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IIRC, when Dorinda first came onto the show, she talked about her father as having been a blue-collar worker, maybe something like an installer or repair guy for the local power company? He used to go do jobs in the Bluestone Manor house, and she had dreams as a little girl of owning that house someday. That really endeared her to me at the time. Now not so much. I don't think a DWI is something to dismiss casually as a little mistake. I think it's a very serious crime, like getting drunk and waving a loaded gun around in an auditorium. Maybe you'll get lucky and not kill anyone, or maybe you won't get lucky. I don't think people should get one for free.

Well, that's too bad. I just kind of assumed that an appliance called a microwave/toaster oven would actually . . . you know, toast. My next step would be to check out reviews for some of them on Amazon and see if people who've bought one mention the toasting function. I hope you have better luck down the road finding something that fills the bill.

I don't know anything about the combo ovens, beyond the fact that they exist. But I Googled and found a ton of sites that rate them. Here are three, and you can find a bunch more by just searching for "microwave toaster-oven combo": https://www.kitchensanity.com/microwaves/microwave-toaster-oven-combo/ https://www.sullivansteakhouse.com/best-microwave-toaster-oven/ https://cooknovel.com/best-microwave-toaster-oven-combo/

She must've forgotten to scoop up a pair of these. The real deal from D&G are $4,500, but these knockoffs will set you back $35. Which I think is more in her price range these days. I couldn't make it through more than ten minutes of this. I'll have to read here to see how it all plays out.

Or "ya know"? Because Carole is so intellectually superior to Tinsley, she couldn't possibly be a real friend. And of course has to make that painfully clear by saying it a hundred times. She couldn't possibly just leave it alone and let people think whatever they might think, out of . . . oh, say, kindness. I wonder how many children will die thanks to Jenny McCarthy's moronic anti-vaccing crusade. Two mental giants.

What a lovely photo, @Stats Queen. Here's my girl. Maybe "comfort" wasn't the right word. We call this the death glare. She aims it at you till you do her bidding. Which in this case would be getting better, so it's terrorism in a good cause.

I do! And even better, I have a cat named after cheese. 🐈 She's very selective about who/when she comforts, but I'm sure that once I tell her about you, she'll be all over the job. I'm so sorry this happened, WQ. Please heal up ASAP.

Very koi. 🐟

I saved you the trouble. And you can save yourself by snapping it up here for $34 and change. The dangling sash doubles as a snatch guard.

Well, to be fair, it was a split decision. 😁

I agree with everything in your post but this: That's kind of like saying, "I'm not a racist. Here, look at my black friend!" That nonsense has been held out as a cover for racism for decades. I think it's entirely possible to have a black friend (or friends) and be inherently racist and to have gay friends and be a homophobe. We tend to make exceptions in our prejudices for those individuals we love. I don't believe they'd be making such an issue if Didgeridon't had said the same thing about a woman. When Gizelle alleged that Ray Huger had made a remark about wanting to lick some woman all over (someone correct me if I'm wrong about this), it was mentioned all of once and then dropped. This gay business has taken on a life of its own, and I'm not convinced that it isn't more about the gay than it is about the potential infidelity.

Me, too. Especially when it's about some thinly veiled homophobia, which of course everyone denies that it is--but it is. I hate pile-ons, except if the person piled on were Candiace. I would eat that up with a spoon. 🥄 Me, too, on this as well. And then she'd lose her Bravo paycheck, which I'm guessing was her only hope of getting out from under her hideous mother's heel. They deserve to spend eternity together. That guy who was onstage for Ashley's delusional singing was her brother? Gizelle mentioned that the song was penned by her sibling, I'm pretty sure. He didn't look anything like the guy she had dinner with in either S1 or S2--the one who was in college? Maybe she has more than one brother? I would pay money to see a sing-off between Ashley and Candiace. Because I'm a masochist.

I can't begin to imagine how you've coped, @AUJulia. So very sorry for your losses. And on a totally superficial note, I always thought that Rinna had a whole wardrobe of animal-print dresses. Turns out it's only three or four. Possibly because I FF every time she's on-screen.

She's 100% her awful mom's creation. They're the mirror images of each other, in terms of both appearance (that's what you're going to look like in twenty years, CandyAss) and loathsome character. We have that in common. I've got one of those telescoping truncheon thingies in my tote bag. (I tell people it's for self-defense, but someday I could just get super grouchy, and who knows?) If I hit someone with my purse, it would literally be assault with a deadly weapon. The purse would just cushion the blow. 💀

Here's where we disagree. I almost never say anything negative about people's physical appearance, and it doesn't really matter if I say this now, because Gizelle is clearly very proud of her legs, since she shows them off frequently, but she has what they used to call piano-stool legs. She's a beautiful woman, but her legs are far from her best quality. Here's where we disagree. If anyone should be hit in the face with a purse, it's CandyAss. Okay, well, maybe not that, but across all the HW franchises, filled with really awful people, for some reason I find CandyAss the most odious by far. She doesn't have a sincere bone in her body. And what makes it worse is that someone obviously told her when she was a child that she was really special. And she believed it. She is not special. She's kind of a monster. Me, too. And I've been wondering what the hell a nice guy like him sees in the odious CandyAss. Tonight we found out: He wants to publish a cookbook, and he needs the exposure. (I'm sure he doesn't mind living in a house way nicer than what he could ever afford on his own either.) He does seem to be a good cook, but not every good cook has the kind of built-in platform publishers want from an author. This gives him that. Or so he hopes anyway.

Make up your own jokes, people. No, seriously, I kind of get it, as the child of a mixed Jewish/Catholic marriage (although my father converted and we were raised Jewish). You want whichever tradition happens to be more convenient or appealing at the moment, although that usually stops being the case when you . . . you know, grow up. Not that there's any law saying you have to pick a lane and stay in it, but normally you quit pretending to be all one thing or all the other when it suits you. But we have to remember who we're talking about here.

I know a figure skater who knows a guy who could make them disappear, if you get my drift. (Twiddles imaginary mustache.) ⛸️

I wonder if she's going to hire Carole to ghostwrite.

Because announcing in as public a way as possible that you're still menstruating has become the go-to desperation move for Housewives wanting to proclaim their dewy youthfulness, despite all appearances to the contrary. Just when you think Bethenny might actually be smart enough to dodge some of these standard pitfalls, she steps right into one after another. I'm very sorry for your loss, by the way. You were awfully young to endure a blow like that.

I saw that a few days ago, and I couldn't agree more. Any residual affection I had for Ramona just flew out the window. I have to say, though, that if Tinsley is going to live in NYC, she can't just blubber and whine every time someone says something mean to her. She needs to get a little comeback game. Like maybe, "I guess you are really young. You qualify for Social Security, but you look six months pregnant." Don't just take that shit without inflicting some harm of your own. Jeez.

Oh, Sonja . . . You may actually have to consider getting a J.O.B. at some point. None of these glamour careers seem to be working out for you.

No tizz here. I just disagree with your opinion.

I don't understand why this is reduced to an issue of whether someone can or cannot be alone. Maybe she just found a man she loves and is acting on that desire, not fear of being alone. Not all actions arise out of fear. Do you honestly think that's the only reason people marry? I'm married, and I like my solitude better than just about anything.

And the older you get, the shorter it gets. I don't blame her at all for doing what she thinks will make her happy.

Condolences, @biakbiak. Celebrating your grandmother's life with her favorite meal sounds like a wonderful tribute. And I'm all over the piroshky with you.