Love, sweet love, is in the air and there are couples everywhere! [cue The Troggs Love Is All Around] Love so pure, so deep, so rapturous that it can only be summarized by Grocery Store Joe’s words, “I hope guys stop kissing my girl.” Welcome to Paradise! But before love, there were cocktail party confrontations. Grocery... Continue Reading →
The More Things Change, the More the Gaslighting Stays the Same
First, let me apologize to anybody I may have offended by referring to Jenna as “Anna” in my last post. Not sure who I was thinking of and clearly, I’m not nearly as taken with Anna, I mean Jenna, as are Benoit and Male Model Jordan (MMJ). Which is exactly where we began tonight: the... Continue Reading →
The Knives Are Out
(They smile in your face) All the time they want to take your place The back stabbers (back stabbers) All you fellows who have someone and you really care, yeah, yeah Then it's all of you fellows who better beware, yeah yeah Somebody's out to get your lady A few of your buddies they sure... Continue Reading →
I Have Questions
Sorry I’m late recapping last week’s episodes and, alas, I’ll be late recapping this week's episodes, too. After powering through last week’s ridiculiciousness in one sitting with My Daughter Cassandra, in lieu of a recap, here are The Questions I’m looking for answers to this week. Now that Golden Child Colton has gotten closure (that was... Continue Reading →
Ode to The Queen of Soul
Chain, Chain, Chain . . . Chain of Fools. Most people probably came to Aretha in the spring of 1967 when Respect hit the airwaves. Even more came the next year when Think was released. I arrived in between those moments with Chain of Fools. I grew up in a house where music was central.... Continue Reading →
I’m In Paradise
Thank you and bless you Bachelor in Paradise. Tonight was everything. No. It was more than everything [cue those sometimes funny, sometimes annoying Geico commercials about getting more]. Chris Harrison and His Evil Genius Production Minions have left me feeling that it’s impossible to out-snark a show that snarks on itself with such wicked brilliance.... Continue Reading →
A Wilted Final Rose
“It was so amazing with you right from the start that I couldn’t see myself with anybody else. That’s why I decided to marry somebody else.” Yes, Becca the strong, independent-minded woman – self-described and validated by her family – was faced with a choice: one guy who promised to be her caretaker; or the... Continue Reading →
