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Last week was Ancient Chinese Reno, and this week is brand spanking New York state farmhouse realness in over 12,000 square feet—yes, twelve thousand—on over 250 acres. All that space in all that space.
It’s rustic and chic and colorful—have you ever seen such wallpapers—with tall ceilings and wide porches for great views and outdoor living spaces. There are bedrooms—at least six—and bathrooms—I think eight—plus a bunk room for any of y’all that feel like, um, bunkin’.
And there are living rooms and dens and basements and sunrooms and porches and nooks.
Oh.My. And to think the clients call this their weekend getaway. Must be planning for a 365-day weekend.
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Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Architecture Wednesday: Modern Farmhouse
IMPOTUS And The GOP Value Coins Over Life
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Who cares if people get sick? Who cares if a few old people, and, well, yeah, babies, too, die?
It’s the economy stupid. I can live without Nana but not the next incarnation of the iPhone.
At least that’s what _____ and many GOP lawmakers, and White House advisers, are betting on. They all want to scale back steps to contain the coronavirus …
And we’ll stop so you can let that sink in; they’re going to do less—if that’s possible—to stem the spread of the virus because they’d rather have more money flowing into the economy.
… despite the advice of federal health officials, like Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force. Fauci, and other leading public health experts, have told administration officials and Republicans that prematurely scaling back social distancing measures would hamper efforts to mitigate the virus and would devastate hospitals.
But hey, the market’s up!
Vote Blue in November because at least then you’d have a party that puts people over corporations and profits.
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Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Monday, March 23, 2020
Hobby lobby Says 'Come To Work' ... Because God
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While most America is self-isolating, one of those essential businesses is telling their employees to come to work … because God.
As of late last week, the Christian owned Hobby Lobby stores were open, and in a letter to employees founder of the chain, David Green, said his wife Barbara is a “prayer warrior” amid “this war with this latest virus,” suggesting that prayer will keep his workers safe, and keep them at work lining his pockets with coins. He said:
“In her quiet prayer time this past week, the Lord put on Barbara’s heart three profound words to remind us that He’s in control. Guide, Guard, and Groom. We serve a God who will guide us through this storm, who will Guard us as we travel to places never seen before, and who, as a result of this experience, will Groom us to be better than we could have ever thought possible before now.”
So, come to work, Mama needs a new pair of Jimmy Choos and God told her the workers can pay for them.
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States Can't Get Supplies ... And He Laughs
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During a conference call with governors last week, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker told _____ that his state was denied three major orders of equipment because the federal government had outbid him; _____ has repeatedly insisted that states buy their own supplies. Baker, a moderate Republican, was kinda flummoxed by the situation:
"I'm not quite sure what to do with this, so I'm just going to throw it out there for you. We took very seriously the push ... that we should not just rely on the stockpile, that we should go out there and buy stuff and put in orders and try to create pressure on manufacturers and distributors, and I gotta tell you that on three big orders, we lost to the feds. I've got a feeling that if someone has the chance to sell to you and to sell to me, I am going to lose on every one of those."
And the president apologized, took responsibility and said he would personally rent a U-Haul and bring the supplies to Massachusetts.
I kid; what the so-called president did, to a governor trying to keep his state safe, but being thwarted by the feds when it comes to ordering supplies, what that president did was laugh and say:
"Price is always a component of that … and maybe that's why you lost to the feds, okay, I'll tell you, that's probably why."
People sick; people out or work; people dying. And _____ laughed at a state not being able to purchase needed supplies. He thinks this is a game.
November is coming.
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Sunday, March 22, 2020
Saturday, March 21, 2020
I Ain't One To Gossip But ...
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Ten years ago, Daniel Radcliffe, AKA Harry Potter, said goodbye to alcohol and committed to a sober life. He was just twenty at the time. Now thirty, he is laying the blame for being a drunk at the feet of … Harry Potter:
“If I went out and if I got drunk, I’d suddenly be aware of there being interest in that because it’s not just a drunk guy. It’s ‘Oh, Harry Potter’s getting drunk in the bar.' It’s inherently funny for people.”
Well, that might be true, but then that would presume that every celebrity who is most well-known for one role would be out getting drunk; but only people with a proclivity for alcoholism are getting drunk and blaming it on a role they played. And then he blamed being a child star:
“They are by that point the breadwinner for their family. So multiple people are now reliant on them continuing to do this job and they feel pressured into it and forced into it.”
Again, though, Dan, I need to disagree, because you are again presupposing that it’s a situation that makes you a drunk—being a child star, in this case—and not your own choices, or your own genetics.
I mean, if being a child star meant you’d turn out to be a drug-addled drunk in public bar hopping loon please explain how Lindsay Lohan stayed sober all these years … or Dana Plato … Dustin Diamond … Amanda Bynes …
Oh, wait, maybe he’s right because … nope, Neil Patrick Harris … Joseph Gordon-Levitt … Natalie Portman … or even Daniel’s Potter co-star Emma Watson. They turned out fine.
So, I’m glad you’re sober Dan, but it wasn’t Potter and it wasn’t child stardom.
It was you.
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And speaking of celebrities at a loss for how the real world works … Gwyneth Paltrow.
Last week, the GOOP Instagram account posted a photo of Paltrow’s $1,000.00 outfit, with the caption:
 “Most days you’ll find GP wearing G.Label with a pair of sneakers—which is one reason we make it an annual tradition to put together a fresh sneaker guide each year. Get ready to cover some serious ground (run, don’t walk).”
Yes, Paltrow wants y’all to run out and drop a grand on her ugly ass clothes and tennis shows that you can wear while you self-isolate.
And because Paltrow is tone deaf and privileged and unaware of the outside world if it doesn’t feature her, Twitter and Instagram dragged her and GOOP so hard and so long that she was forced to delete the post.
And replaced it with one about working at home without the need for a $1,000 outfit you can get at Walmart or Target for about $30.
Oh, Gwynnie, as we say herein the south: Bless your heart.
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Last we heard about Brandi Glanville, ex-member of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, she was engaged in a lesbian affair with RHoBH’s Denise Richards—even though now they both deny there was any muff diving.
So, what’s Brandi to do? Talk about the men who’ve schtupped her. Yes, the woman who became famous because her husband, Eddie Cibrian, was cheating on her with LeAnn Rimes, and rode that story to a “career” in reality TV, is now dishing the dirt about dick.
Recently on the Everything Iconic podcast, Brandi talked about her famous, er, infamous, f**ks, besides Gerard Butler:
“I dated a lot, I made out a lot. I made out with one of the men in ‘The Notebook.’ They were single at the time, that’s all I will say. I can’t say [who].”
And we’ll stop, because clearly it wasn’t Ryan Gosling, because if it was, she’d be shrieking it from a rooftop somewhere near Gosling’s home, so it must have been Billy Connolly, the guy in The Notebook who wasn’t Ryan Gosling. And there’s more:
“I dated Ben Stiller for a little while, he has a giant penis.”
Well, to be fair, Ben did admit on Watch What Happens Live that he and Brandi went on a couple dates before he was married, and it was “fun”. But Brandi is also insisting that she went out with two of the Friends … but not Chandler Bing:
“We went back to [Matt LeBlanc’s] house, he let his dog lick his ice cream and I was out. I was like, ‘Nope.’ I was totally gonna have sex with him, then the dog licked the ice cream and he licked the ice cream and I was like, ‘I can’t.’”
So, she set her sights on Schwimmer, David Schwimmer:
“He wore makeup. He wore concealer out during the day and it really annoyed me. I understand you’re on set, you’re used to wearing makeup, but I wasn’t used to a man wearing makeup. In the moment, it bothered me.”
Brandi also claims Schwimmer called her a “bigger girl,” even though she only weighed “like 109 pounds.”
Keep in mind, now, that the woman who cried adultery when her husband cheated, clearly did a little cheating herself; and keep in mind that, with the exception of Stiller, who begrudgingly admitted to a “date,” and LeBlanc, who has said not one word about Brandi, that David Schwimmer says she’s clearly lying, and Gerard Butler, when asked about a Glanville hook-up went all Mariah Carey and said:
“Who?”
She isn’t that memorable.
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Britney Spears may screech about working, bitch, she wants y’all to know that she’s done with it.
Apparently BritBrit no longer wants to work because she doesn’t want to continue keeping herself under the conservatorship of her father and earning him any more coins.Britney resents the fact that her dad is given a $10,000 monthly allowance for her finances.
Look., here’s my take: she’s a terrible singer, and a so-so entertainer, and has a history of instability, so if she wants to stay home with her 26-year-old boyfriend, Sam Asghari, I say:
“Work that, bitch.”
I would.
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Friday, March 20, 2020
Spreading Hate Is What He Does Best
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If you need proof—and, really, you don’t—that _____ is a racist pig, look no further than his own notes from yesterday’s press briefing.
Washington Post White House photographer Jabin Botsford captured the photos showing that the Racist-In-Chief crossed out—with a Sharpie, no less—the word “Corona” and replaced it with “Chinese”.
Now, if you think this is really no big deal because, after all, the virus began in China, remember back the the early days of the AIDS crisis and people calling it the “Gay Disease,” or the “Gay Virus.”
It’s sick. It stigmatizes people. It demonizes people.
It’s what _____ does and it needs to stop.
November is coming.
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