(How apropos, a horny little devil!) For those who still remember me, an update! I'm sorry I have been so bad about keeping in touch. Forgive me for having a life after all these years, but I'm rather reveling in it.

I am now a Mrs., we eloped to Eureka Springs, Arkansas on July 28th. In spite of our enjoying talking like hayseed hicks for two weeks prior, the spot is actually lovely as can be. Nestled in the mountains, it is an old Victorian mining/resort town that is now a honeymoon haven. We stayed in a very nice cottage, got married and had wonderful pictures taken for one low package price.

BTW, LOVE what is going on with the site, great work!

The kids are with their dad for the summer, so we've been able to really enjoy our time together uninterrupted. We will have a religious ceremony blessing our nuptials soon with the kids and family included in that.

It's tiny! It's HUGE! It can be killed! Ummm, does any of this "explanation" strike anyone else as a last minute crazy idea that nobody thought would make it to the final script? Can't Barney think of ANOTHER story other than the cousin from England? Didn't he stop to think that if they KNEW Barney was a vampire, that there never WAS a branch of the family in England? Maybe saying he was from Australia would have been better. And why didn't Pansy Faye recognize him?

Overall though, two highly enjoyable episodes today. Man, I LOVED Judith and Pansy's interchange about Trasky. This was the great lady at her best. "I'm sure he spent HOURS trying to find it" (Amanda's soul). Hee, hee, hee....Is the portrait of Amanda getting bigger?

which sibling set has the greatest age difference: Barney and Sarah or the 1897 family? Who IS older, Judith or Edward? I'm guessing Barney - Sarah have Edward/Judith - Carl beat, but, no wonder we don't see their mama around! Having that brood would do you in!

How nice to see Clarice Blackburn again and in such a juicy role. Mrs. Trask is much more masterful than her husband in being believable and persuading people to the righteousness of their cause. Still, I couldn't help but think how funny it would be in real time if Mrs. Johnson were to announce her resignation.

Lizzy: "Why, Mrs. Johnson, we will be so sorry to see you go. Do you mind if I ask WHY you are leaving us?"

Mrs. Johnson: "I've met the only man who could ever replace Mr. Johnson. Yes maam, I'm running off with Tony Peterson and that's all there is to it!"

Then there is Laura, who is thoroughly enjoyable for me. "I have other plans for my daughter. I want to see her burn in flames!"

I have to comment on this, I was rather shocked at how differently Diana Millay looks on a color episode. In black and white, she was so beautiful that I had a hard time understanding why she wasn't a MAJOR movie star. She just had the look of one....She is still lovely, but definately does not present as well in color. I'm afraid that Nancy Barrett is the same way, and I don't understand it. They just lose a little oommphh or something. And yet,  Lara Parker doesn't need her trademark flames to burn up the screen in color (and in black and white would lose something, I think)....I don't mean to sound nitpicky and I think all of these women are the greatest. Whereas, our brunettes Alexandra Moltke and KLS just look great no matter which format is used....

I really liked Judith's blue and green dress today, oh, and Bennett also looks regal in either format.

I have only seen this part of DS once, and I had completely forgotten Quentin becoming a zombie. And he does it so well!

Alright, I have to admit that I am very grateful to Barney for going back in time and making Quentin a permanent addition to the cast. But it does seem like he could have stayed home and saved a lot of trouble. If Quentin didn't die in the room and Jennie stabbed him instead, wouldn't that have freed David from the danger? I have to think that Chris wouldn't have had the curse either, since Magda hasn't laid it on Q yet. It seems like at least Barney should have said "I Ching, here I come..." and gone back. Could it be that a certain governess is affecting his choice to remain in the past?

I thought David Henesy did a great job of imitating Quentin, even his laugh.

SLAM! Clump, clump, STOMP, shuffle, shuffle.....

Gee, I hate to think if Beth had been trying to get Jenny back loudly! Course, Jenny is a big girl and could be hard to handle.

I'm learning to despise Rachel. She irks me. There is a slyness and excitement to her "innocence" and her curiousity that repels me. She asks Beth a question and gets told to mind her own business. So she goes back three more times to ask again?! And if she had interrupted ME in the bedroom with Quentin, I don't think she'd live to do it again! Did she really think blurting out everything she has seen while spying to MAGDA, of all people, would be a good idea? And my what a lot of information is on her palm! I think the only reason Magda didn't get her social security number is that they didn't have them yet.

Now, don't you all think that drapes in the tower room would be such a GOOD THING? Gosh, it is ever so hard to keep a good family secret without them! I suggest black velvet would be in keeping with the mood of the room and serve the purpose in a decorative way.

Why do you think that they couldn't match Naggie, oh, excuse me, RACHEL's hair? Heck, I got a much closer match on a fake ponytail at Target! Love Rachel's reaction to Quentin's friendship. When he said they would start tomorrow and she asked start what, I thought I'd crack up. What were YOU thinking about, girl?!! Not that anyone in that position would be thinking anything different!

Isn't Carl a hoot? What fun. LOVED Barney's face after Carl left the room. Just the right amount of irritated "What the hell was that?" expression. OK, he messes up lines, but you have to admit that Frid does  an admirable job of keeping character. And I bet that was one scene it was hard not to crack up doing.

Ok, I'm a dork. Even with Luciaphil's comment about Edith to me the other day, I still didn't put it together. It wasn't until it was spelled out for me that I actually caught on that Edith played by Terry Crawford  and "Grandmamama" were the same character. Now I'm wondering what else I'm missing. Gak!

Loved today's shows, loved, loved, loved them! Got to see Edward, Judith got some lines and some good ones, Quentin tries to kill Grandmama and they STILL keep him around. I think Isabella Hoopes is just, well, GRAND! The dock floozy was even one of the better ones. When Carl enters the picture, it will be just about perfect.

I can't even think of a snide remark to make today.