Gus, were you serious? Or was that weremonkey sarcasm? No, Jen, Meldrick is charming and has excellent musical taste...there's a lot to like. He doesn't always act like a champion in the later seasons though, but if I open up the mahoney thing...well, it is our fandom's "Xander lied," so, um, nsm.

I would never mock erikaj, or come out on the negative side of any Baltimore-based show.

Ever.

O, crap. How do you make it clear you are not being ironic?

erika - Gus seriously loves it when you gush about Simon and Levinson and Baltimore.

Number 4 is my favorite because, Puppet!Waits.

Yeah, I'm thinking Howlin' Wolf/Grover, even if Grover is technically a muppet and not a puppet. Though come to think of it, Rolf the Dog is already based on Waits.

Though come to think of it, Rolf the Dog is already based on Waits.

Seriously?

Who was the girl muppet with the long blond hair that covered her eyes based on?

Grover was my favorite muppet. Though Mr. Jane sometimes gets irritated if I do the "NEAR" "Far" "Over" "Under" "around" and "through" bit for to long.

If I cut Angel and the chocolate milk bath, I'm under $100, but I. DON'T. WANNA.

Political stunts by both parties have created an air of acrimony that is infecting the parties' entire agendas. The bitterness reached a new high -- or low -- on Friday when House Republicans forced a late-night vote on a resolution for immediate withdrawal of U.S. forces.

The resolution failed, 403 to 3, but only after members nearly came to blows when a GOP newcomer suggested a veteran Democratic military hawk was a coward.

I think it would have been better for the country if the two congresspeople had come to blows.

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Seriously?

Yep. 70s Tom Waits, though.

Who was the girl mupped with the long blond hair that covered her eyes based on?

Well, she's named Janis but she's more like a dippy Joni Mitchell.

Janis.

That's what I thought. But I suffered a moment of temporary insanity when I thought that Janis had black hair. Dunno where that came from, as I can now picture Janis in my mind with long blond hair.

So who's Dr. Teeth based on? And Animal?

Sigh. Loving Lewis eventually comes to a "Curse you and your inevitable betrayal!" moment but not for a Very Long Time. But Clark Johnson's being...winning makes for a lot.

Curses! Though, even with what little of the show I've seen so far, I expect there's a lot of that sort of "Nooooooooo!" to look forward to.

The resolution failed, 403 to 3, but only after members nearly came to blows when a GOP newcomer suggested a veteran Democratic military hawk was a coward.

Jean Schmit. She seems to be making insulting veterans a signature. Of course she said it was a message from another vet.