Black Money quotes

"Both sides of the tracks are the wrong side, if you live close enough to them." 

"She pouted, and frowned a little with her thin painted-on eyebrows. She didn't frown very hard because that gave girls wrinkles and besides I might kill her and she didn't want to die with a frown on her lovely face."

"Bess came out of her room. She had changed into a dress which had to be hooked up the back, and I was elected to be the one to hook it up. She had a strokeable-looking back, but my hands were careful not to wander. The easy ones were nearly always trouble. Frigid or nympho, schizy or commercial or alcoholic; sometimes all five at once. Their nicely-wrapped gifts of themselves turn out to be homemade bombs, or fudge with arsenic in it." 

"They shook hands like brother and sister, but I saw his eyes take possession of her injured beauty." 

"Bess was trouble, and a wise man once in Chicago had said once and for all: never sleep with anyone whose troubles are worse than your own."

Kitty: what are you, a do-gooder or something?
Archer: I wouldn't say so. I'm working at not being a do-badder.

"I woke up in the middle of the night. A spatter of rain was rustling like cellophane at the window. The whisky was wearing off and I saw myself in a flicker of panic: a middle-aging man lying alone in darkness while life fled by like traffic on the freeway."

-from Black Money by Ross Macdonald

It's almost here! It's almost here!

The Simpsons Marathon starts tomorrow (10 a.m.) - on FXX - all 552 episodes plus the movie in there somewhere.

Now maybe, if you're like me, you plan to stay awake the next two weeks watching the episodes back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back.


However, if you don't have that kind of time, I have taken a few moments to scan over the contents of Thursday and Friday's episodes and have a few recommendations for you. If you have a DVR make sure you tape these. If not, make sure you watch them! (Prizes will be given for those who do.)

I'm not sure how the times work in other zones, so all times given are Eastern. Make your adjustments accordingly.


Thursday

10:00am - Season 1 Episode 1 (S01E01) - The one that started it all.

11:50(ish)am - S01E04 - The end of this episode features the Simpsons in Family Therapy, and electrically shocking each other to the point of nearly causing a city-wide blackout.

2:00pm - S01E09 - Marge gets a bowling ball for her birthday, and marriage trouble ensues. ("Those trophies aren't for bowling; they're for lovemaking.")

3:00pm - S01E11 - Bart goes to France as an exchange student, and Homer accidentally commits espionage

5:00pm - S02E02 - Homer regrows his hair. NOT to be missed. Absolute classic.

10:00pm - S02E12 - How Homer and Marge met and fell in love.


Friday

11:30am - S03E17 - Mr. Burns hires ringers for the company softball team. One of the most quotable episodes ever.

1:00pm - S03E20 - Homer becomes the manager of a country singer. Love this episode so much.

3:30pm - S04E01 - Bart and Lisa go to summer camp. Non-stop hilarious, top-thee most quotable episode, and a rockin' song!

4:00pm - S04E02 - The Musical version of Streetcar Named Desire. You haven't lived until you've seen Ned Flanders as Stanley Kowalski.

4:30pm - S04E03 - Homer skips church, meets God, finds a penny. (may I point out that my last three recommendations were all in a row - possibly the best three-episode run in the show's history)


7:30pm - S04E09 - Homer becomes Mr. Plow. (Barney duets with Linda Ronstadt!)

9:00pm - S04E12 - Springfield gets a Monorail!

10:30pm - S04E15 - Ralph falls in love with Lisa!


These are the episodes from Thursday and Friday I recommend you watch or DVR. I will be back tomorrow with recommendations for the weekend.

New Lay's Flavors

In ascending order of my excitement level.......


2) Cappuccino - Not my thing, but go nuts. 

3) Wasabi Ginger (Kettle) - Should be good. Bet it makes a good crushed topping for casseroles. 

4) Mango Salsa (Wavy) - Dude, If they can make this work, a star is born

1) Cheddar Bacon Mac & Cheese - [Hyperion starts humping display case in the grocery store]