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That would be so awesome and well done if she did. Heather has more "branding" and marketing savvy in her right pinky finger than Bethenny, and she sure as Hell didn't need a reality show or a rich daddy to get where she is today---much like Ramona, she is a self-made successful businesswoman who made it all on her own. I respect her hustle. That's the thing that irks me about Bethenny---sure, she hustled and worked her ass off to make her business such a success, but most of hers was indeed simply due to luck and timing and national television promotion. Going on and on about how she's such a "branding" expert and acting like she's somehow this supreme business guru is so laughable. Especially when her own "brand" appears to be "malnourished and shrill Manhattan bitch." I guess she can officially add "bigot" to her pristine brand now.

As a teacher, I ADORE snowdays, but I'm sure many parents loathe them---I can't imagine what a bitch it must be to quickly reschedule your own work time and figure out how in the Hell to keep your kids fed and quiet and happy while you're all cooped up in the house together for a day or so. I happen to teach special education for severely developmentally-delayed/troubled((sometimes agressive)) students, so I have an extra twinge of sympathy for some of their parents. Anyways, hate to state the obvious here on why we're way crazier with the school snowdays now, but I'm quite certain it's because we've become such a litigious society nowadays, especially with all the hoardes of helicopter parents out there---just one student injury/death from a bus accident could later bankrupt an entire county from medical/legal bills. Better to be safe than sorry.

For what it's worth, I could actually picture he and Carole as a couple---shes quiet and mellow enough to likely jive with his "it's all about ME" smuggery and constant self-adulation. She obviously enjoys the company of musicians and she's a skinny pothead within his age range. But then again, I also couldn't see her giving in to the Yolanda-style boot-licking/public proclamations of love and worship of "Her King" that he apparently required. And she doesn't cook, as she's made perfectly clear to the world! So they'd probably just work best as a quick fling.

The entire cast has been hanging out together for various social events, tagging Bravo and mentioning Season 3 coyly on their various social media feeds, so I'm hoping that by late Spring we'll maybe start to see some promos and that S3 is slated to be part of the summer line-up. Plus, with Kathryn's recent new scion child/reunion with T-Rav, and Whitney's restaurant still in progress, those items should be the start of a storyline or two right there. Fingers crossed---I really miss this show and found it so delightfully charming all around...

AC((or Atlantic Shitty, as a friend of mine refers to it)) has been wasting away into gross ruins for a bit in the past 20 years...not much fun new stuff going on, and I'm not even sure if the giant Mr. Peanut statue is still there. However, definitely stop by The Borgata, because that hotel/casino is beautiful and I believe one of the most recent places built there. I had the pleasure of seeing a concert there about 10 years ago and shared a suite with some friends and it was just pure luxury all the way, with excellent bars and restaurants around there to boot.

Wow, you'll likely be bored by Spotlight then---fairly slow, serious movie with its literal climax being if a controversial newspaper staff publishes a tough story or not. Save for perhaps maybe "Carol", the Oscar-worthy films I saw this year mainly underwhelmed me.

Bethenny is appearing on RHBV next week and I'm beyond thrilled! Mostly I'm thrilled because she's apparently going to be sparring with the newest Housewife Erica((a sexy big blonde dancepop singer)), a gal who can apparently hold her own and rolls her eyes over Beth's "Skinnygirl shit" and even huffed to her, "I'm not out here selling cookies..." Let the snarky crossover fun begin!!

I think most of us refer to their apartments as "dumps" because they're outfitted like shitty college co-ed apartments, complete with mismatched, fugly furniture and cheap/distasteful excuses of wall art. None of these folks seem to have an ounce of taste/interest in quality home decor or decorating and they're mostly slobs to boot, hence the shitty apartment debates here. But we shouldn't be surprised---these folks obviously aren't homebodies anyway, so I guess they figure, why bother with nice-looking homes?

His partner sure was a whiny manchild though, wasn't he? (("I need vintage!" "Where's my vintage?!" "Tee-hee, I win!!")) And of course, vintage boy gets his choice but insists on tearing apart the "vintage" new kitchen because it just isn't new and fabulous enough for his fancy tastes. They just seemed odd together, almost like a quiet father dealing with his spoiled brat of a son---which makes me wonder if Tyler dresses his boy up like a big crying vintage baby in a vintage crib as their ongoing sexual fetish.

If we're talking slang, I think the "on fleek" thing is quite possibly the stupidest slang term I've heard in a long damned time. ((ex: "Her makeup is on fleek!")) It's almost as stupid as the current cool kid put-down, "What are those?" I had to have a fellow teacher explain that one to me---apparently it's very cool for kids to use this one-liner ludicrousness on each other when verbally sparring, which basically means they're pointing out faults on the other party for superiority's sake. Either way, it's such a lame line. Also, if I never hear "deez nuts" or "your mama" uttered by a kid ever again, it'll be too soon. At least the "that's what he/she said" thing is good for a cheap laugh now and then.

Oh my word, that was another thing I found so unsettling about this couple---as boring/basic as they seemed, there was a total robotic creepiness about them, and the "dating since high school" thing didn't help the situation. What with her seeming so oddly sedated and him just seeming rather blasé about everything as well, their matching looks and chill vibe just seemed kinda off, like pod people aliens posing as the human beings whose bodies they'd just inhabited. Notice that they didn't do the standard kiss before making their home selection? Uh-huh, just a couple of Creepy Creepertons!!

YES!!! I *adored* that retro-mod home so very much too! Everything was original still, the "modern" elements and quirks were so uniquely beautiful and fun, and how about those gorgeous brick walls and all that storage too? Such a stellar throwback home at an inanely good price indeed.And...yet another basic bitch turns her nose up at a beautifully-preserved piece of post-modern architecture elegance because it isn't "her style." And why is it always "her style"? Is it a HH rule that the females always must irrationally dislike modern/contemporary design and darker-hued cabinets while the males go bonkers over this style?? Are women on this program only supposed to like traditional or internationally-themed design that's considered safely feminine??? As a modern/contemporary/industrial design lover who happens to be female, it irks me to no end when I see the women on this show constantly play up that stereotypical feminine-design bullshit. You almost wait for the females on here to gasp, "Oh, this is so not me!" the minute they spot a damned cleanly designed pad with no frills and Wright-style vibes. I was prepared to not like this chick though due to her whispery voice. Sick or not, she gave me the creeps with that tone. I guess it beats the usual female vocal fry we're sadly seeing more of on this show, but she just seemed stoned mostly. Very boring couple otherwise though, so of course they chose the most boring and basic home of the three.

You MUST be talking about that awful Baltimore woman, the one whose husband and her supposedly wanted a Baltimore row home, yet she magically wanted it to have character and vintage charm and be right downtown but under a ridiculously low price and magically with no surrounding neighbors??? I watched part of that episode yesterday and actually had to turn it off since she came off like such a miserable bitch. If you want to live downtown, you have to understand you'll lose a lot of typical creature comforts along with a lack of space and privacy. If you can't handle that, own it and accept that you're more suited to suburban life. Hate to say it, but I saw those two high-tailing it right back to the 'burbs in about a year or so, or as soon as she gets preggers. I live downtown in a loft building and see it happen with couples like that all the time, who think they want the "charm" and ease of city living, until they realize just how noisy and cramped downtown living is often like, and they scurry right on back to the suburbs where they always really belonged.

Yikes---she's proof of that age-old saying that just because you CAN fit into and wear a tiny little dress, it doesn't mean you SHOULD wear said tiny little dress. No doubt about it that she looks great and is in awesome shape for her age, but it'd be nice to see her rock a bit more of a sophisticated, age-appropriate look and not stick with that outdated style of little mini-dresses and boots that make her look like she's raiding her daughter's closet for outfits.

Speaking of "cool girl" shtick, the girls-making-out-with-each-other-to-titilate-guys cliché is soooo passé and lame. Don't most of us hetero females outgrow that shit after college and/or age 24? I just couldn't believe those skanks were still playing up that ridiculously tired stereotype of slumber parties---and just to get off the likes of gross old Jax with his antiquated ideals of female bonding too, ugh...

THANK YOU!!! I'd totally forgotten about that insane quote from the queen of all that's cool, Ariana. I literally shot a "Da'fuq?!" face at my TV screen after she smugly said that---and then I wanted to shake some sense into her so-called genius head. Girl, you BOTH are doing something wrong and clearly need some further sexual education when neither of you is getting pleasure from going Downtown Julie Brown! Way to further publicly blow your "cool girl" cover there, Amazing Ari!!

I nearly cried tears of joy when my beloved clip favorites "Chicken Tetrazzini" and "Donkedooballs" were shown! Those are classics. But "Kiss my ASS!" will never stop being funny, so that was the perfect choice for best clip ever. I too grew up watching "Talk Soup" from Greg Kinnear's era onwards, so it is tough to see this show finally cancelled, despite how lame it's gotten the past several years. I keep hoping that maybe it'll be revised in some fashion in a few years, much like it evolved from "Talk Soup" to "The Soup" over the years. It just irks me to know that The Kardashians still have their crappyassed show on air yet this show gets the shaft---life just ain't fair.

I've never been all that enchanted by her supposed beauty---she's just another generic girl-next-door-in-LA type to me. I think her smugly aloof "cool girl" attitude makes her far less attractive than she could be though. Boy was "Amazing Ariana" off her cool girl game today though! What an idiotic excuse of a 30th birthday party!! A bouncy house, face-painting, sno-cones and costumes? Da'fuq?! Yeah, because a kiddie party for adults is just soooo cool and intelligent and sophisticated. Seeing her whining and weeping in that stupid unicorn outfit to Sandovol that she didn't want him to go on his Vegas guys getaway tells me all I need to know about the REAL Ariana: she's every bit as shallow and insecure of herself and her pathetic excuse of a relationship as every other chick on this show. And what's wrong with guys going on guys trips, ladies? If you're that upset about "letting" your man go on a trip with other dudes, you really need to reassess your relationship. Although what's up with the nude frolicking and humping these guys do when they're goofing around together?! I'd be more concerned about the fact that my guy finds it perfectly acceptable to rub his junk and his ass on his guyfriends' faces after a few drinks, but maybe that's just me.

Miss USA seemed to really be in love with her awesomeness---she could barely even hold in her sadness over getting named 2nd Runner Up---in fact, in all my years of televised pageant-watching, I've never seen a contestant on these pageants look so damned disappointed to get a runner-up spot. I felt bad for her since she seemed like she thought she was a winner from the get-go. She was gorgeous and had some good answers and great poise though, so I couldn't believe Miss Columbia won over her---maybe the whole "contestants voting for their picks too" thing had something to do with that? Poor Miss Columbia. How dreadfully awkward. And poor Miss Phillipines for not having a true pageant walk and celebration. And Steve Harvey just sucks.

I'll admit that I kinda dig Erika so far---she's a refreshingly honest and typical Beverly Hills housewife stereotype I think this show has been sorely lacking. Plus, she seems to be pretty sweet and easygoing so far, not a shameless social-climber like Taylor, not an elegant-yet-boring random former beauty queen like Joyce, or a gaudy/out-of-place meangirl trouble-maker like Carlton and Brandi. Much like Yolanda originally, she doesn't seem to have to prove herself to anyone and seems perfectly content doing her own thing. I'm in total agreement that she seems like a smarter Holly Madison/"Girls Next Door" cast member((that show was my guilty pleasure))---she's definitely living the sort of life that I'm sure Holly once imagined with Hef! Sure, she's tacky as Hell and has an awful babytalk voice, but I love how she owns how lucky she is in a nice and relaxed longtime marriage-for-money, enjoying a luxury lifestyle and a trashy pop princess gig on the side thanks to her successful older lawyer hubby. Good for her and I hope she ends up making more of a lasting, positive impression on this group than some of the other newer BH Housewives over the seasons who only lasted 1-2 seasons. Also, that Ohio horse breeder was such lowdown trash, the way she was so shamelessly hustling Lisa to buy that poor deformed little horse---I couldn't believe how brazenly she acted about attempting to pass off that horse's lame foot as no big deal, only after putting shoes and a tutu on that limping creature to conceal its "flaws" to a potential customer/mark!! And then she could barely hide her sneering anger when Lisa decided to walk away and think it over; I loved that Lisa R. was totally onto that crook and seemed very uncomfortable with Lisa getting potentially scammed. My husband saw Taylor cackling onscreen as he walked by the TV and exclaimed in horror, "Oh God, PLEASE tell me they didn't bring that stupid fish-lipped bitch back on here!"

Btw, I just watched Carole's "Haunting Of..." special online at this link if anyone is interested: http://www.mylifetime.com/movies/the-haunting-of/video/season-4/episode-13/carole-radziwill Lots of Carole ass-kissing from all parties((spirits?)) involved, but I actually thought she presented herself very well and displayed a very politely reserved and kind warmth throughout the special. And even though some of the items the medium mentioned((like the friendship locket she shared with Caroline and her "writers block")) were a bit more obvious to those of us who know more about Carole, it was an interesting look at a part of Carole's past marital life with Anthony. Yikes though, that house is creepy as Hell...I can't imagine how scary it was to see a ghost in that place in the middle of the night!! She looks quite lovely too---I don't mind her hipster fashions and fake lashes at all, but I do have an admitted soft spot for "Cool Carole."

I just can't imagine why Sonja would be so stupidly sneaky to even attempt using any type of "---y Girl" title in her own cocktail brand, especially knowing just how ruthlessly protective Bethenny is of her own branding. Why couldn't she have been a little *less* obvious and simply aimed more for her own age group by naming her brand "Tipsy Gal" or "Boozy Lady" or something?! I tell ya, Sonja-With-A-J is her own professional enemy. She really could've had something cool going on with her original designer toaster oven idea, which she could've branded into a housewares and cookbook and kitchen accessories line even! I honestly think she's just greedy and wants all the glam accolades and high-end "lifestyle brand" fame without putting all the hard work into it that such entrepreneurship requires. Say what you will about Bethenny, but the gal hustled and worked her ass off((literally!)) to get where she is today. All we've seen Sonja do is sloppily present/embarrass herself at many futile business meetings and model casting calls and photoshoots. Poor thing doesn't know one thing about business, despite how much she prides herself on her long forgotten "hostessing" skills at the high end restaurant she worked for before she landed paydirt with her Morgan marriage.

Okay, so a "THOT" is pretty much like an extra skanky version of a "basic bitch", right? Because if that's the case, then THOT is the perfect description for Shamea, the shamelessly random hussy who follows around Porsha like a puppy dog. I almost want to refer to her and Porsha as THOT 1 and THOT 2 due to their skanky behavior together. And then there's the way she was swaning about in her bikini like the Lady of the Manor, smugly giving all the women tours of the mansion and claiming she'd already picked out her own bedroom before the women had all even gotten there? Ugh, girl bye. I don't know why Shamea bothers me so much, but I think it really is due to her THOT nature, her mean girl age-shaming/thirsty attention-ho antics((like drinking Kenya's products at the launch party and that bitchy quip, "A tired party for a bunch of tired old ladies")) and so actively hanging out with a moron like Porsha. At least the other crazy blonde-braided gal with the "Nazi white" husband is good for a laugh. Or Hell, bring back Marlo for these shindigs/trips again---at least she's got some sort of bawdy personality that can provide more onscreen amusement than Shamea the THOT with her typical drunken ho-twerking and random haterade.

Oh me too! I'm starting to wonder if she even owns any pants period? And those poor Tom's...such pretty vacant himbos, trying so desperately to come across as remotely professional and intelligent in a business-setting, and yet failing so spectacularly. I dare say that serving/bartending is likely as high up the career ladder as they'll ever hope to climb if that's the best way they know how to conduct themselves within a business meeting. What makes it all the sadder is that the dumber of the two actually has a chick dying to marry him---how is that eternal manchild ever going to be able to support himself AND a wife, let alone a potential child down the line??!! All he has is his looks and his sweet prettyboy charms, and that is in shorter supply as he ages.

I just can't get over James spitting on Kristen's door---I'm not expecting typical manners or refinement from these chucklefucks, but good lord, that's just so low, just beyond trashy and animalistic. George Michael certainly would not have approved of tainting your good family name like that, James; and that's from a bloke who got arrested for humping on dudes in a public park!