Cactus/Caudex.... Instructions that came with the Boojum said to plant it in a very dry, quick-draining medium...and after 10 days, start placing some ice-cubes on top of the medium, so the cubes could slowly melt, and re-hydrate the medium. Damp, but not wet. I was advised by Arizona Cactus Sales to lightly mist the caudex, a few times a day, but not to the point where water would drip, and saturate the area around base of the plant. When I misted the caudex, the top portion has a grey-green color, but the branches are very dry, and to my eye, look dead. I understand that leaves will sprout from the top end, and from the base of the branches. The plant is on my back deck, full sun, protected from rain...so the plant is still dry, except for the mistings. Are the older branches dead? If yes, do I clip them off, and will a new rack of branches take their place? Does it take years for branches to form? The caudex feels like a rock-hard pinecone, and the branches remind me of bamboo skewers with thorns....woody, dry, and very stiff. I'm hoping that this plant will break dormancy, and put out some new roots, and possibly some top-end action, over the Summer. Yes, no, maybe? Comments, thoughts, suggestions....anybody? Sending out a S.O.S. Frank

I loved it. The season finale was violent, but I didn't feel like it was gratuitous violence. The violence was the story and how the violence will shape the characters paths is the story. Meredith, with the help of Christina and Izzie, got up and showered and acted like everything was normal after the bomb. She has never been a weak, crybaby character(not that mourning a miscarriage would be weak.) But emotionally, she has been dark & twisty. I don't think it is at all out of character for her to soldier on during her miscarriage. In the flashbacks of her with her mother, you see Ellis raising a kid who would just "be extraordinary." Avery(the good-looking doc) has already made a play for Yang before at the party earlier in the season and again at the hospital the day after the party. I think with the Teddy/Owen/Yang triangle over(Owen chose Christina,) Owen/Yang/Avery will be the new triangle. Avery showed confidence in Christina in making the decision that she would operate on Derek without any of the attendings. She loves that validation and some of her biggest fights with Owen have been about him not having her back. Avery would be a new romance chapter for Christina, as she has always been with teacher/mentor/superiors. While he does have the powerful family connection, he is only a resident and therefore an equal on a professional footing.

Am I the only one who didn't GET the whole Izzie/Denny thing?!? At first I thought his explanation for coming back was because she had some horrible disease and he came back to 'take her home'. When I saw what she was doing last night, I thought I was right, but everything turned out OK. So what other explanations do you all have?

I personally did not care for this episode at all. It was making the point that one tiny thing done one way can affect a lifetimes worth of change or outcome. I think they should get back together and Yang needs to just get over herself and realize it is not always all about her, he is a great man and loves her. She can not have it both ways.