What I remember from that time is the oppressive prevalence of wallpaper. I am glad that wallpaper is experiencing a bit of a resurgence now because within reason I like wallpaper. But it got completely out of control there for a while, and I still have trouble breathing when I think about it.

Faux Versailles done in beige and bronze with lots of steps, columns, arches and poorly executed trompe l’oeil. I used to live in a town that was all about that, I’ll never get over the disgust and horror.

Well.....rural Minnesota would probably be a somewhat different proposition. Congratulations upon your escape!

In this situation, we are all yokels. Not to mention, Global Warming. Global Warming. Global Warming.

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STFU is actually what I want on my “not welcome” matt.

Hooray! Harry Potter quotes are the best quotes!!!

The Twin Cities are actually pretty nice. You do have to like winter, though.

Mmmmm...encaustic is good. So good.

Because they sell all that stuff.

I’ll never get sick of this because it successfully displaced beige as the dominant color scheme that ruled the mainstream design world for years. I HATE BEIGE.

They’ve had some couples that I thought looked like they might be liberal here and there. Or, at least I hoped so because especially the first season I loved both the ethic of saving old houses and what they did with them. However, as the seasons have progressed and they’ve become more successful as a brand they’ve…

I like them. I like the way they model handling difficult people, (or, perhaps, people who have been deliberately pressured to the point where they have become difficult in order to create drama for the show, but whatever). And, like what’s-what’s-his-face, the ColorSplash guy, they seem to have built a well groomed…

Same here. Saw an instant picture of ancient cathedrals covered in penises.

This is an excellent point. As somebody up above pointed out, at the time the cross would def. have been viewed as a weapon of torture. Fish, not so much.

Yes, that’s fair. I think I tried to rewrite this after I calmed down, but it was too late to edit. I believe my point was that not all the old hippies turned into right wing Trump voters, which I think is a reasonable and verifiable point.

Yeah. I don’t like fedoras.

Obama is still president. We don’t know what will happen once Trump takes office.

I know! It seems like we’ve got some new facts about rats!

No matter if what MJBuddy1 said is actually factually true or not in every detail, it looks like it’s the narrative in NOLA and I’m guessing it is passionately believed. Given how peppy and jolly Peyton was last night, he looks to believe it. The bountygate catastrophe seems to have taken something from him that he…