fulfillment.............

with Barnabas...................

in my closet.

I'm sure I'm probably alone in saying this    but I thought Liz's outfit with her earrings was a welcome change from her usual dark somber attire.  I thought it offset her dark hair well.  She looks nice in pink too.

No fashion notes today . . . well, I lied. There is one. Was Frid really going grey or was that some sort of misguided artistic effect?

I think that was done to make him seem more ravaged by the vampirism this time around, especially now that Julia's treatments aren't working.  But say what you want about all that, you know you will.   

[rant]In any case, I am so not buying this eternal regret schtick that Barnabas goes into every damn time he screws up. I just don't. You can apologize all you want. If there's no meaning behind it, no sincerity, then it's just hot air. When you've acted rashly for the umpteenth time, and then once again, start bemoaning your actions and your very existence, it's empty and it's a waste of everybody's time.[/rant]

Or how Barnabas makes such a big deal about "I must get back to my coffin before sunrise!"  "I must hurry back!"  Then he reaches his coffin and proceeds to deliver a long sermon, "And now I return to my prison, to my ever-lasting darkness, yadda yadda yadda......"
Sometimes he's talking to Julia and starts getting into his speeches again, and I just want to picture her shaking her head and walking away when he turns his back.   

Oh, God. Poor Willie. Last week he had his life together.  He was engaged. He had a future. He was happy. Now he's back again with Mr. Responsibility and Dr. Someday He'll Love Me and he's shaking like a leaf.

"Dr. Someday He'll Love Me"!! 

Meanwhile, Barnabas is screaming "Let me in!" WTF? The man is just totally addicted to drama.

Lol.  As much as I love the guy, he really is a drama queen.

I love your rants, and even though I'm a little bit more of a Barnabas person than you, I find many of your Barnabas rants very funny.

Keep them up.