I want to be Underwhelmed—Blossom 🌸 Edition

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Woah!

I can't decide whether I want to make a roast for dinner or eggplant.

Thought I was overwhelmed by the lower stance of the new 2024 Prius, but now I considering it as the replacement for my 2008 Prius. Want a Prime model and these are scarce apparently. This whelms me.

More Tillamook ice cream flavors reviewed.

Watching Oppenheimer. Too long and not particularly gripping, although I do appreciate he was not just a boring science nerd. He liked to fuck. And his wife was a bit batshit.

Re-employed, but poor until payday. I can’t afford vape juice, so I’m back to smoking tobacco. One lighter has a flint, but no butane. Another has fluid, but a broken flint. The tobacco is loose, so I’m smoking a pipe.

A stronger person would simply quit. Instead, I light one lighter with another and then light up.

That’s quite dedicated, r7.

I missed the farmers market today. I wanted to get lettuce and micro greens for my salad.

My sous vide egg bite maker cost me $29.99.

I didn’t want to do the work to use it today and considered buying the packaged bites which cost $5.99.

By an heroic effort of self control, I bought 12 eggs for $6.99 instead. I’m sure a cost benefit will eventually be realized here. Maybe it already has been. I do use the cute little machine frequently.

I’ll stop here. This whole issue is whelmier than I expected.

I don't think that's a true sous vide, but sounds interesting. Let us know how your first batch came out.

I've never heard of a marionberry.

I should get off the couch and clean the kitchen.

[quote]I've never heard of a marionberry.

They're named for the late longtime mayor of D.C.

This morning I had my weekly Jimmy Dean Sausage, Egg and Cheese Croissant Breakfast Sandwich.

Rather than microwaving it as usual, I followed the instructions of a woman on YouTube and made in the air fryer. I like it better in the air fryer and this shall be the method I use going forward.

I was watching Big Bang Theory Bloopers on YouTube and there was one with Kathy Bates. She kept flubbing the same line and Jim Parsons jokingly and sweetly said "I've always dreamed of working with Kathy Bates" to which she replied, "Bite me". 🤣

I was watching a few of these sped-up cleaning / decluttering videos and got off the couch to vacuum, etc.

Filed my taxes today. Don't know why I wait until the last days since I almost always get a refund. Just lazy, I guess.

I went today to pick up my tax paperwork with the intention of going to a nearby deli to get a sandwich. My accountant ended up talking my ear off for a half an hour and the deli guy was locking the door.

Nearly whelmed by the unfortunate timing, I decided to go to the grocery store to pick up a few things. An unplanned trip to a supermarket on a Saturday could very easily overwhelm me but there was no line at the deli counter and plenty of cashiers.

When I got home and was making my sandwich, I was so impressed with how neatly each piece of roast beef was sliced, folded, and stacked on the paper before being wrapped up. Clearly by someone who takes great pride in his work. That kid is going places, I tell you!

My local supermarket makes good deli sandwiches. You can get stuff like artichokes on it. I wonder how Jersey Mike's (opened very closeby) affected the deli business.

A Youtuber called Japan Eat makes tons of Shorts and some longer videos about food in Japan. He's funny and I really enjoy him. I make note of all the restaurants he visits as if I'm actually going to Japan. It's just a pipe dream. Recently he ate cream puffs in Kobe, Japan and I made special note of that place in my little fantasy world.

Fuck. I fucked up my taxes. I owe a $49 underpayment penalty which for some reason the tax prep software isn’t including in my total due. 🤷🏻‍♂️

I had my taxes done by a real, live tax accountant this year and I just got a notice from the state that I'm not getting the full refund she filed on my account. At first I was pissed that I paid her $270 to complete my taxes and the amounts weren't correct. Later, I decided WTF; I still got money refunded, just not as much as claimed. Oh well.

I made too much mediterranean rice and now I have to look up recipes on what to do with leftover rice. Maybe I'll make croquettes.

The chicken in my Cobb Salad for brunch was tasty as was the Bloody Mary. My first drink of 2024.

I'm taking my dog for a grooming appointment tomorrow but she doesn't know that.

[quote] I made too much mediterranean rice and now I have to look up recipes on what to do with leftover rice.

How about getting some grape leaves and making dolmas? My mom did that. She knows nothing about Mediterranean food, but she made some pilaf, bought some grape leaves, and rolled them up. Surprisingly good.

My new suitcase (my first 4-wheeler / spinner) doesn't have as much packing space as my old 2-wheeler had. They were technically the same size: 21-inch (largest carry-on for int'l flights - 22-inch is the largest for domestic).

This is my first foray into an underwhelm thread and man, this one really delivered. I enjoy the nonsequitors very much. Well done, you.

I vacuumed both bedrooms this weekend after not doing it for a very long time. It always amazes me that even though I can’t see the exact results, there’s a definite uptick in the serenity of the rooms. Quite whelming, actually.

I got my taxes done at the last minute today. Was sort of pleased that I’m not getting a refund. I owed less than $40 to the federal guvmint, and $3 to the commonwealth.

I thought about playing I Woke Up in Love This Morning at my wedding reception someday. I’m not even dating anyone so no one need worry about that lapse in taste.

I saw Civil War to cheer myself up.

I wanted to go see Civil War or The First Omen but no one wanted to go with me. Maybe next weekend.

Bitch set me up!

My back is itchy.

I’m having my 6th or 7th (I’ll ask when I’m there) Covid booster shot this morning at the doc’s office.

Thank you to the end-of-thread posters who encouraged me to lose weight on my own.

To the poster who suggested cooking classes, I'm already a pretty good cook. I actually do better without too many choices.

I'm starting today. Wish me luck!! I'll keep you posted on my progress; maybe on one of weight loss threads we had last year.

I finally watch Barbie. It was disappointingly superficial. Will Ferrel was wasted. Corporate executives should not be sympathetic characters, but Mattel produced the movie and put itself in the middle of it, so they had no choice.

I feel lazy today.

Last day on a lovely short break in España. 🇪🇸

[quote] Will Ferrel was wasted.

That explains it.

I'm out of Post-it notes.

Maybe I should order bright neon-colored ones instead of my usual yellow.

I don't know, I'll decide later.

A boast: I just completed a “Puzzle 5” from the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament.

In the words of its author: “And then there’s Puzzle 5. The evil, evil Puzzle 5. The impasse to any and all positive solving momentum up to that point. It’s designed to be truly impenetrable on purpose, to separate the elite solvers from the rest of the pack. Think a Thursday-plus-plus theme gimmick combined with Saturday-plus-plus cluing. Oh, and you have only 30 minutes to finish the whole thing. The vast majority of solvers come nowhere close.”

I came nowhere close in 30 minutes, but I persisted and completed it.

It is entirely possible to eat five eggs if you smoosh them up into egg salad with tomatoes and romaine on the side.

I just looked at my delicious taint

It got up to 76 degrees today in my neck of the Northeast.

It’s 85 degrees here!

My new dog is a punk. I’m not used to living with a teenager. And I think there is some pittie in there. I knew knew knew I was going to do penance for hating on pitties so much. I’m glad he won’t get any bigger.

Pocket pittie punk

I made guacamole and ate too much. Now my stomach hurts

I made a whole lemon poundcake.

[italic]♫Ooh sugar pie, honey bunch, you know that I love you, I can't help myself, I love you and nobody else....♫[/italic]

Was too rainy and cold to spend a long layover walking around Amsterdam. :/

I haven't had sparkling water for five days. I feel less bloated and gassy.

I had an overwhelming urge to listen to Linda Ronstadt today. So I did.

I had a craving for hot dogs cut up in Cambell’s pork and beans. So I made it and put guldens mustard on it…..but it doesn’t taste anything like i remembered..

I can’t eat lettuce on sandwiches anymore. No longer agrees with me.

Yesterday evening I was driv8ng home on eastern Long Island and a bald eagle was flying over Sunrise Highway. First time I’ve ever seen one IRL.

A friend is getting married and she has to be the center of attention all the time. She just tried to derail someone else’s birthday. Just thinking about it makes me sleepy.

I cleaned the inside of my car.

I just watched Episodes 1 thru 3 of The Beverly Hillbillies Season 1. Granny wasn't wearing glasses; they must have added those later on in the first season. All three episodes were sponsored by Kellogg's of Battle Creek.

I’d reply, “Thank you. I’ve had sufficient.”

^wrong thread

[quote]I had a craving for hot dogs cut up in Cambell’s pork and beans. So I made it and put guldens mustard on it…..but it doesn’t taste anything like i remembered..

Perhaps a better quality brand of pork and beans would have helped. I always thought Campbell's beans taste sort of vile.

Van Camp's or nothing.

I know I'm bored when I start scrounging around my emergency food stash. That's my supply of processed, shelf stable food with long expirations dates that I keep in the pantry for weather emergencies. I just found some Dole fruit cups that are in some kind of cherry gel (jello) that don't expire until December 2024. I just ate one, not bad, I may have another.

Jill Jones day!

Salad Salad salad 🥗

I won $55 on the state Lotto.

I've decided to cancel my gym membership. I like the gym but $400+ month is pretty steep. Plus they are closed between 11:30 am and 3:30 pm weekly and Sundays. I may join Planet Fitness so that I can go whenever I want to.

Is Don Cheadle gay?

The Windex Wipes I used to do some quick cleaning of mirrors today left streaks. I need to stick to my good old fashioned Sprayway Glass Cleaner and microfiber cloths. Cutting corners never results in a quality finished product.

Water and vinegar leave no streaks on glass.

I’m watching Seinfeld. It’s the one with Kathy Griffin doing her stand up act about Jerry Seinfeld is the devil. She was so cute back then.

I'm rewatching Downton Abbey for the umpteenth time and am on the final season.

Henry constantly saying "I like cars" makes him sound developmentally disabled.

I had a liverwurst sandwich today. I'm sure I'm the only person who loves it.

Nope, R74, me too.

[quote]I want to be Underwhelmed—Blossom 🌸 Edition

That flower 🌸 is used on social media by anti-vaxxers, patriots and QAnon loons to identify themselves. Does everybody know that?

I can still remember the smell of liverwurst sandwiches in the lunchroom of my elementary school in the 70s. Not my favorite but definitely a lunchbox staple for many kids.

My locker room in 3rd grade was above the boiler room. My liverwurst and scrambled egg sandwiches became sentient by lunch period and I refused to eat them. The teacher made me do a weekly clean out of my locker.

Wow, Cosmo, glad you canceled that membership. I can think of a lot I can do with $400 per month. I spend $400 to $500 on food.

No, I didn’t know that the cherry blossom emojis are used for those kinds of signals. Yikes.

I have a craving for orange slices. Not the fruit, the chewy candy.

Problem is I can't control myself around them. I keep them in the freezer and eat them not fully thawed and very cold. I like the Zachary brand, image below. I wish they sold them in small individual packages and not just in 32 oz. tubs.

I am pro liverwurst, myself.

I am also pro vinegar 100% strength to clean glass, mirrors, windows, but you have to wipe the surface until it's dry to avoid streaks.

I just use plain water / fine mist spray and a dry microfiber towel to clean mirrors. I think it would work on windows, on the inside, at least.

I just realized I have no heat. It's a bit chilly in here today, and 46 F outside. I considered not placing a service call but nighttime temps will be in the low 30s over the next 10 days so I better get someone here to fix it.

[quote]I have a craving for orange slices. Not the fruit, the chewy candy.

They're sugar bombs, but I love them, too. I can't keep them in the house because I have no willpower.

I had a blueberry turnover today. Heavenly.

I’m watching SVU and barely listening so I’m creating a scenario in my head where Julia Louis Dreyfus takes over the Olivia Benson role and she plays it just like Elaine. Like she says to a victim “Can you… elaborate?” The way she’d say it to Kramer. And I’m having a pleasant enough time.

I'm trying to get rid of the dark circles under my eyes that I've had since I was in elementary school. I tried hyaluronic eye cream and it burned the fuck out of my skin.

I guess they're hereditary and I'll have to live with them.

My severe dark circles disappeared after I had food allergy testing done.

Turns out I was allergic to almonds. At the time I was drinking almond milk, eating almond butter and kept almonds in my desk drawer for afternoon snack. As soon as I stopped ingesting almonds, my dark circles disappeared.

I got out of the shower and the garbage disposal was running. I live alone, one door with deadbolt, windows closed and locked, no cat, dog short like dachshund, would have gone nuts and barked, checked everywhere with pepper spray in hand, lots of stuff and not many hiding places, nothing taken. Had to run into kitchen to flip switch off. No extra keys anywhere or to anyone. Rather overwhelming but I didn’t know where else to put it.

Half-open switch last time you used the disposal. Vibration jarred it closed.

Bubbies Mochi Ice Cream was BOGO. I got one box of Pistachio and one box of Mango. I've never had these before so I don't know if they are good. I'll report back after I have one of each flavor.

President Lyndon B. Johnson drank a lot of Fresca per some guy on YouTube.

I ate all the aforementioned Dole Fruit Cups.

Now if there is a power outage this summer due to hurricanes and such, I shall be fruit cupless.

I have no one to blame but myself for this predicament.

Beef roasts were BOGO so I ate roast, Beef stir fry, BBQ beef sandwiches, and steak tacos this week.

Oh, ok R90.

I got yelled at for paying cash at one of those lunch places that fills up every storefront in NYC these days.

Apparently you’re supposed to pay only with your phone now.

Perhaps the BOGO troll could start its own thread so we don’t deprive the rest of Datalounge of its fascinating posts.

[quote] My severe dark circles disappeared after I had food allergy testing done. Turns out I was allergic to almonds. At the time I was drinking almond milk, eating almond butter and kept almonds in my desk drawer for afternoon snack. As soon as I stopped ingesting almonds, my dark circles disappeared.

Now that’s useful.

If you want fascinating posts, try another thread, gentle r97.

[quote] That flower 🌸 is used on social media by anti-vaxxers, patriots and QAnon loons to identify themselves. Does everybody know that?

All three? Seems confusing.

Obviously I don’t want fascinating, but there’s a lot of room between fascinating and daily BOGO updates.

No there is not.

You're not the boss of me, r97!

Also, it's not daily updates, it's weekly updates on Fridays when I do my food shopping (sometimes Thursday).

Did I mention DeCecco pasta was also BOGO today and I got two deals! Two cavatappi, one fusilli and one rigatoni. I would have preferred penne instead of rigatoni but they were out. [bold]sticks tongue out at Mr. CrankyPants r97[/bold]

I bet the top Bing search is "Google".

[quote] Also, it's not daily updates, it's weekly updates

r91, r94

I’m only suggesting you share your posts more widely.

r105, I am r91 but I am NOT r94 and his beef roasts.

They’re proliferating!

I accidentally bought tiramisu flavored Oreos and I’m not quite sure how I feel about them.

The local Trump “store” in my wide open small town has opened in a brick and mortar. It used to be in a pop-up tent.

Roast beef sounds good right now.

R110, I want a deli slicer; my arm is so Mary that it doesn’t cut anything straight.

Cooking up potatoes and mashing them before they go off. I hate wasting food.

What’s a wide open town?

My next-door neighbor looks like Lord Grantham from Downton Abbey and his wife looks like Joyce Bulifant from Match Game.

That’s quite a couple.

Joyce Bulifant has much, much more on her resumé than Match Game, though.

Yes, she does, R115. She stole my husband.

Not on Joyce Bulifant's résumé: Carol on "The Brady Bunch," for which she had been considered until Florence Henderson entered the picture.

I have two packages and I can’t see who they’re addressed to. We have 3 people in this house. We all order online. Why has packaging shrunk and hidden the name and address of the person it’s addressed to?

Sometimes I am appalled at my own grammar, punctuation, and syntax errors here on DL.

Sometimes I laugh at my own shit

I wish I lived in Midsomer. So many fetes. There’s always something to do. Harvest, summer solstice, winter solstice, Shakespeare festival, flower show, medieval fair, bicycle race, ghost walk, pub quiz…

There has never been a serial killer of bad packaging designers.

Nobody makes an effort these days.

Just did a couple of loads of laundry and my Samsung washer and dryer played their happy little tune at the end of the cycles. This reminded me of a bizarre incident a couple of years ago.

A friend of mine asked if I could throw some handyman work the way of a friend of his father who was having tough times. He assured me that although older, the guy was competent, liberal, blah blah....

So I called guy over to give me a price for some very MINOR tasks in my laundry room and spare bedroom. Salty old guy arrives, gives me judgmental stink eye and proceeds to give me an outrageous price for these inconsequential tasks a teenager could do. Tasks I didn't really even need done anyway, just trying to help out. I tell him the high price is not commensurate with the work. He does the tired old "tell you what I'm gonna do for you" and cuts price in half which is closer to what it should be. I agree to the lower price.

I ran a load of laundry while he worked in the laundry room. When he finished and I was paying him, he said he wanted the higher price he first quoted because if I could afford a washer and dryer "that played music", I could afford to pay him more. I declined, paid him the agreed upon lower reasonable price and wished him a happy life as we would not be crossing paths again.

That's my Samsung appliances play a happy tune story.

I’m on my heating pad again

I describe my wide open small town on the Eldergays How Have You Adjusted …. thread about crime.

227 is on

For the dark eye circle suffer, have you had blood work done? I had them, too. I tried every concealer under the sun ('m female) but nothing worked. Had blood work done and found out I was anemic. I was prescribed iron vitamins by my doctor. They are gone now and I no longer need the iron pills as I take a multi-vitamin for women 50+.

I've decided to take advantage of Empire Today's flooring sale. Having all of my floors (kitchen, 2 bathrooms, and wall-to-wall carpet) replaced for $7500. I will use my gym membership money to pay towards that and take advantage of walking in the Spring, Summer, and Fall. Then I'll join Planet Fitness. As an AARP member, I can join PF for $28/month with no enrollment fee.

They’re the hottest videos on the internet

Plexidern

I just got a frost warning here in southern NY from NWS. Right after I read a gardening sub on Reddit where someone up in Canada wanted to know if the 30F temperature was responsible for her drooping tomato plant…and BTW, she also said, “It’s going to be the same temps for a few days.”

Why do people actively ignore Grow Zone/Frost Date maps? (Canada as well as the US have them). Do they wake up on the first warm and sunny day of the year and say, “Must be time to plant tomatoes outside! Yessirree, winter’s over for good. We’re going to have Mediterranean weather from now until October.”

I don’t plant until May 22nd. Some years my hydrangeas don’t flower because of frosts in early-mid in May.

If you want to garden and have no experience and no knowledge, do yourself a favor and take a look at the grow maps as one of the very first things you do.

I walked up the alternate stairway, walked down a hallway and was hit by the strong odor of jizz coming from a specific apartment.

The apartment is kind of close to the floor’s garbage chute, so I’m going to throw things away all afternoon in the hope of getting a closer look at the emitter.

I casually mentioned to my parents that Led Zeppellin plagiarised many of their most famous songs, and I think I've just officially ruined their lives. I just assumed they knew. I thought it was common knowledge nowadays.

I didn’t know that.

I saw someone today I haven’t seen since before the pandemic. The intervening years have not been kind. At 86 he seemed invincible. At 91, not so much.

R133 what about your ugly ass?

R130 the smell of onions cooking/cooked can be very pungent and akin to jizz. I know because I recently thought there was a fat old man whore at the pub but he wasn't the offender. It was pizza night. And you mentioned the garbage chute.

I went for a 30-minute walk today and used the walking poles I bought about a year ago. It was a pretty good workout. Only got a few weird looks from my neighbors.

Update:

I mentioned in the previous Underwhelmed thread that I had fallen down a rabbit hole of watching The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on YouTube.

Well I'm still buried in that rabbit hole each night and thoroughly enjoying it.

I may be asking for trouble here but I did enjoy this compilation of Lens Dunham's three appearances. Craig seems to really like her. At the 7:20 mark she talks about his movie The Big Tease in which he plays a gay man. He then tells a cute anecdote about his real life gay interior decorator.

I hate going to the Post Office.

My car has been in the shop for a few weeks because of a damaged bumper. I just might get it back soon, though. Hopefully tomorrow. I've been driving my mom's car, and it's fine but it's just not the same.

[quote] the smell of onions cooking/cooked can be very pungent and akin to jizz

R135, I don’t want a quibble appearing on my underwhelm thread, but I assure you that I know fresh spunk and this was fresh spunk.

The tenant is 30s with a belly, glossy black hair, and poor taste in footwear. I saw him when I threw out red leaf lettuce that was starting to look scary.

Kudos, r40 on what may well be the perfect Underwhelmed post!

Forsythia are in bloom.

Are you in Brooklyn? It may be the Callery (Bradford) Pear tree.

[quote] The tenant is 30s with a belly, glossy black hair, and poor taste in footwear.

What kind of footwear, R140?

[quote]I've been driving my mom's car, and it's fine but it's just not the same.

Does it smell like Avon or something?

You guys make.me laugh today. Haha

Rain

Poop

Just went on a work trip with a group of people. I'm not a huge fan of people's Venmo calculations. I feel like I came out behind. I do appreciate that the group members did do the transfers immediately. Just disappointed in the amounts.

I had a dream last night that all the adult Brady Bunch kids were in a limo with the youngest Partridge Family kid, Suzanne Crough who played Tracy. But Suzanne died a few years ago. I woke up wondering if it was a premonition that one of the Bradys was going to die symbolized by the dead Partridge accompanying them.

I don't know.

Whelming?

R149 be sure to discuss this with your therapist

I came here to warn my fellow DLers a Brady might die and what do I get in return? Called crazy.

Ungrateful lot you all are.

Well, yes. We are typically ungrateful.

A ripe mango would be nice, r152.

Pineapple makes the roof of my mouth itch.

I have the same problem with eggplant and with plums, R153. Both have a similar color. Coincidence? Perhaps not.

I don't usually like mango, but tried the Jollibee Peach Mango fried pie the other day. That works.

Go to bed

I haven’t posted in like 36 hours.

I just flew on a plane for the first time in a very long time. United Airlines, now, doesn't give you credit for the actual miles you flew. They use your ticket price as some kind of base number, then multiply it by another number which is based on whether you have their credit card and other BS like that.

At least they refunded me for my Wi-Fi day pass. Wi-Fi was not working on my flights. (I had to call and ask for a refund, though.)

My dog is smart but sometimes she can be also dumb. She approached her water and food bowls but wouldn't go further since she had left two of her squeaky toys in front of them. Of course, I moved them out of the way.

Yesterday I took the plastic microwave food cover out of the microwave and laid it on top of the stove while I cleaned microwave. Forgot to put it back in microwave afterwards.

Last night I preheated oven and put chicken and potatoes into bake. Later smelled something funky. Plastic microwave food cover melting on stove.

Ugh.

Why do I keep hearing about Chef John's chicken? I don't like his voice.

r161, because I also posted about the chicken on the What's for Dinner thread. I'll shut up about it now.

Chasity! Get out of that bush!

If a food makes the roof of your mouth, throat or ears itchy you likely have a food allergy or sensitivity. For years my ears and back of throat would itch while eating banana. Allergic!

River hasn't posted a video in over a week, I'm worried about him.

TIL a member of the Trump family actually was in the military. Fred Trump Jr was in ROTC in college and joined Air National Guard as a second Lt to learn how to fly. It’s how he became a pilot.

A member of the Trump family (father Fred’s bother John) was a professor at MIT.

His family had no love for DJT.

I donated a bunch of stuff to the Humane Society thrift store. I can only hope they actually use the proceeds to help animals

Why are ppl talking about Trump in this thread 😠

Yeah!

I just realized I accidentally put a 20 in a tip jar earlier instead of a 1. I'm pretty upset about it.

I went in for my annual physical today, ,and the receptionist looked at me like I had two heads. "What time was your appointment?" "What's your name again?" "Who are you seeing?" "Did you just schedule your appointment?"

Turns out my appointment was last Tuesday.

I have done that with appointments before. Did they test you for dementia? Jk

Waterloo Sparkling Water 12-packs were BOGO today. I got two deals.

Two grape (my favorite) and one Cherry Limeade and one Blackberry Lemonade.

My new passport arrived in the mail today. Ten days after I applied for it.

The pot de cremes I made aren't terribly custardy.

I need to go into the bank to get a new bank card. My old one has stopped working.

I don't like cold pizza or cold spaghetti.

I've been very underwhelmed with my last several purchases of marmalade.

Can anyone recommend a brand that is actually bitter! The ones I've purchased have all been very sweet.

I’m having a sciatica flare up which is quite whelming. However, my dog is being all mopey because I can’t take him for a real walk and it’s so nice out.

R190 hope you’re on your heating pad

I cooked two pounds of bacon for a brunch potluck. Now, I have around 3/4ths of a cup of rendered bacon fat in a jar.

Someone made, for the potluck, an eggy casserole with what I thought was potatoes. I bit into it and it was a damn piece of apple with the skin on it. Who the hell puts apple in an egg casserole.

R182 was the egg and apple casserole made by a friend or acquaintance? I avoid potluck food made by acquaintances since I don't know what their house/kitchen looks like. And also they could be weird like this person.

Eggy apple casserole is a sign of malicious food sharing. Like that room temperature shell fish plate that mysteriously appears, stay away from food made by others.

[italic]Come and listen to my story about a man named Jed, a poor mountaineer barely kept his family fed, and then one day he was shootin at some food and up through the ground come a bubblin crude...[/italic]

NO SPOILERS PLEASE, R185!

I took shortcuts on the White Chicken Chili that I shouldn't have, but the recipe was strong enough to escape total ruination.

I'm going to start spring cleaning, which I find depressing. I feels like preparing for your death.

[quote] [R182] was the egg and apple casserole made by a friend or acquaintance? I avoid potluck food made by acquaintances since I don't know what their house/kitchen looks like. And also they could be weird like this person.

I looked at the sign-up list and it seemed like the casseroles (yes, there were maybe 4 damn casseroles) were made by OK people. The apple, though. Ugh. I actually love Honeycrisp apples, but not with the skin in an eggy casserole.

In general, I avoid potluck food, as well. I also don't trust people's levels of cleanliness.

This is Lynda Carter.

My cousin said she dumped her therapist because the therapist glibly mentioned she had to be in court because a patient killed themselves. Cousin said this is the second time in a year she's mentioned a patient killing themselves and smirking about it.

I know no one can predict someone taking their life but I would have dumped the therapist after the first smirk.

[quote]I avoid potluck food made by acquaintances

[quote]In general, I avoid potluck food, as well.

Is hating potluck food yet another DLism? I haven't worked in an office where potlucks were the norm in decades, and I neither rejected potluck food as a norm, nor noticed anyone else doing so. Is it a response to AIDS? (I still don't do birthday cakes with candles.)

The few times I've been invited to a potluck, I was careful to pick only food I had a reasonable expectation of liking—as opposed to piling up a plateload of food. Now I'm suspicious of any such event, thanks to you, DL.

I think a lot of people look askance at potluck offerings. Not just on DL.

I've pretty much got an iron stomach. The problem, for me, is just bad cooking, like the apples in the egg casserole. (I'm not that worried about unsanitary kitchens.)

One thing I hate seeing on YouTube videos is people cooking and cats jumping up on the counters. Especially if the cat sits down, i.e., places its ass on the counter.

I bought an Italian spice blend. I have all of the ingredients in my spice cabinet but I can never get the ratio quite right and so many recipes these days call for “Italian spice blend.” I feel like a failure.

I made my first pitcher this year of ice tea today and it hit the spot. I don't like getting it out because it's usually too weak. The exception is Dunkin Donuts, that is acceptable. Their best kept secret.

I don't like spice blends because they always have rosemary (long, sharp leaves). I just use plain, dried oregano, or Mexican oregano.

How come some candies rip up your mouth? Like jellybeans and Mike and Ike. They shave a layer of skin off your tongue and inner cheeks. It hurts

Never heard of Mike and Ike 'til now.

[quote]How come some candies rip up your mouth? Like jellybeans and Mike and Ike. They shave a layer of skin off your tongue and inner cheeks. It hurts.

What?? They're jelly beans, not fruit-flavored razor blades.

Maybe you have an allergy to one or more of the ingredients, R197.

Yesterday while driving to dog park and back I saw 5 identical white Teslas driving around. At different places except two were pulled up at same light. Weird. What’re the odds?

Lemonheads took half a tooth off. Chewy candy will tear up your mouth.

I can’t eat Hot Tamales anymore. I wish they had a less hot than Fierce. Chewy AND hotter than H?

I bought several jugs of Starbucks Iced Espresso Caramel Macchiato and Iced Espresso Caffe Mocha when they were on sale. Turns out I don't like cold coffee. So now I heat it up in the microwave and it is acceptable as an afternoon pick me up but not as my morning coffee. I won't be repurchasing and will stick to brewing my own hot morning coffee.

[quote] Yesterday while driving to dog park and back I saw 5 identical white Teslas driving around. At different places except two were pulled up at same light. Weird. What’re the odds? I didn’t know what brand til I looked up symbols.

If you don’t recognize the brand on sight, I don’t have much confidence in your determination that these were truly “identical “ or even hat they were five different cars.

Teslas are pretty common (for now) in Northern NJ, but between their build quality issues, the company’s finances and Musk’s rants I’d predict that Tesla sightings are peaking right about now.

I got in trouble in third grade for eating Lemonheads in class.

I had the box hidden under an open book and was sneaking one here and there but then I STUPIDLY opened the lid to my desk (the old-fashioned lift top desks) and they went flying all over the place.

Some guy on YouTube said this Smokehouse Burnt Ends Dip was good so I bought it as I'm susceptible like that.

Turns out it is good. Recommend.

I'm watching The Other Side Of The Mountain on Netflix. The 1975 movie based on the true life story of skier Jill Kinmont, who broke her neck skiing and became a quadriplegic teacher on the rez.

I haven't seen this movie since I was 9 years old. Watching it for purely nostalgic reasons. My mother cried while watching this movie and my mother died 2 years ago.

I mourn the discontinued Friendly's Watermelon Roll.

Finally, on my third trip, Trader Joe’s had some frozen steel cut oatmeal. It’s one of my go-to breakfasts, and I had a fridge full of berries to add to it, but I was out of stock and stranded.

There's a Reiki woman on YouTube who wants to access my Akashic records and clear them or clean them or something along those lines.

I don't even know what my Akashic records are. Should I let her? Is it like my karmic credit report or something? Is she bullshitting me?

R211 has she asked for a "donation" yet? If you want to use a psychic-medium, then I suggest Cheryl and Kimm from Touching Souls. They're a mother/daughter team on Facebook but you can Google their website.

I had 2 readings and they're the real deal in talking with the dead. Everything they've told me has come to pass, I shit you not.

[quote] I had 2 readings and they're the real deal in talking with the dead. Everything they've told me has come to pass, I shit you not.

R211, don't listen to R212.

Mr Canada Goose (I named him Goosie and he responds) comes to my shore everyday and I give him wild bird seed. His mate is on the nest so he has time on his hands. When they first landed in March, they both visited me right away, I remember them from last year. I wonder how many goslings it will be, last year they had four. I love living on a New England life and feel fortunate that I do.

New England lake, that is.

My dog just reminded me that I forgot to feed her tonight. She struck her I'm hungry pose, paws forward, ass in the air and eyeballing me. I feel guilty but she's eating now.

I'm going to be 58 in June and I have no hobbies except for working out and going to the movies. Everything that I had a passion for in my 20s and 30s (reading, traveling, studying) I've lost interest in.

I retired 2 years ago and had big plans: studying languages, taking art classes, and more traveling. Never happened. I don't think I'm depressed, but I'm definitely bored and can't find anything that I'm excited about, not that I've been looking. Just underwhelmed.

I've been retired for a little over three years now, R217, and one of things I like best about it is how underwhelming my days have become. I've learned to appreciate simple pleasures in a way I never did before.

Retired at 56? Consider yourself very fortunate. Do some volunteer work. Deliver meals on wheels and not just on Thanksgiving.

[quote]Is she bullshitting me?

Are you? smh

Me too, r209. It was a summer tradition.

Birds Eye Loaded Potato Bake is good, prepared in oven not microwave.

Package says 3.5 servings, I beg to differ, LOL. I added a piece of left over chicken and called it lunch.

In my store it's located with the frozen vegetables not frozen meals which I suppose makes sense.

I washed my windows today and it's an unpleasant task but glad it's done.

I renewed my resident parking status (window sticker and visitor permits) online for free this morning.

Scrubbing Bubbles bathroom cleaner smells bad. Really bad. Overpowering chemical smell that could kill you bad.

I won't be using it again. But maybe I'll keep it as a weapon. If someone breaks into my home, I'll spray their face with Scrubbing Bubbles. Death by Scrubbing Bubbles!

Shit…..

R225, I like Scrubbing Bubbles - it makes quick work of bathtub ring, and you can get other fragrances. It is pretty strong, though.

Will Scrubbing Bubbles remove toilet ring & stains that don't come out via actual scrubbing?

I don't know about toilet stains, I was using the Scrubbing Bubbles on tub and bathroom sink.

Try CLR for bad toilet stains.

I think I have tried CLR. Frankly, I've not been that impressed with CLR.

I just saw another car with a crooked bumper sticker. Go to any office, like a doctor's office, and most of the signs put up are crooked. Even many light and power outlet boxes are installed crooked.

Do some people just not have the genes to recognize straight and level?

R231, maybe you’ve gone cockeyed.

I just drove home and saw a Hummer at a traffic light with a bumper sticker that read “I’m the quiet neighbor with the big freezer.”

I'm pretty OCD about things being straight. Even my Command hooks are stuck on straight. I do use a level to mark the spots.

Currently waiting at the eye specialist. They will be dilating my eyes today.

I cooked a bag of Brussels sprouts from ALDIs and they were imported from Belgium.

R236 are you in EU?

Do they call them Brussels Sprouts in the EU?

Apparently the French and Walloons call them choux Bruxelles (Brussels cabbage) , the Dutch and Flemish call them spruiten (which I’m guessing means “sprouts”) and the German call them rosenkohl (rose cabbage?)

Vinny Egizi put his lawn sign out again. He does it every election year.

Wild Planet is the only brand of tuna fish I will buy. Not that I make tuna salad often but when I do, it's Wild Planet or nothing.

Lately, I've been buying Genova oil-packed albacore tuna.

I'm so sick of that woman on YouTube who is always talking about "stuck poop".

Is there any way I can opt out of poop commercials?

I took a three hour nap late this afternoon and now I'm wide awake.

[quote] Is there any way I can opt out of poop commercials?

Yes, subscribe to YouTube Premium. I thought about it for years and finally subscribed. It's about $15 per month and is worth it, IMO. No more commercials.

I subscribed to Shudder on Prime so I can get my fill of horror movies, which I love. I checked out all the other horror premium channels but they didn't have a big selection.

I continue my adventure of watching Craig Ferguson's old late-night show.

2014 Elisabeth Moss appearance and she is too short for the chair and her feet can't touch the floor. Craig offers her a foot stool he offers all short actresses with his usual accompanying joke of "we have this foot stool in case Tom Cruise is ever on the show". She initially giggles and accepts the foot stool. Then after a minute or two says she's uncomfortable and doesn't want the foot stool anymore.

I'm suspect Scientologist Elisabeth realized she was already in deep shit with the borg for laughing at the Tom Cruise joke so she better reject the stool to try and mitigate whatever reprimand from was in store for her.

I like when Craig dances with the horse. He has big feet.

Banana Laffy Taffy is soft, delectable. The other Laffy Taffy flavors are hard, causing tooth and jaw discomfort. Why can’t the banana Laffy taffy formula be used on all the taffies?

I’m not in EU.

My 3 month Pro Air Albuterol inhalers now cost $0. But I can’t find out why. I used to pay $150 for a 3 month supply via Medicare, now it’s free. I wish my other meds were the same price

R249 hard to imagine why CA would import brussel sprouts from Belgium! What a world...

Took some naan dippers out of the freezer and into air fryer at 400 for 4 minutes and they burned.

Did a second batch at 370 for 3 minutes and they were fine.

I should probably write that down for next time.

Dipped them into my Burnt Ends dip mentioned upthread.