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Taken from another site...Not sure they want us to mention them here. If so will credit immediately. She looks possessed! Maybe she can play the Krampus at her local holiday pantomime/play.

Blind item from Crazy Days and Nights (CDAN) and a sample comment below it. Have redacted user name and avatar; will use unredacted one upon (their) request. I was not sure which was more suited. Fair use/dealing usage. Their comment exemplified my exasperation. CDAN’s blind did as well.

Just for fun. Roses at the Huntington Library. They sell the roses bare root and curbside pickup only. But there are photos of the roses and one can imagine a full garden of such like in peak bloom. At top of page at link above, is a photo of the garden. The white building on the right is the tea room. There are over 200 acres of grounds, containing walkways, various plants and flowers, an indoor museum and also recently built, some cafes. There is a small shop as well, and it has some offerings online (not everything can ship.) The link is from the shop. I just wanted to share this for its beauty and by description to take people along on a virtual vacation however brief. If ever can go ‘in person’ do try; it’s beautiful.

Ms. Allsopp, it’s unlikely you will ever see this: but your show and your presence on it got me through a very tough time in my life. I was laid up very ill, and the beautiful locations (locations locations?) and your bright energy as you tried to find the homebuyers their perfect property cheered me up each time.  Also it was nice to watch your fashions and styling. As an aside: great boots. Thank you for using one of them to give ol’ HW a swift one up the backside recently. I love that you voice your opinions in clear terms. Not to ramble on: Thank you for being you.

This is from March 2021. “Headlines accumulated on our screens like a rash?”  Oprah “colonizes the mind?” What species of drivel is this? Does The New Yorker have any standards left, at all? The writer liked the interview: fine. But what was she trying to do here? ”...the Royal Family as a foreign monstrosity, tyrannizing itself into pain and insanity?” What the actual? What does that even mean? “Shaped to feed an eminently American point of view?” Don’t yank us into this mess, pun intended. Americans are not ignorant or disrespectful of the British royal family, and we (unlike HW) know to curtsy to a Queen. The ‘review’ is a word jumble, as if the typist picked shredded bits of a thesaurus out of a waste bin and glued the pieces together at random. Needless contortions. Unfortunate imagery and unironic insinuations: She really wanted to use the word “colonize” with Oprah? Did the typist even watch the interview? The only informed reaction could’ve been viewed in a preview clip. Nothing about the “bombshell” revelations/claims in the sit-down. What a hack job. Ms. St. Felix was named The New Yorker’s TV critic in 2019. 

Seems a code phrase for “you cannot prove my intention.” Intention is notoriously difficult to prove. Some cases rise or sink on it. All allegedly and in my layperson opinion: Wouldn’t someone so woke and aware notice that people continued to quit, cried, shook, trembled? Wouldn’t a person who is as sensitive as they portray, realize that shouting and screaming and belittling are not good for the mental health of the recipient?  Is it not common sense that bosses should not scream and belittle and make their employees or assistants cower? Is it not remarkable that so many quit, even those who had prior, successful longstanding situations with similarly high status clients and in high pressure circumstances? Did anyone approach the accused bully to ask they stop or change? Did anything continue after that point? “Repeatedly,” they can definitely prove, in my layperson opinion. “Deliberately?” It stands to reasonability. Would any reasonable person conclude there is extreme negligence or malice in repeated screaming at and belittling of staff? Or is that a charitable act in some way?  What do you all think?