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And perhaps we could finally see Taylor "go Oklahoma" on Kim's ass. Hell, after this season, I'd pay good money to watch that shit go down.

I'm really looking forward to the "Lost Footage" episode or whatever it's called. And I'm hoping it's not just more Brandi/Kim fucknuttery. I'm curious to see what else was going on in these women's lives that we might have seen more of if this season hadn't devolved into the Kim and Brandi and Substance Abuse Shenanigans show.

I also recall Eileen trying to talk to Brandi one on one about Brandi's snarky comments about Eileen's house and how it bothered Eileen because that was her family home or something along those lines. Brandi pulled a haughty attitude and pretty much gazed off in the other direction. I believe it was at Lisa Rinna's charity jewelry party. Anyway, I thought Eileen did try to handle things in a direct manner with Brandi. And all it led to was wine throwing and homewrecker accusations. No surprise there. As you said, huge waste of time and energy to try to deal with Brandi in a rational, mature way.

And it's not the first time Brandi has used this word to describe Kyle. At Brandi's first reunion, I recall Kyle describing an incident where she had texted Brandi an invitation to her Christmas party, and Brandi tried to forward the message to someone else and referred to Kyle as "this c***"....And rocket scientist that Brandi is, she actually sent Kyle the message instead of (or in addition to) the intended recipient. Brandi didn't deny it. In fact, I believe she told Kyle again that she was a c*** right there at the reunion. Both Brandi and Kim need a lot of work on their vocabulary and communication skills. They're both at about age 12 in this area.

I thought I had seen him on MM with Procurement Patti. Yes, Bravo indeed loves to recycle their people. This entire season of MM could have just been called Big Pimpin' for Bravo-lebrities since that's pretty much all they showed. I enjoy their friendship as well, particularly in Hawaii when they were climbing balconies in their efforts to wake up Kim and Ken. The situation felt organic and real, and I loved their interactions during that little adventure (especially when Lisa deadpanned "what if we catch them humping" and Kyle was mortified at the thought). I also admired the way Lisa stood her ground in tonight's episode and didn't let herself get sucked into that vortex of Brandi drama. Bravo can be cruel and heartless, but I'm sure if Brandi's father were really in a dire strait that Brandi could have taken time off to be at the hospital. They let Marisol take time off for Elsa, they let Joyce take off for her father, and I'm sure there are other instances as well. Which leads me to my next point... Considering their acrimonious relationship, I found myself wondering more than once during last night's episode if Brandi's dad frankly just didn't want her at the hospital. Any undue stress brought by Brandi's presence certainly would have been detrimental to his medical issues. I wouldn't consider that possibility under normal conditions, but, well, the relationship between Brandi and her father isn't "normal" by Brandi's own account and, while he loves her, she's made no secret of the fact that he and her do not get along and he has gone for extended periods without even speaking to her. Not saying who's right and who's wrong, just pointing out that maybe her father was trying to keep extraneous drama to a minimum and chose to not have Brandi there.

All this ballyhoo boils down to nothing but, again where Brandi is involved, semantics. Who really gives a flying fuck if Brandi or Lisa R used the specific word "intervention" first? Brandi said Kim was doing worse than anyone knew. Brandi said Kim needed help. Brandi said perhaps Lisa R could talk to Kyle about Brandi's concerns about Kim. Brandi intimated Kim was using a pain med patch. Brandi inferred in every way under the sun that Kim had relapsed, and not just to Lisa R but to her friend Jennifer as well. Brandi also suggested they all could get together to talk to Kim so none of them looked like "the bad guy." Every single thing Brandi said regarding Kim was couched in such a fashion to lead the listener (including the audience) to believe Kim had relapsed to an epic degree and needed help. Otherwise known as an INTERVENTION. So, because Brandi wasn't the first one to say the word "intervention" during that lunch, she gets a pass based on semantics? Because Kim only cares about who said the precise word "intervention" with no context whatsoever? Fuck you, Kim Richards. For the record, I do wish Lisa R had nutted up and told Kim precisely how that lunch really went down...But I also completely understand why she didn't. This reunion should be more explosive than the 4th of July.

Between that and running background checks on her "friends," she must have a raging case of carpal tunnel syndrome. I'll bet she has every housewife - former and present - set up for Google Alert, too. Damn, that shit must get exhausting.

Isn't that a gem? I stumbled across it whilst looking for a clip of her performance in Revenge. No luck on the Revenge clip, but that little "tribute" more than made up for it.

I'm going to play The Stroke Card for the reason this had me giggling like a schoolgirl but I thought I'd share it. Kim clearly has at least one die hard fan out there.

Dammit, I was so hoping one of the forum members might recall if she sounded normal/age appropriate back in the prime of her career or if she's always sounded a bit dumb. I used to have the biggest crush on Matt Dillon after Tex and Over the Edge. Until I saw him on a teen-oriented talk show being interviewed. Oy! I might have been young but even at that age I saw that his dumb ran quite deep. Squashed that crush immediately. I was curious if Kim, in spite of her alleged photographic memory, was the same sort of dumb or if her history of substance use/alcoholism was the cause. I've always felt that Kim basically just got lucky in that she fit the "All American Girl" stereotype with the long blond hair and blue eyes more than any actual true talent she may have had. I vaguely remember her a few years back in Black Snake Moan but I don't remember much about her performance in the film, I just found it curious that she had resurfaced. Now I need to ferret through YouTube to see if there's a clip of that apparently typecast scene she had in Revenge.

Oy, those brief clips of Kim in the upcoming reunion. She has the verbal skills of at best a 12-year-old. She expresses herself at such a juvenile level in those clips that I almost have second-hand embarrassment for her. Was anyone here around in the 70s or 80s to remember any actual live interviews she might have given in her late teen/early adult years? I was around and recall print interviews but not seeing her appear in any televised interviews. I can't figure out if she's just flat-out uneducated, if her brain is fried from her excessive drinking/substance abuse, or a combination of both. It looks like we're in for more typical Kim zingers such as "go blow up your lips some more" and "eat some bread." I think nothing makes for less entertainment than when women resort to insulting other women's appearances. Especially when there's a veritable cornucopia of legitimate shit on which to snark. That being said, I'm looking forward to both the finale and the reunion. And for the premiere of RHoNYC.

I kept waiting for Pennywise to appear and inform Rick that "we all float down here."

Random thoughts... The slice-and-dice person might be Morgan, leaving his initial (M as opposed to W) on some of them? I've no idea why he would let some live branded yet dismember others but he was pretty well off into Crazy Town so...maybe? Also, something tells me if Jessie were a dowdy middle aged overweight woman Rick wouldn't be nearly as interested in being her knight in shining armor. Dude needs to tune back that testosterone just a hair. I'm glad Michonne knocked his ass out. The longer Rick raved, the more maniacal he sounded. Too bad Maggie didn't confront the priest about his lies immediately right in front of Deanna. Now every action taken by Rick and gang seems to fit precisely what the priest told her. And speaking of Maggie, for someone with a wealth of information to share with the others about that duplicitous priest, she was oddly absent this episode. Loving the growing bond between Carol and Sam. Hopefully she won't take him out to a field of flowers anytime soon.

Thanks so much for the well wishes, everyone!!! As you know, I love my fellow PTV'ers like a fat kid loves cake. The neurologists, physical and occupational therapists all assure me that, despite the magnitude of the infarcts, I should make a full and complete recovery. The little downside to that is they're not sure how long it will take, maybe weeks, maybe months. They were actually rather surprised I didn't incur more devastating effects. I think I just got very, very lucky. Having been a workaholic since age 15, I like to think of it as my brain finally having short circuited in protest and is now forcing me to slow down for awhile. The other good news is apparently my employer is willing to hold my position open for however long it takes to fully recover. Hard to find loyal employers like that and it takes a lot of the stress out of the recovery equation. And now I have tons of programs to catch up on. At least a couple of the nurses could relate to my dismay that the hospital didn't have Bravo. And they totally loved my self-deprecating snark. Grazi again for the well wishes and huge cyber hugs all around!!!

Well, dammit, y'all, my brain decided to do a CTRL + ALT + DELETE last Sunday at 2:30 in the afternoon. Three days in the hospital, 2 MRIs, 1 MRA, and assorted neurological assessments later, I was told I had suffered a double simultaneous infarction in 2 lobes of my brain. They told me this is quite rare. I told them hey, that's my philosophy, go big or go home. All that joking about my ticket to hell and I'll be damned if it didn't look like horns sprouting on top of each side of my brain on that MRI. Luckily, by all outward appearances, no one is able to tell what happened. No facial droop, no atrophy or palsy or anything. Thank goddess for small favors. The downside is I've lost much of my fine motor dexterity on my right side (the left-sided infarct was the dominant one, so my right side was affected), which means really struggling to coordinate my right hand to type. I KNOW what keys I want to hit but the signal is getting scrambled between my brain and my fingers. Looks like I'll be on disability for awhile, which means I'll be here on my favorite forum even more than usual, practicing my typing skills and enjoying the snark. It's taking an ungodly amount of time to type even the shortest of posts so please be patient with me. WORD OF CAUTION: This happened without warning and I was on blood pressure medication, cholesterol-lowering medications, and aspirin. Luckily because of my profession I knew what was happening and received prompt medical attention. I implore all of you to please seek medical attention immediately if you suspect something isn't "right" with how you're feeling. It truly can save your life. It did mine. And with that disclosure, I've decided this is my new theme song to my life. Happy Sunday, my fellow posters!

I've got more than a decade on Mr. Persnickety so no judging here. What made this creepy for me wasn't the fact he was younger than Brandi. It was the fact he looked like a BOY rather than a MAN. I've seen some totally hot, rugged, manly 23-year-old men. This dude wasn't one of those. He looked like a 12-year-old. Hell, I kept waiting for Brandi to spit-clean his face like a toddler. That's what raised it to ick factor for me. She looked like a child molester due to her hardened 42 years juxtaposed against his immature 23 years. *shudder*

Or maybe she was. She was after all wearing Cheap Tourist Hooker couture at the dinner with the ladies.

Well, Brandi did find him in the Red Light District. He'll definitely get maximal "bang for the buck" with that nasty bitch.

No, Black Mamba, don't fall into the Brandi Semantics trap!!!! She didn't say Andre was a friend of Max's but rather than he grew up around/with Max (paraphrased). Based on how she hedged that statement, I'm guessing maybe he's someone Max might have went to school with at some point in his 23 years and probably has had no real personal connection with. Because Brandi has made me paranoid with taking anything out of her mouth with anything less than an ocean's worth of salt. I caught the way she said this because I've become aware of her verbal fucknuttery and the way she artfully skirts issues and tippy-toes around actual facts. I'm waiting to see if he's a "friend" of Max's until this is confirmed by Max or Lisa. Always, but always, carefully scrutinize how Brandi phrases things. That being said, I hope Bravo spends an absolute minimal amount of time foisting her fucking "date" on us. I'd much rather see the other women have a pleasant dinner in Amsterdam, more food porn, and more canals or sites. Was I the only one NOT shocked when Brandi said she met that Andre dude in the red light district? Maybe he'll tip her at the end of the evening.

So this was Yo's ladylike way of telling Brandi this?

Circumstances. Things are rarely black and white and "one size fits all." Even crimes, such as assault and homicide, to name just a couple, have varying degrees as the charges take in things such as extenuating circumstances and mitigating factors. Cause and effect, sort of, in an abstract way. If Brandi hadn't have been blocking Kyle from Kim, would Kyle have been grabbing Brandi's arm? No. If Kim hadn't been going below the belt with LR by insinuating she had some salacious information about her husband, would Lisa R have started to grab for her or broken the glass on the table? No. And that slap with Lisa was totally unprovoked. Hell, even an elementary school kid would get bounced out of school for that slapping shit, playing or not. Brandi and Kim reap what they sow. I hope both their stank asses are off of my screen next season.

From Kyle's Facebook page, a pic from Amsterdam. Once I finished recoiling in horror from Eileen's orange dress and black tights, I realized someone was missing from this pic. Not sure if this is from the night Brandi had her "date" or at some other point in their trip but...Yeah, no "BG"

From Radar OnLine so consider the source and take from it what you will: Apparently one of her children was admitted to a psych facility over this past weekend. http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2015/03/kim-richards-child-psychiatric-facility/

Well, this season was pretty dreadful. I may be done with this one. That being said, I'll always be thankful for the gift this season of RAT MOTHERFUCKER and YOUZ SHUT YOUR RAT MOTHERFUCKIN' TRAP. They were great additions to the Persnickety Family Terms of Endearment. Adios, Mob Wives. It's been..."interesting."

Yawn... http://www.realitytea.com/2015/03/11/kendra-wilkinson-and-hank-baskett-marriage-boot-camp/