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The past couple of Mondays we’ve had some wild weather here in South Carolina. Last week we had heavy rains and tornado watches and I had to be at work, So I told Carlos to leave the weather reports on and if it gets bad and a tornado is close he needs to gathers the cats, his phone and charger, and some water and get into our master bedroom closet which is at the center of the house.

Luckily all we got was heavy rain and some high winds but no tornadoes in South Carolina.

This past Monday we got the same story but I was off work this week. Still, I reminded Carlos … cats, phone, water, closet. And we barely got a drizzle of rain and no really high winds.

Yesterday morning, I’m getting ready for work and I hear a siren go off in the distant, a long, sustained moan. I race from the back of the house out to the living shouting “Cats! Phone! Water!!” and find Carlos putting down his trumpet and looking around in shock.

That damn trump gave me tornado siren vibes and so I punished Carlos by putting him in the closet with the cats and NO phone. That’ll teach him!

The Great Tuxedo still has a lot left to say and he still has a place to say it.

Kathie Lee Gifford has said she doesn’t  like the LGBTQIA+ community using too many letters in its title:

“I don’t even know how many letters there are now. They’ve really got to stop with that.”

Listen,. Grandma, I don’t need some self-identifying straight white Christian woman telling me or anyone else in my community how we can or can, should or shouldn’t identify.

Gifford claims to have more gay friends that straight friends but then she sure loves to tell us how to live our lives.

Siddown.

JD Vance took time out from making sweet love to a love seat to tell us that the rising gas prices because of the war in Iran are, yes, Joe Biden’s fault:

“All of this conversation happens where Joe Biden left us in a terrible situation, and the reason why gas prices are where they are today is because of [Cankles’] work to get them lower, because the Biden administration, they were crazy high.”

So let me get this straight: When gas prices go up under Cankles, it’s Biden’s fault and when they go down under Cankles it’s his genius?

Anyone wanna tell Couchfucker that Biden has been out of office for fifteen months and gas prices went up just last week.

At the Oscars Jimmy Kimmel’s joke about Melanie’s “documentary” sent the regime into a tizzy attacking Kimmel’s family after he said:

"There are also documentaries where you walk around the White House trying on shoes."

Within hours, White House Communications Director Steven Cheung posted a rant:

“[Kimmel] is a classless hack who is self-projecting his depression and sadness onto others. [He] lives a pathetic existence where nobody, not even his family, enjoys his miserable company."

That's the official White House communications director … posting that … from his government account … about a shoe joke.

We’re at war and this has the regime pissed off.

Speaking of Cankles’ War, he asked several countries to send war ships to the Strait of Hormuz and, well, it didn’t go as he’d hoped:

France said No! China didn’t pick up the phone. The United kingdom said it was “discussing its options” but made no commitment. Japan also didn’t respond. South Korea declined. Germany said Nein. Norway basically laughed and went back to living their good life.

Still, this nonsense begs the question: why does Cankles need help in a war that he said he's already won?

Chief Justice John Roberts defended the Supreme Court against a barrage of attacks that Cankles unleashed against the court for striking down the core of his pivotal tariff policy:

“Personally directed hostility is dangerous and it’s got to stop.”

Hey Johnny, correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t you rightwingnuts on the court give him free rein to do what he wanted? And then he did it and you voted against it and now he’s mad?

He’s a monster criminal grifter rapist that the Supreme Court created so check yourself in a mirror asshat, this is on you.

Now, after all this serious stuff, let’s have a laugh … Melanie spoke at a Women’s History month gathering and said this:

“As a visionary, I know success is not born overnight, but rather, takes shape after a long, and sometimes challenging process. Often alone at the top, I follow my passion, listen to my instinct, and always maintain a laser focus. In solitude, my creative mind dances—filling my imagination with originality. Attention to detail, demanding schedules, and multi-tasking are everyday realities when building towards success. This principle resonates across all my roles: as a mother, humanitarian, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. As well as with my new film, where I shaped its creative direction, served as producer, managed post-production, and activated the marketing campaign. Curiosity is a core value that keeps me ahead of the curve. Curiosity begets knowledge, opening doors to ideas and industries that I may have otherwise overlooked. This unrestricted mindset has led me to build across very different sectors: fashion, digital assets, publishing, accessories, skincare, commercial television, and of course, filmmaking.”

Clearly narcissism and delusion are family traits.

Pau Ramis is a Spanish model  with blue-green eyes and who stands at 6’2” which is all very nice, but Would You Hit It?

Architecture Wednesday: House of Balconies

You’ll almost feel as though you’ve stepped back in time when you enter this home in the Lafayette hills, a phenomenal split-level five-bedroom, three-bathroom luxury home built by renowned Mid-Century Modern architect Robert Klemmedson in 1959. This quintessential Mad Men-era masterpiece has been carefully restored to its modernist glory and is hitting the market for the first time in 60 years.

Known as “The House of Balconies” by when it was built, the home boasts soaring vaulted ceilings and expansive walls of floor-to-ceiling windows and multitude of decks and balconies that frame dramatic views of Mt. Diablo and vineyards dotting distant Lafayette hillsides.

The 3,170-square-foot house sits on a very private half-acre surrounded by mature oak, pine, and bay trees and features original slate floors with radiant heat, mahogany paneled walls, a sunken conversation pit next to a two-sided copper fireplace for sipping martinis, exposed beam ceilings, and multiple sliding glass doors that open onto decks and patio surrounding the pool.

Klemmedson’s architecture celebrates our connection to nature and geography; in this home he married indoor and outdoor spaces by extending a limestone wall from the Zen-like entryway into the living room’s stunning floor-to-ceiling stone wall and out again towards the backyard pool.

Known for his creative use of space, Klemmedson cantilevered the primary bedroom dramatically over the living room, creating a romantic interior balcony. This spacious suite includes a dressing room and serene bathroom with a sunken step-in shower, emerald fired tile, and lush views through vast windows and opens to a curved redwood deck with stairs leading down to the pool.

The home’s other bedrooms occupy a separate wing with its own staircase and cantilevered landing. Below this family bedroom wing, you'll find the den, game room/study, and bright laundry room.

The kitchen is substantially larger than many kitchens of the era and has been updated with high-end appliances, stone counters, and cabinetry. Designer features were added for today’s homeowners who love entertaining, including a peninsula bar with seating, a copper sink, wine refrigerator and a kitchen-to-patio pass-through is fitted with folding glass windows.

The backyard oasis also boasts a gas firepit, freshly laid lawn, the pool and those views and can be yours for a hair under $3M.

Dwell

Oscar Fashion ... From Teyana to Timothée

Okay, so here are my thoughts ... my thoughts ... on the Hots and Nots and Just Plain Awfuls at the Oscars.

What did you think?

VERY BEST

Teyana Taylor is what looked like fur but turned out to be feathers or fringe. No one else looked quite as regal or edgy or fun.

BEST  

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Ava DuVernay took wing in this glamourous gown in midnight blue. Those shoulder wings looked like she was about to take flight.

Nicole Kidman in pale pink feathers and jewels looked the very essence of Pretty in Pink. The feathered peplum and the feathered fringe fluttered as she walked, or glided, down the

Wunmi Mosaku was nine months pregnant at the Oscars and she glowed in this green jeweled dress; pure elegance.

Rose Byrne brought the class to the carpet in this simple flowered gown with minimal jewelry and a simple hair style; as any Oscar nominee should.

GOOD 

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Amy Madigan looked fun and playful in this fringed jacket and she had every right; her last Oscar nomination was forty years ago!

Audry Nuna looked regal in this gold-plated, full skirted dress; she played almost evil looking and rocked it.

Emma Stone always looks really good, if not sometimes very simple; this is a classy, elegant look without all the bells and whistles of some other women.

Kathy Bates proved you can be a woman of a certain age and look utterly gorgeous; from the hair to the neckline to the jeweled bodice and the full skirt she was a queen.

Renate Reinsve is Simply Red; at first I was annoyed because I was getting red sheet wrapped around the body, but the more I saw it, I loved the simplicity in the sea of ball gowns and feathers and sequins.

Jessie Buckley floated down the carpet and up the stairs to collect her Oscar; I loved the red banded top and the flowing pink skirt.

Demi Moore is the yin to Nicole’s yang; I loved the feathers but hated the feathers nearly covered her recently constructed 2026 face.

Chase Infiniti is someone I don’t know but I love the lilac ruffles falling from her side. I like her hair, but maybe something different for this dress.

MEH 

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Anne Hathaway looks like she was pulling a Rose Byrne dress but on sale; too many flowers cheap and the look and the black gloves? Seriously.

Bella Thorne was giving 60’s Ann-Margaret—Google her kids—but the gown looked old on her; she should have gone more youthful and fun.

GOOP in a stiff column dress to match her stiff face; I have never seen a more dour look at the Oscars, especially in white.

Melissa McCarthy has been looking fabulous lately and this sequined number did the trick; but then why wear a long-sleeved black T underneath it?

Priyanka Chopra-Jonas is a mess; the bodice seemed ill-fitting and kind of lumpy and the skirt looks like it belongs to another dress. But the black shoes? Oh Hell No.

Ginnifer Goodwin gives me grieving widow in the dress combined with Let’s ride the slide childishness of the hair. Mismatch.

Felicity Jones got swallowed up in this yellow mess; it gives her now shape and there seemed to be far too many embellishments and  flounces and ruffles.

Ejae is someone I don’t know and I liked this dress at first, but when I saw this picture the sash around her waist made it appear as if she was wearing a white knee-length slip underneath it and now I cannot unsee it.

BAD 

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Barbie Ferreira in a ball gown. A.Ball.Gown. I thought they were over, especially in that 80s blue, and yet what made it even worse was, as she posed on the carpet she kept bending over to display The Girls. Nope, we don’t do that here.

Elle Fanning in a ball gown too, though she always wears the Cinderella fantasy look and it’s getting old and so is Elle, Bring some edge, girl  before you’re the seventy-year-old actress in Disney Princess drag.

Sigourney Weaver should take notes from Kathy Bates; women of a certain age don’t need to be completely covered up in sequined sofa fabrics unless she’s making a play for JD Vance?

Kristin Wiig is either way too avant-garde or way too simple, or way too drab. Drab won this year with a tank top and a floor-length hostess skirt.

WTF... Pick Your Worst 

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Auli’i Cravalho looks like her breasts are cannons and she’s ready to go to Iran and fight; plus the skirt seems extra full in the front.

Chloe Zhao is the Angel of Doom; how else do you explain this mess.

Isabel Zuaa took last year’s trend of having shoulder straps slightly above the shoulders and raised it by about a foot; it’s like she’s the Incredible Shrinking woman in the dress.

Odessa A'zion does her own styling; ‘nuff said about that. I will give her props for having a voice but maybe she shouldn’t always listen to it.

Misty Copeland is one of the most beautiful women in the world, and yet this dress with the over-sized almost Talking Heads looking black bolero jacket with ruffles is senseless. Maybe, as a retired ballet dancer she missed the tutu?

MEN

VERY BEST

Michael B. Jordan could show up in sweats and ratty t-shirt still look fabulous but he chose this sleek and modern take on a tuxedo that closed at the neck. I love the buttons and the chain detail and  I could eat him with a spoon.

VERY GOOD 

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Shaboozy; I just wanna sit next to him and watch him smile. And smile he did in this modern take of an older tuxedo look. The white tie and the hint of white in the shoe and the jewelry sealed the deal!

Jeremy Pope chose the modern white double-breasted tuxedo jacket with a black shirt coiled around his neck; he looked just p[lain cool and hot.

Ryan Coogler chose a simple black tuxedo with a white bow tie and the perfect sleek pocket square. He looked regal and handsome.

Adrien Brody; I have always crushed on Adrien Brody and he served it up at the Oscars in this all-black tuxedo with a jeweled pocket square of his own; tall and dreamy.

GOOD 

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Chase Stokes looked luscious in a velvet jacket with no tie and sleek black pants. Grrrrrr.

Lewis Pullman kinda went safe in a simple man’s suit and tie but he pulled it off; effortless.

Miles Caton played the color drenched card and wore the same color from head to toe; it was elegant and classy.

Pedro Pascale was hot without the weather in this crisp white shirt with ruffled sleeves and a floral detail above the pocket. Few men could this off but Pedro isn’t like other men, he’s got edge.

Joe Alwyn looked simple and elegant in a black tuxedo but the tie was a nice choice; not a bow-tie or a necktie but a simple blousy tie.

Kieran Culkin is classic yet modern in a burgundy jacket over black shirt and tie and pants; like many of the men, he bejeweled the lapel for some pizzazz.

MEH 

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Damson Idris looks good, and hot and new, but the jacket just seems too long and too heavy for a hot night; he gets props, though, for designing his own jewelry and lapel pin.

Felix Kammerer is a little too casual for the Oscars. I like the color but the rolled-up sleeves are too retro not cool retro.

Paul Mescal; goddess I adore him, but he seems to be wearing an outfit similar to Joe Alwyn’s but it seems ill-fitting and uncomfortable. But Paul gets a pass because he’s Paul.

Wagner Moura was one of the Hot Men at the Oscars but that white buttoned up shirt with no tie looked like he forgot to finish dressing. An all-black look would have been much better.

Jacob Elordi gets points for being a tall drink or water and rocking a porn stache, but his look seems old school, emphasis on the old and I cannot forgive his shoes.

Hudson Mills—one of the stars of Heated Rivalry—looks nice enough though he’s got a smug face and that takes points off, but what really annoyed me was that he was trying to sell the accessories; he held his arm at his waist to show off the watch. This isn’t Home Shopping, Hudson.

WTF 

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Kevin O’Leary—I do not know him—but he looked like a professional wrestler who showed up at the wrong event.

Spike Lee. First off, the look isn’t bad except for the big purse but the way he’s standing looks like he either has to go to the bathroom or just did.

WORST

Timothée Chalamet. Where to begin … his smug little scamp attitude, the all-white milk man look that screams Garanimals For Tiny Actors; the stance; the sunglasses. It all makes it clear that Timothée thinks he’s It but he’s not.