I tell you, my stress levels have been so much more manageable since I took Al's advice and got my own decapitated Native-American head in a box for my office. Now I can finally deliver my soliloquys in peace!

My thoughts at the beginning of "Amalgamations and Capital":

I don't think Bullock's wife and kid could be any more dull and boring.

My thoughts at the end of "Amalgamations and Capital":

Holy fuck! Holy fuck! I DIDN'T REALLY MEAN IT. WHAT THE FUCK YOU CAN'T KILL THE FUCKING KID WHAT THE FUCK.

Wasn't that disturbing?

It looked like the motherfucker was torn in half at first. And I was certain it was all leading up to an accident with the bartender.

Just finished season 2.

The brother-murdering bastard gets to live, and the kid dies? Stupid town!

Alma and Ellsworth! Aww.

As usual, there's a bunch of stuff that's going over my head. I'm not entirely sure I understand how all the annexation business is working and who's coming out ahead and why. But I did like that they intercut the awkward wedding with the awkward signing of the contract.

Farnum is such a slimeball.

Was I supposed to like Jane by now? Because I still want her off my screen.

God, Mrs. Bullock is so irritating. I'm so tired of The Mr. and Mrs. Bullock Frigid Relationship Hour. I used to really like Seth, too.

WTF Wolcott?? I can't tell if he just went nuts and hanged himself or whether someone "took care" of him.

Take that, San Francisco cocksucker!

And Tolliver! Stabbity! He'll live.

I think some stuff needs to blow up next season.

The Mr. and Mrs. Bullock Frigid Relationship Hour.

Priceless.

Was I supposed to like Jane by now? Because I still want her off my screen.

You have no cirrhosis in your heart.

Or no magic in your liver, I'm not sure which it is.

Aw, dude, give Jane a break. She's had a hard road.

Has she? As far as I can tell, she lost her friend Bill. And she's a drunk. Who slurs all her words and speaks to everyone in the same brash tone. And I still have no idea why she's like that or what purpose her character serves, since she doesn't do anything.

Well, in a culture that says, okay, little girl, wife or prostitute, she is surviving without being either. Maybe not in a way we want to emulate, but she puts one boot in front of the other(except when spirits make that, uh, challenging.) The older I get, I respect that. And I get the impression she saw some shit in her indian-scout days, but I'm not sure how explicit canon is about that. Not as much as the Doc at Antietam, but she's got some scars.

That is a point. I find it amusing that my favorite female characters are two whores and a gimp.

But I also find it interesting that Deadwood appears to have a lot of women on the writing staff.