I Still Want to Be Underwhelmed

I just ate an egg roll. It was delightfully light and not greasy. I dipped it in duck sauce.

There's a reason the other thread is closed. Get with the program. Let it die.

I got drunk last night for the first time since August and I feel gross today. Not hungover, just gross. I'm surprised I'm not hungover, but I'm not still drunk.

OK, the hangover is kicking in now.

I'm sitting here without a shirt on, reading DL....I took my shirt off because I was afraid of spilling red wine on it.

I don't know if I should go piss now or wait until my bladder is fuller. I hate to make two trips when I'm enjoying a lie down.

A good bladder should be able to retain half a litre of fluid for 6 hours.

I could write a page full of unimportant shit that no one cares about...but me.

[quote]There's a reason the other thread is closed.

What is it? What could be more innocuous than this thread (as long as EJECTAQUEEN shuts the fuck up)?

The USPS did not deliver a package today, but they sent me a text and email saying they did. I had to call and "open a case."

I'm now getting into the habit of smoothing my trouser seat before sitting.

I know mother always teach their daughters to do this. But I just don't want excess fabric bunching up into my cleavage.

I made a sauce for the chicken and it called for diced tomatoes so I got the Rotel kind with chiles in them, thinking it would be a light kick and small bit of added flavor. Ay Chihuahua! My mouth's burning like Malibu.

I had a tuna sandwich for lunch with cucumbers and I had brought it from home. The tuna taste seeped into the cucumbers and it... wasn't good. No amount of hot sauce can fix that.

I found some dirt on the floor. I went to the closet, took out a broom, swept the dirt. Then, I took a dustpan and re-swept the dirt into the pan. I went to my garbage can, opened the lid, the emptied the dustpan, then closed the lid. I put the broom back into the closet. It was an exhausting process... so I went to my couch to lie down.

I suspect you need a comfort animal r14.

There's a marathon in my town tomorrow. I'll stay as far away as humanly possible.

I just LOVE my handy cord-free Dyson Cleaner.

Vacuuming is a pleasure now!

r16 I hate marathons. They ruin my town for an entire day, and they happen twice a year.

Had a light lunch. Bucket of KFC, pint of mashed potatoes with gravy, pint of coleslaw, four buttered roles, slice of pecan pie, and of course a liter of Diet Coke. Gotta watch my figure.

I have a fire ant bite on the palm of my left hand. It itches.

I am watching PBS NewsHour and feeling disdain for David Brooks.

I spent today deciding whether or not to buy a chrome or brass model vintage floor lamp. Same model, brass is a little cheaper. Maybe 5 hours of thinking, and staring at pics.

I also tell people that I'm not a materialistic person, like it's part of my identity.

I ordered online two metal swing gates twelve days ago for each end of my front porch. They were due two days ago. I called. All they said was the order was in progress.

I just learned that Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne are still together. I thought they divorced after his cheating. Also, he's only 69. That means he was in his early 50s when their reality show first aired. Drugs are bad, kids.

The milk on my cereal tasted sour this morning and the expiration date is a week away!

R17 I just bought that Dyson and it changed my life. No more dusty corners or ceiling cobwebs.

I put a load of towels in the dryer. My husband’s clothes were still in the dryer so I folded them for him.

I'm having a baked sweet potato for breakfast. No toppings, just the sweet potato.

Disappointed that TCM isn’t giving WWI more attention today. It’s 100 years today since the end of that pointless war.

What about the History Channel, r29? I don't know. I don't have cable. But maybe THC can lay off on Hitler and pay attention to This Day in History.

What are some good WWI films, for those thus inclined?

I just ate a piece of toast with mayonnaise and sliced avocado.

Paths of Glory, Sergeant York, and All Quiet on the Western Front are the classics that come to mind, R30. I'd also recommend The Last Battalion, The Great War (an Italian film from the 50s), Captain Conan, and a British film called The Trench with a young Daniel Craig.

Not specifically war films, but concerned with the climate that led up to the war are The Shooting Party and Colonel Redl. The first is British, about a shooting party on a great English estate the autumn before WW1--it covers a lot of the same ground as Downton Abbey, far more realistically imo, and was also James Mason's last film, one in which he gets to play a deeply sympathetic character instead of a silky villain. Also features Sir John Gielgud.

Colonel Redl is a Hungarian film (though shot in German), about a closeted officer in the Austro-Hungarian Army. Not a lot of sex but great insight into what it's like to be a gay man in the military, as well as the usual class consciousness that I assume as an American was mostly over my head. Stars Klaus Maria Brandauer (Baron Blixen for the M fans), an actor I wish we'd get to see more of outside of his native Germany.

Saw "Can You Ever Forgive Me?" today and it was great.

I commemorated the Armistice in my own way. I don't need validation from others.

I’m eating a Devil Dog.

I made some green chili today and smoked a turkey tenderloin so I’ll have lunches and dinner for the week. I’m taking Friday off to meet with an astrologer for a 2019 reading and go to a Jack White concert.

I saw part of the opening for People's Choice...wow! It looked trashy. What the heck, does everything in Hollywood have to be trashy?

I could have told you, tuna fish and cucumbers do not go together.

I need to cut my toenails.

Tomorrow I am going to order the parts to rebuild the downstairs toilet.

The Toy Story 4 trailer is the definition of "underwhelming". I mean, seriously. This was the best they could come up with?

I did not have to remind the deli clerk to mayonnaise BOTH sides of my bread today.

My bf didn’t make me a coffee before he left for work, so now I have to get up and make it myself.

My hands are greasy after eating some Ruffles. I think I will go wash them.

I went to a billy Joel concert. We were so close to the stage I could read the lyrics on the monitors they had placed in strategic areas for Billy Joel & the band to see. You’d think Billy Joel would know the lyrics to his songs by now.

I’m not a billy Joel fan r45 but he received so much radio air play when I was younger even I could probably get by without the lyrics.

r45 Some people with otherwise excellent memories can't remember song lyrics. I'm one of them.

Have you written and performed those lyrics thousands of times r47? Because if you had, you might remember them.

Well, r48, no, I haven't. But we are working with the assumption that he, who has "written and performed those lyrics thousands of times" can't either. So whether I am Billy Joel or not is probably of importance to no one but you.

Maybe you’re both just not as smart as you think you are r49.

Wow, just heard Joe Perry collapsed backstage after playing Walk this Way at the Billy Joel concert. Luckily, he’s ok now & was released from the hospital.

[quote] Perry was "treated backstage by paramedics who gave the guitarist oxygen and used a tracheal tube to clear his airway before taking him to a hospital,"

I wonder if they intubated him or just used a straight suction tube

See this thread then....

"Is leaving only one space before the ZIP Code a sign that one is low class?"

Back to being underwhelming. I am tired today, so I prepared myself a second latte.

I ate lunch at Panera. One Green Goddess salad with chicken per day would be just dandy.

I ate a kilo of sold food yesterday but I excreted two kilos of solid waste today.

I fell asleep to “Homicide Hunter” and had weird dreams. I’ll turn it off before I try to get to sleep again.

Heated my muffin in the microwave this morning then let it sit too long so it got tough and chewy. Had a new brand of orange juice ("More pulp").

Perhaps you should have rented the food r56.

Just checking work email even though I am “off.” Hate that we are always expected to be working. :(

Out into the world today to grocery shop and buy advent calendars at Trader Joe's. Did I mention I have to stop at the bank?

I tried to listen to the Pink Floyd Division Bell album on YT but couldn't get more than 30 seconds past each song before skipping on to the next track save for the final two songs. It's excruciatingly new agey dull. The final song High Hopes is alright and Lost for Words before it sounds old and familiar but holds no meaning for me. I bought this CD when it first came out and now remember how much it sucks.

My boss ordered in lunch. She got a poke bowl and I got ramen.

Saw a movie today.

Don't even ask me the last time I played foose ball.

I accidentally clicked on this thread.

I think I can do one more day of Thanksgiving leftovers, but only because we celebrated on Saturday, not Thursday.

I wanted to buy a powered mop because arthritis. Last night I saw one on Target. It was after midnight and I said, “I’ll see if it’s less money in the morning.” Well, it was an extra 15% off this morning. So I looked on other sites to price compare. Amazon, Kohl’s, Shopko...I checked about a dozen sites.

Turns out target had the best price, so I put it in my cart and....it’s sold out

Just bought an electric kettle on Amazon, couldn’t decide between stainless steel and glass, decided on the glass. Presently both my ears are ringing for no good reason.

I'm in need of stamps. I'm saving the cardinal ones for my Christmas cards.

Am I fat if I'm nearly 200 pounds?

The only time my butt itches is when I’m trying to fall asleep. No, I don’t have worms!

I have way more than enough crushed red pepper on hand.

I have too much paprika. Is that the same thing r73?

I don't see why it wouldn't be r74.

I cleaned my home’s gutters yesterday. A dirty messy job.

How tall and fit are you r71? If you’re 5’3 and have never been to the gym, you definitely have a weight problem.

It’s snowing. I don’t want to go out but I have to.

I'm out of weed and thought I saw a bud flake on my carpet. So I smoked it but it didn't taste like weed. Now I have a big headache.

I got a harness for my cat today. Still trying to figure out how I'm going to get it on her. I don't know why someone doesn't just make a full body Velcro suit like one of those carpal tunnel braces that you can wrap them in and they can't wriggle out of. I suggested this to the girl at Petsmart and she looked at me with bovine incomprehension. I guess that's why she's working at Petsmart and not commanding the 7th Fleet.

I'm eating yogurt-coated almonds. They're delicious.

I have indigestion and can’t sleep. Hi, DataLounge.

Try peppermint tea r82. It’s great for indigestion. Unless it’s heartburn, the definitely don’t have peppermint tea.

I put my xmas tree up today. Bought it from Aldi 2 years ago. I'm in Australia and don't see the point in cutting down a young pine tree just for it to dry out before the 25th of December, seems cruel and wasteful. I'm enjoying the ambience of the xmas lights.

Agree with you about the tree. In other news, I used a new bar of soap in the shower this morning.

What brand R85? I like Dove.

I have a lot of fusilli (corkscrew) pasta on hand. I'd like to keep it that way.

Some dill weed just replied to a YT reply I made to a vid recording of the Styx song The Grand Illusion so I gave a polite response and they shortly gave a reply that pissed me off.Here's the convo.

Kevin Callaghan 9 months ago love styx, sadly so many prog nerds are so anal but this music will stand the test of time and it has, GEEZ what is it 40+ years Jerry Riddle 4 months ago Kevin Callaghan whoever said there was a set standard on how prog rock is supposed to sound? That’s the main reason why I love it so much: there is no predetermined way to make the song sound good, plus, every band has their own unique sound come from it 1 Flakeway << *my reply 1 month ago I get ya. I'm a little surprised this song hasn't been usurped yet for some "blah blah brought me here" shit yet.

CC <

Flakeway <

[block head response] CC:

54 minutes ago Flakeway styx weren’t exactly unknown in their time, they were pretty big, as far as I know.

Flakeway 1 second ago CC, I'm 56 years old. You sound dumb.

R88 here. The formatting above failed big time. This part got cut out of my copy/paste above.

CC 3 hours ago Flakeway that 70’s show brought me here

me/ Flakeway: @CC That's cool. For whatever reason I've been enjoying The 70s show reruns suddenly whereas never was much of a fan during the original run. As side note though, reading through endless such and such brought me here comments does bugs me even though I'm always very pleased when a younger crowd gets exposure to lesser known oldies.

Then CC says: Flakeway styx weren’t exactly unknown in their time, they were pretty big, as far as I know.

Then I said

Flakeway 1 second ago CC, I'm 56 years old. You sound dumb.

I feel the same way about penne pasta r87, even though I dont eat a lot of it. It’s a back up option to everything else.

I will remove my window air conditioner today from its window to clean it out. Cleaning the front and rear fins to ensure good air flow greatly improves efficiency and cooling capacity. I do this once a year. This AC is 21 years old.

I an craving bananas again.

I watched an old Alfred Hitchcock Presents the other night & Darryl Hickman was in it. I vaguely remembered him from TV reruns when I was a kid. - he was cute and was the brother of Dwayne “Dobie Gillis” Hickman. I looked him up on IMDb and he is 87 years old.

I upped my Melatonin dose to 15 mg per night.

I have to turn on my side, but my cat is resting on my arm and I hate to disrupt her.

There was a big ugly opossum in my front yard last night and he drank all the water I put out for the birds, which usually lasts a couple of days

[quote]I got a harness for my cat today.

Why, r80?

I ate leftover lentils twice today.

I am listening to a live, streamed saxophone quartet.

I just put new toilet paper on the toilet paper holder.

Do they still make the old fashioned Listerine that tastes like burning piss?

Yes.

R86, Lever original scent.

My pug is trying to rub his eye boogers onto my knee

Gross, I know - but for some reason I allow it.

It's a Wednesday night. I can't wait until Thursday morning.

I got a flu shot yesterday and now my arm is killing me

I can’t sleep through the night anymore. I’m talking like two-hour chunks. Part is back pain, part is insomnia, part is anxiety. Also, I hate Christmas.

Sitting at my desk at work eating spaghetti bolognaise. Should be working.

My P.O. box had a flyer in it, with no postage.

I bought another string of Christmas lights, but forgot to put them up. Now with Christmas only 19 days away, it doesn't seem worth the effort.

R107, same on all accounts. I just woke up in the middle of the night to make a bowl of cereal.

It's really cold here. I might stay in the house all day. But I need orange juice. Dilemma.

Bought a flannel shirt at Walmart yesterday for $7. I really like it, the flannel's thin, naturally, which is just what I was looking for.

Brrr.

I turn my heat completely off at night in wintertime and this morning it was 59˚ in my house.

However, I keep my bedroom heated with an oil-filled space heater. It was 66˚ in there, my perfect sleeping temp.

I'm about to make a cheap, store-brand k-cup of coffee and boil a pot of oatmeal to start my day. Same shit, different day.

R114, your post makes me cold although my heating bill is jealous.

There's a thin layer of snow outside. Damn. I didn't want to have to drive in it today.

Here y'all go, read this:

Thanks for posting, R118. Does his theory still apply even though it's almost a decade old?

Heat loss is heat loss. Laws of thermodynamics have not changed.

Yesterday afternoon I ran across a reference to Aurochs, pre-historic ancestors of modern cows and possibly bison. I had never heard of them before. But since then I have seen THREE more references to them!

That’s a definite “plate of shrimp” moment, r121

2018 has been close to the worst year of my life. I can’t wait for it to end.

I was eating sweet potato mash, and it had threads in it because the sweet potatoes were fibrous and stringy. It made eating it difficult, but I couldn’t be bothered to get off the couch to find something else.

I’m sick. Stayed in bed yesterday, but I have to finish Christmas preparations today, and I still feel like crap.

I shall be grateful all month long that I have no "Christmas preparations."

I attended a party last nite and was allergic to the host's fir tree. My eyes got itchy and I kept sneezing. My eyes still burn a bit this morn.

Also, I bought a jarred Yankee candle in christmas cookie. I felt lightly ashamed, but it smells quite fine.

I wanted to have marmite ontoast for breakfasyt. I made the toast, but then discovered I have no marmite.

If that smells "fine" to you, r128, you are correct in feeling ashamed.

I got to the mall early today and left around 11.45am. There was a cars lined up to get into the car park. If you have a choice in December why would you arrive just before lunch, at this time of year, to do your Xmas shopping? Aren’t you asking for misery? I was so glad to be leaving.

Is that the 'mall' or the 'shopping centre' r131? I was thinking about the American posters still tucked up in bed while we are getting on with the humdrum and mundane aspects of our lives.

I was disappointed in my black bed skirt, so I've ordered a new black bed skirt.

I contemplated getting Blue Bell Christmas Cookies Ice Cream at grocery story yesterday but decided against it. Today I regret that decision.

Yesterday, I easily ate a whole container of Haagen Dazs vanilla Swiss almond ice cream. Total calories: 1015. I decided it simply isn't worth it, satisfaction-wise. I'll never do that again.

[quote]I was disappointed in my black bed skirt, so I've ordered a new black bed skirt.

I would have just bleached the first one, dyed it red and thrown it out the window.

R136 I completely snorted all over my computer monitor. Damn, that was wonderful. Thank you!

R134 I am currently on my way to get Blue Bell Christmas Cookies ice cream. Will sprinkle broken sugar cookie pop-tart pieces over it.

I'm jealous r138 and I like your added touch of the pop tart.

I should be doing laundry but instead I'm eating Christmas cookies in my underwear and reading DL.

It’s a miserable, blowy, rainy, raw day here. Been raining All Day! I hate days like this. Flash flood warnings too.

Low 40s.

I just ate an entire container of pimento cheese.

You have christmas cookies in your underwear r140?

Today, I finally swept up the dust balls and food crumbs that were gathering around on the floor of my coffee table. Then, after I finished that, I realized the dishes were piling up in my sink. When will it all end. I can't take it anymore.

It's supposed to snow tomorrow so everybody's in a panic running after the breadandtoiletpaper. Bought some Edy's mint chocolate chip ice cream.

I just realised it might rain. I have clothes in the line. (Don’t freak out LA people, clothes lines are normal in this country) I better go get them or what I’m planning to wear to work tomorrow may be wet. Ugh.

R146, not trying to be a douche here, but I was interested that you said you have clothes IN the line. Is that the expression where you live? Just curious because I grew up in Baltimore and we'd say clothes ON the line.

Fair question r147. It was a typo. On the line is correct here too.

r135, clearly you were [italic]over[/italic]whelmed.

It's going to snow tomorrow so I get to stay inside all day with a valid excuse. Hope I don't cause undue excitement when I say yippee.

I went to Big Lots to buy a 2019 calendars. I got an Elvis pictures calendar for me and one with colorful cartoonish garden vegetables in black backgrounds that's kinda cute for my aunt that I liked and think she'll like. I wish they had a better selection though. There wasn't much to choose from.

Watching he’s just not that into you *guilty pleasure* my dog is on his back with balls in the air. I think I may take the LIRR to glen cove - so many delicious little Peruvian spots like La Vicharra.

[quote] I went to Big Lots to buy a 2019 calendars

That is the saddest thing I have ever read.

I made butternut squash soup from scratch.

I just came back from a restaurant where my family would go to before my aunt died in May. I cried a little and had to move to a table not facing the table we all sat.

It snowed here and everything's closed today. Yay.

I've got a cut on the side of my big toe. It hurts when I rub it against the next toe. Not sure how I got it. I like to walk barefoot around my house and yard.

I had a massage earlier. The masseuse didn’t press hard enough. I may as well not have bothered,

Have you treated it, R157? Alcohol wipe, Neosporin, Band Aid. Tread lightly.

Washed my hair today.

I just hung a load of laundry on my clothesline outside. It's 34˚. It will be dry my mid-afternoon.

No I haven't R159. But your concern is very kind, thank you.

Unrelated, I can hear a fox barking outside.

R160, won't it freeze?

Uh, water freezes at 32˚, r162.

No my laundry won't freeze. The high today will be in the mid-40˚s.

I'm too lazy to post this in the Pants Up, Cocks Out thread.

I microwaved a pot pie for lunch. It mostly micro'd without entirely waving.

[quote] 2018 has been close to the worst year of my life. I can’t wait for it to end.

Be careful what you wish for. It can, and most probably will, get worse.

[quote]2018 has been close to the worst year of my life. I can’t wait for it to end.

I wonder if I typed this. Ignore-dar says no.

I learned to stop saying, “I can’t wait for this year to end” back in 2000, when the GOP stole the election and started two pointless wars. It gets worse....

Laundry's dry.

I almost bought men’s socks in a grocery store.

I buy a lot of my socks in grocery stores. They have a high cotton content.

R165, I giggled at your post.

That was enough excitement for today, but thanks.

I read R160’s post as °Celsius. It’s been about 32-43°C here, so I’ve been in my underpants with the aircon on blast, eating summer fruits and wishing I’d asked my husband to buy beer on the way home. I trimmed my toenails, and I’m watching the [italic]Real[/italic] (honey, [italic]please[/italic]) Housewives of Atlanta (and wishing that Porsha’s parents had just left a wet patch)

[bold]NOT[/bold] 43°C here. Typo.

Today I bought an amaryllis to grow in a sunny window this winter. The box it came in says my bulb was grown in Israel. Came with a glass decanter and some rounded pebbles for the amaryllis to rest upon. It's variety is "Minerva," see link.

Beauty, hunh?

That is pretty, R175. What did you have for lunch today?

The groceries are supposed to be delivered between exactly now and 10pm. I think I will jerk off while I wait for them.

A woman named Diamond brought my groceries & put them away & cooked some eggs and I feel nice now.

She sounds like a real gem R178.

I had a meeting and stopped to buy milk on my way home.

Trying to find a cheap sweater on amazon is as hard as trying to find one on foot.

My dr prescribed me a prednisone pack. I’m on my first day and shaking like a leaf.

Some people call me the Space Cowboy, some call me the Gangster of Love. But it doesn't matter because I never respond unless someone calls me Ray Jay.

[quote]Trying to find a cheap sweater on amazon is as hard as trying to find one on foot.

landsend.com?

I baked a cak tonight and it turned out pretty good. Chocolate cake with vanilla icing. It’s real moist and fluffy.

"Light and fluffy" is a highly overrated ideal in cake texture. I prefer something slightly dry. And I only want a tiny bit of frosting. Or none at all.

It's not very nice to make contrary remarks to another's underwhelming post.

Then why'd you do it?

"I can't decide whether to nap now or in ten minutes."

I am trying to keep my house clean for once, after my house inspection last week. I just did 10 mins of tidying. I hated it. It is hard to do things you don't want to on what you have mentally designated as your down time. I do not feel built for order and organisation.

There was a dust bunny on my nightstand. I blew it onto the floor.

I'm depressed. Everything is an effort. But I'm enjoying the cool breeze outside right now on my bare legs.

That was cute, R189, but a bit jarring to have different media introduced into this thread. I'm going to go lie down until the angst wears off.

Where are you, R192? The cool breeze in my neighborhood is 40mph snow gusts.

I finally watched my 'The Wife' screener.

Kind of a letdown, eh M?

I haven’t had caffeine in years but am craving a Pepsi. I think I will have one at lunch.

Australia R194

Right now I'm eating Cornflakes and watching The Great Interior Design Challenge on Netflix.

I am sitting in my easy chair waiting for delivery of an eBay purchase.

Scheduled for tomorrow.

Won't be long now!

I’m in Australia too r198, and although it’s not cold it is raining where I am. It’s good because I’ve been slack and my roses needed the water but it wasn’t good when I left for work and it poured just as I arrived I walked out my front gate.

I have something coming from eBay tomorrow, and something else, too.

I trimmed my beard today. Used my Flowbee.

I'm in Victoria R201, rained most of the day here too. Good for the veggie garden!

Well I’ve positioned my umbrella near the front door for tomorrow so Im not unprepared in the case of another down pour. That was enough excitement for one day.

R197, I was awake most of the night wondering if you had that Pepsi and if so, how was it?

Australia's next Prime Minister. You can't get any more underwhelmed than that.

I have an ulcer on the end of my tongue.

^^ Licking doorknobs again?

R208, I get mouth ulcers. Have you tried Kanka Mouth Pain Liquid? Most helpful. Got it at the pharmacy section of my grocery store.

Giving advice is exhausting. Time for a nap.

I have the room heater on in my bedroom.

[quote]Have you tried Kanka Mouth Pain Liquid? Most helpful. Got it at the pharmacy section of my grocery store.

I wonder whether it would work on this spot where I keep biting my lip.

I had a really big salad. Since it was just salad I thought I’d eat it all so that I wouldn’t feel hungry later, but now I feel sick. Who knew salad could be so filling.

I’ve been awake since 2:30 am.

R212, I think it will.

R214, still awake?

I had banana on my Trader Joe's bran flakes this morning.

I've not tried that R210 but thank you for the tip. I always use Bonjela teething gel. Mainly because I like the taste lol. I only get ulcers when I'm really rundown. Time to start treating my body a bit better. Get more sleep. Exercise. Eat right. All the thing as you don't do well when you're in a depressive slump.

I tend to develop mouth ulcers occasionally when I eat or drink too much acidic fruit.

It's supposed to rain this afternoon. And it's cold. Good excuse to sit in bed and read and fart around on the computer.

Your farted on computer whelms me r219.

Today I met a friend for lunch at a Greek restaurant. I had the spanakopita. So-so.

Did you get calimari as an appetizer, R221?

r222 - Δεν

I started watching the series Bad Blood. It’s like they wanted to make The Sopranos go to Canada. But it’s nowhere near as good. I’ll still watch to the end. Meh.

I'm drinking my first cup of Major Dickason's. Just opened a new bag yesterday.

What’s Major Dickasons r225?

Major Dickason's is a dark roast coffee from Peet's. I buy it at the supermarket, where it is $6.99 for 10 oz.

Ahh I should have known. I use pods. The machine came as a set with my new bf so that’s what I use now.

Haven't eaten breakfast yet so I'm thinking cereal vs Wolfermann's muffin. Too much mental overload.

Went with the cereal. Trader Joe's bran flakes. Blueberries. Now I can relax until the lunch decision rears its ugly snout.

r228 You can get "pods" of Major Dickason's, but I'll let you do your own googling.

I just spent 45 minutes trying to catch sight of comet 46P/ Wirtanen under the Australian sky. It was too cloudy. I couldn't spot it.

Watching Trisha Yearwood's and the Pioneer Woman Ree Drummond's cooking shows on Saturday morning is perfectly underwhelming.

Wondering which dessert I should make to bring for Christmas lunch with my cunty, ignorant, uneducated, right wad, mean and meagre in-laws (and if I should spit in it)

*tight wad.

R234, I would just buy something (from a supermarket). I don't think I'd want to bake/cook for people I disliked. Don't spit in it. Bad karma.

r234 Something chocolate.

R207 Has this one learned to swim properly?

I have a gift to wrap. It's for the ex.

Why have you bought your ex a gift r239?

I need to trim my nails.

I've fantasized many times about licking a HOT GUY'S ass but I've never done it.

I'm not going to a movie tonight. We are going out for pizza instead.

We couldn't decide between Mary, Queen of Scots and The Favourite, so now we are seeing neither.

Factoid: In !991, black was in fact both the old and new black.

Tried to vacuum but there was no suction. Found a clog in the hose and cleared it out. Now it works again. Too bad. I really wanted a new vacuum for Christmas.

Going to see The Favourite today. My eye hurts. (No correlation between these two facts.)

I need to trim the fur on my dog's butt today.

I hope you have a dog holder, r248.

I just had sex with the love of my life.

I just woke up and I’m now going back to sleep.

Not [italic]under[/italic]whelming, R250. Good for you.

R252 maybe the sex for r250 WAS underwhelming despite being with the love of their life.

You may be right, r253. That would be underwhelming.

I was disappointed, dare I say underwhelmed, by The Favourite. It's a witty script and the performances are good but has no emotional content. Gorgeous though.

My anus itches.

I’m expecting a parcel. It hasn’t arrived. I can’t be bothered chasing it up but will have to. Ugh

R256 perhaps while you wait you could scratch r255's anus?

Watch the film Roma.

R236 - it’s all a big Test courtesy of the Grand Contessa of Cuntiness - my mother in law. She plays these passive aggressive games. I can’t win. Last year I bought a large cheesecake from The Cheesecake Shop, after she finally agreed to let me bring something. Previous years, I’d ask ‘what may I bring?’ to which she would reply ‘Nothing’. However, I [italic]knew[/italic] that [italic]if[/italic] I didn’t, and turned up empty handed, it would be bitched about mercilessly. So, I’d bring food, drinks, special chocolates (which would be immediately hidden inside the cupboard, and never brought out for us to share). Anyway, the fact that I [italic]bought[/italic] a pre-made dessert, was apparently lazy and indicative that I was too caught up in my career, and a bad ‘wife’ (lol) You cannot get more insular, nor homophobic than my in-laws, bless their black, turgid souls.

R237 - bless you Minnie. I did consider a nice chocolate ganache tart made with an ample amount of chocolate laxettes!

Before the rain comes in the afternoon, I think I'll mulch the leaves in my front yard tomorrow morning with my lawnmower.

I replaced a roll of Quilted Northern (Ultra Plush) toilet tissue on the dispenser, the kind with a retractable spring in it that sometimes ejects from the holder like a projectile of its own accord.

That didn't happen today.

Lately I've been obsessed with a forgotten actor named Frank Converse. He was so good looking in the 1960's and especially in the 1970's with his- at times- giant mustache.

I ate an entire bag of cookies because they were the Special Chocolate Mint version. They weren't even that good. I will never buy another.

I walked my dog and gave her a small treat when we got back home. Now it's time to go to bed.

When I bought gas, I didn't get a discount.

I googled "Chambo movie Prime," and found nothing relating to our Chambo.

There is a Chambo named David.

And a Mademoiselle Chambo.

And a Chambo by Jordan Rivera.

I've owned a total of 18 cars over the year. 15 out of 18 were bought used. The best car I've ever owned was a 1992 Honda Accord LX 4dr with automatic transmission.

I've owned three cars over 41 years.

R272- That's impressively few cars for 41 years!

Very impressive indeed, r272. Care to share what they were?

I've never driven a car in my life--and I grew up in New Jersey. Mommy and Daddy weren't going to let their Sonny-Jim have any autonomy in adolescence, if they could help it. So I grew accustomed to riding public transportation---and got more reading and work done over the decades than I ever would have behind a steering wheel.

r274 -- Toyotas.

Thank you for your post, R262. That's the kind of world news I want to read. Some of you are getting riled up with bouts of wildness. Simmer down.

I was making chili today and the recipe said "simmer" which I thought meant "boil" and it ended up being soup.

[quote] I've owned a total of 18 cars over the year. 15 out of 18 were bought used.

18 cars in one year = not getting your money’s worth.

lol lol

Good one, r279.

I bought the last of the lamb shanks at the supermarket and they’re all tiny. By the time I slow cook them they’ll be nothing left.

My left nostril keeps dripping mucus.

I'm seeing "Aquaman" Sunday.

What are you doing Saturday?

Cleaning the house, r285. And wondering if I want to replace my wreath on the wall with white lights that work.

Aren't you going to be exhausted from cleaning the house? Just leave the wreath.

I have Friday off work. I'll get to one portion of the house Friday morning. I'll get to the other portion Sat.

Does everybody know by now that Pine -Sol changed the "original scent"? But yet, those chiseling rats still call it "original scent". It's not, as is obvious. The price of pine oil went up so they cut back on it.

That happened 10 or so years ago.

What are you doing Friday afternoon? Have you done all your Christmas shopping yet?

Pine Sol stinks now. Pine Sol stunk then.

Uh huh

r289. Yes, except for food, I'm done shopping.

Oh! You've reminded me to take the Butterball Premium Turkey out of the freezer. It must be dry-brined.

So what are you doing Friday afternoon?

I don't know, r293. Look out my windows at the snow. And be on the DL.

What are you doing this weekend? What underwhelming thing is everybody here doing this weekend?

lol, r291

I'm going to the mall on Sunday but I won't buy anything.

I got a stye in my eye, was placing a tea bag on it and scratched my eye with the paper. Now I've got to see the eye doctor.

Whoa, R297, I've got a stye ALSO.

Why are you going then, r296?

Although I am introvert happiest in my own bed, I occasionally enjoy being out and about with others (assuming I don't know them). There'll be a lot of people there so I can feel part of a crowd without having to interact with anyone. Since I have nobody to buy gifts for I won't have to worry about that aspect and I can just enjoy the decorations and stare at people.

I’m getting over pneumonia & I’m very tired

Last night I brined a pork butt to smoke.

Today I was injecting it before taking it to the grill.

A whole peppercorn, used in the brine, dropped on the floor and rolled under the fridge.

So now I’ve got a peppercorn covered in pork bacteria nesting and egging under there.

I went to the bank today and opened a savings account.

I was cutting my toenails. A clipping flew across the bathroom.

R300 I’m like that too. Although I get overwhelmed if the crowd is too big.

Same here R300. That's my people "fix"... then I'm happily back at home, satisfied for a while.

I Googled my Grandmothers grave site and I realized she was not buried under her real last name. Then I found that her second husbands first wife committed suicide. I guess it wouldn't matter except gossip was that my grandmother was having an affair with her second husband. True or not? I wonder.

It won't stop raining and I hate it.

I just got a new HD 27" TV for only $120; hooked it up to my computer after having to go back to BestBuy to get an adapter ($30). I've never bought a TV before, just analog hand-me-downs for decades. It tried to get me connected to "smart" viewing (Hulu and other crap), but I disconnected that. Everything's so sparkly and bright! I can't wait to watch some porn!

AAA towed my non-movable Chevy truck to the shop today after a long wait at the dangerous spot where I got stranded. It's either a $2 fuse that operates a tranny solenoid or it'll be a $3000 rebuild. Waiting for the verdict.

My lava light blob formations are manifesting in a slower motion with unaccustomed shapes tonight.

When did sheets of toilet paper become so small and practically transparent?

My ass isn't getting any smaller.

Venus is spectacular at this time of year. Look to the southeast at 4am and there she is. The first time I saw her I was sure she was a plane because the light was very bright and yellow. Kind of freaked me out that the "plane" was standing still in the sky!

I opened my window and was looking at her just a few minutes ago and there is total silence outside. No leaves rustling, no deer moving around in the darkest part of the yard, no owls calling, no dogs barking. Nothing. Not a sound. I've never heard such quiet before.

It's supposed to start raining this afternoon so I'll go out this morning to get a bag of brussel sprouts.

Don't overdo it R314. Brussel sprouts are my favourite vegetable. When I'm feeling decadent I like to saute them with garlic, onion, bacon, pine nuts and a good drizzling of olive oil.

That's not decadent, r315. It's the bare minimum for rendering them edible. I'd add a healthy shake of vinegar as well, and maybe a grating of one of the P-R cheeses, and a moment under the broiler. I roast them, myself.

Learn something today: it’s “brussels sprouts.” Note the “s” on Brussels..

Thanks, R317! I knew that wasn't the correct spelling but finding the correct spelling struck me as overwhelming.

Thanks also for recipe recommendations. I cook in a toaster oven, will that work?

I'm noticing I get particularly heavy Christmas email from places where I've made purchases in the past: Simple Human, Replacements, Ltd., Penzey's.

Now I'm overwhelmed. And embarrassed. I've been saying it wrong for a long time evidently.

How do you say it? And what is it you're saying?

Well, you still have the "S" that starts "sprouts," r320, so I doubt anyone noticed when you were saying it. Writing it, that's another story. I have no idea about the toaster oven. I imagine it would be better if you don't crowd them.

R319, what do you replace?

Replacements.com is a place where you can buy old dishes. I have added to my collection of Metlox Colorstax over the years, and replacements.com is a great resource. It's better to get them on the phone and let them know what your requirements are as far as condition goes. If you just order online, they may send you any old plate. I've had to return things at least three times because they weren't in good enough condition.

R324, I was not familiar with Metlox Colorstax so I exerted some energy and looked them up. To my untrained eye they resemble Fiestaware, although the colors are not as vivid. Do you collect one particular color?

R322, thanks for advice. I will try and give my sprouts a lot of breathing room. They will be tiny green islands, kingdoms unto themselves, steeled against potential invasion from a neighboring sprout.

r325 They do resemble Fiestaware in that there are numerous solid colors available. However, Fiesta is far more popular. Metlox started making Colorstax in 1978. At that time, Homer Laughlin had ceased production on Fiesta for 5 or 6 years, so into that vacuum they strode. They happened to catch me right at my first dish-buying era, between 1979-81. My first set was Rose. They were very fussy, and chipped in the dishwasher like mad.

Fiesta production started again in 1986. Bloomingdale's convinced Homer Laughlin to make them again so the yuppies could buy them. They've been tremendously successful. I think they're about to release their 45th different color of what is called either "Contemporary" or "Post-'86" Fiestaware next month. Metlox, OTOH, went out of business in 1988 or '89, I believe.

When I could no longer stand looking at my chipped Rose Colorstax, I bought new Fiestaware in Turquoise, sometime in the '90s.

Then the internet happened. I was able to find Colorstax again on eBay without paying Replacements, Ltd.'s prices. I bought a ton in different shades of blue and green. I've maintained a collection of each ever since. I still have my Turquoise Fiestaware, which is much sturdier than the Colorstax, which often breaks in shipping.

I can't stand white dinnerware.

Replacements.com sent me a link while I was typing r327.

Thanks for a most informative post, R327. I'm partial to Wedgwood Chinese Tigers (green) and recently scored a tureen for $50 at an estate sale. Collecting dishes is fun, nice to meet a fellow chinaphile.

I've seen the original Pine Sol factory. Wish you could be me, hunh?

R329 I just say "dish queen," but I like "chinaphile."

Do you have a copy of DISH, by Shax Riegler?

No, should I get it?

Oh, it's a nice book, r332. Yes, you should get it, if dishes are something you truly love. I don't know of another book like it.

I'll order it today. Thanks for the recommendation, R333.

The DirecTV randomly froze so Googled the issue and was able to reset it.

But now the remote control won't sync after several attempts. I dread having to call AT&T to troubleshoot.

I went to a restaurant I’ve been meaning to go to for years. I ordered the lamb. It wasn’t any better than lamb I could make.

I made bacon and eggs today. The bacon was Really Good Bacon. Ina would have approved. But I bought it to make pasta amatriciana per Lucinda Scala Quinn's recipe (I used bucatini; it was wonderful). I haven't needed to use a cookbook in order to get dinner on the table in years, but Lucinda's cookbooks draw me in the way Julia's, Marcella's, Giuliano's, and Martha's used to.

This is from Lucinda's Rustic Italian Kitchen. Here's a video from when she did Mad Hungry for Martha Stewart.

Wow, R337, you sound like a pro. I've burned three kettles in the past year because I literally cannot boil water, so a tip of the hat to you. I am trying to learn to cook, what's a good recipe website for the beginner?

Not a website but I can recommend a book for you r338. 12 RECIPES, which the author-chef penned for his son when he went off to college. Basic recipes (with variations) that are a good place to start for the novice cook.

I like that book, too, r339, by Cal Peternell. Great way to make croutons from leftover "good" bread.

r338, my favorite cooking show-website-cookbooks-whatever are from Lucinda Scala Quinn. Follow her on Instagram @madhungry, and watch her stories.

It is genuinely my favorite currently available cooking information of any sort.

r338 Try one of these. It's a whistling tea kettle that works one-handedly.

Link for r342 r338.

I own a glass tea kettle I bought at Kmart for $9.99. Believe it or not it's made in Germany.

My Uber this morning was a Cadillac CT6. And I asked for Uber X!

I'm burnt out. I'm doing my Xmas cleaning little by little. I washed a part of the shower room floor, I'll do the rest later.

I installed two smart switches in my home this morning. The can be controlled by voice or app. Nifty, yes?

[quote]operates a tranny solenoid

Wounded.

How does pier one stay in business? There was one in my neighborhood & it made all of its money at Christmas. Look at their website and there are crap “sales.” Take 10% off! Free shipping when you buy $49 worth of crap! Buy one, get another 50% off and neither is on sale.

I notice improvements.com is selling all its inventory, so I guess it’s going under

Thanks to everyone who recommended various cooking aids. I am determined to learn how to cook (although I don't like it). My oven scares me.

R349, I was thinking that exact same thing today as I drove by our Pier 1 (empty parking lot). It used to be the bee's knees but really has faded in the national consciousness recently.

What's everyone doing tomorrow? Hope nothing too strenuous.

R350 when you learn to roast chicken and vegetables you’ll realise the oven is easier than the stove top. Nothing to stir. Just bang it in there and wait. Google easy roast chicken and/or easy roast vegetables and a whole bunch of very basic recipes will pop up. If you hate to cook this is just about the easiest thing you can make. Good luck.

If you're afraid of your oven, you're just going to have to order takeout for the rest of your life.

I passed wind. It had the distinct aroma of warm garbage juice on a summers day.

I'm taking a dump, it came out hot, loose and fast. It also has the fetid aroma of garbage juice. No surprise, my diet today has consisted of microwave popcorn, potato chips aka crisps and some chicken wings. Yes, I'm obese. But trying to overcome my terrible eating habits.

I'm not sure why I'm afraid of my oven but every time I open the door I close it quickly and walk away. That is a heavy door, for one thing. That yawning gape of an opening, shudder. The toaster oven is so much cozier.

Woke up this morning and can only find one sleep sock. Frustrating.

I had a boyfriend who lived in a prewar apartment before all the renovating and gentrifying began. He didn't tell me you needed to light a match to turn his oven on. So I had a big explosion in the kitchen the first morning I turned it on. Burned the hair on my arms off. I can truly sympathize with your ovenphobia, r356.

Thank you for the sympathetic nod, R357. Honestly, I don't know how people manage, especially with these ovens the size of a Buick. I wish all my kitchen appliances were Lilliputian.

Did your arm hair grow back?

I woke up with a barometric pressure headache. Cold front moved in overnight. Hate it when this happens.

I cook and I could survive without my full-sized oven. There are more nice options now, e.g., Cuisinart and Breville counter-top ovens.

Well, I ventured out to the grocery store today and it was predictably packed. I bought salmon, a lemon, a weirdly shaped apple, and some discounted yogurt. Let me be emphatic that although I did look at the egg nog I did not buy any. But I wanted to.

Traffic's bad.

Oh, just wanted to add I did have an adventure on my outing. Stopped at Pet Smart, even though I own no pets. There was a lone kitty cat there waiting for a home and she was such a pretty little girl. She was silver and white and very friendly. Even the tag on her cage said VERY FRIENDLY. Her name was Little Debbie and she was the cutest snack cake I've seen in a long time. I stood and scratched her and chatted and then I left. But I think I left part of my heart there.

My phone woke me up this morning with an air raid like tone and a text warning me about flash floods in my area.

My phone did that too and I thought it was “incoming,” i.e., Trump had started a war.

You know what to do, r362.

I had a craving for Haagen-Daz today (it's my once-a-month cheat day), so, with great anticipation and taste buds a-tingle, I went to the freezer, tore off the lid...only to discover that my husband had left exactly one (1) teaspoon of ice cream at the bottom of the container.

One teaspoon...

I store all of my important papers in my oven. Been doing this since the mid 80s.

My husband brought the Xmas tree down from the attic for me to decorate. It’s the wrong tree. It’s a s grungy prelit tree from years ago and the lights don’t work. That’s why I bought a new tree 5 years ago. So...he left the old tree in the attic and put the new tree in our storage unit a two hour round trip away.

That strikes me as overwhelming, R368.

[quote]I store all of my important papers in my oven.

That didn't turn out well in "The Unsinkable Molly Brown."

Yes, these last few posts are a tad overwhelming. Simmer down. I'm not here to have a coronary.

R366, you have grounds for a lawsuit. Proceed accordingly.

R367, what if your oven catches on fire! My anxiety's through the roof.

Had a nap this afternoon. Now it's dark. I keep thinking about Little Debbie.

I pay every month but half the time, I can't post. Does anyone else have this problem.

You're certainly not getting your $1.50's worth.

[quote]It is Brooklyn after all.

Where no one turns on their oven, r367?

Listening to my Spotify most played in 2018 list. I've been trying to incorporate new songs I hear on KCRW (NPR) into my playlists. My most played song was still "Morning Train" by Sheena Easton.

r375, I love "Morning Train."

R375, are you insane or just have bad taste? Either one's ok with me.

"Morning Train" is a really good song. And I have bad taste.

I can't stop picking a scab on my head...

There's no reason to stop. Keep at it but take video and post it here.

I finally found my favorite brand of lentil chips at the store.

But when I opened the bag, they were stale.

Where did you get them?

[quote]You're certainly not getting your $1.50's worth.

Watch it asshole.

You might just find yourself powerfully whelmed if I use my power over your credit card for evil rather than good.

I slept on top of my left hand last night, and it's been aching all day.

I cannot find Chinese egg noodles anywhere--I mean, ANYWHERE-- in New York City. There was a time not long ago where they used to be everywhere...rows and rows of Kame brand egg noodles, displayed proudly on shelves all over Manhattan. Now....well....all I can think of is a paraphrase of the PORGY AND BESS funeral scene:

Where are my egg noo-oo-dles?

They are gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone.....

I found Little Debbie online!

Free Lil Debbie!

Gosh, R387, you don't know how much I want to.

My bf texted me from the store to ask me what I wanted for Christmas. A surprise would be nice I replied. Dead silence from him for several minutes as he no doubt looked around frantically for inspiration. I ended his torture and texted him back a list of options not long after that. I could feel the relief from home.

What are you getting him?

A new tent (he likes camping) A bottle of super spicey chilli. He loves the stuff. A massage voucher. A book

I didn’t need a list.

Nice gifts. Can you give us a hint what the book is?

I just sprayed knock off lysol brand in the cat box area.

I am making 7-11 brand coffee. It is not pretty good

I am going out to a Chinese restaurant with eldergay friend at 5 p.m. I cannot eat anything breaded or fried, and I don't do white rice because of its carb content, so my eating options will be interesting. I am thinking of the beef and broccoli.

I'm drinking Victoria Bitter. And my buck fifty is actually $2.16 AUD

R393, made me laugh with, "it's not pretty good."

R392 the book is A Sporting Chance by Australian author/comedian Titus O’Reilly. It’s about sporting heroes in Australia and their ability to be forgiven time and time again by friends and work colleagues, if not the public, despite their sometimes awful off field behaviour. It’s well written and funny. Well the excerpt I read was. And it’s right up his alley. Unlike me, he’s both sporty and Australian.

I put together a cute gift bag for my eldergay friend. I even put a bow on the cute card I picked up at the Dollar Tree store. I just received a cute gift bag from a Frau friend of mine.

I downloaded my first free audiobook from my local library today.

Screw Audible and Jeff Bezos!

I bought egg nog the other day.. a quart. I get it this time every year, once (or maybe twice)... and drank it all with a dash of nutmeg.. not all at once.

I hate audiobooks. I like to read, not be read to.

You probably move your lips when you read too. Do you also trace along with your fingertip across the page?

I just ate an entire can of Tuscan Garden Large Pitted Olives.

I love olives. I might have some crushed on toast.

I like olives, but I have to eat them with something else. They're too salty on their own.

Yay R398. As a librarian I'm happy to know you're enjoying the offerings of your local library.

Just got back from the mall. Didn't buy anything. Everything looked tawdry and gaudy. I yearned for an emporium of quiet dignity but alas, found none.

Have not bathed today.

R405 I’ve had a few different careers over the years which I’ve enjoyed, but now I regret not going with my gut initially and becoming a librarian. Next time youre straightening up the A-K teen romance section know that I envy you.

It's never too late, R407. But maybe it is. You can always volunteer at your local library.

Good idea. I might do that when I’m older and less time poor r408. Are you a librarian in the states?

Yes, I am. I work for my local county library and feel very lucky. The patrons are nice and generally well-educated. It's a pleasure to assist them.

It's very nice of you to say kind things about a profession that's sometimes maligned because of perceived dullness. I thought it was dull when I was in library school but it's been a fulfilling career and I'm proud to do what I do. Just wish more people knew all the goodies a library can offer, a veritable treasure chest of information, assistance, recreation, and joy.

As a library volunteer, I commend you, r410.

I only left the house to drive to the liquor store, my mom wanted Pastis for Christmas. The store wasn't that crowded, im home now.

Thanks, R411, and I commend you for volunteering. Everyone has such a busy life, I'm always impressed when people take the time to volunteer. We love our volunteers and they really do help out.

What's Pastis, R12? It sounds fruity.

[quote]Have not bathed today.

I suspect no one will interrupt your quiet dignity.

r386 did you get her?

I have leftovers in the fridge. Which one do I eat tonight? The jambalaya rice with sausage or the chicken legs?

Jambalaya rice r417

R418 Jambalaya rice it is, then. haha

[quote]I only left the house to drive to the liquor store, my mom wanted Pastis for Christmas. The store wasn't that crowded, im home now.

Run-on sentences or comma splices? I don't think I heard of comma splices when I was learning grammar in the 1960s.

My mouth watered just reading “jambalaya rice” r419.

Pastis, r414, is an anise-flavored liqueur, similar to ouzo. In France, they mix with water and a cube of sugar.

I've spent a majority of my life online or in situ in libraries. I've literally checked out thousands upon thousands of books, CDs, DVDs and other materials, and am deeply indebted for the education I have received through these public institutions over the decades. Still, I do have a question to ask, and I ask it without snark: why are many librarians so socially awkward? They don't, won't, can't look you in the eye and their tone is generally patronizing. It's very off-putting and I don't understand it, since they are there to provide a public service.

Hi, R422, I'm the librarian. You ask a great question that, frankly, I ask myself a lot. I'm certainly not a life-of-the-party extrovert but I'm positively gregarious in comparison to my colleagues. I would say 90% of librarians are introverts and many of them have poorly developed social skills because they were always reading or immersed in their own thoughts. I'm not joking when I say most of my colleagues don't look me in the eye, make small talk, or even bother to answer questions when asked ... and I'm one of them! I know I'm talked about behind my back because I have the audacity to engage patrons in conversation or even say hello. Librarians need to learn to become good marketers, and good communication is a huge part of that. Having said that, they really are a good group of compassionate people, just need to up their communication game a bit. Hope this helps answer your question.

Chicken legs make me nauseous.

Too tendon-y, R424 ?

I keep napping today. It makes me feel guilty. Just so underwhelmed.

My theory is that librarians went into the field because they are into books and organizing them, not because of the people who frequent their workplaces.

R207 He doesn't have time to swim but I bet he can brown-nose and tell lies underwater.

Yes, I can understand that, to some degree. I also live a life of the mind and spend much time in solitude, reading, writing, etc. That said, I don't refrain from engaging with people when thrown into social situations and am certainly not afraid to look them in the eye when I speak to them. I think that's what annoys/frustrates me most when dealing with these self-conscious types. I wonder if it's a passive-aggressive defense mechanism, on some level.

R426, I agree with you.

I had braunschweiger for dinner.

Saw the movie Vice today. It was good.

Had licorice and kettle corn for dinner.

Can’t wait to see Vice.

Come on-a my house any night of the week, r432.

My next door neighbor gave birth to an anklyosaurus.

What does that mean, R434?

Went to Trader Joe's today and bought toothpaste. It was on the bottom shelf so I had to bend down. Ugh.

I was in a Stop and Shop earlier today looking for Carr's Crackers. Some chubby Latino worker came up behind and asked politely if I was looking for something. Was this a flirt?

I need a coffee, but I’m out of milk. I’m resigned to going to the shop to get milk because I’m dying to have a coffee. Ugh.

Did you find your crackers, R437? And did Raul find your crack?

R438, I feel your pain (as much as I can feel any empathy). Just woke up from a nap and realized I had to take the trash out in the rain a few minutes ago. Someone left the trash out in the rain, I don't think that I can take it 'cuz it took so long to make it and I'll never have that dumpster again. Ohhhhh noooooo. Ohhhhhh nooooo.

woops, wrong thread. A thousand pardons.

No, right thread. I'm obviously totally overwhelmed.

I detest mushrooms. I even hate looking at them.

I drink coffee black.

R442 mushrooms are one of my favourite foods, right up there with eggplant.

I like mushrooms but they don’t like me

What do you mean r445? Are you intolerant to them?

I think holiday food - turkey, gravy, stuffing, mash, turnips (I mash them & then “Icut” them with mashed potatoes) are not good for me. I’ve had an upset stomach for days. No more leftovers for me.

I don't like the dung, but the dung likes me...

R408 I understand that lots of British suburban libraries are now being staffed by volunteers.

Suburban libraries are very bad economics, they're mostly used by impoverished tramps who don't want to read.

Money should be spent on making more electronic books accessible to people who need them.

Mushrooms give me cramps & gas. So do bananas, onions, cruciate vegetables & beer.

R449 not where I’m from. My suburban library is full of a diverse group of people. Lots of parents borrowing books for kids, which I think is great. There are book clubs that run a couple nights a week. Lots of oldies who don’t want to download their books. My neighbours son is the eldest of four kids, so he uses the library to study as it’s too noisy at home. And since I’m not a complete scrooge, I have no issue if a homeless person wanted to wander in to get out of the cold for a few hours. Can we leave one of the few things we get for free in this life alone? Libraries are wonderful. I’m sorry that’s lost on you.

Look in a mirror, Rose!

I don't feel as depressed today.

Well that’s really good r453. Maybe tomorrow will be even better.

I like this thread. Like an oasis from the usual DL madness.

Unfortunately, r454, I've been reading DL for 32 minutes, where

Lol r456, just hide hear. It’s very underwhelming.

^^Ugh. Here not hear. The grammar queens will eat me alive.

Nah. I'm a grammar queen. It didn't occur to me to eat you alive. I just don't care anymore. I guess I can't call myself a grammar queen anymore.

I guess I'll go out and dangle a participle. Or type "loose" when I mean "lose," next chance I get.

One of my teacher friends wrote loose instead of lose and then a lot as one word on a fb post. I wanted to go around to his place and revoke his teaching degree.

There's a functional illiterate who says she's a retired English teacher on some other forum I read. I'm sure she's a "looser." She also does weird line breaks.

I think my friend has joined a cult. Something called Access consciousnes. She talks a lot about receiving money, getting what you want with joy, powerful energy of possibilities. A lot of it makes absolutely no sense. I hope she’s ok.

She's not ok, she's a mess. She needs lots of naps.

I'm going to wear the striped socks I wore yesterday.

Watch an Amy Adams film, except Big Eyes because thats good.

I'm confused by R465, should I watch an Amy Adams movie or not? And I did see Big Eyes and stayed awake.

There were three slices left of the Cheesecake Factory chocolate cherry cheesecake left in the refrigerator and I ate one of them.

I really wish a famous celeb would die, I'm in the mood to round out the year. Somebody unexpected, maybe Young Hollywood. That conservative writer doesn't count.

I microwaved soup for lunch.

What kind of soup?

Campbell’s Chicken Noodle.

I have a cold.

Sorry to hear that. Are you staying in bed, keeping warm, drinking liquids, and getting enough rest?

Are you taking anything for it or just letting it run its course? Do you have a fever?

Its been a while since r471 asked how r470 is. I hope he hasn’t passed away.

Probably dead as a doornail. What are you doing, R472.

I'm microwaving some creamed spinach.

About to watch the Cold Case episode that featured Rocky Horror Picture Show.

That sounds like media cross-pollination. I'm already confused, please help de-confuse me and share a brief synopsis of this episode.

I’m reading r473. I’m ending 2018 in the most underwhelming way possible.

Here, r475.

R476, good lord, man, don't put up scintillating bits of info just to have the essence disappear like Judge Crater! What are you reading?

Thanks ever so much, R477, still have no clue but it was gobs of fun reading the cast and crew list .

What in the hell is this fuckery about naked mole rats? I did not post that. They are kind of cute, though.

I'm getting ready to watch Hereditary. Hope it isn't too scary. Getting up this morning and having a bowel movement was frightening enough.

I just figured out how to substantially increase the volume on my new AirPods. The instructions that came with this gift were inadequate -- I kept thinking I was doing something wrong. After several days of fumbling about, I decided to look in the Apple Community Forums. The technique described there worked like a charm. Now I can adequately hear my audiobook! Life is good.

I finally got my pint of strawberry Haagen-Dazs.

Have you eaten it yet or are you saving it?

God, is there anything worse than a celebratory holiday that forces you to somewhat alter your nap-oriented existence? Pajamas on extra early tonight for a good snuggle before 2019. And no, Anderson Cooper and that trashy friend of yours, I'll not be watching.

A small ivory colored ginger jar lamp was delivered today.

My next door neighbor gave birth to a cherry wood end Queen Anne style end table.

I was scourged at the pillar.

Is it 2019 yet?

Already ate it, r484. Got another for tomorrow, though.

r489 Depends.

Is it 2019 yet where I live? Having to pick up the clock just seems too exhausting.

My blueberries were mushy this morning.

Went to the Goodwill store (everything with an orange tag was 50% off) but didn't buy anything.

R478 I’m reading Lolly Scramble by Tony Martin. Despite its name it isn’t a kids book. It wouldn’t be much interest to anyone outside Australia, however.

[quote]I was in a Stop and Shop earlier today looking for Carr's Crackers. Some chubby Latino worker came up behind and asked politely if I was looking for something. Was this a flirt?

Not with your condescending attitude it wasn't.

Last night I soaked some Great Northern beans. This morning,I followed a recipe for baked beans from an old edition of "The Joy of Cooking".

I had every ingredient, except the onion. I love onions.

They've been in the oven for 5 hours. I just took the cover off because the recipe said to take it off for the last hour.

The house smells divine. After I've eaten a helping or two, I'm not sure that'll last...

I make baked beans occasionally. They really just need a small amount of onion, so I'm sure yours are delicious.

Thanks, Bostonian at r498.

I sneaked (snuck?) a taste and I think they did turn out!

You're welcome. By the way, adding some baking soda to the soaking/boiling water helps to reduce the potential flatulence problem you alluded to originally.

Now, that OVERWHELMING info, r500.

Thank you!

The recipe I use calls for a half-teaspoon of baking soda. More than that can make the beans mushy.

I wish I had some chocolate right now.

I have some, and it's delicious. But I guess that doesn't do you much good.

What kind, R504?

Just watched Roman on Netflix. Talk about underwhelmed! That movie flew out of my head the second it was over. What a big bowl of nothing, and it's turning up on Best of '18 movie lists. Huh?

Well duh, I meant ROMA. Sorry.

A woman asked for money so she could smoke heroin.

People smoke heroin? Are all the needles from diabetic litterers?

Yes some people smoke heroin r508, but most graduate to needles. Regardless I think her honesty was refreshing, if not sad.

I'm browsing Datalounge.

Back to work. All day. I'm taking leftover salmon for lunch.

Leftover salmon? Didn't you read yesterday's food poisoning thread?

Choceur dark hazelnut crisp, R505.

Of course I didn't read it, R512, that would require work. Salmon was fine ... so far.

Wow, that sounds fancy, R513. I bet you use the expensive brand of toilet paper.

Pheasants like peanuts a lot

[quote]Wow, that sounds fancy, R513. I bet you use the expensive brand of toilet paper.

Nah, old newspapers.

My hole is whelmed r517.

R516, how do you know that? Do you keep pet pheasants?

I need a haircut.

I envy your resolve. I can't decide whether I need one.

WTF happened with egg crates? Used to buy them for 19.99, put them on all the beds, put a plush waterproof topper atop the egg crate. Now egg crates are $50-120! GTFOoH

r522 You get what you pay for?

R520, have you gotten a haircut yet?

R521, yes you need one. Hop on it.

I need one too but that would mean getting out of bed, possibly bathing, putting on street clothes, traveling to the hair cut place, blah blah blah. I'm exhausted thinking about it.

[quote]I need one too but that would mean getting out of bed, possibly bathing, putting on street clothes, traveling to the hair cut place, blah blah blah. I'm exhausted thinking about it.

I got exhausted just reading this. So much effort! It would be so much easier to just keep your hair longer for a while.

Great idea, R525.

Just ate two packs of crackers and I'm having lunch in 45 minutes.

I didn't dye my beard for the first time in decades. It's gray.

[quote]I didn't dye my beard for the first time in decades. It's gray.

I'm guessing it looks a lot better now, R527.

My bulldog is barking at the gardener.

It's called revenge. For all the times the gardener barked at your dog.

I remembered I once found something I needed - something non-crafty - from Joann.com. So I went there and they had a 50% off coupon for one item. So I bought a $50 egg crate for $25.

Did you like your discount egg crate?

Brushed my teeth with a new peppermint toothpaste from Trader Joe's. Change is scary.

No, R524, maybe this weekend. The whole process is exhausting, but I look much better (and younger!) with shorter hair.

Vacuum had a clog in the hose. Unclogged it. Vacuumed.

I’m watching stranger things again. My bf hasn’t seen it. It’s nowhere near as creepy the second time around.

"Egg crate" is taken to mean one of those things you put between your mattress and your bottom sheet?

That, or a crate to hold eggs r536.

I canceled my physical therapy appointment. I overdid it with "PT at home" last night because I got one of those straps. I don't know why they want me to do it at home. I seem to overdo it.

And overdoing it is over-, not under-, whelming.

My colleague came into work yesterday with conjunctivitis. Yes, conjunctivitis.

She was busy at her desk for most of the day. My boss saw her and sent her home. Right after she left, we wiped everything down with Clorox wipes.

R533, ooooh a weekend haircut (shudder). Steel yourself with drugs and cocktails. Remember not to move when having hairs cut, the scissor blade could go directly into your eyeball.

R534, I'm exhausted just listening to you. Dear god, you don't have dusting on your agenda, do you?

R538, please, for the love of our lord Jesus Christ, don't engage in "overdoing." Nobody benefits. Take a pill and calm down then nap and perhaps you can reverse the effects. Perhaps.

R540, hardly underwhelming considering you'll soon have the Plague, will need to quite your job, and live out your remaining miserable days in a tent city in some third world hellhole.

Went to the market to buy chips and hand soap for the kitchen. God, so many decisions. I need a lie down.

Made a ranch dip that tastes more like onion dip.

What are you using as your dip vehicle? Chips? Toast? Pretzels? Pringles?

Lucky you, I've always found ranch dressing to taste like rancid semen.

I’m not American so I don’t know what ranch dressing is.

I dip vegetables and sometimes Pringles in it, r544.

In dressing, I meant, not rancid semen.

[quote]Made a ranch dip that tastes more like onion dip.

Did you put onion powder in it? I think most ranch dressing should be called Garlic Powder Dressing.

Someone just used the word "blowjob" on CNN.

Erin Burnett said. "We don't use that word here."

R541, I participated in selective dusting.

No, r548. I made it with a ranch seasoning packet. I'm going to buy it again.

Did they mean it in the same way the rest of use the word, Della? Or like the time my sister went to the hairdresser and instead of a blow wave asked for a blow job?

Just washed my hair with Klorane shampoo for silver hair. I feel like a jet setter, a sophisticate, a true gentleman and a scholar, and a social superior.

You have overwhelmed us, R553, which is really not the point of this thread. But I'm happy you were able to find such validation in a bottle of shampoo.

I just made corn muffins . . . from a box of Jiffy mix.

I remember Ragamuffin's brand corn muffin mix in the supermarket. It showed a drawing of a girl with curls. What a cute and adorable name.

Still sold. You can also get Raga Muffin (and Jiffy) mix with artificial blueberries.

Thank you, R554, I look for validation wherever I can find it.

Wait, R555, you mean you opened a box, poured it into a bowl, added stuff, parceled it out, and then cooked it?!? Are you insane? Whoa, way too much work.

lol, r552.

He used it as a synonym for fellatio.

[quote]Wait, R555, you mean you opened a box, poured it into a bowl, added stuff, parceled it out, and then cooked it?!? Are you insane? Whoa, way too much work.

I did require a nap afterward.

They should sell vodka by the 3 litre.

Are you an alcoholic or just a hoarder, R562?

I was feeling lazy this morning so I just had frozen waffles for breakfast.

I had good bacon and eggs.

I watched episode 2 of The Good Cop. It's not one I want to binge. Josh Groban's character is too much like Adrian Monk, and a little OCD goes a long way. I realized after episode 1 that the creator of Monk also created The Good Cop.

I guess he only has one story to tell.

I took a break from Bodyguard, the Richard Madden programme on Netflix. He is seriously hot.

I've added "A Very English Scandal" to my Amazon watch list, but haven't made the effort yet to actually start watching it.

R75, Would you put both on a pizza? Dummy.

Last three days:

Nausea. Depression. Anxiety.

R568, of course you haven't made the effort. That would mean making an effort.

Opera Seria, what's up? Why the funk, fella?

I looked at a statue of Caligula today. It was missing many body parts.

Culver's Dark Chocolate Decadence Frozen Custard.

I just finished a pint of it. I started eating it this morning. I think I ate a ka-jillion calories.

I just had bacon and an egg over easy with toasted bread for dipping and very strong black tea.

I had a rock.

amused ,r574

Is anybody planning to watch the Golden Globes?

WARNING: It involves turning on the television and paying attention, sort of.

That sounds exhausting, R576.

Of course it's exhausting, R577, but once you expend that precious energy you can loll in your bed, eat Pop Tarts and ginger ale, and laugh at Hollywood.

Thank you, R578, for slapping some sense into me,

R579, what are you doing? Did you muster the energy and determination to turn on the tube?

I’m not in the US r578 so the globes are on while I’m at work. But if it’s not too overwhelming please let me know who embarrasses themselves most this year.

Oh my god, R581, they're all acting like assholes. Each one worst than the one before. Gaga blue hair, Jeff Bridges panhandler DeMille Award cosmic, Bradley Cooper face tighter than a snare drum, the women all dressed badly. One good thing: Christian Bale won for Vice & Cooper lost director. You're missing nothing.

[quote]R579, what are you doing? Did you muster the energy and determination to turn on the tube?

I did manage to muster the energy, R580, but I'm not sure it was worth the effort. R582 summed it up quite nicely. And I have no Pop Tarts in the house.

I don’t watch award shows. It’s not the strain of turning on the television & paying attention. I just don’t care.

Many of these Hollywood folk are amped up and overwhelming each other and themselves. I predict a National Day of Napping in L.A. tomorrow.

Or national day of eating r585. Some of those starlets haven’t had more than a lettuce leaf since June.

Thank god the hullabaloo of the Globes is in the rearview mirror. Now to get through the rest of these draining exercises in self-promotion and celebration of the mediocre. At least a good excuse to lie in bed eating sweet potato pie, raisins, and Clamato juice.

My Band Aid fell off. Now I'll have to think about putting on a new one.

[quote]My Band Aid fell off. Now I'll have to think about putting on a new one.

Wouldn't that mean getting out of bed? I think I'd just go without. Unless you're getting blood on the sheets.

Luckily the blood was contained in a tub I keep on the bedside table for such emergencies. Am still contemplating re-Band Aiding.

At the cash register tonight I put all the bills facing one way and my supervisor was most grateful.

I put the bills facing the same way any time I pay in cash. Old retail habits die hard

I ate chickpeas while watching the Golden Globes last night, and I've been gassy all day.

Was it the Globes or the garbanzos, do you think?

This afternoon I went out to take out a bag of trash, and just then one of the young guys who hangs around at the neighbor's came out into the driveway that runs behind out units. There was a puddle of water because we had a heavy rain recently, and he scooped some water into one of those cheap plastic pitchers I associate with kool-aid making, then went back toward the apartment with about two inches of muddy water. I wonder why anyone would do that. Is there some drug thing the kids today use muddy water for that I don't know about?

I won 7 bucks on two lottery tickets yesterday and put it right into my bill for the tequila and cigarettes.

Sounds like a wise use of the $7, R593.

R592, that is a most intriguing mystery and I'm going to be thinking about it all day since I really don't have much else to do. What are your theories? Would aquarium fish enjoy some "natural" water? Very odd.

I was so tired last night I spent the whole night sleeping on the really hard pillow. That's never happened before and it's probably a sign of impending phyiscal failure like Dewy's Body Dementia or rectal cancer.

Nabisco Pinwheel Cookies can't be duplicated, copied or cloned.

As God is my witness, I'll engage in no more futile quests to get out of paying the $4.99 per package those chiseling rats at Nabisco want for a package of Pinwheels.

Yesterday, against my better judgment, but, saving a few pennies meant more, I bought a package of "Essentials Everyday (brand) Fudge Marshmallow Ring Cookies" with predictable results- no texture, crunch or flavor.

As God is my Witness, I'll never go Nabisco Pinwheels-less again!

My nose is stuffy... but, when I blew it, nothing came out. Damned sinuses..

R596, even though your enthusiasm is exhausting I like it. Brand loyalty is wonderful. Pinwheels are probably one of the few cookies I've never tried but they should hire you to promote their brand. As long as you can do it from your bed.

R597, still stuffy? Could be nasal cancer.

Someone needs to start a new thread.

I'd do it myself but...

OK, I'll start it. But that's my activity for THE WEEK.

I'll title it Bore Me to Tears With Your Dull Life. That should weed out the overly excitable.