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Aquarius

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  1. Meghan pisses me off.  I hate her GOTCHA! tactics (don't get me started on the question she asked the Parkland students about how the FEEL about the FBI possibly being able to stop the shooter but not following up.)  I hate her tone-deaf parroting of right wing talking points.  I hate her whining and whinging about being so exhausted dealing with the big liberal meanies at the table on The View.

    But today, I am mainly sad, because I heard a friend of mine, also an NRA member, say today pretty much what Meghan said about bump stocks and the Second Amendment.  Sigh.

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  2. Alex isn't my favorite but I do like how serious and mature he is.  He reminds me of my nephew.  The only thing that has rubbed me the wrong way about him was the whole "Oh, I LIKE my bread cut too thick to eat" shtick.  I know he's a kid but I just hate when anyone passes off mistakes as something they meant to do.  PeeWee Herman aside.

    Makes me feel sorry for Alex and Bryn what lunch food must look like in their homes.  Bryn did not seem to really understand that both her chicken nuggets and fries looked practically raw, and that must be some weird-ass DayGlo pressed lunchmeat that Alex has been getting on the 'ham' and cheese sandwiches he eats for lunch all the time.

    I don't have HD television, and Duff's tattoo looked more like a porcupine to me than a unicorn.  It was cute how fat and lazy it was though.  He even remembered that its name was Fred.  :-)  This show has made even my previously Duff-hating husband admit that "he does seem nice with the kids."

    Luke was the right choice to go, even though I liked him.  He did get a bum choice (just the thought of putting my mouth on a sweet tuna salad imposter makes me ill, and I love tuna salad).  I thought it was hysterical that both his side dish imposters were not imposters, though.  "For my imposter side dish, I'm going to make applesauce made of applesauce."  When that turned out to look like barf (who woulda thunk?), he made the genius decision to make granola . . . made of granola.  I can't remember the other challenge where he did not like what he drew, but it seems like that really threw him when he draws a bad choice. 

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  3. On 2/7/2018 at 2:52 PM, Jaded said:

    Giada's show stays in that low spot in the ratings week after week. I had never watched a FN show of her's before this current one and tried watching it twice. I ended up turning the channel before each episode was over because it seemed to fake. Have all her shows been that bad?

    I find Giada Entertains cringeworthy.  It makes me feel sorry for her party guests.  I cannot even imagine being invited to a party where such thought and planning and ego goes into the guest experience.  A little while ago I caught the "Giada Film Festival" or whatever episode . . . she requests her guests shoot short films that will be judged during the party . . . and she says something like, "This will push them out of their comfort zone.  And that's sort of the point, isn't it?" 

    Call me old school.  But I always thought the point of parties and get-togethers was to have fun.  To relax.  To enjoy. 

    Giada's parties seem like a lot of work.  Not for her, but for her guests.

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  4. Bonjour =buongiorno

    Cloche = cloak

    Magee's = Maggie's

    Rusty = idiot

    Matthew was robbed.  I dislike him, but he was robbed.  Rusty can't even string words together properly, even those he knows how to pronounce.

    I don't know who Zac Brown is and I don't care.  But I feel like Rusty was given the pilot so the show had an excuse to have him on.  And what sort of superpower does he have over Rusty where that brief little pep-talk turned Rusty around?  So fake.  And did I miss something or is Rusty a member of the band?  Isn't he their cook?  Why then was he going on about the pilot being like cutting a demo?  Does he have much experience cutting demos? 

    Jason actually uttered the phrase, "Butter my butt and call me a biscuit!" when he saw Guy.  Slap my face and whistle Dixie, but that ain't no surprise, honey.  Guy's been directing the "pilots" for what seems like forever now.  I hate Jason and all his sayings.  I hate how all he has to do is show up and all the judges are grinning for ear-to-ear and going on about his 'wonderful personality.'  There's a big editing problem for me because I'm missing all the wonderful personality.  I see zany shirts and I hear lots of 'honey' and 'sweet baby Jesus' and I hear a lot of folksy sayings, but I'm missing the wonderful personality.  Even during his talking heads, Jason seems like a bitch.  It's probably his to lose.

    Cory is missing something for me.  Just don't like him either.  And I hate his new haircut. 

    I have no one to root for.  I guess it's Cory for me, by default, because he annoys me the least.  Go, Cory!

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  5. I read an interview with Giada's mother about her own autobiography.  In the interview, she speaks about the fact that both her daughters were abused by her ex-husband, which is covered in the book.  Veronica's autobiography is only available in Italian so I have never read it.  But there is no doubt in my mind that the woman in the LA Times article is Giada.

    And as others have said, that sort of abuse leaves a mark that will never go away, no matter how long ago it happened.  I do not like Giada for many reasons (the ego-trip that was her book Feel Good Food being primary among them), but I give anyone credit for surviving that with her sanity intact. 

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  6. On ‎6‎/‎20‎/‎2017 at 10:39 PM, Maverick said:

     "My daughter [odd pause] is studying to be a dentist"  Nobody cares.  Nor does anyone care about the opinion off some half-educated dentist wannbe about what toothpaste to use.   And the mugging for the camera with their doofus pantomime doesn't make we want to take anything they say seriously.  Especially since her using a table fork for her exam makes me think she's studying dentistry in 1884 where she's also learning to be a barber. 

    I hate this commercial so much.  I don't know why but I get a very icky flirty vibe from those two. 

     

    On ‎6‎/‎20‎/‎2017 at 2:40 PM, peacheslatour said:

    Back to the Liberty Mutual dumbasses. "Nobody's perfect". The way she says "perfect" makes me want to cut a bitch.

    Yeah, I was thrilled to see one of my all-time favorite Liberty Morons is back in rotation.  At least this time there's no "NEWSFLASH!" 

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  7. 19 hours ago, Ms Lark said:

    The return of the Energizer Bunny. I giggle like a tween every time he wiggles his cute "fluffy little tail." Just enough cowbell, too.

    I love the fluffy tail too.  But I gotta say, I coulda used more cowbell.

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  8. 18 hours ago, FairyDusted said:

    I was hoping he got jumped by a haggle of women out on the lot!

    I'm hoping his ex-wife moves on.  So much anger, hurt and resentment only hurts her.  He couldn't give a shit less and she's never getting any kind of apology or retribution.

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  9. 1 minute ago, dewelar said:

    I believe it was Trace's dish that looked like poo, not Jason's. But you're right about the flowers -- that comment had to have stung.

    Ah, yes, I think you're right.  Trace with the Bieb's hairstyle made the Bananas Shitstorm.  I don't remember what the heck Jason made to eat.  It's pretty sad, so many of the contestants are so interchangeable to me, and I don't remember what they've cooked.

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  10. I'm 12 and beyond bored with what most of Ree does.  So when she kept talking about the crispy bits in the potatoes, in my mind I heard Austin Powers saying "dangly bits" and I laughed and laughed.

    I also laughed at Ladd being so hungry after "feeding."  Just like he's the vampire I always thought he was.

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  11. On 6/11/2017 at 9:22 PM, Anakerie said:

    Love Jason but I can't stop thinking of Mr. Garrison. I keep waiting for him to whip out Mr. Hat. Or Mr. Slave...

    Don 't like him at all.  It's been bothering me who he reminds me of.  And that's it - Mr. Garrison.  

    So I dislike Jason on his own merits, because Mr. Garrison doesn't bother me at all.

  12. 10 hours ago, backformore said:

     

    YES!  And the look on her face!  she was thinking, "OK how many calories would be in two molecules of this?" 

    I thought it was right after Aunt Sandy pronounced that Jason the Cook's dish looked like pooh.  Which it did.

    Then she said that Jason The Florist's floral arrangements looked like a hot mess.

    That's some kind of wonderful, right there.  Sandra Lee thinks your food looks like shit and your tablescape is a hot mess.  Anyone who ever watched Semi-Homemade knows just what I mean.  Jason can go home proud.  Which I hope he does.  Next week.

    Rusty needs to be sent home before the next episode even airs for being such an unsufferable tool.  Lecturing Suzanne about keeping to 30 seconds!!  30 seconds!!!!  Not a second more!!!!  And then he's all ramblin' man in front of the camera.  I guess 30 seconds is longer in the south.  What an asshat.

    Lavender is delicious in the right application.  About as perfumey as thyme when done right.  It's a prominent component* of herbes de Provence so using it in this challenge was quite appropriate.  Also a sophisticated culinary choice.  No wonder the judges loved it.  They must be starved for anything remotely sophisticated this season.

    * note the proper use of the word, Suzanne.

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  13. 12 hours ago, indeed said:

    Yeah, the schooling didn't make much sense - especially how it seemed that Niles and Frasier had so many shared experiences when weren't they like four years apart in age??  

    Cabins, too, bothered me.  They (Roz) won a cabin/ski lodge for a weekend, Niles owned (or was it Maris?) a cabin, they rented their childhood cabin (?), Frasier spontaneously took off to a cabin...I might be forgetting one or two more instances.  Did somebody own a cabin (other than Maris) or not?  

    Maris owned a beach house.  That's the episode with the dead seal outside the dinner party.  I can't remember if Niles and Maris were together at the time, or if Niles got it in the divorce. 

    I don't remember how they ended up in the childhood cabin where they watched the videos and everyone but Frasier realized his new girlfriend looked just like his mom.

    The episode with Megan Mulllaly, where Frasier and Niles weren't sure if they were off on "that" kind of weekend or not - that was also a cabin, wasn't it?

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  14. 14 hours ago, anneofcleves said:

    Guys, I'm sure they've installed helipads at The Merc™ and The Ranch™ and have hired a pilot.  Or better yet, piloted by Ladd himself.  Video footage is coming on a future episode, complete with helicopter waffle iron snacks for the hungry pilot!

    Yeah.  Cuz nothing says jus' folks like a helipad.

    On 6/8/2017 at 9:25 PM, ariel said:

    I thought the reason Ree gave for homeschooling her kids was that the town was soooo far away.  

    Yes, she talked about how Alex was on the bus for 45 minutes as a kindergartner.  Which cracked me up, growing up as I did in freaking semi-rural New Jersey, and having a bus ride of 50 minutes.  I guess I didn't know it but I lived In The Middle of Nowhere.

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  15. 8 hours ago, Westiepeach said:

    "Ree Drummond is trying to win back her husband, Ladd -- from his breakfasts in town at the Merc! She's making his favorite slap-up platter, the Farmer's Breakfast, with over easy fried eggs, a slab of honey-glazed ham, fried sausage and bacon plus Crispy Bits Potatoes. The whole meal is made more alluring with glorious Sticky Buns. It's Ree versus her own restaurant, out to win Ladd's breakfast heart!"

    Oh FFS.

    I thought "town" was a million miles away.  How does Ladd have time to get there, have breakfast, and get back to the Ranch In The Middle Of Nowhere in time for sunup cattle working?

    This might be the stupidest show of all time.

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  16. 2 hours ago, AgentRXS said:

    Two commercials have been driving me up a wall lately

    This one :
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk9a6BodzdM

    Because I'll be damned if my (non-existent) child is going to instruct me on what to make for dinner. I'm old-school like that. And if the grandmother had all the time in the world to help make the flashcards, then her ass could've been in the kitchen helping the mother dinner too.

    And this one:

    Women eat...and we own it! Yeah, I'm woman and a feminist....but this commercial is rage inducing.  As if human women are the only creatures on the planet that eat for energy and we should be proud of our uniqueness. Last I checked, every living animal eats and almost all female animals produce offspring.  I can't stand the idea of treating women doing ordinary things as special and a mundane task such as "eating" is something we need to "own/be proud of". It just doesn't make sense.  "Yeah, I ate today! I rock! Whoo-hoo!"

    No, it's not that we eat because we're amazing.  It's some sort of weird female-empowerment message that says, "Yes!  It's okay to EAT!!"  Cuz you're eating some overprocessed, dehydrated and (of course) low calorie foodstuff that will ensure you can fit into next season's stylish swimsuit.  OWN IT, WOMEN!

    I hate the line "Our bodies make BABIES!"  Uh, no.  Not unless your egg has been fertilized by an outside source.  It's not like our bodies just spontaneously produce offspring.  Some of us go to our graves without our bodies making a BABY!   It's also interesting that's the first "amazing" woman-body thing on the list.

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  17. 12 hours ago, cooksdelight said:

    I'm not sure I'd come off as I really am were I on TV with all the cameras, lights, etc. around me while trying to cook. I know Danushka, she's a very sweet, kind woman.

    Doesn't come across that way on TV and that's all that counts here.

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  18. 1 hour ago, Silver Raven said:

    Er, wha? In her new Lazy Boy ad, Brooke Shields talks about the "dad chair" in her house, that kids could sit in till Dad came home and then it became his chair.  I didn't think Brooke had a Dad?  Her parents divorced when she was about four months old, and her mother raised her by herself, didn't she?

    I thought she said it was at her friend's house.  I always took it to mean "Dad" as their father.

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