Sweets: You know, a sane person would regret murdering someone more ... than being taken in by a line of crap.
Zack: Define crap.
Sweets: Drivel, blarney, nonsense, uh, balderdash, twaddle, bull, bunkum, hooey. Like that.
Zack: Now I realize it was drivel-blarney-nonsense-balderdash-twaddle-bull-bunkum-hooey. Then I perceived it as logic.

And thus my return to Bones is complete. I mean not just my body but my heart as well. I guess they haven't jumped the shark as I had previously feared. The Perfect Pieces in the Purple Pond was the best episode in quite awhile and perhaps Eric Millegan's best. Ironically Zack wasn't given this much attention in a storyline when he was a regular member of the cast. Now that he's an occasional guest star, he gets the best scenes. Go figure.

The above dialogue takes place very early in the episode and the printed text fails to capture the essence of th moment when Zach repeats Sweets' words they are in rapid machinegun fashion. I searched YouTube but failed to find the scene.

The other bright spot of the episode is Hodgins and his struggles adapting to a world where he has lost his girl and his best friend. Thanks T_Brennan for not giving up on me. Let's hope there are many many more good Zack episodes and because of the way the script was manipulated, possibly opening the door for Zack to return permanently. Until that day arrives we will continue to watch a different squint every week, much like we did when Murphy Brown had a new secretary every week. Wendall was good as the sub in this episode and the week before , The Practice's Michael Baddalucco was exquisite.

There will be a scheduling conflict Wednesday night as there will be three shows I want to watch and/or record at the same time and my dvr can only handle two of them.

1. Bones - TW's favorite show. It's not going anywhere.
2. The Cubs' first post-season game vs. the Dodgers. No way I'm going to throw the guys under the bus. Not when this just might be "the year."
3. That leaves the Season opener for Pushing Daisies. Afraid Ned the Pie Maker will lose out this time around. Anyone know where I might catch it online?

Hey, this happened back a week or two ago and I never mentioned it amidst all the site changes and my vacation but I have achieved Level 20! Don't ask me what a cow bell has to do with television but I'm sure there is an obtuse SNL or Seinfeld reference in there somewhere.

In Gay news, two professional singers have recently come out of the closet. The first wasn't unexpected, the second a big shocker. Hey everyone, Clay is Gay I've always liked Mr. Aiken and thought he got the shaft when he didn't win American Idol. Now...., oh forget it, it's too easy.

The other singer to announce publicly his orientation is fellow Hoosier Christian artist Ray Boltz, 55, who is perhaps best known for his megahit Thank You seen here on YouTube. My personal favorite of his tho is Watch the Lamb, seen here.

This news made TW sick. Me not so much. In an interview with The Washington Blade, a gay magazine, Boltz, who sold about 4.5 million records before retiring from the business a few years ago, said ""I'd denied it ever since I was a kid. I became a Christian, I thought that was the way to deal with this and I prayed hard and tried for 30-some years and then at the end, I was just going, 'I'm still gay I know I am.' And I just got to the place where I couldn't take it anymore ... when I was going through all this darkness, I thought, 'Just end this.'"

Political Question. Given Sarah Palin's performance on the public stage thus far, how will she do Thursday in her only debate with Joe Biden?

1. Biden will chew her up and spit her out.
2. Palin will send him back to Delaware wimpering and licking his wounds.
3. The debate will result in a draw. Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann will declare victory for the Democrats while Sean Hannity will pronounce a knockout on the Republican side.

Finally, this space will go dark now til Wednesday. I encourage you to find something else to do tomorrow so we can catch the eye of CBS. (Clever, huh?) Me? I'm going to probably work on a new post for Wednesday. My Week 4 NFL Pick 'em Awards, f'rinstance. Plus, a new banner for the Baseball Playoffs will materialize.

Go Cubs!!

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