
Her name is Ree. Seriously, how could this person be more famous than me?
As you know, I’m bitter. If you don’t know that, then you haven’t been following my blog for 7 years, or you didn’t notice the title. Most of the time, I like to rant about the little things. Traffic, soap, the way my toes don’t fit into socks; you know, stuff that Jerry Seinfeld could write a whole episode around, maybe even an entire season. If that is the case, call me Jerry.
For a while now though, I got a big beef with a bigger target. Maybe you know who she is, maybe you don’t, but there is this lady that is making us all look bad. She is a blogger just like the rest of us, but somehow HER blog made her famous, rich and a brand name around the world, or at least at Walmart. And I’m guessing she hasn’t put near as much work into her blog as any of us has. In fact, I bet she hasn’t even written in her own blog for years.
I know her as the Pioneer Woman. I don’t know how famous she is out there in the world, but I’m pretty sure she has at least a TV show on TLC or something. That is only the beginning too. She has a cookbook, a crockpot, and a bunch of other branded stuff at Walmart.
Every time I go to Walmart and I see one of her products, I have a fit. Every time I have an outburst, my wife looks at me like I’m crazy and asks me what I’m ranting about. I’m always saying with the contempt that Jerry has for Newman, “Pioneer Woman! She has another cookbook out!” or “Pioneer Woman has a Crocked Pot now? Seriously, doesn’t she have enough already?”
Then I ask my wife why I don’t have a brand deal with Walmart. I mean, who doesn’t want a Bitter Ben action figure that screams out bitter phrases that you all want to say, but not out loud? Stuff like, “Ughhh, why is there so much traffic?”, “Uggh, why is the remote control so far away?” or “That stupid Pioneer Woman has another product in Walmart? How did she get famous for doing recipes? She’s not even funny!”

The action figure would look just like me and just as bitter.
Or how about a TV show where I do reviews of all the worst movies and tell you what makes me bitter about them on TLC? What does she have that I don’t? Oh yeah, she has a really annoying voice. And a super big kitchen and lots of property.
All I know is she needed to be called out. She doesn’t have the writing ability that we have or a sense of humor. I’m guessing all the recipes she uses are just ones her grandmother passed down to her. Does she even have an original thought or something compelling about her? It’s high time she gives up her fame for the rest of us, so we can shine and she can go back to being a pioneer.
ARRRRRRGGGGHGHHHH
Bitter Pioneer Lady Rage Ben
Let me know when that action figure comes out. My husband’s birthday is coming up.
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I’ll be sure to contact you first when it comes out.
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Let me know when your action figure is out there. My husband’s birthday is coming up, and he is almost as bitter as you.
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I’m sure not in time for his birthday because it requires getting a mold and such, but maybe by Valentines!
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I’m sure the Bitter Ben action figure would be a big seller, or better yet a Bitter Ben cookbook!! This post is sot on
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Yeah, when is Mattel going to call and ask me to use my bitter likeness to create a doll for them?
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This cracked me up. I got Pioneer Woman mixing bowls for Christmas and wondered who the hell she is. Guess I’ve been living under a rock.
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Yeah, she is making money hand over fist with these stupid mixing bowls while we are writing all this GOOD content and getting nothing. Thanks a lot Pioneer Woman!
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Oh, I SO know what you mean! Before I started blogging, I saw the movie “Julie and Julia,” which is a true story about a girl who blogs every day for a year and gets a book deal. Where’s my book deal? My blog did get me a gig writing for Mohawk Valley Living magazine, I mention in all fairness, but I would still like a book deal. Or a show on Oxygen or TruTV. Or anything that would let me quit my day job!
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Exactly. Why aren’t we getting jobs like this from our blogs? Why do only the priveleged few get deals to be on TV? And her blog wasn’t even that good!
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And the only parts of the movie that were good were the ones with Julia. Meryl Streep rules!
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Yeah, Streep was pretty good in that movie and the rest was garbage.
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I’m bitter about that too. Then there’s that Julie person who blogged about making every recipe in some cookbook. She got so famous that they made a movie about her (and she got to be represented by the gorgeous Amy Adams). J.
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Oh yeah, I remember that. My wife got that movie and I was raging the whole time I watched it.
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She’s on The Food Network. She probably makes more now than the ranch her husband runs.
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I’m pretty sure about that. Yeah, I keep hoping I will get my own show on the Food Network. Equal rights for bitter foods!
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LOL! Yep, she drives me nuts, too. 🙂
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Her whiny voice and her making money machine just for writing recipes she probably stole from her grandma. Yeah, she makes me a little bitter.
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Why don’t you do a YouTube channel with movie reviews, and everything you’re bitter about!? I would watch!! 🙂
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I actually have a YouTube channel and I have done something called Bitter News from the Couch. I have about 10 videos about them. I’ve thought about expanding too.
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I will have to check them out! Thanks. 🙂
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Thanks that would be much appreciated, because barely anyone watches them!
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I so get this!
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Yeah, she makes me really bitter every time I see her stuff in Walmart.
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…totally dude…
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She’s kind of the worst right?
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