I am ALL OVER this tv show. From the first 5 minutes when Rick plugs the bunny slipper little girl zombie, to Hershel's farm, to crazy ass Shane, to the most bad ass Darryl (played by Norman Reedus). We're on season 3, and OMG!!!!!!
For those of you who don't watch, I'm so very sorry. For those of you who do - DON'T READ unless you've seen the latest episode!!
*SPOILERS!!!!!!!! SPOILERS!!!!!!!! SPOILERS!!!!!!!!*
I'm not kidding people, if you keep scrolling you'll see things you don't want to!
**SPOILERS!!!!!!!** **SPOILERS!!!!!!!!** **SPOILERS!!!!!!!!**
Whew, now that we got that out of the way, OMG!!!
Rick has flipped his fucking lid. He's also become the most awesome zombie cleavin' machine.
Darryl is a warm fuzzy wrapped in layers of bad ass, kick ass, and redneck. I hope to hell he never meets Meryl again, and if he does I hope he kills his ass.
I'm glad Lori is dead. I've hated her character since I read the comics. The actress actually made me hate her more, which I suppose is proof of her ability to act her part well.
Carol, bitch is DEAD! Darryl didn't put a Cherokee Rose on a grave with a "C" shape in rocks just for fun.
TDOG. MAN!!!! I liked him! He was so seriously UNDERutilized by AMC. THIS one I actually miss. He had so much more he could give. :(
Carl, even in a prison the punk won't stay in the damn house!
Andrea, please fucking kill her! I hate her. She's drunk the Governor's koolade & fucked over Michonne! Bitch needs to die (hopefully in that fucked up version of a gladiator ring).
Michonne, I <3 a="a" actress="actress" br="br" doing="doing" fantastic="fantastic" have="have" her.="her." is="is" job="job" nbsp="nbsp" playing="playing" she="she" the="the" they="they">
Hershel, dude, you're one tough mother! I think you could whip my ass any day of the week.
Glen. Wow, he's actually a really well rounded, fleshed out character. I'm glad to see it.
Maggie! Maggie is one fantastic girl. Everything from cuddling a newborn who's mom got plugged to prevent her turning (but who got munched anyway), to a hell of a zombie killer (with apparent GLEE), to a romantic interest. I am really, really glad to have her on the show. She's a good balancing element when the show dearly needs it.
12 November 2012
11 November 2012
Gig 'em Aggies!
So the Aggies done rolled over the Tide. Hahahahahaha. Can't say I feel sorry for ol' too big for their britches thinking they own the SEC.
09 November 2012
Kitchen Nightmares - Season 4
Well it's that time again! Time to see how many restaurants Gordon Ramsay can save in the US and how many have crashed & burned (some spectacularly). Per the Wikipedia list of the Season 4 episodes, filmed in 2011, we've got:
S4 - ep1. Spanish Pavilion in Harrison, NJ. OPEN FOR BUSINESS. *Woo hoo!, a good way to start off the season!
S4 - ep2. Classic American in West Babylon, NY. OPEN FOR BUSINESS. *Two for two! Don't think it will last long though, not with previous seasons.
S4 - ep3. PJ's Steakhouse in Queens, NY. CLOSED. *There is currently a thriving restaurant named Manor Oktoberfest of Forest Hills, NY. PJ's took a nose dive after Ramsay was here, changing to a bar that also went tits up. Clearly the location isn't a problem but the previous owners were.
S4 - ep4. Grasshopper Also in Carlstadt, NJ. OPEN FOR BUSINESS. *This has got to be one of the weirdest named restaurants I've ever heard. I think of chocolate mint cookies & Kung Fu, not really food.
S4 - ep5. Davide in Boston, MA. OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
S4 - ep6. Downcity in Providence, RI. CLOSED. *The last review is from January of 2012 so they do seem to have survived for about 6 months post Ramsay. Won't label it a draw though as it didn't last very long after it was filmed.
S4 - ep7. Cafe Tavolini in Bridgeport, CT. CLOSED. *There is currently another restaurant at the same location, named "Black Rock Yacht and Athletic Club".
S4 - ep8. Kingston Cafe in Pasadena, CA. OPEN FOR BUSINESS. *It was reviewed just a few weeks ago so seems to still be going strong, and it continues to get high marks for the food.
S4 - ep9. La Frite in Sherman Oaks, CA. OPEN FOR BUSINESS. *Apparently doing well enough that there are 2 locations listed on their website.
S4 - ep10. Capri in Eagle Rock, CA. OPEN FOR BUSINESS. *Last review was a few days ago so still going quite well.
S4 - ep11. Zeke's in Metairie, LA. CLOSED. *Listed as looking for a new owner as of last month.
S4 - ep12. Oceana Grill in New Orleans, LA. OPEN FOR BUSINESS. *The reviews are ALL OVER THE BOARD on this place with no rhyme or reason I could find so I suppose being open is worth something but if you're ticking off customers this bad, it is only a matter of time ...
Well, that gives us a total of 8 restaurants STILL OPEN which is a great improvement over the last few seasons. That said, 4 are closed (2 of them with new restaurants in the same place). So OPEN is the winner for this season, as of now.
S4 - ep1. Spanish Pavilion in Harrison, NJ. OPEN FOR BUSINESS. *Woo hoo!, a good way to start off the season!
S4 - ep2. Classic American in West Babylon, NY. OPEN FOR BUSINESS. *Two for two! Don't think it will last long though, not with previous seasons.
S4 - ep3. PJ's Steakhouse in Queens, NY. CLOSED. *There is currently a thriving restaurant named Manor Oktoberfest of Forest Hills, NY. PJ's took a nose dive after Ramsay was here, changing to a bar that also went tits up. Clearly the location isn't a problem but the previous owners were.
S4 - ep4. Grasshopper Also in Carlstadt, NJ. OPEN FOR BUSINESS. *This has got to be one of the weirdest named restaurants I've ever heard. I think of chocolate mint cookies & Kung Fu, not really food.
S4 - ep5. Davide in Boston, MA. OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
S4 - ep6. Downcity in Providence, RI. CLOSED. *The last review is from January of 2012 so they do seem to have survived for about 6 months post Ramsay. Won't label it a draw though as it didn't last very long after it was filmed.
S4 - ep7. Cafe Tavolini in Bridgeport, CT. CLOSED. *There is currently another restaurant at the same location, named "Black Rock Yacht and Athletic Club".
S4 - ep8. Kingston Cafe in Pasadena, CA. OPEN FOR BUSINESS. *It was reviewed just a few weeks ago so seems to still be going strong, and it continues to get high marks for the food.
S4 - ep9. La Frite in Sherman Oaks, CA. OPEN FOR BUSINESS. *Apparently doing well enough that there are 2 locations listed on their website.
S4 - ep10. Capri in Eagle Rock, CA. OPEN FOR BUSINESS. *Last review was a few days ago so still going quite well.
S4 - ep11. Zeke's in Metairie, LA. CLOSED. *Listed as looking for a new owner as of last month.
S4 - ep12. Oceana Grill in New Orleans, LA. OPEN FOR BUSINESS. *The reviews are ALL OVER THE BOARD on this place with no rhyme or reason I could find so I suppose being open is worth something but if you're ticking off customers this bad, it is only a matter of time ...
Well, that gives us a total of 8 restaurants STILL OPEN which is a great improvement over the last few seasons. That said, 4 are closed (2 of them with new restaurants in the same place). So OPEN is the winner for this season, as of now.
08 November 2012
Kitchen Nightmares - Season 3
I've been away awhile, sorry. However I do still dig Gordon Ramsay's "Kitchen Nightmares" on BBC American (not sure where else it airs).
We're now at season 3, aired in 2010. Let's hope the restaurants fared better than Season 2!
S3 - ep1. Hot Potato Cafe in Philadelphia, PA. CLOSED. This potato has been MASHED. *From the gossip out there the owners took the chef for granted. Seems the chef may have moved on to better work.
S3 - ep2. Flamangos in Whitehouse Station, NJ. CLOSED. *Dead in the water shortly after Ramsay left. HOWEVER, a year AFTER closing it was reopened under the name "The Rail At Readington" & seems to be doing good business. I label this one a FAILURE on the part of the previous owners, though there is a thriving restaurant on the premises now.
S3 - ep3. Bazzini in Ridgewood, NJ. CLOSED.
S3 - ep4. Mojito Cuban Cuisine in Brooklyn, NY. OPEN FOR BUSINESS. *Those who have visited BECAUSE of Kitchen Nightmares don't seem too impressed, but they ARE surviving in a really bad economy so they must be doing something right.
S3 - ep5. Lido di Manhattan in Manhattan Beach, CA. OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
S3 - ep6. Le Bistro in Lighthouse Point, FL. OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
S3 - ep7. Casa Roma in Lancaster, CA. OPEN FOR BUSINESS. *From the reviews listed it is better known as the AV Roadhouse, a BAR not a restaurant. The restaurant is still there, but seems to have dropped all of food Ramsay created for it, going back to mediocre (at best) Italian. - This restaurant was FILMED for S2 but not aired until S3.
S3 - ep8. Mama Rita's in Newbury Park, CA. CLOSED. *There is a new restaurant, that seems to be doing well, at the location. It is named La Cucina Di Venti.
S3 - ep9. Anna Vicenzo's in Boca Raton, FL. CLOSED. *The last review was in 2010, so basically it didn't manage to live out the year that its episode aired.
S3- ep10. Fleming in Miami, FL. OPEN - sort of. *The restaurant is still open, on the same premises however they've totally dumped the menu Ramsay worked with, turning from European food to a steakhouse. DRAW is how I'd call it.
S3 - ep11. Sushi-Ko in Thousand Oaks, CA. CLOSED. *Apparently was gone in 2009 so didn't survive the turn around it seems.
There were also 2 "revisit" episodes. In total we've got 6 CLOSED restaurants, 3 are OPEN, 1 is Open but totally redone so a DRAW imo. Next up, Season 4!
We're now at season 3, aired in 2010. Let's hope the restaurants fared better than Season 2!
S3 - ep1. Hot Potato Cafe in Philadelphia, PA. CLOSED. This potato has been MASHED. *From the gossip out there the owners took the chef for granted. Seems the chef may have moved on to better work.
S3 - ep2. Flamangos in Whitehouse Station, NJ. CLOSED. *Dead in the water shortly after Ramsay left. HOWEVER, a year AFTER closing it was reopened under the name "The Rail At Readington" & seems to be doing good business. I label this one a FAILURE on the part of the previous owners, though there is a thriving restaurant on the premises now.
S3 - ep3. Bazzini in Ridgewood, NJ. CLOSED.
S3 - ep4. Mojito Cuban Cuisine in Brooklyn, NY. OPEN FOR BUSINESS. *Those who have visited BECAUSE of Kitchen Nightmares don't seem too impressed, but they ARE surviving in a really bad economy so they must be doing something right.
S3 - ep5. Lido di Manhattan in Manhattan Beach, CA. OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
S3 - ep6. Le Bistro in Lighthouse Point, FL. OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
S3 - ep7. Casa Roma in Lancaster, CA. OPEN FOR BUSINESS. *From the reviews listed it is better known as the AV Roadhouse, a BAR not a restaurant. The restaurant is still there, but seems to have dropped all of food Ramsay created for it, going back to mediocre (at best) Italian. - This restaurant was FILMED for S2 but not aired until S3.
S3 - ep8. Mama Rita's in Newbury Park, CA. CLOSED. *There is a new restaurant, that seems to be doing well, at the location. It is named La Cucina Di Venti.
S3 - ep9. Anna Vicenzo's in Boca Raton, FL. CLOSED. *The last review was in 2010, so basically it didn't manage to live out the year that its episode aired.
S3- ep10. Fleming in Miami, FL. OPEN - sort of. *The restaurant is still open, on the same premises however they've totally dumped the menu Ramsay worked with, turning from European food to a steakhouse. DRAW is how I'd call it.
S3 - ep11. Sushi-Ko in Thousand Oaks, CA. CLOSED. *Apparently was gone in 2009 so didn't survive the turn around it seems.
There were also 2 "revisit" episodes. In total we've got 6 CLOSED restaurants, 3 are OPEN, 1 is Open but totally redone so a DRAW imo. Next up, Season 4!
ENOUGH!!
Enough I say! Enough, enough, ENOUGH!!
Stop blaming 3rd party voters for Romney's defeat. Romney SUCKED as a candidate. The GOP has no one to blame BUT themselves for picking him as their candidate - 3rd party voters can't even vote in most state primaries!
STOP with the damn secession talk! Texas can NOT survive without the US. This is NOT Sam Houston's day. We do NOT have the means to support ourselves as a nation, nor would the US let us go our own little way with no fight - that we CAN'T win!
STOP with the "I'm moving to Canada". You dumbasses! Canada has gay marriage & socialized medicine. You know, that shit you're throwing tantrums about.
STOP finding what divides us! START working to unite us! We're ALL Americans. We're ALL in this boat together. Trying to pigeon hole hundreds upon hundreds of millions of people into 2 extremes is the problem! NOT that the voters are fed up with it! Look at your neighbor, see what you have in common, how you can work together instead of trying to tear each other apart. That crap has put us in this boat. Decades of it, on BOTH sides. The POTUS has been elected. Don't act like some of Gore's supporters in 2000 - behave yourselves and SERVE your nation, not destroy it from within!
STOP with the "God, save us" bullshit! Your right to your religion is supreme, but SO IS MINE! Treat those as you wish to be treated, NOT like horrible lepers that are out to destroy you. Christ did NOT say to hate your neighbors, to destroy them, to degrade them, to lie about them, to be nasty to them. He said to LOVE them. If you truly ARE a Christian you would do that - quite a few I know that claim Christianity do NOT follow the word of Christ, but are instead twisting it to suit their own hate filled agendas. STOP IT!!
START acting like Americans. We're different, through & through, but we're also stronger for it. If your God wanted us all to be like you, he'd have made us that way. He didn't, so why the hell do you think you should have to power to do so? Are you so conceited in your hate, so firm in your miserly spirit that you think you are better than your own god?
START living the "Golden Rule". EVERYONE - pagan, christian, jew, muslim, taoist, shintoist, etc, etc, etc - has that creed. LIVE BY IT!! Don't buy into DC's hate & propaganda, prove you're better than that. True Americans ARE better than that. Are you a TRUE American, or just giving lip service?
Stop blaming 3rd party voters for Romney's defeat. Romney SUCKED as a candidate. The GOP has no one to blame BUT themselves for picking him as their candidate - 3rd party voters can't even vote in most state primaries!
STOP with the damn secession talk! Texas can NOT survive without the US. This is NOT Sam Houston's day. We do NOT have the means to support ourselves as a nation, nor would the US let us go our own little way with no fight - that we CAN'T win!
STOP with the "I'm moving to Canada". You dumbasses! Canada has gay marriage & socialized medicine. You know, that shit you're throwing tantrums about.
STOP finding what divides us! START working to unite us! We're ALL Americans. We're ALL in this boat together. Trying to pigeon hole hundreds upon hundreds of millions of people into 2 extremes is the problem! NOT that the voters are fed up with it! Look at your neighbor, see what you have in common, how you can work together instead of trying to tear each other apart. That crap has put us in this boat. Decades of it, on BOTH sides. The POTUS has been elected. Don't act like some of Gore's supporters in 2000 - behave yourselves and SERVE your nation, not destroy it from within!
STOP with the "God, save us" bullshit! Your right to your religion is supreme, but SO IS MINE! Treat those as you wish to be treated, NOT like horrible lepers that are out to destroy you. Christ did NOT say to hate your neighbors, to destroy them, to degrade them, to lie about them, to be nasty to them. He said to LOVE them. If you truly ARE a Christian you would do that - quite a few I know that claim Christianity do NOT follow the word of Christ, but are instead twisting it to suit their own hate filled agendas. STOP IT!!
START acting like Americans. We're different, through & through, but we're also stronger for it. If your God wanted us all to be like you, he'd have made us that way. He didn't, so why the hell do you think you should have to power to do so? Are you so conceited in your hate, so firm in your miserly spirit that you think you are better than your own god?
START living the "Golden Rule". EVERYONE - pagan, christian, jew, muslim, taoist, shintoist, etc, etc, etc - has that creed. LIVE BY IT!! Don't buy into DC's hate & propaganda, prove you're better than that. True Americans ARE better than that. Are you a TRUE American, or just giving lip service?
06 November 2012
VOTE
Get off your ass & VOTE. I don't care who you vote for, nor will I ask you who you voted for as it is none of my business. JUST VOTE!! Too many men, women, and children, have fought & died for the RIGHT to vote. Make your freedom count!!
(I am A Texan Abroad, and I approve this message.)
04 October 2012
I Ain't Dead - YET
Well I'm not dead. Life just gets in the way sometimes.
Some things I've learned since my last post:
POLITICS
MOST of the American Electorate is of questionable intelligence, and reading comprehension skill.
MOST Americans believe the OTHER GUY lies, but not THEIR political pony. THEY ALL LIE.
I miss being in Europe where I never had to watch a damn election campaign 'message'.
Nov, & then Jan, can not come soon enough.
EDUCATION
Apparently I have a much larger vocabulary than a lot of my fellow Americans. It spans all states, overseas locations, and life styles. Coming from teachers I've never considered myself that verbose.
I am very glad we live in the school district we do. However I'm deeply depressed by the surrounding school districts and their apparently complete lack of teaching any form of education.
Virginians do NOT do Homecoming Mums! I'm still in complete shock over that one.
It has been long enough since I went through school that I STILL hate Algebra! No matter which of my children is attempting to do it.
CHILD REARING
My oldest child is convinced I'm a moron.
My middle child is a pain in the butt, however she's a fantastic kid when she wants to be.
My youngest child has turned into a holy whiny terror!
PETS
Adopted 4 new ones. Two dogs, two cats. So now we're up to 5 humans, 4 cats, 3 dogs, 2 fish. I live in a freakin' menagerie!! Not the crappy Tennessee Williams kind either.
I'm still working on the chicken / duck coop.
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