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Nothing Special, Slow Saturday Morning

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Well, this morning has been a slower start than I was hoping. I thought I had a meeting as early as 10:00 am but it looks like it was actually another day so I have just kinda been catching some TV movies. The "Saturday morning cartoons" really sucked -- there's some modern version of Yu-Gi-Oh! that looks ridiculous. Flipped through channels, found Top Chef: Seattle . Moved on to Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure , and now onto Legally Blonde . This movie is filled with actors and actresses from other things. The guy from ALIAS, the mom from Two and a Half Men, the split-personality woman from Heroes, and other characters look vaguely familiar. Haha, this movie is surprisingly entertaining after twelve-ish years. Oh hey, and the one guy's ex-wife is Aunt Vesta from Sabrina! She's wearing almost the same outfit, actually. How odd is that? And talk about giving me hope: Elle was a fashion major and went to Harvard Law, as an Education/Poli-Sc...

December means Cooking Show Marathons

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I've noticed, historically , that I watch more cooking shows in Winter than on average. Well, indeed lately I've been catching "Iron Chef" and "The Next Iron Chef: Redemption" and a few other shows here and there. Low and behold, my favorite TV Chef has returned.... Again! Haha, he's just good television! Marcel Vigneron, formerly of Top Chef season 2, season 8 (All Stars) and is back for The Next Iron Chef: Redemption after his "Marcel's Quantum Kitchen" got canceled after only 6 episodes. I tell ya one thing, he being my favorite TV chef, if I knew the show existed during it's run I would have tried to watch it -- but apparently I first heard of it after it'd already been canceled, so I only got to watch it on SyFy's website. But moving on. Did I mention "Eat at the Restaurant of one of my favorite Top Chef's" is #15 on my bucket list ? Carla, you qualify! Right this second I'm watching ...