I'm not sure how I'm supposed to react to the scenes surrounding Julian's castration on PASSIONS.

Hi, I'm Mala, Weekly's news, AS THE WORLD TURNS, and BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL editor (and unofficial GENERAL HOSPITAL aficionado). It’s my turn to join the bevy of bloggers here at Weekly/Digest HQ and I must kick it off with a confession: I have just started up a fling with DAYS OF OUR LIVES.

See, I'm something of a timeslot trollop. My finger is always on the "last channel recall" button (it's a channel surfer's best friend) and if I can manage it, I try to watch at least two soaps at a time. At the one o'clock hour, I basically watch YOUNG AND RESTLESS, ALL MY CHILDREN, and B&B simultaneously (Gasp! I'm such a hussy!). At 2, I mostly stay with WORLD TURNS but sometimes sneak over to ONE LIFE. However, here in New York, at 10 there's just GUIDING LIGHT to contend with...unless you want to catch the previous day's DAYS on SOAPnet.

Well, that's just what I've begun doing.

Did anyone else catch the split-second conversation between Lillian and Vanessa Thursday on GL?

GH has lightened up a lot recently, shootings notwithstanding. I've thought the show was too mob-centric in the past, but nowadays the violence is punctuated by wonderfully entertaining scenes between women.