Here are today's contestants:
- Adam Bundy, an advertising partnerships manager from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
- Arjun Nageswaran, a PhD student originally from Buffalo Grove, Illinois; and
- Rian Robertson, a software developer from Ottawa, Ontario. Rian is a one-day champ with winnings of $16,100.
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I've spent too much time today worrying the Cornell rape case. Yesterday it was capital punishment. I'm not bringing you good news but I hope that different bad news will suffice.
There is was a law that mandated that states attempt to integrate people with disabilities into general society. This was too much for states like Texas who sued the federal government. Trump's "Justice" Department declined to defend the law and now a judge has struck all references to integration. This leaves people with disabilities at the whims of the states. States like Texas would be free to lock people away in sanitariums rather than allow them a dignified life. [NPR]
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The eight remaining sewers return to the sewing room for lingerie and sleepwear week. The garments might look luxurious, but working with the slippery and delicate fabrics is hugely challenging.
Here are today's contestants:
- Elizabeth Severs, an aspiring novelist from Wilmington, North Carolina;
- Rian Robertson, a software developer from Ottawa, Ontario; and
- Kristin Franke, a pastor from Washington, D.C.. Kritin is a one-day champ with winnings of $8,900.
I'm taking the week off from Notable Opening Nights. Here, have a Coffee Break.
Tonight's Top Pick is the series premiere of East of Eden, dropping at 3:01 a.m. on Netflix. I have to turn in my culture vulture credentials. I've never read the Steinbeck novel nor seen the James Dean film.
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Money's too tight to mention.
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Dutch syrup is a caramel-like syrup traditionally made from sugar beets.
It was created in the late 18th or early 19th century, as a cheap treat made from bakery leftovers.
My sister went to the Netherlands and brought some Daelmans back - they're best when you warm them over your coffee cup.
Trader Joe's has a decent offering.
Here are today's contestants:
- Kristin Franke, a pastor from Washington, D.C.;
- Ben Meyerson, a political consultant from New York City; and
- Justin Robbins, a graduate student from Murrells Inlet, South Carolina. Justin is a two-day champ with winnings of $38,802.
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See you in hell! Here's what's on television for tonight, Wednesday, September 30!
Our Top Pick tonight is The Oval (Paramount+, 3 a.m. / BET, 9 p.m.). This uber-dramatic White House drama from the Tyler Perry machine signs off after seven seasons and more than 150 episodes. It's been highlighted here before, too. It stars a bunch of people you probably don't know by name. It even has a spinoff, Ruthless.
Elsewhere, ABC Scrubs in, Sacrifice lives, Joe comes to an end, Nova hunts caves, Aileen Wuornos gets docuseries treatment, Ted Lasso helps morale, Amazing Race is back, and South Park gets data centers.
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Sometimes I doubt my commitment to Sparkle Motion.
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Here are today's contestants:
- Dominic Lloyd, a finance consultant from New Orleans, Louisiana;
- Jareesa Tucker McClure, an entrepreneur & program manager from Atlanta, Georgia; and
- Justin Robbins, a graduate student from Murrells Inlet, South Carolina. Justin is a one-day champ with winnings of $20,001.
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Sometimes the Great Lake has its own ideas.
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Tonight's Top Pick is Miller Night Football, debuting at 9 p.m. on HBO. Time really does a number on us, doesn't it? Dennis Miller doesn't look bad, but he's turned into a hybrid of Dabney Coleman, J.K. Simmons, and Walton Goggins.
Here are today's contestants:
- Justin Robbins, a graduate student from Murrells Inlet, South Carolina;
- Katie Bruns, a records & information professional from Dayton, Ohio; and
- Nikolas Polsinelli, a student from Winter Park, Florida. Nikolas is a two-day champ with winnings of $40,001.
