Aquarius

Yes . . . . . . because, yes. I can't get that song or those scenes out of my head.

Giada is a little catty all nights, IMO.

Maybe. My husband was raised in the United States but his parents are from Slovakia. Some of their family and his godfather returned when they retired. I think with the fall of communinism that became more common.

I'm really not sure being raised in Canada by Czech parents qualifies one as European.

Oh no you di-int!! Which is what my husband and I scream every time she comes onscreen. They're amazed that Monterey doesn't mention being a model and traveling?? Seriously? Because WTF does that have to do with being a FOOD Network Star? I was laughing at the way Valerie was all lounged back in that chair at the theater. I don't know why. It just cracked me up. Bobby: I've really had it with these gorgeous guys with the thick Italian accents. Me: I couldn't agree more.

I just cannot believe what I just watched. I kept waiting for Norman, or Romero, or Norma, to wake up from some bizarre dream sequence. Holy. Fuck. Last week my heart broke for Dylan. I actually sobbed when Norma turned on him and accused him of always being jealous of Norman. I thought that was the low point of the season. I thought that Romero coming to the rescue was a turning point after that. I thought somehow Norma would revive and the whole Norman-should-be-locked-up discussion would be revisited. But man was I wrong. I don't even know what to say. That was truly, truly horrifying. And I'm not sure I mean that in a good way. That car ride home. Those eyes. I don't know that I needed to see that.

Cowboy Josh's son is a baby. Those other kids are Amanda's, from before Josh. Ree made that very, almost painfully clear on previous episodes. Now that they are ranch hands, has she changed her tune?

Dang. Now I know I'm in a bad place with Prince's death. That took some of the edge off my Lenny-hate.

I'm really having a hard time with this one. Prince was so much a part of the soundtrack of my life, and his influence on some of my favorites like Lenny Kravitz is so strong . . . it does feel like a personal loss in a sense. He was just so unique and charismatic and an amazing musical talent and performer. I can't say that I listened to him all the time or had an exceptional fan reaction to him, but every time a song would come on the radio or I'd see him on television, I would just be hit over and over again with how amazing his whole thing was. The complete package, as they say. And YES! about having women in the band. That always stuck with me, how they were front and center and not props. That was a really big deal back then. I can't even think about that tribute by the cast of The Color Purple without crying. Actually I'm having a hard time thinking about any of this without crying. I am heartily glad for all the tributes, etc. though, because at least the man was appreciated for what he was.

Yes, there are others, that I'd put even before Whitney Houston. Duran Duran comes to mind. As does Culture Club.

And how! If that's what seeing anew means, I don't want to. Last night I was tuned into MTV to watch Purple Rain. They must have played this commercial at least once during every freaking commercial break (and it's MTV, so there are a LOT of them). By the end of the night I was ready to hunt these idiots down and kill them each TWOOOOO TIMES!!!!!!! TWOOOO TIMES!!!!!!

Nevermind. Lost my cool.

My brother was 13 at the time. Trust me, to him, all secretaries were women.

Another long lost sister here! I always say I thank my dad for making me learn to drive a stick, and I thank my mom for making all of us (brother included) learn to touch-type. She knew keyboards would be big one day. At the time my brother was completely humiliated because only secretaries typed, and secretaries were only women. I still have fond memories of the mug on his face while he was practicing the home row. He's in software now so I'm sure it comes in handy. I'll have to ask him if it was all worth it.

I know! I love how it settles into the woman's lap when they're sitting at the desk.

I just can't with this Prince news. I just can't.

I watched the four lunches episode last night. Ree said the burger deserved to be named for her father-in-law because it was just so scrumptious. Oooohh-kay. Every family is different but I can tell you I never thought of my father-in-law as scrumptious. Of course, I've also never set up a full three-stage breading station to fry two onion rings. Clearly Ree and I lead very different lives. They need to start captioning when Chuck speaks. Or maybe it doesn't matter. His running around the ranch with his friend giving assignments reminded me of "Nana", who was the elderly mother of one of the owners of the general store where I worked. Nana would walk around the store, squeezing loaves of bread and noticing cans that weren't perfectly stacked. She'd order the employees around, telling them to rotate stock or re shelve items or dust bottles or whatever. We'd all nod and then ignore her, at the direction of the owner. Josh's reaction to Chuck at the gully seemed like how we reacted to Nana. Paige must feel wonderful about not only being served something she doesn't like for lunch, but making Alex's absence only barely tolerable. Way to go on both counts there, Mom. I loved when Ree told her the salad could easily be made with chicken. Then why not make it with chicken rather than to-FOO, which clearly your darling daughter can't stand?? It looked like Paige was trying mightily to keep from gagging just looking at the to-FOO. I was laughing at the fact that we never saw them chow down on that salad, but then I noticed we didn't see the cowboys tear into that community Hawaiian sandwich either. I was happy to see Paige was there. Hopefully she was able to get a little lunch that she could keep down.

Well, still, none of that is in evidence in the commercial. I don't see how he's a thug just for dousing his phone with champagne. An idiot, maybe, but not a thug.

Yes, I believe during the entire scene Norma was trying to comfort him and convince him that there's nothing wrong with him, that's the messed up part. That's her way of doing that. It speaks volumes of how messed up her sense of boundaries are. When she told him, in essence, it's totally normal to have feelings like that, because we are all animals at our core . . . well, that just kicked open a door in Norman's psyche to the idea that not only are his feeling normal, but she probably feels the same about him. And as long as they don't act on it, well. . . I don't hate Norma for any of this. I don't even blame her, necessarily. She's messed up and needs help herself, no doubt. And yes, ironically, Dylan's having been rejected by her early on is the best thing that could have happened to him, considering.

Absolutely agree. There is some weird sexual overtone to Norma's interaction with Norman. I think because of her history she has an issue separating emotions and sex. I wish I could remember exactly what happened, but there was a time that Norman questioned some aspect of his relationship with her - admitted some attraction, I think - and her immediate reaction was to force him to get into the bed with her and put her forehead to his, and tell him that they are animals at their core, and adults, and some form of that chemistry between two adults of the opposite sex was expected. But it's okay because they don't act on it. No, no, NO - NOT OKAY! I've always maintained that Norma is engaging in covert incest with Norman. She's made him into a surrogate lover, in the emotional sense. It's created a situation that's beyond confusing for Norman. Not that it caused him to become Psycho, but it certainly contributes to the form that it takes.

I noticed that Amanda was a little cold toward Ree as well. But I put it down to an attitude of Ree's that I picked up during the "Picnic with Paige" episode, and to a lesser degree this one as well. I don't think Ree approves of Amanda. There's something in the way that she points out that Amanda already has three kids of her own, and how Josh always wanted to be a father and they're so happy for him that he finally is, that's very off-putting. In the episode with the picnic, Ree went waaaayyyyyyy overboard with the "oh, we just love these kids!", "we are soooooo happy to have kids on the ranch again!", "Paige just loves these adorable little girls!", "Ladd just loves these adorable little angels!!", "I just love these adorable wonderful little children, you must have never seen little girls so wonderful, they are amaaaziinggg and we just love them!!!!" Smacked of wicked over-compensation, and it made me feel sad for those little girls, who did seem sweet but will always be Amanda's-not-Cowboy-Josh's. Regardless of living on the ranch. So I'm not surprised that Amanda might not be the biggest Pioneer Woman fan on the planet.

From what I remember, nor did her BFF Hyacinth.

OMG, that's so cute!! I love when he pops up in the window.

She says ". . . clips a food truck . . . " Because just like the snot who tapped the bumper of a station wagon, the accidents these LM idiots have are no big deal.

I wouldn't call it early spring, but I start getting beetroot in my local farm box at the end of May. I'm in NJ. I looked it up and in our area, early beets start about June 1. Not sure how different Oklahoma is, but it's possible she's getting beetroot in mid-May. She's still an idiot, though.