I Want to Be Underwhelmed, Winter 2020-21

I thought a check had bounced and it hadn't. Started out a bit whelming and turned underwhelming.

Link to previous thread.

I’m not sure I’m emotionally prepared for a “new thread.”

Oh, good. The Autumn thread had been Murieled at 572 or so.

I went shopping today. I'll post about what I found in the Shopping Is Like Hell thread (hint: it really wasn't).

Rather a badge of honor for an "underwhelmed" thread to be paywalled, isn't it? I always thought of these threads as under-the-radar and not likely to draw the popular kids. It's almost whelming.

Went for an afternoon walk. Only 51 minutes! Couldn't have walked an hour, uh? Totally underwhelming.

A small number of people making a lot of posts in a thread triggers the paywall.

I nearly charred grilled cheese sandwiches while preparing tomato soup, but was able to salvage two non-burnt pieces of bread while doubling the cheese. This required more grilled sandwich making, but I’m a pro at peeling fake cheese squares.

Maybe there should be a thread about being whelmed. I had a prostate biopsy this week, but it was definitely whelming so I won't talk about it here.

I will be whelmed if we have to wait until December 21 to post in this thread. That's a whole month away still.

Yikes, R9! Hope the results are benign.

I'm on the final day 3 of Picato: the sun damage gel. Has to be kept in the fridge like a Covid vaccine and comes in the 3 teeny tiny tubes like a Russian virus. Not much reaction which is a little disappointing. Seems all the solar damage has healed. Had previously done Efudex, which was great, but brutal.

I don’t come hear to see the word “biopsy.”

R12 Who's your doctor? The FDA warned about that med five years ago, citing "reports of severe allergic reactions and herpes zoster (shingles) associated with the use of Picato gel (ingenol mebutate.)"

The Canadians say it may increase the risk of skin cancer.

The European Medical Agency has recommended suspending its sale pending further review, citing reports of tumor growth and malignancies roughly ten times more than those in comparator groups.

It seems it can be overwhelming.

Oh thanks R12. Bit late now. But I'll keep an eye out for any irregularities! I see it's been withdrawn in europe.

I mean R14. The ingredient is derived from a euporbia (radium weed), which I've casually used for years.

I didnt care for Rihanna's hit song "Euphorbia" , R16

I made the first chicken soup of the season. I always feel protected from colds when I have it on hand

I feel the same way about my chili, R18. There is a force field around it that protects me from unpleasantness but it does give me gas which can be overwhelming.

I brought home my cat one year ago today. Extra treats tonight. I should probably get something for her, too.

Underwhelmed, the band, but with five members I am not sure they are looking for another OP.

R20 Happy Anniversary! For sure, get her something a little extra maybe a pretty collar or a special pillow but don't overwhelm her. The little bitch will expect something every year.

I want to be overwhelmed by those guys in the photo. I love the type. If they don't speak, that is.

We are at the point in my commute where I secretly hate handicapped bus riders. Fuckers.

With our 4-week lock down, I’m hunting for a good pair of winter running shoes.

Today is Sunday but there is no sun.

My years-long curiosity and dismay at Nabisco for why they price gauge their Pinwheel Cookies at $4.99 a package came to an obvious answer that finally dawned on me - because we'll pay it.

My cat was feeling a bit ashamed about her dependency. I told her it was all right—we can’t all be hunter gatherers.

I've decided I'm getting less and less pleasure from art.

I'd never noticed until seeing this photo today that Jake Gyllenhaal has quite thick thighs and fingers. Perhaps he should have done nude scenes when his star was ascendant.

It's about 6:30am CST. I'm wishing I lived in PT...I could stay in bed for two more hours.

I bought this for Cosmo. He likes it OK when it doesn't flop around. When it does, he puffs out his tail. I think he finds it a bit whelming. Guess I'll stick with the cat nip tea bags.

I'm not a cat, but I saw a commercial for the Flippity Fish, and even I found it whelming. It looks like it would start to stink as soon as you got it into the house.

My cat has never seen a fish that didn’t come in a can.

R33, I hope you're joking. It has a pocket for catnip.

Not exactly joking, R35. A toy that replicates a flopping fish in its death throes struck me as unpleasant to watch.

R36, I was referring to your comment that it smells. It really does resemble a freshly caught fish.

[quote]It really does resemble a freshly caught fish.

Which is why I said it *looks* as though it would start to stink.

I almost ordered it for my cats, but I think I’ll pass.. Thanks for being the ‘test kitchen’ Cosmo @r37!

My dog was sick to her stomach today. I think she ate some grass on her morning walk. I had an edible after getting home from work.

Cosmo@R32 Thanks. I almost bought that for my Pete. He's never seen a fish.

Wondering how my fingernails got so dirty.

[quote]Wondering how my fingernails got so dirty.

Digging in the soil at Tara?

I just found a wart on my left knee.

My coffee got cold before I finished drinking it.

I want an edible now.

I'll be spending Thanksgiving at home, alone. And I really don't mind at all.

My gaze keeps getting drawn to a huge dust bunny tuft sitting on the floor next to my floor lamp. I'm disinclined to make the effort to remove it.

I turned 65 today. I can no longer check off the 55-64 age range box.

The batteries are dead in the remote. I'm stuck with the Weather Channel until I can drag myself off the couch. Probably when I need to take a pee.

Today I had okra for lunch for a third consecutive day. First I had it with grilled lamb as a side dish, second with fried chicken and today with grilled liver.

I had no dessert: underwhelmed and underfed.

R50, reverse the batteries. You can usually get a few more hours out of them.

I was going to bring a cherry pie to Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow. Now the host has canceled. I ordered the pie from a good bakery, and have already paid for it, so I didn't cancel it. Guess what I'm being grateful for on Thursday.

Who invites people to a Thanksgiving dinner and then cancels a couple of days before?

You need better friends.

The covid-terrified, r55. He's been the most neurotic about it of anyone I know. He told me he's canceling it because someone at his gym told him to. At his gym!

People in a pandemic r55

[quote}reverse the batteries. You can usually get a few more hours out of them.

R53 Thank you. I was able to change channels and continue curled up on the couch for hours. Unfortunately, my bladder demanded I get up and pee.

I may be skipping Thanksgiving this year, but I’ll be damned if I’m skipping pie.

Why can't I lose 10 fucking pounds? I used to be able to do it in a month.

I just got an email reminder that I should make an appointment for a colonoscopy.

And now you’ll notice all the butt health ads on your newsfeed, R61. Keep it peripheral; focusing attracts more of them and that’s just whelming.

I went for a walk this afternoon. I may go for another one in an hour or so.

I made cheeseburger macaroni for lunch, using Impossible Burger and Amy's gf white cheddar shells. Came out nice.

I had one egg left in the carton, so went out and bought another dozen, except a different brand. These yolks had a much richer, deeper shade of orange.

[quote]These yolks had a much richer, deeper shade of orange.

Brown eggs, I assume?

R66 Yeah, I only get organic and/or free-range. In the "Does organic really taste different?" thread, I should have added something about this, because it's entirely true. White eggs have such a pale, anemic, unpleasant flavour to their yolks.

I'm debating on how soon in advance I should take my butter out of the fridge tomorrow to get it to room temperature to coat my turkey tomorrow. I plan on starting to cook it around noon, maybe earlier.

R68, Tonight, before bed. It’ll be fine.

I was listening to a podcast, hoping it would put me to sleep. Then they referred to a pimp as a "manager of sex workers" and it was so jarring that I'm wide awake again.

I ordered a facial sauna from Amazon which was supposed to be delivered yesterday and it wasn't. Today is Thanksgiving. Nothing is going to be delivered today. I'm going back to bed.

I forgot to add a cup of vinegar to my wash, and the laundry was definitely less soft this time.

I ate too much onion and garlic today. I stink.

I had my first hyperbaric treatment to pass the time. It left me feeling a little euphoric. There's nothing like lying in a steel coffin on a weekday afternoon, listening to the distant throb of the city and scurrying citizens, to realise the cares of life are meaningless.

^^ This is rather whelming. ^^

R73 here. Realized that not only do I reek of onions and garlic but the whole house does. Simmering a pot of sliced lemon and sprigs of rosemary on the stove to cover it up.

I found a wart on the middle finger of my left hand. It's not the index finger or ring finger or pinky. I don't know the name for this finger but whatever it is, there's a wart on the first knuckle.

^^ I believe it's called the middle finger.

Thank you! I knew it wasn't a thumb so 'middle finger' was the only identifying label remaining. We need to find a better name for it but I'm not up to the task.

Sure it's not a tumour?

Do you think? Now I'm whelmed.

I knew a girl who had a tumor on her karaoke joint.

If someone starts an “I want to be overwhelmed” thread, I’ll tell you what happened to her.

I've been looking at videos of men naked on tv show and in movies at thisvid.com

I've been excited lately because I found a sexy scene of this handsome man getting out of bed naked.

I saw someone I used to know on a 30 Rock rerun. Only got one line.

Now Matthew Broderick is on the screen (it’s a 30 Rock marathon) & I realized he’s wearing a wig. Not just a toupee, but a top-and-sides wig. He must be super bald

R84- Not only that but he's SUPER gay.

I lost 26 lbs, but then Halloween came & I ate leftover full sized candy bars, so I started walking with my husband so I wouldn’t gain weight & he wanted to get back in shape.

I gained a couple pounds but was walking them off.

Every time we walked my husband kept going on & on about having heartburn, he wondered if he had H pylori again, should he take Gas X, etc. Then he’d go into minute detail about what foods he ate, at what time, in what amount. Then he said he couldn’t walk so far anymore & each day he wanted to walk less & less.

It was really unpleasant.

I told him 2 weeks ago to see a damn dr & he did and needs a cardiac catheterization.

No more walking for a while.......

Sorry about that r86 but you’re in the wrong thread for crying out loud!

I'm sorry, too, R86, but you seem to have confused this with the "I Want to Be Overwhelmed" thread.

The weekend is barely half over, and I’ve already run out of pie.

I have gained weight recovering from surgery during covid. I am thinking about trying Vyvanse for focus and to snap out of this depression.

R90, nerves have given me visible abs and a vascular appearance, but also a shrunken apple face.

Lighten up on the diet requirements.

R90, it’s helped me.

IFC has a Community marathon this today. I'm underwhelmed especially with the Joel McHale character and the Abed character who talks too fast. I'm switching over to Nickelodeon. They're showing Despicable Me.

I literally just found out who Vivian Vance was. I was just skimming an article about I Love Lucy.

Well, that's overwhelming, r94.

I'm the one who posted upthread that we should have a thread about being overwhelmed because I had a prostate biopsy. You will all be underwhelmed to know it was negative, so no cancer. The surgery I will have to get for the enlargement, though ...

That's good, R96. Please, please read up on the internet about prostate. My friend got second and third opinions and was glad he did.

I finally found dark rye bread. Small stores I usually shop don’t carry it. I also have cream cheese, yuppie coffee, and an infused roach. That will be a healthy breakfast.

I’m testing out the heel as I type. Yeah, it’s going to be a roach by tomorrow.

Umm, now I want a slice or three of salted marble rye with butter. Thank you.

How come they don’t make round multicolored incandescent Christmas light strings?

^^Because they aren't whelming.

Watching Packers / Bears game tonight (Sunday) because I'm a real man and my family expects it. I'm okay with it because I love Aaron Rodgers and his gayness.

I am watching tv with a small cat on my outstretched leg. He gets heavy after abt 20 mins.

I had a blood test more than an hour ago and I'm still lightheaded.

R100, try these. I had a few strands several years ago & the bulbs would get very hot.

They’re kinda big, R105. I was thinking more of minis like these LEDs

The details of my life are beneath underwhelming, which makes them noteworthy in a sad, anti-matter way. So I won't detail them. Alas.

I got out my ladder and used my leaf blower on my gutters, front and back of the house,

They were clogged with wet leaves.

I treated myself to a takeout Mexican place as a reward for this hard labor in cold weather.

I lived through another month of covid, financially speaking.

I took this week off from work. Haven’t checked email since Wednesday afternoon. It is a stormy, rainy day and I’ve been watching TV since I woke up.

I’ve already finished dinner. It’s 5:37.

I'm running low on alcohol and debating if I want to place an Instacart order for more wine tomorrow. The weather is supposed to be crappy, our first big snowfall of the year.

Big snowfall? Whelming.

I want to be underwhelmed, but it's raining buckets and the winds are gusting at 60 mph.

When the house creaks, it's whelming.

This vicious fight over Christmas lights is making nervous and whelmed. Please stop. I can't take much more of this.

[quote]I'm running low on alcohol and debating if I want to place an Instacart order for more wine tomorrow. The weather is supposed to be crappy, our first big snowfall of the year.

I think you should order it. Running out of wine during the first big snowfall of the year would be whelming.

I made turkey soup from scratch for dinner, with homemade turkey/chicken stock. It turned out really well.

I had a Starbucks cranberry bliss bar. I don’t usually like sugary things & this is quite sweet, but I just love it. I wait for it every winter and I eat it on 2 occasions. I cannot eat anymore than that or I would become a fat whore.

my butt is itchy

Giant movie telescope has fallen for real this time, and will never get up.

R118 I understand. I like the disgustingly sweet McDonald's Shamrock Shake. I drink at least 3 a week in spring. Alone. I'm embarrassed by my weakness. Plus, the fucking thing isn't even a shake! It's some kind of non-dairy muck that gives me diarrhea but I can't resist.

I can still taste that bliss bar. The zesty orange, the cream cheese, the cranberries, the white chocolate chips and the brown sugar blondie. It’s sweet & tart and creamy and very slightly salty.

I feel for that telescope r120. I think my cables are failing me too...

R121 why dont you just get some vanilla ice cream and creme de menthe? Make your own shamrock shake?

When I was in the seventh grade in Junior high school I was on the first lunch shift, which started at 10:47 am.

The rice and peas I had at lunch is making me feel rather bloated.

R121 Sounds tasty but that isn't a Shamrock Shake but thanks for trying.

I’m waiting for my oatmeal to cool down. I didn’t particularly want oatmeal, but it sounded healthy. I started it and now I have to eat it so I can wash the bowl before leaving the apartment. It’s a vile bowl to leave unwashed - looks like brains if you leave it to “soak”. It’s the reason I won’t scramble eggs.

[quote]It’s the reason I won’t scramble eggs.

Though I am not whelmed by leaving my scrambled egg pan to soak, I wonder whether you're scrambling your eggs in a nonstick pan. I do, and I rinse out the egg schmutz when I'm done eating. It's very quick. I can wash it then or later.

R129, it was cast iron - chasing after long-dead egg bits in the sink was revolting. I’ll stick with boiled fartbombs.

You don't want to leave a cast iron pan in the sink to soak no matter what it had in it, r130. I need a new nonstick pan, and I'm probably going to order this one from Misen. It may or not be 25% off when you look at it. If you like scrambled eggs, you should have one.

When I was at school we only had one lunchtime for everyone.

Wednesday? Really?

What’s lunch?

I'm wondering why women called Catherine shorten their name to Kate. Shouldn't it be Cate if you're Catherine, and Kate if you're Katherine?

Cate is an affectation.

R130 What are 'boiled fart bombs?" Sounds interesting.

They also sound whelming, R137.

My towels are dry. Time to flip the loads.

As soon as I got out of bed this morning I said to myself- I can't wait to take a nap.

It's noon and I'm watching Attack of the 50 Foot Woman on TCM. I'm not sure if I can take the suspense.

[quote]It's noon and I'm watching Attack of the 50 Foot Woman on TCM. I'm not sure if I can take the suspense.

"HARRRRY!"

Because of the cheap effects, not only is she 50 feet tall, she occasionally becomes transparent.

R142 The Chief and Charlie just found her footprints. Chief ordered Charlie to go back to the office and bring him the riot gun and some grenades. I'm going to switch channels now; I don't want to be whelmed. Please let me know how it ends if you have the time.

Here you go, R141. SPOILERS AHEAD: Our 50-foot heroine eventually breaks free of her restraints and, in a makeshift outfit made of bed linens to preserve her modesty, heads to town looking for Harry, who has been cheating on her with that hussy Yvette Vickers ("Queen of the B's"). Tearing the roof off a bar, she drops a ceiling beam on Yvette, killing her. Harry grabs a pistol from a deputy and tries shooting her, but the bullets have no effect. She picks up Harry with one hand and walks off with him. The sheriff fires a shotgun at her, causing a transformer to blow up, killing her. It's all very tragic.

My husband is in a snippy mood. Straightening the house with brisk movements, slappy sounds, cutlery clashing....I’m hiding in bed.

I just fell asleep for 90 minutes after sitting down on a chair for a minute after finishing work.

Finishing whaaat?

R123, National Science Foundation, the owner of the Arecibo radio telescope, released some video of the collapse. There was a drone in the air videoing the cables that broke, so it's a bit amazing. I was a fan of the thing, and I hope it might be rebuilt some day. It was the best way we had to locate incoming asteroids that might endanger Earth.

It's not a happy situation, but here we are, hey 2020.

Don’t tell Ellie.

R148, that was amazing! Thanks for sharing that.

Thanks R144. You spared me from fast forwarding through the rest movie.

R145 Was it something you did?...or didn't do?

R152 how about r145 just has a crabby husband? People can be crabby all by themselves!

[quote]Thanks R144. You spared me from fast forwarding through the rest movie.

You're welcome, R141. I neglected to mention that Harry also doesn't survive the climactic explosion.

I had another edible tonight - things are going to get wild. I may force my dog to stay up on the sofa while I watch a few more Datelines.

I haven't had sex since March 7. The highlight of my day is finding some sexy scene from a tv show or movie where a guy has to strip naked or is naked in public.

I like the same thing r156. Although, I’ve gone a decade without sex & I’m partnered....

Today was my fastest ever Friday NY Times crossword: 11:44.

I’m having an intense craving for a Coke. Haven’t had or wanted one at all since at least March, probably much longer than that.

I raked leaves for two hours yesterday and am sore today. It’s kind is a good sore feeling, a reminder that I accomplished something.

I took a bet size 41 Balenciaga boots would fit and they fit and they were really cheap compared to when I first started drooling over them.

I’m prancing them down to the laundry room. With shoes like this, I should have staff. That would be whelming.

Friday night and no gentleman callers. I am 🍸 drinking alone tonight.

Pluto demoted to dwarf planet status lingers with me.

Just made a cup of coffee, getting ready to start the day.

Justice for Pluto!

There’s storm moving up the coast today. Nor’easter. Rain. Wind. It’s still fall here, not winter yet.

It's winter in Pittsburgh. Temps 28-38 today.

I just fed my two dogs after the skinny one kept sneezing at me while I was scowling over the latest anti-Stevie Nicks thread. It's her signal for letting me know breakfast is due.

I'm switching medications, so I've spent a lot of time Googling potential side effects and such. Google just showed me an advert for a job as a consultant neurologist. I'm strangely pleased that I've inadvertently managed to convince Google I'm much more intelligent than I actually am.

[quote]Pluto demoted to dwarf planet status lingers with me.

I prefer to think of it as a [italic]reclassification [/italic]rather than a demotion, r163. Besides, I always found Pluto to be kind of an icy cunt, to be frank.

Trader Joe’s was out of Egg Nog, so I bought Lite Egg Nog. I fear that was a mistake. A $2.99 mistake.

Right— like going from Principal Dancer to Soloist is just a “reclassification.” Pluto knows a demotion when he sees one. And of course he’s icy. It’s fucking cold out there in the far reaches.

Justice!

You’re My Icy Dancer a dancer for money You’ll do what I want you to do You’re my Tony Danza a dancer for money and any old music will do

My cat is a bed hog. 8lbs...he needs the whole bed.

Woke up last night with a bad stomach ache. Then tossed and turned because I remembered eating sushi I bought at a gas station in Hawaii about 10 years ago. Bet I have a humongous 9 meter tapeworm growing inside me. See attached news article.

Just finished Swimming in the Dark by Polish gay male author Tomasz Jedrowski, touted by one reviewer as the Polish CMBYN. Perhaps something was lost in the translation, but I cannot remember reading a more underwhelming gay novel.

For those hardy few who are curious and would not be whelmed or overwhelmed, a search for “diphyllobothrium latum” will lead to images and videos of the tapeworm imagined by R175.

A link might cause whelm, so it is not provided directly.

R177 Thank you for not providing a link or picture.

I would be whelmed for a week if I saw that image, R177. Just reading about the subject is a little too much for me, frankly.

I have an exciting collection of photographs a tree I've taken through the pandemic.

I made Korean Street Toast.

It was good.

I'll make another one tomorrow.

My husband had cardiology tests that show he needs interventional cardiology - a cardiac cath & possible angioplasty. He talked to a friend who had angioplasties who recommended his dr. My husband made an appointment to see the dr next week because he wants this done as soon as possible. I just checked & the dr he made an appointment with doesn't do cardiac catheterizations or angioplasties. The dr who was recommended is just a cardiologist who specializes in all the tests that my husband has already had done,

How do people get along in life? I dont get it. How does someone recommend a dr who doesn’t do a procedure to someone who needs a procedure? Is everybody’s head up their ass? How do people spend years in school & learn nothing?

R181 salmonella city

R182 It is amazing, isn't it how people manage when they never listen or understand anything. As far as health care though, my opinion is that Dr's are just people, so when we seek healthcare we should also research and be proactive not wait for Dr. to recommend/prescribe. They can't think of everything all the time. Where they are good is with standard of care and best practices.

I purchased 2 hidden object games to get me through the holidays. Such fun!

R169 Sometimes when I google for jobs (I am a MD) it sends me listings for medical assistants, RNs, etc.

I drove up to Great Barrington, MA to replenish my edible supply. It was pretty cold up there. I just got back and took one, a grape chew. Hoping for the best!

Some of you really don’t get how this thread is supposed to work and that is very whelming to me.

R182 If your friend's cardiologist performed an angioplasty, then that doctor IS an interventional cardiologist.

Just check to see that this doctor has done a fellowship in interventional cardiology.

Easy, peasy - no need to get so upset.

Growing herbs in my Aerogarden. 12 days in and everything is up except the parsley!

I was write. Lite Egg Nog is a mistake. I rectified it by tracking down the best-rated store bought egg nog by Ronnybrook Farms. Much better.

^right

I baked an apple pie today.

I have a pot roast in the crockpot with turnips, red potatoes, carrots, onions, mushrooms and cilantro in a tomato juice base. It smells good. I have a weird urge to put something in a mug and cradle it. But I won't.

R185 I love hidden object games! What did you order?

R188 "that doctor", "this doctor", "your friend's doctor" -- Who/what are you talking about?

R194 I got Big City Adventure San Francisco and Rome.

[quote] [R182] If your friend's cardiologist performed an angioplasty, then that doctor IS an interventional cardiologist.

I used the dr’s website “chat” to send a message Saturday & yesterday when I checked my mail the dr himself answered and told me he does not do interventional cardiology.

[quote]I have a pot roast in the crockpot with turnips, red potatoes, carrots, onions, mushrooms and cilantro in a tomato juice base.

If you're talking about fresh cilantro (as opposed to coriander seed), it works best if you chop it raw and add it as you're serving your pot roast. It's not meant to be cooked, especially not for a long time.

My elderly cat is suffering from anxiety. I just put on some whale music for him and he seems to be relaxing a bit.

I just made a fart that was so loud and went on so long, I woke up the dog and he began barking.

[italic]Under[/italic]whelming, r200.

R201 I was underwhelmed. It was the dog who was overwhelmed.

Not a fan of store bought egg nog but my local liquor stores sell the kind I like with alcohol already mixed in. It's called Pennsylvania Dutch, in case anyone is interested.

I tried an eggnog coffee cake and it tasted like bubble gum.

Part of me was disgusted and a trashier part of me said, “mmm, new gum without lint...”

R203 I thought all egg nog was 'store bought' - It sounds overwhelming to make it at home. I get the egg part but what's the nog made out of?

R204 That's how I feel about Lifesavers. Once I've opened a roll, the rest are either melted together or covered in pocket lint.

R203, I saw that brand at Safeway. I worked with a lady years ago who used to brag about her Pennsylvania-Dutch coffee cake. It was good, but it didn’t taste like eggnog.

Wouldn't homemade eggnog involve raw eggs? The thought is a bit whelming.

R207, the booze cures it and acts as a preservative. You can keep it in a jar in the fridge for months

A former work colleague whom I accepted as a friend on Facebook has let loose a barrage of forwarded MAGA memes. I’m inclined not to block him because otherwise I’d never see them.

[quote]I’m inclined not to block him because otherwise I’d never see them.

I would be perfectly happy to never see a single one of them. I need no reminders of how ignorant deplorables are. For me, that would be grounds for immediate unfriending.

R203, the store-bought in NJ has no alcohol in it and is unbelievably thick. Liquor, wine, and spirits can only be sold at independent liquor stores.

I have had home-made egg nog with alcohol added. It was much thinner and absolutely delicious!

Yes, home made nog involves lots of egg yolks. Long ago I made it at a party and was really whelmed with the cooking. Everyone enjoyed it tho and got sloshed with various additives.

A friend has asked if I want to meet for lunch in a restaurant on Saturday. I think I’ll say yes.

I was all set to pick up my new (used) Suburu Outback. It had a star-shape chip that they were going to fix. They did, but it wasn’t good enough and the windshield would probably continue to crack. Kept getting the run around until my husband had a meltdown in the dealership. We got a new windshield. Fuck dealerships and fuck the slimy sales guys for being pricks.

I accidentally bought the wrong Jergens wet skin lotion. The one I use has a very slight coconut smell. This one is cherry almond. It’s actually quite nice but I smell like a lady.

Why would anyone drink egg nog when there is Baileys Irish Cream?

R200 your dog seems like a genius and also a great guard dog!

R214, also fuck dealerships who keep putting tramp stamps on the back of all their vehicles.

R216, I do love Bailey's Irish Cream as well. It's my other go-to holiday beverage.

Why do I need to call the vet and leave a message that I want to hear the results of my cat’s blood test? (This invariably involves being placed on hold and listening to a recording offering all sorts of services, now with Christmas music.). Why don’t they just call me when they have the results?

They used to r220. Maybe they are short staffed during covid.

Tomorrow I'll throw out my aging leftovers and buy fresh food.

I am watching Jeopardy right now and I do feel some dread at the prospect of that ghastly and unfunny Mormon taking over Alex's job.

I’ve not eaten carbs for a few months, but I’ve decided to have cookies and roast potatoes in the week between Christmas and New Year.

I thought I bought sour cream but I don't think I made it into my bag at the grocery store. I tried calling but every time I called, it went to voice mail. I called the butcher dept. and the guy was nice enough but he didn't know how to forward me to the main office so he put me on hold to walk to the main office. I sat there waiting for like ten minutes, I almost hung up but he did finally pick up. He told me to call them back after noon, they lost a co-worker to Covid and were having a meeting. I didn't call back but, man, I really wanted some sour cream in my black bean soup tonight.

[quote]I’ve not eaten carbs for a few months, but I’ve decided to have cookies and roast potatoes in the week between Christmas and New Year.

I'm happy for you. Life would be dreary if we didn't reward ourselves occasionally.

I just watched live coverage of "World Surf League" a surfing tournament in Hawaii.

I had the sound off. I live in the cold Midwest. It was mesmerizing watching those ocean waves.

We have an almost daily 20 minutes of sun in Seattle. Today, it was at 2pm. I could feel it on my arms. I need to work triceps.

[quote][R200] your dog seems like a genius and also a great guard dog!

R217 He's a great guard dog as long as the intruder farts upon entering the house.

Yesterday the following was mistakenly delivered to my house: 4 qts Homestead Creamery strawberry milk (in fancy glass bottles,) a 12 pack of Dr. Pepper, 4 bags of Lay’s potato chips (2 cheddar, 2 sour cream & onion) and 2 qts beef broth.

That artificial strawberry flavor left a nasty aftertaste, for hours.

R230 What a coincidence! This morning I found a Macy's box mistakenly delivered to my porch with three boxes of Frango mints inside: One dark choco, one milk choco, and one with raspberry filling. I'm not sure which to open first...

I have a feeling I will not accomplish anything again today. I am ok with this!

Do these packages not say who is expecting them?

These packages do not talk so no, they do not 'say' who is expecting them...

Baby, my package is talking right now and it is sayin’ your name!

R233 There was no name with this grocery delivery, just a receipt. $43.00 worth of junk.

My temperature is always below 97

97.1 consistently - and I’m hyper-active so normal body temperature makes no sense to me.

R232- I gave my trash guy a Christmas bonus this morning. So I DID accomplish something today.

That is a super weird grocery list r230. And who drinks strawberry milk like that? I didn't even know you could still buy it. Chocolate, yes, but strawberry?

Somewhere a child cries out fir strawberry milk, but no milk is there.

Is it Darfur Orphan, r241?

I’m wondering whether to even bother putting up a Christmas tree this year.

Decorating makes a mess. I did my front door. It took 10 sec. Done!

I thought it was Wednesday all day today. I was shocked to discover today was indeed Thursday.

Watching some Family Feud reruns with my pup. Already took my sleeping pill so should be heading to bed soon.

R246 Which host? I liked Louie Anderson.

I'm not R246, but the original host, Richard Dawson, gave me the creeps with his predatory kissing of all the female contestants. Pretty sure that wouldn't fly today. His replacement, Ray Combs (Dawson eventually returned for a while), committed suicide by hanging himself while he was being held in a psychiatric facility after a previous suicide attempt. He was deeply in debt at the time.

I guess those are rather whelming details for a discussion about a TV game show.

I have a Zoom meeting at 1 pm ET (5 minutes). Thankfully, it's not a video call. But I'm hungry and want to go for a walk. It's my last call of the day though, so there's that. It's supposed to be above 50 degrees and the sun is out fully. I'll go for my walk around 3 pm.

It's 60 degrees in our nation's capital.

It is 61 in our nation's Pittsburgh. I think I'll put my sunglasses on and go for a walk.

Whose Pittsburgh it is us up to the Supreme Court, bitch.

It's been raining all day in Wisconsin. Also, I'm watching Se7en on SYFY so that's bringing me down a bit...

I just porch pirated all the neighbors I can't stand!

R254 Anything good? Most of my neighbors are getting stuff for their pets - 'Chewy' or 'PetLife'. What do you do with the useless stuff?

I injured myself chasing squirrels away from my bird feeders. Now my ankle is swolled up and I’m hobbling around like Grandpappy Amos.

Got through my colonoscopy last Thursday! Woot!

R252, Pittsburgh PA ain't Podunk PITTSBURG, TX.

I'm watching Lifetime Christmas movies. This one stars the woman in the wheelchair who won a Tony last year. The next one centers on a gay couple (who are apparently married in real life), but I'm mostly tuning in for Fran Drescher, who's the mother of one of the gayboys.

I’m going to get the DNA test for colon cancer rather than a colonoscopy. Anyone else done it yet?

What happens to my DNA, though? Will they destroy it? Do they keep it? If they keep it, they’ll have to give it to the government or law enforcement if asked.

You indicate your permissions in the paperwork, r260. They can’t keep it unless you allow them to.

R261 Yeah. Right. Signing a piece of paper means nothing.

[quote][R254] Anything good? Most of my neighbors are getting stuff for their pets - 'Chewy' or 'PetLife'. What do you do with the useless stuff?

I hope you take the time to give it appropriate charities...homeless shelters for clothes, animal shelters for pet stuff. Some stuff makes good Christmas presents for friends. Just don't trash it all.

My remote control isn't working. I'm stuck on Discover channel and I can't even turn it off without getting off the couch. Fuck it. I'm going to mute the sound and take a nap.

I changed clothes at four or five times yesterday - and I only ran two errands. Now, I have to wash everything because it was a great weed day.

I hope I didn’t post anything that required thought.

R259, I just watched that wheelchair movie, too! What a crock!

R260, A DNA test can't find polyps. Man up and get the colonoscopy.

I’m thinking about buying some new mugs for tea, as a little Christmas gift to myself. They are a good deal, at 3 for £30, but I really would like 4, as buying an odd number doesn’t seem right.

R267 I felt the same way but buying things in odd numbers makes me feel like I'm living outside the box. It's very refreshing.

We're programmed to buy dinnerware in quantities divisible by four. Tell the seller to get with the programming.

[quote] , A DNA test can't find polyps

It can find precancerous polyps 45% of the time. I’m ok with that. There’s no history of colon cancer in either side of my family.

Charlie Brown Christmas is on my local PBS station tonight.

My husband is going to see a new physician named Barry Kaplan & I told him I didn’t trust him because Barry Kaplan is a dentist’s name, not a physician’s name.

My sister sees an OB-GYN named Dr. Beaver. No joke.

I've watched a couple of Hallmark Christmas movies. I found them pleasantly underwhelming.

I am like a lazy neutered cat today...and that's the way I like it.

I made sausage stuffing and I’m forcing myself to plate it. I don’t have to eat over the stove. It’s convenient, but so is wearing tissue boxes as slippers.

My feet are too big to fit into tissue boxes.

A Trappist monk Kentucky bourbon fruitcake arrived yesterday. You can smell the booze through the wrapper!

I hope the monks get to imbibe freely in exchange for their kind labors.

I live in 6 unit building, all one bedroom. My new neighbor is a bitch, and of *course* she has a loud toddler as well. Coincidentally I happened to get into a fight with her baby daddy months ago, and she found out about it recently. Now she's being all melodramatic and acting like I'm an abusive neighbor and a threat to her precious kiddo. She and him won't live together so they're co-parenting, and they're both trying to stir up shit with me out of spite now. I'm not going anywhere bitch, it's you that need to leave.

She's basically scheming to turn my other neighbors and my landlord against me - not gonna work cunt, we all get along just fine and have been here for years. Start packing your shit back up honey.

I saw the California Scrub-Jay in the backyard today, and it made me smile.

I find those situations among life's most overwhelming, r278. Thoughts and prayers.

[quote] She and him won't live together

Oh dear

If a human made as much noise and as big of a mess as my cat does while eating, I would be disgusted. But with my cat I find it endearing and adorable.

I really can’t deal with a foot of snow right now. Please blow away.

Where can I get a strapping youth to shovel my driveway? Can one request a strapping youth on Facebook?

Ditto, R282. When Cos eats his wet food, it sounds like an obnoxious person who chews with his mouth open. Same goes for his dry food. I can hear him breaking it apart when I'm 2 rooms away.

I find the sound of my cats eating and drinking so relaxing. And they both sound completely different. Much better than whale music.

I can’t sleep. I feel tired and congested, and I feel itchy all over. No idea what’s going on.

Try an antihistamine r287 if you have one. Could be an allergy.

Do you have nice stuff, R287?

I think I'm trying to pass a kidney stone. The pain is almost overwhelming.

^^^ or I just need to fart.

My watermelon smells strange.

Strange how?

I think it just smells "off" r293 - like maybe taken on smell of nearby food in veg tray. I just bought it about 4 days ago. And it was wrapped in original cellophane from the store. I think watermelon should be eaten on first day - after that, it is not great.

R294 I know what you mean. I ordered fruit instead of potatoes at breakfast yesterday and the watermelon tasted musty. Melons seem to absorb smells when cut open and not eaten immediately.

My husband & I were lying in bed watching TV while watching our iPads. We both looked up at the same time & Andy Griffith was on. It caught our attention because an actress was using a very annoying voice while playing an annoying character and she said, “I can’t go out in the sun because I get the herpes!”

I never heard someone say “the herpes” instead of “cold sore.”

I remember that episode. It's the first time I heard the word 'herpes' and didn't know that herpes could be a lip cold sore as well as genital wart!

I'm sitting here in northern NJ, waiting for the snow to start. I'm going to out out for a walk; just to get some fresh air before the madness starts.

I’m debating whether I should move my car to the front of my driveway so I only have to dig it out and clear between it and the street, or put it in the garage so I won’t have to dig it out, but I’ll have to clear the whole driveway.

I miss last winter. Didn’t touch the shovel.

R299, I don't think it will matter much no matter what you do. If you leave your car out, you'll need to clear IT, and the fallen snow, in your driveway. If your car is in the garage, you'll probably be shoveling the same amount of snow.

If your car is at the end of the driveway, won't the snow plows plow it under/almost under?

Not at THE end of the driveway. Just toward the front.

It's already snowing in D.C., but, because it's D.C., it won't amount to much. With rare exceptions, snowstorms in D.C. are underwhelming.

Gotcha, R301. That makes more sense.

I did manage to get in a 30+ minute walk this afternoon. Fuck, it was raw! Glad I did it because the fresh air revived me. Plus, I got a chance to see my neighbor's dogs in their winter coats. Cosmo would kill me if I tried to dress him but the dogs looked so cute! One lady has a tea cup poodle. He was wearing a red plaid jacket.

I got new glasses.

This is for anyone who believes in reincarnation. If you get your wife pregnant and die, and your wife has a baby boy; then, you are reincarnated as a baby girl and end up marrying your wife's (and your) son; is that incest?

No, r305. Many people believe that a person will frequently incarnate a few times within the same family, the better to deal with unfinished business.

r292 here - I finally trashed the watermelon. Was smelling funny and also getting soggy, mushy.

R307 Who eats watermelon in December??

[quote]Who eats watermelon in December??

Not R307. At least not today.

I’m planning to spend Christmas Day with 2 friends, but now feeling guilty about that, even though I am complying with covid regulations.

I'm spending Christmas alone this year. 1st time in 58 years. Not really sad about it. Will see my sister the Sunday after. At least I can have what I want for dinner and be comfortable at home.

My first Christmas alone, also, R311, in about the same number of years It really doesn't bother me, either. My sister lives in another state, so it will have been a year since I last saw her, but that's just the way things are right now. I've found flying and airports increasingly whelming in recent years, so I can't say I'll miss that part of the holiday.

I finished my Christmas cards. Now I need to clean the tub.

Ever notice that these days, when someone famous kicks, the headline is always "So-and-So Has Died at 75." So genteel! Not so long ago it would say "So-and So Dead at 75." Just pondering this. I like the old, blunt way better.

The former is more grammatical and therefore more formal, R314. Perhaps these headline writers feel the occasion calls for more formality and less whelm.

I sometimes like to "play summer" when it's winter, r308. I sometimes will go out and buy exactly what I ate during for eg, Wimbledon watching marathons on TV during July and eat that because it transports me back to a really hot summer day. It's actually hard to do because your body wants to eat stews, casseroles etc. Anyway, that's the rationale behind eating watermelon in winter.

I got a notice that my email account (outlook) was 90% full and I'd soon have to start paying. So I've begun deleting thousands of emails. Not hard to do when you zap mailing-list messages en masse, for example. It's an oddly satisfying idle pastime.

We got less snow than predicted.

It's Friday and I'm going to order fish for supper. I'm thinking walleye.

I have not been out. The snow appears to have been shoveled off the sidewalks (I live in an apartment bldg. from which my views are other apartment buildings).

I miss living in an apartment building. Watching the Julios with their snowblowers and plows get everything cleared away. Putting down the rain mats in the lobby.

I can’t decide what to make for dinner. Will probably default to a sandwich.

I'm going to try my hand at making these Lace Cookies this weekend.

I usually buy them at World Market as theirs are the best. TJ's and Aldi's versions aren't as good.

I have heard the words to “Most Wonderful Time if the Year,” and thought the lyrics about telling scary ghost stories was referring to A Christmas Carol. I just found out that it is an English tradition to tell ghost stories at Christmas and it was particularly popular during Victorian times. A Christmas Carol was just one of the ghost stories written at the time. It became popular in the US because Dickens wrote for magazines that became available in America,

The tradition was revived by the BBC in the 1970s. I just listened to a radio version of one. It was also a TV play but I couldn’t find a video of the play. It is a Marxist Christmas ghost story! Trump would *hate* it. It didn’t air on Christmas - it aired in November but it takes place at Christmas.

So here is a creepy Marxist Christmas ghost story filled with that 1970s British verbosity that came before UK was Americanized

I have not ejaculated in over a week

I'd want to punch this obnoxious Mary's face, but I'm too exhausted just watching his jazz hands.

I had leftover curry for breakfast. It was a terrible, terrible error.

r325 = Andrew Cuomo

I've mostly managed to keep my weight in check during the pandemic, but I've been getting loose and the scale is creeping up.

R323 Ikea has good lace cookies. How did yours turn out.

[quote]I have not ejaculated in over a week

R325 I condole you.

I just unignored all the DL posters I had on ignore.

Perhaps because I'm whelmed with Christmas spirit.

My cat doesn’t like the top of his head petted anymore. He backs up and gives me a look...

[quote]I just unignored all the DL posters I had on ignore. Perhaps because I'm whelmed with Christmas spirit.

I did the same thing this morning. My motives were less altruistic. I'm tired of all the numbers jamming up my right-hand column.

My elderly neighbor is burying something in her back yard, I have not seen her cat for a while

r330

The lace cookies turned out GREAT and were very EASY to make. Silpat is key.

I used macadamia nuts and corn syrup instead of almonds and honey since he said they would also work which they did. My chocolate was a big TJ's chocolate bar melted.

Thanks for the Ikea tip.

I’m going to watch the 1987 movie Mannequin tonight for the first time ever.

R336 What is silpat?

[quote]My elderly neighbor is burying something in her back yard, I have not seen her cat for a while

Are you Thelma Ritter?

R338, it’s the silicone mat

It's only 10:52 pm and I'm already hungry for breakfast.

I need a new dishwasher

Jonesing for some dessert. I have a Kringle my sister sent me but want to save for Christmas. I made some toast with butter and jam and that did the trick.

I just did my online Christmas shop to be delivered tomorrow with most of my groceries for the next two weeks. It’s mainly beer, crisps, cheese and some fruit.

I should take butter out of the fridge. I don’t have counter space for it, but someday I will again have room for a covered carnival glass chicken butter dish and I will eat enough butter to justify leaving it out all the time. “Look at my vast tracts of counterspace where glass chickens roam!”

I have everything bagels.

I forgot what I was going to post.

R345 I placed my butter on the counter and my cat ate it. The aftermath in her litter box later that day was un describable in the horror!

I watched Mannequin tonight and I was pleasantly surprised! Not a bad movie when you need something silly to watch.

lol, r346!

[quote]The lace cookies turned out GREAT and were very EASY to make. Silpat is key.

[quote][R336] What is silpat?

[quote][R338], it’s the silicone mat

You add a silicone mat to your last cookies?

^^ lace cookies

I ran out of Zyrtec & ordered my annual Costco Kirkland brand Aller-Tec allergy pills (less than $20 for a year’s worth of pills, OTC) and the whole mail foul up has kept it from arriving in a timely fashion. I’ve been sneezing for a week non-stop.

R352 God bless you.

Cannot bring myself to clean the kitchen.

I just thought 6:00 p.m. was 6:00 a.m., as I sat here waiting for Wegmans to "open" for orders.

This is quite whelming in that it's funny, but I didn't know where else to post it:

R352 You’re not alone. I had a package that was supposed to arrive Wednesday and I still have not received it.

And the postal service wonders why less and less people are using them.

I thought I bought golden delicious apples, turns out they are opal apples.

Upon further research aka googling I learned that these apples are a cross between a golden delicious and a topaz apple, are non-gmo and their claim to fame is that they are non-browning which makes them visually appealing for salads and such.

Tastes like a honeycrisp to me.

Yesterday, I received a Christmas card that was postmarked Dec. 3rd, meaning that it took more than two weeks to arrive. It was mailed by a friend in a city 30 miles from where I live.

This may explain why, five days before Christmas, I've received only a few cards.

My Priority Mail package from Wisconsin took over a week. Used to take less than 48 hours.

Our UPS, USPS, and Fedex vans are competing with Amazon blue trucks for parking now and Amazon double parks everywhere. I’m waiting for the Frito-Lay guys to weigh in.

Please stop picking on hard-working USPS workers.

Trump and his henchmen/women have put them through hell.

[quote]This may explain why, five days before Christmas, I've received only a few cards.

Please don't blame the Post Office for your lazy friends.

Christmas cards? Who cares?

I ordered something from Ireland and I got it in a few days. I mailed it from NY to FL and it took over a week.

R365 I need to know what you ordered from Ireland and then mailed to Florida. Please tell me before my curiosity becomes overwhelming.

My downstairs neighbor just knocked on my door. She wanted to see my cat. We had talked about this about 2 weeks ago but I wasn't expecting her to just pop up! Cos ran when he heard the knock on the door. I feel kinda bad because she has MS and walks with a cane so she took the stairs for no reason. On the other hand, I'm working from home and not on vacation until next week. I don't have time for company right now.

Cats are so different than dogs. You need an appointment to visit a cat. A dog will welcome you in.

Cloudy here and I can’t see the Great Conjunction. Am watching the nerdtastic livestream from Lowell Observatory instead.

R366, no need to be whelmed. I ordered a fisherman’s cardigan sweater from the Aran Islands for my pops. He is in North Florida where it can be quite chilly. I had it sent here first to check the quality (beautiful) and gift wrap it. I mailed it with some other stuff.

I have an upset stomach & I just visited the commode & it smelled like when I’m taking antibiotics. But I’m not taking antibiotics. I wonder what causes that. Burritos?

Today I watched some senile old bitch try to back her car into a handicap spot. She was obviously impaired and wasn't able to do it. Several people ran over and got her to stop. For some reason they had to pull her out of the passenger side. Then I just walked into the store and shopped. When I came back out her car was still there though. Not sure what they did with her.

R370 I misread ‘pops’ in your post as ‘pups’ and thought how cute that you dressed your dogs in little Aran sweaters.

R370 Thank you. I feel better now knowing the entire transaction.

I have to go to Walmart to go grocery shopping. I dread going in that store but I’m broke and it’s cheap.

I'm becoming addicted to Hallmark and Lifetime Christmas movies, especially those with stories involving England, Rome, Vienna, Belgium, etc.

[quote]especially those with stories involving England, Rome, Vienna, Belgium, etc.

I always like the Hallmark Christmas movies set in fictional European monarchies. The titles are always something like "A Royal Christmas," "A Royal Romance," etc.

+3 about Hallmark, Lifetime and Ion Christmas movies.

I'm a fat whore who rejoices at, and loves, fast food, although I don't eat it very often (really).

Those movies are my visual fast food. And there is a certain genius to fast food. You have a certain flavor you're craving and you know whatever franchise you walk into, you'll get that flavor.

I want that assembly line plot and the fake snow, the cheap sentiment, the sets, locations and employed actors who have bills to pay.

I’m suddenly becoming very Mary! about lockdown. Things are shutting down here again, after a few weeks of optimism. I suspect it will be at least a few months before I go to a bar or restaurant or get to travel to visit my sister.

Things could be worse, and I try to count my blessings and pull myself together, but I am both exhausted and borderline whelmed by covid now.

I am SO enjoying my Nutri-bullet blender.

Most of them are citrusy fruit with a quarter of chilled water.

I also like Pear and Rockmelon with chilled skimmed milk instead of water

My cat is such a good cuddler. Hugging my knees right now.

[quote]I am SO enjoying my Nutri-bullet blender.

Is it a pain in the ass to clean with the blade?

R382 I keep the blade well away from my ass.

But I do make sure to rinse the blades under the sink immediately after use.

It's not so easy cleaning the bottom of the cup because generally there's some smears of 'debris'. Debris is not a nice word but it's inevitable as not all the fruit can be liquified. There's tiny fragments of fruit skins which I generally 'chew on' while drinking. I sometimes add Chia, Coconut and sesame Seeds to add to that 'chewability.'

R383 See, this is why even though I’ve always wanted a blender, I’ve never bought one because they seem like they would be tiresome to clean.

These new generation of blenders aren't the same as the old juicers.

The old juicers attempted to turn fruit into drinkable liquids. And all the vitamins in the skins and pith was trapped in multiple filters in them and they required a great deal of messy cleaning.

These new generation of blenders retain the vitamins and the 'roughage' and are therefore much easier to clean.

If you rinse the m right away blenders are not a pain to clean. I use either my Oster blender or an immersion blender for smoothies and a million other things. Its no problem. Use and rinse, wipe with soapy dishcloth, rinse again and air dry. Takes less than 1 min. Btw the immersion blender changed my life.

I cleaned out my vertical fan this morning at 7:00 am. Had to take it apart to get rid of all the dust accumulation.

It’s 3.53 a.m. and I’ve been awake for an hour, trying to get back to sleep. I may get up to fold laundry and wash the bathroom floor and have a drink.

I’m watching Everyone Loves Raymond, which is I guess marathoning for Christmas. I never watched it before. They keep mentioning children on this show. I don’t see any children. It’s just the same 5 adults arguing with each other.

What happened to the children?

If done relatively quietly, a free-form dance works wonders R388. Yes, it works with opera and mop/bucket props. Nothing whelming - just waking up the tits & ass.

I finally tossed out the 10-day old leftovers. I sautéed chicken and vegetables and mixed them with Trader Joe's red lentil pasta. Worst culinary experience ever.

I took a truckload of iron to a charity group today that will recycle it and make some money that will help provide educational opportunities for young women from impoverished backgrounds.

Last night, I was more excited about finding the constellation, Cassiopeia, than seeing the Great Conjunction.

I’m drinking vodka and orange juice in bed while watching Hang ‘Em High with Clint Eastwood.

Having a toasted cheese. Can’t sleep.

R395 Why didn’t you put ham on it?

Because I don’t have ham, r396. But that would have been good.

R397 Definitely try it! It tastes great, even with just cheap lunch meat ham.

My favoite snack is Nonni's biscotti. I live in PNW. Don't know where else it is sold.

It's 8:22 am where I am and I'm having a Rum and Egg Nog drink. Don't care. Long, hard year and I got good news last night. So, I'm celebrating.

I got out of bed at 4:40 a.m. Let the dogs out, put on the kettle, take the garbage receptacle to the curb. Smoked my first hit about 5:30. It's 54 degrees Fahrenheit right now, and this is going to be the high for today. Temperature dropping all day to about 30 degrees at midnight.

It's my lovely, kind, brilliant, closeted, college-student nephew's 21st birthday. His family are Southern Baptist super-fundies, his father is a preacher, and my heart breaks for him, because in 2020, no one should be afraid of losing their family if they come out.

[quote]I’m drinking vodka and orange juice in bed while watching Hang ‘Em High with Clint Eastwood.

R394 How did you get him bed? Was he any good?

Ugh! Been sending emails since 7:30 am this morning. Now, I'm about to get on a 90 minute Zoom call with a client. I haven't had my coffee or breakfast yet. Definitely hitting the liquor store when I get off this call. And will go for a walk this afternoon. I need some fresh air. Thank God, I'm on vacation next week and don't come back until 1/5/2021!

Got in my 1 hour walk. It's not too cold out so it felt good. I'm off to the liquor store and then in for the next couple of days!

I just got 25 units of Botox for my fierce 11's.

I just got done eating a pizza.

During breakfast, my cat was overy rambunctious after spending about an hour lying in the front of the dishwasher just starting at it. I was eating breakfast and watching that lesbian or color on ABC, she jumped on my breakfast table and dropped a dead mouse right on top my toast on the plate, I was not amused ....

R407 You have mice in your house or did the cat bring it from outside? I'm wary of leaving mine out of the house for that reason.

R408 One must have run in when I was getting a delivery, she is an indoor cat

R407 I had the same thing happen when I had new flooring installed!

They sneak them in alive as toys and, yes, I’ve had one try “Meoff” as if I had to let her in with a mouth full of live mouse.

The ending is whelming, so we’ll let it goooooo.

It’s been SO windy the past few days where I am. So sick of hearing the soffit rattle.

Day 1435: America Held Hostage.

I can’t decide whether to buy three pretty little Japanese vases I saw the other day. I’ll have another cup of coffee and think about it.

R411, we had a cat that brought a "dead" field mouse (or something) into the house. When my Mom let him in, she didn't notice he had something in his mouth. Well, he dropped it in front of her as proud as can be. Problem was - it wasn't dead! It started running around the kitchen and Mom had to chase it out with a broom. The cat was so dumbfounded, it never moved or tried to chase it.

Yesterday I received my Prudential dividend of $102. Merry Christmas to me!

R414 Buy either all three or just one. Odd numbers work the best.

R414, Don't. Fast-forward 20 years, they're in a drawer, and you're wondering if you should just throw them away because nobody else wants them.

R415 Cosmo, my cat brought in a chipmunk that came to life as soon as he dropped it. Luckily it was right at the patio door and I was able to 'sweep' it out with the broom. I felt so sorry for it; it ran in a circle on the patio trying to figure out what just happened. The cat was disappointed in my reaction to his gift and sulked the rest of the day.

I saw a Tesla last evening.

R418 speaks the truth. Watch an episode or two of Hoarders: Buried Alive. It will cure you of just buying things. I'm not saying you're a hoarder or will be come one.

My Mom wasn't well towards the end and we had to put her in memory care. She'd lived in my childhood home for more than 30 years. There was so much junk my siblings and I had to just sell the house to one of the companies that flips them. When I went through her bedroom, I found report cards for all of us dating back to 2nd grade!

R420 Was it parked or actually moving? I've never seen one in action.

Thanks for the advice, everyone. I’ve decided not to buy the vases. I do watch Hoarders on occasion, R421! I have a one-bedroom apartment, so I’m vigilant about too much “stuff”.

Just got in my daily walk. It's unseasonably warm outside. Got hit by a couple rain drops but that was it. We're expecting heavy rain and wind starting tonight into tomorrow. All devices will be fully charged shortly and I i will make sure I have somethings downloaded to my iPad from Netflix in case of loss of power/TV.

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas, Cosmo!

Reminded by the above comments, I inherited five small old somewhat historic houses, all filled with the possessions of the last four generations of my family. My mother, grandparents, great-grandparents, and even g-g-grandparents. I had quit working to take care of my mom before she died, so I've spent the past five years curating everything and beating the overgrowth into something manageable.

I've given away massive amounts of cool things to local thrift stores and have, according to my friend who told me about some guy who was donating so much, people are swarming that thrift store. I knew from what he said people were buying that it was my stuff, but I didn't tell him, because I knew he would want to come to my house and look at stuff and try to buy it before I took it to the thrift.

When I find something I really like, I live with it a while until I feel like I've enjoyed it enough, and then it gets donated. Sometimes I run out of steam after a few months, so I take a few months off and then go at it again.

Since I don't want these things and no one in my family wants them, I like the idea that things are being bought up by people who will scatter them throughout the area and some will go to dealers who will find special buyers for them. After so many years of being stored in houses that no one lived in, I want them to go to people who will enjoy them.

R426–can I have your stuff?

R424 Merry Christmas, Cosmo and Cos!

The Ghost of Christmas Past in The Muppet Christmas Carol is fecking nightmare fuel

I've started my list of new year's resolutions. I have one so far: don't renew Amazon Prime.

Like their shopping site, Amazon's video site is just getting shittier and less useful.

Dan Ackroyd & Bill Murray aged tremendously in the 5 years between Ghostbusters & Ghostbusters 2.

My dark chocolate angel food chunks have the consistency of stones. I took a chance on them and am disappointed.

I have another fresher bag, as yet unopened, from a chocolate shop famous for its melt-in-your-mouth chocolate covered angel food. It's on my coffee-table, still unopened.

R431-Also the cast of My Big Fat Greek Wedding aged TERRIBLY by the time My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 came out.

My 2009 Volkswagen Rabbit (that I bought brand new on March 31, 2009) just hit 90,000 miles on December 22.

Good morning and Merry Christmas to all. I'm watching "I Love Lucy," the episode where they fat-shame Cuban entertainer Carlotta Romero.

Right back atcha, R435. Hope you have a wonderful day. I'm watching Fargo (the movie) . OK, so it's not uplifting BUT it has great snowy Minnesota scenery.

I’m taking a break from rereading “Shadowland” by Peter Straub.

I don’t like expectations of further effort so I try to keep traditions to a minimum, but that coming-of-age book has jumped up as a good reading idea every Christmas since I was thirteen.

Egg nog hangovers are the worst.

I watched "Super 8" last night, the JJ Abrams movie about kids making a zombie flick who inadvertently expose a government cover-up of an alien crash landing. It's one of my favorite little films, so much heart packed into an hour and a three quarters. Unfortunately, that "heart" frequently whelms me and I wind up bawling at the end. For some reason, I always wind up watching it around Christmas or New Year's.

I have to go feed and tend to the dogs of a friend who won't be home until later tonight. They're sweet dogs and I love them, but it's cold and damp out. I've been smoking pot all day and still haven't put on real clothes.

I'm bribing myself with the promise that if I go do it, when I come home, I can put on my sweats again, have a BLT and some cranberry sauce, and go to bed with my new Michael Connelly novel.

[quote] go to bed with my new Michael Connelly novel.

If it's the latest Lincoln Lawyer book, r440, it's a good one.

Now go walk the dogs!

My Dalmatian Trixie ate tinsel off my aunt's Christmas tree, I took her out for her holiday defecation walk . She did a major poopy and it was like the aurora borealis !!!!

[quote]My Dalmatian Trixie ate tinsel off my aunt's Christmas tree, I took her out for her holiday defecation walk . She did a major poopy and it was like the aurora borealis !!!!

I took two shits today too! But there was no tinsel in them to make them pretty.

R422, Both! It pulled out of a parking spot in front of a hotel just as I was looking at it, so then I saw the "T" on the back. The car is totally silent. "The Rest of the Story": It then pulled into the hotel's lot, I followed, and the young owners showed me the car. Lifted the hood---nothing there! No gas tank. No exhaust pipes. Nothing on the dash but a computer screen. Gets 325 miles per full charge. Totally awesome vehicle!

R443, You simply don't eat right! Try the tinsel!

R18 and r19, Chicken soup and chili are 2 of my 3 my go-to "big pot" meals (other is Couscous with 7 Vegetables). I don't even need any noodles in my chicken soup. My chili I like very spicy-hot (with Mexican Chili Powder and a dash of Habanero Powder), with added beer and dark chocolate.

Mmmmm, chili.......

Today was just another day. I miss my family Christmases.

My Mom was born during the Depression so my grandparents did the best they could for their 4 kids, Christmas Day they could have what they wanted. My Mom always chose fried chicken with a chocolate cake for dessert. For YEARS, we 4 kids has fried chicken for breakfast. I missed my fried chicken wings this morning for breakfast.

I spent the day with my cat. I hope everyone enjoyed their pandemic Christmas 2020.

Idly wondering: Why do so many parents these days nickname their child "Bean"? Did it start with Kurt and Courtney?

The only people I know who nicknamed their child "Bean" are Mr. and Mrs. Goya down the street.

R448, I didn't verify this with a double-blind anonymous study, but I'm guessing it's because their first sight of their child is in the first sonogram, when it still looks like a bean.

I’m not used to eating so much rich food since lockdown started in March. Tomorrow I will freeze or toss leftovers and go back to my boring but dependable meal prep. Funny, if it was a normal holiday season I would have eaten a lot more decadently for the past month instead of just a few days. I feel sluggish and heavy. And very farty tonight, I think it was that last cannoli.

Saw 3 deer in the yard today. The cat went crazy at the door so I let him out. As soon as he stepped out to the patio, the deer stared him down and he begged to come back in.

Does it violate the rules of underwhelm-ment to ask someone a question? If so, please ignore this.

R452, if you have deer you must have other wildlife, as well. What have you seen? I have deer, raccoons, foxes, groundhogs, 'possums, and armadillos, occasionally skunks that never bother anyone, and tons of birds, including owls and hawks.

One of my dogs is a mighty killer of snakes, rabbits, frogs, skinks, and any other living thing she can get her jaws on, and the other is a little terrier mix who is pretty brave, but doesn't want actually to tangle with any of them. My cat kills small creatures, too, but I don't let her out much, because of the predators.

I’ve just eaten a huge bag of crisps. I hate myself.

r454- You're DEFINITELY in the UK. Americans NEVER say CRISPS. We say potato chips.

R453 We have all you mentioned .except armadillos (we're in the Great Lakes region) and I haven't seen - or smelled - any skunks in the yard. Lots of birds especially beautiful cardinals this time of year. I never let the cat out unattended for the same reason you mentioned. The yard is a paradise of wildlife to me...and I think to them, too.

Wow, you must be some kind of genius R455.

r454 I overwhelmed you and am posting this purely in the interest of lessening your self-hatred. Stop that!

Duncan Hines boxed white cake, oil, 3 whole extra-large eggs, including yolks, water (gudgingly) AND used a potato masher to liquify a ripe banana and stirred that in, too.

I baked it, although I wavered on that, but I needed the cake as a carrier for my-

Frosting of butter, sugar, vanilla, pinch of salt, then slowly added in small chunks cooled flour and milk pudding by mixer.

Beginning January 1st, I'm cutting way back on sugar, but until then...

[quote]I’m not used to eating so much rich food since lockdown started in March. Tomorrow I will freeze or toss leftovers and go back to my boring but dependable meal prep.

[quote]I feel sluggish and heavy.

Same. I’m throwing out all the leftovers today because I can’t quit eating and I don’t know how to control myself. I’m one of the few people who has actually lost weight this year so I want to keep it off. And I definitely feel sluggish and heavy after eating nonstop the past two days.

I want the great grandchildren of tomorrow to know I ate the last of the bananas and they were tasty - and not the same as vanilla.

[quote] small chunks cooled flour and milk pudding

Huh??

Christmas is over, but I'm still eating too much.

So am I, r462. I’ve decided I’m going to be a fat whore this week, and ban carbs from next Monday.

My cat brought in a mouse that was still alive. I rescued the poor critter - it was still alive. I placed it in a box with some water, but it was clearly suffering some type of shock, perhaps brought on by internal bleeding. I watched him for a few hours but he wasn't moving. I thought about bringing him to a vet but thought he was too far gone. So I euthanized him/her by placing him under the front wheel of my Wrangler and drove over him.

Poor fellow.

BTW my cat wears a bell and colorful bird-protecting fabric collar, and I normally have her on a halter/lead during outdoor visits.

[quote]So I euthanized him/her by placing him under the front wheel of my Wrangler and drove over him.

I guess that must have done the trick. Is this one of the methods used in countries where euthanasia is legal?

I've finally accepted that sourdough bread gives me stomach pain.

All this talk of putting irritating little pests to death is positively whelming.

Same here, r463......except for the celebratory lobster tails and baked potato on Inauguration Day. And wine.

r461-

5 tablespoons flour, 1 cup whole milk combined and whisked over medium flame until thick like a pudding.

Whisk in 1 teaspoon vanilla extract and pinch of salt. Poured into a bowl to completely cool.

Put saran wrap right onto the pudding to prevent a skin from forming, set aside until completely cooled.

Using a mixer, cream together until fluffy one cup ( 2 sticks) unsalted butter and one cup granulated sugar.

Make sure to use unsalted butter. One time, I had only salted butter and made the frosting anyway. I regretted it. It tasted too harsh. Unsalted butter gives the frosting a subtle, mellow, smooth flavor.

By mixer, add the pudding into the creamed butter and sugar by medium- small chunks. Make sure the chunks are completely mixed into the frosting before adding another small chunk.

once the pudding is all in, mix the frosting until light and fluffy.

To. Die. For.

I frosted a Duncan Hines Dark Chocolate Fudge box cake with that frosting and it tasted like the richest, most debaucherous, most sinful Hostess Suzy Q evah.

R469 YUM!

All caps plus and exclamation point seem a bit whelming for this thread, R470.

Birds do not associate the sound of a tiny bell with danger. Besides that, cats are stealthy & soon figure out how to move without having a bell make a disturbing sound. Cats will always kill birds.

R453, I love to count the wildlife I've seen in the "wild" i.e. parks and on walks. I've seen a young bobcat, deer, elk, wood ducks, mallard ducks, Canadian geese, robins, eagles, otter, beaver, nutria, mole (dead), squirrels, raven, bluebird, hummingbirds, turtles. Hard to find fish in Oregon. The water must be too polluted.

Thanks for asking. You've seen a lot.

This year in a nutshell

In 1960, MGM toyed with the idea of doing an all-male remake of The Women which would have been entitled, Gentlemen's Club. Like the female version, this would have involved an all masculine cast and the plot would have involved a man (Jeffrey Hunter) who recently discovers among his friends that his wife is having an affair with another man (Earl Holliman) and after going to Reno to file for divorce and begin a new life, he later finds himself doing what he can to rectify matters later on when he discovers that the other man is only interested in money and position and he decides to win his true love back again. Although nothing ever came of this, it would have consisted of the following ensemble: Jeffrey Hunter (Martin Heal), Earl Holliman (Christopher Allen), Tab Hunter (Simon Fowler), Lew Ayres (Count Vancott), Robert Wagner (Mitchell Aarons), James Garner (Peter Day), Jerry Mathers (Little Martin), James Stewart (Mr. Heal), Ronald Reagan (Larry), Troy Donahue (Norman Blake), and Stuart Whitman (Oliver, the bartender who spills the beans about the illicit affair).... wikipedia

Although I have plenty of money and can afford whatever I want I have a new hobby shoplifting. I am old and trust me certain stores are staffed by 18 to 25-year-olds who look right through me and ignore me for the rest of my visit. I have an "old man " get up I wear Athletic shoes with velcro straps , some polyester tan cargo pants, a light blue short sleeve dress shirt and a Knights of Columbus baseball hat. For accessories, I wear a cheap digital watch and wrap around sunglasses. I top it off with a flip phone I keep with as a prop.

I target stores that are staffed by young people, if the staff is gay or " persons of color" even better, they will definitely ignore me. I never try this at a store run by Asians no matter what the age of the staff, they are very diligent.. I only target national chain retailers not small local businesses.

I have netted more than 5800.00 in proceeds in terms of merchandise in 2020. I donate much of it and give a lot away as gifts . It's my way of saying a big "FU" to the annoying millennials . I have walked out of stores with a large items still in a box , unquestioned because I was hold what appeared to be a receipt and no one actually looked at it to see it was an old one for a small prior purchase.

I hope you don't end up spending some of your golden years in the hoosegow, R476. That would be whelming,

I trimmed my beard today with my trusty Flowbee.

Took 5 minutes. No hair clean up, only had put my Flowbee away.

I know have seven white eyebrow hairs, three on the right and four on the left.

I guess I’m growing up ... .

[quote] It's my way of saying a big "FU" to the annoying millennials

Fortunately, the judge is likely to be a boomer.

I just looked up from my computer screen and looked up at my chandelier for no reason. Now I need a nap. Exhausting.

I am so whelmed. I hate 2020. I was down to 2 guinea fowl. One got accidentally kicked by a deer a few days ago & disappeared after that. The other bird has been looking for him. Today the bird was calling very loudly, I thought her must be very lonely. I laid down to take a nap & I heard screaming. I went outside and a hawk came out of my arborvitae, walking on the ground. I saw a flash and the guinea fowl was running. There were feathers everywhere. He ran down an alley between houses & I lost sight of him. The hawk was in hot pursuit. It’s a BIG hawk, not the usual sharpie or Cooper’s hawk. The guinea never came back. I realize that’s what he was calling about today - he was being stalked by the Hawk and was trying to scare it away. Guinea fowl always travel together because it’s safe. If a hawk tried to attack the other bird will attack the hawk. I didnt realize the last guinea was in such incredible danger.

Now I have no guinea fowl. I had them for 8 years. I’m heartbroken.

Oh.

My sympathy to you, r482

R481 I did the same when I read your post and now I see the chandelier needs a good dusting. I'd thank you but it would be insincere.

You people looking up at your chandeliers are hurting your necks.

I’m glad New Year’s Eve is over. I’ve always hated it. It has so many things I don’t like: staying up late, fireworks, social pressure to have an amazing time, and then the ensuing hangover. One of the compensations of being older is I don’t have to bother with it. That said, happy new year to all.

Today I woke up for the first time in 8 years & didn’t see my birds meandering around my backyard, following the sun around the periphery. Or hiding under my hedge in the rain. I’d call them & they’d run, flapping their wings and looking ridiculous, making me laugh. They make sounds all the time, a sort of soft whistling. In late afternoon I’d hear it & realize they’re in the front yard at the feeder. Dinner time.

Looking out my window and seeing them was always such a calming thing, it meant everything was in its place. The world was going along as it should be.

R487 You woke up for the first time in 8 years? That is OVERwhelming.

What r486 said.

Hell, I didn't even like NYE when I was drinking.

To me, every Holiday has more than a tinge of melancholy to it. I still love some of them, maybe even because of the melancholy. Even Halloween has a certain wistfulness to it because of a personal loss related to the death of dear, close relative that loved Halloween.

But I just flat-out dislike NYE.

I better never catch u eating his ass!

So sad for you, R482. That sucks. I hope 2021 is better and brings you joy in Nature. There is nothing so reliable as getting happiness from animals.

R491 Let me be the Debbie Downer on this. You need to be a bit more specific. I agree that domesticated animals bring us (humans) great happiness but wild animals sadden me. They kill simply to kill, maybe to eat now perhaps to eat later.

I’m doing laundry, watching tv, posting on DL and playing a game all at the same time.

That’s rather whelming, R493.

I'm shamelessly still in Xmas mode. Poured a rum and egg nog at 10:00 am (not a drinker at all normally) but had such a brutal year (won't start, TLDR stuff) so I'm just indulging. I got a case of 10 bottles of premium organic egg nog from local health food store. If I can get Chicken Cacciatore casserole done today that will be my Big Accomplishment for today.

Who could blame you r495?! Cheers!

I’ve really needed to do laundry for weeks, but . . . nah.

I wanted to buy egg nog, but the stores had cleared it out by Boxing Day.

[quote]I’ve really needed to do laundry for weeks, but . . . nah.

Me neither, R147. I'm down to my last pair of underpants and will have to either do laundry or go commando. BTW, why do we say "pair of underpants"? The only 'pair' involved are the two leg holes?

Now that you mention it, R499, why do we say "a pair of scissors"? It's only one implement. No assembly required.

I guess pants originally came one leg at a time. Like very long socks.

R500 Good one! Maybe scissors were (was?) originally a pair of knives that had to be assembled?

R501 LOL! Thank you. Sounds like pantyhose but without the panty. Or cowboy chaps.

[quote]Sounds like pantyhose but without the panty.

Which I believe were called "hose" in the olden days.

I am trying intermittent fasting. As motivation, I am watching my 600 Lb Life. I the episode I am watching is " JT" who weighs 870 lbs and has a 100 lb lymphedema on his leg. He has a very handsome face. He is vomiting in a large trash bag now .

Even your description of the show is whelming, R504. I could never bring myself to watch it.

R503 . And I believe 'hose' is the short form of 'hosiery'. This just thread keeps getting better.

^^ sorry. This thread JUST keeps getting better.

I defrosted my freezer yesterday. This amounted to turning the temp to zero and leaving the door open. I thought about doing it for over a week but I actually did it yesterday.

My bifocals make me car sick.

[quote]Now that you mention it, [R499], why do we say "a pair of scissors"? It's only one implement. No assembly required.

The same with eyeglasses, R500. Why do we say "a pair of glasses"? I'd understand if we still wore monocles and then we'd have to wear "a pair of monocles".

I'm beginning to be whelmed by these posts about pairs.

I went to a friends house , in assisting with dinner I loaded his dishwasher, a mouse ran out .upon the door being opened

2021 has proved to be underwhelming so far. I guess I need to give it more time.

Now here's somthing you're not going to see on Nickelodeon.

From the anime series "Gegege no Kitaro," an Indonesian supernatural being named Penis with three penises who flies around spraying people with his dangerous urine @2:05.

Are we sure it’s urine?

The linen scraps I’m sewing together are different weights and it shouldn’t really matter because I’m going to add a backing.

And, as long as I’m adding a backing, I could add batting and then quilt a whip stitch around the scraps.

Done properly, it looks like I set a squirrel loose with a needle and contrasting-color thread (the stitches are uniform).

The goal is Repurposed Brooks Brothers SS2021. The result could easily descend into flea market territory.

R515 Please post a picture when you're finish this project...or surrender to it.

When avoiding much needed adult actions, I sew like a motherfucker R516.

I had a three way with 2 married guys , one was my ex probation officer from 20 years ago , he did not recognize me. he is still built , I remember going home after our appointments and wacking off he was so hot, but he was the epitome of asshole too. he's a bottom, went home with my DNA inside him. Funny how the universe works

My balls smell like garlic.

Is there a reason for that, R519?

Today is my 1st day back to work after a long stay-cation. It's not as bad as I thought it would be.

I treated myself to a TotalGym for Christmas and finally tried it yesterday. I think I finally found something I will use continuously. Ordered it from Walmart for $399 as opposed to the ones from the infomercial.

R521 would you recommend that model for a elder gay trying to get in shape for the summer ?

I am sampling edibles and watching Mahogany with DL fave Diane Ross . I wanted to replicate the famous candle wax scene but my husband walked in the room and forbad me

I watch EVERY episode of My 600 Pound Life for inspiration- to lose weight. Last Wednesday's episode featured the heaviest woman to EVER appear on the show she weighed about 974lbs at one point!

R524, that's the same reason I sometimes watch Hoarders: Buried Alive. Whenever I think my house is getting too cluttered, I watch it. It helped me clean out some drawers and donate some old clothes I will NEVER wear again. Not because I can't fit into them but because they are hopelessly out of style.

My 600 Lb Life keeps me out of the kitchen.

I do the exact same, R524. I have over 100 episodes on my DVR, just to put on in the background when I need a little motivation. My favorite scenes are the pigging out: I won't lie, those fast-food feasts look delicious, even as they're being disgustingly inhaled.

Today is too whelming.

I live in D.C. I am definitely whelmed.

I'm watching the 600 pound life episode with Samantha, the 800 pound gal. She's doing the dainty, pinky-extended eating, with her long yellow fingernails. And I'm fairly slim, how is her face thinner than mine?

Today was a 13-hour day at work. I missed the news of events in DC until listening to the news on the radio while driving home from work, but I'm happy with that.

I think I make an appointment to have my car serviced next week.

I had way too much alcohol last night after watching the news for more than 5 hours straight. I did get a good night's sleep, though. I will reduce my alcohol consumption the rest of this month. And possibly beyond

R351- Are you an alcoholic?

I might get an iced coffee from Dunkin Donuts today.

I just had a bowl of oatmeal with blueberries, walnuts and cinnamon. Delicious and should hold me until dinner.

R531 I did the same last night. I'm not sure if I fell asleep or passed out but it was a most upsetting day. Hopefully, today will be better.

I certainly wanted a drink after yesterday's events. And I rarely drink.

Yum Yum I just finished breakfast which was: Bob's Red Mill Seven Grain Cereal - gluten free, Chia Seeds, Hemp Seeds, Ground Flax seeds and last but not least, Sprouted , Raw ,Unsalted , Organic Walnuts.

I'm watching the coverage of yesterday's events in DC. I'm overwhelmed and look forward to being underwhelmed but that could take some time.

Thanks to those making such fine underwhelming posts. It may be helping. I’m not sure.

As for me, the litter box cries out for attention. Silently.

I had a sleepless night last night. Exhausted from all the political goings on. And I'm not even a U.S. Citizen nor living in the U.S. Ugh. Nursing last of the Xmas Rum and Egg Nog and early to bed for at least 12 hours of Zzzzz.

Ok. I’ve cleaned the litter box (replaced all the litter), vacuumed the stray litter and the stairs, AND watered all the plants. I’m exhausted.

I would definitely require a lie-down after all that activity, R541.

I think this winter there's precious little hope of being underwhelmed.

Have a cocktail r541. I bought myself a vintage cocktail set for Christmas and I keep finding new excuses to have drinks. You earned yourself at least three!

I’d rather smoke copious amounts of pot, silly. But I’ve been doing too much of that. Brain’s getting a bit foggy.

Ok, I’ll have yours, Cheers!

R541 I'm overwhelmed by your activity. Congratulations!

I just had breakfast for dinner: 3 strips of bacon and 2 scrambled eggs.

I really need to go get groceries but I just can't face it today.

I purchased a trash compactor

I just got my new Acer laptop delivered yesterday. No charger. No mouse. Now I have to waste tomorrow at Best Buy to either get new laptop or hopefully get new charger.

R551 I signed for the Geek Squad agreement ($100) and it's been great. I'm not a shill. I have two Acers and the hooked up both.

I need a hard dick🍆 in me.👹

Same here, r552. I never buy any computers without some Geek Squad contract. The issue was the Acer package came without critical attachments, namely a charger.

R532, no. I don't think I'm an alcoholic (yes, everyone says that). But I had 2 vodkas with olives (maybe 4 oz of vodka in total) and almost a whole bottle of wine with dinner while watching the news on Wednesday. That's not something I normally do.

Anyway, I've been successful in reducing my alcohol intake thus far. Right now, I'm enjoying a blood orange. I love them!

Kept tv on in my bedroom all night last night because I ran out if sleeping pills last week & only sleep for about 2 hours a night. So I may as well hear news when I wake up. Watched tv till 2:45, woke at 5 am.

Got a bottle of wine as a gift for Christmas opened it Wednesday night, ate like a pig. Thought it would be just one night of eating nerves, but still eating too much today & maybe will finish wine tonight. Wish I could still smoke.

Kept tv on in my bedroom all night last night because I ran out if sleeping pills last week & only sleep for about 2 hours a night. So I may as well hear news when I wake up. Watched tv till 2:45, woke at 5 am.

Got a bottle of wine as a gift for Christmas opened it Wednesday night, ate like a pig. Thought it would be just one night of eating nerves, but still eating too much today & maybe will finish wine tonight. Wish I could still smoke.

Right now I'm eating my breakfast which is : Organic Sprouted Gluten free Oatmeal with chia seeds, hemp seeds and ground flax seeds.

Me too. My breakfast is the part of a quart of Turkey Hill cookie dough ice cream that I didn’t eat last night watching MSNBC.

I don’t feel so good.

My breakfast is a vodka tonic and an apple.

I got a babka!

I like babka.

R562 I like YOU

I just showered and changed out of the clothes I had on since Friday morning. I feel better.

R564-Now go brush your teeth teeth.

I just had boiled eggs with toast. I’m still hungry. I might have greek yogurt and blackberries now.

I have onion breath.

My average waking blood sugar reading for the month is 106. Tracking the carbs is helping a lot. It still sucks, though.

I think some food went down the wrong way. I’m doomed.

Someone featured a london rowhouse toilet and the designer sang praises of Poo spray. I don’t want you to be overwhelmed, but it works when your bathroom has no window and your poop has no view. Avoid the lavender - like a gang of bridge club ladies took a dump in your apartment.

I just finished making my breakfast for Tuesday- which is: Strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, orange, mango,melon,pineapple,apple.

I have to take my garbage to the curb this morning.

R522, yes I would recommend the TotalGym from Walmart. It came with arm and leg attachments, access to the TotalGym website for workout videos, and a flipchart to show the exercises. It doesn't take up much space and folds up. I just have to keep Cosmo from using the slide pad as a scratching post.

Be aware that it weighs over 50 lbs. Depending on your age, you may need help getting it in the house. I felt a difference in a short amount of time working out on it. I provided a link to the one I bought. I hope it works. If not, just Google "TotalGym Walmart."

R573 Cosmo, this is the message now on the Walmart site:

[quote]Oops! This item is unavailable or on backorder.

Your endorsement did the trick! Now I want one more than ever...

Me too, r572, but it’s freezing out, so it’ll keep.

My pussy is in a pissy mood.

Really, R573? I just went to the Walmart website and it didn't say it was out of stock.

Try QVC or HSN. They may have it. Last resort is the TotalGym website itself. At the very least, you can set up payments with them.

R577 Thanks, Cosmo. I'll try them both. The Walmart message was what I received when I used your link!

Oh my god, we’re running out of space. Somebody do something!

R574, the original link was a gazillion characters and wouldn't post so I shortened up. I hope you are able to purchase one. It really is an amazing piece of equipment. I actually look forward to using it. It shipped quickly and actually arrived before the anticipated date. I ordered it around the Christmas holidays.

My neighbours have filled our shared recycling bins with non-recyclable garbage. I’m becoming increasingly whelmed by those stupid ignorant assholes.

R581, my sister has the same problem at her apartment complex. Parents send their kids to dump the garbage. They are too short/lazy to put it in the large dumpster so they put in the recycling bins. Then there's no room for the recyclables! It's very whelming.

My hope is that waste companies are segregating recyclables in a different part of the waste dump. My state can’t export recyclables because they are contaminated.

We almost have 600 responses. I'm becoming whelmed.

I'm listening to Simply Jessie from the March 1979 tv movie You Take My Breath Away for the 30th time.

I’m suddenly not tired at all.

I'm always tired. I've grown to enjoy it.

I just bought 2 new duvet covers. A white one and a light grey one. They were on sale. Now I want a new bed to put them on.

I bought my mother a weighted blanket for Christmas. She loves to hold it, but hasn't actually used it because she's afraid the cats will shed all over it. I told her to stick it in a duvet cover, problem solved.

Sticky roller with a butterknife to scrape the edge of the hirsute sticky paper

R590 I need a video on that...I can't visualize what you're describing. Or why.

R591, it’s for the hair-covered duvet. You need the butter knife because the tape never comes off neatly.

When the time comes

R590 / R592 I'm still not getting how the butter knife helps the situation.

I'm in the office for our once-a-onth, in-person team meeting. It was supposed to start at 10 am ET. It's 10:24 am and I'm on DL.

Wanna know why we're here? A Snow-man decorating contest for our region. Personally, I'm here for the lunch. I'm sure we'll eventually get around to talking about our clients. Well, pretty sure. I think so.

Calgon! Take me away!

I have an appointment next Tuesday for my Covid vaccine! It pays to be a fat whore in New Jersey.

I've noticed that I sometimes fart when I walk around the house now - the way my grandfather used to do

And I wonder if I'll ever be able to work in an office again

R596 Good for you! I called my local health department and was told it would be awhile before the vaccine would be available to "non-healthcare workers." I'm just a regular person so it may be awhile.

Good for you, R597! I make a 'rolling fart' as soon as I roll out of bed and walk to the bathroom in the morning. It's a great feeling!

As the OP of this "underwhelmed" thread, I feel it is my duty to close it out with the 600th post. Link to the new thread, of which I am not the OP, below.