Thanks to one young woman's random encounter with Jon Gosselin, we now are privileged to know the story of this inspiring Berks County resident as she battles cancer. Megan, age 24, was diagnosed with lymphoma over a year ago and has been in treatments ever since. Her empowering music video homemade at the hospital, with Kelly Clarkson belting out lyrics like "You didn't think that I'd come back, I'd come back swinging," in the background, is a Youtube sensation.
Megan's treatments have caused a great deal of pain, and stomach symptoms. She couldn't eat a thing over the holidays this year. But her appetite has been better recently, and on Saturday when she felt well enough to grab some fast food, she bumped into Jon Gosselin at a Chick-fil-A. Jon posed for not just one photo but two, and Megan proudly posted them on her Facebook account. The photos generated over 1,800 likes and 233 comments, mostly from friends happy to see her smiling again.
The Reading Eagle has been documenting her story, which can be found here. Megan speaks frankly about her situation to the publication, from being devastated at not having enough time to harvest her eggs should treatments make her infertile, to her fears at not being able to beat her disease. "I'm not embarrassed," Megan said. "I want people to know the truth about what's going on."
Wishing you good health, Megan.
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«Oldest ‹Older 801 – 1000 of 1209 Newer› Newest»Jessie said... 116
"it's just a state tax thing" ~ No biggie, just go to little ol' state jail for tax crimes. Certainly not as as bad as a summary offense like parking in a fire lane, sheez.
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WOW not even close!! Kate acts laws dont apply to her, Jon may not be able to pay- not deliberately thumbing his nose at the law.
Kate's offense could cost a business major financial loss and loss of life by parking in the very SPOT meant for EMERGENCY vehicles ONLY.
Hey sheeple,
The posters are insulting Kate on the Sister Wives blog. You better go saaaaaave her!!! :)
Kate's offense could cost a business major financial loss and loss of life by parking in the very SPOT meant for EMERGENCY vehicles ONLY.
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Exactly. Interesting how that is compartmentalized. No one is going to die because you are paying down a tax lien. The money will be found from someone else and it all evens out in the end.
But, someone, actually MANY people could die if you park in the fire lane.
If we're going to play that silly game, which is worse? I'm voting fire lane.
confused
The Lane furniture contract was discussed at length.
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 199
General talk about the CHILDREN'S money and how it may be misused or abused by BOTH parents and the protections of the trust or not, has and always will be allowed as this is a matter of public concern. Producing actual DOCUMENTS from said financials? Good Lord, none of anyone's business. This is infuriatingly simple and shouldn't have to be explained so ad nauseum. Anyone is free to talk about money in general, although I think it's a topic that's been exhausted. How many times can one be pissed about a NYC jaunt spending the children's money when it happens all the time for five years now? But no one should be free to see or discuss the actual documents.
January 12, 2013 11:59 AM
Oh, but we got you there!! You forgot to mention the reason the Lane contract, of which BOTH Jon and Kate were a part of, was discussed at length, was because just WEEKS later they were grifting little old church ladies out of their hard earned dollars.
Scams? RELEVANT. ALWAYS. SCAMS are a matter of public concern. If Jon were telling people he was poor and grifting for things, and tax returns came out that he was actually rich, that would be the same thing and certainly relevant. But Jon isn't asking for church donations anymore. He was, and we called him on it by discussing the Lane contract.
If we're going to play that silly game, which is worse? I'm voting fire lane.
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I'm voting multiple speeding tickets with children in the car. I would consider this much more serious than an unpaid state tax. Totally disregarding the law because she thinks she is above all that ("don't you know who I am?") is unconscionable, especially when you consider that you are a danger to everyone else on the road. We're not talking a few miles over the speed limit -- she was clocked going 88 in a 65 mile an hour zone on a winding stretch of highway (yes, I know exactly where it was)...
Lancaster I agree about the speeding. Someone could DIE what with the laws Kate has chosen to flaunt.
I also submit that as butterfly said, there is a difference between having difficulty complying with debts because you are struggling financially, even if your own poor choices got you there, versus deliberately breaking the law because you feel you are better than everyone else. One is quite sad, but the other is just sociopathic. You know which is which.
Notice how they always skirt the child abuse issue? Notice how they can never really defend Kate?
Their only MO is to bash Jon and constantly turn it around on him.
NO one ever said he was perfect. Some posters here like him, some do not. I think he has made questionable choices but all in all, I do like him. I think he's a much better parent and a good guy.
And bashing him is NOT going to change my opinion of Kate, not even a little bit. And it probably will not change the opinion of the majority of posters here.
Strawmen! Someone get the matches.
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Let's bot forget Kate has speeding tickets as well.
Now how many people could she have injured or killed including herself.
Let's bot forget Kate has speeding tickets as well.
Now how many people could she have injured or killed including herself.
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Chef come on. Thats nowhere NEAR as dangerous as owing taxes.
LOL. Amen. And, you know, keeping her kids on TV even after at least one of them expressed distress about the paparazzi.
She always puts safety first, that Kate.
But Jon isn't asking for church donations anymore. He was, and we called him on it by discussing the Lane contract.
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The love offering scamming was going on when they were in agreement for the house purchase. Jon cancelled some of those engagements, and Kate continued to show up on her own, knowing full well that they had settled on a million dollar house in the fall of 2008. I know there were several that he cancelled, including the ones in New York, Kentucky and Georgia.
LMG, Do you mean you didn't receive the ticket? I waited and waited for you this morning...
It took me two hours to shovel out - no thanks to you! ;)
Good luck with your weather event!
Bearswife, no dear, I didn't get the ticket. Must of been lost in the mail. And I was so looking forward to helping you shovel, and having a snowball fight with you and the Bear!
OT: Lilly, thanks for the recipe site link. when I have some extras time, I will go to the old recipe thread and post my dhs grandmothers pound cake recipe, it is great!
I also like the sports link for Russell Wilson. I Donny even like football, but it is fun to watch Wilson and RGIII play!
Any college basketball fans here? I got to go to the VCU game this well and see the Rams win against the Dayton Flyers. That is Saturday at or house during basketball season, watching college games. Clemson had a good game against UVA today, the Atlantic Coast Conference, Atlantic 10, Colonial Athletic Conference, those are the conferences with teams we consider our region. There is always someone to root for!
Another OT,, the Boston terrier started on phenobarbital on Monday, no seizures since then. She is acting kinda woozy and off balance at times, probably side effect of medication. The vet kept her on the potassium bromide also. If this does not work, we will take her to the vet neurologist next.
Ms Kreider is so boring, no one really cares what she is doing. The parody song lyrics are the only thing interesting about Ms Kreider at this point!
JoyinVirginia, happy to hear your furry friend is doing better. Yes, it probably is a side effect of the meds. Hopefully she will adjust to the medication and not have that problem.
I agree, Kate is just so boring I have nothing much to say about her. I enjoy the off topic conversation with all of the good posters on this blog.
Joy, glad Oreo is doing well, and yes, those side effects will level out. We had to increase PJ's meds at one point and the doctor said he would act stoned or drunk, which he did. It was pretty funny. They adapt pretty quickly. Pheno was harming his liver so he's on a 'people' med now, also cheap, and effective. And no more bloodwork! Just know that Oreo will still have some 'breakthrough' seizures and that is normal.
College basketball games are so much fun! We went to see the Huskies play last year on New Years Eve. It was a blast.
Glad all pets doing well!
OT: received DVD of We Nee to Talk About Kevin from Amazon..NO ONE will watch it with me in the house! Maybe the dog.
Admin, although we have touched on the topic, maybe a thread about this book/film if enough people are interested?
Now originally from what I understood, Kate's claim was that they needed a bigger house. The move was for space. It might have been true in the beginning but that was their reason for moving from their first house. I mean what's next, when all her kids are teenager's is she going to complain they need MORE space?
The thing that bugs me, whether or not she gets an audit, or even winds up one day in some serious issues...she's sort of waiting for nothing.
As an examle, this was years ago. There was a boy I went to school with and one day he just dropped out around the time students take their yearly mid-term exam. Now, while he boasted that he was going to be able to break ito show business, he was going to live in a big house and have everything without finishing his education because he didn't need it.
I look at Kate, and she's pretty much, not a student but she's pretty much dropped everything to wait for fame to come and swoop her off her feet and take care of her needs. That's the way I see it.
About, week or two ago now, I went to a store and I happen to run into the boy I went to school with. He's my age in his early 20's but instead of having gone the route of finish high school and working for things in life, I found him being a cashier at a movie rental place. I said nothing and went about my business.
With Kate, she may have kept her...nursing certificate from nursing school or such and such valid by taking whatever tests needed to keep it valid. But she's been out of that field for my gosh, what...6-7 years now? Why? Because the show business world paid better.
I'm not saying she couldn't end up like this friend of mine. His choices in thinking because he was "all that and a bag of chips," whatever the expression is, lead him to the choice best he could do was get a minimum paying job. Not that college is for everyone but this case he was just one of those high school kids too lazy to apply himself because he thought the world would catch him.
It's what I see in Kate now. When I hear about her house repairs, her constant "you'll see," always sort of in this half-hopeful way she might be waiting for the world to come along and pick her up off her feet. Give her that reality show or whatever because as my friend said back in the day we were just kids, "I know I got talent I just gotta sit back and wait to be discovered, it's all good. I ain't worried 'about nothin' I'm gonna be cruisin' in my sports car on Sunset Blvd one day. I ain't gonna be working no lame behind the counter job."
Guess what? That's exactly where he is. Kate's "mediocre" call, rather ill-thought of when she said it I look and the path she's going on, the equation of no income + money outgoing one might = mediocre. You can't afford to stay afloat if you have nothing to fall back on. Antying to fall back on. But I don't think she's going to use that nursing degree to fall back on.
Where I live because it's the culture girls are expected to go to community colleges, do hair or become at leasat a CNA before they find someone who will marry them. Sorry but where I live I see half if not 1/3rd of female friends already married, with loans their burried in, one or two kids, some divorced and working grocery stores.
I don't have any sympathy if Kate's public information is out there or whatever from the situation, she's not the one who is willing to ever step away from the limelight and do what n eeds to be done. Jon has. I'm waiting for her little house of cards to one day come tumbling down.
Even real stars have been known to have financial trouble, not your Lindsay Lohan crap but other stars who have been known to be broke because they spent now, and had to pay later. That's going to be her one day. I almost believe it has to be at some point because that's generally how the world works.
How much longer can any average person stay afloat today with no income since you've been fired with kids in pivate school, house payments, cars and all that that goes with it? Not very many. Even Michael Jackson was I believe pretty much pushing broke if not deeply in financial ruin prior to his death.
Kate isn't going to be 37-cute-ish blonde bobble please give me a show I'm a poor single mom of eight boo-hoo woman for the rest of her life. Her kids are going to grow up. Then what? What is she going to do for money when her kids go off and star lives of their own? She's going to be that elderly woman working a gas station to make ends meet.
You just can't I don't think live on unrealistic draems the rest of your life. Especially at her age. It isn't cute and it certainly isn't going to accomplish much either.
Marie, very good and insightful posts. I think they got the bigger house so they could basically turn it into a TV set, and there were no neighbors close by to be able to watch and tell how much filming was really going on. I remember reading some stories coming out while they were still in the old house about how much the kids were filmed. By moving to that big house, with all that property, and few neighbors close by, I think TLC (and Kate) thought they could get away with pretty much whatever they wanted.
Yes she still dreams of a "comeback", but it's not going to happen. She has nothing to offer and neither do her kids. I remember when the show first ended, Kate made some type of comment about there being plenty of jobs in television. Now she really thought that she was "all that and a bag of chips, too", and she was so wrong. I hope at some point reality sinks in for her because she is leading a life I would never want in a million years. Especially when the future holds 8 teenagers that are probably not going to be too happy with the choices their mother has made for them. It's really going to hit the fan for her when those rebellious teenage attitudes come out, and they will come out.
Now originally from what I understood, Kate's claim was that they needed a bigger house. The move was for space. It might have been true in the beginning but that was their reason for moving from their first house. I mean what's next, when all her kids are teenager's is she going to complain they need MORE space?
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She may have claimed that, but the fact is that there were issues over zoning. She lived in residential area, and the community was sick and tired of the commercial aspect of it all. The house was used as a film set. It is not an expansive area. It is on a narrow cul-de-sac, and homes are fairly close together. It is not a shabby community, but to her, it would have been mediocre. There was, however, plenty of room in the back for an addition on the house.
She wanted was privacy, being able to film in a relatively secluded area. Moreover, she had to have the "all mine" property, having one up on Beth, setting herself above the mediocre people while she could show families in the school community that she could keep up with them and do them one better.
Kate not having a plan B,C or D is grossly irresponsible when she has 8, count 'em, 8 kids to provide for. How long do you think she'll hold out for a TV gig?
Get a grip, sister! That train has left the station.
Competing with other parents' who send their children to the same school? Okay, NOW can I call Kate a desperate house wife? It just sounds so incredibly tacky to play that game of keep up with your neighbors. She's desperate alright--desperate for someone to take care of her, desperate for someone to accept her, desperate for just about anything/anyone to be handed to her.
I grew up in the sticks, local basically for in the middle of nowhere. We had neighbors but it was sparely laid out. You each either had half lots or 2 1/2 acre or whatever depending on what land came with what house you bought. You could have neighbors but usually only way you could get ito anyone's business is if you looked out your kitchen window or you could hear the kids hollering or whatever.
If Kate's land was anything like that if she wanted m ore space, like us in the sticks all she had to do was build an addition, you're right.
My thing is, if she at all abused her kids on any level...wouldn't it be possible for neighbors to hear, seeing as they were next door?
Peronally, my childhood wasn't peachy and despite it was sparely populated we still had neighbors that could overhear things.
I hope the big house was worth it. Not like she's actually done anything with it far as I know besides chickens.
Didn't she say once she wanted just the 10 of them to be close, well, how are you going to be close with a bigger house because you need more space?
Boy when her kids all hit their teenager years...you guys think she might be in for a rough ride? I mean all I hear lately is how much her kids constantly praise her. I've been there as a kid where you priase your parents simply to appepase them. Now I guess that I'm older I wonder if at all I had bothered to rebell, if her kids might I wonder if shock will set in she's not the greatest thing discovered since hot water by her kids.
Lilly -Best pound cake ever (I saved the recipe)
2 cups all purpose flour
2 cups sugar
4 sticks room temperature butter (salted or unsalted it doesn't really matter)
5 eggs (room temperature)
Preheat oven to 350. Cream butter and sugar together, add eggs and
cream again, add flour in thirds and mix well (I use a hand held
mixer). Grease and flour bundt pan (like Tucker's Mom I use either
Crisco or Pam baking spray with flour in it). Pour intopan and cook
for at least an hour or until pick comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes
and turn out of pan onto cooling rack. I put a double layer of paper
towels on the cooling rack as it prevents the cake from cracking
through the bars of the rack. I use a bundt pan that is white inside
rather than the dark as I find that the cake browns nicely but not too
much.
Kate doesn't even have the talent to be a housewives.
Some of those ladies have talents and most of them have real jobs.
chefsummer, I adore you, hon, but I have to disagree that Kate couldn't be a Real Housewife. I don't like the women on those shows. They are narcissists (?), think money and material things are the be all and end all of everything, they lack class and I think they are trashy. They act like back-stabbing, idiotic biotches on national TV for the money and just for the ego boost of being a "celebrity" on TV. Kate would fit right in. However, I agree that she is less talented than some of them. Either way, they are cut from the same cloth.
You know, I have to say something about the picture with Jon at the top of this thread. Look at his face. That is a genuine smile that shows on his face and in his eyes. I have NEVER seen a genuine smile from Kate in all of her fake poses. Jon looks relaxed and happy to take the picture with her. Contrasted to Kate's pictures where her lips are just stretched over her teeth, but there is no relaxed, happy feeling that shows in her smile or her eyes.
Jon is real, Kate is fake. My opinion, period.
I have just been introduced to the glory that is "Locked up Aboard."
Where has this show been all my life??
I want to clarify my #27 post. Other than the RHONJ, I haven't watched the other RH shows. I've just seen the commercials and tune in for a few minutes when they have the reunion show at the end of the season. I base my opinion on those few minutes. As for RHONJ, I used to watch it, but this past season, it wasn't such a big deal. If I missed it, I missed it. However I did watch the reunion show and Theresa (the NJ version of Kate), was once again out of control and an over the top liar. Okay, I'm done talking about these shows.
Admin, what is Locked Up Abroad? Please let me knwo what channel it is on and the time. Thanks!
Admin, I think you mean "Locked Up Abroad", LOL. Love that show, and a friend taught me this week that it was originally called "Banged Up Abroad."
Jon is real, Kate is fake. My opinion, period. 28
You're not alone, LMG. Kate's "smiles"never re4ach her eyes.
AbRoad, yes. And yes this show is freaking AWESOME. Banged up Abroad, hahaha well for many of them, yes!
It is on the National Geographic Channel and Netflix. You find the awesomenest things when you're just minding your own business being a nerd.
Smize!!! Jon smizes.
Courtesy of Tyra Banks. Basically it means the ability to have expressive, smiling eyes in addition to, or in place of, an actual smile on your face. A smile without the "smize" too is a flat photo. Tyra suggests picturing something pleasant to do it.
That show illustrates just how ignorant some people are. How do they think that THEY will be the ones who don't get caught? There's one episode where a guy got locked up for years, simply for being with the girl doing the smuggling - he literally did nothing wrong because he didn't know what she was doing and she even testified to that, but it didn't matter. It shows it's good to watch your p's and q's, at home and especially aboard, er, abroad.
A review on netflix said Locked up Abroad should be mandatory viewing for anyone who gets a passport. LOL.
That's always my mantra visiting a foreign country. You don't know the laws....
I think it's so good because they are so impossibly STUPID, many of them. I find shows where you are shouting at the screen no, don't do it, don't do it, and they do it anyway, fun.
Jon is real, Kate is fake. My opinion, period.
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My opinion, too!
The way he interacted with the kids was ALWAYS more genuine as well.
Police Women of (Fill In The) City or County is fun like that too.
MiloandJack
@deannatweeting And so how art thou Miss DeannaTweetin?...when we gonna have an e-mail meetin? :)
I bet Deanna is thinking..."DANG! I knew her absence was too good to be true, and here she is again. What did I do to deserve this?"
Oh God, an "email meeting"? Milo, COME ON.
Yes, Jon's interactions with the kids was always genuine. Kate always acted like everything she had to do was a major chore and she did it with a sour puss on her face. Jon always had the attitude, in my opinion, that this is what needs to be done and this is what dads do. And he did it with a smile. Kate had helpers during the day with the kids, the laundry, the housework. And then did nothing in the evening. Jon worked a full time job, then came home and took care of the kids basically by himself.
What used to really tick me off was in their sofa interviews and Kate would say to Jon that he needs to come home and ask her what he can do to help her. What?! She had help all day long and basically just put crackers, cheese, and grapes on a plate. He came home after work and automatically took over the night time activities with the kids. How did she think he wasn't helping or doing his share? She was a lazy witch then and after all these years she hasn't changed.
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 43
Oh God, an "email meeting"? Milo, COME ON.
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Not only that, but now she has Kate on a Home Improvement show:
miloandjack
@Kateplusmy8 HaHa...Kate in 2010 "CleanSlateKate"...Now in 2013 "ToolTimeKate" mother of 8 always reinventing self! Move aside Tim! :)
She may always be reinventing herself, but nothing ever seems to stick.
Naturally that always bugged me too among many others. Excuse me, but watching eight children, tending to all their needs, including reading stories, giving baths, encouraging appropriate play, talking with them, and giving them some adult interaction is not only helping but VITAL to their development. Who is going to watch them if he's off doing something else? These kids were sequestered off enough most of the day behind baby gates left to just play with themselves, Jon provided them vital social interaction with adults, and guidance. And moreover, he had a God given RIGHT to spend the evenings with his kids after a long day of work. They could have included the kids in a lot of what needed to be done, or Kate could have brought whatever project over to them. For instance bills can be paid bouncing a baby on your knee while they play with a toy or book. But the solution was not neglect your children to get whatever stupid things done. It's not like he was off with the kids to avoid doing other things, he was off with the kids because they desperately needed him.
miloandjack
@Kateplusmy8 I think we tweeties should start a trend 2have U on the cover of TheFamilyHandyMan (ah Gal) magazine! #UInspireWomen :)
She's nuts. She really is nuts, and she's not getting any more sane as time goes by.
OH. MY.
Kate was "CleanslateKate" in 2010? I seem to remember her being "laughingstockofDancingWiththeStars, socalledwriterofexploitivebookthathardlysoldanycopiesKate".
I don't even know how to describe 2013 Kate. "StillgriftingandlivinginthepastKate" maybe?
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 29
I have just been introduced to the glory that is "Locked up Aboard."
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I like that show too. Once they had the real guy that the movie "Midnight Express" was based on. It was different from the movie - really interesting.
Midnight Express is one of my favorite movies.
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 37
I love Lock Up Abroad.
You'd think people wouldn't smuggle drugs after watching it.
You'd think people wouldn't smuggle drugs after watching it.
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You'd think huh?
Maybe they should play it in airports instead of CNN. Then you'll turn around.
LoveMyGrandsons said... 27
I think we are both right. -)
Kate has no real talents on her own but when it comes to using other and being fake.
She pretty darn good.
By the way that reminds me of the only reality show I've ever seen filming in person that I can remember, a reality show about airport security and drug dogs in Glasgow's airport.
The film crew asked the men to walk down the hall. Then as they finished the shot they said okay got it thanks guys. And the men turned and walked the other way. I love it, the first reality show I ever see is FAKE just like so many others.
Working Woman said... 142
And if we're talking about careless financial decisions, what about Kate?
I live in PA, I know that we have PLENTY of great hair salons that can fry that hair, no problem. She chooses to take of to New York.
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Ah, but do you have Nobu or Fig and Olive? Uh huh. How mediocre of PA.
RE: more space. How many rooms does the house have and how many of those rooms do the 9 of them use on a regular basis? Seems to me they have an abundance of living rooms/dens. This kind of overpurchasing on a house is common with the newly rich, as are expensive cars - even if they are used cars.
RE: financial reports on the Gosselins. While it may not be my business (as few things that don't involve me are) I'm still interested to know that Jon is struggling. Shows me he has given up his grifting ways for good.
You can be asset rich and cash poor. You might have $1,000,000 in investments and only have $20 in your checking account on a very regular basis. You can nickle and dime yourself
into a mess if you keep picking at your investments. And every dollar you take out is fully taxable as income. If you leave it in there, only the interest is taxable.
Is Locked up Abroad formatted like Rescue 911, in that the scenarios are reanacted by actors? Or is it real footage?
Sounds awesome, whatever it is :-)
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Working Woman, the reenactments are done with actors with narration provided by the perps. You do get to see the real idiots, I mean, people.
Ahh I see, thanks PJs Momma :-)
Deanna Bell @deannatweeting
@MiloandJack why hello there! Email mtg this weekend for sure! I've missed you!
Yep, chefsummer, Kate has no talent except using people, being fake, and also a nasty streak a mile wide.
I have only posted once or twice here but have lurked for a long time.
Locked Up Abroad is really eye opening. A good documentary is an Australian one called Ganja Queen. Shows how serious it is to be caught ...even if you may have not done it
I like how Milo is always inadvertently - or maybe on purpose - insulting Kate. Pointing out that someone is continually attempting to "reinvent" herself (notice it's "attempting" since it doesn't work) isn't exactly complimentary, lol.
Welcome, Helen! I hope you continue to post.
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Deanna Bell @deannatweeting
@MiloandJack why hello there! Email mtg this weekend for sure! I've missed you!
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Sounds like a meeting of the mindless.
Meanwhile back at the ranch, Broncos and Ravens go to OT!
Welcome back Helen.
You know it's Deanna's own fault if anything ever happens. She is outright encouraging this contact.
Hi, Helen! Do you know that in Singapore, they put people to death for drugs? There would be no Locked Up Abroad, it would be too short a show as the sentence is carried out swiftly. We have friends who lived there and they do not mess around. Even the customs card warns of capital punishment for drug offenses. I read a case about a plane diverted from Malaysia for weather and someone was onboard with drugs....they never intended to go to Singapore. Ruh roh!
Is Locked up Abroad formatted like Rescue 911, in that the scenarios are reanacted by actors? Or is it real footage?
Sounds awesome, whatever it is :-)
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It's a mix of both but mostly acting. Some people actually have home movies and photos. That's part of the fun of it for me the mediocre acting.
Jesse and Tools,
Kate beat the crap out of her babies.
Why doesn't that bother you?
Thank you LMG
I felt bad about your smoking issue. In fact I discussed it with my sister. My sister is a smoker. I have never smoked even though my whole family has. At Christmas her son confided in me that if & his wife ever had children they would never bring them to her home because of the smoking. I felt so bad for my sister but I don't
how to tell her what her son said. Even though I discussed your problem with her
she didn't get it.
Kate tweeted...Today's list of projects included:moving furniture,planning an add'l chicken run, &learning how 2 change my house h2O filter!FUN!
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This is crazy. These sheeple make it sound like Kate single-handedly constructed an addiction to her house in a day's time, and on top of it, did the dry-walling, plumbing and electrical work:
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@Kateplusmy8 your amazing keep it up :)
(in order to become a full-fledged sheeple, is it required that you always screw up your and you're? They all really seem to have a problem with that one.
miloandjack
@parker_scarlett @Kateplusmy8 Yep...Kate gets it done...never one 2twiddle her thumbs! :) Nice 2b back! Missed everyone! :)
parker_scarlett
@Kateplusmy8 Love it - a self empowered woman getting things done! Amazing what you're able 2 do when necessary. Glad 2cu back @MiloandJack
bcolliesrgreat
@KATEPLUSMY8 Just think by the time you are done with all the repairs you could write a Fix It book for women "Kate Becomes Ms. Fix It" lol
patriciachow1
@Kateplusmy8 Don't Work Too Hard!:)
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I don't think you need to be concerned about that!
...and this was a funny one:
EmSmellsOld
@Kateplusmy8 What are you going to do this spring?
Just want to say that I enjoy so much the posters here. Start my day with you guys
Have been hesitant to post much because you all are so knowledgable and funny about the Kate Gosselin issue that I don't think I can add more.
I think I continue to follow what Kate is doing because I'm curious how this will work out. I mean if she never gets a new show...what will she do?
Those tweets could also be taken as pure snark.
It's hard to tell. Some of the tweeters who hate Kate are quite adept at this kind of tweet.
I can't tell them apart, who's a friend and who's not.
Helen, thank you for your compassion, sweetie. We are working through it and your sister will have to work through it, too. Maybe, so your sister won't be blind sided, you could ask your nephew to talk to his mom about it now. That way she will be prepared and they can have this discussion and work it out before the babies are here. That's just my suggestion from having gone through it recently.
We are compromising at somehow it will work out. My daughter told me that she didn't think they would be coming out here in February for the annual family birthday party for them. But my younger grandson got on the phone and said he wanted to see papa and me and asked if we would come to his house for his birthday. I don't know if he was put up to it, but it doesn't matter. The hubs and I each took off the Friday before his birthday and we will leave at 5:00 in the morning, and stay there the weekend and come home late Sunday afternoon.
We'll get to see our daughter and SIL, and especially our boys. So it's all good.
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Deanna Bell @deannatweeting
@MiloandJack why hello there! Email mtg this weekend for sure! I've missed you!
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You know it's Deanna's own fault if anything ever happens. She is outright encouraging this contact.
Nothing good is going to come out of this warm and fuzzy love fest, but Kate and Deanna are just too blind to see it.
Those tweets could also be taken as pure snark.
It's hard to tell. Some of the tweeters who hate Kate are quite adept at this kind of tweet.
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True. It often is difficult to tell, but those were all fans.
LMG thanks for the words of wisdom.
PJ's momma hi! Yes scary stuff.
bcolliesrgreat
@KATEPLUSMY8 Just think by the time you are done with all the repairs you could write a Fix It book for women "Kate Becomes Ms. Fix It" lol
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Boy if she does write this book.
I sure hope that she doesn't hide it the closet when it does sell.
Or she doesn't hide when people don't show up at her signing's.
I have a question any one can answer.
Milo said that Kate is all ways there for him/her how is that possible.
I mean how can some one be there for you all ways if you never met and you a strangers?
chefsummer, don't give yourself a headache over this one. Milo is delusional and will always put a front that her and Kate are best friends, even if they never met. Birds of a feather flock together, and Milo is as delusional and dishonest as Kate.
Kate as Ms. FIX It??I think they used the wrong vowel...
Chef, Milo is nuts. Thats the only answer.
LoveMyGrandsons @81 said,
"Chefsummer, don't give yourself a headache over this one. Milo is delusional and will always put a front that her and Kate are best friends, even if they never met.
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Milo is between the Second and Third Stage of Celebrity Worship Syndrome.
Second Stage:
The syndrome takes shape and people become confident that they form some kind of a “special relationship” with their idols. Manifestations vary. A fan may be certain of his or her close supernatural ties with the idol or his relation by blood.
Third Stage:
Borderline Pathological. This dimension is typified by uncontrollable behaviors and fantasies regarding scenarios involving their celebrities, such as “I have frequent thoughts about my favorite celebrity, even when I don’t want to” and “My favorite celebrity would immediately come to my rescue if I needed any type of help."
It really is pathetic that Kate's Twitter fans encourage her in this, and that Kate acts as an enabler. I just find it unbelievable that if she has family members that they don't see to it that she gets help for this Kate addiction.
Sleepless In Seattle, thank you for the information that you posted. I shouldn't be so hard on Milo because it is obvious that she has some sort of phychological disorder. I don't mean to be mean, it just seems that is the case and she has no one in her life to help her. I will not make fun of her anymore, because she obviously needs help.
LovemyGrandsons, I think you are right and I really try not to make fun of Milo and feel bad when I do. There is something going on with her that's very sad. Most of the stuff the sheeple write sounds truly manic to me. Truly unstable, often paranoid, racing thoughts, not a lot of logic or sense. Similar to things the mentally ill write if you've ever read a letter or anything along those lines written my someone mentally ill. Those who work with the mentally ill know you get pretty sharp at recognizing mental health issues right away, even from writing samples. These sad issues are all over what's left of her sheeple and I do wish they had someone in their real life that could get them help. Then again maybe they tried and resisted help. In any case I have always tried to be compassionate, open, patient, and non judgmental of the mentally ill even if they've done things to try to hurt me.
Admin, I know you have made some comments before about Milo possibly having issues. I think we have all made snarky comments about some of her outrageous tweets, myself included. However, although I thought she was strange, I never really thought she had severe issues until Sleepless posted that comment above.
What you posted makes sense about a lot of Kate's followers. Teenage girls who are idolizing a mother pushing 40 that they don't know or have never even met? What is missing in the lives of these lonely teens that they turn to someone like Kate?
I don't think I ever understood how sad it was until tonight.
Admin, after reading my post, I don't think I expressed myself very well. What I meant was that you have made comments in the past about Milo possibly having mental health issues, while I poo-pooed it and continued to make fun of her tweets. You called it, and I ignored it for the sake of a good laugh. I'm sorry for that now and I hope she does have someone in her life who will help her get the help she needs.
See I don't really worry that much about her teen fans. Psychologically, it is very common for teenage females to become obsessed with celebrities, others well versed in this can explain this better, but I believe it has to do with finding their own identity and using the guidance of stars to do that. Kate is a bit of an odd choice, but it's so unheard of that it's all that weird. Justin Beiber is a more common choice, but many older female celebs do have their teen fans, even if it's a smaller group.
For those teens who are getting really obsessed I suspect it relates either to a immature desire to have multiples themselves, something they will almost certainly grow out of when they realize how hard one baby is let alone multiples, or issues with their mothers that have interfered with their ability to identify a clear child exploiter and abuser. This too is something they will probably grow out of and wise up to shortly and will look back and laugh at their obsessions just like I look back and laugh at all the J.T.T. posters I had.
I don't think her teen fans are typically mentally ill, just may have a few mild to moderate issues that will more than likely sort themselves out as they get older. It's the older women who have established their families and careers and so on yet bizarrely, continue to follow this POS, where the mental illness clearly really comes into play, IMO. By the way I'm not referring to her fan base from a few years ago or all the fans who saw the light, or new fans who don't know as much. I'm referring to those who have hung on for years despite all the evidence of what a nasty woman she is being literally thrown in their faces.
I don't know, Admin, but the teens worry me, too. Like you stated, teens often idolize celebs, but Kate is not a celeb like Justin Beiber or any of the others. These teens not only idolize her, but some of them have sent gifts to Kate and/or the kids, if I recall her tweets correctly. To me, that just seems overboard. I could be wrong and I hope you are right that they will grow out of it. However, this type of behavior would have worried me if my daughter, nieces, or nephews exhibited it.
Thanks Sleepless in Seattle, for that bit of information! I read a little more deeply after you posted it, and it appears Celebrity Worship Syndrome isn't all that uncommon...it's, as you suggested, a matter of degree. And no surprise, the more obsessive the fan, the more likely they are to suffer from other, underlying psycho-behavioral issues, which makes it all the more despicable that Kate didn't nip this in the bud.
In another study with more than 600 people, psychologists found that about a third qualified for a condition they coined "celebrity worship syndrome" -- a condition wherein, at its most severe, the object of our worship becomes the central figure in our lives.
"Information about the celebrity, or any little thing from their life, is like a fix the worshipper must have -- they are almost compelled to learn more, read more, know more. And it's nonending," says Long Island, N.Y. psychologist Abby Aronowitz, PhD. Experts say some even begin to believe they have some special connection to the celebrity.
Not surprisingly, the study also found feverish fans are likelier to suffer from anxiety, depression, and social dysfunction. And while the authors are clear on the fact that being a fan does not cause you to be dysfunctional, they say it can certainly increase your risk.
http://www.webmd.com/balance/features/new-age-celebrity-worship?page=2
Improbable Dreams, I am amazed at my own ignorance that none of this hit home with me until tonight after Sleepless posted her info.
After what you posted, it is even more sad about the teens that idolize Kate and send her/the kids gifts.
I agree, LMG. I think it's sad that they place their confidence in someone who hasn't truly earned their trust. Tragic, too, that they've allowed themselves to be manipulated, in ways that seem so obvious from this distance.. And it's horrific to think what might come of these unhealthy (unholy) alliances, now and in the long run.
What can we do, save for holding up a mirror--that is to say, naming the situation and circumstances, as we see them? Even then, and as it's said, there are none so blind as those who refuse to see...
My mentor always used to joke Look you can't fix crazy.
What he's saying is if you have to deal with the mentally ill either in your personal or professional life, by all means work as hard as you can for them, help them as much as you can, be patient and understanding when they lash out at you even when you gave them everything they ever asked of you and more, and they still lash out with anger and often, outright lies, but you never lash back, and don't ever, ever expect yourself to "fix" them. Because sadly, you can't. And you will go in circles if you try.
Once you accept that, things will be easier on you.
See I don't really worry that much about her teen fans. Psychologically, it is very common for teenage females to become obsessed with celebrities, others well versed in this can explain this better, but I believe it has to do with finding their own identity and using the guidance of stars to do that. Kate is a bit of an odd choice, but it's so unheard of that it's all that weird. Justin Beiber is a more common choice, but many older female celebs do have their teen fans, even if it's a smaller group.
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I agree with this, but some of Kate's fans, Paige in particular, are obsessed with a 37-year-old has-been reality star with eight kids. This is quite different than a starry-eyed teenage girl being a Bieber fan, or even the fan of an older female star. Paige has admitted to having something like 5,000 photos of just Kate. Perhaps it's more than that. I don't remember the number she threw out there.
This isn't normal, and while I would hope that she grows out of it, when one is this crazy over a star, it's much more difficult to overcome this obsession. In fact, it's more than just a "here today, gone tomorrow fascination." She swore her allegiance to her. This is an addiction. She seems to be in it very deeply, and it isn't something that a few simple intervention sessions are going to cure.
I think that what really ticks me off at Kate in all of this is that she encourages Milo. She should have stopped it long ago by telling her, "Milo, I appreciate your support and your devotion to me, you're a faithful fan, but it is embarrassing and I wish you would tone it down." Of course, she may have told her this (and Milo put her tail between her legs and disappeared for awhile), but Milo just keeps coming back with more over-the-top tweets. It appears that she can't help herself, and that is what is so sad about the whole thing. It really is an addiction and indicative of a mental illness. Of course, maybe Kate has been advised that you just can't dismiss these people because of tragic consequences that might ensue. There's no easy answer to all of this because of the mental illness factor that's involved.
Improbable -- interesting thoughts on Celebrity Worship Syndrome. Thanks. Professionals seem to agree that this is a very real syndrome that can have dangerous consequences when one has progressed to the final stage.
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I have just been introduced to the glory that is "Locked up Aboard."
Where has this show been all my life??
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Isn't that show awesome?? I used to watch it all the time- with the excuse it helped me with my homework- I am a criminal justice major after all ;)
I liked "Scared Straight" too for the longest time. In fact, if it's about prison, or people running from the law, I watch it, LOL!
LMG -- There are several excellent websites that explain this in detail from a mental health stance. Milo exhibits so many of classic textbook symptoms, right down to where she imagines the two of them to be best friends forever.
Is Celebrity Worship Syndrome just one way something bigger manifests itself? Something like bipolar, or depression, personality disorder? Just one way that SOME people with these issues manifest? Or is it really considered is own separate thing unrelated to other mental health issues?
To me it sounds more like a manifestation of something bigger.
Admin~Good advice! I'd have to say...it's a lucky person who doesn't encounter those lessons through personal experience, first and foremost.
Thing is, these are hard lessons to master! They take a l-o-n-g time to learn, and are easily forgotten. And when you encounter a dynamic like Milo and Kate's, all prior knowledge flies out the window!
Admin ~ The WebMd article I referenced/linked in a previous comment suggests an answer to your question.
While our DNA may set us up for star worship, it's clear not everyone takes it to the extreme. For those that do, Fischoff says the mania is, in a way, a star-studded egg just waiting to hatch.
"A lot of these people who fall deeply into celebrity worship are just abnormal pathology waiting to happen. The fact that it comes out in the form of idolization of a particular celebrity is less important than recognizing the pathology was there all along. And if it was not focused on a celebrity it would be focused on something else, but it would still be there."
Aronowitz agrees, but also says entertainment media is at least partly to blame for creating the "monster" known as the celebrity superfan.
http://www.webmd.com/balance/features/new-age-celebrity-worship?page=2
Are the tups in first grade or second grade? I can't remember how long ago it was that they repeated kinder. And aren't the twins going to middle school next year? I teach second grade, and unless they have really changed, the tups are nowhere near the level of my class, and I teach at a high needs school.
I was doing some more reading on this, and I found this to be particularly interesting. One of the symptoms of CWS is an over-exaggerated idea of self importance in the celebrity's life, the feeling that the celebrity needs the person. Then I found this tweet...
miloandjack
@carleneigras Ain't twitter quiet when I'm not blabbin! LOL Thanks 4askin abt me! Just hit some major potholes that required lots fr me! :)
"Are the tups in first grade or second grade? I can't remember how long ago it was that they repeated kinder. And aren't the twins going to middle school next year? I teach second grade, and unless they have really changed, the tups are nowhere near the level of my class, and I teach at a high needs school."
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They didn't repeat Kindergarten. Instead of going into Kindergarten when they were five, they were enrolled in Junior Kindergarten. That put them a grade behind for their age. They are now in second grade. The twins are in 6th grade now, which is middle school.
I don't want to crush any parents who children are in "Junior Kindergarten" but it is a way to have children repeat a grade without calling it "repeating a grade." In other words, your child won't make it through kinder. But to soften the blow, we'll call it something else. It is educational jargon. All teachers refer to the Junior Kinders as the repeaters when they enter kinder. As in "I have 20 kids, but only 3 are repeaters. I should have a good class." The "repeaters" are the ones who did Jr. Kinder the year before. And the twins are already in middle school? Wow. I was thinking they might be in fifth grade.
@103..."All teachers refer to the Junior Kinders as the repeaters when they enter kinder."
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No, not all of them do.
"unless they have really changed, the tups are nowhere near the level of my class, and I teach at a high needs school."
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Unless you are a teacher at the kids' school and they are enrolled in your class and you have access to their progression reports/test scores, how do you know where these kids are academically?
Admin, I don't know if you agree or not, but personally I don't think that there should be any discussion here about what "level" these children are on at school.
I do agree.
Ot..or on topic..not sure anymore
anyho..saw Megan's vid..thanks admin.
O shared it on fb..with family, and tonight dd
she forwarded..little ftench girl
vid was at 50 000 last nigjht..hoping Ellen picks this ip..dance yah!
we se trying to spreadMegan's story..sheeple defending kk?
really?
I am out..rather pit my energies for positive.
have loved being part of this blog..but the qorld is much bigger than.kk
geanky out..g-d bless
I wasn't actually wanting to talk about the level of the kids. I lurk but rarely post, and really couldn't remember what grade they were in. But then I made the mistake of trying to enlighten the masses about Jr. Kinder, I remarked about the tups growth, emotionally. Sorry about that. Also, I acknowledged that I had not met every teacher, only the ones I've met in the 27 years I've been teaching refer to the Jr. Kinder that way. But that post disappeared. So I will hang my head in shame, move on, and to back to lurking.
Celebrity Worship is fascinating. Did you come across anything that explains what happens to an adult who progresses to the final stage? Do adults outgrow it on their own, or are they stuck in this stage indefinitely? Is intervention always indicated? Is there any treatment or cure, especially if it is a manifestation of a deeper psychological issue?
Hook Em the only part I wasn't crazy about in your post was remarks about the kids' development but unfortunately I can't edit posts I have to either delete all or nothing. Sorry about that.
I happen to agree with you about jr. kindergarten, I think it's a gentler way of addressing the problem of repeating a grade instead of just saying you have to repeat a grade. "In my day" repeating a grade was very shameful. If a different label on it helps I'm all for it. I also think it's much better to do it sooner rather than later i.e. kindergarten, if it's to be done at all.
I make too many typos anyway ("....and to back to lurking"???? What???) and it's embarrassing.
I just pulled up a list of "America's 25 Most Drunkest Cities," and was happy to know that no city in Berks or Lancaster counties was included, although Philadelphia was on the list. It is, of course, the "City of Brotherly Love."
With that news, I'll finish my last rumspringa and go to bed!
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What he's saying is if you have to deal with the mentally ill either in your personal or professional life, by all means work as hard as you can for them, help them as much as you can, be patient and understanding when they lash out at you even when you gave them everything they ever asked of you and more, and they still lash out with anger and often, outright lies, but you never lash back, and don't ever, ever expect yourself to "fix" them. Because sadly, you can't. And you will go in circles if you try.
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Exactly right. You cannot control what others do or say. You can only control your own reaction to them. If people have mental health issues you just tread a little more carefully.
What others do is on them, how you behave is on you.
Hi hook em horns!
Typos can be fun! Like last week someone posted hogs instead of hugs, and everyone has been hogging all over the blog! And I was trying to write ” this blog” and somehow it got auto corrected to ”tits bog”. That got a few laughs!
OT,, I am up late finishing laundry. Anyone else here watching this season of American Horror Story? It has gotten so good! Jessica Lange is more amazing every week. The dds and I were talking about it. You started out despising her character, and then end up rooting for her character! Zachary Quinto and Sarah Paulson have done some amazing acting! There are two weeks to wrap everything up, and I have no idea how the writers are going to bring all the plotlines together in any kind of coherent resolution.
Posting as Anonymous is breaking the rules.
Kate is such a despicable person that it's interesting to watch her downfall.
It's difficult to know what is allowed here and what is not. Maybe the rules should be added to.
Hard to follow unwritten ones.
twittering said..."(in order to become a full-fledged sheeple, is it required that you always screw up your and you're? They all really seem to have a problem with that one."
anonymous (114) said..."You say you'r lives are so full"
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Bingo! Why is this? ;-)
"I guess I am saying I own my Kate addiction."
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But not enough to pick a name and own your comments?
"Again I know this won't make it thru,but I was not rude and didn't break rules."
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Read Posting Rule #1.
3. No insulting other posters or picking fights, refusing to let things go and move on. Stop with the snotty comments--they will be rejected. Treat people here like how you would talk to the person you most respect in your life, it's just pleasant that way.
It's difficult to know what is allowed here and what is not. Maybe the rules should be added to.
Hard to follow unwritten ones.
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Added to what? It IS written, in black and white...
1. DO NOT USE ANONYMOUS.
It can't be any clearer than that.
Most people here have said they love following the drama of this all, for various reasons you can find in the archives (lately for me, it's seeing how low Kate is willing to go to stay famous, I find this interesting, a sociological study), and as a side note, enjoy the posters here. That's not owning it? It's not like people hang out for years but pretend Kate doesn't exist, although lately, we have talked about a lot of other stuff, to be fair. What else exactly should we say to "own it" that we have not already?
ok, I spoke too soon. The early am poster strikes again!!
Baabaa, anonymous or whatever your name is today, we DO have many differing opinions here. Some think sheeple should be pitied and have mentproblems while others believe those that admire child abusers, ARE child abusers.
Kate beat her kid so badly that she was afraid for them. When you beat your kids do you care that you asre scarring them or is it much more important to let the small child know that the big adult can and WILL hurt them if they don't live up to your expectations.
The sheeple blogs have never allowed any other opinion that wasn't gooey with Kate love. Never had.
The outings seem to continue but ONLY on one end. Those are the fans Kate attracts. Why you people feel the need to stalk and (attempt) to silence us when we don't go to your blogs and barely discuss Kate, is puzzeling to me. Its as if you get mad when we go off topic. Makes no sense at all.
You don't "belong" here. We dislike someone you worship. Most of us don't think beating babies is good parenting.
ROFLMAO
these are the same sheeple who "outed" me as living in Florida
yeah, after I told them my name and city and wished them goodluck in fimding me
.I would welcome them into my bear arms in my igloo
7 billion people in the world...1 billion on internet
does it not occur to them more than one petson may have same name?
bà à a..sheple..wake-up call
No One Cares but you
It is insane franky , non?
Pui Charlie.ca depasse touts les bords
.les Dionnes nous on fait comptendre..fans les anners 50
.elles les ont en plus advertie..quand les bb etais jeune.
la crise de vache a rien voulu savoir
les etoiles dans les yeux et l'ame, quoi?
crisse de vache folle
Ja, Charlie, ze zijn knettergek!
I don't speak French, franky , but what you said. My real name is Carlotta Guggenheimer and I live in Wellington New Zealand. My children's names are Ramesh and Carolyn and I am a private detective. I secretly love Kate Foreskin (ha, gotta love autocorrect) and hate Jon because well, he just sucks.
Well Charlie
let me post my name ahaon.
for sll u slleuths out there
Afmin, please do not swiffer this, I know and welcome the ramifications
My name is franky, and I am Canadian.
I live in toilet-bowl teritory..candiens hockey or, yup, olympique stadium
flush..rinse, repeat
I am franky alain from momtreal xanada..and I stand proudly against child exploitation.
I also stand proudly on ou highway if heroes
Please google it..fb group is me
not in florida..yup..montreak..east side of St-Laurent blvd
aka french
At the risk of sounding like Milo I just have to say I love you Franky!
Love you too Franky - especially typos - Xanada - LOL
''fork tongued Remona'' loves you too, Franky. Many HOGS!!
Rhymes - thanks for recipe - copied it over to recipe section
Wow, seems as evil is always lurking around this blog of late. Do most celebrity-related blogs suffer these same malignancies?
Thank you, Lilly.
I am going to make this cake today. Eggs will be provided by my neighbor's free-range chickens. So, the color will really be golden yellow.
Lilly -Best pound cake ever (I saved the recipe) 2 cups all purpose flour 2 cups sugar 4 sticks room temperature butter (salted or unsalted it doesn't really matter) 5 eggs (room temperature) Preheat oven to 350. Cream butter and sugar together, add eggs and cream again, add flour in thirds and mix well (I use a hand held mixer). Grease and flour bundt pan (like Tucker's Mom I use either Crisco or Pam baking spray with flour in it). Pour intopan and cook for at least an hour or until pick comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes and turn out of pan onto cooling rack. I put a double layer of paper towels on the cooling rack as it prevents the cake from cracking through the bars of the rack. I use a bundt pan that is white inside rather than the dark as I find that the cake browns nicely but not too much
Hubby made an impulse purchase of a little cheesecake. It looked delicious and he thought it would "keep him company" during the football games today. He previewed a piece last night and it was very disappointing. His culinary comment was "...not worth the calories."
I think I will surprise him with a homemade 15 Minutes Pound cake.
A word yo the wise..Android phpnes are evil
I'm a fan of Locked Up Abroad as well.
The only problem I have with this show (and many of the reality shows) is the blaring music they insert cutting in and out of scenes and even using it behind dialogue to amp up the drama.
Who produces these shows, Tim Burton?
I'll be making the best.pound.cake.ever for my son's birthday today. Only 1 slice for me and hubby because we're on diets. Son will have to take it home with him so we're not tempted to pick at it!
Thanks go out to the early morning Swiffer attendant who tidied up due north this morning.
It's getting out of control.
what is going on?
Can't claim pound cake recipe as mine - who was it? But will be making it today on this pouring rain Sunday - snow disappearing fast - sigh
Fido - real names were posted again
fidosmommy said... 142
what is going on?
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A couple of regs RL info posted in great detail.
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Thanks go out to the early morning Swiffer attendant who tidied up due north this morning. It's getting out of control.
YES. Scary. It's gone from the blog but some subscribe to new comments by email.
Happy New Year, all. I haven't posted for a very long time. The past 7 months have been stressful to say the least. After a brief, 4 month illness I lost the father I adored to a rare, very aggressive form of thyroid cancer. Before he was even buried I ended a 9 year relationship I should have ended 8.5 years ago. His true, true colors came out during my father's illness/death and ended up being the straw that broke the camels back. I then got my own place and moved out. I was unpacking at the same time I was decorating for Christmas. I'm finally able to sit still for awhile and write. I have lurked as often as I had time for but haven't had the energy to post.
I'm writing today to repeat what I have said on here before. Of course I don't know for sure but based on things that have been said and not said I really believe Kate knows Milo personally. I get the feeling they are related in some way. I also get the feeling Milo has money and owns the beach house Kate and the kids vacationed at last year. I also think Deanna has met Milo. Didn't she go to the beach with Kate? I think this is the reason Milo disappeared from Twitter when Kate was at the beach and away around the holidays. I think Milo is with her. I don't know if she's an aunt or what but I think she knows something about Kate's childhood. She's definitely Kates staunchest supporter and comes across almost as a motherly figure to Kate. She refuses to believe any of the evidence of the awful things Kate has done, just like a mother would. Even when Kate's greed and nastiness is right in Milo's face where she can't deny it she finds ways to justify it. I could be wrong but I really think they are a lot closer than any of us realize.
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Happy New Year, all. I haven't posted for a very long time. The past 7 months have been stressful to say the least.
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May this new year bring you comfort and healing, darlin'.
Franky I don't know what I love more: your fighting spirit or your crazy typos. I come here more for the wonderful posters and OT discussions. I think Kate has become irrelevant to most of us as she has to the rest of the entertainment industry and general public.
Gotyour# - first Big Hogs - interesting take on Milo - part of me wants to know but it really isn't my business - feel sorry for him/her though
All those making pound cake want to report in later this aft with results? What do you serve with this?
Gotyournumberkate, I'm sorry for all you've been through lately. You are a brave woman, though, and you've got (are) everything you need to make a new & better life for yourself. HOGS. :)
As for your theory about Milo, it does make some sense. What DOESN'T make any sense, at least to me, is that Kate's super-sleuthing fan(atics) haven't yet figured out her true identity. Not by outward appearances, anyway.
Lilly - The pound cake recipe is mine (my grandma's). Might have posted under different name because I may not have signed in to blog if on my phone.
Got your number, welcome back. Sorry for the illness and your father's death. Congratulations on ending a relationship that wasn't good for you. So glad to see your name again.
An irony -- right now there is as much (or more) conversation about Milo here as there is about Kate!
NJ 51, thank you for your Grandmother's recipe. I am doing a baking ingredient inventory right now!
Mmm, pound cake. Was it Dwindle who posted a recipe that uses cake mix & a sheet-cake pan? Wish I had the energy to wade through all the comments to find it again. SOS, anyone?
Franky ~ You're a treasure! And may I also add...intrepid? I'm not as brave as you, not by a long shot. :) When someone gets outed here --something that's happening more frequently, seems to me--I confess to being more than a little anxious. LOL, though: You stepped into the arena and waved a red banner in front of the angry bull's snout.
Good morning all!
You know, it really seemed for a while that we weren't getting many trolls here at all anymore. Then, for the past month or so, it has seemed to be getting out of control. Just about every day we have at least on Anonymous who stirs up trouble.
It makes no sense to me, because Kate is becoming more and more irrelevant. Or is that maybe why? The more inactivity there is on Kate's worship blogs, the more they need to come over here to stir up shit?
I wish they could just understand that, respectfully, they are NOT going to change our opinion, just like we are not going to change theirs. No matter how much negative stuff they post about Jon, no matter how much they claim to have the inside scoop or that the "truth will come out eventually," we all have our opinions on both Jon and Kate (based on years and years and years of their own behavior) and it would take a heck of a lot more than a troll to change our views on either of them.
Why waste their time being rude and hurtful? We enjoy each other here and we are not hurting anyone. This blog is a very pleasant place 90 some percent of the time, I guess that they feel that because we don't kiss Kate's tush, we don't deserve such pleasantness?
NJ 51 - really stupid question but I have always wondered - if I cut the recipe in half - how the heck do I do 2 1/2 eggs??? - seriously I have always been stumped with this - anyone???
Jane, they'll tell you over and over that differing opinions are welcome. What they don't tell you is that the ones that make the most sense are deleted.
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The posts that don't follow the rules are deleted. Every post deleted last night violated rule 4. Every one. If you think the ones that make the most sense were deleted I really don't know what to tell you other than maybe you might be more comfortable somewhere else?
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Missed your 'tits bog' but I find myself writing 'you must be very busty' instead of 'busy' a lot lately! Too much Kate I guess...
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If someone feel that they have something to say that makes sense and that don't want it to be deleted, they are welcome to post in a respectful way that follows all the rules.
It really isn't hard. Anyone who is not merely out to start trouble will have no problem with this.
A good rule of thumb if you are having trouble posting, when following rule four, is don't talk about this blog or the posters. Re-read your post. If you are talking about this blog or the posters, chances are you are in violation. You may see others manage to discuss this successfully but it's baby steps for you as you obviously don't know how to do so respectfully.
That said, I really don't buy this innocent victim act they love to pull every time posts are deleted. I think they know exactly what they are doing. Especially with that manic threat of "screen shots" after posts are deleted. Frankly, that pretty much proves my point about the mental health issues. Who goes on a stupid Gosselin blog stirring up trouble then hits "print screen" over and over? Where exactly are you saving these screen shots, for what purpose? Screen shots, really? Sad. Why don't you go read a good book or watch TV? Posters here have lots of suggestions.
Lilly - I don't know how you'd cut it in half unless you whip one egg and pour out half LOL! I'm not really a baker. I make this recipe and my brother's brown sugar shortbread cookies.
Who goes on a stupid Gosselin blog stirring up trouble then hits "print screen" over and over? Where exactly are you saving these screen shots, for what purpose? Screen shots, really? Sad
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Wow, someone said they were going to do that?
I missed a lot last night!
I completely agree that the poster has to know what they are doing at this point. It's one thing if one post gets deleted and the poster realizes what she did wrong and was very mindful of it from there on out. But the posters who just continue to break the rules, they must just looking to stir up the pot. The rules are written, clear as day, at the bottom and there are hardly any of them.
Lilly I have cut a recipe in half that calls for eggs by beating the egg and just using half. Sure it isn't exact but it turned out fine. If you wanted exact and have a digital scale you could weigh the egg I guess.
gotyournumberkate, I'm so sorry for all that you have been through, hon. May 2013 be a good year for you.
I missed all of the troll activity last night. Just wanted to say: franky, you rock!
Hi everyone! I've been absent for 10 days and I've missed you all. HOGS to everyone.
My computer decided to die(after 5 yrs) and I finally went and got a new one. This new one has Windows8 which is somewhat confusing, but I'm sure I'll get the hang of it sometime soon. Right now, I've got my email set up, my anti-virus program loaded, and my internet connect. Now I have to figure out how to get files from my external hard drive onto this computer. I'll tell you--going from Windows Vista to Windows8 is a BIG change, at least for me.
Some baabaas got bored last night and wandered over I gather. Just one more example of how boring Ms Kreider is. If there was anything interesting to discuss wouldn't all baa baas be in their own forum discussing?
I've caught up on most of the posts, but they're were way to many to reply to.
I just want to say that I hope everyone who is/was sick is now healthy. I, also, want to extend my sympathies to those who have lost loves ones(both human and animal. I also keep those who are going through rough times in my prayers and thoughts.
Jane #293--Thank you for thinking of me and worrying about me. Glad that the only thing wrong was my computer crashing.
Welcome back, Kate is a Twit. I've missed you and your warm, bright candle.
Admin-my vote also goes to deleting Anonymous posts that have no "consistent" name attached to them.
Question--If I go to Kate's twitter at twitter.com, and click on either "followers" or "following", it now tells me I have to sign in to see those names. Is that something recent?
I'm not going to comment on the Gosselin Saga yet, because I need some time for some of it to sink in. But I did want to share this. I was watching Jimmy Kimmel one night during the week, and he was talking about Honey Boo Boo's mom changing her hair. He was discussing it with his sidekick Guillermo, and then said(I'm paraphrasing here) "I wonder if the next step is plastic surgery. Isn't that what Kate Gosselin did when she got a reality show?". That got a good laugh from the audience. And I really don't think he was talking about the tummy tuck.
Good Morning All!
Oh, I so wish we had snow today! The temps are going to be well into the 60's, but we've got thick, thick fog that is casting a white glow, so I guess I'll have to settle for that.
I told DH that I still expect a log in the fireplace.
Kate is a twit, my hubs is good with computers and told him of your problem. He said if your old hard drive is working at all, you can download the files to your new computer. If the old hard drive is not working at all, he said to take them both to the store where you bought your new computer and they will transfer the files for you, usually for free.
Well, I was very disappointed when I looked out the window this morning - not one snowflake anywhere! The only thing we got is the freezing rain and the ice looks like it's a half inch thick on the car windows. The snow missed us again.
It seems the second part of the anonymous rule is often flaunted.
It's not just pick a name and you're good. It's pick a name and STICK to that name.
I consistently see shit-stirring posts that have some new name every night I've never seen before. That doesn't cut it. Stick to your same name. And some of your writing styles are so very distinctive (for instance the one who never puts a space between her period and the next sentence), so we all know it's the same person, you know that right?
LovemyGrandsons, I hope that you get some beautiful, snowy (but safe) weather soon!
Welcome back Kate is a Twit :-) You have been missed.
Where is the southern CA coalition.
Okay it is LEGITIMATELY cold this morning! Good Lord! Bust out the space heaters! I'm headed to church and my church doesn't have heat! I think I'm getting a taste of church in the old days where if you didn't sit close to the heater you froze halfway through the sermon.
Hi Formerly Duped, I think many posters here are VERY BUSTY most of the time! They fit right in at TITS BOG!
Kate is a Twit, I don't know if I really like Windows 8. Why do my notions get moved all around? Waaaahhhh.
Got your number, so sorry about your loss. I hope this new year will bring lots of good things for you.
NJ Gal, thanks for your grandmothers pound cake recipe. I am going to try and compare worth dh grandmothers recipe this week.
Franky, you rock!
I want to share: my name is Joy. I live in Virginia. I really do have a house on the Outer Banks of NC. I how we can have another virtual beach party this summer, I like history and trivia. Oh, and my dh went to high school with one of the writers for Jeopardy! NO LIE!
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Hi everyone! I've been absent for 10 days and I've missed you all. HOGS to everyone.
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Welcome back, I do hope you will disable your Java program (NOT JAVASCRIPT). Google "Java virus" and there are explanations and instructions. It's going around and it's getting worse. Homeland Security recommends disabling Java until the vulnerability can be fixed.
Good to see you back, Kate is a Twit!
It's also good to see that Katie Irene is still media irrelevant today.
It personally bothers me when someone who is not a regular poster posts a under a one-time name that is offensive or mocking posters here. We know it is not a regular because we have never seen the name before. I'm trying to think of a specific example and can't right now, but that kind of username just turns me off to their posts before I even read them.
So, in addition to a consistent name, a name that is neutral and not an insult to posters here is most appreciated...
Good morning from another SoCal resident! It's bright outside, but freezing! I covered my backyard flowers last night, but they look traumatized this morning. As for me, I'm shivering, despite the fact that I've already downed several cups of (hot hot) coffee and am wearing my plushest robe.
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Where is the southern CA coalition.
Okay it is LEGITIMATELY cold this morning! Good Lord!
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Send it to the East coast! Along with snow! This foggy soup is awful!
....however...DH is in the mood for baking. We're going to make Double Chocolate Nut Biscotti with a healthy shot of.... dark rum.
I typically bring my basil in every night but last night I should have brought everything in. I think I probably lost the cherry tomatoes and chilies. The thyme seems to stand up to anything hot or cold.
LMG-Thanks for asking your husband about my computer. I have an external hard drive that I used to back up my files(pictures, folders,etc) that was set up as a backup. I've used the backup function, but never the restore function. The actual hard drive from my old computer may be alright, too. But Best Buy(where I got the new one) would charge me $85 to transfer the files.
I'm hoping that my SIL can talk me through it over the phone. If not, then I will pay the fee. It's the pictures and all my documents that I want back the most.
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SoCal contingent checking in, my fingers were too cold to type until the heat kicked in. 33 outside this morning. We have dual furnaces controls for upstairs/downstairs, so turn off the down at night as bedrooms are upstairs. 56 when I came down this am. I am not off to anything however.
Apparently the media world did not give a rat's ass where Katie was on her December trip. A big whoop de do that was. Milo's absence in crazyland is more interesting speculation.
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Admin - It's been really COLD here in my area of the SW (high desert) and my thyme seems to survive even the 20 degree temps we've been having at night. Mine is planted in the ground. My rosemary bush in the backyard is also planted in the ground and is as big as a hedge!
My husband was floored that Best Buy was going to charge you $85.00 to transfer the files. That's outrageous.
So, in addition to a consistent name, a name that is neutral and not an insult to posters here is most appreciated...
A now pretty much defunct anti-Kate site had 19 posting rules. Admin's effectively kept her rules at 4 for a good long time. That's quite an accomplishment. Hopefully she'll keep it that way. We can help by ignoring what we don't like instead of making one rule after another after another. We'd need a legion of administrators to monitor such a blog.
Sorry if I sound crabby. It's 20 degrees here and I have water but no hot water. I won't have any until it warms up. We're nowhere near used to these kinds of temperatures. It's supposed to get down to 14 degrees tonight. I have 3 layers of clothing on. It would probably be cheaper to fly to Hawaii than have to run my heater enough to warm up this place with its high ceilings and tile floors.
It would probably be cheaper to fly to Hawaii than have to run my heater enough to warm up this place with its high ceilings and tile floors.
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Sending warmth to you!
Kateisatwit - any teenage kids close to you? - 5 bucks can make it happen
Wow you guys in CA are getting it, eh? We have a real pea souper here - can't see across the highway - just the sounds of Drip, drip, drip as everything melts away - can now see deck - no snow, no icicles, bummer
Oh, Lilly, all that beautiful snow you had is melting?! I'm still here waiting for snow, and waiting....waiting... Sigh.
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Happy New Year, all. I haven't posted for a very long time. The past 7 months have been stressful to say the least. After a brief, 4 month illness I lost the father I adored to a rare, very aggressive form of thyroid cancer. Before he was even buried I ended a 9 year relationship I should have ended 8.5 years ago. His true, true colors came out during my father's illness/death and ended up being the straw that broke the camels back. I then got my own place and moved out. I was unpacking at the same time I was decorating for Christmas. I'm finally able to sit still for awhile and write. I have lurked as often as I had time for but haven't had the energy to post.
I'm writing today to repeat what I have said on here before. Of course I don't know for sure but based on things that have been said and not said I really believe Kate knows Milo personally. I get the feeling they are related in some way. I also get the feeling Milo has money and owns the beach house Kate and the kids vacationed at last year. I also think Deanna has met Milo. Didn't she go to the beach with Kate? I think this is the reason Milo disappeared from Twitter when Kate was at the beach and away around the holidays. I think Milo is with her. I don't know if she's an aunt or what but I think she knows something about Kate's childhood. She's definitely Kates staunchest supporter and comes across almost as a motherly figure to Kate. She refuses to believe any of the evidence of the awful things Kate has done, just like a mother would. Even when Kate's greed and nastiness is right in Milo's face where she can't deny it she finds ways to justify it. I could be wrong but I really think they are a lot closer than any of us realize.
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I'm so sorry for your dear father's passing, gotyournumberKate. May he rest in peace.
Now, 2013 is waiting for you to make it a year of discovery, happiness, peace, and love.
And you will shine doing it.
With love,
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Lots of people here think Kate was filming with/without the kids over Christmas break. I have to weigh in--I completely disagree. Kate is no longer a bankable star. She proved with Kate Plus 8 that she just can't carry a show, even with the kids. They didn't get the ratings. Networks are looking for big ratings, and reality shows are getting more and more outrageous these days, trying to find the perfect formula.. Ratings=money. Long ago, TLC had a hit with Jon and Kate together, with 8 small, cute kids. Those days are over forever. Jon is gone, and with him the Jon/Kate dynamic is gone. Now it's just Kate b@@ching at everyone who crosses her path, and complaining non-stop. Who wants to watch that? The kids were cute toddlers, and said some really adorable things. But now the twins are 12 and the tups are almost 9. The cute-little-kiddies stage is over forever. They are no more interesting than any other family. The kids go to school and do homework. Kate makes bread in a bread machine, tweets, and complains. In the world of reality shows like Amish Mafia, the Gosselins just aren't gonna cut it. It's been almost a year and a half since TLC informed the world that Kate and the kids were available to whoever else want them. Nobody did. And the likelihood that anyone will now is pretty darn remote. Remember in the RV episode, when Ashley left and Kate was waving her hands and saying, "This is soooo over"? Ironically, she could have been talking about her TV career. She'd have been spot-on.
Hi everyone. Haven't been on the blog in awhile because I've found Kate incredibly boring but when I came on today I found I missed some great blog topics as well as the always insightful comments. I also missed the good OT comments.
Franky I always enjoy deciphering your comments. They put a smile on my face.
The Broncos/Ravens game last night was phenomenal. The 49ers/Packers not so much. Looking forward to the games today. GO PATS!
I will also out myself as someone who truly does live on Cape Cod, who is a native and not a wash-a-shore (lol), and who is looking forward to the birth of my second grandchild in July.
Admin., as far as cold weather goes, I was screaming at Old Man Winter a couple of weeks ago when we were waking up to 10 degree weather here. It gets cold on the Cape but not that cold. That sucked.
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Have you ever tried to change the pages in a book wearing wool gloves? LOL I might have to get a Kindle if this cold keeps up.
Layla, I agree 100%. She's done, but refuses to accept that.
capecodmama, congratulations on the upcoming birth of your second grandchild! How wonderful!
You NEED to contact him about CJ, he will have people watch 15 and monitor net traffic
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My next door neighbor is adopting an adult dog! "Roxy" is a 10-year old terrier/husky/spaniel? mix and she's going to go through the adoption process this week. Roxy has some allergies-- corn, wheat...
I'm going to have to buy appropos biscuit treats for her. Neighbor's other dog, a terrier, Mollie, is a LOVE.
I'm so happy for her and can not wait to welcome this new girl. She's had a tough go of it for the past year, but her foster has truly saved her life and brought her to the point that she can be adopted out.
Will keep y'all updated.
It would probably be cheaper to fly to Hawaii than have to run my heater enough to warm up this place with its high ceilings and tile floors.
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Ha! I'd say lick 'yer fingers, but I have visions of "A Christmas Story".
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