Snark Talk: Home, Home on the (De) Ranged

[film noire]

9 minutes ago, peacheslatour said:

I had to google that one. Maximum snark has been reached.

 ; )

Are we at Peak Ree yet?

[cathy]

I just looked at her website.  She is redoing a new building.  She doesn't say what it is for.  Probably a T.V. studio for a PW channel, talk show, re runs of her cooking show.

[chessiegal]

FN owns her PW shows, not her. Ina Garten has commented she has no control over when her shows are aired and how often as they belong to FN. Paula Deen spent a lot of money buying her shows from FN - what she's done with them I have no idea. I know she started a pay for view channel/internet channel. No idea if that took off or is still in existence.

[Automne]

"The trial was irretrievably over; everything that could be said had been said, but he had never doubted that he would lose.

And then the murders began."

[peacheslatour]

Wow. I have no idea, sounds Kafkaesque.

The primroses were over.

And then the murders began..

Edited September 2, 2017 by peacheslatour

[Lura]

I think that's the first of a trilogy, "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" -- but I don't remember who wrote it.

"All children, except one, grow up.  And then the murders began."

[peacheslatour]

Just now, Lura said:

I think that's the first of a trilogy, "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" -- but I don't remember who wrote it.

"All children, except one, grow up.  And then the murders began."

Nope. Peter Pan?

[Lura]

LOLOL  Princes Peaches, my answer was for the trial  being over!  That's part of the trilogy.  But yeppers, you got Peter Pan.  For some reason, I thought that  might be hard.  It shore gits confusin' around here.

[peacheslatour]

1 minute ago, Lura said:

LOLOL  Princes Peaches, my answer was for the trial  being over!  That's part of the trilogy.  But yeppers, you got Peter Pan.  For some reason, I thought that  might be hard.  It shore gits confusin' around here.

I looked up the trial quote so I know what it's from but I didn't want to cheat by answering you silly Lura you. :)

[crazycatlady58]

" Mrs. Dalloway said she would buyo the flowers herself".

And then the murders began.

[peacheslatour]

Um Mrs. Dalloway?

One thing was certain, that the white kitten had nothing to do with it: -- it was the black kitten's fault entirely. For the white kitten had been having its face washed by the old cat for the last quarter of an hour (and bearing it pretty well, considering); so you see that it couldn't have had any hand in the mischief.

And then the murders began..

[Lura]

 I don't know the one about the kittens.  Sounds familiar, but can't get it.

"I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story.  And then the murders began."

Incidentally, "Princess Peaches" was meant as a compliment.  You are a literary princess.

Edited September 3, 2017 by Lura

[film noire]

8 hours ago, peacheslatour said:

Um Mrs. Dalloway?

One thing was certain, that the white kitten had nothing to do with it: -- it was the black kitten's fault entirely. For the white kitten had been having its face washed by the old cat for the last quarter of an hour (and bearing it pretty well, considering); so you see that it couldn't have had any hand in the mischief.

And then the murders began..

Through The Looking Glass? (but I'm thinking not, b/c I seem to remember Dinah in the first sentence--?) 

HEY! Nobody guessed my fab quote upthread:

"Forget this, I said to myself as I lay sprawled on the bed in which I grew up in. And then the murders began."

It's the first sentence in the classic we hold most dear in this forum -- a tome for the ages, a spellbinding tale of romance and adventure written by a modern day Scheherazde -- "Black Heels to Tractor Wheels: A Love Story".

@Automne -- cool quote (I thought it was Kafka/Solzhenitsyn/Doestoyevsky/some other similar author I last read in school ; ) And way to go, @Lura for getting it!

Edited September 3, 2017 by film noire

[film noire]

“It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn’t know what I was doing in New York.

And then the murders began."

3 hours ago, Lura said:

 "I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story.  And then the murders began."

That's so friggin familiar and I can't place it -- Somerset Maugham, maybe? The Letter? 

Edited September 3, 2017 by film noire
changed my quote!

[peacheslatour]

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Through The Looking Glass? (but I'm thinking not, b/c I seem to remember Dinah in the first sentence--?)

Correct-o-mundo! Dinah is in the second sentence or later.

First of all, it was October, a rare month for boys

And then the murders began..

[film noire]

2 hours ago, peacheslatour said:

First of all, it was October, a rare month for boys

What a great opening line (no idea who it is, but it's great ;) 

[peacheslatour]

Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury. Great coming of age/horror story.

[Lura]

Back to the Ree quote for a second -- Did she really write "the bed in which I grew up in"???  In which I grew up in?  Sheesh!  If so, she's even worse off than I realized, and where's her editor? 

I had to google one answer -- the Fahrenheit 451 quote. Does that make me a cheater?

I don't want to be a wet blanket in the middle of a fun game, but I'm a little bit concerned about driving out some people who would ordinarily come to this thread with deranged comments.  LOL  Deranged posters with deranged comments about a deranged show host.  You get the drift.  Anyway, why don't we add a thread called "Literary Game" or something like that?  Maybe it's not important.  Just my deranged conscience working overtime?  Lock me up in the safe room with Hy.  :)

Edited September 3, 2017 by Lura

[film noire]

I think we've had more daily activity on this thread than usual  --  it seems to be helping traffic, not lessening it? -- but if people are feeling pushed out/left out, that sucks -- so whatever people want to do is fine by me :)

Edited September 3, 2017 by film noire

[Lura]

Very sorry if I offended you, film noire.  I didn't mean to.

[film noire]

16 hours ago, Lura said:

Very sorry if I offended you, film noire.  I didn't mean to.

My god, not at all, Lura!  And I'm so sorry I gave you that impression :(  

Edited September 4, 2017 by film noire

[peacheslatour]

Birds in their little nests agree.

Not the first line but still a quote from a book that we've mentioned.

 Love all you guys!

Edited September 4, 2017 by peacheslatour

[Automne]

On 9/2/2017 at 6:26 PM, Lura said:

I think that's the first of a trilogy, "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" -- but I don't remember who wrote it.

"All children, except one, grow up.  And then the murders began."

Yup, you're right! It was written by the late Stieg Larsson.

Sorry, it took me so long to respond. Work is so freaking busy and I barely get any time to myself.

Edited September 8, 2017 by Automne

[film noire]

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  ON 9/3/2017 AT 9:59 PM, LURA SAID:

Very sorry if I offended you, film noire.  I didn't mean to.

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My god, not at all, Lura!  And I'm so sorry I gave you that impression :(  

 

@Lura -- did you see this post? Want to make sure all is good ; )

Edited September 9, 2017 by film noire

[Lura]

Yes, film noire.  Thank you.

 

My husband and I have been busy this week working on a group drive to aid victims of the hurricane in Florida, sorting food, water and clothing.  I sure feel sorry for the victims, especially those displaced from their homes.

[film noire]

43 minutes ago, Lura said:

Yes, film noire.  Thank you.

Good! (Didn't want you to think there was anything but hearts and flowers and peasant tops between us :)

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My husband and I have been busy this week working on a group drive to aid victims of the hurricane in Florida, sorting food, water and clothing.  I sure feel sorry for the victims, especially those displaced from their homes.

That must have been emotionally draining for you and your husband, Lura -- good thoughts coming your way to you both. 

[cathy]

The fall issue of the magazine is out.  Nothing special.  It is just like woman's day, family circle, etc.  Just recipies, advertisments, inane articles about the ranch.  Lura, you are a good citizen to do that.  I gave money, but am not volunteering.

[Lura]

Aw, thanks, cathy.   We really had a good time.  Everyone was upbeat -- sort of like getting ready for Christmas, if that makes sense.  Not at all "draining."  You helped too, by giving. 

Wonders never cease.  How did little Ree Smith become a television star, a bestselling author and a magazine publisher???  Some of us (like me) took the wrong turn somewhere!  Oh!  And a property developer!

[film noire]

7 hours ago, Lura said:

Everyone was upbeat -- sort of like getting ready for Christmas, if that makes sense.  Not at all "draining." 

Sorry I suggested it might be draining,  Lura -- didn't mean to undermine or label your experience -- I'm glad it was upbeat. Those experiences are valuable and rare :)

Edited September 12, 2017 by film noire

[Lura]

Film noire, everything is perfectly fine with me.  Very few things offend me, and I'm happiest when I don't make waves -- even happier when I don't even make ripples!  :)  This thread is so much fun for me because we all get along and have a good time together.  These apologies are not necessary, at least from my point of view.  You did not undermine or label my experience one bit, and I think that anyone who was offended by your post is looking for trouble.  There is just nothing there to be offended over!  My only wish would be that in the future, little kinks like this could be handled in PMs rather than interrupting the others on the board.  That's maybe what I should have done when I suggested a separate thread for the game, but I didn't anticipate any problem arising.  I hope that we can relax now and carry on.  What I wouldn't give for grisgris to follow this post with one of her incomparably funny, snarky stories!  :D  LOL

Edited September 14, 2017 by Lura

[cathy]

I just looked at her website.  They have bought another building, and are turning it into a hotel.  The reeple have left many fawning comments under the article.  "Oh Ree, you are giving back to the community."  Uh, no, she is a businesswoman.  She probably thinks this will increase traffic to her store.  I wonder what else she is planning?  A T.V. show?  A hotel chain?  What is really scary are reeple slobbering about how they want to go and stay there.  I wonder what will happen if the economy takes another big downturn-will all her businesses be able to stay open in such a small town if there are no visitors?  Maybe the new building was so cheap to buy (maybe bought it for a song) that even if it fails they will be ok.  Only time will tell. And who the hell says the word "neato."  The title to the post is "Ohhh neato." I don't believe anyone says that archaic word anymore.  She is a sophisticated businesswoman pretending to be a country bumpkin, and her stupid fans can't see it's all fake.  

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[cathy]

In the lifestyle section of msn.com there is an article about her "the steak recipe that launched "Pioneer Woman's" career.  There is a video in it.  It shows people standing in line, and milling about her store.  It looks like at least half of them are obese.  From using her recipies of course!!

[peacheslatour]

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She probably thinks this will increase traffic to her store.  I wonder what else she is planning?  A T.V. show?  A hotel chain?

You'll see. You'll all see! Soon she'll have hotels all over the South West with Drummond in ten foot high gold letters on them. She'll have Drummond steaks, Drummond Vodka and bright green hat with big letters, Make Oklahoma Rotund & Obese Now! Or MORON. Then who will be laughing?

Edited September 16, 2017 by peacheslatour

[grisgris]

18 hours ago, Lura said:

  What I wouldn't give for grisgris to follow this post with one of her incomparably funny, snarky stories!  :D  LOL

Aw shucks, I just now saw this. OK. Last week I volunteered at an event on emergency preparedness drills, which had already been planned well in advance of Harvey. It was held next door at the hospital I live near. I just started volunteering for the hospice that took care of my mother when she passed away six years ago, so we provided services to assist with the meeting facilitation.Anyway, my job was to record the discussion notes.

At my table was a woman who volunteered that she'd relocated here from Oklahoma. She was wearing (I kid you not) this sort of flowy, caftan thing that was leopard print. She had something blue on underneath it because whatever it was, was a bit low-cut (nothing provocative but not the best look for the administrator of a major primary care group affiliated with the hospital.) Pair with that, she had on a GIANT chunky cross necklace that was inlaid with obviously fake turquoise stones the setting/findings were kind of a gold/faux tiger eye color. I saw her walking and the bottom of the leopard flowy top had about 2 FEET of black fringe. She was wearing all of that over black skinny pants and teeter-totter black booties. She was a petite woman, so the outfit was definitely wearing her. She also had one some big earrings that just added to the overall busy-ness of her outfit.

So ... tagline alert!

"In Osage County, money can buy you sugar, butter and all the beef you could ask for, but it can't buy you FASHION TASTE!" 

[ariel]

5 hours ago, cathy said:

I just looked at her website.  They have bought another building, and are turning it into a hotel.  The reeple have left many fawning comments under the article.  "Oh Ree, you are giving back to the community."  Uh, no, she is a businesswoman.   

A fool & their money are easily parted.  Let's enjoy watching the fools part with their hard earned money and/or their social security checks.  We'll save our money for better things and/or true charity.

[Lura]

2 hours ago, grisgris said:

"In Osage County, money can buy you sugar, butter and all the beef you could ask for, but it can't buy you FASHION TASTE!" 

Fun story, grisgris!  It's a good thing Ree wasn't in the vicinity of your meeting.  She'd have been so green with envy that she'd have torn that top right off the woman.  She would have loved wearing that 2" fringe while she flounced around her kitchen!

6 hours ago, cathy said:

They have bought another building, and are turning it into a hotel. 

How much longer before she buys the whole danged town?  Or runs for office?  A scary thought: Ree's dining room and/or room service menu.  What is she going to name this place?  Ree reminds me of a line from that great, old baseball field movie, "Field of Dreams" -- "Build it, and they will come."  Her shows will be inundated with chatter about not only the Merc but the hotel.  Pretty soon, she'll have the money to sponsor her own commercials! 

[anneofcleves]

I'm honestly shocked they haven't launched Drummond Steaks, or something to compete against Omaha Steaks.  It always made me wonder if they were investors or suppliers to Omaha Steaks already?

[cathy]

Fix'in  fences, y'all.  I don't think the taxidermied snake thing was a surprise to Josh.  How could he have "seen" the coiled snake when it was in the tall grass?  I think the whole thing was staged (his reaction).  Does anyone disagree or agree?  Same thing with Ree.  The whole show is scripted, as are probably most shows on T.V.  I noticed that she smiled constantly this episode.  Even when she talks while explaining her cooking.  It must be exhausting to be so artificial.  The other cooking show hosts do not do that.  I am watching Trisha now, she is not doing that.  Ladd looks like he has veneers on his teeth.  I guess he has gone Hollywood.

[peacheslatour]

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Or runs for office? 

 

*shudder*

[ariel]

5 hours ago, cathy said:

Ladd looks like he has veneers on his teeth.  I guess he has gone Hollywood.

Ladd went Hollywood when the "cowgirl in the sand" dumped her very high powered attorney LA boyfriend ( who she claimed was begging her to marry him) for her country rube & found true happiness with the rube's very well heeled & weathly OK family.  Get out your hankies out, this is a Hallmark "movie" waiting to happen.

ETA - I did leave out Ree's hiney tingles for that sexy stallion that she thinks is Ladd.  I think that might be a little too risqué for the Hallmark movie crowd.

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[cathy]

I just looked on her social media.  Cowboy Pete has died.  Does anyone know of what?  He seemed like a nice guy.  Maybe he died from eating her food.  LOL.  Maybe from a heart attack from years of eating her scrumptious lunches she brought out to them.

[grisgris]

Oh, that's so sad.  R.I.P.

[Lura]

Pete was a handsome man and seemed like a gentleman.  I always thought he had the perfect cowboy face -- brown and weathered by the wind.  Chuck will miss Pete.

[cathy]

On her most recent show in the very opening, they cut out some of the audio.  They cut out "I'm a writer, a bloger, a mom, and I'm an accidental country girl."  It starts like this "I'm Ree Drummond, and all of my recipies have to be approved by me."  So they cut out a line or two.  Does anyone have any ideas as to why they would do this?  To add more time to the show?

[Lura]

Interesting, cathy.  My guess (and it's only a guess) is that people grew tired of hearing about all of Ree's claims to fame, and the longer intro was no longer needed.  The second part makes no sense to me.  Who else's recipes would they be?  As co-producer, she could have written this, and Ree needs a writer more than anyone I can think of.

[ariel]

4 hours ago, cathy said:

On her most recent show in the very opening, they cut out some of the audio.  They cut out "I'm a writer, a bloger, a mom, and I'm an accidental country girl."  

No Ree, you are not an accidental country girl.  You chose to dump your rich lawyer boyfriend  that you claimed was begging you to marry him for Ladd, a much richer county bumpkin

Accidental - no way, it was very calculated on your part.

Edited September 25, 2017 by ariel

[Automne]

So I have a Texture subscriptions, which is basically the Netflix of the magazine world. $10/month and I have access to pretty much any magazine I could possibly want (except for Fine Cooking). Even some non-American, non-English ones.

The Pioneer Woman magazine is now on there. Stay tuned because I'm gonna hate-read the shit out of this.

 

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No Ree, you are not an accidental country girl.  You chose to dump your rich lawyer boyfriend  that you claimed was begging you to marry him for Ladd, a much richer county bumpkin

Accidental - no way, it was very calculated on your part.

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Yep. It came down to either living very comfortably in LA as one of many wealthy couples or marry into the family that essentially owns the entire town of Pawhuska (one of the Drummond men is a judge as well). Not a hard decision. It was entirely calculated to become the First Lady of Pawhuska, Oklahoma.

Edited September 26, 2017 by Automne

[peacheslatour]

17 hours ago, Automne said:

So I have a Texture subscriptions, which is basically the Netflix of the magazine world. $10/month and I have access to pretty much any magazine I could possibly want (except for Fine Cooking). Even some non-American, non-English ones.

The Pioneer Woman magazine is now on there. Stay tuned because I'm gonna hate-read the shit out of this.

 

Yep. It came down to either living very comfortably in LA as one of many wealthy couples or marry into the family that essentially owns the entire town of Pawhuska (one of the Drummond men is a judge as well). Not a hard decision. It was entirely calculated to become the First Lady of Pawhuska, Oklahoma.

Or as we like to say FLOPO. 

[cathy]

I thought her L.A. boyfriend was an architect, or an architect student?  I read some where that she was in touch with him years after she left L.A. and that he had moved to Seattle (I think, not 100% sure) and married a beautiful blond Swedish woman.  I remember reading that.  I think also she lived with him in San  Diego after she graduated UCLA.  I wish  people from her college years would come forward and talk about her publicly, what she was really like.  She belonged to a sorority.  I wonder if it is possible that no one from any of her classes at UCLA  remember her.  Or neighbors in San Diego.  I read she had a job in LA, I don't recall doing what.  My guess is that she tried to somehow get into the big time in L.A., failed, and went to plan "B" which was Ladd.  I also don't think anyone from her childhood has publicly spoken about her, although on one blog a woman who said she lived in Pawhuska (and wrote anonymously) said that she was NOT liked in Pawhuska because she is very rude, and that her father is/was an asshole.  

[Pickles]

She's on the cover of People. She says she could have been a Real Housewife of Orange County, because she was such a California party girl. She wanted to be an actress. She is really fond of herself.