Anne Thrax

OMG, Breezy424, so much THIS!! I thought I was the only nutcase who hides the "good scissors" (I place decoys in the kitchen drawers so nobody comes looking for mine) or has my own secret stash of proper sharp knives that nobody in the house knows about. And not only black sharpies, but black Flair pens too, plus I have a thing about hiding a good gel ink pen for my private use because NOBODY ever returns these things!

Plus, she was cutting the bottoms while the legs were lying the wrong way You're supposed to match up the side seams, as if you were going to iron in creases. Then cut across both legs at once in a straight line (not always easy with some fabrics, especially denim). She had the legs flattened out and cut them in that position, which results in a sort of elliptical edge, not straight across as it should be. Someone must have re-cut them, because when she had the jumpsuit on, the bottoms did look straight and fairly even.

Having raised three to adulthood, I have to say I didn't have to break it down for them. I used words that I would normally use with anyone, and I think children who are exposed early to more complex words have larger vocabularies and better speech skills. At his pre-K registration event, my youngest at age 4 used the word "obviously" when the teacher was engaging him in a little conversation. It seemed to me that Jagger did understand what Dorit was saying to him, but he's definitely quite delayed at speech. In fact, the first few times Jagger was onscreen, I thought he might have profound hearing loss or cognition problem or might just be slow, but noticed in later episodes that he seems bright and able to hear things fine.

Yep. Tacky as shit to accept a gift, immediately seek out its price, and then snark that it didn't cost enough (I found it interesting that LVP and Erika agreed it was a fine gift when they thought it cost $1,700!). Says a lot about who Erika really is. Not that her behavior hasn't been telling us all along this season. And IMO it was really pathetic of Eden to have bought it for Erika in the first place. Does Eden have too much money or something? Erika already made it clear to Eden she didn't want to play with her.

Whoever convinced Dorit that Beverly Hills is avante garde like New York or Paris? I'll bet that whole get-up on Dorit cost a fortune and it looked like crap! I love Kyle and Mauricio together! A couple of eps ago, Kyle called out Mauricio's name, and he replied "Si amorcita!" (sigh) And he was so respectful to Kyle at the meeting with the co-producer. He greeted "Jinny" warmly, but his body language says he's Kyle's man (he stood with Kyle between them while saying Jinny "looked great"). And Mo kidding Kyle about her "body problem" and she mockingly threatened to give him a "body problem" if he didn't stop saying that. I can't get enough of them!

This might have been addressed upthread, but it sounded to me like Kyle said "Mongol". I mean, it does make sense to me as they're in China and all.

Honey, you aren't getting it -- it's Eden hiding from herself. When she puts the wig on, she can allow herself to behave (presumably in a way "Eden" would normally shy away from) as if she's another person entirely. She probably did the same thing with alcohol -- "I'm drunk! I can behave whatever way I want and blame it all on the booze!"

The small letters read: "Mom In Love with Fitness".

I doubt it -- he's probably an overweight 46 year old Nigerian scammer who's already conned her out of thousands. Poor Eden seems to operate on the lowest of wattage. I predict "London" will never show at an in-person meeting. Some event that would stretch the imagination of Carl Sagan will always come up to prevent her "kindred soul" from ever showing his face. But it sounds like a much more interesting story line than who said what stupid thing to whom and when.

Absolutely yes. I mean, who the hell is Kim Richards that her relatives should assume the responsibility of providing for her needs just because they can afford to give her money? She is a middle aged, able-bodied woman who has the means to provide for herself, and there's no reason whatsoever why she shouldn't do it on her own. Having to provide for herself and keep her life organized gives her less time to think about how much she'd like to take a drink or pop a pill. If little Kimmy knows she has family members who will make certain she never really has to suffer the consequences for any of her fucked up behavior, then she has little reason NOT to go off the deep end whenever it all becomes too tiresome for her obnoxious, self-centered butt. On the other hand, if she has to watch her dollars so she can pay her bills on time, and has to stay sober enough to keep on keeping on, she's less likely to be up to no good.

No one will be able to call that condo dingy once his mother is done remodeling - believe it.

Chortle, chortle -- snort!

Despite myself, I thought I was liking sober Kim until the shit show at end of the episode. Did anyone else think the makeup job in her THs looked like channeling Bette Davis in "Baby Jane"? This, contrasted with earlier in the show, how gorgeous she was in the glam shot taken in her glory days -- man, the depth of her fall is truly mind boggling Frightening even! Was this intentional on the part of the producers?

DorEET can take a seat with her "being a mother of small children is SO exhausting" comments, too. As if she actually interacts with her children for more than a few minutes at a time. She's so lucky little Phoenix looks to be a pretty easygoing infant. That scene where the nanny is holding her, the look on the baby's face when reaches out for DorEET's dress made me think the kid is wondering "who IS this woman who behaves in such a familiar manner toward me?" Then the nanny trundles her back to her room so DorEET can continue on to more important activities -- lunch with the ladies. The head shape being corrected wasn't on the side of her head at all -- it was the BACK of her head! Like when a kid spends too much time lying on their back in their crib. I sensed an almost complete lack of interaction between mother and baby. As if DorEET has the children as chic little accessories to adorn her life and allow her to masquerade as a normal woman. And she's utterly clueless as to how to interact with little "Jag". which makes me think her lack of involvement is at least a part of the reason why the kid is 2 years old and can't talk yet (and isn't potty trained yet either, judging from the diaper peeking out from the top of his little jeans. Potty training ain't rocket science FFS). For instance, why would she ask him if he "wants to drive" when she's planning to take off for the park. She totally created a meltdown that could easily have been avoided by scooping him up and putting him in another car seat like the one he just got out of and taking off for the park (plus she used the meltdown as an excuse to cancel the trip. :-< ) She could have sat in the passenger seat while he played "zoom-zoom" AFTER they got back from the park. (I had one like that -- his favorite activity was standing in the driver seat pretending to "drize" as he pronounced it. We still occasionally will say 'who's gonna drize?' as a family joke now that he's an adult.) If she had a lick of sense, she'd be ashamed of her disinterest in parenting and take a pass on her fake woe-is-me this mother of toddlers thing is SO tough act.

Gawd, when the dancers finished their audition, that uproarious laugh that Erika emitted (I was kinda puzzled over what) sounded like a 60-year-old chain smoker. Clearly, some things that betray one as an aging matron can't be camouflaged with sexy clothes, hair extensions, botox and fillers.

Y'all can say what you will about Briana, but I cannot get enough of her not only REFUSING to swallow her mother's bullshit, but actually coming back at her with what she knows (from life-long experience dealing w/ this psychopath) was probably really happening, and then letting her mother know right up front, in no uncertain terms, and to her face that she's not buying it. For a second. <applause for Briana>

That poor man, Joe Hayden at the Bailey Farm. He had to put up with some really stupid behavior from almost everyone, but especially Vicki. And Vicki reminded me of an octopus when she wrapped herself around him and started squeezing. As politely as he could - bless his heart - he actually had to ask her to let go of him. He's probably a married man - not a concern for Vicki. Anyone with a penis will suffice. That huge beret Kelly wore on her trip with Meghan looked stupid. And the top she wore to play croquet - abominable.

Dipshit probably doesn't have Clue One about their finances. Her interest is strictly in spending the money -- not what's going on with it at any given moment.

LOVED it! The author has a great writing style and I also learned some stuff too. One thing I found fascinating is how she explained a theoretical connection between narcissism and brain changes from having contracted the polio virus. The narcissist in my life had polio as a child. Now whether or not there's really any connection, who knows? But the theory totally intrigued me.

See, I have a different take on Simon the Terrible. The impression I got from all his "controlling" behavior was this. Staid little whitebread Simon was probably quite smitten with Tamra when he first met her, and of course was well aware of the person Tamra was -- very attractive, good-time party girl with a foul mouth who's crazy shakes in the sack. And he was obviously okay with it, because he actually married the oh-so attractive, provocative and sexy young woman to make her his very own play toy. And he also probably went to some lengths to bond a bit with young Ryan, thinking he'd have the power along the way to straighten everyone out to his liking. But I don't think Tamra changed one bit after the wedding, and that was where Simon's problems began. Once married, the good-time girl who loves to party it up and wear revealing clothes was not what he was really looking for in a wife, So he was always on her case to tone that shit down and behave in a manner that he considered respectable now that she was Mrs. Simon Barney. He got schooled, didn't he?

OMG, that dreadful skirt she was wearing at the end of the ep! The clothing choices of some people really elude me sometimes. All asymmetrical hem garments, be they dresses or skirts, look frumpy and weird on almost all women's figures, no matter age of the wearer. Unless you're wearing one on the catwalk, where all absurd looking clothing is seen as genius art, then okay. But send all of 'em directly to Big Lots after the fashion show, cuz they're just fugly.

Kelly's behavior problems remind me of a book I read last year titled "Evil Genes: Why Rome Fell, Hitler Rose, Enron Failed, and My Sister Stole My Mother's Boyfriend" that has a funny little joke paragraph parodying a mental health hotline recording that goes something like: For Obsessive Compulsives, please push 1 repeatedly. For Schitzophrenics, please wait for the voices in your head to tell you which number to push. For Borderline personalities, please hang up now. You've already pushed everyone's buttons.

Yeah, I caught that too and I just always gag, I wish there was some Bravo rule that whenever Vicki pretends to make the sign of the cross, she must immediately have a huge cream pie shoved with maximum force at short range right into her face! Wouldn't that serve her right -- AND be hilarious at the same time? I would SO laugh and point until I peed my pants.

Damn, that reminds me -- I wish Taco Bell hadn't discontinued the Bell Beefer. It was my favorite!

In love and COMMITTED is what she said on twitter or her blog or wherever she posted it. Dude is little more than a complete stranger to her, but whatever "in love and committed" means to Vicki, I'm sure it's not the same thing sane people mean by using those words.