Red Bridey

LOL, Hanahope! My, Vermont has been featured on comedy shows recently, hasn't it? I had seen that skit. We are one of the whitest states in the Union, it's true, but we have a very small population. And I think one winter of below zero temps for more than a week and two feet of snow might chase away the White Southern Supremicist demographic. Vermont is gorgeous in the autumn, but it's unforgiving in February.

There are just some people who shouldn't be on shows like this. Juliette just could not keep up; there was another female a while ago who also wasn't fast enough for this very fast paced show. It makes for a boring show when people are too tactful to say anything bad or throw shade or humor at others. Nice is nice, but it doesn't make me laugh. A woman who doesn't own a TV should NOT accept bookings for pop-culture shows, duh! Also, I have an almost visceral reaction to JL's face. No Bueno. And Natural Born Killers was one of those movies that I couldn't finish watching, I thought it was THAT bad. But on the other hand, who knew little Ricki Lake was such a freak? THAT was fun to hear.

Vermonter here! Unfortunately, according to a recent VPR poll, Ms Christine Hallquist has almost no chance of unseating Gov. Scott, who yes, is a "nice guy," but he hired a virulent GOP-right winger as his chief of staff who refuses to work with any Democrat (the Legislature is Democrat-majority). Legislators who used to meet with legislator Scott on a friendly basis to develop bipartisan legislation are stymied by his administration and find Governor Scott is no longer available. And Scott is kind of dumb, too. But he publicly disavows Trump (good) and signed some anti-gun legislation (better!), so he will pull moderate Dems enough to make up for the few "gun nuts" who vowed to kick him out of office. Unfortunately for Christine, she's not gonna win. And yes, Ashley, we are nice and well-informed, mostly, but an African-American legislator just decided not to run for reelection because of nasty racist posts on her social media. So even Vermont is not a paradise! There's a lot of ignorance and stupid here.

My birthdate was called on the show. Like, top three. Luckily I am a woman and was too young to serve, but it was a GUT PUNCH to see it on the TV. I have four brothers, also too young to have been called up. We lived in Canada throughout the Vietnam War, and I distinctly remember my mother saying we would never return to the US if the draft continued into my oldest brothers' eligibility. While it was a distant thing during my childhood (we had enough Canadian/Quebec political drama to be afraid of), I do remember there were several young American men teaching in my high school and junior college. I really didn't wonder why. Now I know why. This episode really got to me.

RE Rachel and Jon. I was shocked at the pitiful "outfit" Rachel wore to the celebratory dinner (even as they were bickering on the way), but did it appear that some people were already eating when they arrived? It looked like Mom/Auntie (?) and ex-girlfriend cousin already had plates with food in front of them. And it looked all the world that they got married beside a potting shed. No need for a $700 wedding dress for that location, Rachel! A clean pair of jeans would have worked! Everyone has said everything else that I thought during this trainwreck. Mazel tov to all these "happy" couples.

Bye bye, Jeremy! I love it when the egos of "superfans" get them booted off.

Oh, I completely agree with you, 40Love. Sally's striving for social prestige has always been her downfall. But my cold cold heart was melting as she was led away crying to jail.

I love all the Love Subaru with the Golden Family commercials! I read about the bulldog carwash here but just saw it yesterday on the teevee and it's completely adorable too. One of my favorite ads was when Mom Golden gets a bad haircut (like an Afghan Hound wig) and Dad Golden just keeps smiling as they drive away from the stylist. I would never speed through ads on my DVR if they were all this delightful!

That's the thing: I don't think he had a good time. He was pathetically asking his "friends" who clearly didn't want to be anywhere near him except at meals to join him in the "fun"...fun that would only be fun for twenty-somethings in Ibiza. A foam party all by yourself? Seriously? Floating away from the boat all by yourself? SO much FUN! Running around on a jetski all alone going in circles. Ooh, I can't imagine the FUN of that, especially when the CAPTAIN shuts you down. Such a ridiculous petty little man. I laughed at the guest all wearing his promo t-shirts, hats and whatnot and the camera crew diligently NOT focusing on them. And I completely agreed with Chandler for setting limits for the ego-driven Ashton. It appeared that most of the cast were ready to go home by 11-ish, maybe because the tip wasn't that good, maybe because they're more mature than past fame-whores (too early to tell, I know!), but some of your posts have modified my opinion and now I think Chandler should just get Ashton up at 0600 and have him clean the bilge pump or scrape the barnacles off the yardarm or climb up the mizzenmast or some equally horrible dirty task [Can y'all tell I have no idea what deck crews consider crappy jobs??]. What do you do with a drunken sailor ear-lie in the morning?

I have been out sick for two days and finally caught up with five weeks' worth of (Canadian) Corrie episodes! The washing machines in those tiny row house kitchens are probably combo washer/dryers...an appliance I first delighted in in Ireland. Though a family member threw three pairs of jeans in the wash and it took a whole day to dry them out. But back to the show: Jim is back and up to no good! Yippee! I'm not liking Tyrone and his sucking up to "Nan." How long will it take him to realize that every word out of her mouth is a lie and his bio mom probably lives around the corner? Loved her handling of the monster children and Brian. But she is a cow and it will end in tears, I say, it will end in tears! Poor Sally; you know, you should listen to your brief. Even though she's shagging your daughter. Why that pisses Sally off I have no idea. I was very glad to see the sister GO TO BED instead of throwing herself at Tim after they watched some movie. Such a relief! But then Steve had to have a fling with Leanne and my delight in some people not being led by their hormones fizzled out.

I had very low expectations, but I did laugh out loud at several points. The actors' delivery of some cliché-ish lines was better that I expected. I'll give it a try. Still don't know the characters' names yet, but DAG's description of Irish funerals CRACKED ME UP.

My guess: the wellington is off the menu and they'll have a funeral for it. Silly.

Barney, Barney, Barney, is your mother from Killarney? Umm, on topic? I am still confused by the Salmon Sisters. Who are they? What do they do? Are they deep sea anglers? Are they artists? What does that have to do with whatever tablet they schill? Can anyone explain? I get annoyed by these commercials that expect us to know these people.

Oh, god, how much of a DOUCHEBAG is Joao? Every word out of his mouth is a lie. And that idiot Brook acting the poor pitiful done-wrong. As Judge Judy would say, "YOU picked him." And SHUT UP, Kasey. I see enough of those stripper-fairy Pnina gowns on Say Yes to the Dress; don't need to see them on Bravo. And I completely believe it was left over from her pageant days and she figured no one saw her in it then, so why not put it out there? Poor Jamie and Colin. So hard to be so cute and so invisible because of the dramatics of the Love Triangle.

That was weird, wasn't it? Why was Jamie just looking so strangely...while the Floozy kept jerking the handlebars around. Would the Primary be responsible if they ran the jetski into the ship and scratched the paint? Was Jamie scared the Floozy would drown? What was that all about? Young women attracted to asshole men will never cease to bore me rigid. Hannah needs a career change. Colin has lovely parents and deserves so much more than Depressive Brooke. Just keep cooking, Adam. I'd eat that pork in a heartbeat.

Who are the Salmon Sister and why do we care that they need a notebook?

Didn't Billy break Sean's heart? Oh well, pride goes before a fall. Living conditions in those terrace houses boggle the mind. I think at one point Gail had eight people living with her! I get that these characters are poor and paying the rent is difficult, but then you see someone like Steve...STEVE MACDONALD...being expected to pay for a sixth (?) engagement ring, a castle wedding, etc...he's no Bill Gates, but Tracy is taking him for every penny. I would love to see someone normal, who goes to University, gets a good stable job, marries ONE person, and still manages to be entertaining. Oh well, that is certainly not a scenario made for Corrie. Maybe Daniel will be that character, but...I don't like him either...

When I saw the fondant fancies, they are what I consider petit fours. Cake, jam and some kind of gross icing. I do not like those kind of little cakes. I despise fondant...rolled or dipped. The cake in the Mary instructional video don't appear to have been iced with buttercream before she's dipping it...it looks like she's just dipping cake. I was happy John won...Brendan always rubbed me the wrong way. I loved James...love me a tall wool-sweater wearing Scotsman! But he did just blow the showstopper. Those chiffon cakes look like angel food cake to me...what's the difference? And while I understood the gingerbread people around Brendan's cake, I don't recall seeing him make them...and I don't think they enhanced his showstopper flavor profile. When I'm retired and have lots of time, I am going to take up baking as a pastime. I'm pretty good at simple things, but want to expand my skills to puff pastry and piping and pies, oh my!

I had no idea that there was a dead bird in the fireplace...I now don't even care that I now know. I thought that the house was Charlie's own house and the people may have been her people. That theory didn't pan out; so then I was looking at the blonde athletic woman in the photo and thought it was Laura/Naomi/June. But that didn't pan out either. So then I just didn't care. I am just watching to watch and wait for more Drunk Strand because HE is my ZA spirit animal.

Still, that was pretty funny. She was more than a zombie herself...not hearing the violent clash behind her as Strand bashes the zombie to bits. And wasting a perfectly GOOD bottle of wine. Luciana sucks.

It did me in. I started to watch, got through the team assignments and the menu lesson, but could not take any more and deleted it and the series from my DVR. I will stop in here now and then to see how these fame whores are doing, but I just can't take it any more. It's not a guilty pleasure...it's just plain embarrassing.

CLOSE THE DAMN DOOR! Why none of these people have any survival sense astounds me. Keep the doors shut and locked at all times! I would absolutely be in that mansion with Strand and Luciana. The others are just dumb. Loved drunk Strand. I'd be drunk too. I would not be running after that feral Charlie in a hurricane. Let the zombies eat her.

Whether Brooke likes it or not, Hannah is her boss. The boss gets to do whatever the boss wants to do. She is absolutely right that she worked her way up the ladder to the top rung and now the people below her do the grunt work. Brooke just feels sorry for herself because she s dating a jerk and everyone hates him. Except Sandy!

I totally agree! A tacky strapless wedding gown is completely OUT of the question when there's a small bump near the armpit, but let's SHOW OFF those gross disgusting tattoos!

I just wondered why Third Breast Woman couldn't just wear clothes with sleeves. Like, she couldn't get married because she has to wear a strapless bride's dress? You have got to be kidding me. I wouldn't have married that creepster with the two creepy parents under any circumstance, but using the inability to buy a stupid dress as an excuse is...lame. And I fail to see how having a lump on your upper back/neck makes it impossible for you to get up and get a fork. Big Mama has a much more patient and loving son than she deserves. That being said, that was a quick and easy resolution and now maybe Sonny-Boy can live his own life.