Monday, March 2, 2015

Recap: Celebrity Apprentice Episode Six: That low-down dirty bird!

Last time on Celebrity Apprentice! The teams had a whale of a good time doing tours for Circle Line, and the announcer, you know that guy who pronounces Kate's name Goz-land, lol, is loving the maritime puns too. Who doesn't? Kenya and Geraldo were both awkward on their tours, but Geraldo was awkwarder, so Sig's team lost and Sig had to be fired.  On the second task, Kate was PM, and Vivica and Kenya couldn't stop fighting. You know how when a fight goes on so long you can't even remember what started it? That's what's happening here. I really can't remember why it is Vivica hates Kenya and Kenya hates Vivica. Or maybe we never really saw what instigated it. In any case, their feud only seems to be getting worse. This all really distracted Doofus, who for some reason couldn't just ignore it or tell them to knock it off and get back to work. In the boardroom it kind of looked like Kate might slither by again because Kenya and Vivica couldn't stop whining about how much the other one sucked and both of them forgot about their common enemy, Kate, but mercifully, Trump fired Kate after all. They don't really show this in the brief recap, but that whole scene was hysterical in the sense that Kate really believed she didn't have a chance of going home. She just kept bobbling and pointing her thumb over at Vivica and Kenya the whole time, sort of like, see what I mean? Lol. She was certain either Vivica or Kenya would go, completely oblivious to the fact that they are both infinitely smarter and stronger players than she ever was. She never once believed she was also an option. If there's one thing she's excellent at, it's creating her own fantasy of how things are and will be, and believing it full throttle.


I guess sometimes that sort of attitude works for people, like believing you can become a doctor or win an Olympic medal or an Oscar and then making it happen. But it sure is funny to watch Kate employ it in such a delusional manner and then fall flat on her face lol.

Back in the suites everyone is so distracted by Kenya! They can't stop talking about her. Kate was born lucky. Of course there is a diva and narcissist bigger than her on her season everyone is gunning for instead of Kate.  Ian admits Kenya's actually a strong player but there's too much drama with Brandi which slows things down.  It seems to me many of them think they'd be better off without her. Haha, Brandi's face says it all when she sees Kenya's still here. Lol.

I think it's inappropriate that Geraldo says he felt like he was in Afghanistan in that boardroom. I mean, a whole lot of good men and women died there. But Geraldo doesn't seem to ever understand why something he says, or does, might be inappropriate or insensitive. That's just Geraldo.

Lol, "to Kate Plus 8," they all say as they toast with their wine and champagne. I find that rather amusing in the sense that it's true, she's nothing if she's just Kate. She's Kate plus eight. Her whole identity is wrapped up in that branding.

You know I hate to say it, but even though a few people really couldn't stand Kate, like the awesome trifecta of Brandi, Vivica and Kenya, it seems like most of the rest of the players didn't really mind her, or were at least indifferent.  I think though that could be more because they didn't see her as much of a threat or competition. There were bigger fish to worry about it. Kate was superfluous in their minds, mostly harmless. She wasn't going to win a task for them of course, but she usually wasn't going to cause a bunch of problems either, with a few rare exceptions. She'd go eventually, so there was no harm in dragging her along. (But as I said in my last recap, be careful with that mindset!)

Awesome, they're in the International Center of Photography. Photography is one of my great passions. Dare I say photography right now has never been more exciting. What is so incredible about photography in 2015, and one reason I love it so much, is it's one of the few art forms where once you buy the initial equipment, it doesn't cost hardly anything to practice with it. You could shoot 1,000 photos a day and play with Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom for eight hours every day for a ten buck a month subscription, the same as Netflix. So people are getting a ton of practice in, like they never did before with film because nobody could afford to process 1,000 negatives. As a result, people are getting good. I mean, really freaking good. There are so many folks I could recommend to you, but if I had to pick just one I'd say check out Marc Adamus. He's a young guy, been shooting about ten years, and he's practiced so much between his shooting and Photoshop he's become a real magician. I just love his work.



As for me, I've been at it about two, maybe three years. I'm nowhere near Marc's level, but it's exciting to look at my work at the beginning compared to now and see my growth. Here's one of mine I'm proud of, at this lovely little beach called Hermosa last weekend.


Anyway, this is cool, they're going to create a photograph and hashtag campaign for King's Hawaiian, including shots of New York. NYC is very photogenic, so this should be all fun. I'm not really into King's breads, they're too soft for me. I know, I know, that's what she said. I actually really can't stand them, mostly because of the texture. But I know people absolutely obsessed with the bread, who won't throw a party without them. They're super popular on the West Coast, there's like half a grocery aisle devoted to their products in every store.

Johnny and Kenya will be PMs. Lol, Kenya. This should be good.

Johnny says he wants to step up to win more money for his charity. You know, I believe him, and I like him. I don't recall very many other contestants as focused on why they are really here as Johnny is. Certainly never Kate.

Lol, Brandi thinks Ian is stuck in the 80's with his stupid slogan ideas. Johnny quickly goes with Brandi's idea of "rise to the occasion." That's somewhat clever. As clever as you usually see on this show. Always smarter to go with Brandi over Ian anyhow.

Ian thinks a cool thing to do is have the Statute of Liberty clutching some bread. Oh, I thought she had gone low carb. Ian knows somebody who has a helicopter to get this done. Of course he does. He knows everybody. He knows somebody in just about every profession there ever was, and he has their cell numbers. Johnny is just sort of cracking up. I know, it's just funny. Where did he meet all these people? He sounds like an expert schmoozer. You know the type who won't leave the party without taking to every single person and getting their contact info, just in case 20 years down the line he needs a helicopter. Few others have the sort of energy for such things, but Ian is a robot so that's not an issue.

Kenya and Vivica are still talking about the boardroom from earlier. Lol. Remarkably, the girls agree to wipe the slate clean, although Vivica says she doesn't buy it. Kenya has a super risky concept that kind of grosses me out, about superimposing the buns on a model's butt cheeks. Geraldo suggests Kenya be one of the models. Eww. Kenya is like, uh, yeah, no. Lol. Kenya now wants to put a baby in the ad, who I guess is sort of hormonal or something and wants him some butt buns. Geraldo hates that idea, and he's the king of bad ideas. Right? It's weird!

Johnny and Ian take their helicopter ride to take photos of the city. Speaking for nerdy photographers, this is an awful day for photos. It's way too sunny and bright out, the sky is a boring flat blue, and they're shooting in the middle of the day when it's really contrasty, a big no-no. Most real photographers wouldn't bother to go out today, or would have tried it at sunrise or sunset. But they're under such severe time constraints they don't have a choice. Ian as usual can't believe how amazing he is to have arranged all this.

Timelapse guy, however, knows what he's doing and can go out under the best conditions for incredible shots, and he got a sweet timelapse of Central Park under big puffy cotton ball clouds that they splice in as we cut to Kenya's team. Kenya is just recruiting models right off the street. Lol, that's awkward. In the past I seem to remember Celebrity Apprentice would pull models from a local talent agency. What happened to that? Kenya doesn't seem to be mentioning to any of these people they intend to superimpose buns on their buns. You might want to bring that up before they sign on.

Kenya tells Vivica that Vivica's not fit enough to be one of the models. Haha, Kenya! She makes Vivica hold her jacket and purse. Vivica's face, hehe. F--- ety F----! is Vivica's answer to this. Ha, she's losing it.

This is the most awkward, stupidest photoshoot ever. In one of the scenes a couple walks by Kenya and the guy's head turns to look at Kenya's butt. In another there's a toddler in a stroller and Vivica sitting in front of him. It's all just so odd. And how did we go from Vivica not allowed to be in the shoot f--ety f--- to Vivica front and center? Again the quick editing is leaving out huge important chunks of information.

"Coat!" Kenya cries. Lol, Vivica runs over and covers her majesty up so she doesn't get herself all chilly. Vivica feels unappreciated, as assistants often tend to.

Over at Johnny's team, they're photoshopping the cityscape shots. They're squabbling over the hashtags, Leeza says they are not mentioning King's Hawaiian enough, both in the hashtags and on the bread in the photos. She's really fighting for this, which is a nice change from when before she's sort of looked the other way when things went wrong. It's too late in the game to let stuff like that go, she's playing this game just right. You have to fight and stand your ground at this stage or you're done. Diplomacy won't work at this hour.

Over at Team Diva, Vivica can't find her phone anywhere. She doesn't understand this, as she had just set it right down on the table and now it disappeared. Lol, I see where this one is going. Vivica is very distracted, thinking about all the contacts and personal info on her phone. I think it must be different to lose your phone as a celeb. You and all your celebrity friends could be the next big news story if the right person gets into it, which wouldn't happen if you or I lost our phones. Everyone should both lock their phone with a password and learn how you can swipe your iphone clear remotely with a computer if you ever lose it. Still, with today's smart hackers I can see how she would be worried anyway. I know what eventually happened here, Kenya stole the phone and tweeted from it. Kenya absolutely should not have done that and in fact was breaking the law in so doing it, but this whole thing could have been avoided if Vivica simply password protected her phone.

When they actually superimpose the buns on the models, it looks even stupider than some of them originally thought. Both Geraldo and Vivica think they should scrap that dumb idea. "Edgy" is putting it mildly, Geraldo.

Kenya's getting violent now, threatening to back that infamous bus over Vivica a hundred times until Vivica is crying out in agony every bone in her body broken begging her to please show her mercy.


Mercy, mercy! Then, Kenya will cremate her and add her ashes to a box of cat litter. Whoa. This feud just took a rather creepy turn. Vivica is now certain her phone was stolen. I think she would be right about that if I do say so myself!

Commercials. H&R Block is using the same "Money" song used in the Apprentice credits and their guy sort of shouts in much the same way Trump does.


Trump was upset about this. Because apparently if he pays for the rights to use a song way back in 2004, nobody else can do the same ten years later. And also nobody else is allowed to shout or they are clearly impersonating him. Last month, he told Block they suck for doing this. Leave it to Trump to be this immature. I think it's funny that this Block commercial is now running during Trump's show. Sort of a nice little F-U. Well played.

Johnny spends a long time explaining why he left the presenting to Leeza, but that needs no explanation. Why is Johnny's suitcoat 3 sizes too big? Or is that a jacket? Their project is badly photoshopped but it's rather cute, especially the one where Leeza and Brandi are sailing away on a bun balloon. I don't understand the buns on the building under construction. Buns are so light and flimsy, how would it support the structure? I'm overthinking this I'm sure.

Kenya presents, and goodness seeing it in front of the nice Hawaiian executives their concept seems even more embarrassing. One executive can hardly look at the baby one it's so awkward, hehe. Also, not really a baby. More like a toddler, which for some reason makes it seem weirder to me. Trump Jr. looks nauseous. I don't think the other team's concept was all that interesting either, but this is far worse.

Boardroom time. I hope we get to the bottom of cell phone gate soon, that's been the most interesting part of this episode so far.

I don't think Trump really was thinking about Leeza that much as a factor, but he has to admit he realizes everyone seems to think she's awesome. It's been obvious since the beginning she should make it to the end, glad to see he's caught up.

Predictably, Kenya thinks Geraldo was amazing but Vivica was just "good." Tee-hee. Kenya claims Vivica wasn't feeling well. Vivica's like, what??? No, I was fine. I gave 100%!

Rear ends are trendy on the internet-webs? I must be looking at a different internet-webs than Kenya. All I see is the great blue-black/gold-white debate on my internet-webs. (For the record, it's gold white!)

The executives liked Johnny's team and their skyline photos but felt the hashtags weren't on brand. They liked the viral characteristic of Kenya's campaign, but of course, they felt it wasn't family friendly and the baby thing was totally creepy. God, yes it was! Johnny's team wins it. It wasn't even close apparently. That's five wins in a row for that team.

Trump says Kenya really didn't help the losing team by going over there. Ouch. Vivica thinks Geraldo enabled Kenya and her bad ideas. The guy is kind of a bad idea magnet though.

Leeza and Ian are like, what were they thinking going sexy? This family company has been around for ages, if they ever wanted to sex things up they would have done so by now. Duh. What a stupid decision. Vivica thinks Kenya is toxic.

Geraldo breaks it down for Trump as if he's not completely crazy himself. Kenya's idea was crap, and Vivica didn't do much. Well, in fairness, it didn't seem like Kenya was really letting Vivica do anything. Vivica's still pissed that she was told she couldn't be a model. Lol, never poke a celeb's ego. You'll pay for it for days.  Are these two girls too dumb to realize they could team up and get Geraldo fired? I mean everybody else has said they think he's the weak link, despite all his bluster. I'm starting to think they're right.

Kenya says Vivica tweeted the other day that she's going through menopause, so maybe that had something to do with her poor performance.  Haha, Vivica freaks out, calling her a "dirty-ass bitch." That's a new one, and a good one. This is not the ghetto! Kenya insists.

That's the only place you'll be prevalent in, Vivica retorts. Oh shit. This is a knock down drag out. Don't hurt me, but a teeny, tiny part of me wishes Kate were still sitting here, just to see some good shocked and awed faces while this is all going down. It would really help round this all out. For some odd reason this doesn't seem to excite Trump Jr. too much. Rather he looks like he's struggling to stay awake.

Vivica has hit on Kenya's Achilles heel, and now just throws things out like "Ghetto Star." Lol. Both Leeza and Ian agree the menopause comment is way out of line.

Vivica says she did not tweet anything about menopause. Why isn't she mentioning that she couldn't have tweeted that because her phone has been stolen since at least yesterday? How long is it going to take these doofuses to realize that Kenya did it? It's so obvious, and it's taking forever for them to put two and two together. Kenya keeps bringing it up, made some mention of just starting to follow Vivica, and won't let it go. Wake up, she did it!

Vivica's like, wtf, I don't even tweet that often, I'm more of an Instagram girl. I know, Instagram is so much better!

By the way, how pathological do you have to be to assert that somebody tweeted something knowing full well that that person knows they never tweeted it and knows their phone was missing during that time period so it would be impossible to have tweeted that even if they wanted to? How did Kenya ever expect to pull this off?? Bizarre.

Trump says Kenya should prove it to him or be fired. But how would just showing him the tweet prove anything? Hey, this is a great example of a concept a lot of people don't understand about the court of law and proof. Having an email, or text, or tweet for that matter, unfortunately does not necessarily prove that the person it is "from" really was the person who sent it. Sometimes you can spend days in court trying to show that nobody else could have had access to that computer, or whatever, etc. It's super hard to demonstrate the sender is who it says it is, rendering such evidence useless sometimes even if common sense says they sent it.

Trump Jr. finds the tweet: "This menopause is killing me. I can't think straight. I might be a damn fool half the time. 50 just isn't sexy." (In the actual tweet, "is" is mistakenly spelled as "id")

Trump immediately cannot believe she would actually say that. Neither can the rest of America, there's just no way, even in a drunk text. I'm curious whether any of her twitter fans actually thought that was a real tweet. I'm betting many were skeptical, especially since it doesn't even sound like her.

Why does Kenya look so smug? She's gonna get caught with this, it's inevitable. If you're going to fake a tweet, at least make it credible. She insulted Vivica four times in the tweet, come on. Even Doofus would never be this dumb or do something this stupid, congratulations you even topped her. There's a line you can cross where being this nuts isn't fun anymore and becomes rather scary instead. Ian's brand of bananas is fun. Kenya's has long ago crossed the border into frightening land.

Vivica finally realizes oh wait my phone was stolen and "this low-down dirty bird" (lol, I love Vivica) must have taken it and tweeted from it!!! My God, took her long enough.



Geraldo has to back it up that yes her phone was stolen, and he realizes it too! The Trumps look like they're kind of buying this, thank God. Trump Jr. is smart in that he says he read some other tweets of Vivica's, which are indeed kind of sparse, and they're all about god bless you and positive shit like that. One of these things is not like the other, one of these things does not belong.

Kenya's all like come now, you can't be serious. Would little ole me do that??? Hehe.

Trump is totally buying this whole convoluted mess! So awesome! Trump and the Jr. are all like, well who else would do this? The tweet has grammatical errors for pity sake and doesn't really make sense. What did Kenya think, they were going to blame this on Geraldo? There's really no one else they could pin this on. She's so dumb.

Why is the other Trump Jr. not saying anything? He's totally mute this whole time. Maybe he's just popping the popcorn like I am now, drinking a soda.

Trump's all like, they lost because of you Kenya, you didn't help your team, and it's really serious if you stole her phone. Like, really serious. You're fired Kenya!

Good grief, I'm happier Kenya was fired than I was Kate was fired last week. Thank God.

Vivica cannot even look at her and literally gives her the hand and just tells her to "bounce."

Vivica, go file a police report. Seriously. You can't just steal somebody's phone. It's ridiculous and is breaking the law and psycho Kenya needs to be put in her place. What's more, she doesn't even have the phone back yet. It's still missing. Kenya still has it!

Kenya can't make eye contact as she says this accusation she stole the phone is the most ridiculous thing she ever heard. I agree, it's ridiculous in the sense that I can't believe you did that.

Haha, Geraldo's all like, oh my god, I can't believe this phone thing! That was like committing a crime! It's LIKE committing a crime? Geraldo, you're an attorney. Stealing is a crime. There is no special exception for Kenya, reality shows, or the Trump boardroom. She stole, plain and simple and Vivica should call the police, plain and simple. It was a freaking gift Vivica didn't have that nutjob arrested.

Haha, Vivica is so mad she's practically crying. Dirty trick! she exclaims. She and Geraldo are being so loud in the hallway Brandi can hear them, and immediately begins rejoicing that her nemesis is gone. Hehe!

The winners also can't believe the phone thing.

"What's next, poison?" Geraldo says. No kidding! Geez! Easily one of the worst things that's ever happened on this show. Kenya was psycho, period. Also I resent her for making Kate look like a victim. She does not deserve such a gift.

Just a few final thoughts on Kenya. It's really sad that your self-esteem is so low that your only game plan on this show is to sabotage other contestants. She did it to Brandi, she did it to Vivica, and quite frankly she even went too far with Kate, taking completely unnecessary pot shots at her. It's desperate and unoriginal. Did it ever occur to Kenya that menopause is not too far away for herself? She's forty-four, she has only five to ten years left before she's going down that road. How would she feel to be made fun of this brutally? Kenya was not a bad player. She had decent ideas and she worked hard. What is missing inside of you that you can't just rely on those strengths like Leeza or Brandi do, and forget all this drama? What a sad little woman. Goodbye, Kenya.

Next up, they're going to be making a jingle for Anheuser Busch's lime drinks. The legend Joan Rivers is back!

Trump switches Leeza over to Geraldo and Vivica's team. I'd like to think this show isn't scripted but I know that's not always true, and knowing the outcome, this already looks like a set-up to be able to get rid of a bunch of weaker players at once so we can get down to business with the finals. Leeza feels pressure to help the team win. It will be Leeza and Brandi as PMs. Aw, that stinks since they both work so well together. They have a genuine friendship, says Brandi. But they'll be mature about this competition, so that's fine and I'm sure it won't come between them.

Predictably, Geraldo has bad ideas. Leeza steers him onto more of a sports style jingle and pitches much better ideas of her own. Geraldo seems upset her idea is not Latino or about Rita. Rita? Oh, Lime-a-rita. Cute. Leeza says no, we need to focus on coming up with a jingle you can't get out of your head. Yes, exactly. I don't like jingles and I watch as few commercials as possible, I even usually mute them if I can't fast forward them, but she's right that a jingle should get stuck in your head. I remember this one jingle or song from years ago for SmartforLife, a company that looks slightly shady or gimmicky, and my God, I'm still singing that thing today. They borrowed the line "who stole a cookie from the cookie jar" from a classic children's song, but they sang it in a way that made it stick to your head like superglue.  I even sang it to my dog once like a total freak. It's just bad.

Leeza finally borrows one of Geraldo's lines about it being nice over ice, praising him profusely for it, which seems to appease him.

Ian requires absolute silence for his brilliance to flow. Lol, Brandi says they can't talk when "the Lord" is speaking, tee-hee.

I am still debating whether Ian just created this narcissistic, ego-maniac nutjob character for this show as some kind of bizarre self-marketing strategy to get people talking about him I guess, or if this is how he really is. I'm leaning more toward the former after he made a few over the top comments last week that I can't possibly believe he really feels. If it is in fact the former, it could just be one of the most brilliant things anyone has ever done on this show to draw attention to themselves. I mean, he gets more airtime every time he acts like a freak, and it gets viewers talking. About him. Otherwise he could end up kind of forgettable like Johnny, bless his heart.

After all of the Lord our father in heaven's efforts, Brandi and Johnny hate his ideas. The composer, engineer and musicians arrive. Johnny apparently is a musician and has a lot of music friends and is trying to come up with something good, but Ian butts in with another dumb idea to the tune of La Cucaracha. Brandi is really getting annoyed with Ian, to the point where she has to give him something to keep him busy to get him out of her hair. Brandi says Ian is great at everything all in his little head. Lol, he does literally have a little head when most celebs have big ones, which makes him look out of place.

As for Ian, he thinks Brandi is indecisive. He has misinterpreted Brandi trying not to piss him off as indecisiveness.

Things are really flowing at Leeza's team. Their jingle is working. Except for Geraldo. He keeps pushing his ideas, which are totally different than what the girls are working on.

Why in the world is Geraldo bringing up his war correspondent experience again? It really has nothing to do with anything this time, and just sounds like more name-dropping from him, which is getting really obnoxious. He keeps pushing his dumb ideas which even the professional musicians are explaining to him would be really difficult to make work. Leeza calls him aggressive. She's finally had it with him and has to basically tell him NO to his bad ideas.

Brandi listens to both Johnny and Ian's jingles, and really likes Johnny's. But Ian starts pouting "like a little bitch" Brandi says, hehe. It's totally true, he's being a big baby. She finally loses it on him and calls him condescending and disrespectful. He starts insulting her performance, saying the only thing she's good at is using a pen to cross things out and has brought "zero" to this. Whoa, way out of line! This isn't Kate! How come Kate wasn't really picked on like this? How does she get away with everything? Brandi has experience with cat fights and knows what she's doing. She tells him he needs to sit there and shut the F up. Hehe.

Geraldo finally seems to realize that hey, I've lost five tasks, I might as well let Leeza call the shots here and see if it goes any better than when I was running things. Fair enough. Their jingle turned out to be sort of a rap that isn't that bad, "mix it, love it, drink it up!" Vivica and Leeza are dancing like nobody's business. Hehe.

While Leeza's team seemed to have nailed things down, Brandi's team is floundering with absolutely ridiculous jingles that are more stupid and uninteresting than catchy. Johnny's jingle is a little better, sounds like something you might actually hear on a real commercial, but Ian hates it of course, shaking his head in disgust. Brandi says for sure they're going with Johnny's, it's sexy and creative. And there's nothing I-an can do about it, hehe. I think Ian is right that it's a little hard to understand the words, but that doesn't make the jingle worse than his idea.

Time for the presentations, and the choreography for Leeza's team is good, the jingle snazzy. Go, go, go Lime-a-rita or something like that. The executives including Joan and one of the Trump Jrs. seems to really enjoy this. Joan is clapping vigorously. Aw.

Brandi's team performs theirs. They aren't quite as into it as Leeza's team, and I have to admit it sounds rather wordy. The judges seem to like this one too.  Johnny, bless his heart, has always reminded me of Curious George. There, I said it. Beautiful skyline sunset timelapse, photographers.

Geraldo and Vivica say Leeza was a real asset to their team. Of course she was, she's great, always has been. I have to say it makes me feel somewhat proud that I called this one so right. I shared in the first recap that I know friends of Leeza's. And I don't mean people that once met her at a party. I mean they're so close that they even have traveled abroad with her and their respective kids. Anyway, they say she's just a gem. It is nice to see their description of her validated episode after episode.

In her final act Joan Rivers really isn't getting much of an edit. She's barely said a thing this whole episode and is mostly just sitting there sometimes looking rather out of it. Kind of disappointing, I miss her zingers.

Oh Lord, Geraldo compares himself to Carmelo Anthony of the New York Knicks. Gimme a break, Geraldo. These questions are starting to get boring. Who cares what Leeza thinks of Geraldo? Of course she's going to say he's great. This team is too low drama and boring, hehe. Leeza says they were in an "emotional coma" after cell phone gate. Lol.

The questions to Brandi's team are equally boring. Trump, Johnny and Brandi look orange, and Ian looks pink and purple. Uh-oh, Johnny chokes when asked to sing his jingle. Brandi says she could sing it but she's a bad singer. I totally get that, it's obvious the whole singing thing has embarrassed her from the beginning and it would me too. I absolutely hate singing for others, I'm terrible and I won't do it. Ian retorts she should step up. The hell? Trump asked Johnny to sing it, not Brandi. Ian is being a baby who says he thinks they might have lost. Whatever. Even Trump seems to think that's a bit disloyal. Haha, Trump refuses to hear Ian sing his jingle. Exactly, what the heck does that matter?

Joan says the branding and ice in the jingle was good, but it was too wordy, which is what I said, and wasn't catchy. They also found "señorita" was too man-based when this brand is for both genders. I would have thought this brand was for women actually. Wine coolers usually are. Where I'm from if you're a man and drink this thing all your buddies will call you a wuss. But if they say it's for both that's what they should have targeted.

As for Leeza, the executives loved "nice over ice" and "for the thirsty in your life." Geraldo's ego explodes, as he came up with both of those ideas. There weren't any negatives! Wow! They win it of course. Because Leeza is all class and refuses to hold grudges, she pats Geraldo on the chest even though he was extremely disruptive to her on this task. She understands exactly how to handle Geraldo. She handles him in much the same way Kate did, lavishing him with praise and admiration. Except Kate really meant it, and was not smart enough to realize that as smart as he may be he has consistently been a disruption. Leeza's just stroking his ego to appease him because she's savvy.

I of course love Leeza's charity for caretakers of Alzheimer's, as that has affected my family very deeply. This money will allow her charity to open in her hometown, she says as she chokes up. This is where this show is about more than satisfying guilty pleasures, it's doing something really good for a lot of fine charities.

Brandi too is all class and says you really shouldn't fire Johnny, it should be Ian or myself. That's just being truthful. Some people hang onto their ethics during these shows to their own detriment, and I have to admit I wouldn't have expected that of Brandi. It's kind of a bummer they're going down in flames not because they didn't work as hard or as smart or as fast, but because one team wrote a better song. I mean, you can be the strongest candidate in the room but you might not be able to write a jingle and would fail this task. Is Trump really concerned about the winner's ability to write a jingle? Doesn't really seem fair, but then reality T.V. is not fair!

Brandi says Ian is disrespectful, to which Ian interrupts her by laughing, proving her point.

Ugh, normally Trump's chauvinism doesn't really bother me and as a working woman I tend to believe we see less chauvinism today than we ever did before. By no means do I witness it every day or even every month. Maybe once a year, tops. We have come a long way since the Mad Men days, and women my age should be appreciative of where we are and all the women before us who paved the way for a friendly workplace. But Trump says, nah, Ian's just very confident and doesn't suffer fools. Why is it if a business woman is disrespectful, it's disrespectful? But if a business man is disrespectful, that's not disrespect, that's just confidence and not suffering fools. It makes me so mad I could spit on that little pile of pee hair.

Ian is convinced his jingle would have won, and now Trump finally says fine, fine let's hear this so called winning jingle. Ian sings it. Trump is like WTF, that's La Cucaracha! WTF were you thinking you dummie, you can't just copy a song, it's not even legal! LOL! The last thing Ian wants to do is try to get Trump on board with ripping somebody else's idea off, not after H&R Block-gate. Ian says well I never intended to rip off La Cucaracha for that jingle, it was more like a springboard to other ideas. Yes, just like Sam Smith never intended to rip off Tom Petty, of course not! Snark! Trying to explain copyright laws to Ian is like trying to explain child support laws to a sheeple. Not gonna happen.

I am not at all surprised neither Trump nor Joan understand why the heck it matters that you had some song you couldn't use but that you were going to use that to springboard it into something you could use. That makes no sense whatsoever. Ian's completely batty and they finally realized it. I just love that Trump validates Brandi about Ian and so does Brandi apparently. Of course that's the dumbest idea ever. Thank you, Trump.

Am I going crazy here? Trump asks. At some point everyone who spends significant time around somebody as nuts as Ian asks that, it's normal.

Ian is gaslighting, now trying to claim that he never said they should use his jingle, oh, no, that's not what I meant. Except that he just said that and said that many times before. Shaking my head. I really wish he would fire Ian and only Ian, he's a freak who didn't help whatsoever on this task.

Lol, Eric finally says yes, you're right, Dad. I think that's the first thing he's said in two hours. "Good son," Trump says. Tee-hee!

Ian, you're fired!

Brandi and Johnny try to leave but Trump tells them to sit down. Oh, no. He says he wants to fire somebody else. This is so unfair. Boo!

Brandi refuses to say anything bad about Johnny. She is willing to get fired refusing to throw that good man under the bus. Eric tries to help her saying what about the fact that Johnny wrote the jingle? Brandi says yes but I approved it. Johnny also won't say anything bad, says Brandi is a kind woman, they've been through so much and they'll be friends for life. Geez, I didn't know they were such good friends. I think that means a lot coming from him. I am pleased that credible people on this show really took to Brandi and count her as a real, serious good friend, as I always quite liked her. I love to be right about D list reality stars, my ego explodes like Geraldo.

Trump looks to Joan for help. Now what the hell do I do??

Joan's like hell if I know, lol. She says ultimately I guess it comes down to the PM, but this seems upsetting to her, she even says I can't deal with this. Wow. Brandi looks at Joan with respect and admiration and says she understands. Brandi, you are a class act.

Trump says Johnny is fired, and Brandi breaks into tears. Then two seconds later Trump says Brandi you are also fired. Oh no, what a tragedy.

Brandi and Johnny both seem very upset. They hug and tell each other it's all good. Aw.

How are they going to show all three of them in the car? They might kill each other.

Thankfully Ian got a separate car I guess and doesn't get to do his goodbye car scene. Haha, ignorant fool. Johnny and Brandi are in the same car together and say nice things like that they are so glad they met each other and it was great to help the charities. That's nice.

The other day I was reading Entertainment Weekly, which I get for free with my airline miles (this grifter can't beat a free deal!) and writer Dalton Ross called this show the "best bad show in the history of television." I concur. It's so bad it's good. I get sucked into the stupid drama with Vivica and Kenya or Brandi trying to manage crazy Ian. I like when Sig freaks out and almost punches his fist through a bar, or Shawn whines about her period only to have somebody bring that up in the boardroom, or Kate blows the whole thing by sitting her ass in hair and makeup all day. The tasks are quirky and fun. I love the Trumps and their weirdness, awkwardness, one-liners, slobbering, and occasional grace. I love Ivanka, Joan and George and the other eyes and ears. There is no other celebrity reality show as badly well done as this one. It's a shitshow, but it's a shitshow I want tickets to. Until next time.

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redbirdsings said...

Admin, the picture you took of the pier at the beach is beautiful! Guess where it is at right now? On my wallpaper!

The picture that you have in the recap is smaller than the wallpaper and the recap picture looks like a prehistoric dinosaur walking up to the ocean water and bending it's head down to get a drink of saltwater!

It is amazing that you can take a picture of a old rustic pier and it look like a oil painting! Great job, Admin!

Paul Potts, 2008 winner of Britian's Got Talent, he sang, Nessa Dorma for his audition. He has traveled all over the world singing but he is a camera bug. He has posted some incredible pictures on FB that he has taken all over the world. And he explains the kind of camera, the zooming, lighting, film, all the things a camera person would want to know.

PJ's momma said...

reader, I agree with your assessment of the threats to Schilling's daughter. I guess that's why I'm a little more sympathetic - although I think he took it way too far and encouraged others to do the same. Supporters would have done it all without his encouragement. Contacting the kids' parents and publishing their addresses/phone numbers? What good does THAT do? LEgally, they are grown men!

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

And vigilante justice? He created a public blog post and re-posted the most vile comments, including the twitter handle. I'm just saying, if it were my daughter, and I was a dad, I probably would have done worse.

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Oh I get that. But he did more than that. He saw to it they were tracked down, then saw to it they were kicked out of school or fired. To me that is vigilante, that was not his place to take it that far. La-la land hehe so true!

"Sticking with the same screen name does not make one any less anonymous."

Yes it does. Would BV be where he was if he changed his screen name every time? It provides an identity, an association, and a history just like the name James or Jenny does.

PA Dutch Mom said...

Kate Gosselin ‏@Kateplusmy8 47m47 minutes ago
Just purchased another 160 pounds of salt for my driveway.. Taking my season grand total to 560 pounds. Enough with winter now. #GOAWAY ❄️❄️

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What in the world is she salting? Just call the same people who do your mowing, have them plow the driveway, and that's it. After you shovel the sidewalk, you might want to put down some salt there, but in the driveway? Our driveway was as long as Kate's, or perhaps even longer, and never once did I salt it. There was no need if you have someone plow it open. What's coming is a snow storm, not an ice storm. Geez.

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

A consequence for an eight-year old is not equivalent to one for an adult.

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So you admit it's a consequence. Just not one you feel is appropriate for an adult. That's different.

Adults apologize. Governments issue public and private apologies. People do, of course. I don't know why that cannot sometimes hold as an appropriate consequence for bad behavior just because one has magically turned 18. You might be surprised how effective it is to make someone take stock, review their behavior and apologize, child or adult, as long as that apology is sincere. Sometimes, it's all the victim wants.

PA Dutch Mom said...

Several of you make the excellent point that Kate 'hearts' Curt Schilling and what he did, yet she doesn't say BOO to all the people who are shredding her daughter (and other kids) online. She says she ignores, ignores, ignores....and then makes a video about how she ignores them and their sad little lives. That's not ignoring.

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There is no doubt in my mind that Kate has absolutely no idea in the world who Curt Schilling is. There is no way she would know. She is in a fog when it comes to MLB, politics, gaming, and anything else in which he's been involved. She just tweeted it so she sounds like she cares about such things like bullying, social media, and whatever. She doesn't know the controversy that has surrounded him.

reader said...

I have seen posters remove comments here, I am guessing it can only be done by having a blogger account.
Like I said, still don't like Curt Schilling but I take back my comments, now 184 and 186.

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

There was no point to posting their addresses. What if someone were hurt because a celebrity with thousands of followers and influence put their address out there?

Would that be okay with you, "Go Curt"?

There was no point to that and it was just as harassing as what they did. Two wrongs don't make a right.

At least Kate's sheeple are able to actually discuss the finer points of this. I agree, she hasn't the first clue who he is or who she is supporting. She saw someone against bullying and latched onto it. She hasn't the first clue he's a racist tax evader who used his celebrity to take justice into his own hands to bring publicity to himself.

Math Girl said...

Insert Creative Username Here said... 200

While I have a personal problem with racism, and may have a hatred towards the racist, I'm not exactly living in fear that the racist might come find me and commit a crime against me. Now if the racism portrayed involved an illegal act (like threatening to kill someone of such-and-such a race), I would agree they're on the same playing field.
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Schilling did in fact advocate the killing of all the black people in Ferguson. The only difference is that he wanted the authorities to to it, and didn't threaten to do it personally.

Racism does kill. It creates an atmosphere of fear and empowers some people to kill without consequence.

readerlady said...

I've never been a fan of Curt Schilling. I wasn't a fan when he was an MLB player and I'm not a fan now, but Admin I have to take issue with you saying he got the goon who posted such vile, violent and nasty comments fired from his job. The idiot who thought those comments were appropriate got himself fired from his job. He worked for the New York Yankees, in a job that brought him into contact with the general public, including many women, on a daily basis. Schilling may have pitched for the Yankees biggest rival, but at the end of the day, baseball supports its own. The twidiot was a grown man. He should have considered the consequences of posting such vile threats in a public forum. It doesn't matter if Schilling's daughter is a legal adult or not. Those things shouldn't have been tweeted to ANYONE. As for Schilling, I have to wonder if some of this isn't to bring attention to himself. He's been asked several times to run for political office. I wonder if he's not taking on twidiots thinking it might make good campaign fodder if he decides to run for office somewhere down the road.

FYI said...

PA Dutch Mom said... 4
Kate Gosselin ‏@Kateplusmy8 47m47 minutes ago
Just purchased another 160 pounds of salt for my driveway.. Taking my season grand total to 560 pounds. Enough with winter now. #GOAWAY ❄️❄️

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What in the world is she salting? Just call the same people who do your mowing, have them plow the driveway, and that's it. After you shovel the sidewalk, you might want to put down some salt there, but in the driveway? Our driveway was as long as Kate's, or perhaps even longer, and never once did I salt it. There was no need if you have someone plow it open. What's coming is a snow storm, not an ice storm. Geez.
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That's just Kate wanting her tweeties to know how HARD she has it dealing with winter. I don't know anyone that salts their driveway. My daughter who lives outside Boston and who has had to deal with 100+ inches of snow this year, hasn't ever salted her driveway.

Salt is great for icy patches on steps, but a whole blacktop driveway? That's overkill and may end up causing harm to the pavement as well.

And IF she is salting her driveway, I hope she is using salt that is dog friendly. I hope Shoka is not suffering due to her own stupidity.

Tucker's Mom said...

That's weird to me. And to each their own. But I am enraged by the people who actually did the typing, and twitter for allowing the forum, not at the guy who congratulated his daughter in public.
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Agree- and it's the "twitter for allowing" that people need to pay attention to right now.

Tucker's Mom said...

Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 191
I have to wonder too, if Schilling was a nice guy who did not make racist comments all the time, would people care he said something about his daughter? I think not.
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I have to wonder if some of the motivation for these vile tweets was that Curt's haters and detractors wanted a means to get to him, and he, for all intents and purposes, exposes his underbelly.

Over And Out said...

What in the world is she salting? Just call the same people who do your mowing, have them plow the driveway, and that's it. After you shovel the sidewalk, you might want to put down some salt there, but in the driveway?

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Did Kate ever mention that she has a salt spreader? I think we would have heard about this, along with her blower. She certainly doesn't drag a ton of salt in heavy bags along her driveway, sprinkling with a scooper. Kate wanted that big house, with land as far as the eye could see. The only reason she mentions her salt is so she can whine about it on Twitter, followed by praises about what an awesome, struggling mother of eight she is. Hey, Kate, quit your bitchin' and deal with it, or pay someone to do it for you. Better yet, if you don't like it, downsize and there won't be a problem. She makes me ill.

Over And Out said...

And it goes on and on and on...

"Yet another woman has stepped forward to accuse Bill Cosby of sexual assault. While that in itself is, sadly, unremarkable at this point, many of the details of her story are exceptionally bizarre.

The woman, who identifies herself only as "Patricia" to avoid what she called "the media circus," claimed to Buzzfeed that the comedian not only raped her, but also asked her to do peculiar things, like tie her hair up like Queen Noor of Jordan and walk around with oatmeal on her face. He also allegedly gave her a gym membership and demanded that she lose weight."

https://celebrity.yahoo.com/blogs/celeb-news/bill-cosby-raped-jane-doe-bizarre-queen-noor-demands-160021693.html

Formerly Duped said...

I'm in a Boston suburb and have only used salt on the path and steps. Not the driveway! We have gone though a lot of salt, and the house is full of it dragged in on boots and paws ( which we wipe off) Still, Kate is trying to show everyone up with her fuckety hundred bags of salt. Some people put sand on driveways though.More snow tonight, as well as last night.

TLC stinks said...

Oh my God! She only said she PURCHASED the salt, not that she SPREADS it. She absolutely does not spread it. Get real. Why the heck would she have someone salt that driveway. Have it plowed by your landscaper, dolt. Locals, don't you have people that plow driveways in your area? Even if she does not employ someone, her kindly neighbor surely plows for her. I cannot stand her half-truth insinuations. We get it. Too bad her sheeple are gullible but that's what she wants. A herd that believes everything that comes out her mouth.

And that salt is terrible on a dog's paws, but she could care less.

TLC stinks said...

BTW, the bags are usually either 25 lbs or 50 lbs so she exaggerates again.

Over And Out said...

What sayeth you, admin? Do you agree with this sediment?

Tricia ‏@Tricia9111 28m28 minutes ago
@Kateplusmy8 Come to Los Angeles! Would love to have you here! :-)

Go Curt said...

Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 8
There was no point to posting their addresses. What if someone were hurt because a celebrity with thousands of followers and influence put their address out there?

Would that be okay with you, "Go Curt"?
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I have seen nothing to indicate that he posted their addresses. Please provide the link. And no, that would not be okay with me IF true.

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BuggedLady said...

Someone said that some of the tweets made to Curt had an illegal act threat towards Curt's daughter, but he made threats to beat the shit/crap out of people on his twitter, isn't that an illegal act too? Even asked for people to pm him addresses of certain people but he's apparently done that in the past on twitter, prior to this brouhaha. Where were people screaming about those threats? I didn't see where he posted any rape comments but I didn't go to his Facebook, the stuff he posted about Ferguson was enough for me to never want to read another word he has written. He's a vile human in his own right. Sorry his daughter got stuck with him as a father and hope she uses a different last name to prevent his shit from sticking to her. Just because he made fuckitymillion dollars playing baseball doesn't make him any great human. How he got a soapbox to spout his idiotic crap is beyond me, and wow got another ESPN spokesperson suspended from twitter for not agreeing with his belief that evolution is not real ... really ESPN, what cowards are running that place?

Oh, sorry, I was unable to copy the person that asked about TFW's boasting about 99% of people hating her was at the rock and roll marathon that Ron (?) Dixon apparently brought her out for. It was recapped here on this site. She apparently had a shirt made up for the haters! She's one messed up chick.

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

I have seen nothing to indicate that he posted their addresses. Please provide the link. And no, that would not be okay with me IF true.

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Unfortunately, he did. It's all on his blog. https://38pitches.wordpress.com/2015/03/01/the-world-we-live-in-man-has-it-changed/#comments

He posted all he knew of those who tweeted them, usernames, etc, then states this: "If you guys reading this that know how to find people on the ‘net want to have at it, please do." Well, it was inevitable they would be found. His fans are good sleuths like many people on the internet, and then posted their personal info right on his blog in the public comments for all to see. One fan named "Milty" is just one of many who posted name and contact info for one of them. It's all still on Curt's blog, Curt both ASKED them to post it and hasn't deleted the outing comments. He made his fans do the dirty work just like Kate.

I do agree Reader that those comments got that person fired. But Curt certainly helped it along. And shouldn't he too be fired to his outrageous comments about Ferguson? What's good for the goose.

AuntieAnn said...

Over And Out said... 14

Hey, Kate, quit your bitchin' and deal with it, or pay someone to do it for you. Better yet, if you don't like it, downsize and there won't be a problem. She makes me ill.

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I vote she moves to an equatorial region. Somewhere like Malaysia.

Go Curt said...

No, he did not. I've read his blog. Your claim was that he posted their addresses. That did not happen.

AuntieAnn said...

Unfortunately, he did. It's all on his blog. https://38pitches.wordpress.com/2015/03/01/the-world-we-live-in-man-has-it-changed/#comments


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"I thank God every day that Facebook and Twitter, instagram, vine, Youtube, all of it, did not exist when I went to High School. I can’t imagine the dumb stuff I’d have been caught saying and doing."


I don't get why he'd write this. Isn't he kind of admitting he'd have done the same back in high school?

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...


Tricia ‏@Tricia9111 28m28 minutes ago
@Kateplusmy8 Come to Los Angeles! Would love to have you here! :-)


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She's been there, as Tucker would say a fucketdy million times.

AuntieAnn said...

And shouldn't he too be fired to his outrageous comments about Ferguson? What's good for the goose.

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He may have just poked the bear a little too hard. It's almost guaranteed there will be backlash now and lots of it.

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...


No, he did not. I've read his blog. Your claim was that he posted their addresses. That did not happen.

^^^

Yes it did. Can you read.

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

Right from his blog. He asked his fans to post outing information and then left all the comments up. They are still up. His blog gets how many hits a day? Still a fan? Would you still be a fan if the N's get assaulted at their home over this?

One of the perp's name and parent's address:

cognitionemission PERMALINK
March 2, 2015 12:33 pm
Adam N.’s parents:
Deborah and David N.
531 NXXXXX RD
XXXX, NJ XXXXX

https://38pitches.wordpress.com/2015/03/01/the-world-we-live-in-man-has-it-changed/comment-page-4/#comments

Obviously, the X's are mine.

Countless other comments indicating his fans had emailed schools, workplaces, etc. Also posted person FB accounts. All at CURT'S bidding. He asked, they delivered. He left all the posts up. The man is vile.

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

Goodness if he's like this now I'd hate to think what he was like as a young person!

I'm with you Auntie, he seems to be acknowledging that he too said and thought a lot of stupid things as a young person, but due to the circumstances internet wasn't invented yet. He seems to understand saying unwise things happens and is part of being young for many people. So the solution is to ruin one young person's life over it and any chance of getting educated to BETTER their ignorant thoughts? Some solution. Is that how he wishes he were punished for the dumb things he said as a kid? Kicked out of his college in Arizona?

readerlady said...

Admin 20 -- I assume you're directing that question to me? There are several posters here who use reader as part of their "handle". Anyway, I'm not familiar with what Schilling said about Ferguson, but if what was posted here about it, then yes, he should have been fired. However, I don't think he's employed by anyone, so the question is moot. He's always been a loose cannon. He had a reputation for it while he was playing baseball, and it seems to have gotten worse since.

foxy said...

Curt Schilling is not a man of honor. He is being sued by the State of Rhode Island for screwing the taxpayers out of $75 million dollars. On tonight's 6 o'clock news he said it wasn't him, it was others who went belly up on that stupid deal he made and all of his promises for jobs, etc..

Maybe it was Jon's fault.

rainbowsandunicorns said...

It's all still on Curt's blog, Curt both ASKED them to post it and hasn't deleted the outing comments. He made his fans do the dirty work just like Kate.

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Are he and BV long lost brothers or evil twins?

FlimsyFlamsy said...

I think the salt complaint from TFW is helping set the stage for her
spring getaway. She deserves it, dontcha know. Oh, and she's
also complaining because it's a day with a "y" in it. Miss
Positivity - on what planet?

rainbowsandunicorns said...

BTW, the bags are usually either 25 lbs or 50 lbs so she exaggerates again.

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She said she purchased 160 pounds of salt. Some of the home/hardware stores here sell 160 pound buckets (Blue something or other), so this time I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt. I seem to remember it was also available on Amazon at one time, but I don't know if they still sell it there in pellet form. She loves Amazon, remember?

There is also a salt spreader made specifically to hold 160 pounds. I don't know if she has one of these -- I don't believe she's ever bragged about that..

PatK said...

Kate Gosselin‏@Kateplusmy8·7 mins7 minutes ago
@alis_love How's your back feeling cuz mine HURTS! I shoveled all ice off of it on Monday... By hand, entire thing. Pathetic #IFeelUrPain

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She shoveled ice off her ENTIRE driveway by hand??? ("Look at MEEEEE!!. I'm Superwoman!!")

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

I still believe he was in the right for going after these assholes.

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Well, we agree. I believe he was right to go after them too. I never said otherwise. Where do you get that from?

Where we disagree is you seem to think outing, outing their parents, posting their personal information, and firing and kicking them out of school is the appropriate way to "go after" them. I don't. Where you disagree is you seem to think his racism and criminal activity is not relevant. I do.

PJ's momma said...

You know, I read all those Schilling blog comments last night, and had the thought: "What if they are outing someone who has nothing to do with this fiasco and are not related to these guys? They could be in serious danger!" Not that I think publishing anyone's name/address/phone is OK. No. People don't THINK sometimes.

Did you see where one of the guys tried to explain himself? He ended up digging a deeper hole (which wouldn't have seemed possible) but he did seem to realize he stepped WAY over the line.

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

Yikes, all that salt in one season is going to destroy your car. Is the driveway really that slippery?

Angie said...

Shilling is a bully and an asshole. He should find his block button and use it. Too bad the taxpayers couldn't use theirs.

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

You know, I read all those Schilling blog comments last night, and had the thought: "What if they are outing someone who has nothing to do with this fiasco and are not related to these guys? They could be in serious danger!" Not that I think publishing anyone's name/address/phone is OK. No. People don't THINK sometimes.


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Exactly. There's a risk that the wrong person will be outed, lots of people share the same or similar names or information could be wrong. I'm sure he only mean to get them fired but he doesn't know the thousands of people on his blog and what their intentions are, he doesn't know that some unstable fan of his might take it too far and seek to hurt them. And what about due process? We just saw Kenya fake tweeting, what if somebody else jumped on their account, or someone used their name to access the account? You do...not....know. What was he thinking? And what about a fair hearing for everyone, criminal or not?

You don't take justice into your own hands and you don't use your fans to do it for you. That is why, Curt. If someone is making a criminal threat again you, that is what our police department is for, that is what court and ROs are for. They are allowed their due process and the system has to be given a chance to work. And Curt can't say they won't do anything. He does not know that, as he did not try. This is not an issue of there not being laws, every state in the country has criminal threats and RO laws.

I think we should be teaching our children to follow the laws, including if someone harms you, to follow the appropriate laws put in place to ensure justice is served. It's not the wild west anymore. If the law is not to your liking you take steps to take it. But you do not, you do NOT, seek to dole out justice yourself much less employ 1,000s of your fans to do it for you. Not in a country the size of this one. Chaos would ensue.

PJ's momma said...

Why would you salt your whole driveway? If it's flat, isn't it easier to creep along toward the road, rather than ruining your driveway? Even too much rain can ruin the topcoat of a driveway. We have to resurface ours every few years, just from exposure to water, and it's not that long. I would hate to put anything on it to contribute to even more erosion/degradation.

PA Dutch Mom said...

Yikes, all that salt in one season is going to destroy your car. Is the driveway really that slippery?

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If it's icy from freezing rain, then it does get slippery, but I've never salted a driveway unless you're sitting on top of a hill and everything is frozen over. Kate's area is flat. I don't know why she is salting. It makes no sense whatsoever. Since she has a detached garage, I can understand that she would salt the sidewalk. A lot of the snow melted today, and will freeze tonight, with snow on top of it. It does help to do the sidewalks, but the driveway, no way. Perhaps she's not talking about the entire driveway, but only that part that goes from the front door to the garage.

PA Dutch Mom said...

Kate Gosselin ‏@Kateplusmy8 24m24 minutes ago
@alis_love How's your back feeling cuz mine HURTS! I shoveled all ice off of it on Monday... By hand, entire thing. Pathetic #IFeelUrPain

What an idiot. There is no way she shoveled that entire driveway by hand. I couldn't even get the ice off part of my sidewalk...couldn't get through it.

Anonymous said...

Remember when Roseanne Barr tweeted the address of George Zimmerman's parents?

That was another celebrity using her "clout" to cause problems for other people, but in that case, she had no involvement whatsoever.


PJ

PJ's momma said...

Have any of you ever played Cards Against Humanity? We played with a bunch of college kids (the kids/friends of two couples) after Christmas dinner, and all six 'old people' (us) were shocked to find out what these kids know. Actually, we did not know many of the terms at all and were looking them up while the kids laughed. The parents were literally yelling, "How do you KNOW these things??" And, "Is this what we are paying for you to learn in college?!" It was funny and yet not. Eye opening for sure.

It's such a different world now.......

Rhymes with Witch said...

But you do not, you do NOT, seek to dole out justice yourself much less employ 1,000s of your fans to do it for you. Not in a country the size of this one. Chaos would ensue. 27

Kind of like katie and some of her sheeple and oh that BV guy?

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

Go Curt, I'm just pushing your buttons. I know what you said. If you're going to continue to try to stomp around here being so rude and condescending and not following the rules, I'm going to continue to push your buttons when I feel like or ignore you when I feel like or whatever I feel like. I guess I'm just like Curt, resolving things however I please.

Anonymous said...

Hey you all. I have been watching Fixer Upper. I used to really like the show but lately it seems as if JoJo has become a Khate G. in that she makes snide comments to Chip. It seems like it is getting worse each show. Kind of like when Khate first started making little remarks to Jon and then they got worse. I fear that is the direction JoJo is going.

Pam

Lynne In RI said...

admin (49): "Go Curt, I'm just pushing your buttons. I know what you said. If you're going to continue to try to stomp around here being so rude and condescending and not following the rules, I'm going to continue to push your buttons when I feel like or ignore you when I feel like or whatever I feel like. I guess I'm just like Curt, resolving things however I please."

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Is this the same snotty one who shows up here occasionally with an ID to suit the content, and then posts those snippy comments, arguing just for the sake of arguing and being rude and condescending?

There are other sandboxes on the internet. I wonder why she (or he) has chosen this one. For muumuu fashion advice, or because we just have so much darn good rumspringa free for the taking?

Sue_Buddy said...

Kate Gosselin ‏@Kateplusmy8 2h2 hours ago
@alis_love How's your back feeling cuz mine HURTS! I shoveled all ice off of it on Monday... By hand, entire thing. Pathetic #IFeelUrPain
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Seriously, shut up, Kate! If you'd had the weekend I had, you'd have collapsed in a sobbing puddle and I got through it without tweeting looking for encouragement and sympathy and platitudes. You whining wuss.

TLC stinks said...

Isn't Shilling a commentator on ESPN?

PJ's momma, I've played Cards Against Humanity. It offends everyone but funny if you've had a few drinks.

Jumping In said...

My first realization of the power of Twitter happened just over 6 years ago when that U.S. Airways plane landed on the Hudson River. I can recall reading that someone took a picture of the event and sent it out as a tweet. That message went around the world before the first tugboat reached the plane.

As with any technology, you first see the positivity and the power of it thinking of only the good. I still have a hard time accepting how it can be turned into such negativity and used to spread hatred.

The reason I enjoy this blog is because there is no hatred, strong opinions perhaps, but measured with broad thinking, showing respect for each others views. Civility lives here.



Math Girl said...

Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 49
Go Curt, I'm just pushing your buttons. I know what you said. If you're going to continue to try to stomp around here being so rude and condescending and not following the rules, I'm going to continue to push your buttons when I feel like or ignore you when I feel like or whatever I feel like. I guess I'm just like Curt, resolving things however I please.
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Is Go Curt insisting that Curt didn't post names and addresses, he just urged his followers to do it and then left them on his blog?

To me there's no moral difference between the two. If anything, what Curt did is worse than posting the names himself, because he has no idea if they're correct.

PJ's momma said...

TLC stinks, I agree, the game is super funny, but it's a head scratcher when you don't know what a glory hole is, but every 18-21 year old at the table does. I knew 'qweef' but they did too. Even the boys. Sigh.

getofftwitter said...

Oh my, poor pathic Katie, first time the poor dear has to really do physical work. GET OVER YOURSELF KATE! I don't hear the rest of us, especially the people in the Boston area complaining, I bet they wish they had your driveway problem, than almost 100 feet of snow.

Kate Gosselin forever the whining/crying/complaining/bitching poor is me mom. Boy, what a down fall for someone who thought, that even almost year after CA was film and the pampering, and the TLC filming of more pampering, that she was special. I guess your not that special/important after all. Not that you ever were.

What a doofus, if you salt the driveway, there is no need to shovel, cause the sun will melt the ice with help from the salt. I salted my walk a week ago, then we had about a inch of more snow and it melted when temp went up above or near 32. Then we had the mini ice storm the other day and the salt i put out there a week a go melted it, with the help of the sun.

getofftwitter said...

Oh, and I only used 1 small half filled bucket of salt, that is pet friendly. I spread it out a little on both porches, just enough to put holes in the ice, and the sidewalk so nobody slips, and the yard walk, again very little, just enough to put holes in the ice, and back of the garage, the skirt, and part of the alley, so I don't get stuck. That by the way was the first time I used salt this winter.

Ex Nurse said...

SaraB said....
Sorry if this offends anyone because I don't mean it to, but LP are becoming like the homosexuals. I want the same rights. but don't look at me differently, but oh by the way we are different so treat me the same but make sure you don't offend me while I am climbing all over your grocery shelves with my dirty shoes. Don't offer to help me because that isn't PC, but if I fall and crash the shelving down I will be sueing your store for accessibility.
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How, exactly, are the LP becoming like the homosexuals? Kind of hard to see how that comment wouldn't be considered offensive. But, I will wait and see what your explanation is before jumping to conclusions.

I don't think that the actions of the few should automatically be attributed to anyone who happens to share some kind of characteristic. I don't think that all mother's of 8 are fame whores, grifters, child abusers and parental alienators. As a matter of fact, I can only think of 1 person who meets that description.

I have a close family member that is a LP (achondroplastic dwarf). So, I find that comment to be, not only offensive, but completely, to be kind, uneducated. My family member has had unimaginable challenges, and has, despite many physical and social barriers, is a highly-respected professional in her field. Her parents were told that she would be retarded, and should be institutionalized at birth. She holds several degrees, including a Ph with the D.

Sue Buddy--sorry you had a tough weekend...

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

Redbird a dinosaur yes I totally see it! How flattering you have it as your background, thank you.

Lynn, yes that's our only troll left. One and the same. No repellant gets rid of them.

On tonight's Catfish episode our resident boyfriend Nev teamed up with former Miss Teen America Cassidy Wolf, who seems like a doll. Nev finds the coolest people. She was previously stalked and extorted online, including nude pictures. Just as vile stuff as said toward Gabriella. However unlike Curt and despite being significantly younger than him, she took the mature route, contacted the FBI, and the court of law handled the manner like the civilized people we are supposed to be and sent him to jail. That's how it should be. It's amazing a 19 year old woman is capable of handling such a situation so much better.

Over In TFW's County said...

What a doofus, if you salt the driveway, there is no need to shovel, cause the sun will melt the ice with help from the salt.

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It might work that way with less than an inch of snow, but if you have a good snowfall with four or more inches, that snow has to be removed, either with a plow, shovel or snow blower. Throwing salt on top of a moderate to heavy snowfall is not going to melt it unless it happens to be 70 degrees and sunny! If it were that easy, the snowblower manufacturers would be out of business. Salt is not going to melt the ice if it's in an area that is shaded and doesn't get direct sun. Been there, done that.

I don't believe for one minute that Kate shoveled her entire driveway by hand. There is a freezing crust on top of the snow and even a strong guy with a set of muscles would have a hard time getting through it.

localyocul said...

Jumping In said... 54
My first realization of the power of Twitter happened just over 6 years ago when that U.S. Airways plane landed on the Hudson River. I can recall reading that someone took a picture of the event and sent it out as a tweet. That message went around the world before the first tugboat reached the plane.

As with any technology, you first see the positivity and the power of it thinking of only the good.

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Yes! I like to follow twitter when some big news event is happening, or follow a hashtag while watching a show. It's like watching it with a bunch of people; well you are! I caught the Llama chase because I saw Llamas trending, clicked on it, then saw what was happening. Tuned to the chase, and watched it with a bunch of strangers wo were all so thrilled to be watching. People are funny, and smart and it was just the best time ever!

localyocul said...

TLC stinks said... 53
Isn't Shilling a commentator on ESPN?

PJ's momma, I've played Cards Against Humanity. It offends everyone but funny if you've had a few drinks.

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My daughter got that for Christmas. We haven't played it because she said you need more than two people. She's played it with her friends though...

getofftwitter said...

Sue-buddy: well said! I like that line: whining wuss! LOL!

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

I grew up with a lot more snowfall than the climate Kate lives in and the fact of the matter is the best way to keep up with ice is to shovel it as frequently as possible. For us sometimes that meant morning and afternoon but you save so much work later on, and it's safer.

Snow is kind of like dishes in the sink. The quicker you just take care of it the easier you will make it on yourself.

Over In TFW's County said...

I grew up with a lot more snowfall than the climate Kate lives in and the fact of the matter is the best way to keep up with ice is to shovel it as frequently as possible.

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Usually, yes, but the stuff that fell yesterday froze immediately on surfaces. Even if you stood outside in that miserable cold weather, you'd have to have an ice pick instead of a shovel. Keeping after the snow is always a good idea, but with ice, it's not always possible. In fact, while driving home last evening, the rain froze right away on the windshield and there was no clearing it. Even the car defroster didn't do the job. There were ice pellets mixed in which made it so much worse and I had to pull over a few times and use the ice scraper. It was miserable.

It's raining right now, but should change to all snow shortly. Ugh.

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

Keeping after the snow is always a good idea, but with ice, it's not always possible.

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Obviously with ice, it's not always possible. Obviously, ice is not always preventable. I've slipped on enough of it to know. Actually one of my worst wipe outs was in PA, it was lucky I didn't break an arm. But I'm not talking about that ice. I am talking about the way people don't shovel for a day or two and then it turns to that terrible hard, dangerous ice on your driveway. There is no reason that should happen if you are diligent about shoveling. There is no reason you should allow ice to build up on your driveway if simply shoveling the snow away would prevent it or significantly reduce it. Like I said, it's like dishes.

Incidentally, it is the anniversary of a huge ice storm from when I was a child. We lost power about 1 am and by the time it was morning I was so cold I was crying. Most basements flooded, the governor declared a state of emergency, and schools were closed for five days. It was extremely dangerous to be outside due to downed power lines and trees. We lost power about seven days, others lost it a few weeks to a month. That is not the sort of ice I was talking about. Obviously, that is not preventable.

Call Me Crazy said...

Over In TFW's County said... 62

Usually, yes, but the stuff that fell yesterday froze immediately on surfaces. Even if you stood outside in that miserable cold weather, you'd have to have an ice pick instead of a shovel.
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I don't remember ever seeing anything like what happened with that ice storm. It was crazy. It was freezing as fast as it was coming down. The ice on the driveway and sidewalks was a quarter of an inch thick!

I know how long it took us to break up all that ice, and our driveway is a fraction of the length of TFW's. I don't believe for a second that she did all the manual ice breaking that she claims to have done. Not buying it.

Anonymous said...

(Leslie)
Kate Gosselin ‏@Kateplusmy8 24m24 minutes ago
@alis_love How's your back feeling cuz mine HURTS! I shoveled all ice off of it on Monday... By hand, entire thing. Pathetic #IFeelUrPain
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Didn't Kate say she had a farmer plow her driveway for her. I think this tweet is to PROVE she is not lazy. Remember they called her that on CA and she got very mad. I don't believe she shoveled that entire driveway herself. But if she did then she is beyond stupid. There was zero reason for her to do this. I don't believe for a moment she could not find somebody to do this for her if the farmer was not available. I hope her back truly hurts because either she is a huge liar or she very stupidly did shovel that long driveway. After six years of living in that house, we have never heard her say that she did this before.

Mama said...

"Sorry if this offends anyone because I don't mean it to, but LP are becoming like the homosexuals."

This is beyond offensive. 'the homosexuals'? WTF?

Anonymous said...

ExNurse, if you read back through the comments, SaraB explains herself.

PJ

PA Dutch Mom said...

I know how long it took us to break up all that ice, and our driveway is a fraction of the length of TFW's. I don't believe for a second that she did all the manual ice breaking that she claims to have done. Not buying it.

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She didn't. Plain and simple. Why does she invent stories like this, knowing that locals know the truth? Because her fans are so gullible?

At least she can sleep late today. I wonder if she'll be tweeting since the kids are home.

Tucker's Mom said...

We're getting sleet that's going to turn to snow for the better part of the day.
I shall report every sprain, strain, ache and groin pull ;-)

Count me as a "non believer" when it comes to Kate shoveling ice off her entire driveway.
Well, wait a minute, if it means a limo can drive up to whisk her andSteve away, then I think it's entirely possible.

Sue_Buddy said...

Ex Nurse said... 59
Sue Buddy--sorry you had a tough weekend...
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Thanks. Ex Nurse. We all have surprise challenges that come along where we have to go into overdrive to get them taken care of. You know, like storms that take out all the trees along the looooong driveway, and being so sick you can't cook, and there's no pizza delivery anywhere near you...oh, wait. Those are Kate's versions of her sad and sorry life. Scratch that.

Anyway, we handle them and then move on, most of us without even thinking about tweeting for kudos for just getting through life on a daily basis. Jeeze, Kate's a pathetic soul. Her continual whining has finally gotten to me.
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getofftwitter said... 64
Sue-buddy: well said! I like that line: whining wuss! LOL!
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:) That's my very toned down description. LOL! It's funny. Last weekend I could have used a pizza delivery service, but I really DO live in a rural area and we really DO NOT have any food delivery services. And for me, getting on Twitter and making up a sob story to tweet out to the world wouldn't have made me feel the least bit better. How Kate's cultish fans can think anyone would be jealous of such a needy person is a mystery to me.

And you know what? Once you get the problem solved you feel good about it. And I bet none of us start thinking about the next sob story we can tweet so we can get filled up with temporary sympathy from total strangers, most of whom seem about 5 short of a six pack.

Sue_Buddy said...

Kate Gosselin ‏@Kateplusmy8 17h17 hours ago
Just purchased another 160 pounds of salt for my driveway.. Taking my season grand total to 560 pounds. Enough with winter now. #GOAWAY ❄️❄️

Mr. Pukey ‏@PhukingFaker3 25m25 minutes ago
@Kateplusmy8 Use some of the salt in ur pilfered recipes.
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LOL!

Blowing In The Wind said...

"Sorry if this offends anyone because I don't mean it to, but LP are becoming like the homosexuals."

This is beyond offensive. 'the homosexuals'? WTF?

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For what it's worth, I understood what she meant and I don't think she meant it to be offensive, but the analogy was a stretch, although thinking about it, it all goes back to being PC, expecting the same rights while simultaneously saying that you are different, but not really.

Does that make sense? I haven't had my coffee yet!

TLC stinks said...

ITA, the more the better with Cards Against Humanity. The first time I played it was with "8" cousins (all middle aged) after a few margaritas. Never laughed so hard. A friend told me they played with her 80 year old mother and she beat everyone with the best answers, LOL. I do have to wonder if she knew all the slang! Probably not which must have made it more funny.

Tucker's Mom said...

Admin, re: Go Curt- I've got a case of this coming your way ;-)

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

I really don't think the LP families we see on TV are necessarily representative of what the entire LP community wants. I don't see any big LP movement brewing making demands that would have any affect on most people.

It seems to me many of the LP who have been on TV don't all share the same agenda anyway. Some seem really demanding about accommodations, others want you to treat them exactly like a normal sized person.

Formerly Duped said...

Kate should see the snow we have! Why are things always the hardest, the worst, the most dramatic for her, while at the same time, the best, most #fun, awesome and thrilling ? Rhetorical question.

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

Kate doesn't know how "mild" she really has it. Moving to PA winters felt positively balmy. Try living on the Great Lakes and see how winter goes for ya. See how much WORK it is to keep up, both prep in the summer and dealing with the snow, ice and cold in the winter. I moved.

Karen Kaufman said...

Kate Gosselin ‏@Kateplusmy8 17h17 hours ago
Just purchased another 160 pounds of salt for my driveway.. Taking my season grand total to 560 pounds. Enough with winter now. #GOAWAY ❄️❄️

Mr. Pukey ‏@PhukingFaker3 25m25 minutes ago
@Kateplusmy8 Use some of the salt in ur pilfered recipes.
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LOL!

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Oh snap! Priceless.

localyocul said...

WHELP. Schmoopy has her work cut out for her today! Don't know about Berks but here in Chester Co we have at least 4 inches and it's supposed to snow all day.

Conspiracy theory: she IS planning on downsizing and plans to blamae it on all the work of property upkeep as a "struggling single mom" who "only" has a (thousands dollar) snowblower to clear her whole driveway. That driveway must be at least a quarter to half mile long.

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

Or maybe she will finally move.

One thing that surprises me is she hasn't moved to LA or NYC. Is she serious about being on TV or not, because it really helps to be in NY and LA if you are. She could get Jon out of her hair, go to Nobu every weekend and pretend to be a celebrity all in one full swoop.

Plus, that's at least another season of Kate Plus 8 to document the move. They'd bite.

Anonymous said...

localyocul said... 82
Conspiracy theory: she IS planning on downsizing and plans to blame it on all the work of property upkeep as a "struggling single mom" who "only" has a (thousands dollar) snowblower to clear her whole driveway. That driveway must be at least a quarter to half mile long.

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I like the way you think. That's a great observation.

PJ

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

If she's smart, she'd think of a new angle to pitch to TLC, like downsizing as suggested. If this show is to keep going with any kind of seriousness, they need a "storyline" to work with that goes a little deeper than eight kids walking all over their idiot mother. Downsizing would do the trick.

But, she ain't smart.

Mel said...

I agree that something's up with all the driveway tweets. Once again, she does nothing if not foreshadow. She is the epitome of devious. And lazy.

So if she's tweeting about driveway stuff, there's a reason.
And it's not because she's actually doing the work. We all know that ain't happenin'!

All the broken appliances, all the driveway stuff....she's setting up for something.

Mel said...

But, she ain't smart.

True. But she does read here, and we give her plenty of ideas! Lol!

Virginia Pen Mom said...

How Kate's cultish fans ....

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I read this as "cuttlefish fans," lol.

I googled cuttlefish, and they're known for the brown liquid they release when they'er alarmed. If THAT doesn't sound like the fans, I don't know what does!

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

She's up to something, but it could be something as simple as trying to get some local to feel sorry for her and give her free or heavily discounted snow removal. Maybe something fell through with whoever was doing it for her before, I seem to remember this is the first time she's gone on so much about doing it herself.

Surely she must know by now the freebie well ran dry for those in PA.

Formerly Duped said...

Don't forget to 'spring ahead' this weekend for those it applies to. So odd in the dead of winter, I almost forgot about it. I made a sticky note reminder lol. Very weird out- grey and still and ominous- ice coating on everything, a real skating rink. Should I salt the neighborhood?

Anonymous said...

Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 87
She's up to something, but it could be something as simple as trying to get some local to feel sorry for her and give her free or heavily discounted snow removal.

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In March? Yeah, that's about her speed. LOL

PJ

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

They could be in for at least a few more storms in March, March can be a wild month where the weather can't decide what season it is.

Plus, she's thinking ahead to next year too!

And, she's conniving, and knows at the end of the season you might be able to finagle a discount.

localyocul said...

You know by now, C and M can read her tweets. I wonder what they think about her lying and agendas

Sue_Buddy said...

I read this as "cuttlefish fans," lol.

I googled cuttlefish, and they're known for the brown liquid they release when they'er alarmed. If THAT doesn't sound like the fans, I don't know what does!
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So true! How funny.

TLC stinks said...

I don't ever see her downsizing. She loves being the BIG fish in a little pond. I think all the complaining serves several purposes: something to tweet about; grifting; setting up a TLC storyline about her managing on her own, which is a ridiculous premise since so many women do that every day without her resources. I think she is just desperate.

Besides, Jon would never agree to her moving the kids to another state.

localyocul said...

OK I was wrrong, according to google maps her driveway is about 350 feet which is only .07 miles. But still, it's the length of a freaking football field! That's ridiculous if she thinks we believe she shovled ice the length of a football field and the width of her driveway. There's also a separate drive, just as long, that leads to the barn!

Mel said...

I am always astounded at her mentality that she's a mom of 8 so she should get everything for free.

AuntieAnn said...

One thing that surprises me is she hasn't moved to LA or NYC. Is she serious about being on TV or not, because it really helps to be in NY and LA if you are.

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I wouldn't put it past her to have that in mind, but I don't think she realizes there is real talent in line ahead of her.

She'd end up like a blighted ovum in LA or NYC.

Sue_Buddy said...

localyocul said... 97
OK I was wrrong, according to google maps her driveway is about 350 feet which is only .07 miles. But still, it's the length of a freaking football field!
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Looks longer than a football field to me. (Sorry for length of URL but it works, on a computer anyway. I don't know about iPhones.)


https://www.google.com/search?q=kate+gosselin+house&espv=2&biw=1280&bih=631&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=8034VIPZAZWyoQSlz4CoCA&ved=0CCgQ7Ak#imgdii=_&imgrc=spWhb_tNyaEgFM%253A%3BpReVOsIb6jcZAM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fstatic.squarespace.com%252Fstatic%252F501bcb92e4b07cab1f9324ca%252F50224701e4b0eb2ec6985271%252F50224702e4b0eb2ec698545b%252F1246145160000%252F1000w%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.greaterreadingonline.com%252Fal-walentis%252F2009%252F6%252F27%252Flower-heidelberg-township-nazi-cop-tickets-motorists-who-so.html%3B591%3B332

Mel said...

There's also a separate drive, just as long, that leads to the barn!

Aha! That's the driveway she's talking about! It has to be clear so poor little Collin can get down there do feed the chickens.

Love how she implies that it's the main driveway.

Formerly Duped said...

I don't think she will downsize. Remember- the house is now too small for them? The recent renos courtesy of TLC that wouldn't suit most families? I think she's either grifting or doing something with her image re: the driveway. I think woe is me and people will try to 'help' her. Just like her 'flu.' People sent blessings, prayers, sympathy, advice ( and a few scathing remarks!)

AuntieAnn said...

TLC stinks said... 96

I don't ever see her downsizing. She loves being the BIG fish in a little pond.

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Yep. A big cuttlefish.

Tucker's Mom said...

Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 85
If she's smart, she'd think of a new angle to pitch to TLC, like downsizing as suggested. If this show is to keep going with any kind of seriousness, they need a "storyline" to work with that goes a little deeper than eight kids walking all over their idiot mother. Downsizing would do the trick.

But, she ain't smart.
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That ain't gonna work when Kate is on record complaining that a ~7000 square foot home is too small.
It would be a miserable bitch fest if Kate filmed moving into a mediocre domicile.

localyocul said...

Sue_Buddy said... 100
localyocul said... 97
OK I was wrrong, according to google maps her driveway is about 350 feet which is only .07 miles. But still, it's the length of a freaking football field!
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Looks longer than a football field to me. (Sorry for length of URL but it works, on a computer anyway. I don't know about iPhones.)


https://www.google.com/search?q=kate+gosselin+house&espv=2&biw=1280&bih=631&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=8034VIPZAZWyoQSlz4CoCA&ved=0CCgQ7Ak#imgdii=_&imgrc=spWhb_tNyaEgFM%253A%3BpReVOsIb6jcZAM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fstatic.squarespace.com%252Fstatic%252F501bcb92e4b07cab1f9324ca%252F50224701e4b0eb2ec6985271%252F50224702e4b0eb2ec698545b%252F1246145160000%252F1000w%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.greaterreadingonline.com%252Fal-walentis%252F2009%252F6%252F27%252Flower-heidelberg-township-nazi-cop-tickets-motorists-who-so.html%3B591%3B332

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There's a scale at the bottom right of the page (on a laptop). That's what I used.

Formerly Duped said...

Mel said... 101
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So they don't ride the John Deere? What a surprise.And I bet the boys are doing any salting,not her.

Anonymous said...

If she is surviving by "piecing and patching" in PA, how on earth could she survive in LA or NY?

bm

NJGal51 said...

I don't see TFW moving to either LA or NYC. Although she's got fuck you PA money, t
NY and LA are a whole other ball game and she'd run out of money in 6 months trying to maintain the same lifestyle.

Millicent said...

"Sorry if this offends anyone because I don't mean it to, but LP are becoming like the homosexuals."
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When a sentence begins with "Sorry if this offends anyone," you know the next words are going to be offensive and the writer is not sorry enough to stop, think again about the next words and perhaps consider they ought not to be written or spoken.

At the root, we are all humans, whether we are born a little person, a white person, a blind person, a homosexual person, a freckled person, or anything else. Most people want the same thing of life: to live in a safe place, to have a home we can call our own, a good education that results in a job that provides a decent living, to find love, and for many, to have children and raise them to be successful adults in their own right. I think that's true whether we're straight or gay, Latino, black, white, or any other race, religious or not, etc.

Anonymous said...

FYI:To all the posters here who apologize for long URLs, you can go to http://tinyurl.com/ and enter the long URL. What you'll get is a URL with only 26 characters.

PJ

redbirdsings said...

Yes, if those undersized boys for their age can pick up those big back of chicken feed bags, they won't have a problem picking up thousands of salt bags to salt her driveways with!

Could of had a blow up with the farmer that took care of her driveway. She has the money to hire someone locally to take care of all of what needs to be done. Or, she has had a blow up and now she can't get anyone to do it and is being blackballed.

See, if she would of been just a little nice to Jon? I think you can get one of those snow/ice scrapers things and put it on the front of the Gator? Jon would of come over and done it for her. And she could of done something nice for him.

But she is just to big of a cuttlefish in her little pond!

redbirdsings said...

The tweeter that told her to put the salt in the pilfered recipes?

LOL!!!

Aw! SO in love! heart heart heart! thumbs up, clap clap (tweeting like TFW! haha)

redbirdsings said...

I took the big google link to TFW's driveway and Tiny Url'd it!

http://tinyurl.com/lrqcpng

Jumping In said...

She needs to pitch something other than marking birthdays and bickering amongst the kids, it's just old. All the scenarios are the same; Kate dictates a concept for "fun", the kids poo-poo it, then go through the motions to appease their mother. Kate sees this as being vindicated then pats herself on the back while Mady and Cara give her eye rolls on the couch. This is the formula, throw in a destination so the dysfunction can be filmed with a different backdrop and there you have it. Done, and done!

If she has a hope of continuing along with more episodes there has to be a complete change in the dynamic. Who wants to watch more shows with an entitled, ungrateful bunch yell, hit and shove each other all while living the good life.

Sue_Buddy said...

Apart from a couple of non-fans making an occasional tweet, twitter is pretty quiet. The bots aren't even tweeting. Maybe Kate's managed to piss off even the fake tweeters.

Millicent said...

, although thinking about it, it all goes back to being PC, expecting the same rights while simultaneously saying that you are different, but not really.
*****
I sure don't want to turn this blog into a pie fight, but I do want to say that people should have the same basic rights, and not be discriminated against. For example, gay people want the right to marry a person they love, create a family together, a life together, and have the same rights as other married people. Why shouldn't that be?

Some decades ago, inter-racial marriages were against the law. It was believed that if two people were not of the same race, they should not have the right to marry. Now, most people (except hardcore bigots) agree that the color of a person's skin should not dictate who they can or cannot marry. To me, the same holds true when talking about two consenting adults. Why should it matter whether it's a man and a woman, or two women, or two men, who want to get married?

I just don't understand the concept that marriage should only be between one man and one woman. This also puts me in a little bind, because I do think marriage works best when it involves only two people; so I'm not comfortable with the idea of multiple wives. (And why is it always multiple wives, and not one woman with multiple husbands? Seriously, why?) So I am still on the fence about that issue!

Anyway, that's this woman's opinion on the matter.

Tucker's Mom said...

Jumping In said... 114
******
Agree- lather, rinse, repeat.
What are they going to film? Another ridiculously lavish birthday? Another lavish trip? Another renovation/addition that most people could never afford?
The entitlement and !% lifestyle is so in your face by now. Who wants to watch that family get yet more stuff?
All they do is take, take, take.

Formerly Duped said...

Who wants to watch more shows with an entitled, ungrateful bunch yell, hit and shove each other all while living the good life.
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Yes, that's exactly what the last two special runs were ( birthday and summer /fall) Why did Mady say 'no fun things?" Because nothing they were scripted to do appealed to her. And then none of the kids liked the carnival theme, any of Kate's ideas, aspects of the Maine trip, switching rooms, the pumpkin game etc. They do live the good life on TV but they seem a miserable bunch at home.There was a lot of animosity toward Kate from the girls and I think Joel who mocked her 'animals have no soul' speech.Who knows what poor Collin who strives to please really feels.

Rhymes with Witch said...

Who wants to watch more shows with an entitled, ungrateful bunch yell, hit and shove each other all while living the good life. 115

Unfortunately, about 1.5 million. Can't understand why though.
Re: salting the driveway (another inane thought, because I too don't believe she did so). It's another twittersode that she uses for filler when she's not being filmed.

Tucker's Mom said...

OT- Netflix is releasing a new sitcom from Tina Fey: The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.

I've yet to binge House of Cards. Still binging Mad Men.

Anonymous said...

Millicent said...

(And why is it always multiple wives, and not one woman with multiple husbands? Seriously, why?)

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I'm surprised anyone needs to ask that question. How many pairs of socks do you want to put in the hamper? How many toilet seats do you want to put down every day. How many times do you not want to stop and ask for directions? ;) LOL

PJ

Anonymous said...

P.S. No husbands were harmed in the making of that comment.

PJ

PA Dutch Mom said...

Could of had a blow up with the farmer that took care of her driveway. She has the money to hire someone locally to take care of all of what needs to be done. Or, she has had a blow up and now she can't get anyone to do it and is being blackballed.

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I doubt it. I don't think there was a blow up with anyone. She still has the lawn/maintenance people to mow. She obviously doesn't do that herself. Most lawn services also have a snow-plowing business in the winter. All she has to do is call them to plow, or tell them that she wants to be put on the winter plowing list.

Sitting here looking at about eight inches on the ground so far, possibly another two before it ends. Accuweather was calling for 2-4 inches. So much for Accuweather -- not so "accu" atter all.

PA Dutch Mom said...

OK I was wrrong, according to google maps her driveway is about 350 feet which is only .07 miles. But still, it's the length of a freaking football field! That's ridiculous if she thinks we believe she shovled ice the length of a football field and the width of her driveway. There's also a separate drive, just as long, that leads to the barn!

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Of course she didn't. That's what I don't understand -- why she lies like that. She must know that not all people are as dumb as the sheeple and there are locals who know that she's fibbing. We've seen the driveway and we know the weather conditions.

I also wonder if there really is something wrong in her head that she can't think logically and maybe that's why she connects with the sheeple. What is so difficult about knowing that if your driveway is covered with snow you hire someone to plow it? Yet, she makes everything so difficult for herself, and I'm not sure if it's because she wants praise from her fans or exactly what it is. The same is true when an appliance breaks. You google the name of a repairman and you get someone to fix it and make sure it's done right. Instead of being able to "think" to do that, she takes to Twitter, complains, asks for advice and then gets sympathy and praise if she does it herself.

BuggedLady said...

Who wants to watch more shows with an entitled, ungrateful bunch yell, hit and shove each other all while living the good life. 115
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Isn't that also the theme of a lot of the Housewife shows? I've not watched any of them but from ads, previews, recaps and the such that's what a lot of it appears to be. Not my cup of tea but apparently they do well since they keep making new shows of different cities. Really don't want to watch people flipping tables, having hair pulling fights, and such. And these are adults behaving badly.
As far as Kate shoveling a driveway, I thought she had a snow-blower. Why wouldn't see use that? Another reason not to live in that mcmansion of hers. Someone said the reason she'd moved into a house with so few bedrooms, I find it odd that so few places would not have more converted attics, as the house we lived in had 7 bedrooms as the attic had been converted into 3 bedrooms and a loft area.

Call Me Crazy said...

Thank you, Millicent!

Tucker's Mom said...

Kate thought the pumpkin game was brilliant- more of a brain fart if you ask me.
Stoooooopid and gratuitous for the cameras.

Snow day- amazing March snowfall and the only thing Kate tweets about is bitching and more bitching.
This is Winter Wonderland snow today- how about take a hike around the property with Shoka?
Make snowmen.
Have a snowball fight.
Sled.

Nada.

I have golabki (stuffed cabbage) braising, made whipped potatoes and need to get to work on the cuke salad (sour cream dressing) and braise the rest of the cabbage that I didn't use with brie!

I wish I could link to cell phone video of our walk with our dogs. Our 15-year old Beardie actually rolled around, belly up and ran up the street back to the house!

OMG, this is too funny. This news guy is reporting from the field, in the snow, and he got out of his car to clear the windows, and locked the keys in the car. His camera and equipment is running inside the car, so he's reporting through his driver's window, outside the car!
"Reporting from Rt. 202, someone come and help me!"
Poor guy- it's snowing like crazy and will continue for a couple more hours.
This has got to make a blooper reel somewhere!

PJ's momma said...

Tucker's mom, your comment here really made me think: The entitlement and !% lifestyle is so in your face by now. Who wants to watch that family get yet more stuff?
All they do is take, take, take.

You are so right. What do they GIVE? Kate said they were 'addicted to giving' after she dragged the kids to work at a food bank for filming. (And of course, the episode included her driving a race car in heels.) At least one kid was not comfortable participating in the gawk-fest that ensued. And what have they 'given' since then? They filmed a stupid garage sale, where she sold a bunch of stuff she got for free and then gave a 'portion of the proceeds' to a local charity. Big whoop.

I work at a food bank for real, and we would never encourage such a spectacle. In fact, kids really only volunteer when we are closed, for several reasons. For one, they are kids and it's hard to stay on such mundane tasks. But more importantly, it would not be OK if they saw anyone they knew coming through the shopping line with their parents. No way.

There's a famous musician (for her genre) who grew up and lives in our town. Her family were clients of the food bank when she was growing up. She had a fundraiser at her church, with the proceeds going to the food bank, a transitional housing facility nearby, and her church. This girl sells out big venues, and there she was, singing for free, mere feet away. It was incredible. And on a day we were closed for distribution, there she was in her grubbies, working with her church group, to weed and clean the property.

She also has a foundation, and one branch of it is to help girls learn self-defense. She created this foundation after a couple here were attacked and raped in their home, and one died. Participants attend the workshops for free. So she does fundraisers for her foundation too, private concerts at homes.

THAT is giving back - and she never mentions a word about it, or makes it about her. She just does it. She is to be commended, but she won't ever accept that. Kate, not so much.

AuntieAnn said...

7hKate Gosselin @Kateplusmy8
Let it Stop, Let it Stop, Let it Stop! #SnowAgain http://t.co/lzOsjPeQjk

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Whatza matter, Katie? You don't enjoy severe weather like you did back in the good ole #SuperFunSandy days?

If she's looking for sympathy she won't find it here.

dally forth said...

Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 84
Or maybe she will finally move.

One thing that surprises me is she hasn't moved to LA or NYC. Is she serious about being on TV or not, because it really helps to be in NY and LA if you are. She could get Jon out of her hair, go to Nobu every weekend and pretend to be a celebrity all in one full swoop.

Plus, that's at least another season of Kate Plus 8 to document the move. They'd bite.

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No way she could afford a house half of what she's got in PA or school tuition in an equal private school. Even taxes and gas would be a lot more. If she dumped the kids with Jon and got a job a month she could do it.

Karen Kaufman said...

Who wants to watch more shows with an entitled, ungrateful bunch yell, hit and shove each other all while living the good life. 115
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It is so not the good life. Miserable, Dickensian, abusive, neglectful, violent, incarcerated, deprived, competitive and joyless are words that come to mind.

fxy said...

Millicent 116....what does PC stand for?

PA Dutch Mom said...

As far as Kate shoveling a driveway, I thought she had a snow-blower. Why wouldn't see use that?

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Because you can't snow blow ice.

FlimsyFlamsy said...

I bet TFW is trying her best to come up with a "new angle" for her
family for a show. But what's chilling is that real human beings
are in the equation. We're not talking about bringing in Cousin
Oliver the last season of "The Brady Bunch," or Denise's
stepdaughter Olivia the last season of "Cosby." Gimmicks and
spin and angles are fine for scripted television, but I find it
disturbing that children are part of this game. For Pete's sake,
the G parents' divorce was chronicled as a "very special episode."
Then TLC crowed about the record-breaking ratings. Sick.

PatK said...

Don't know how many snow days the G kids have had, but I hope they are being noisy, boisterous and screechy and driving her up the wall.

Let's see, though...she probably is letting the girls cook/bake in her kitchen while the dirty boys have been banished to their far-away basement dungeon to do whatever it is they do. *flips and waves hands*

Rhymes with Witch said...

It is so not the good life. Miserable, Dickensian, abusive, neglectful, violent, incarcerated, deprived, competitive and joyless are words that come to mind. 131

I agree with you, but I took the original comment to refer to material things, same as the real housewives who apparently don't do much more than fight.

That said, I have never seen a worse killjoy than Katie Irene.

reader said...

Please don't publish, if you are tired of the whole Schilling affair.

From People magazine, "Gabby gave her dad – the 48-year-old ESPN Sunday night baseball analyst and former Boston Red Sox pitcher – the go-ahead to write the blog post in which he named the men who refused to abide by his requests to recant and stop harassing his daughter."

I read only 2 of the tweets. I won't repeat them here, Schilling has a screen shot of them on his twitter, March 1,

Curt Schilling @gehrig38 · Mar 1

@WhatsLIAMdoing @Cubb_E @beth_lee @richiereiss This tweet? Or the one on the left you favorited?

The screen shots are below. The comments don't come under the definition of vulgar, but rather they are violent and threatening, vile.
Personally for me they are the worst tweets I have ever seen.
An Curt gave them an opportunity to stop and retract. Well these young men are idiots. I too would pursue my rights under the law at that point. Addresses I don't know, with losers like this, (personal photos as avatars) that might be fanning the flames.
Of course I don't have the home security The Schillings most likely posses.
I would however pursue this legally. At first hearing the story I was thinking, young clowns, acting like idiots tweeting vulgar stupid things, this is not that. These were pretty hellacious threats. And then when you add to that, Curt tried to reason with them and they did not back down, I don't know, maybe this isn't their worst. Maybe they need to be investigated. If you select "tweets and replies" under @gehrig38 on twitter you can scroll through March 1st ant see the screenshots attached to Schillings' tweet I have referenced above.

Again, I overreacted at first thinking entitled professional ball player and his ego. My response was from the hip and at my age I should know better. I read the tweets and imagined me reading these about my young daughter, I could feel my heart pounding.
Curt Schilling pitched for the Philadelphia Phillies between 92 and 2000. While he lived in the region he was very involved in fund raising for the ALS foundation. He and his wife gave of their time and money generously. His twitter handle, @gehrig38 is in honor of Lou Gehrig.
He can be an outspoken blowhard.
When he returned to pitching after having had surgery on his ankle, he wrote "K ALS" on his shoe, for strikeout ALS.
I was talking with a friend this morning, who actually knows the Schillings, was a something more than an acquaintance when they resided in Pennsylvania.
I felt like a bit of a jerk making my judgment of his actions public.

Tucker's Mom said...

THAT is giving back - and she never mentions a word about it, or makes it about her. She just does it. She is to be commended, but she won't ever accept that. Kate, not so much.
*****
She sounds amazing.
I don't believe Kate does or gives much of anything for her community, or abroad.
The yard sale and donation to the animal shelter? That was for the purpose of filming, and frankly, she got the better end of the deal: got TLC's crew to help her schlep everything, set it up, organize it and haul whatever was leftover.
She donated money, and I'm sure kept some for herself, all from selling shit that she mostly got for free.
Color me not moved by her magnanimosity ;-)

Lanc Native said...

BuggedLady said, "Someone said the reason she'd moved into a house with so few bedrooms, I find it odd that so few places would not have more converted attics, as the house we lived in had 7 bedrooms as the attic had been converted into 3 bedrooms and a loft area."

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It's a newer house, and those usually aren't built with attics. It's the older homes that have the attics that can be converted, although you sometimes run into trouble with the heating/cooling system and duct work. Many times it's just not worth the expense.

When we built a home, the plans called for an area on the second floor above the garage for future bedrooms/bathroom that was specifically designed for that if we ever wanted to do so. The second floor would simply have been extended by way of a hall. We never did the construction, though. Kate's house wasn't designed that way because I would believe that the owners built the house exactly with the number of bedrooms they wanted, plus there is a garage apartment that could be used for additional sleeping space.

Sherry Baby said...

As far as Kate shoveling a driveway, I thought she had a snow-blower. Why wouldn't see use that? Another reason not to live in that mcmansion of hers.

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If you read post #68, Crazy described the weather conditions and explained that what fell was ice and freezing rain, not snow.

If she likes the house and the space, having to clear the driveway wouldn't be a reason not to live there. It's not rocket science to have someone come in and clear the driveway. She wanted it; she got it, and probably figured that Jon would be there to take care of snow removal. It didn't work out that way.

redbirdsings said...

Pa Dutch mom, that is good that there is no blow up. We know how she lies and it is just another lie fest.

I laughed SO HARD at your comment about You can't slow blow ice!

Dag nabbit, that was funny!

Sherry Baby said...

fxy said... 132
Millicent 116....what does PC stand for?

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I'm not Millicent, but since I'm here, I can answer that for you. PC means "politically correct."

Tucker's Mom said...

She wanted it; she got it, and probably figured that Jon would be there to take care of snow removal. It didn't work out that way.
******
I think Kate counted on TLC to maintain that estate/film set.

Kirkland said...

Regarding plural marriages, I have no problem if it's legal.

Right now, people who believe in plural marriages (Sister Wives?) go ahead and do it anyway. The problem is they are not legally married. Except for the first wife of course. If plural marriages were legal, it would protect all the wives. Plus it would hold the husband legally responsible.

I know wives of plural marriages often apply for welfare assistance based on the premise they are single mothers. If filing as a married mother, the husband would have to be part of that filing.

I've read Kody Brown and his "wives" have filed for bankruptcy many times. Whether true or not, being legally married would make this more diffucult. It would not be possible for a wife to file for bankruptcy, then another wife, and so on.

And Meri wouldn't have had to divorce Kody so he could marry Robyn. So much drama! haha

foxy said...

Sherry Baby 142.......Thank you. I ponder on these initials at times and often cannot figure them out.

I will blame it on Olaf and all this frozen rain and snow.

Tucker's Mom said...

Stacie Wichman-Roch ‏@staciewichmanro 2m2 minutes ago
@Kateplusmy8 can u tell me how you roast the tenderloin?
*****
Dear Lawd, these sheep are helpless.
Don't ask Kate- I'm sure she cooks it into sawdust.

PA Dutch Mom said...

Kate Gosselin @Kateplusmy8
Used my snow blower to clear our foot of snow, then came in and began roasting 2 pork tenderloins and sides for dinner #AllRoles #NeverEnds

She doesn't say that SHE used the snow blower or had any help. Maybe somebody used HER snow blower.

Sandie responded...

Sandie ‏@SandieBellz 6m6 minutes ago
@Kateplusmy8 It's not just physically exhausting but mentally as well. I can empathize with you.

This is EXACTLY why she can never give up Twitter. She needs the reassurance from her tweeties that she is a super mom who does everything. The pathetic thing is that they believe her.

A foot of snow? Hmmmm...I was listening to the official local totals, and Berks had between 7 and 9 inches. I didn't hear a "foot" mentioned anywhere in her area, but who knows?

#All roles. Give it up, Kate. Everyone knows that YOU do everything alone, all by yourself, including shoveling a football size driveway. Yeah, right. Tell us another one.

Anonymous said...

Just heard that Harrison Ford crashed his plane on a golf course.

http://www.tmz.com/2015/03/05/harrison-ford-plane-crash-landing-golf-course-santa-monica/

PJ

PatK said...

Kate Gosselin‏@Kateplusmy8·32 mins32 minutes ago
Used my snow blower to clear our foot of snow, then came in and began roasting 2 pork tenderloins and sides for dinner #AllRoles #NeverEnds

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She is woman, hear her roar! Snowblowed a FOOT of snow AND roasted two tenderloins for dinner!

There's an episode right there! Surprised she didn't put @TLC in her tweet.

PA Dutch Mom said...

Stacie Wichman-Roch ‏@staciewichmanro 13m13 minutes ago
@Kateplusmy8 can u tell me how you roast the tenderloin?

lol!!! When Kate mentioned pork, I knew this was coming!

Well, duh, you fire up the outside grill, stand on the patio in your foot of snow and roast the darn thing!

Tucker's Mom said...

I shoveled and cleared the cars twice today, AND made a huge dinner.
I shall await your praise and adoration.
You may start now ;-)

Tucker's Mom said...

All of Kate's sheep follow suit and complain about the cold and snow. None of them has the guts to tweet Kate about how beautiful the snow was today, or how nice it was to get a day to spend with the family, or how they love playing outside or going for a walk in it.
Nope. They all have to act as mopey as Kate.

#DebbieDowner

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

Oh my gosh Tucker my first thought was how beautiful that snow is! Not to downplay how hard winter is back east it's can be very hard. But there are also wonderful things about it like how incredible our planet is there I'm sorry she can never see that. With winter comes beautiful springs and falls. We don't really get that here and I really miss it.

Mel said...

Well I cleared the snow off the roof. With the snowblower.

And then harvested the wheat to make my own bread. And butchered the pig for supper meat. And milked the cow so I could make my own organic butter. After supper I will spin the organic cotton I picked yesterday into fabric for their clothes I am sewing tomorrow. Then I will tan the cow hide so I can make some shoes the next day. Right after I haul water up from the well, and chop some firewood for the furnace.

Tucker's Mom said...

Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 153
Oh my gosh Tucker my first thought was how beautiful that snow is! Not to downplay how hard winter is back east it's can be very hard. But there are also wonderful things about it like how incredible our planet is there I'm sorry she can never see that. With winter comes beautiful springs and falls. We don't really get that here and I really miss it.
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Today's snow was just awesome on so many levels.
It snowed most of the day, so watching it from inside, all warm, and cooking, was so enjoyable.
We generally don't get those all day events, so this was special.

I think we can expect all schools and probably the governments to be closed tomorrow, too.

Over And Out said...

I shoveled and cleared the cars twice today, AND made a huge dinner.
I shall await your praise and adoration.
You may start now ;-)

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You are both awesome and amazing. What did you make for dinner, and did you roast it, fry it, crockpot it, or what? Recipe, please! If you used a crockpot, did you set it on low, medium or high, and for how long? Do you eat it right out of the pot, or do you let it cool off a bit? Was the lid on or off?

I didn't shovel or blow yet. I'm hoping that the blowing fairy will come by and take care of it.

Over And Out said...

She is woman, hear her roar! Snowblowed a FOOT of snow AND roasted two tenderloins for dinner!

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Picture, please?

Tucker's Mom said...

You are both awesome and amazing. What did you make for dinner, and did you roast it, fry it, crockpot it, or what? Recipe, please! If you used a crockpot, did you set it on low, medium or high, and for how long? Do you eat it right out of the pot, or do you let it cool off a bit? Was the lid on or off?
******
Thank you for giving me the adoration I so desperately crave!
#doingitall

Dmasy said...

fxy (and all others who sometimes get stumped by acronyms), here is a comprehensive list of definitions.

http://www.netlingo.com/acronyms.php

Hope it helps.

FlimsyFlamsy said...

Sorry, TFW - you don't get to brag about "#AllRoles" because you
don't have a job. Do those things after a full day of work -- like I bet much of your Twitter "family" did -- and we'll see about nominating
you for a Nobel prize.

There used to be a commercial for some headache remedy where
the father talked about a hard day with his kids, and he said, "You're
a dad. That's your job." How TFW makes doing the bare minimum
for her children -- feeding them-- into some sort of accomplishment
worthy of adulation is pathetic.

AuntieAnn said...

Mel said... 154

Well I cleared the snow off the roof. With the snowblower.

And then harvested the wheat to make my own bread. And butchered the pig for supper meat...

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LOL!!! Mel. Hilarious!!

Tucker's Mom said...

Kate, does your oven slice the pork tenderloin?

Over And Out said...

CarleneMarie ‏@CarleneMarie_1 2h2 hours ago
@Kateplusmy8 oh yum! Sounds delish! Thank goodness for snow blowers...that is one long driveway to shovel otherwise!

Are these sheep really this darn dumb? Yes, it's a long driveway but aren't any of them capable of logical thinking? If you have so much to shovel or snowblow, you get someone to help you. I just don't understand that they can't see this. What incredible stupidity. I wonder if someone like this really can't figure out that Kate doesn't have to do this, but they are afraid to offend her in some way, and therefore be blocked. I find it difficult to believe that all of them are intellectually-challenged.

The only reason I am reading her TL tonight is to find out how to roast a pork loin.

reader said...

Kate is selfish, and her selfishness is being suffocated by the increasing needs and demands of growing children and her very large property.
She isn't very bright; when she planned all of this had she really not taken into consideration the demands, the "what-ifs?"
I am done wasting my energy, my thoughts, on this stunod. My concern and criticism has done nothing to change the lives of Jon or the children.
Kate will continue with her self -promotion and self-pity.
I think her career (cough) if alive at all, only survives due to the negativity she creates. Is it twitter critics and posts on tabloids keeping her relevant? Am I helping to keep her relevant?
I'm done.

AuntieAnn said...

Kate Gosselin @Kateplusmy8
Used my snow blower to clear our foot of snow, then came in and began roasting 2 pork tenderloins and sides for dinner #AllRoles #NeverEnds


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She probably pushed the snowblower one foot. And then gave up and called Henry.

Over And Out said...

Tucker's Mom said... 162
Kate, does your oven slice the pork tenderloin?

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LOL! We're not sure she uses an oven to roast it. She never answered! If it's tied with string, do you remove the string before you eat it, or keep the string tied and just pick around it on your plate?

Do you freeze the leftovers, or make sandwiches for the kids' lunch? Is it sliced thick or thin? Mayonnaise or mustard?

Over And Out said...

And then harvested the wheat to make my own bread. And butchered the pig for supper meat...

**************

Did you remove the head or did Henry do it? Do you have a recipe for pickled pig's feet? I have to know.

Tucker's Mom said...

Jessica Maguire ‏@scituate500 2m2 minutes ago
@Kateplusmy8 if you were at the bowling alley Jon was DJ'ing at last weekend... What one song could he play to win you back?
*******
Elton John's "The Bitch Is Back"?
ELO's "Evil Woman"?

Jumping In said...

I saved an article I read in this Saturday Evening Post published in 1998. The piece was written by Andrea Neal, and the title is "Time Spent Agonizing Over Money" She quotes Kahlil Gibran who said, "The fear of need when the pantry is full, is the thirst that is unquenchable".

Kate never seems to have a moment of gratitude or peace, it is all drudgery, snow blowing and heaps of salt. Looking at her picture of the snow was meant to evoke sympathy, but showed beauty, it's just a shame she will never, ever see it.

She may have a big bank account, but where is the contentment in knowing she has the resources to cope with what life throws her way?





fidosmommy said...

What? Shoveling ice and snowblowing aren't on the kids' Chore Charts?
Color me shocked.

Sherry Baby said...

Mel, when you use the snow blower on the roof, do you put chains on the tires?

Sue_Buddy said...

Over And Out said... 163
Are these sheep really this darn dumb? Yes, it's a long driveway but aren't any of them capable of logical thinking? If you have so much to shovel or snowblow, you get someone to help you.
:::::

I expect Kate will be tweeting this spring that she had to tar her whole driveway herself, due to heavy snow damage over the winter:

"Tarred my whole driveway this morning then hid our traditional 4,500 Easter eggs, roasted a leg of lamb and a ham shank, yams and potatoes and fresh asparagus from the garden I tend on an hourly basis every day. #HardWorkingMomof8"

Susie Cincinnati said...

OT...

I was reading the account of Harrison Ford's plane crash. Why is it so difficult for the writer of a news article to construct a simple sentence? The following is from an update on the crash:

"His flying made headlines in 2001 when he rescued a missing Boy Scout on his helicopter."

Was the Boy Scout sitting on top of a chopper and couldn't get down?

I don't think it should have been too challenging to write the following: "His flying made headlines in 2001 when Harrison, piloting a helicopter, rescued a Boy Scout who was lost in Yellowstone National Park."

Am I being picky? Is proofreading too much to expect from a writer?

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...


Kate never seems to have a moment of gratitude or peace, it is all drudgery, snow blowing and heaps of salt. Looking at her picture of the snow was meant to evoke sympathy, but showed beauty, it's just a shame she will never, ever see it.


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Yes, very well said and it's hard not to notice.

Has she ever tried this hashtag? #blessed

I think at heart she is a glass half empty person. She tries to be something she is not but she can't help who she really is.

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

Well speaking of how pretty snow can be, here is one of the most beautiful photos I've seen of it:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/thunander/4319930689/

I hope you don't have to sign into flickr to see it.

Sleepless In Seattle said...

This one looks like Kate's type. I wonder if he's available!

TrainDoodle ‏@NoGoS 16m16 minutes ago
@finndango you can bash @Kateplusmy8 all you like you will never have as much work ethic in your little toe as her.

Would that be Kate's broken toe?

Sleepless In Seattle said...

Off topic for Joy...
https://www.yahoo.com/tv/s/report-bachelors-chris-soules-joining-dancing-stars-153237402.html

Sue_Buddy said...

Susie Cincinnati said... 173
Am I being picky? Is proofreading too much to expect from a writer?
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I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who expects professionalism from news reporters. I constantly come across news articles that are so poorly written that I wonder if the reporters ever got past 8th grade. I guess speed in getting the story out is more important these days than writing a properly constructed sentence. Proper grammar has fallen by the wayside with computers/internet/24 hour news coverage, etc. It's more like get it out there fast. Don't worry about proofreading, grammar or even if it makes sense. Just get it out fast.

capecodmama said...

We had another foot of snow fall today and though I've had my fill of it, I never tire of it's beauty.

PJ's momma said...

Last summer, I visited a friend near Kate and she took me to see the house. (One of the boys was working outside, hauling brush in a wagon, and Shoka was with him.) It is an absolutely beautiful property, in an absolutely beautiful area of an absolutely beautiful community. I had never been to that part of the country and was really struck by how beautiful it is. I had no idea.
And all she does is complain.

Sleepless In Seattle said...

I expect Kate will be tweeting this spring that she had to tar her whole driveway herself, due to heavy snow damage over the winter:

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Well, at least we didn't have to hear about the loss of all the trees in her driveway and that she had to purchase new ones, rent a truck to drag them home, plant all 50 of them by herself and stake them up.

Sleepless In Seattle said...

Stacie Wichman-Roch ‏@staciewichmanro 13m13 minutes ago
@Kateplusmy8 can u tell me how you roast the tenderloin?

Was this tweeter serious, or was it snark?

Call Me Crazy said...

Tucker's Mom said... 151

I shoveled and cleared the cars twice today, AND made a huge dinner.
I shall await your praise and adoration.
You may start now ;-)
_________________________________

Wow, TM! You are amazing! You are beyond amazing!! I bow down to your amazingness!! Thank you for giving us the opportunity to worship at the feet of your amazingishness!!

Anonymous said...

Burning question: what were the sides? Unless her pork tenderloins are larger than the ones in my market, 2 hardly seems enough for 9 people, ok 8 since one of the twins is eating veggie these days. No lunch leftover there.

OrangeCrusher

readerlady said...

Susie Cincinnati and Sue_Buddy -- That sentence made me grit my teeth. Sadly, many schools no longer teach grammar. I had occasion to read a high school newspaper about a year ago. It was full of "writing" like that. I fear for the next generation.

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

I think what's happening with news stories might not be so much that a writer doesn't know or understand how to write but rather that they are under a lot of pressure to get the story in fast. It used to be stories had to be turned in by a set time, if I recall at the newspaper I worked at it was maybe 6 p.m., and then 8 p.m. for any exceptions/last calls. I don't know that that's the case anymore, they just want the story in NOW, so they can get it online before somebody else does. If that's 10 a.m. or 3 p.m. or 2 am, doesn't matter just get it in. Journalists are also all encouraged to tweet and use instant media as much as possible.

The thing is, even a good writer is going to make a few mistakes if they are writing something fast. But a news organization would rather have it IN than have it spend two hours in some copy editor's bin getting beautified. I get it.

I've seen mistakes in even major news organizations' stories. They will often fix them within an hour or two of posting. So they understand what a mistake is, they just decided to post it before fixing it.

I guess bottom line I wouldn't assume our grammar has gone to shit necessarily. If the New York Times had to turn their stories from the 60s and 70s in as soon as possible instead of by 8pm, they'd be full of mistakes too. The problem is it probably WILL go to shit eventually once the instantaneous thing catches up to everybody.

Rearranging the Deck Chairs on the Titanic said...

To Tucker's Mom (151): We're not worthy. We're not worthy.

Call Me Crazy said...

Stacie Wichman-Roch ‏@staciewichmanro 2m2 minutes ago @Kateplusmy8 can u tell me how you roast the tenderloin?
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My, my, Stacie. That is an awfully personal question. How Kate "roasts the tenderloin" is nobody's business but her own . . . and Steve's.

Sue_Buddy said...

Admin, I recently finished reading, for the second time, the memoirs of James Reston. He started with the NY Times, was hired the day England got into WWII. He was with the Times for 50 years,working in the Washington Bureau ending up as the Executive Editor. Back then their deadlines were as pressure-filled as deadlines are today for other reasons. Newspapers were extremely concerned with accuracy and, of course, liability issues. Reston, writing political columns, had to meet certain criteria or the stories would not be published. Editing was a big deal. It's a great book and insight into what went on in the newspaper publishing business in the "old days." Accuracy, content and proper grammar were tantamount. Typos, of course, happen. That's not what I'm talking about.

My opinion only, with the advent of blogs, and the public's expectation of immediate news 24/7 many newspapers and the professionalism and ethics involved, have gone out the window.

"I want it and I want it now" is the cry of the younger generations. That comes with a price. However, I doubt many these days are concerned with grammar, and all it encompasses.

Sue_Buddy said...

readerlady said... 185
Susie Cincinnati and Sue_Buddy -- That sentence made me grit my teeth. Sadly, many schools no longer teach grammar. I had occasion to read a high school newspaper about a year ago. It was full of "writing" like that. I fear for the next generation.
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It's a shame, but I'd bet you most young people would tell you what difference does grammar make just as long as we get the drift of what they're saying. LOL

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

That sounds like a really interesting book!

I get that they always had deadlines but the reason those deadlines were in place back then was so that a story could go through 3 hours with the copy editors, THEN go to print. THAT time is what we are missing today. They've skipped that or significantly reduced it, print the story and edit it later if they see anything. A story would never sit three hours with the copyeditors these days. The instantaneous nature does not allow it.

The way we did it in the dark ages, hehe, was the stories would all filter in to sort of a communal "inbox" that all us copyeditors had access to. They'd be unedited. We'd go through, edit them, both for mistakes and to fact check and to comfort to our "style" (for instance does the paper say 1 p.m., 1pm, 1PM, or 'one o'clock in the afternoon'? We always were consistent) and send them to the next ranking person, and finally it was sent to our supervisor who did a final check of them. A story could sit in that box for hours and go through three people, even four or five sometimes. Then it would be set by the printers in the wee hours. It would not see the light of day until about 4 am the next day, when it was written at 4 p.m. the day before.

Today, a story written at 4 pm would be posted on the web site at 4:10 with someone tweeting about it at 4:11. It's just totally different!

In fact where I worked, a few years after I left to further my education, the whole copy desk got fired. They didn't use them anymore. I would have lost my job. I do have to say copyeditors take things extremely seriously, many are obsessive compulsive, and most dismayed that they have been phased out. But then, what good is a copy editor getting a story perfect if you're the last one to have it posted and then nobody ever wants to go to you for news.

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

By the way I knew many journalists who were pretty bad with the technicalities of writing. Almost above it in some way, thinking that's the copywriters' job. I wrote the brilliant prose, you do the dirty work of making it printable.

So, poor writers have always been around. Some people are just not very good with the technical part of writing no matter how well you teach them. Like how some people aren't good with math.

JoyinVirginia said...

Sleepless, THANK YOU for the info on the last "mystery" sets Contestant. Who called it that it would be the bachelor?
Only one question, if he it's on dwts, who is going to plow his fields? you can interpret that one any way you like!

Sue_Buddy said...

It is a great book, Admin. He was in London during the Blitz and all the NY Times reporters were holed up in the Savoy putting out their stories. And many of them had to coded for the sake of secrecy.

He met and interviewed 10 presidents and scores of cabinet members, diplomats, etc. and traveled the world.

I feel safe in saying you won't find any James Restons in the world of blogging, and instant news reporting.

Math Girl said...

Sleepless In Seattle said... 181

Well, at least we didn't have to hear about the loss of all the trees in her driveway and that she had to purchase new ones, rent a truck to drag them home, plant all 50 of them by herself and stake them up.
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Winter isn't over yet...

Tucker's Mom said...

Rearranging the Deck Chairs on the Titanic said... 187
To Tucker's Mom (151): We're not worthy. We're not worthy.
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Thank you for helping to fill my Narc Tank!
Now, off to shovel and clear the cars again! Will return to bitch, moan and complain before I go back to bed!
Please have your accolades at the ready!!!

Anonymous said...

I agree with Sue_Buddy about the quality of the journalism. The sad part, for me, is that most young people reading it wouldn't notice how poorly it was written. I don't think people read good writing as much as they should to recognise the difference.

Admin, although that photo is lovely, it makes me tired just looking at it. I've been walking my dogs in much deeper snow all winter and it's a battle.

For those who enjoy beautiful photos, here is a link to the International Garden Photographer of the Year finalists and winners.

http://tinyurl.com/nmfrdrn

PJ

Anonymous said...

Maybe if sKate went back to school and got her Ph, with or without the D, she wouldn't have to shovel her 8, count 'em, 8 mile long driveway.

She also wouldn't have to rent a room in her basement to Brad Pitt.

PJ

TLC stinks said...

There it is: #ALLROLES. She wants to be the queen of divorced women who has to do it all. Well, I am married and I still do it all. And I do not mind because I am independent and if something happened to my husband, I'll do just fine and not complain. And unlike the Queen, I don't hire or grift helpers then lie about it.

And that picture of the snow on her property was indeed beautiful, but Kate does not see the beauty, only that she is stuck in the house with her kids. I love the quiet after a snow and how it glistens like millions of diamonds. What a negative person she is! Oh, but she tweets about positivity, LOL, and so does her minion, Milo.

FlimsyFlamsy said...

Tucker's Mom, I'm sorry to say you will not be getting accolades
from me, for one simple reason: you do NOT have 8 kids!
How in the world can you conceive (no IVF pun intended)
of the mind-numbing stress and exhaustion that comes with
preparing dinner for 9 people?! Why, thinking up the side
dishes alone would be to enough to send a mere mortal
woman running and screaming from the room. But then
to strap on an apron, sigh, and tackle this herculean task?
In a kitchen with only 2 dishwashers, 4 freezers, and 23
bottles of maple syrup?

Even if you could do make dinner for 9 (and, let's be clear, I'm
not saying you could), would you get a rating of 10 from every
person at the table? Would they squeal with delight?

Happy Friday to all!

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