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3 hours ago, laredhead said:
Boggles my mind to be thinking of spending $400,000 plus a monthly condo fee for a small unit.
Boggles my mind that I'm kind of getting used to it. I've actually found myself thinking, "Hmm...only $400,000."
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Watching the trailer just now reminded me of so many little moments that were wonderful. The "yes it is, no it isn't" about selling the painting just kills me. Lea Seydoux snapping her fingers.
I've seen it twice. I loved it the first time, and then went a second time a couple of days later, and loved it all over again. I look at everything on the screen and marvel that someone put it there.
On 10/30/2021 at 8:31 PM, AimingforYoko said:All the artistic flourishes are there, if you're into it, you will like this movie.
100% agree.
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2 hours ago, Yeah No said:
I don't know I think it may be more about the money with José than the travel. He has made it clear that those big trips are budget busters as far as he's concerned and that's why he's suggesting smaller trips. If not for the money I don't think he would be so against the travel.
Boy, I don't know. He likes to go skiing, and talk about busting one's budget. Lift tickets are now $200/day at major resorts! And Rachel could go only at Christmas or spring break, when everything is more expensive, and crowded. And it would do nothing for her desire to travel during the summer.
I'm kind of liking @buttersister's theory that Jose feels insecure outside Texas or Vegas. (And outside Texas doesn't include ski resorts in Colorado, because they're crawling with Texans.) He grew up in a far suburb of Houston and has stayed there, and considers going to San Antonio or Fredericksburg "travel." I can see how he would find more far-flung travel, especially internationally, intimidating, and really wouldn't want to spend money on that.
And on that note, what in the world would he go to Fredericksburg for? I just don't see that as a destination for a man in his 30s.
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On 11/2/2021 at 7:22 PM, Retired at last said:
ETA - Plus, I love how all of these articles refer to these people as "stars."
Worse, it is my understanding that the production crews of these reality shows refer to them as "the talent."
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I usually skip the comments during the tasting, because 99% of the time they're just a recitation of the ingredients we just watched go into the dish. I get it--you have to say something, but it still bugs.
But today, Zakarian actually said something interesting when tasting Katie's eggs. He said the heat was "behind it." Then he said it's not a bus, it's a trolley, which was a little weird. But I appreciated that he was sharing an observation instead of a list.
Katie's chip bag folding thing was ridiculous. Just because you saw it on the internet doesn't make it good.
I've never liked regular bag clips; if I'm going to bother sealing something, I want it to seal. I found these several years ago.
I have a bunch of different sizes, and keep them standing up in an old 6" tall plastic container right next to the chips and cereal. They seal perfectly, and have no problem being in the freezer (sealing bags of frozen vegetables). If the bag is wider than the clip, just fold the top into a V and make sure the open parts are above the clip. Man, I love these things.
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42 minutes ago, Andyourlittledog2 said:
Wow. There are DVRs that record what they think you'll like?
In Tivo's early days, there was a thing about noticing what programs it was recording on your behalf, and concluding "My Tivo thinks I'm gay."
42 minutes ago, Andyourlittledog2 said:I don't know anything about design and often what the judges think is awesome I think is an eyesore but whatever. I am not about the designs so much as watching the designers in the workroom and then seeing what the finished design looks like at the end. The workroom is everything to me.
For me, too. In fact, the last couple of seasons, I started watching the beginning, until the first commercial after they go to Mood. Then I FF to the end, to see which 3 were in the top and bottom, and which ones won and lost, and then I go back and watch the workroom and the judging. It helps me know what to pay attention to.
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20 hours ago, Baltimore Betty said:
I had a boyfriend who got married while I was dating him, not even kidding...it felt like a punch to the stomach.
I had an aerobics instructor who was insanely good at telling stories while leading the class. Never missed a cue. Seriously, it was amazing, and we knew all kinds of stuff about her life.
One of the stories she told, which I've never forgotten in the intervening decades, is that she'd been seriously dating this guy for a while, and decided to cook dinner for him. She invited him, and he replied, "What's your address"?
To her credit, her reaction was, "I think I need therapy."
15 hours ago, pdlinda said:I can honestly say it's impossible to tell the authentic from the faux so the benefit of going to the actual prestige store to drop big $$$$ on the authentic article seems less than wise financially.
I agree, if it's bought solely as an investment. But there's obviously a lot more going on when women are paying big money for designer goods.
I think I'm on the opposite end of the spectrum. I always liked the idea of buying a four-door Maserati, just because nobody would realize at first glance that it's a super expensive car. Or I wouldn't anyway--it looks like any other 4-door sedan to me. It would be my little secret.
It was moot, for financial reasons. And I never liked the badge--that trident looks cheesy. Then I found out one of the Real Housewives had a 4-door Maserati, and one of the Teen Moms had a 4-door Maserati, and you know they didn't buy them so they could have the little secret that their normal-looking whip cost a ton of money.
It's all for the good. I wouldn't want to hurt my 1998 Subaru wagon's feelings. It already has a complex not being an Outback.
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On 10/27/2021 at 2:28 PM, tennisgurl said:
A lot of good Halloween movies coming up this week,
I'm looking forward to Frankenstein. A nearby small-town downtown theater recently showed some old horror movies, waiting for more content to be released, and showed Bride of Frankenstein. I'm not sure I've ever seen Frankenstein, but will remedy that shortly because TCM is showing it tonight, with Young Frankenstein right after it. I've seen Young Frankenstein several times but when I was watching Bride of Frankenstein, I was realizing I probably missed a lot of the references.
Earlier this week, TCM had a documentary about Carl Laemmle. I'm no historian, and knew the name only from the Laemmle chain of movie theaters in Los Angeles. His life is super interesting, being an immigrant who found his passion at 40, tussled mightily with Thomas Edison, and was the first person to put actors' names on the screen.
One story is that he was in New York and wanted to find his brother who lived in Chicago, and someone suggested that he write a letter to a newspaper in Chicago and ask if they knew his brother. So he did, and the person at the newspaper who opened the letter was his brother! (I find this a lot more charming than Facebook bots serving up suggested friends.)
A highlight (for me) was this photo of Boris Karloff and James Whale taking a break (it's a picture of my TV--pardon the quality):
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10 hours ago, LittleIggy said:
Bangkok: The husband’s gummy mouth totally distracted me. He showed at least an inch of gum when he opened his mouth.
Yeah, that was unfortunate. On the one hand, what's he supposed to do about it? But on the other, it's really distracting.
I'm always amused by the episodes in southeast Asia, where they tend to have at least one shot of a jumble of electrical lines. Kind of like seeing all the graffiti tags on buildings in Europe, shots of which don't seem as purposeful but may be more along the lines of unavoidable. But at least the electrical lines have a purpose. Tags makes me rageful.
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1 hour ago, Jeanne222 said:
Actually it's way past time! But as long as people watch and sponsors pay the show will go on!
A paying sponsor is everything in tv land.
Nyah nyah nyah, my satellite dish has never been connected to the mothership, so nobody knows I watch this shit. And I have vowed that if this ever changes, and my viewing somehow gets logged, this show (as well as an embarrassing number of others) will never darken my screen again.
12 hours ago, Andyourlittledog2 said:I'm pissed off because I am a complete brick and mortar snob and find myself defending UOP because I know too many people who did mid-life masters programs there and got good jobs and promotions. I'm petty, I know.
I do think there's a place for programs like this, for people who have commitments (like jobs) that make it difficult to take a year off to get an advanced degree in a field in which they want to advance. And the more who do it, the more likely it is that a person who's done it is in a hiring position, and will hire others who have done it. So these degrees could be getting even more valuable.
For undergraduate degrees, I'm a brick and mortar snob, too, because I think the experience can be as important as the book learning. But I understand that even undergraduate online degrees might work for the right person. I don't think Amber is that person, and it's just a way for her to "go to Purdue" without leaving the couch.
I partly blame Covid. If this had been in 2019, it would be hard to argue you're going to Purdue without setting foot on campus, or at the very least Purdue Global would have stood out as something different from Purdue University. But since so many regular colleges went online during Covid, it could be hard for an inexperienced person to tell the difference.
That said, I might have to cut Amber some slack, due to ignorance. I just looked at Purdue Global's "about" page on its website, and first of all, the headline is "Innovative Education for Working Adults." Ahem, Amber. No job, almost zero family commitments, and a commutable 60 miles from Lafayette.
Anyway, the website says this: "Purdue Global is part of the respected Purdue University system. One of the most prestigious research universities in the world, Purdue University is ranked in the top 10 best public universities in the U.S. by The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education.†" That footnote? In minuscule print, it cites some website for university rankings, and adds, "Rankings apply to Purdue University West Lafayette and not to Purdue Global." That's some sheisty shit there.
And then the Purdue Global page has the gall to talk about the proud tradition of Purdue athletics: "Today, Purdue competes in the Big Ten Conference—the preeminent collection of institutions in the nation..." Yes, it does. And what does that have to do with Purdue Global?
https://www.purdueglobal.edu/about/about-purdue-global/
The irony of all of this is that a college education, in the way I think of college educations, would train a person to notice things and think about them, which would make them less susceptible to marketing ploys like this one. Of course in this instance by the time you gain those skills, it's too late.
So while it irks me no end that Amber says she's going to Purdue and is wearing a Purdue sweatshirt, it might not be entirely her fault. Which irks me even more.
My condolences to Purdue alumni. I'd be embarrassed. And this is coming from someone with a degree from the University of Southern California! 🤣
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19 hours ago, candall said:
Off-topic remark: if you have the option, get a DVR--it will completely change tv for you. You will no longer watch commercials; there will always be ten things waiting for you that you truly want to see; you will pause and scrutinize and delete Project Runway on your own time. <smile>
I completely agree.
But I kick it old school with DirecTV and one TV, and have a standalone Magnavox DVR, which is like a VCR but with a hard drive in it instead of tapes. I have to tell it what to record, like you had to do with VCRs, but I can also watch things without recording them, and have a 6-hour cache to run stuff back or to start late and be able to skip commercials if it's something I haven't recorded.
I know an integrated DVR or Tivo would be "better," but setting the timers on my Magnavox tricks me into thinking I still have some agency over my TV viewing, and it's not some robot deciding what I want to watch.
11 hours ago, Andyourlittledog2 said:Don't you mean One Way Monkey? (thanks Dmitri)
Bless you. I have been trying to remember what Dmitry said that was so funny, and just couldn't come up with it, even in the middle of the night.
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4 hours ago, Ohiopirate02 said:
He (and the designers on this season) do not know how to style clothes for women with breasts. Please scroll thru and look at his plus sized designs.
https://tomandlorenzo.com/2021/09/new-york-fashion-week-christian-siriano-spring-2022-collection/
Boy, you aren't kidding!
2 hours ago, candall said:That hair! LOLOL.
It looks like he was already disguising a receding hairline back then. If women can now embrace their curves, men should be able to embrace their hairlines.
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19 hours ago, Andyourlittledog2 said:
It may very well be true that UOP marketed to Amber's brother and they had been cited for their marketing in the past but that does not negate the fact that it an accredited school and a lot of people who go back to school for higher degrees (usually older people who have day jobs and families) do study an accredited not easy program in whatever field and get degrees that are recognized by employers and allow them to promote and advance in their careers.
My problem is that someone closely related to Amber got a 3.97 GPA at University of Phoenix.
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9 hours ago, laredhead said:
SF to Lincoln, CA, I thought the husband said something about making a SF salary, but could work remotely, so they decided to move where a lot of $$ would get them more than in SF. Maybe I'm wrong about that being the episode.
I heard the same thing, and it makes me wonder how these remote working things are going to shake out when it comes to salaries. Hey, let's pay EVERYONE what it would take to live in San Francisco, regardless of where they actually live. Me first!
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On 10/23/2021 at 12:14 AM, LittleIggy said:
She didn’t get the memo about electricity and water not going together, did she?
I asked the resident electrical engineer, and he said laptops are low voltage, so it wouldn't kill you if it fell in the bathtub with you. It might kill a tadpole. It will definitely kill the laptop.
I thought about it, and then said, Aha! But what if the laptop is plugged into the wall when it falls in the bathtub? Nope. It's still low voltage, from the brick in the power cord.
Did they show her doing this? (I didn't see the episode because Australia has started to bore me.) I'm a big fan of recreational bathtubbing, but the allure to me is being submerged up to my neck. How can you be submerged and type on something on the side of the tub? I'm picturing her sitting sideways in the tub, with water up to her waist, and wonder what's the point.
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On 10/27/2021 at 7:55 AM, laredhead said:
Houston has gotten very expensive, somewhat like New Orleans.
While watching the episode, I was taken by how cheap Houston is, but realized I was comparing it to Austin.
22 hours ago, Grrarrggh said:I don't think the male Houston hunter knew what the word "unique" means.
And he said it as he walked through the original arched openings. (Is it a doorway if there's no door?)
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14 hours ago, ChiMama said:
Myrla on Unfiltered definitely threw shade at Bao - wonder what the story is there?
Yeah. When Johnny was saying some stuff about Bao, Myrla was uh-huhing. She's usually content to just be silent, so I wonder what she knows.
10 hours ago, Bees52 said:It's weird. He explains on there about his relationship with Bao's "best friend" Sarah, as she's a long-time mutual friend of theirs from when they were all in college. He goes to her for advice and she picks him up when he's down. Sounds like she's more his best friend, than Bao's.
On the show it sure didn't sound like Johnny knew Sarah as anything but Bao's friend, which made the whole thing so heinous--calling Bao's best friend behind her back. But on Unfiltered Johnny said he and Sarah went to high school together as well as college. It's not clear how Bao knows her, since she went to a different college. Johnny said he's kept in touch with Sarah more than Bao, but I don't think that necessarily means they're best friends, because he hardly kept in touch with Bao.
I think Sarah is Bao's "best friend" by default, because Bao said she doesn't have a lot of women friends.
Also, as far as knowing each other before the show, on Unfiltered Johnny said that he and Gil we in the same class in middle school, which was just a few blocks from Gil's apartment. Johnny didn't remember, but Gil had yearbooks.
6 hours ago, Baltimore Betty said:Myrla may not be able to shop as often but if she rethought about buying ugly, ill fitting, unflattering clothing and started to think about shopping for furniture and other household items she may get excited about saving for a house.
I think it may be clothing specific. On Unfiltered she said her brother is a year older than she is, and she wore his hand-me-downs. They showed this picture (the glare isn't me--it's from the lights in the studio or whatever):
She also said she grew up a tomboy, and it didn't sound like she really chose that. So I'm beginning to understand her desire for fancy girly things.
That "Roma" on her jersey is I'm assuming her home town, which is on the Mexican border in the middle of nowhere. She definitely has impressively clawed her way up from real poverty.
Also on Unfiltered, she was really funny telling a story Gil had told her from he was little. He did something bad and knew his dad would be really mad, so he decided to escape to his mom's house and figured out how to get a taxi and his dad showed up just as he was getting in, and his dad managed to be at his mom's house before Gil arrived in the cab.
She was laughing so hard, and it made me believe that there are some genuine interactions between these people, and I wish we could see them.
6 minutes ago, Rae Spellman said:Gil's performance on this show may be his tryout for any number of higher paid positions that don't require a degree. MAFS expert, Unfiltered co-host, podcaster. social media influencer, or model, relationship coach, etc. He could revitalize and grow his personal training career.
Or do a hybrid. He was previously the personal trainer for some local reality TV show, which of course makes me suspicious about his motivations for being on MAFS.
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1 hour ago, IvySpice said:
Yep. Why is that voice-of-reason friend letting Rachel move in and SHARE HER ROOM?
Kind of makes you wonder about her, too. She seems reasonable, but I'm seriously questioning some of her choices, like even being friends with Rachel, never mind sharing a room and intertwining finances.
I was mesmerized by the amount of drama over a paintbrush. But really, 99 cents? Her mom expects them to paint an entire room with a paintbrush that costs 99 cents?
And...who orders a cheeseburger without cheese at McDonald's? Just order a hamburger, you dolt. You're at McDonald's. They have a hamburger right there on the menu. Hmm...maybe that explains why she's broke, if she's opting to order a cheeseburger and customize it by taking off the cheese, instead of ordering the less expensive hamburger.
My brain hurts just thinking about how stupid, ignorant, and mean she is.
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18 hours ago, Jeanne222 said:
What kind of school is Phoenix? Good or bad. I never heard of it!
Have you ever heard of "University of Phoenix"? That's usually what it's called in their advertising--not just "Phoenix." They settled a complaint by the FTC about their marketing practices, paying $50 million to the FTC and forgiving $141 million in debts owed by some former students. (So what happens to the ones who were misled by the advertising but actually paid for their degrees? Is the real knowledge these Phoenicians got with their degree the life lesson that it's better to borrow than to pay?)
From a Washington Post article:
"Investigators say the University of Phoenix ran an advertising campaign that featured Microsoft, Twitter, Adobe and Yahoo, giving a false impression the school worked with those companies to employ its students. There was no such partnership, according to the FTC, a charge the university disputes."
"According to the complaint, the misleading marketing campaign targeted active-duty service members, veterans and military spouses. The university has been the largest recipient of post-9/11 GI Bill education benefits since the program’s inception more than a decade ago."
But back to the show...Mr. 3.97 warns that if Amber gets anything other than an "A-plus" for her final grade, she can kiss her 4.0 goodbye. At all the colleges I attended (mostly famous football schools), an A was the highest grade, and it was 4.0 grade points. There was no A-plus. Maybe Mr. 3.97 enrolled in some sort of University of Phoenix Platinum Plan that granted A-pluses? But even if he did, an A-plus would be more than 4.0 grade points, so you could still have a 4.0 GPA with zero A-pluses if every other grade was an A.
So many questions. Although it's becoming clear that my original assumption, that Amber doesn't have anybody in her life who knows anything about a real college like Purdue University, is looking to be correct. Well except for all the MTV staff, of course, whose livelihood depends on her continuing to be ignorant and clueless, and who should have a hard time sleeping at night.
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Amber's brother tells her that she doesn't have to be the smartest person, she just needs to be smarter than the rest. If you're smarter than the rest, doesn't that make you the smartest person?
But what do I know? I didn't graduate from college with a 3.97 GPA.
But that brings up the issue of Amber's being so entirely clueless about what exactly Purdue University Global is. I was thinking she didn't know anybody with enough real college experience to tell her that she never applied to Purdue University, was never accepted by Purdue University, isn't attending Purdue University, and isn't going to get a degree from Purdue University (or any university, but I digress).
Where's Mr. 3.97 in all this? I'm beginning to wonder where he attained his 3.97 GPA.
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9 hours ago, Andyourlittledog2 said:
Speaking of unhealthy relationships, Teazha is right to walk away. Kiaya is toxic in her refusal to accept that they should not be together and always loses her shit when Teazha doesn't say she wants her back someday.
Teazha needs to walk far far away, and that means not hanging out at Kiaya's all day and taking care of her kid. The longer she does that, the harder it's going to be to leave permanently, and she needs to leave permanently. But then that would disrupt their blessing circle. And the FTC has an opinion about blessing circles:
https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/2020/05/game-chain-letter-scam
9 hours ago, Andyourlittledog2 said:Brianna's older married friend is acting like they are besties in fifth grade. Brianna wasn't doing anything other than being a single dating mom with a job and Ashley acted like she'd been dumped by her girlfriend.
I agree except Brianna said something about how Ashley doesn't like Briggs(?). Why doesn't Ashley like him? If it's just because Brianna's spending time with him instead of Ashley, and Ashley would similarly dislike anybody Brianna's seeing, then fine. But given Brianna's history, I wonder.
Then again, Ashley's weird.
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About taking the batteries out of a smoke alarm...I was telling Mr. Outlier that I kind of admire it, from a nefarious long-game tactic angle, and he said that's not a good idea. Instead, put dead batteries in. And truly 100% dead batteries, so they can't even make the dead battery chirp.
Yikes!
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1 hour ago, novhappy said:
Honest question… given the streetwear challenge, and the models they received initially what should they have done?
Because they didn’t have a model that was the ethnicity they wanted, designed for that model’s ethnicity?
or design what they wanted because the model is just a hanger/walker for the clothes?
Actually, a hybrid of the two--design a streetwear look they want, that isn't dependent on a written/painted message that then makes it dependent on the model.
You know, like all the other designers did.
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22 minutes ago, dogdays2 said:
IMHO, allowing contestants to change models because they think their clothes will look better on another model, whether it be because of size, race, ethnicity, gender or any other quality, is bogus.
But I think it was more than just "looking better" in Prajje's case, because the model was not only wearing the clothes but representing them. And that's why I hate "message" clothes in a competition. It should be about the design, fit, silhouette, fabric choice, and construction. Not about what's written on the back.
In this case, the message was acceptable to the judges, but what if it wasn't? What if it was a coat made of confederate flags that had "It Was Never About Slavery" on the back? There's not a chance in hell the judges would declare that the winner even if it were otherwise the most impeccable garment in PR history, and even if every other garment on the runway looked cheap, had a puckered seams and an unfinished hem, was too short (now that Heidi's gone), and made the model look fat.
And maybe that's fair--judges can find whatever they want to be abhorrent. But that's not why I watch a show about making fashion.
And now that I think about it, couldn't it be argued that painting a picture of the lady crying blood or some words expressing the message is unimaginative and literal?
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S13.E16: Weighing the Decision
in Married At First Sight
But most people in Houston who go skiing don't drive there. Nor should they, actually. There's nothing like a warm-weather flatlander trying to drive 1000 miles to a mountain destination in the winter, on a schedule.
I'd hate to be in the car with Jose when it starts getting slick and it would probably be better if we cut the day short and stayed in a motel en route instead of the condo we'd already paid for. He'd be a menace behind the wheel, and he might be even worse as the passenger.