Heh -- apparently Dinosaur Comics has quite a bit of influence! The Wikipedia article about chickens has been locked for vandalism...

I just had Jehovah's Witnesses! I did not put on my leopard bikini for them.

So sorry to read about Bradley's passing. I have enjoyed much of his work over the years. The writeup on the CBS site has some old photos. [link]

Yeah, that's sad.

Long pig!

Mmmm, barbeque (link added because to get the joke, you have to know that the Carib Indians gave the English language both the word "cannibal" and the word "barbeque", and... well, you should draw your own conclusions there).

Sad about Ed Bradley.

Top Chef was fantastic last night. I need to catch up on two weeks of blogs at the site. Mike: Even more than his attitude (which does kind of suck), his plating and presentation skills really suck. However great his cooking may or may not be, he works and acts like a line cook at Denny's. Betty: I'm disappointed, though somewhat sympathetic, but lots of other people have covered the relevant questions of Cookiegate. Sam: If you're going to call people on perceived cheating, call them on it. Better yet, call them on it before your neck is on the block. Same goes for Mia.

Lee Anne said early on in her blog that she was brought in after the third episode, to help on the production side. S (who read the blogs last night) was saying that apparently the reason she was brought in was to help clarify the rules to the players. I'm betting it was this very incident that prompted that decision.

Off to read the TC blogs...

I bet S is right.

Well, I know what METALLICAR is -- I asked what Skeet's car is -- to me - a non car-loving person - it looks very similar.

Sadly, I only clicked past Jericho last night, and thus did not get a good look. I will agree that, like Metallicar, it was black and squarish from the front, with a square windshield and a low roof. But that describes the Galaxie Tommy linked as much as it does an Impala.

Tommy, why weren't you watching??

Top Chef: The Quickfire was fun -- it's always interesting to see how creative a chef can be, and I think most of them really outdid themselves (and were lucky there was a vending machine with some helthy items in it). Mike, on the other hand, is pissing me off. Bored now. You have no business in this competition.

The elimination challenge was interesting -- but as much as I like Sam and Cliff and ... whoever else was on their team... turkey meatballs? Come on. Frank and Betty got the challenge in one, at least when it came to designing a menu a kid would love.

As far as the issue of cheating goes, I don't think Betty added the sugar to give her team the upper hand -- if the cookies had turned out right the first day, I don't think she would have messed with them. That said, the eleventh hour accusations are so tasteless. And Sam's "I'm not that guy" comment was absurd. Um, you *are* that guy, since you brought it up. And if it's true, it certainly means Betty shouldn't be the only one penalized, since she wasn't using olive oil in those cookies. Still, I was shocked that they didn't eliminate anyone.

That said, even I know you can't mess with proportion and ingredients when baking, and that meringues are supposed to sit in the oven overnight.

I love my Great Big Dramatic Cooking Show.

Dagnabbit, why did I come to work today instead of staying home where I could have watched Top Chef??