Lancaster Online has the details of one of Kate's four tickets in the past two years.
Some interesting facts: Kate was just on the Joy Behar show that day, August 8, where Joy wouldn't let her off easy. When Kate tried to sidestep some questions about fertility and blame it on something other people tweeted, Joy threw her own quotes back at her, "No, no, no this is you" Joy told her as she read the quote back to her. Joy also told her she was going to have a really hard time finding a man, and "I think you would be better off going with lesbianism because a woman would be probably easier." Kate's reply? "Oh, my gosh."State police at Ephrata used radar to catch the former "Jon & Kate Plus 8" star speeding on Route 222 North, near Route 897, according to a traffic docket filed at District Judge Rodney Hartman's office. It happened on Aug. 9 at 1:37 a.m. In the remarks on the traffic citation, police reported that Gosselin said she was speeding because she was trying to get home to her kids. Gosselin mailed in her guilty plea and paid a $174 fine.
NYC, Aug. 8, 2011
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1108/08/joy.01.html
http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/462222_Kate-goes-88----and-gets-a-ticket-from-state-police.html#ixzz1YVI08jEm
480 sediments (sic) from readers:
«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 400 of 480 Newer› Newest»Well, I see Lake hasn't posted since last night,so she's either upset or having her baby or was a fake.I don't know, but she was a little too perfect at times. She felt the same as I do about Kate, so that's all I cared about.
I was having a conversation with her, when Anon. was yelling in caps that she was a fake! It was quite wierd when she said she would have an alcholic drink and I said I was shocked! She kept on posting like nothing was going on,after saying she didn't care who believed her.
I wasn't invested, just playing along and it was fun.I use this blog as a distraction from pain, to share a joke or personal story.I laugh, I cry, I fart and log off; we are all anonymous here really!
See, bearswife, none of this would have happened ,if you had picked me up! I like it here, let's all take a big breath and go back to normal again.
KathyB said...
Would Russell Armstrong's family have any recourse in the way of defamation or slander of Russell post mortem?
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Where are they located? In most states the right to sue is terminated upon the death of the person being slandered or libeled, except in special circumstances. However, there are some states in which the deceased is protected and suits may be filed on behalf of the estate. Texas is one of them, along with Rhode Island...those two stick in my mind. There may be other states as well.
I believe in Texas if the memory of the deceased is blackened the survivors may sue, and in Rhode Island, there is an SOL. I think it's three months, but I'm not sure, and the family has the right to sue within a certain time period if the deceased is defamed on television or in the newspaper.
Too bad they aren't in Rhode Island!
A bit OT, but does Taylor Armstrong have botoxed lips? I can't hear much of what she says because I keep focusing on those lips. It seems if you get your lips botoxed enough the inside part starts showing.
Lake hasn't posted because I am not going to bring further drama to the blog. Was never my intention even if you feel I am too perfect, fake, whatever that's your opinion and I shall just have to respect that regardless of how I feel.
Admin is right people, please, move on. It's no use rehashing and rehashing something just because you can. Please people respectfully, enough.
hey jude said...I laugh, I cry, I fart and log off.
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Whatever works! Some people just take Gas-X.
Personally, I don't mind reading short, concise tales of woe when it directly relates to the discussion at hand. I mean, we all have some woe in our lives, right?
I think the problem is when the tales of woe seemingly come out of nowhere and have absolutely nothing to do with the topic at hand. To me, it looks like needing attention or pity.
Also, I don't believe this is the place for self promotion. We all hate that Kate does it (at least I do), so when I read posts here that are self promoting, while at the same time dissing Kate, it looks hypocritical to me.
Also, it's not a good idea to ask strangers to e-mail you. IMO, it puts a mark on you as an 'easy target'. It's sad, but clearly, some people appear to be very lonely. I wish all these people health and happiness.
Just be careful in Internet Land. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy0ZoiJVmQk Where the hell is Kate? And why the hell do I care? LoL
"Lake hasn't posted because I am not going to bring further drama to the blog."
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I must have missed something along the way. I didn't realize that there was any "drama." Admin issued a gentle reminder not to be suckered in (my word), or give away too much personal history or stories that could evoke feelings to take it a step further in some kind of humanitarian way.
Cautionary warnings every now and then can't hurt, especially when it involves the internet.
Just curious, I actually enjoy farting.It can put the period at the end of a crappy day or post,like nothing else can! Mine, of course do not smell. I bet Kate could clear a room with hers.
I don't like Nancy G., but even she has the grace to know when it's proper to be a bitch, and when to bite her chubby lips.Hey, we called it last night who was going home....
hey jude, who went home, NG? I missed it.
4 tickets in a short period of time?
In my opinion, Kate Gosselin should be forced to watch one of those driver's ed videos that shows
what stupid driving can do. And feature kids in it, too. Do you think she would process the fact that it might involve OTHER PEOPLE'S KIDS even if hers aren't in the car with her when she speeds? Whether Kate believes it or not, hers are not the only children occupying the planet.
Just curious, Ng stayed amd Metta ,Laker guy ,went home.They were the final two!
I know exactly what Kate is up to: http://www.plasticsurgeryhumour.com/img/after_plastic_surgery_wounds.gif
Administrator said...
I know exactly what Kate is up to: http://www.plasticsurgeryhumour.com/img/after_plastic_surgery_wounds.gif
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What is it? I got a "forbidden' message.
Fidosmommy, Send Kate up here to us, we'll fix her up. She'd lose points off her licence and then she'd lose it, in no time. I would also be honored to watch her pick up garbage all day, with all the other maniac drivers.
Audible Click said...
And to think, I had a post deleted for calling Lake out on a really unbelievable story about one of her daughters. Oh well, I still think Admin has a really good blog and is a very nice person. Moving on, has anyone here watched Dance Moms? How do you think they compare with Kate on the bitch factor? I've watched it and, so far, they don't seem anywhere near as bad as Kate.
September 20, 2011 1:43 PM
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I hate to admit, but I'm really hooked on Dance Moms. In general, they're nowhere near as awful as Kate, but at times I've been appalled at how they talk to (scream at) each other and especially to Abby in front of their kids. That lunatic Cathy - she's a whole 'nother story. I feel so bad for her poor little kid, and if she's like that with the kid all (or most of) the time, she's at least approaching Kate-hood.
I know exactly what Kate is up to: http://www.plasticsurgeryhumour.com/img/after_plastic_surgery_wounds.gif
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That's funny! Perfect fit!
Re: Dance Moms. I have one word.
Staged.
No, 3 words.
It's all staged.
Just curious, forbiddin! Weird. It's a cartoon of a pig wrapped up after plastic surgery and the doc says to it "after the wounds heal and the bandages come off your looks WILL improve but you'll still be a pig."
Sam said...
What are the odds on the paddy wagon showing up at the compound to toll this nut away for "physical exhaustion"? 1 month, 2 months, 6 months, next week?
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Personally, my bet is that she'll wrap her new sportscar around a tree...... at 88 miles per hour really late one night...
Of course it won't be **HER** fault. It will be the deer's fault, the black ice on the road, the last drink the bartender forced on her, the state's for not taking her license away after all her speeding tickets..... etc...
She's got some major anger issues and road entitlement issues....
It will be devastating for her kids. I just hope no one is in the car with her, and no other cars are involved.
And I agree she's likely having some tune-up work done. Maybe she's trying some liposuction before resorting to the rib removal.
That's gotta be painful!
Re: Dance Moms,
I watched a few minutes when the Mom was trying to get her kid on the team. After much screaming in front of all the kids, the coach called the cops.
The coach has a big, vulgar mouth, but thinks her coaching style makes better dancers.Kate wouldn't put her kids in dance, so nothing like her. Kate acts like a bitch for no reason.
ok guys. im the ect person. i dont really think and preview. i just type and i have may typos and get a bit dyslexic. sorry if i confused people. i often read this blog while working (i work from home oncall 15 hours a weeknight and all weekend long 24/7 so im always tied to my laptop) i have many pages up at a time so i just don't post properly. i dont use CAPs, i misspell things, misuse puncuation, i leave out words. it's just my rush to purge out a thought real quick so i can go back to what i'm supposed to be doing :0) this is really one of the only places i even post (besides a crime sleuthing community)so i'm not very fluent in internet protocol. im kinda hesitant about putting myself out on the net. always feel i'll be tracked or stalked or something. (i know-im strange)
i'll try to force my finger to do etc correctly to spare everyone tons of replies to what the heck i am trying to say.
EM
to further clarify admins clarification of the sheeple saying we exploded over cosignment and coupons.
1. kate literally said she "wanted to SHOOT jon over not using a coupon. can you imagine if the roles were reversed.
2. kate has recevied so many donated items in her life. THOUSANDS. sorry. if she buy clothes and wants to take them to cosignment shops whatever. BUT the clothes she took were mostly free AND would it kill her to GIVE BACK AND PAY IT FORWARD? even if she did buy one of the many outfits she resells..why is this woman not giving back? it's not being frugal. it's being a horrible greedy person. as someone who once relied on donations i would think she would be finding ways to help other families in need. im sure there are many kids who could benefit from her used clothes.
it would make me sick seeing on her show product placement washing machines and dryers (TWO EACH) being given to kate when she already HAD nice machines. so you think she donated her old machines? chances are slim to none. and here's a crazy idea for a show. imagine this ---
product is delivered. kate says WOW this is a great product. top of the line. the best on the market. i already have plenty and there are others less fortunate. would you please deliver this to a member of my church. her husband is unemployed and her washer just broke. what a nice episode it would have been to see kate and deliveryman show up at someones door with a brand new top of the line product as a DONATION to someone less fortunate.
kate is greedy. do you think she sent any of her 100 bottles of Tide to people who have lost their homes during a natual disaster and need laundry soap to go to the laundrymat.
do you think she donated any juicy juice to the homeless shelter?
do you think she EVER one time thought to take something given to her and turn around and hand it to someone in need?
remember when she was trying to sell the tups baby highchairs (the 6 in a row table) she had to be told practically that there is another family with multiples that could use it. what do you think she did with the cribs and strollers and car seats? do you think she found someone who could use them or do you think frugal kate resold them. there is being "Frugal" and then there is being "Greedy"
SHEEPLE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A WOMAN WHO ACCEPTED PAPER TOWELS FROM OTHERS and now wads them up and tosses them on the floor (remember the moving from the old house episode)
kate lived on and expected donations. how in the hell can she not think to help others? when she came into money her 1st thing should have been to repay acts of kindness with other acts of kindness. im not asking her to "do without" im asking her to share what has been shared.
frugal my ass.
i guess those mani/pedis all came with coupons
buy one boob get the 2nd half off
fix one wonky eye and get the other lifted free
buy one get one free designer shoes
trade one car get 2 at double the maintenance expense
dont waste money on gymnastics - be frugal. get an Audi.
hire a top advisor/breast implant chooser while unemployed
employ a not a nanny even tho kate is currently a stay at home mom
buy a large house with expensive maintenace while contemplating divorce when there were much more FRUGAL options.
and sorry sheeple. kate thought the show WOULD go on forever. remember..she was SHOCKED. so nope..aint buying she's been thrify for when the show ended. grfting? absolutely..thrify...never
yup..thats kate. a sheeple idol of greatness. we should all take a lesson
EM
i though mansons post mean this..
before the cancellation kate's bad behavior was covered up by the TLC umbrella. now without their backing the actual news is discussing her bad behavior. in the past that kind of news was reserved for jon only.
EM
it would be one thing if kate went thru a lot of "babysitters" but this woman employs "babysitters" to raise her kids practically. you think she might want to treat them with respect so they will stay and provide her children some stability.
EM
Anonymous,
Wow, you really should write a book about her griftiness! Good observations all around, ITA.I wonder if she was so selfish growing up?
I get the sinus infection from hell along with an arthritis flare up, and take a 2 day LOA from here, and more heck shimmies loose. Now I gotta go back and read all the back posts. :))
From the few I have read in this thread, I agree that ole Katie Irene was trying to play the mama card to get out of the ticket. And I also agree, some of us have tried a similar thing too. (Nowdays I am feeling old and have a hard time going fast ENOUGH, that's probably a good thing now.) But in her case, it will never work ever again. She has a record now and they know she plain old has a led foot and they wont care if she is on her way to put out a fire in the chicken coop. She's getting tickets from now on.
NaughtyNiceRob Naughty But Nice Rob
Tomorrow check out my column on @aol @HuffingtonPost Celebrity for funny @Rosie dish and Kate Gosselin talking new TV job
Dwindle, Hi, how are you? You did miss a whole bunch, happy reading! Not really,as you'll find out.
Well, I was coming to visit you ,but you were sick and didn't answer the door, yesterday.Some people don't like these pretend visits, I hear! Oh well, can't please everyone. Well, this is real, hope you feel better soon! Sinus and arthritis is a bad combo.
Well, I'll over- share here and tell you I'm having a chronic painful bitch of a night and came here to distract myself.Better than drugs anyday.Crawling off to bed now........yikes....
Hope that Dwindle and Jude are feeling much better today...
I believe we have another item to add to the list of things that keep Katie from tweeting: anesthetic.
I'm watching the Taylor Armstrong interview, I have a huge problem with her getting an open forum to trash this guy without him able to respond
I could not agree more. I knew something was not upright with Taylor Armstrong when she chose to bypass Barbara Walters for this interview and go with a gossip show to tell her story. She needs to shutup. I get the feeling that she has lost a lot of sympathy from this situation with this "tell all" on Entertainment Tonight.
Me personally, when I watch her, "liar" screams out at me through the television set.
Dwindle,
I just thought of what I was going to talk to you about yesterday. I was just wondering how long it will be before someone reveals the forgotten "sex tape ?" Scandalous, Khate!
Obviously NOT getting plastic surgery:
She's shopping for herself and a new job.
Probably looking for a 'gig' on The Talk.
LA Sighting s of Kate (sept 20)
TheJoshuaAdam Joshua Hamilton
Totally saw Kate Gosselin walking by the store today...she is kinda hot in person not gonna lie
I was thinking about people in "high" plcaes & them getting speeding tickets. They show them in rag mags sometimes getting pulled over, joking with the cops. If Kate had played her cards rights, she could have befriended the police in town. Not that driving that fast warrants getting off, but had she been sweet & nice & treated people with kindness in the community, maybe it could have been buried deep & not come out in public. And maybe she could have gotten off an extra time or 2. But she is just so mean & ruthless, the cops don't want to deal w/ her. Hmm, I wonder...
Anonymous said...
it would make me sick seeing on her show product placement washing machines and dryers (TWO EACH) being given to kate when she already HAD nice machines. so you think she donated her old machines? chances are slim to none. and here's a crazy idea for a show. imagine this ---
product is delivered. kate says WOW this is a great product.
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Oh least we forget she got brand new washers/dryers when they moved to the Mcmansion. So she has had 8 sets donated to her. She also received that expensive kitchen and after the refrigerator/moldgate episode ran low and behold she received a new refrigerator, dishwasher and microwave. I seem to remember an episode that showed that old refridgerator in the basement. I think it was the episode where they hired the two ladies to organize the so called expert organizer. Once a grifter always a grifter.............
Wrong about the plastic surgery.... So glad for Katie that she is feeling well and that she can afford to shop in LA.... I was so worried about her not being able to pay the kids' bills!
Beatle Fans--I was listening to the radio today on my way home from kids' school (12 YO forgot her homework AGAIN!!) and got to hear John Lennon's song "Beautiful Boy" and that wonderful quote, "Life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans". Ain't it the truth??
September 20, 2011 7:51 PM ---
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Yesterday was the official day the John Lennon broke away from the Beatles in...damn...what year? I forget. Even Yoko Ono didn't know though he did it so quietly. But dammit, the year is escaping me at this time! Not enough coffee. Hang on...either 1968 or 1969. I'm trying really hard to remember my books without looking it up.
Beautiful Boy is an amazing song. I love Julia too. Let me just say that all of his music is beautiful, organic, wonderful & sweet. It's been ALL John Lennon ALL the time. His birthday is coming up!
Em...
A crime sleuthing community? That sounds fun!
The poster who said she feels "bad" for posters asking others to email them...
Yeah, not lonely. I typically ask the posters who have gone/are going through the same kind of thing as me, health wise. It's nice to know there are people out there that know what you are going through.
I have a very happy life, great family, great friends, & they are all very supportive. It just feels good to have outside support because nobody in my inner circle has any clue what I deal w/ on a daily basis privately. There is nothing w/ a little trust, until someone proves me wrong.
Don't all friendships have to start somewhere?
I would really like all these conversations about Lake, the chronic pain issue, (unless you know me, you don't *know*...me) & everything else dropped. Admin asked us too. Let's please respect her wishes.
I really love it here & if I keep getting called out for something, something that I KNOW is ruining my damn life, I'll stop coming. I do not want that. At all. I enjoy the posters here, most of them, & feel as though this is tight community. Until or IF something is proven otherwise, let's just be supportive of each other, please. :)
~Peace & Happiness to you all.
~Hippie Chick~
Regarding "coupons", I remember reading long ago that "coupons" were code for getting something for FREE (as in a gift card or credit of some sort) and Khate was so mad that Jon used actual $$ instead of grifting.
Virginia
Don't all friendships have to start somewhere?
I would really like all these conversations about Lake, the chronic pain issue, (unless you know me, you don't *know*...me) & everything else dropped. Admin asked us too. Let's please respect her wishes.
I really love it here & if I keep getting called out for something, something that I KNOW is ruining my damn life, I'll stop coming. I do not want that. At all. I enjoy the posters here, most of them, & feel as though this is tight community. Until or IF something is proven otherwise, let's just be supportive of each other, please. :)
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Couldn't have said it better my self.
I wasn't able to connect to anything about Rob Shuter's news on Kate in LA and a job on TV. Does anyone have a link to an article?
For anyone with personal or professional experience with custody-- Can there be any repercussions for having primary custody (if that's what Kate has?) and leaving the kids with babysitters for days on end? No custodial parent or guardian for days?
It seems abusive of custody rights. It seems Kate was threatened with abandoning the kids when on DWTS, but I get that was a big money job. Now, she's playing, shopping and maybe fishing for a gig. I guess she can say she's working on her "career", but that seems to be playing fast and loose.
Thanks!
ps... allergy season is off the charts on the East coast, likely due to all the rains we've had. My sinuses went from painful to getting bronchiits in no time, so I'm just drinking tea, Miso soup, and water until I float. That and cough medicine ;-)
http://www.police.south-fayette.pa.us/forms/vehiclecode.pdf
3362 - 4 points for exceeding [23 miles over]
Yes, PA has Driving School. Bench Warrant issued if attendance not complied.
Can only imagine insurance premium!!!
mamasan said...
http://www.police.south-fayette.pa.us/forms/vehiclecode.pdf
3362 - 4 points for exceeding [23 miles over]
Yes, PA has Driving School. Bench Warrant issued if attendance not complied.
Can only imagine insurance premium!!!
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I believe I mentioned before that my ex husband had a lead foot and had so many points, he got his license suspended and our insurance trippled to over 3K a year for 3 years. This was in PA and some years ago, so I can imagine how costly it is now.
Remember when she blew the stove out making granma's annual(as is the tradition) winter soup - all 6 bags of it and had a new stove in there before the soup cooled down. Yeah okay. She has had it so easy, the let down is going to be hard if there is one.
Tucker's Mom...
ps... allergy season is off the charts on the East coast, likely due to all the rains we've had. My sinuses went from painful to getting bronchiits in no time, so I'm just drinking tea, Miso soup, and water until I float. That and cough medicine ;-)
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Feel better!!
Mandy said... Wrong about the plastic surgery.... So glad for Katie that she is feeling well and that she can afford to shop in LA.... I was so worried about her not being able to pay the kids' bills!
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Ahhh.....I was hoping that maybe she was getting her teeth re-centered.
As far as a new tv job, I don't doubt it. There will be some production company that thinks Controversial Kate will be good for their ratings. Not IMO.
TheJoshuaAdam Joshua Hamilton
Totally saw Kate Gosselin walking by the store today...she is kinda hot in person not gonna lie
September 21, 2011 4:05 AM
I just puked in my mouth.
Yes Kate does have the gift of gab and there the proof
http://www.youtube.com/user/gosselinarchives#p/u/24/K3f35_sAXBg
Also I would love to see a mugshot of Kate that would be the funniest things ever
hey jude said... Just curious, I actually enjoy farting.It can put the period at the end of a crappy day or post,like nothing else can! Mine, of course do not smell. I bet Kate could clear a room with hers.
September 20, 2011 10:40 PM
ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for the laugh :)
I seriously laughed out loud and my dogs came running to look at me to see what was wrong.
Administrator said... Now she's saying oh I'm doing it to help other women in DV relationships. You know, fair point. But there are so many other ways to share your story without giving us every last detail of what a dead man did to you. And could she at least let his family settle a bit before doing the speaking tour? Good grief he passed away just last month!
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"Taylor" (not her real name) is doing another ET interview tomorrow and ALSO on Dr. Phil tomorrow, again telling the whole ghastly story. At some point, recounting being abused for countless entertainment shows for $$$ leaves me unsympathetic…and I’ve been through something very similar myself.
She's back! AND feeling 'under the weather'...
Poor thing. *barf*
Kate's latest blog entry
So you don't have to go there;
Got this from my Reader (no I didn't click her site)
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Many people ask me “how do you get your kids to eat so well?”
The answer is not a simple little magic formula, but rather a
consistent approach that has proven effective over time.
First of all, I have always focused on nutrition– healthy and organic
eating and have taught my kids along the way. We celebrate flavor and
healthy choices in our house. Each meal consists of all food groups in
different and exciting presentations!
Second, I started to feed as much variety to each of them as possible
just as soon as they were old enough to have a spoon in their mouths!
If they didn’t like a particular food, I continued feeding it until
they changed their minds! I still do that today! If the majority
doesn’t like a meal, I’ll sneak it in again and sometimes the reaction
is different the second or third time I make something new! Amazing!
Third, I ask the kids what they are hungry for and try to honor
those dinner choices that week. If, for the most part, you are cooking
what “the troops” are hungry for, they are more likely to eat happily!
Fourth, I stand firm when whiners take over the dinner table! No “back
up” meals are offered because I am NOT a restaurant, although, often
times I swear I work in one!
I am often heard saying, “what’s for dinner is in front of you, if you
don’t like it, no dessert and breakfast is the next meal!” [thanks, Mom! I still hear your voice when I say that!]
Fifth, I focus on waste. If you waste not, you want not and I do not
tolerate waste in any area, so I often discuss kids (whom we havemet!) who don’t have enough to eat in hopes that that message will
translate to my kids!
I’ll allow “food trading” sometimes if kids don’t like everything on
their plates– just so it’s not wasted! :)
Happy feeding! Hope these tips help!
xoxo
K8
Well! Wasn't that an enlightening post about how to get your kids to eat. NOT.
Thanks for posting it, Falling like a brick. I REALLY don't want to give her any clicks.
(Thanks, Falling...) "First of all, I have always focused on nutrition– healthy and organic
eating and have taught my kids along the way. We celebrate flavor and
healthy choices in our house. Each meal consists of all food groups in
different and exciting presentations!"
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Yeah, I am not going to read the rest because she either had someone else write it or it took her the past 3 days with a dictionary on her lap to get this crap typed out.
Katie, you fraud, you 'celebrate' NOTHING, no where, no how, let alone food in your house, with your kids. And YOU, FOOD, and CHOICE have no business being in the same sentence together. Have you forgotten we have been watching you for 6 frickin' years?
Oy.
She contradicts herself ALL the time!
First off she says: "If they didn’t like a particular food, I continued feeding it until
they changed their minds! I still do that today!"
Then she says: "Third, I ask the kids what they are hungry for and try to honor
those dinner choices that week. If, for the most part, you are cooking
what 'the troops' are hungry for, they are more likely to eat happily!"
Which is it? You feed them things they don't like or you try and honor their choices? I suppose when she says she 'tries to honor their choices' she means that she asks them what they would like and then says "sorry, but that's NOT going to happen. I'm in charge and that's never going to change!"
I don't know why I try and understand her. I only have 2 ears, perhaps I need four to hear out of both sides of her mouth...
She misheard, we were asking "how does she get ker kids to eat so LITTLE???"
I do not tolerate waste in any area,
Since when?
She's a control freak about food and is setting these kids up for serious food issues.
Good morning everyone!
How do y'all know Kate is shopping in LA? I'm very curious!
The blog entry is priceless. Yeah, they really celebrate healthy eating and flavors - that's why the kids picked burritos and tater tots for their messy dinner. There are countless episodes of kids eating the same thing over and over and over. String cheese. Grapes. Yogurt maybe. A spoonful of an entree. All dished up by their mother so they do not learn serving and portion control. And they've shown the kids throwing heaps of scraps away, so much for the waste not, want not!
As a 47-year-old woman, I do tend to eat the same things a lot. However, as a child, I absolutely HATED that our mom consistently made meals that we kids HATED, over and over, sometimes weekly, our entire childhoods. You cannot FORCE a child to like something. So if you really subscribe to the waste not, want not philosophy, you do not cook meals they don't like and won't eat. Period.
She is a walking contradiction, isn't she? At least she's consistent about that - and lying. She's consistent about lying. 2 points for Kate!
Kate's feeding post was all generic, no specifics and absolutely not insightful. Seriously, don't waste? Those kids don't get enough on their plates ever to fill up. Just seeing Kate feed 1/2 of a banana is enough to tell you that she's controlling portions.
How about ways to sneak veggies into food? How about how to recycle leftovers? How about pantry meals?
No substance whatsoever. As if any kid gives a crap about children elsewhere who are starving. It's the adult that should do something about that, because having kids eat in their own home does nothing to put food into anyone else's belly. How ridiculous.
I don't know how mothers have successfully raised kids before Kate came along to enlighten them with her amazing tips.
Her tween followers must think their own mothers are fools!
@Resourcefully4UKimberly Andrews
@Kateplusmy8 You are so inspiring to cook healthy for 9. I'd love to see some of your dinner menus & recipies. I can't cook healthly for 1.
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What? She can't cook healthy for ONE? These people are hopeless.
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I was forced as a kid to eat those huge lima beans UGH. That was pretty much all I did hate. Forced to sit at the table for hours until I ate them. All I asked of my kids was to TRY something. If they truly hated it, I never forced them. It just is a thing with me, from my childhood. I would imagine the kids DO eat something after awhile, if they get hungry enough. I just don't go for the forced thing. You can always work a veggie or something else they don't like into another dish. (meatloaf) or something. (I STILL hate those lousy beans! LOL)
Perhaps this is just my hangup.
She probably lifted the whole thing from Good Housekeeping.
Hey Kate, I know you do not tolerate waste but please get rid of those sectioned plastic/tupperware plates and those dang sippy cups we see your kids using every season! I may not have your celebrity lifestyle but I do own some very nice china that I use almost daily.
...just as soon as they were old enough to have a spoon in their mouths!
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A golden spoon! Full of mush! & then the crunchy thing...but only ONE bite dammit! & then they may have 2 grapes. She is so full of bullshit.
Tucker's Mom I STILL can't get over that 1/2 banana for those kids. LOL
So, if they don't eat their dinner, then no dessert OR BREAKFAST???
No. Hippie Chick just no dessert and reminded that the next meal isn't until breakfast, is how I read it.
Like all else with Kate, if you want happy, healthy children - just read what she does and do the opposite . Really, my mouth should not hang open still when reading anything she says or does. She is always this much of a controlling, contradictory, idjit.
Those poor kids :(
Hippie Chick said...
So, if they don't eat their dinner, then no dessert OR BREAKFAST???
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I took it to mean that there would not be more food until breakfast, which is not a bad idea. I get that no mom wants to be a short order cook-- it makes more work and gives a kid a sense of entitlement. I think it's fine to let a kid decide when enough is enough and if they don't eat well enough, then that's their decision and they go a bit hungry until breakfast.
What I can not abide by is making a kid keep his ass in his seat until a parent is satisfied they've eaten enough. That turns into a test of will where the parent is childish and a kid learns to be stubborn as a form of control.
I just don't think that not eating a bit concern for the G8 because they ALWAYS seemed so damn hungry.
Does anyone EVER remember seeing one of them snub food entirely?
I wish Kate would write up how she teaches her kids table manners, how to politely serve themselves and pass food. Have those kids ever hear "pass me the peas"? I'm thinking not as they always get portions on their baby plates and never eat family style.
I decided to put all this info in one place with links, so here it is:
Oct 29, 2009
70 in a 55
0 points (explanation below)
$109.50 fine
http://www.tmz.com/2010/03/06/kate-gosselin-speeding-ticket/ and
http://www.tmz.com/2009/11/02/kate-gosselin-busted-speeding-ticket-trooper-pennsylvanie/ and http://ujsportal.pacourts.us/DocketSheets/MDJReport.aspx?district=MDJ-51-3-04&docketNumber=MJ-51304-TR-0002323-2009
On the docket this called this Obedience to Traffic Control Devices. TMZ reported it as 70 in a 55. I am guessing the Officer who stopped her, cut her some slack marking it as "Obedience to Traffic Control Device" since that is a non-point violation.
Feb 21, 2010:
73 in a 55
4 points
$155.50 fine
http://www.tmz.com/2010/03/06/kate-gosselin-speeding-ticket/ and
http://ujsportal.pacourts.us/DocketSheets/MDJReport.aspx?district=MDJ-51-3-03&docketNumber=MJ-51303-TR-0000348-2010
August 9, 2011:
88 in a 65
4 points
$174 fine
http://ujsportal.pacourts.us/DocketSheets/MDJReport.aspx?district=MDJ-02-3-06&docketNumber=MJ-02306-TR-0003465-2011
Sept 11, 2011:
Regulation of Traffic on PA Turnpike
awaiting plea
http://ujsportal.pacourts.us/DocketSheets/MDJReport.aspx?district=MDJ-52-3-05&docketNumber=MJ-52305-TR-0003514-2011
Money spent on fines so far: $439
Out of curiosity, I did a search in MD and NY to see if she had slid under the radar and had any tickets there, but didn't find any in either of those states.
Now according to information I found, PA starts taking "corrective action" when a driver reaches 6 points (which Kate already has with the 2 tickets...She is lucky the first officer cut her slack because she would be at 12 points rather than 8 right now).
This is where Kate is right now since she had 8 points:
First Accumulation of 6 Points
When any driving record reaches 6 or more points for the first time, the driver will receive a written notice to take a special
written point examination. The examination will address:
1. Knowledge of Safe Driving Practices,
2. Knowledge of Departmental Sanctions, and
3. Knowledge of Related Safety Issues.
The driver has 30 days to successfully pass the exam or else the license will be suspended until the exam is passed. If the
exam is passed within the 30 day period, 2 points will be removed from the driving record.
There are further sanctions for each consecutive accumulation of 6 points.
If that officer had not cut her slack on the first one (which clearly he should not have because she didn't learn a damn thing) she would be facing this at 12 points:
Accumulation of 11 Points or More
When any driving record reaches 11 or more points, the driver's license will automatically be suspended. The length of
suspension depends on how many times the license was suspended in the past. The suspension schedule is as follows:
1. First Suspension - 5 days per point
2. Second Suspension - 10 days per point
3. Third Suspension - 15 days per point
4. Subsequent Suspensions - One year
She and her lead foot, might also want to be careful of this one:
Excessive Speeding
When a driver is convicted for speeding 31 miles per hour or more over the posted speed limit, the driver will have to attend
a Departmental Hearing. The driver will receive a written notice of the specific time and location of the required hearing. The
hearing examiner will review the driving record. Upon the Department's review of the hearing file, one or both of the following
will be initiated:
1. 15 Day License Suspension
2. Special On-Road Driver's Examination
If a 15 day suspension is initiated, the driving record will show 5 points upon restoration. No points are removed if a special
driver's examination is initiated and completed.
Failure to attend this Departmental Hearing will result in a 60 day license suspension.
You can read more about the entire rules here: http://www.dmv.state.pa.us/pdotforms/fact_sheets/pub472.pdf
You bring up a good point, Tucker's Mom. We'll never see Kate write an entry about teaching kids table manners!
All her 'rules' sounds like she watches them like a hawk, while they eat. No waste! Trading food (SOMETIMES), I stand firm on whiners! Good gracious. Food NAZI!
Kate's blog post is wrong in SO MANY WAYS! !
You want to know my tips to getting kids to eat new things and healthy food.
1: Do NOT force a child to eat what you think they should eat. Children have taste buds just like we adults do. Certain foods may turn them off and make them feel ill.
- case in point. My oldest HATES shrimp - hates the look and smell of it. I make Shrimp meals on evenings when he is working or out w/ friends.
2: The ONE BITE RULE - No mater where you are, no matter who cooked the meal, you must have common courtesy to take one bite of a meal you've never tried. The person worked hard to make you a meal. You don't have to like it but you need to try it.
- There is no "That Looks Yucky" in our family. You try it, if you don't like it you can be sure to not have to eat it again.
- Case in point: My daughter didn't know if she would like calamari one evening when we went out for dinner (calamari: fried squid) She tried it and made a face while doing it, but then loved it and ate most of the appetizer. She was 5yrsold at the time. Now she orders it when we go out.
3: Do not force a child to finish what's on their plate. If they are full, they are full, 'nuff said. If you fear waste, then give them a little and let them ask for more.
4: Don't force your palate onto your kids' psyche. You are setting them up for eating disorders.
5: I heard this somewhere "Remember children are 'beginners' at life. We need to help them learn, but not beat them (figuratively) into submission of what we want them to do, learn, eat or live.
I imagine those poor kids do eat and are grateful for whatever is set before them. My gawd! That was chilling.
I wish Kate would write up how she teaches her kids table manners, how to politely serve themselves and pass food. Have those kids ever hear "pass me the peas"? I'm thinking not as they always get portions on their baby plates and never eat family style."
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I remarked once on this too. I have never seen them able to serve themselves from family style eating. This will help them in simple decision making skills. I can see the rule to take only what you can eat. I had that rule too. I also get not serving up 8 different things to eat. But to force them and keep serving the same thing until they 'like' it?
The reason she has no problems getting her kids to eat is because they are STARVING! Plain and simple, they are always hungry so they will eat whatever is put in front of them like it's their last meal.
So, this morning Kate is "under the weather"?
My money is on this sudden onset of not feeling well has everything to do with a visit to a doctor who works with plastic.
I say lipo on the neck and/or thighs.
What say you?
To "JUST ME": YOU ARE AWESOME! Thanks for the information upthread on this insufferable witch, Khatezilla Gro$$elin regarding all of her traffic tickets. She is going to get into BIG trouble someday with her driving. Owning a fancy Audi sports car does not help the situation either. Oh, I know, it's all FOR THE KIDS!... Bwaaah, haaa, haaa. (EIGHT of them, did you hear me, EIGHT of them!)
Fidosmommy: Yep, my money's on your theory as to why Kate's "under the weather." If one needs this much plastic surgery at the age of 36, something's very, very wrong w/ that person's life priorities. But I do understand--she needs to look good in that new convertible.
I am often heard saying, “what’s for dinner is in front of you, if you don’t like it, no dessert and breakfast is the next meal!” [thanks, Mom! I still hear your voice when I say that!]
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"Thanks, Mom" ???
That's a first. I smell a new babysitter.
If Kate was at Emmys Sun. night and DWTS Mon. and Tues. night and was supposedly seen shopping yesterday, when did she get lipoed or botoxed, etc.?
You know Kate should talk about whining and picky eaters. Remember when she and Jon went out for dinner and left the kids with nana Janet...she was eating off Jon's plate and whining about wanting what he had. She can cut the crap about teaching her kids anything, at the table or elsewhere. God she's annoying.
Falling like a brick---your analysis of Kate's eating rules is spot on. I remember as a child(I'm 62 now) being forced to eat something I did not like. It didn't make me change my mind, it made me dislike it even more to the point where it would make me gag just seeing it.
The part about not wasting food reminds me of my parents and other adults talking about the "poor starving children in India".
If a child doesn't like a particular food, you don't force them to eat it. However, at a later time try giving it to them again. They may end up liking it then. As a child I hated broccoli and cauliflower. They are now my favorite vegetables.
The part about wasting food. She says she doesn't waste food, but she creates waste by using paper plates.
If that is truly her rules for getting her kids to eat, I would not be surprised if some of them have eating disorders somewhere down the line.
Also, she should be setting an example, but how can she when she admits that she only eats salads. That alone would be confusing to the kids.
I say she's sporting new double D's.....Wouldn't that be hysterical....Then we would know for sure that she's losing what's left of her mind.
If Kate was at Emmys Sun. night and DWTS Mon. and Tues. night and was supposedly seen shopping yesterday, when did she get lipoed or botoxed, etc.?
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That guy who saw her walk past his store? Maybe his store is next door to the plastic surgeon's office. :) He he he... That would certainly explain the "under the weather" comment!
Kate's latest post is UNBELIEVABLE!! If I'd followed her advice, my kids would have the same food issues that their cousins and narcissistic aunt have! It shocks me. The less a big deal you make of food, the more foods they will like. Period. One of my kids is somewhat picky, but still likes a wide variety of foods. He had many stomach issues when he was little, and I attribute most of it to that. The other kids will literally eat just about anything. No, I didn't cater to their whims, but certainly if they didn't care for one of the dishes at the table, there was enough variety there to fill their stomachs! Good God!
Has she ever heard of Tupperware? It's a much better way to eliminate waste! Kids love food to be ready to go, so they're much more willing to eat something in a Tupperware that they can heat and eat right away. I found that to be a GREAT, pressure free way to get them to like more foods. Geez oh Pete! :)
I also did the one bite rule unless I knew a particular food really caused an aversion. I love love love cabbage soup, but I couldn't make it when my oldest was in the house, because it would make him so nauseated. Never made a big deal of it... Guess what? He eats it today.
Can't wait till the pros get a look at Kate's post and have at it. LOL
Dear!Kate! - There's! this! great! punctuation! mark! - It's! called! a! period!
Regarding: Kate's latest blog entry
If they didn’t like a particular food, I continued feeding it until
they changed their minds! I still do that today! If the majority
doesn’t like a meal, I’ll sneak it in again and sometimes the reaction
is different the second or third time I make something new! Amazing!
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Translation: If the little SOB's don't eat that sandwich for lunch I make sure the servants stick it back in there until it's gone. Then I make sure they hear that story about starving children in China again.
No Regrets said... But to force them and keep serving the same thing until they 'like' it?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Ahh, but that doesnt apply to Katie Irene. Read it again; she doesnt 'serve' it, she FEEDS it. It's not 'meal time', or dinner time, it's FEEDING TIME. It's not a 'meal', it's a FEED. Because, after all, she is much too busy and exhausted (and exhausted and busy cha-ching!) to worry about teaching, raising, educating, assisting her offspring.
The only reason she uses the baby trays is for mental control of their 'feed'; otherwise,she would put the kettle on the floor and tell 'em not to get the walls dirty while they 'fed'
Someone months ago said she thinks all she has to do is feed and water them, and they will raise themselves. In between their mother's organized 'feeds', I guess.
The article is up..you know the one from "stupid but nice Rob"....or whatever it's called. More idiotic nonsense from that dope about what SHE wants....stay on T.V...help moms workout on T.V...Me me me me me....Money money money, Just gimme your money DAMN IT!! I want to be a star...why aren't you cooperating? Sorry...this woman will drive you to drink
I never forced my sons to eat anything they didn't like....and as young children, there wasn't a whole lot they did like. However, once they got older and got girlfriends, they widely expanded their diet...with one even becoming quite the foodie and liking really exotic foods (that neither I or his wife would even eat, most likely). There is no need to force children to eat anything.....just like there is no need to hit them...IMO, of course.
Administrator~
There is a lot of info coming out about Taylor and Russell Armstrong being con artists. One of the biggest cases currently involves this MMR medical outfit....and there are millions of dollars unaccounted for that the Armstrongs collected. And apparently, Taylor (born Shana) has been doing quite a bit of conning for quite some time, trying to pass herself off as being an heir to the Ford family.
I am highly suspicious (as a medical person) of the validity of the abuse photos she sold and have quite a bit of suspicion regarding whether or not she was ever physically abused by Russell.
I would love to put some links here about Taylor Armstrong and her con-artist history but am having trouble getting links ever since Yahoo yet again changed things up again. I used to just copy (and paste) what was in the search box when I was on the page I wanted to copy....but that no longer works.
But after reading all this info about her, I am really beginning to think that this whole thing is just her latest big con.....and it's the most despicable one yet, as it involves bad-mouthing her late husband, who cannot defend himself. I'm beginning to see her as just a despicable con artist.
And just in general, there seems to be more and more info coming out regarding the mental instability of so many of these reality star characters. Hopefully, this will eventually lead to better psychiatric evaluation of potential reality stars.
The Bitter End said...
Translation: If the little SOB's don't eat that sandwich for lunch I make sure the servants stick it back in there until it's gone. Then I make sure they hear that story about starving children in China again.
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Haha! Shades of Mommie Dearest and the steak Christina refused to eat. I think Admin did a post on it.
And I'd like to ask Kate that if the kids leave their underdone chicken on the plate...is it considered "waste"?
OMG! Did anyone notice how many (!!!!) she had in that article?!!! If someone besides her wrote it, it was not a professional!! Because I would expect a professional to know when to lighten up on the exclamation points! And what a food Nazi! My kids don't like cooked veggies, so I set bowls of things like baby carrots, celery sticks, salad, pea pods, grapes, sliced apples, etc on the table (not all at once, of course), and they choose what they want. I just tell them they have to have at least one vegetable and one fruit. It's easier for me because I don't have to cook the veggies, and I am lazy enough to buy bagged salad and such. Open a few packages and dump them into bowls, and you're ready to go! And the raw stuff is actually better for them, so it seems like the kids are making the most nutritious choices, anyway.See, Kate? You can actually feed your kids without making it into an experiment in domination!
Little side note, here..I thought it was kind of funny how she was ticketed for going 88. Made me wonder if that was her actual speed or the officer adjusted it a bit to go along with her obsession with the number 8. Hmmmm. Maybe it was the cop's way of giving her the finger without her knowing it. Or maybe she always goes that speed just cause she loves to see the 8's on her speedomoter. Just sayin'.
The ONE BITE RULE - No mater where you are, no matter who cooked the meal, you must have common courtesy to take one bite of a meal you've never tried.
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LOVE IT.
Exactly what I do with my kids. With my two kids there is a total of ONE item they wont eat - my daughter wont eat hot dogs. Loves Brats, Polish, any other sausage I make just wont eat regular hot dogs because they give her a tummy ache.
At very young ages they used to make faces (as kids will do) for something out of the ordinary. My ex is a fantastic cook.
What I always told my son was:
"Do you think out of ALL the fantastic foods available in the world mom and I would choose to eat something that is disgusting? Why would we pay money for something gross? Try it once and if you dont like it you dont have to eat it..."
To this day they eat anything. Like anyone they have favorites and least favorites but they love trying to new foods now. I am extremely thankful for this and constantly reminded as I make lunches and dinners for their friends when they come over and one kid picks out the mushrooms in my homemade sauces, another wont eat the carrots or radishes in my salads, one cant eat mayonnaise on a sammich, etc.
kHate's suggestions come across arrogant and all-knowing, much like her. The funniest part is that we ALL know she doesnt actually cook, shop or prepare meals for them on a regular basis, because the rare occasion that she does is some major announcement and she throws her shoulder out patting herself on the back.
Stewmama said...
These guys really know Kate. This is hilarious.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztgO814qZvA
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This was posted yesterday on the other thread. Has everyone seen it? It's a riot.
I think Kate could fight that last ticket in court and would most likely win. I mean, the cop had the nerve to write 88 on her ticket?? It's a well known fact that Kate has the copyright on the number 8, and that goes double for 88.
You can actually feed your kids without making it into an experiment in domination!
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Layla, you're right of course, but this is Kate we're talking about. It's not about nutrition, it's about CONTROL.
Kate latest blog entry lacks 2 things:
1. She left out that she sounds a bugle when it's dinner time in the mess hall.
and
2. Joy
Doesn't mealtime in the Gosselin house sound enjoyable? NOT
All of her "tips" are about control and managing meals like a prison cafeteria.
With her strict rules about the order they must eat their lunches at school and some of the weird combinations she's served for dinners I can't imagine how stressful it must be for the kids to even think about eating, let alone actually sitting down with the shrew and doing it. As many have said in the past, she's setting these kids up for major food and eating issues in the future.
And, who in the heck writes like Kate (other than Kate, of course)? I'm sure the sheeple are impressed with her formal and stiff sentences, but it's off-putting and ridiculous. For crying out loud, it's a stupid blog, Kate - take the stick out and loosen up.
Kate Gosselin Scrambling To Find Next TV Job
by Naughty But Nice Rob
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/21/kate-gosselin-new-tv-job-kate-plus-8-cancelled_n_973916.html#
Kate Gosselin is frantically searching for a new way to pay her bills, no one has yet to offer the famous mom another TV job -- but that hasn’t stopped her from dreaming.
“A dream job to me would be either being a talk show host and being able to help and interview people and doing all of that,” Kate tells me. “Or I would love to do more TV where I could be host of a show and go around help moms, work out. I have a lot of great ideas. I guess bottom line is stay in TV. Because I like it.”
But does TV still like Gosselin? Many broadcast insiders tell me it is very difficult to find another show after being dropped by one network. A situation the fired "Real Housewives of New York" are experiencing right now.
“I’m going to keep working obviously because I have eight kids to support,” Gosselin tells me. “And I’m clearly hoping to stay in TV. I enjoy it. I think I’ve found my niche and I’m just waiting to see what comes and hoping for that next big thing.”
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I want to meet the liar that told Kate that t.v. is her niche.
*There is a good reason why Hollywood and t.v. does not want you, Kate. WAKE UP! You're wasting precious time, and money with your idiocy.*
Dee3 said...
I would love to put some links here about Taylor Armstrong and her con-artist history but am having trouble getting links ever since Yahoo yet again changed things up again. I used to just copy (and paste) what was in the search box when I was on the page I wanted to copy....but that no longer works.
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Dee,
I don't use Yahoo search, but IF you're trying to copy the URL from a page of suggestions from a Yahoo search result and it's not working, you may have to go another step and actually go to the site so that you have access to the full URL in the address bar which you can highlight and right click to copy.
I use Google search and FireFox as my browser and it gives me an option to "Copy Link Location". I right click, choose "Copy Link Location" and then paste the link into a comment.
Kate, hoping for "that next big thing" is like hoping that Elvis sings just one more song. Instead of playing it smart and going back to a secure career as a nurse, Kate is hoping to find lightning in a bottle again.
But OK, I'll play. Here's what you do. Go back to Jon to beg and plead for forgiveness, reconcile, have another lavish-ish wedding and you both parent your kids together.
Now, click your heels 3 times and WAKE THE HELL UP!
A Pink Straight Jacket For Kate said...
I want to meet the liar that told Kate that t.v. is her niche.
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I'd just like to have audio of her saying the word! LOL! "Nitch" "Neech" "Neechee" "Um Um Um" "Steeeeeeeeeeeeeve!"
Anonymous said...
Dear!Kate! - There's! this! great! punctuation! mark! - It's! called! a! period!
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OMG! Spit my tea! That was hilarious!
Regarding: “Or I would love to do more TV where I could be host of a show and go around help moms, work out.
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The fitness expert angle. Katie, I would believe you ran IF, you actually ran. Runners do this thing called, ...........wait for it........... well, running. Have you ever run a 5K, 10K??? That's what runners do. (Most runs have an entry fee to pay for the timing, course, etc. and there is usually a charitable cause associated - but that would be giving back and that's a show concept that failed, so we'll move on). Since you don't run in events, I don't believe you run. What you do is called plodding along.
I don't think you're into fitness at all. If you were, your family would be, and they're not. Let's see....The childrens uncle is a D1 soccer coach and their father played on a high school championship team. How many of your children are involved in soccer, or for that matter any sport at all? None. To me that means you're not into sports/fitness. You want to act like you are, but you're not.
Also, remind me how of the results when that Dancing Tony guy tried to get you to become physically active.
You're a facade. Peel back one layer and there is nothing to support the structure.
“A dream job to me would be either being a talk show host and being able to help and interview people and doing all of that,” Kate tells me. “Or I would love to do more TV where I could be host of a show and go around help moms, work out. I have a lot of great ideas. I guess bottom line is stay in TV. Because I like it.”
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Will anyone ever sit her down and say "Kate, it's over"? She sounds like such an idiot here. "I want to stay in TV because I like it." Shocker. You like making big bucks for little work. She really doesn't get that her TV success was like winning the lottery. You may want to win another lottery, but it's not going to happen. To STAY on TV, you need talent. What precisely does she see as her talent? A talk show? Interviewing people? She was given chances in these areas and others and failed miserably. Taking free trips and then sitting on your sofa talking about them is hardly the stuff for a long lasting TV career.
I assume any new venture would have a test episode like "Twist of Kate" must have and unless all 20 of her sheeple are in the test audience, it would never get the green light.
She really needs to wake up. If she wasn't such a nasty person, I'd really feel sorry for her. Her future is sad and pathetic. She has eight beautiful kids that she will never appreciate for who they really are and how lucky she's been to have had the opportunities she was given (GIVEN, not earned). Sad.
She will never see she caused her own downfall, not Jon. TLC made sure Jon was the post-divorce villian and the media ran with it. Kate had a golden opportunity to develop a career like Bethany Frankel out of that, but she was too lazy to work hard (see DWTS) and spent all of her time working on her outward beauty instead of improving her inner beauty. Without inner beauty or talent, a TV career will be short lived.
Kate, you had your chance, made your millions and it's over. Show some pride and class and move on.
Hey Admin?
I was reading your posters posts about where Kate was when she got that ticket on August 9th.
Route 222 and 897 are pretty darn close to Kate's sister Kendra's home in nearby Reinholds, Pa...
>wink<
I also used the One Bite rule for my kiddo when he was little. When it was something new or that he didn't remember having before, I just asked him "is there anything I cook that you don't like?" and he's think and then go "okay, I'll try it", and 9 x's out of 10, he liked it. Now that he's older (17), he's starting to cook on his own and even cook the occasional weekend meal for all of us.
If there were veggies that he didn't like when he was little (cauliflower & brussel sprouts), I gave him a different veggie choice just for him. Like Daddy loves brussel sprouts (yuck) and I would make them, Brady would get carrots or peas or whatever he picked out. It gave him input, which made him feel important. And I was sure he would eat what I made for him. It also helps big time to let kids help make dinner. They are more likely to eat what they helped make...back to that "feeling important having input".
I do have to say that in our house, family meals only happen on weekends. Daddy works nights, so dinner during the week is just kiddo & myself. What we eat during the week is always more flexible and more what kiddo wants (and I cook later at night or in the morning for Daddy). On the weekends, it's what Daddy wants. Kiddo and I used to eat at the table every night, but once he was in high school with more going on, I'm more flexible about him grabbing a plate of food and vanishing to his room. But Saturday & Sunday, we eat at the table as a family.
If Kate truly wants to stay in media/entertainment, then she needs to acknowledge that she burned her bridges the first time around (or rather it appears she did) and she needs to start looking for LOCAL gigs (PA & the east coast) and paying her dues.
There are two extremes on the parenting spectrum. They're called permissive and authoritarian.
Permissive parents are those you see on Supernanny. Their kids are out of control because they don't want to or don't know how to enforce limits and boundaries.
Kate is a textbook example of an authoritarian parent. They go too far the other direction. Nearly every decision is made for these children and they live in tight, rigid little worlds with hardly room to breathe. They grow up not knowing how to make decisions for themselves and many times not even having the same basic skills as a kid growing up in a more normal home. Since she's a control freak, of course she's an authoritarian parent. What I say goes. No room for discussion, no room for compromise. No is just no. No thinking, just OBEY. I'M IN CHARGE AND I'LL ALWAYS BE IN CHARGE.
When they were allowed to go in those RVs, you heard her BARK from outside "NO TOUCHING!" and all the excited faces looked briefly scared, chastized. It's only about control with these parents, not growth or learning. They never teach their babies how to fly.
Middle of the road is authoritative. The parents set and enforce behavioral limits appropriate for the age and maturity level of their kids, but encourage independence in action and thought.
Administrator: And just in general, there seems to be more and more info coming out regarding the mental instability of so many of these reality star characters. Hopefully, this will eventually lead to better psychiatric evaluation of potential reality stars.
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What I find interesting regarding the Real Housewives is the fact many of these ladies have filed bankruptcy or have foreclosed on their homes but are screaming "I'm rich" to stay on a show. Then there is Kate....she is rich but screaming "I'm poor" to stay on a show.
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Thanks so much for trying to help me. I am very computer illiterate....and can barely even speak the language (computer-ese).....but I think I understand what you suggested.....and I will try that and see if it works. Thanks again....so nice of you.
Re: Taylor Armstrong
Something about this doesn't pass the smell test.
I recall an episode from last season's Housewife's
of Beverly Hills where Taylor and Russell were at a function with the other cast members and Tayor gave a speech about victims of abuse. She either grew up in an abusive home or had been in a previous abusive relationship. I don't recall the exact facts, but i do know that the abuse was not aimed at Russell. Does anyone have additional information on this?
Does anyone know why I can't cut and paste anymore on this site while using my iPhone? I can do it on other sites just fine.
Thanks!
Just curious said...
If Kate was at Emmys Sun. night and DWTS Mon. and Tues. night and was supposedly seen shopping yesterday, when did she get lipoed or botoxed, etc.?
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In between the shopping. Botox isn't an all-day event.
I think I’ve found my niche and I’m just waiting to see what comes and hoping for that next big thing.”
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Somewhere over the rainbow
Bluebirds fly.
Birds fly over the rainbow.
Why then, oh why can't I?
Cuz you're a dodo Kate. It's over. Go away.
Botox is quick. They'll even come to your house. Or in Kate's case her 5 star hotel.
As far as Taylor yea she has a history of dv relationships. At a certain point you have to ask yourself why she can't see the dv red flags. These habitual dv victims need to take some responsibilty for their relationship choices.
Dallas Lady said...
Middle of the road is authoritative. The parents set and enforce behavioral limits appropriate for the age and maturity level of their kids, but encourage independence in action and thought.
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Research shows that children of authoriTATIVE parents have the highest self-esteem. Children of permissive parents have lower self-esteem, and children of authorTARIAN parents have the lowest self-esteem of all parenting styles.
Under the weather..my ass. She just depressed because no one wanted to hire her or give her a "job". She probably came home empty handed.I think it's safe to say most people would like to be on T.V. and make all that money. But....in the real world you actually have to be hired by someone.She acts like all she has to do is say it and it will happen....what a mental case.
Children of authoritarian parents start off sad when they are tiny, then get frustrated when they are Tweens, then get angry as teens,, then grow up and lash out at their own children and spouses.
Please Kate take a parenting class for starters.
She is setting these kids up for a disastrous adult life when it comes to eating. My son has always been picky when it comes to food, but I am not a short order cook. I make what I make. And my son's pediatrician said it best when he said "He'll eat what's put it in front of him." (I don't make liver & onions or anything though!) My son gets a healthy snack after school, something w/ sustenance but not too too filling, so he'll be sure to eat.
I made a meat sauce as a matter of fact that will accompany a lasagna, spaghetti dinner & chicken parm. Today's menu is lasagna. My son used to hate MY sauce, until he tried it. Now he loves it. It's all in variety & having kids try new things. Dishing themselves up is a biggie too. The small portions she serves these kids is just way too small, & frankly it shows. It's important that they get the right amount of vitamins, minerals & nutrients. And to be denied milk?
My sons doc ALWAYS asks how much milk he's getting. She didn't teach anyone squat in this "How to feed your kids" thing. She just, again, made herself look like a fool.
~Hippie Chick~
Kat said... She acts like all she has to do is say it and it will happen.
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Sadly, that's precisely what her life has been like for the past five years. If she wanted it, TLC either provided it or had it donated for an episode. If she wanted to go somewhere, again TLC was there to oblige with cameras in tow.
TLC fed that entitled attitude she had even before TV instead of trying to keep it in check.
Rude awakening time for Kate.
Kirkland said...
According to the latest tweet posted at top, she tweeted over 20 hours ago? Where is she? What is she doing?
I don't like it when Kate is quiet. Makes me wonder what she's up to.
You don't like it when she talks either. Aren't you ever happy?
My mother was authoritarian and I remember striking out on my own at 19. I planned for a year, bought all my household stuff gradually. My mom didn't have servants, she had us, and she made us do everything. Well, it only took one trip to the grocery store and a week in my apartment to realize I was FREE! I could buy crunchy peanut butter and real mayo, I could get/eat any Little Debbie snack cakes/cheese slices I wanted, I could stay in the bathroom as long I as I wanted, I could plan the meals I liked for a whole week and I realized the 'messes' she was always screaming about were nonexistent! It was like someone turned the light on! And it was wonderful. I really think some (hopefully all) of the G kids will have the same experience. I have hope for them all.
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@LEIGHSHAHAN1 @RealZiggyFlo @BarbGilmer @mumbear9 @kateplusmy8 SO GALS! Maybe if we keep our chats to just us 6, Kate would be comfy to chat
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I'm not so sure that there enough room for six noses to fit up Kate's rear end!
Is she now hitting up on Leigh? Good grief...
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@LEIGHSHAHAN1 @BarbGilmer @mumbear9 @Kateplusmy8 Leigh! Was just looking at your pics! You are so darn cute! :)
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@LEIGHSHAHAN1 @mumbear9 @BarbGilmer @Kateplusmy8 Leigh - I like your TWITTER FACE much better! :)
What I always told my son was:
"Do you think out of ALL the fantastic foods available in the world mom and I would choose to eat something that is disgusting? Why would we pay money for something gross? Try it once and if you dont like it you dont have to eat it..."
I LOVE this & will try it. Thank you Sport!!!
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Stewmama said...
These guys really know Kate. This is hilarious.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztgO814qZvA
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This was posted yesterday on the other thread. Has everyone seen it? It's a riot.
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Bahahahaha....These kids KNOW Kate Goseselin!
You mother was 'authoritarian' because she didn't let you eat at many Little Debbies as you wanted? lol,
Werny just put up a post about Kate's agressive driving and she linked to this oldie but goodie. This is so Kate, right down to the mention of the vanity plate on the vehicle that hit then ran. The plate on the BBV is an abbreviated form of 'goalkeeper,' Jon was a soccer goalie in high school. This allegedly happened in the summer of 2008, when they still lived in E-Town.
http://blindgossip.com/?p=12245
not to judge...BUT
Taylors abuse probably was a few shoves and some verbal abuse. not saying that's ok..but this is not media blitz worthy.
a deeply abused woman would be to scared to throw a 60k party without hubby permission. an abused woman hubby would not have agreed to RHOBH (this is just MY OPINION)
i have been handcuffed and held over a bridge being told i would die..was in 2 truly abusive relationships as a teen. i told no one. and i darn sure didnt tell my kids about their father's behavior later in life. and i FOR SURE did not go on a media blitz looking for sympathy. one day i had enough an i left. that's what abused woman do if they can. and correct..it is the most dangerous time for a woman. my kids dad kidnapped my son when i left as revenge. this woman is taking things too far. russell isnt there to defend himself. he did admit to shoving her and i think he pulled her hair he said. he said things were not like this before the show but the show drove him over the edge.
so yes..taylor..you have been in an abusive relationship. but it isnt to the degree that your daughter needs to hear about THIS SOON after her father's death.
taylor is milking this suicide to garner $$$ since she lost her wage earner of a husband when now would actually be the time to be quiet. if she has a "story to tell" maybe she can find a more appropriate outlet for it. rag mags aren't gonna help you.
EM
Anonymous said... You mother was 'authoritarian' because she didn't let you eat at many Little Debbies as you wanted? lol,
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God sheeple minds are so simple. It's either black or white. Gray doesn't exist. Pathetic. No wonder they relate so well to Kate. Simple minds are drawn to simple minds.
I always wonder what the sheeple see in Kate and then when they post here, I see it's a common IQ level.
“I’m going to keep working obviously because I have eight kids to support,”
OH MY GOD we KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! STFU! Most of us have kids to support. She just C-an't U-nderstand N-ormal T-hinking!
Kate's probably feeling "under the weather" because no one out in LA offered her a talk show or not even a mail clerk job.
Virginia Pen Mom said... Bahahahaha....These kids KNOW Kate Goseselin!
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Don't they though? Glad you checked it out. It's the best Gosselin parody I've ever seen.
Just Wondering said... Re: Taylor Armstrong
Something about this doesn't pass the smell test.
I recall an episode from last season's Housewife's
of Beverly Hills where Taylor and Russell were at a function with the other cast members and Tayor gave a speech about victims of abuse. She either grew up in an abusive home or had been in a previous abusive relationship. I don't recall the exact facts, but i do know that the abuse was not aimed at Russell. Does anyone have additional information on this?
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Yes! I remember that and agree that something is amiss and doesn't pass the smell test. Russell's family believes he was murdered, and, honestly, I've thought that myself for a long time, especially since Russell's business partner was found dead in his car of a bullet hole to the head ONE DAY AFTER Russell was found hanged, and that was also ruled a suicide. Not buying it.
The Bitter End said... Regarding: Kate's latest blog entry
If they didn’t like a particular food, I continued feeding it until
they changed their minds!
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I'm sorry, but to me, this is abusive! She actually thinks this is a tip that people should follow? I'm 44 and still have terrible memories of my mother making me sit at the table for hours until I ate something I didn't like. I'd fall asleep at the table and she'd leave me there! I still, to this day, have anger towards my mother about that.
What in the world is so wrong with having a child who doesn't like something? Does Kate like everything? Shall we make her sit to the table and eat dirty mushrooms until she learns to like them?
Wowsers....that blog post of hers has really chapped my ass. I guess since I find it mentally abusive and cruel to make kids eat things they don't like. I never did that to my child, and mealtime was never stressful because of it. It's flat out a control issue.
Michelle
Little minds can't put together the entire paragraph and get the meaning. A mind is a such a terrible thing to waste.
I just want to add, the worst of it was EGG NOODLES! To this day I still gag at the site of egg noodles and automatically get flashbacks of be made to eat them and all the hurt I felt when I was 6. I think now it's more of a psychological dislike. If I was never forced to eat them then, I may have learned to like them on my own in time.
Don't they though? Glad you checked it out. It's the best Gosselin parody I've ever seen.
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They missed the boat, though. They should have had those kids sitting at high chairs at the table, eating one grape, one cracker and one slice of cheese among them, fighting for their share.
the one and only time i was forced to eat something i didnt like (meatloaf) i bashed my teeth into the table so i wouldn't have to eat it. lol - what a bratty thing to do.
my parents were very cool about letting me choose my portions and snacks growing up. my mom also made basic recipes. didnt try to go all crazy to educate my palate. just simple stuff - meat, starch, veggie etc.
now about kate's blog..these tips are so GENERIC. how about something real. like wrting..
i make a main course and 3 sides. the kids can choose their side dishes but the main course they must at least try. if they absolutely hate it the only other option is PB&J - or something. does that make sense? she should be more specific. sheeple want to know what a day in the life is like (since they didnt get to see it on your travel channel show)
what a waste kate. the sheeple NEED to know what you make so tell them. toss them a simple recipe that serves 8 kids. and cut the all organic $100 a meal fake crap. what are you really making? tell them how you organize 8 kids to sit at the table with manners. do you have a routine such as going around the table sharing your day? or is it EAT IN SILENCE OR GO TO YOUR ROOM! do you eat what the kids eat kate? answer real questions and give real mom tips IF you want the website to be worth a damn.
EM
Taylor Armstrong's story on the one episode was about her growing up in an abusive home. Her stepfather and mother apparently fought a lot. She was never really clear on the entire saga. Most people thought it was sort of BS. But who knows. And yes, Taylor tried to pass herself off as a relative to THE Ford family. Bravo caught the lie. The whole thing was written up an a blog I read about the Housewives shows. Taylor IS as shady as Russell was. They had several different money making 'investement' deals they were involved in, taking people for quite a lot of money. The info is out there. Interesting read about the couple.
hit'em up in style @ 1:01 PM - Thank you for that "link". I am a relative new comer to the Gosselin family story having only become aware of them (via magazine covers) around the time of the separation/divorce. Your link (including additional "links" and comments) will help me fill in some of their history. Thank you again!!!!
Anonymous (sigh), my mother was not authoritarian because she didn't let me eat Little Debbie's - she was authoritarian, because she didn't let any of us do or eat anything unless SHE said it was OK (and always bought all the food we all hated), she treated us like slaves (never lifted a finger around the house except to cook dinner), there were rules on top of rules, few of which made sense, she slapped us around all the time and occasionally outright whipped us, in short, we were afraid to breathe around this woman. It was the small choices in life that made me realize I was free of her tyranny. OK???
An Anonymous who can't pick a name said..."You don't like it when she talks either. Aren't you ever happy?"
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I bet some sheeple are, though, especially since they can jump on an unmoderated blog and make snide comments to their heart's content! Must be hog (er...sheep) heaven for them!
These sheep need to go back to their pasture. They remind me of Bing Crosby's Whiffenpoof song:
We're poor little lambs who have lost our way
Baa, baa, baa
We're little black sheep who have gone astray
Baa, baa, baa
Gentleman songsters off on a spree
Doomed from here to eternity
Lord have mercy on such as we
Baa, baa, baa
With me, it was oatmeal -- hot cereal of any kind, but oatmeal especially. Something about the texture, I guess. My mother said I would gag on it when I was a baby and now, at age 63, I still can't get it down. I'm glad my parents didn't employ Kate's guidelines. I've never been a picky eater, other than avoiding foods I'm allergic to, but Geeze, Kate. No 2 people have the exact same tastebuds. What tastes like chocolate nirvana to one tastes like poison to another. The trick is, prepare a variety of foods and allow some choice. And BTW - what's so healthy about a small cube of cheese, a few crackers and 3 grapes? Guess that "feed it to them until they like it" rule explains the eggplant parm.for 3 days in a row that Mady mentioned in one of the shows not to long ago.
readerlady
Hippie....can't stop laughing...too funny...
My daughter's father once forced her to eat pecan pie. To this day (she's an adult now), she HATES Pecan pie.
'investment' Those extra E's are sneaky little devils.
Taylor is getting slammed left and right for all her appearances about the DV stuff. Russell admitted it happened saying he was not proud and it was a one time thing that was result of tremendous stress. If this is true, NOT MINIMIZING the violence at all, but if it was a one time occurrence, she is certainly milking it for all it's worth.
Someone asked if Taylor had botox on her lips. She actually had an implant surgically put into her lips. She said she just didn't want to go through the pain to have it removed. Her lips look horrible to me. She has a large mouth to begin with, and they only draw attention to that.
Oh -- @Sport -- if your daughter gets a tummy ache from hot dogs, she may be allergic to nitrites, which are in some processed meats like hot dogs. Ask your doctor about it. Nitrite allergies can be very serious. If she is, she could avoid some major problems by knowing what foods/beverages to avoid.
readerlady
EM said...
taylor is milking this suicide to garner $$$ since she lost her wage earner of a husband when now would actually be the time to be quiet. if she has a "story to tell" maybe she can find a more appropriate outlet for it. rag mags aren't gonna help you.
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It was either upthread or on the last post that someone mentioned Taylor going to the rags and tv tabloid shows to tell her story rather than a news program and that it's all about money. The news programs don't pay for interviews, but we all know that the rags and tabs do. If the stories about Taylor's finances are true, she needs to earn some money quickly, but this isn't the way. Maybe money is blinding her from seeing the damage this will do down the road.
The last thing their daughter should hear about when she starts asking questions about her dad's death is that her mom went on tv to tell stories about how he beat her (whether they're true or not, tabloid television, a month after his death, is not the time or place). It sounds like some of the things Russell's family was hinting about Taylor are true.
Hippie Chick said... “I’m going to keep working obviously because I have eight kids to support,”
OH MY GOD we KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! STFU! Most of us have kids to support. She just C-an't U-nderstand N-ormal T-hinking!
Hmmm, are you writing in code, there? Hee-hee.
What do you want to bet she's feeling under the weather cause nobody offered her a job in LA (or would even talk to her). Depression may be setting in right about now. Not dissing depression, it is an awful thing, but in her case I'm okay with it.So, she's in the fourth stage of grief right about now (Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance) so the next step is to accept that she's over. I just don't see her doing that--her ego is WAY too big. I think she'll bounce around between the first four for a very long time.
WHY does she talk endlessly about paying the bills? Stack of bills in her purse, paying the kids' bills, can't pay the bills without a job in TV, blah, blah, blah. Does she think she's the only person who has bills to pay? News flash, Kate..we all have bills! Yours are not special!
I have very serious food issues, and one of them nearly killed me. My 3 siblings have had their
troubles with food, too. It all goes back to life around the dining room table and my mother's absolute control over foods and her inability to understand that there are some foods that just don't taste good.
I am having flashbacks to liver and onions. My mom would cook the chicken livers until they were grey and dry. No amount of ketchup helped those things go down. Loved the onions, though.
We had to clean our plates thoroughly, except
bread, potatoes and dessert. Those we were allowed to leave. Mom served from the kitchen and you ate what you were served, no more, no less.
My mom would cook vegetables until they were limp piles of mush. I despised all of them, not so much for taste as texture. Ugh. Once she discovered that raw vegetables were not poison,
she let me have mine that way. I became a vegetarian because I loved them so much.
Kate is laying a very strong foundation for her kids to wander off the "nutrition" path she is
forcing them to walk. Kate, calm down, find the middle ground, and your kids will eat what their bodies tell them they should eat. Honest. And if they throw in an extra cookie or an extra
part of a banana, what's the harm, really? Just back down and let them find their way with some
general guidance.
What a riot :o)
Thank you for posting the "Kate Plus 8 College Years" video!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztgO814qZvA
Hippie Chick said...
She just C-an't U-nderstand N-ormal T-hinking!
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I love that - you are too funny!
@ PJ's Momma
in short, we were afraid to breathe around this woman. It was the small choices in life that made me realize I was free of her tyranny. OK???
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Are we sisters? Did we have the same 'mother'?
I was free at 16. I know and understand your comment.
OK....let me see if this works:
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/interior-designer-and-home-owner-speak-about-beverly-hills-housewifes-armstrongs-nuway-and-mymedicalrecordscom-lawsuit-2011-08-04
Hope I didn't mess this up (though I'm sure I probably did). I had no problem with this for several years...until Yahoo changed something....again.
I am having flashbacks to liver and onions. My mom would cook the chicken livers until they were grey and dry. No amount of ketchup helped those things go down. Loved the onions, though.
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That's the problem right there! Ketchup on liver and onions? No! Use beef liver, not chicken livers, fry just long enough that it hits the pan (any longer and it gets tough), remove the liver, add a little beef broth to the drippings along with the onions, thicken with flour. Mashed potatoes are a must with it. Good stuff! Of course, I also like scrapple and syrup, and cold beef tongue sandwiches.
Liver sounds good for tonight - either that, or pork and sauerkraut...haven't quite decided (we're going out). My kids will choose what they want to eat and won't be force fed until they decide they like something. What's amazing is that they decide on healthy, nutritious food - all on their own. I can't imagine being very hungry and then having to eat something that I didn't like. Those children are going to have food issues as they get into their pre-teen and teen years. Guaranteed...and they have nobody to blame but their mother. How dumb is she?
When my niece was a little girl, her parents made her eat everything on her plate, even if she hated it. We were very close in age, and I can remember going to her house after I was finished eating, waiting for her to go outside and play. Supper time was 5 p.m. My niece detested peas. Refused to eat them, but her mom wouldn't throw any food away. At 8 p.m., she was still sitting at the table and I was still waiting for her to finish her peas so we could play. I tried everything to get her to eat them. We hid them in mashed potatoes. She finally did, and we went outside and she threw up. Even in her adult years, we would often joke about peas. When she was a kid, she'd say, "I could kill every pea in the whole world." And she meant it.
A Pink Straight Jacket For Kate said...
What a riot :o)
Thank you for posting the "Kate Plus 8 College Years" video!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztgO814qZvA
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Glad you liked it. I hope it gets a lot of views. They did such a good job.
Yeah....of course I messed it up....what else is new (?). Anyway, regarding Taylor Armstrong (and btw, she's had about 4 different names) and selling her photos....apparently, she and Russell had lots and lots of money stashed in off-shore banks. And actually, the money she got from selling the photos is paltry, compared to the millions that are missing and thought to be stashed away.
But...apparently, she did not really sell them for the money (an amount that to her, would be small). She wanted to get them out there because she is being investigated for conspiring and participating with her husband to con, divert and hide money collected as investments. And she is hoping that she can launch a defense by claiming she was forced to help him out of fear because she was an abused wife.
If you take a look at Taylor Armstrong, Theresa Giudice (and Juicy Joe) and Kate Gosselin.....you are looking at some serious psych problems.....not to mention, a good deal of lying about their financial problems. I think that eventually....Bravo (and Andy Cohen) are gonna take a bit hit for this and may regret hiring/getting involved with these folks (and a few others).
Teresa, there are a lot of us sisters. Do you tend to be cautious in your decisions (always making sensible ones), have little need for the things in life that are fleeting, yet are adventurous in spirit? My hubby's job is global and I often go with him. I have the amazing experience of traveling the globe and I have zero problem taking off on my own and doing whatever, with a map and little else. Being afraid my whole childhood made me resilient - I'm not afraid of much now. I hope you are the same! Even though I'm in the best position to help my mother, I feel no loyalty to do so. Thankfully she has a husband. Isn't it funny how growing up and older gives you clarity? Now I see her as an overgrown, insecure, selfish, controlling brat. I sort of see Kate the same way (you're embarrasing ME, what about ME, do what "I" say or else) and it makes me sad for those kids. I saw fear in their eyes when they were very small and I did watch the show. Sad.
dee3 said...
Yeah....of course I messed it up....what else is new (?).
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You didn't mess it up. I copied and pasted the link and it opens up fine.
dee3 said...
OK....let me see if this works:
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I went to the site and read it.
Very interesting. More details than what I had read before. Thanks.
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But...apparently, she did not really sell them for the money (an amount that to her, would be small). She wanted to get them out there because she is being investigated for conspiring and participating with her husband to con, divert and hide money collected as investments. And she is hoping that she can launch a defense by claiming she was forced to help him out of fear because she was an abused wife.
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Awww that makes sense why she is going this. I get it now. I thought it was really bizarre she do this media tour so soon after his death. Thanks for that info.
thank you Admin. for stating that you would like to hear the "other" side of the stories. I interviewed clients for three years while working in the Public Defender's Office. Scenario: read the copy of their charges; asked what they told the police; duly noted. Then -- it was you tell me what happened. Believe me it was 99.99/100% different. I could write a book. Taylor had choices - WTH didn't she make one? There are shelters for battered women. I am sorry for her pain, but she pushed this guy to the edge. I read $60,000 for a birthday party!
Kate doesn't rate~
Oh good! I'm so glad it worked for you.
From Danielle (RHONJ) to Theresa and Joe Giudice to this Taylor and Russell Armstrong......this isn't just scandal....we are talking about major illegal activity here. Lying to the feds, fabricated bankruptcy claims, scamming and then hiding money, money laundering, etc.
I mean, I can understand that Bravo might welcome some degree of scandal....that would likely increase the audience for their Real Housewives show.....but this?
This is outright scary....blatant illegal activities and crimes. I'm stunned that they are even allowing these people to continue on their shows.
It seems that breaking the law is no big deal for the personalities that become reality stars. For Kate, it's merely parking and traffic violations.....but she seems to be fitting the mold in terms of crying poor....when in actuality, she should have tons of money (in the millions) that she's probably hidden. She's just another con artist.....only on a smaller scale than what the Armstrongs were.
There seems to be an eerily familiar pattern with many of these reality stars...malignant narcissism, pathological lying, crying poor (while hiding millions), illegal activities, etc. There seems to be a certain personality type that wants to be a reality star and does whatever it takes to become one.....and in addition to several housewives, this includes Miss Kate also.
wanted to mention - that on one interview Jon stated he was no longer Jon. He was Jon and Kate plus 8. That single remark brought tears to my eyes. He was being emasculated in front of the viewing audience. How very sad.
@treehugR4lifeMOM
@Kateplusmy8 @CJWhodunit did you see this latest batch of speculations from the stalkers polly and al http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftechnorati.com%2Fentertainment%2Fcelebrity%2Farticle%2Fkate-gosselin-driven-to-distraction%2F&h=vAQDJPcjNAQCratOw_sSsWeXHHbHjV3DSA3FsWeSeBuqaYQ
26 minutes agovia web
Kateplusmy8Kate Gosselin
@treehugR4life @CJWhodunit I can't see anything on facebook.. Summarize for me?
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This is the link to the 'speculation' an article written by Polly (werny girl) about Kate's bad driving and speeding tickets. Not sure why they gave such a long URL through Facebook.
http://technorati.com/entertainment/celebrity/article/kate-gosselin-driven-to-distraction/
Something to ponder:
Apparently, Dana Plato's son recently committed suicide. There has been a pattern of problems seen later in life for child stars. And these were ones who performed in movies and TV, etc.....not reality kids.
With all this dysfunctional behavior and committing of illegal crimes....can you just imagine how much worse it will be for these reality kids later in life? It might very well make the problems of child stars seem minimal by comparison, I think.
I truly feel that the damage done to reality kids is probably far worse than what was done to child stars (as bad as that already is). Just for starters, most (if not all) reality kids got thrown into this by their parents....without any prior interest in being involved in something like this. Add to that the televising of their embarrassing private moments that are now forever documented on youtube for all the world to see....something child stars did not have to deal with. And also add the constant filming and invasion of privacy and constant attention....which was not as much of a problem for child stars (they were only filmed for specific hours) as it is for these reality kids.....especially the ones whose parents are not looking out for their best interests.
I'm really worried for their futures....not just the Gosselins....but a whole slew of reality kids who were just too young to have been thrown into this.
My God they just showed a preview for Dr Phil for tomorrow. Taylor was crying almost hysterical, talking about her little girl. She looked downright scary.
The Bitter End said... "You're a facade. Peel back one layer and there is nothing to support the structure."
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Wow, what an awesome statement. You nailed her perfectly. Thank you.
IMO she doesn't feel well because she came back from her "hire me" tour in LA without any job prospects. HA! Start studying Kate, your "mediocre" nursing job is right around the corner.
I know I say this everytime I post here . . . I love, love this site and its great administrator and posters.
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Another example of the scandalize people that is on reality is that Slade Smiley idiot on RHWOC. Bravo let him lie on the program about his child support. The court documents are on the web. He is over 200K in arrears in child support, even went to jail for it. What a slimeball. Bravo let him not only lie, but diss his ex who is taking care of their son with terminal cancer. They are disgusting.
Another example of the scandalize people that ARE on reality shows
Geeez can't write today.
Apologies to Kat. I just read back and saw your post on her not getting a job while in LA. Cindy
I don't get the whole picky eater thing. We just never had to deal with it in our family and my own son wasn't too picky, either.
The rules for all of us were that you came to the dinner table and ate together whenever possible. You couldn't play with food or do anything gross (like mixing ketchup with mashed potatoes). You were expected to eat with your mouth closed, contribute to the conversation without interrupting, keep your face clean and use your fork instead of your fingers.
Generally there was no dessert and there were at least three side items with the main course. You could eat whatever you wanted and by the time you were in kindergarten, you could fix your own servings. If you took too much, you were warned about eyes being bigger than stomachs, but it wasn't a big deal. You stopped when you were full.
If you didn't like something, you just left it off of your plate. If you didn't feel like eating, you could wait until the next meal. If you spooned up something and it didn't taste right, you left it on your plate without comment and it was scrapped in the trash. You would be surprised at how little waste we actually had at the end of the meals.
If you wanted to eat only one item, you had to make sure everyone was served first. If you ate the same item a week in a row, it wasn't a big deal because invariably you would get bored enough to move on to other things. Food wasn't a medium for power struggles. We all eat a wide variety of healthy foods as adults and none of us were malnourished.
No Regrets~
Apparently, Taylor's duck lips are due to an actual lip implant, not simple botox. She has said that she's too afraid of the pain to have it removed. There is a music video on youtube spoofing duck lips (in general). I can't figure out why women want to do this to themselves. I think they look absolutely ridiculous. Leave the top lip alone! It ends up looking like a duck beak.
Taylor being on Dr. Phil is basically, IMO, "doing the poor me rounds"....just like Kate has done several times in the past.
But apparently, Taylor is getting more sneers than empathy. This set of "poor me" rounds on TV seems to be back-firing on her. Good. I'm glad. This behavior is despicable....just like it was when Kate did it. These women probably have millions stashed away yet expect the viewing audience to feel sorry for them. It's sickening.
You were expected to eat with your mouth closed, contribute to the conversation without interrupting, keep your face clean and use your fork instead of your fingers.
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And you kept your arms and elbows off the table, something that Kate never learned. I remember one episode, when they were at a restaurant, Kate sat there slouched over the table, with both arms fully on the table while she stabbed at the food. My mom would have said, "You weren't born in a barn."
You also learned that when you ate soup, you pushed the spoon away from you in the bowl, and you never let the spoon in the bowl when you were finished (at restaurants), but laid the soup spoon on the saucer. Funny how the things we learned as young children always stay with us.
Admin.,sorry for this final O.T. To 'No Regrets', 'KyPastor', thanks to you both.I was gone for a couple days, was not feeling welcome from my last visit here, but thanks to both of you,for what kind words you have said.The world is a much better place with people like you, who care about others, even if you don't know them.Please continue prayers, for both me and others.
Layla,you will be forever in my thoughts and prayers,we have both lost children, and are part of a sad club, no one understands unless they have walked in our shoes.I will coninue being just me when I am posting:)
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No Regrets~
Apparently, Taylor's duck lips are due to an actual lip implant, not simple botox. She has said that she's too afraid of the pain to have it removed. There is a music video on youtube spoofing duck lips (in general). I can't figure out why women want to do this to themselves. I think they look absolutely ridiculous. Leave the top lip alone! It ends up looking like a duck beak.
Taylor being on Dr. Phil is basically, IMO, "doing the poor me rounds"....just like Kate has done several times in the past."
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Yes I did post she had implants in her lips, I was answering someone who asked if it were botox.
The previews look HORRIBLE of her being downright hysterical. They keep showing more and more of it. She is describing finding the man. My God how can she do this to his family OR her own daughter. She needs some mental help ASAP. With those lips she looks even worse when she cries. Ack
@PJ's mommy
I saw fear in their eyes when they were very small and I did watch the show. Sad.
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I saw that too, as you said, when they were very small. Less than 2 years old. I even wrote about it at the other blog. I lived it that fear and recogonized it immediately. What a flashback for me!
Everything you said upthread is correct. Being so afraid every minute of every day has made me so resilient and fear free. I have travelled alone and it never bothered me one bit. Whether it was Europe or the USA.
There's so much we sisters have been through and can see in the 8. I hope they come out of their childhood fear-free and adventurous as we have become. I see the boy tups having a harder time though.
My bio sister became a clone of 'mother'(hate to use that term for her)Strange how things work out sometimes isn't it?
Thanks for sharing PJ....I was grateful to read your comment. Kindred souls eh?
The link I posted above about the article was about Kate's tickets and bad driving that Polly wrote. But this is the description that the fan gave. LOL Why not mention all her tickets?
@CJWhodunitCJ Whodunit
@Kateplusmy8 @treehugR4life PK claiming you are running people literally off the road there where you live, and you are endangering
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@CJWhodunit @treehugR4life lol, ok. Whatever!
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http://technorati.com/entertainment/celebrity/article/kate-gosselin-driven-to-distraction/
prairiemary said...I will coninue being just me when I am posting:)
WELCOME back and you darn better post as YOU. :)
I hope Layla saw my message on the previous post too.
What does she mean she can't see anything on facebook? Does Steve have the code to the Net Nanny set so she can't go there or what?
If I was Jon I would be truly frightened that such a helpless adult was supposedly in charge of my 8 children.
I guess he knows that the "girl" and the "babysitters" are doing the bulk of the child care so the kids are most likely safe, but damn!
"In the 2009 incident, TMZ said Gosselin was reportedly doing 70 miles per hour in a 55 miles per hour zone. TMZ said her eight children were in the SUV at the time."
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The above ticket standing alone should be enough reason for Khate to have lost her license for ever! Kids in the car WTF!
Teresa said...
@PJ's mommy
I saw fear in their eyes when they were very small and I did watch the show. Sad.
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I saw that too, as you said, when they were very small. Less than 2 years old. I even wrote about it at the other blog. I lived it that fear and recogonized it immediately. What a flashback for me! "
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People used to ask them how ALL the kids would mind and go right to the time out corner and they both said, "we don't know they just do" I saw that fear too. Of course they went right away. They would have gotten the RED SPOON.
"What does she mean she can't see anything on facebook?"
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I can't see anything on Facebook either. I am presuming it is because I do not have a Facebook account. (?)
@No Regrets
Yes, l saw that couch interview too. I hope Jon regrets that lie. They both lied pretty well in those days.
@ Sport -- Ignore what I wrote earlier. It's sulfites not nitrites that can be a serious allergy problem. Although -- there are sulfites in some brands of hot dogs. So . . .
I love the mindset of the Sheeples. Court records and documents are "speculation" . And "running people off the road all over the place"! I read Polly's post. She mentioned ONE incident of Kate running someone off the road. Guess the Sheeple don't care if Kate kills herself or someone else due to her recklesss disregard for traffic laws and other people.
readerlady
Theresa
Yes, they both did pretty good with the lies then. That is when I started getting upset with them. Don't pretend that everything you do is perfect and the kids do everything perfectly "just because". The camera even caught Jon once with the damn spoon. He was telling them to do something, and when he realized the camera got him, he put the spoon out of sight. I wish I could remember which episode. It was in their first year of filming.
Readerlady the sheep can't even be honest when SHE is doing something dangerous. They would rather lie and exaggerate like she does.
They are pathetic.
Everyone have a great evening.
Geesh. I have a mind like a sieve today. I meant to comment on the talk about the dysfunctional people on reality TV. It's no accident that many/most of these people are way out there. I think the networks/producers/creators/show runners make it a point to find the most fragile personalities, the most outrageous people, the most dysfunctional individuals they can find and then exploit their weaknesses and insecurities because the more outrageous and controversial the show, the more likely they are to get large numbers of viewers. Unfortunately, they don't give a damn about the damage they are doing to the people and to the innocent bystanders who are caught in the fallout. Sometimes I think we're living in Ancient Rome. Only instead of the Christians being fed to the lions, we are feeding human beings to other human beings. If people weren't so willing to watch these human trainwrecks self-destruct before our very eyes, these shows wouldn't be on the air. It's a sad commentary on our society that many people's definition of "entertainment" is encouraging the self-destruction of a living, breathing soul.
I hadn't read that Dana Plato's son had committed suicide. That's sad. I think, though, it has less to do with her having been a child star and more to do with her having been mentally ill.
readerlady
Kate doesn't rate said...
Virginia Pen Mom said... Bahahahaha....These kids KNOW Kate Goseselin!
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Don't they though? Glad you checked it out. It's the best Gosselin parody I've ever seen.
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Agreed! I laughed, watched it again, and laughed all over again! The hand clapping, the shrieking at the heat and asking someone to turn the sun off... Thanks for posting the link. I had missed it on the other page.
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@MiloandJack @kateplusmy8 Have to remember these are remote,rural roads, generally with very little traffic.It's easy 2speed,not realize it
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I was reading over at Twitter, and of course the discussion is about the speeding tickets. I don't know where these people are getting the idea that this was on a rural country road. One tweeted that there are driveways, etc. etc. and you really have to be careful about people backing out. No...there are no driveways!
Kate was caught speeding on Route 222 North. It is not a rural country road (what we call "back roads"). It would be impossible for her to drive our winding, hilly back roads at 83 miles an hour without wrapping her car around a tree. The road she was driving is a straight-away, no hills, no sharp curves, no traffic lights, two lanes in both directions, with a speed limit of 65. It is the main highway from Lancaster to Reading.
Should she have been driving at that rate of speed? Of course not. I posted earlier that it's insane to drive that fast at night on that road. There are wooded areas on either side of the road. and deer often cross there.
But to say that she was speeding on a winding, rural country road just isn't true.
That said, her license should be pulled. She's done it too many times and just doesn't learn. Unless some kind of punishment is levied, she'll continue to do it. Instead of having plastic surgery done on who-knows-what body part, she needs to have the lead removed from her foot.
I don't comment often but I read here frequently because I appreciate the insights, intelligence and humor.
Every so often something seems to ignite a feeding frenzy that has nothing to do with feeding 8 children.
Maybe it's triggered by a troll; I don't know.
What I do know is that this is a really great blog and Admin does a great job.
Her caution about being skeptical and not getting too invested are well taken.
That said, if a comment or commenter annoys you, scroll over it.
If you don't believe someone, fine. Don't.
If you have a concern with a comment or commenter, e mail Admin. It's her blog.
I find it very distressing when it seems to become a game of "pile on."
I am not naive, but I'd rather give someone the benefit of the doubt than add to someone's pain.
Admin. put her trust in us when she took this blog off moderation. We owe it to her to keep our comments civil and polite
You know what really ticks me off??? People who get some sort of FAME- and all of a sudden they are "authorities" on how to raise kids!
Kate giving "feed your kid advice" (have people not WATCHED her abnormalities when it comes to food and her kids) reminds me of Lisa Welchel (Blair of The Facts of Life) giving advice about "hot saucing" kids as punishment. Maybe thats where the lady from The Dr. Phil Show got the STUPID idea! So.... now the child of some Kate super fan is sitting at the supper table for the past two hours because he doesn't like green beans- or perhaps going to bed hungry for the first time because that is how the almighty Kate does it!
Tell me- why are the 8 all eating the SAME dinner while she is GRAZING on a salad? Or the 8 sitting eating breakfast while she struts around the table with her coffee in her hand barking orders about what ORDER they eat their packed lunches?
Good Lord.... when will it all stop???
If Kate isn't careful when driving, she may end up with some plastic surgery that she didn't count on getting.
Dulcina, wise words of wisdom, are you related to 'No Regrets' by any chance?! Yes, Admin. runs an awesome blog, we need to keep her trust in us,to not moderate everything we want to say here. Goodnight, everyone:)
Very well said, Dulcina, you speak for many of us.
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PS: I'm getting a new error message now:
Your current account (XXXXXX@gmail.com) does not have access to view this page.
Any suggestions? This is the same gmail account I've used successfully for years. Now blogger doesn't like it?
Dulcina, I also concur w/ your very wise words. "Pile on" hit the nail on the head. I won't be a party to it.
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