I want to be underwhelmed—Year of Living Dangerously⚠️ edition

Where were we?

Me between Boxing Day and Hogmanay:

The TCM Remembers 2023 has me crying like a baby

OP- Is Ann Romano

Am not.

I need to make some salsa. I have all the ingredients. I just need to slice up everything.

The plain greek yogurt I just got at Kroger is frozen, so I have to wait to eat my tortilla chips with it.

I need a nyeve party playlist

I just poured the last of my beloved Coffee Mate flavored creamer down the drain. I'm doing a "no crap in my coffee January".

Old Lang Syne is schmaltzy and depressing like life

I watched Guardians of the Galaxy 3 with friends earlier. I was expecting a light-hearted superhero film, but it was so fucking depressing.

R9, switching to half 'n' half?

I’m the shadow puppets and the haunting Gamelan score.

[quote]I just poured the last of my beloved Coffee Mate flavored creamer down the drain. I'm doing a "no crap in my coffee January".

What fun!

I'm going to take a walk soon about 2.2 miles then when I return home I shall order some Chinese food for tomorrows New Years Day feast.

My Greek yogurt melted but the texture is ruined

A pipe collapsed at the house. Now we are going to McDonald’s to poop

I requested replacements for my lost debit card and driver’s license online. My team is almost not losing the game. I’m scared to get off the couch because it’s working just fine.

R17 I hope no major water damage or threat of mold. If so call insurance asap.

r8 ten songs i recommend for a hype party

the chemical brothers - hey boy hey girl

underworld - dark and long (dark train)

sunscreem - perfect motion boys own version

the cure - fascination street

meat beat manifesto - mindstream (mind the bend the mind, orbital version)

kylie minogue - got to be certain

schwefelgelb - im wasser

rustie - ultra thizz

three 6 mafia - tear da club up 96

roxy music - the thrill of it all

aww Sinead O Connor

dl ruined my night - try to engage in good faith and you just get called a fucking retard because you all hate the young so fucking much. it hurts my feelings. i need to find a new place to socialize. 4chan is nicer than this.

R22- I merely posted a vintage photo of a young good looking guy and some datalounge queens attacked me.

Whelm on the land! Whelm on the land!

Just discovered this version of "Summertime" by Billy Stewart. It is my favorite version, now.

I placed a subscription order for laundry detergent with Amazon.

It’s going to be quite a year.

Happy new Years bitches I hate you all

I resolved to not pick up my phone this morning and have a no-phone week. Oops.

I just went out to shovel the snow. It's still snowing. Suffering from a sore throat so I made myself a solbærtoddy, a blackcurrent toddy.

Waterloo sparkling water 12-packs were Buy 2, Get 1 Free. I got grape, blackberry lemonade and cherry limeade.

[quote] switching to half 'n' half?

No r12, I shall have my coffee black for the month of January.

I’m tired of getting emails that say “Time is running out.”

The lake that I live on is 100% open water with Mergansers floating around. I also saw a chipmunk in my yard. These are all firsts for Jan 1 in Northern New England. Climate change is definitely a thing.

I live near Boston, R33 and in November two winters back I bought a new snowblower. I have yet to use it. I've hardly needed a shovel. Less than 10 years ago (2015 - 2016) there was so much snow it was still melting in June, so winter can still blast us, but the extreme snowy and cold winters have missed us lately

Michelle Pfeiffer is so precious

I have a friend who told me recently that due to her living circumstances ( she lives with and cares for her overbearing mother- she is in her early 40s, her mother in her early 70s. Her mother is not ill just retired and gambles a lot) this is a girl I went to high-school and collge with who was/ is brilliant , top of the class, but currently in between jobs due to being laid off. She feels obliged to stay home and take care of her mother financially . She is a lesbian and though her mother is aware of it she doesn't accept. Poor girl I feel for her. I invited her NYEve party last night and she declined. When I called to ask her why earlier today she said her mother gets upset when she goes out to hang with friends. This girl is in her 40s! . I call her girl because I knew her since we were kids. The point is I don't know what to make of what she told me regarding the afterlife.

Whole Foods 365 brand changed the size & shape of their fusilli pasta. I liked the old shape better (smaller spirals, more spirals per ounce).

Oh I forgot to add, she told me she has given up on findj g love or happiness and look forward to having it in " the next life"

I know how you feel, R22.

I’ve been thinking about my own protection.

It scares me to feel this way.

The hospital called, offering me a time slot for a CT scan this Sunday at 10 am instead of late February. She promised I'd be in and out in 20 or 30 minutes: "Sundays are slow."

I said, "Sure." It's not urgent: I used to smoke, haven't for over 20 years, my PCP wants a baseline lung scan, and I'd just as soon get it done. Now I see the weekend forecast: the first significant snow of the season is on tap for Sunday. I wonder if someone else saw the weather report before me and cancelled their Sunday at 10 am appointment.

I'm not whelmed enough either way to do anything about it, though.

Can someone see if you've been snooping on their Instagram page?

Whenever I see a post marked as 🐻👑 I always think it’s by or about the 😠🧸 named Travis and I quickly scroll by.

I love love love bad ass guitar swinging rocker chicks

R41, I hope everything shows up negative on your CT scan.

I almost hit a deer and saw the same Bentley twice on my drive home this evening.

R40, who needs a heart when a heart can be broken?

I just got a "like" on a post from three years ago. Cool. 🙂

^^^ Ummm ... I meant WW, not like. That's something else. 😑

I'm listening to ALL versions of the Eight Is Enough theme song on YouTube as I type here on the datalounge.

I'm watching the world cup in cross country skiing.

Ordered more than a year's worth of vitamin C in liposomal form, which apparently results in an up to 70% increased concentration in the bloodstream and stays in the system twice as long as the regular powdered form.

I'll report back if it's worth the hype, but I must warn you right now that I might look twenty years younger this time next year, on account of all the collagen being boosted on my face.

Strut pout put it out!

[quote]I must warn you right now that I might look twenty years younger

So, a typical Datalounger.

Take a “before” photo.

Day Three of no flavored creamer in my morning coffee and no dessert after dinner.

Boring.

I promised myself I'd stick to this for the entire month of January, which I will, but not a moment longer.

Oh, do keep us updated, r56.

What’s the sense in only doing it for January? Switch to half n half. It’s better, anyway.

When I see this thread title, I keep thinking we’re going to talk about the movie even though I’m OP.

It's kind of like a "dry" January, r58, only no starting and ending the day with sugar. It's been non-stop sugar since Thanksgiving.

I haven't switched to half and half since I'm also trying to determine if milk/ice cream is the cause of my gurgling stomach.

I love my Sugar Walls!

I’m watching a clip of Linda Hunt getting her Oscar from Dyan Cannon.

[quote]I promised myself I'd stick to this for the entire month of January, which I will, but not a moment longer.

New Year's resolutions generally strike me as pointless, but this one takes the cake.

How is it any different than a "dry January", r63?

I’m eating a tangerine popsicle.

Concord grape Crystal Light.

[quote]it hurts my feelings.

You can't let Datalounge hurt your feelings, R22. We're known for being bitter bitches. Consider the source and shake it off.

I have a hankering for shrimp and grits. Cheesy grits.

I hold you in high esteem, R26. I attempted to pull off that same feat once and Amazon promptly notified me that they wouldn’t deliver (or couldn’t; I forget which) that detergent to the place I lived.

I asked a friend if I could use his address to receive it and he said yes, but now he’s dead. I don’t know why any of this happened.

Happy New Year!

I found my muse for my romance novel.

She is divine!

I heard a song on the car radio today that I haven't heard in decades. So Into You by Atlanta Rhythm Section and it sounds just as great now as it did back then. A highlight of my day.

Wow, R71, what a blast from the past!

R70 is it me?

A banana in my fruit bowl for a week hasn't ripened at all. That's odd.

Ten bucks says you accidentally bought a plantain.

I started sucking the DJ’s dick and the party ended in my ass

That’s so stupid but I laughed at r76.

My app says we're getting 4-8 inches Saturday night. That's more than I want.

Update: Local guy now says 6-12 inches.

I put a fresh container of baking soda in the fridge.

R79 Local guy here says 1 to 3 inches of rain and snow, the dreaded "wintry mix" along the coast.

Which is better than the "Up to 18 inches" they were leading with earlier this week.

I can’t see how baking soda “absorbs odors.”

[quote]But many of the smells encountered in the fridge are due to volatile fatty acids. For example, when butter goes rancid, it releases butyric acid, a particularly foul smell. As everyone knows, acids can be neutralized by bases. Baking soda, or sodium bicarbonate, is a base. It reacts with butyric acid to form sodium butyrate which has no smell because it is not volatile.

R81, I lived on the east coast in 2010 when we actually GOT 18 inches of snow (they were predicting 36 inches which is insane). It totally stopped everything. 18 inches becomes like 4 foot snow drifts. We left our car parked on the street and after about 2 weeks decided we needed to at least start the car so the battery didn’t die. We couldn’t remember exactly where we parked so we dug out three cars before we found ours.

And the snow got packed so hard on the roads even though they were supposed to be closed, and it was so cold there was no chance of it melting or of them plowing it. They came in with dump trucks and bulldozers and were jackhammering the packed ice and putting it in trucks and driving it to and dumping it in Maryland.

That was the most miserable 3 weeks ever.

Good luck.

We’re supposed to get 3-6, but then it will be above freezing, so while my neighbors are digging out their driveways, my cat and I will be inside, laughing and laughing.

Boston. February 1978. Twenty-seven inches of snow.

I was in kindergarten in feb 78 r86. My teacher beat me with a rolled up magazine for telling her she should pack her face with snow since she was ugly as fuck

I'm pretty sure we got two feet in 2013 in Nemo. That was when I used to pay my neighbor to dig me out.

Was he a strapping youth?

If his name was Joel, we might be able to track him down for you.

He was a strapping youth! And very friendly. Then he got married.

I'm in the 6 to12 inch snow range in New England. There's supposed to be a rain storm next week, in the 50's. Flooding anyone?

We are discussing an awful lot of inches for an underwhelming thread.

"I feel flushed"

It's the Viagra, dear...

The older I get the WASPIER I become

I used to think that Parker Posey and Elizabeth Banks were the same person

Charmin Gentle has changed its pattern. It's now a much smoother texture and it's not nearly as effective as it once was. I'm tempted to send Procter & Gamble a strongly worded email.

I’m so cold

Are you sure you’re not dealing with counterfeit Charmin Gentle?

R96, I could see confusing Elizabeth Banks with Julie Bowen, but Parker Posey? Parker usually has dark brown hair and looks more like Ally Sheedy.

What is it about them you find similar? Not trying to be a bitch, just curious.

Fuck. I’m now getting 4-8 up from 3-6.

I’m going to need a strapping youth.

I’m going to have Thai food for dinner.

PP and EB have almost identical snark

I’m bitchy because I haven’t taken down my Xmas decorations

[quote]I’m going to need a strapping youth.

Good luck finding one on DL.

Another Charmin (Procter & Gamble) offense: reducing the width of each sheet of Charmin Ultra by 1/4 of an inch. This happened a few years ago, already.

*Costco* is the only seller that still sells the original width.

I wish I was Mariah Carey, and had made millions of dollars over the last six weeks off the back of something I did in 1994.

R107, but then you'd have to be Mariah Carey, R107.

I'm sure Mariah Carey is sooooo concerned what a bunch of gay men think of her. Meanwhile, she's laughing all the way to the bank carrying suitcases of cash.

I am fairly certain she has plenty of underlings to carry those suitcases for her.

I bought some mega stuffed Oreos last night and I don't think I like them. The cream filling just tastes weird or maybe the ratios are cuz I'm not used to that much but it's got like a weird texture too. I do however love the peanut butter Oreo still then maybe I'll go see if I can get some of those today.

There were no Campari tomatoes at the three grocery stores I went to this morning. I will not eat grape tomatoes.

The blackberries I bought at TJ taste like chemicals.

Yes, I washed them.

AccuWeather says it’s snowing hard, but it is not snowing at all.

I don't know.

I just remembered I have a dental appointment Monday morning, when I will undoubtedly be snowed in.

You won’t be snowed in Monday morning.

AccuWeather still says I’m experiencing heavy snow and have been for at least an hour. No snow at all.

Maybe they are "accu" about something other than weather.

Now it IS snowing lightly. 2-1/2 hours later.

I remember a phrase from Carrie Fisher in “Postcards from the Edge” - Actively Not Doing Drugs. I understand that so well.

My cold seems to have gone away. Mostly.

After returning from a trip to my home state for Christmas, I started feeling sick and thought that I might have caught Covid from the crowded airports and crowded flights. All my home Covid tests were months past their expiration dates, so I didn't trust the results, but I got a definite positive from one. I've been vaxxed and booster and had Covid once before. I started feeling better after a few days, but I still don't know whether I had Covid.

[quote]I bought some mega stuffed Oreos last night and I don't think I like them. The cream filling just tastes weird or maybe the ratios are cuz I'm not used to that much but it's got like a weird texture too.

I enjoy Cheez-Its occasionally, so I tried the "Extra Cheesy" version. They tasted like vomit.

For years I've answered threads here on DL about cleaning ladies with "I do my own cleaning. I like things done my way". Now I'm suddenly weary and seriously considering getting a cleaning lady. Never thought this would happen.

I’m waiting for the next snow to be projected as 8 inches so I can giggle like a school girl.

I bought a tin of tomato paste and forgot to put it in my bag. I came home and it wasn't there.

(How's that for underwhelming??)

I buy the tubes of tomato paste, R127.

After I'm done with course of antibiotics, I will start with my hair, skin, and nails supplement. I used to have nice hands and nails. My nails have become ridged. I hope this helps.

I ordered Chinese food even though it’s snowing. Am I evil?

Yesterday, the snow amount prediction in my area was 6 to 12 inches. It's now been changed to 8 to 14. The winter storm warning is in effect from 7:00 PM tonight until 7:00 PM tomorrow night. Goodbye, bare ground.

[quote]I used to have nice hands and nails. My nails have become ridged. I hope this helps.

Mother said you could always tell a lady by her hands.

My dog snorted in disgust at me because I was lying on the coach and she wanted to do that.

My cat is being very greedy for lap time.

r128 I probably would have forgotten to put that in my bag as well. Alas.

Well, how many inches did you bitches get? It looks like we got around eight but it's not finished snowing yet.

About six so far but it's going to keep snowing until this evening.

I wish I was dipped in gold

I’m still taking the inches!

Slush. No inches.

My inches look very slushy, which means they are going to be heavy. Maybe I’ll just wait for them to melt.

I gave my dog a tiny bit of my loaded potato and now he’s grooming

Catchy Comedy (formerly Decades) is showing a weekend marathon of "Love, American Style." Now there's a show that has aged like milk. Rather like "Laugh-In" in that regard. Lots of fun guest stars, though. The same people who would be populatitng "The Love Boat" a few years down the road. I watched one with Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello as newlyweds who can't consummate their marriage because they're stuck inside a tuba on their wedding night.

Love, American Style always sucked.

Yeah, Love American Style was always stupid.

My dog is restless since it's snowing and she doesn't like to get her head wet so she's inside.

R146 my dachshund hates snow because of his short legs. He just sinks in it. I have to shovel or sweep a place for him to pee and poop.

Many of the "Love, American Style" sketches are just bizarre. One featured the Lennon Sisters(!) One of them is getting married, and George Furth, who wrote the book for "Company" and couldn't have been a bigger queen if he had tried, disrupts the wedding because he's madly in love with the bride. Frankie and Annette and the tuba was a more plausible scenario.

I'm surprised my plow guy is here already doing my driveway. It's still snowing heavy so he'll probably have to return later.

Is 'plow guy' a euphemism for fuck buddy, R149?

[quote]Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello as newlyweds who can't consummate their marriage because they're stuck inside a tuba on their wedding night.

Never stopped me.

R150 so sad and non-sexed

Cold Cunt

Does anyone know Spanish?

Can you tell me the name of this song?

I am fucking an old guy. I really like a geriatric lay. Who knew?

And that means a young guy will fuck you when you are older. My guy would remove dentures to suck me offf and it was a bad bj. But it was worth the story.

My old lay is very pleasant and I am enjoying it.

I have to shovel nearly a foot of snow to get out of my house tomorrow. The good news is that it's light and powdery. The bad news is that I have to shovel.

I made a chicken stew with cornish hens, frozen vegetables, and better than bouilllon.

It is good, but I have to eat it for two days, because it takes up too much space in my tiny fridge.

I hate processing chicken.

I'm in a pissy mood.

Welcome to DL, R160.

You've found a home!

And a pot to piss in!

Just don’t be a mincing prisspot.

Datalounge may be a home for r160, but not necessarily this thread. Try not to whelm.

I just saw a white tailed squirrel

Pissy is often underwhelming.

Some bolts have shoulders. I never knew that until today.

I cleaned the filter on my dishwasher. Ew.

The news keeps talking about another “winter storm” in NNJ tomorrow, but it’s all rain. A storm happening in the winter is not a “winter storm.” A “winter storm” has at least ice.

I have a cold.

Had a Chef Ramsay frozen meal for lunch. Shepherd's Pie. Do not recommend. The audacity of the guy to put out such rubbish.

I got two other frozen meals, a pulled pork with mac and cheese by Andrew Zimmern and a Chicken Alfredo by some chef I never heard of named Kardea Brown. I'll report back with my findings later in the week.

I parboiled potatoes for later.

I'm making tomato sauce today.

What’s a bolt? Like lightning? ⚡️

It's raining out again, so I'm making beef stew in the slow cooker.

R124, try the Extra Toasty Cheez-Itz. They are quite yummy!

We had a beautiful snowy day on Saturday. Now it's raining and ugly outside.

For some unknown reason, HBO has chosen to show all 6 seasons of The Sopranos this week. I'm currently watching Season 5. I'd forgotten how much I missed this show. Also had no idea that Lawrence Taylor and David Lee Roth had cameos at poker games and Frankie Valli was even in a scene.

Between hearing the Succession theme song at the GGs and now the theme song of The Sopranos, I'm enjoying this little trip down Memory Lane.

James Gandolfini was perfectly cast as Tony Soprano. He scared the shit out of me.

When I shop at The Fresh Market I am extra nice to the employees there. It is consistently voted the worst place to work. I would like to boycott it altogether but there are a few items there I do like. I don't shop there often, maybe once a month if even that.

The heavy rain is approaching the northeast and it will fall on a lot of snow. The puddles will be the size of size of swimming pools!

It’s snowing hamster sized flakes! My dachshund isn’t happy about it, he hates going out to take a 10 second pee in this weather.

The little cat always meows to announce he is having a drink of water.

I only like the Sopranos beginning with Season 3. In Seasons 1 and 2, Tony looks like George Costanza.

I tried watching Sopranos but only made it 4 episodes.

Which season, R184? Like I said, Seasons 1 and 2 aren't very good. Season 3 is where to start.

Season 4, some people don't like. This is the season where Carmela fell in love with Furio. I found this season to be hilarious because of that. She was always primping in the oven door when Furio knocked on the door to pick up Tony. Offering Furio coffee and pastries.

I started with S1E1. But your description of the oven primping sounds hilarious. I will probably give it another shot.

The rain is making big chunks of snow fall off things and it's scaring the cat. And me too, to be fair.

I just found out that a detailed review that I posted on Amazon had 31 "helpful" votes. I posted a photo, too. Amazon should tell you or give you a little something when you get that many "helpful" votes.

[quote]R124, try the Extra Toasty Cheez-Itz. They are quite yummy!

Cosmo, I bought a package of original Cheez-Its the other day to help erase the memory of the Extra Cheesy variety. It seems to be working.

[quote]The heavy rain is approaching the northeast and it will fall on a lot of snow. The puddles will be the size of size of swimming pools!

It rained heavily all day in the D.C. area on Tuesday. It was the perfect day for napping.

I slept! Insomnia for the last two days…

r188, there's something called Amazon Vine. Not 100% sure of the details, but the gist of it is, based on the number of reviews you give, Amazon will "invite" you to join Vine. Apparently, once you're a Vine member you get a lot of free shit from Amazon, but you have to review those items.

I'm a bit sketchy on the details, but a friend of mine was invited to Amazon Vine and he and his wife get A LOT of free shit! Research it, if it's something that is of interest to you.

Just found out that today is the 25 year anniversary of the premiere of The Sopranos so that's why HBO has beens showing it. I'm afraid to watch the final episode as I may experience PTSD from the memories of watching it in real time. I remember yelling WHAT THE FUCK??!! at my TV when the screen went black. My cable company is shit and I was sure it was them.

R189, glad you are wiping out the dreadful taste of the extra cheese Cheez-Itz.

Just watch Seasons 3, 4, and 5 (Sopranos). In addition to not liking Seasons 1 and 2, I don't gravitate that much to Season 6. I love the Lake House episode where Tony and Bobby brawl, though. There's a "compulsive gambling" episode that's really stupid.

Is it ever sunny in Japan? I watch a lot of youtube videos about life in Japan and it always looks gloomy and overcast.

I ate a cheeseburger with 2 bread n butter pickles and sweet baby rays bbq sauce

That sounds delish, R196.

The rain and wind kept me up all night - it sounded like bullets on the skylight and a hurricane pounding against the walls. I didn’t have breakfast because I sat in the dentist’s chair from 9:30 to 3:15 while he took a 20 minute break for lunch, and while my provisional bridges are now better supported, my back and especially my neck are killing me. Driving home, exhausted if not all that sore from what he did, the traffic was awful. I’m guessing everyone who stayed home yesterday because of the weather came out to drive today.

When I got home at 4, I opened a bottle of water and poured myself a glass to take two pills I usually take around 2 pm. About five minutes later I vomitted them up. That never happens. I was grateful to be close to the sink in the kitchen when it happened because having to clean up puke anywhere else would have been the cherry on the cake of my day. All the same, I’m not overwhelmed. I’m going to bed at 7:52 pm just so nothing else, good or bad, can happen to me tonight.

The plumber (grandson of the first plumber we had when we bought the house) is coming at 8 am to replace a faucet. Tomorrow’s another day. Maybe he’ll be cute. I trust Thursday will be less stressful and perfectly underwhelming. I’ll do plant care, which usually is.

All seasons of The Sopranos are worth watching.

I'm not gay no more. I like MENS!!

Every now and then I think of my grandpa who died in 1996. I hope he is happy somewhere. I love you Papa!

I think my maternal grandpa died in 1996, also.

I have been highly unproductive all week both professionally and personally.

Might be a bit whelming but there’s possibly a foot of snow in Chicago tomorrow. Thankfully, I’ll likely call in sick.

The plumber's grandson came to replace the faucet (but at 10:30, not 8 am) and was not only not hot, he was too fat to fit under the sink so his skinny 20-year-old helper did all the work. He also said his grandfather is who spoke to me when I'd called to set up the appointment and he got my name, address, and the time of the appointment wrong. If I hadn't called to see where they were, they'd have never showed up. In his defense, he must be 90 or so - he was in his 60's 25 years ago. The grandson said they want him to retire but he won't. But we have a kitchen sink faucet that doesn't drip now. And I got a great night's sleep last night to offset the night before.

But jeez, he was the not hottest service/repair person we've ever had here. In that sense I was very underwhelmed.

90's alternative music was really something

Was the helper hot?

What's the point of it all?

If a skinny Okie with a wispy beard dressed grunge is your idea of hot, well, yes, I guess, R207.

If you're me, he was not. He was at least quiet. Fattie did all the taking while the kid did all the work.

R206 update your listening preferences please

I think Amy Robach and TJ holmes are the only straight celeb couple I've ever liked

What is so likeable about those 2?

I’m making a recipe for disaster; I’m doing two loads of wash that will require ironing afterwards and I’m also polishing twelve pair of shoes.

I’m going to stain something.

R212, they show that love knows no race, colour or religion

You have 12 pairs of shoes. R213? Sounds a little whelming.

I gave away my iron 15 years ago. I have a steamer but have never used it.

No car, R213; they and my bus pass are my transportation budget.

The big cat is lying on my chest and I am breathing in the fluff. I think I'm going to get mobile groomers to shave him in the Spring.

I like Mike and Egypt on Married to Real Estate on HGTV. They seem like they would be fun to hang out with.

[quote] [R212], they show that love knows no race, colour or religion

Do they have different religions? Good-looking black man with good-looking white woman doesn't sound particularly boundary-busting, IMO. I think you're reading a lot into this relationship. Just seemed like two super-horny people who left their "boring" spouses for each other.

My gums are irritated 😣

I masturbated this morning.

Last night while having insomnia I started listing geographic locations used as proper names: India, Jordan, Israel, Paris. Now I can add Egypt to the list tonight! Thanks r219!

Listened to a podcast episode about Prester John on my nightly jog today and I'm still chuckling about it an hour later. Medieval folk were such dummies. Not quite Trump-level dumb, but close enough.

I like dark chocolate covered Peppermint Joe Joe cookies from Trader Joe’s at Christmas. But I was too late this year. All the Trader Joe’s stuff I normally buy at Christmas was gone. (I live 90 minutes from the nearest TJs). There’s an Aldi near me and they had Benton’s Fudge-Covered Peppermint Cremes. Turns out they are an exact dupe of the Dark Chocolate peppermint Joe Joe’s.

But you know how Aldi is. Once they sell out of something, that’s it. You might see it a year later. You might never see it again. Every year I look for the amazing telescoping wand I bought a few years ago that is the only long lasting garden hose wand I’ve ever bought. Alas….it was never to be seen again

Aldi's Fudge Covered Peppermint Cremes are delicious and really are the same as TJ's. I always stock up on Aldi's version around the holidays.

This couple says the Aldi version is better because of the chocolate.

I just got off the phone with a customer service person and she could barely speak English. Why do companies hire people with thick foreign accents to speak ON THE PHONE? It's not helpful. I realize people need jobs but the hiring staff should be fired. There are other jobs.

I have a headache now!

[quote]I just got off the phone with a customer service person and she could barely speak English. Why do companies hire people with thick foreign accents to speak ON THE PHONE?

Because the customer service representatives don't live in or work from the United States.

Not only did Whole Foods (365 brand) change the shape of the organic fusilli, they changed the recipe. The old fusilli had a nice, chewy (in a good way) texture. I will have to find a new brand of fusilli pasta.

I fear a family member will become the next viral airport meltdown.

R229 Why not? Americans need jobs, too.

AITA?

Aldi also had those Maple Cookies sold by Trader Joe’s

Now if on,y Aldi would sell the Trdaer Joe’s pastry bites

I have completed my ten-day course of antibiotics. I am feeling better. I have started my supplement for hair, skin, and nails.

Sounds like a lot of work.

On Friday I finished an entire 10.05 ounce bag of Peanut M&M's

The worst part is- I enjoyed them, thoroughly.

I used to pack them on my hiking excursions in the White Mountains. Sitting on the peaks, they brought me back to life. Particularly on the knee crushing Watson Path up Mt Madison. Path, yeah, right.

I once rode the Cog Railway to the top of Mount Washington, R239. I would have enjoyed having some peanut M&M's during the trip up. And back.

I have found that I can add an egg to my rice cooker. However, If I put it in at the start, it comes out like a trackball.

It is cold; I shall experiment.

I just found out sharks can’t talk.

So, If one WANTED to warn you to get out of the way or WANTED to know if you were a baby seal floating on the surface, it’s not like it would be able to say anything. Perhaps some equity could be given, here.

[quote] I have found that I can add an egg to my rice cooker. However, If I put it in at the start, it comes out like a trackball.

What are you wanting, as far as the egg done-ness? I'm assuming set white, runny yolk.

Are you cracking the shell or putting in an intact egg?

If you're cracking the shell, I'd put it in way towards the end.

La Vie En Piss

I don’t care for the texture of hard boiled eggs.

[quote] I used to pack them on my hiking excursions in the White Mountains

Back in 1970s NH was very liberal and all the young people were long haired hippie, strictly organic types (there was even a commune with a fat Indian kid being worshipped). My friend was at art college in Franconia. One day we went into “town” and everyone was abuzz. “The railway on the mountain is closed because winds are 100 mph!”

Everyone seemed so hopped up by the news I got the impression it was a fairly important economic factor in the town. It was March or April —> mud season. Not much going on in mud season. I don’t know where I got the idea but I thought there was a lumber mill on the mountain and a lot of men worked there, cutting down trees, splitting logs, then sending the logs down the mountain on a railway. I thought, “Those poor guys. If they don’t work, they don’t get paid.”

Wasn’t til years later I found out it’s a tourist attraction.

Now all those hippies are preppers and Trumpers. They were so rigid in their beliefs about how people should be living their lives back them that it’s no surprise they turned into rightwingers. They probably have militias that worship Trump now instead of communes worshipping an obese teen guru )

All the young people? No Republicans?

I bought some “medium roast” coffee from Costco. Black as coal and too oily for my espresso grinder. Should have noticed it was made by “Starbucks”, purveyor of burnt coffee.

R248, I think you just have to buy light roast. When I was a coffee drinker, I found that medium roast, generally, was still too much roasting.

From Starbucks, yes. I get most of my coffee from a small importer/roaster and they roast each bean to what they consider its ideal level to show off what’s unique about the coffee. In every case, Starbucks would call their roasts “blonde.” However, they are very expensive, so I’m looking for an alternative.

YouTube has created oldies playlists for me. I'm surprised at how many "love songs" are really songs about not wanting to be alone.

I prefer dark roast.

And I like hard boiled eggs.

My coffee mill broke last and while awaiting its replacement, I bought some (shudder) ground coffee at the supermarket: Peet's Santo Domingo blend.

Which they say is a medium roast and I say it's dark. It's good, but it's dark.

Old episodes of What's My Line remind me of how sad it was that Dorothy Kilgallen's husband threw her 15-year-old son out of the house after she died because he wasn't his biological son.

That’s a depressing story.

Ate some cabbage yesterday against my better judgement and spent the whole jog today passing the most ignoble of gasses. Dear Lord, what an ordeal, although I think the worst is now behind me, so to speak.

You made that up, R257. Your gassy humor is whelming and not welcome here.

He made up a story about eating cabbage and farting? Where’s his Pulitzer?

I love cabbage and thankfully it doesn’t make me farty. Spaghetti squash on the other hand makes me fart so much and so forcefully. I try to avoid it which is a shame.

This is the third mention of squash in the last two days.

I’m buying squash. Fuch zuchini!

Um, R261, I think the zucchini is supposed to fuch you…

[quote]Fuch zuchini!

Pics please.

My phone just opened a random tab to let me know Kirstie Alley died. Thanks phone.

Guys, whelm alert: Kirstie Alley died.

My local Target stopped selling Progresso Chickarina soup. They were the only store that sold it.

A bit pricy but Rao's Italian Wedding soup is good and may satisfy your Chickarina needs, r265.

I'm in New England and just got a snow squall alert until 3:15 PM. Don't travel, snow will be heavy with zero visibility and roads to become extremely slippery. First one of it's kind that I've received.

I had a snow squall about an hour ago. Northern NJ. Not sure how long it lasted.

Chick chick chickarina soup.

Chick chick chickarina soup

It has meatballs so delicious

And (something) so nutritious

Umm boy, it’s good!

R267 I got the alert, too, but now they say it'll be mixed precip (slush, I guess?) along the coast until 7 pm.

In contrast to the forecast, it's sunny and 40 in Boston now.

I just got a second alert extended to 4:00 PM. It's due to a cold front that will move through and temps are supposed to plunge and remain cold through next week. January sucks.

Today I went for a walk. It was -10 outside.

I took a power crap.

Grassle!

It's snowing again.

I just stepped outside to get something out of the car and the wind is cold and howling. This will be a good week to make beef stew.

We just had the January thaw, so it’s time to get cold

I woke up just now to see snow on the ground in D.C. for the first time in two years.

My dinner was a small bowl of microwaved peas jazzed up with some butter and "good" parmigiano reggiano.

Had a conversation today with a relative who works in healthcare. Somehow the conversation got around to how every last human on earth has drank their own urine. Apparently, when in the womb, babies drink the amniotic fluid, pee it out, and then drink it again. So, every last one of us has drank our own urine at some point.

Sorry.

There’s an inch of snow on the ground this morning. My neighbor Larry, aka “Leaf Man” (he’s retired and out there sweeping leaves off the driveway two or three times day all year long) was the source of the scraping sound that woke me at 5 am as he shoveled well before dawn’s early light this morning.

Nothing is permitted to remain on Larry’s driveway for long. Nothing. He needs to see every inch of pavement morning, noon, and now I guess at night, too.

Wow Bao frozen Chinese style BBQ Pork bao were surprisingly good. Microwave instructions were perfect. Recommend.

They have some refrigerated bao at Costco that are good. Both times I’ve purchased them the cashiers complained about the cost. It works out to about a dollar per bun, which is kind of pricey for Costco.

Hard to complain about bao.

Lately I’ve been unable to eat the egg white when I make poached eggs. The solid egg white tastes like perfume.

Indont like that someone can tell you've been snooping on their instragram page. Didn't this used to be something that was hidden in the past?????

R286 you’re a voyeur

Is there soap residue in your poacher, R285?

If you ever find me on the floor, naked, call the police

[quote] If you ever find me on the floor, naked, call the police

Natalie? Is that you?

I've been carb loading since Saturday and feel gross. This Dry January experiment doesn't agree with me. I hardly ever crave carbs when I have a drink or two.

I think it’s my spray oil, R285, now that i think about it. Usually use Pam but my husband bought some Aldi version. I use silicone poacher.

I want to meet some caring people.

[quote]I've been carb loading since Saturday and feel gross. This Dry January experiment doesn't agree with me.

Then stop it.

[quote] I've been carb loading since Saturday and feel gross. This Dry January experiment doesn't agree with me. I hardly ever crave carbs when I have a drink or two.

You need to go longer than just one month. That's not what you wanted to hear, but your body needs more than a month to adjust.

When you drink alcohol, it satiates your carb cravings. Eventually, however, things would level out.

I went to the cute cashier at Trader Joe’s and he misgendered me. I’m a man with a beard so I chalked it up to end-of-shift exhaustion.

Sometimes DL tries to tell me I have "no watched threads".

That's a lie. A bald-faced lie.

Liar, liar, pants on fire Muriel.

I’ve been thinking about my own protection

It scares me to feel this way

Mama’s Family helps my stress

I want a CCR!

I want a microwave!

A color TV!

Vcr

Creedence Clearwater Revival, R300?

I'm having foundation repairs done, and the cute Mexican crew have put up plastic floor to ceiling in every doorway. and across the floor. It looks like Dexter set.

That Monaco Royal Family sure are a dour looking foursome. The children are downright spooky looking.

We’re kissing 50degrees Sunday with lots of rain.

It was 16degrees on Monday.

My nose has finally stopped running like a faucet. It's been two days of living hell.

I think I have mice. Every once in a while I hear a squeak. Just now I heard a sound like my cat being behind my bedside cabinet. But that space is too small for my cats. My cats are old now. When they were younger they’d hav3 gone crazy looking for a mouse. Now they’re like, “meh.”

I don’t find any mouse poop, though. How can you know you have mice if there’s no mouse poop? They’re not litter box trained.

They mat have brought it in as a toy. For you

I have a tiny moth flying around in my house. I hope it’s not going to eat my clothes.

My cats don’t go outside. I like them and want them to live,

Thousands of birds thank you, R310.

[quote]I have a tiny moth flying around in my house. I hope it’s not going to eat my clothes.

Well, not to whelm you, but clothes moths are quite small. And if you see one flying about, it's highly unlikely to be the only one on the premises.

I left my phone at the restaurant tonight. Feel like a toddler without his bubba.

In Belgium people eat tuna salad in canned peach halves.

Apple deleted my Fiona Apple song licenses.

I repurchased and this is the day of my bad singing. Creator help the neighbors.

An asshole at work told us he had a bad cough. That was Tuesday. Wednesday, we had a company-wide meeting and some of us went to the office to watch as a group. Asshole walks into the closed door, cllosed window conference room WITHOUT A FUCKING MASK! He coughed almost constantly.

A couple hours later, he sent the team an email. He tested positive for COVID!! There were about 15 other people in the room. So he exposed us all.

Cosmo, no-one had the sense to tell him to leave?

Or better yet, did anyone else vote with their feet, get up and leave the room while he was there?

I always think Cosmo is the cat of the poater.

I see “Vote with your feet” as a pissed off feline whipping tail as they show hole and exit stage left

R318 Do you think Cosmo, whether a cat or a DLer, is sending emails?

R317, no one would dare say anything because we are HR (ducking to avoid the shoe being thrown at my head). It was a company-wide meeting being shown on the big screen TV in the conference room so no, none of left.

R318, you are correct. Cosmo is the name of my wonderful, adorable, domestic short-haried cat. I love him more than most people in my life. It is for hm that I brave the local Shop Rite and Walmart because of his addiction to Fancy Feast Savory Centers.

Salmon patties with feta and spinach looked so good. Meh.

I just ordered a "No Soliciting" sign for my front yard. There were some snarky ones but I chose a tasteful and succinct "No Soliciting. Thank you" in a nice font.

An airedale would do the same for you without the sign expense, r322.

Coldest weather of the winter has reached New England and the wind doesn't help. Staying inside today.

I got my dog a coat this week because it’s so bitter cold. He has started to hesitate putting it on, actually yesterday he saw me get it and slinked off to go hide in his bed. It’s up to 20 degrees F now so I think I will bring him downtown for a walk so he starts to associate it with something fun instead of bitter cold.

My favorite view, R325, is the pups who are acclimating to their booties. The first few times I can tell they are unhappy with bullshit on their paws. With time, the booties become squishy mittens and they are not a problem.

I need to book my tix to the New Orleans Jazz Fest!!!!!!!

I ate canned black beans for the first time in a long time. I've been making my own pots of beans since I figured out how.

Canned beans aren't as good as my homemade beans.

I’ve had some fun with IPA and lager since I abandoned Diet Coke for the new year. I need the calories.

With shit beer, i expect ice cold temps. They refrigerate the shit out of Guinness to where you can’t taste anything unless you let it sit and warm up. Humpf!

At work, I moved into a "new" office. The previous occupant had been in there for 15 years. I ended up cleaning it, myself. Staples all over the floor, hooked into the old, industrial carpet. Lots of dust. I got rid of a lot of the office furniture (2 tall metal file cabinets) that had been in there. The office is larger than I thought. All the furniture made it look smaller.

Anyway, I was upset about moving because I had just moved offices in October of 2023. My previous office was a mess, also, when I moved in. I had had to clean that office, as well.

I hope I don't have to move offices, again, any time soon.

I want the sunken cheekbones look. I have high cheekbones naturally and since having lost a considerable amount of weight in the last few months, my cheekbones are becoming more prominent. I want to speed up the process before summer. Anyone got any tips on how to do so ?

R331, ask the Darfur Orphan.

Southbeach plus daily cardio,R331.

People will ask if there are addiction issues.

At least you'll have plenty of spare commas r330.

R330, Where do you work that you're expected to be your own cleaning staff?

I wish I had a Personal Chef.

I wish I could dance the night away

I was notified my lawn service is raising their fees for 2024. I should get a goat.

I'm so boring I don't even have anything to add - I just have to make a comment so DL will keep my spot.

If you'll recall, I had foundation repairs done on my house last week. They put in steel piers both outside and inside to lift my slab back to level. The inside ones required breaking through the slab to create 2 ft. square holes to dig down 4 ft. to place the piers. Yes, very whelming, as it destroyed large sections of my tile floors. Sorry about that.

After lifting, the holes are filled with concrete, which takes over 24 hours to dry. So, of course, the first thing my dog did was walk through a couple. I fixed the one I knew about, but didn't notice the other until it was too late to smooth it over. So my dog's pawprints are now enshrined in my house. He seems pleased with himself.

Dogs ...

I want to try ayahuascan retreat in Central America. I know a handful of people who have done it and have given it rave reviews. A friend recently went to Costa Rica and tried it

My local supermarket stopped selling the Late July jalapeño lime chips. But they had Late July "garden ranch" flavor. Very similar to Doritos cool ranch, which I like. However, I still prefer the Late July jalapeño lime chips, which are reminiscent of Doritos taco flavor.

R340, incorporate it into the new floor if you can.

My late cat stepped in paint and left paw prints on the hardwood floor and then the windowsill he jumped onto. I will never remove them as long as I live here.

Julia Fox looks interesting from certain angles, in others she just looks trashy

I opened up my wedge of Kirkland (Costco) Parmesan Reggiano. I can't say I'm impressed. I did freeze the rind.

Actually, the cheese is pretty good. The further away from the rind you get, the better it is.

I'm working on throwing stuff out that I don't use or need anymore and is of no use to anyone else.

I should have used a lighter hand with my olive oil or invested in a higher quality oil.

This is my third attempt at nicoise salad because it has all my favorites - olives, capers, tuna, egg, green beans, bullshit lettuce, and tomatoes. Plus, it was featured in “white chicks”. Can’t go wrong with that.

I will get this right.

R349, not trying to be mean, but what's so hard about dressing your salad? What kind of olive oil are you using? Have you ever made salad dressing before?

R350, I used kirkland, the ingredients were great, but I have an oily aftertaste that’s kind of off.

And I force myself to make salad dressing but it never compares to fake shelf-stable dressing. Perhaps my expectations were too high.

I need to buy better oil.

How are you making your salad dressing? It should just be, mainly, oil and vinegar.

Also, a homemade oil & vinegar dressing should be way better than something like Wishbone ("fake shelf-stable").

If you have a jar with a cap, it should be really easy.

For the nicoise you could try an oil and lemon or lime dressing too instead of vinegar. I rarely use store bought salad dressing. Only for Caesar salad. I make my own dressing every day.

What's so hard about Caesar salad dressing?

I told my cat she looked particularly lovely since she lost some weight, and I got yelled at.

What?

[quote] I hope I don't have to move offices, again, any time soon.

Milton?

I'm going to go for 30 minute walk at 4:30 pm ET. I haven't gone for a walk yet in 2024. I used to do lot of walking during COVID.

Dogs and cats enter their older Elizabeth Taylor era much earlier than humans, R355.

Stop harping on the weight!

I have consulted a handy Gen Z’er and have learned that it is no longer acceptable to comment in any way on another person’s (or creature’s) appearance. My bad.

I just found out Elle King is Rob Schneider 's spawn

R360, that explains a lot.

Unsure if it's worth it to pay over 400$ for a wrist watch

Pfft!

I like extra light olive oil for salad dressing. My go to recipe is Ina Garten’s vinaigrette. Olive oil, champagne vinegar, Dijon mustard, garlic, salt, pepper. I usually skip the salt and add a few shakes of dried thyme. You can switch up the vinegars for a red wine or balsamic dressing. I whisk it all together in the measuring cup with a spout and pour it into a little jelly jar that holds three servings. It will last in the fridge for three days but you have to bring it to room temperature for about a half hour because the oil solidifies when it gets cold.

Although someone left a bottle of Bolthouse Farm green goddess dressing at my house and it’s pretty good. Only 35 calories per serving.

I like balsamic vinegar and extra virgin cold pressed olive oil from California.

I’m gonna groom

Are you a cat?

R367, I think r366 might be a pedo.

*Sung to “It’s The MOST Wonderful Time of the Year”*

It’s the most productive crap of the weeeeeeeek

Sorry,, not sorry

I miss the days when everyone wasn't taking pictures of themselves with their mouth open or video of themselves in their car talking about stupid shit or ranting about something or crying.

[quote]I like extra light olive oil for salad dressing.

r364 Why?

I'm not going to be able to eat all of this Battenburg cake. 🎂

Hold me, I’m naked.

I went for a walk today just lie I did yesterday. Tryng to get back into the swing of getting outside at least once a day. Had to go out at 3 since I had a call at 4. It wasn't that bad outside. Only passed one car with an expired inspection sticker but LOTS of new cars!

Actively not buying smokes and sticking to nicotine vape.

Bitchy, restless; Im leaving my wallet at home just in case.

What's the difference between "smokes" (cigarettes) and nicotine vape?

Sweet n sour chicken

Yum.

I made Rueben sandwiches on the flat sides of the panini grill. It’s rare to have all the ingredients at the same time, even the marble rye bread.

Rarer still to consume. Half a sandwich was plenty.

R376, difference in habits, lower nicotine levels meant to help ween me off, embarrassment over sucking on a pacifier, less smelly hair and clothing.

I assure you, health improvement is a secondary concern.

^ should be stinky, not smelly

I’m gonna run like my ass is on fire!

I asked Siri the other day- Peanut M&M's were introduced in 1954,

Wow- I figured the 1970's . I had no idea they'd been around that long.

Almond M&M's I figured were introduced around 1993 ( I was right) because I remember first buying them at the A&P at that time.

[quote] Thousands of birds thank you, [R310].

I have a bird feeder, another reason why keep my cats indoors.

R384- Mi encanta los pajaros!

I’m cold. I lost 40 lbs and now I’m cold. I haven’t been cold in YEARS! Had a simmering lung infection, hormonal problems and too much weight. Lost weight, lung infection is clear for now, hormones replaced. No more sweating.

I forgot what it felt like being cold …….. now I remember…….its just as annoying as being hot.

I eat ice cream out of a large coffee mug rather than a bowl. I find the handle on the mug useful.

Doesn’t the heat from the coffee melt the ice cream?

Pret (Tory Gregg's) was crowded with women with large bags perma-browsing.

I dream of stealing a parking enforcement golfcart. My street becomes a steep hill two blocks from my apartment.

I don’t even own a car, but they still annoy me. Every officer is shaped like a Chicago cop. You’d expect better in the PNW - perhaps they were imported.

January is a long month. It's starting to stay light a little later, so that's good.

I mentioned this upthread but bears repeating: the Wow Bao from Walmart are very good. I was unaware that Wow Bao is actually a restaurant. I've only tried the Chinese BBQ Pork and they've become a bit of an addiction, already repurchased.

I’m not going to Wal-Mart.

^Okay fine, more for me.

The driver was late.

I found some frozen vegetable gyoza (dumplings) at the Asian market. No need to add oil when cooking. I got a very expensive condiment, though. It's chili oil with chips of crispy garlic.

Made the mistake of smoking on my way to give blood and my heart rate was too high.

NO smoking the morning of my next attempt

My house is full of fucking flies again. End of fall we had more flies than ever in my life. Thankfully winter came and no more flies …until last night. I’ve killed 7 in my bedroom alone.

I'm making chicken tacos.

They'll probably draw flies, r399!

Buy one of those blue nightlights r398. It worked really well for me.

When I unplugged my air fryer the cord felt really hot. Should I be concerned?

R402, yeah. The cord shouldn't be feeling really hot.

I made my sandwiches tonight for Friday's lunch and I made my sandwiches for Thursday's lunch on Tuesday.

R404 aren’t they stale or soggy made so far in advance?

I saw a little bird walking on the snow

I'm already hungry for lunch on Thursday.

Facebook suggested as "someone I may know" a woman whose occupation is "Bra Fit Expert at BraMobile." We have no FB friends in common. I can't imagine why I would know a bra fit expert at BraMobile.

God works in mysterious ways, r408.

Prostitute toot toot

Prostitute toot toot

R406 I saw where a big bird had been walking in the snow. Wild turkey footprints.

They’re everywhere.

I didn’t clear the back of my driveway after a recent snow, which was followed by several days of below-freezing temperatures so the snow persisted. It was covered in rabbit tracks which showed the rabbits have a regular route from my neighbors yard to mine with a stop at a little garden outside my fence. Very cute.

I came into the office like I usually do on Thursdays. Most of my coworkers live in central Jersey so, when our manager dosen't come in, they don't either. She had to visit another office that she's responsible for. I will get a few things done, leave around 2 pm and then go food shopping on my home.

"Food" shopping instead of "grocery" shopping is so Jersey. I miss Jersey.

Might have been squirrel tracks.

I say food shopping and I'm not in New Jersey.

R416 - but you're obviously FROM New Jersey, at least in spirit.

I say cuisine

Nothing weird about saying food shopping. Lots of people also say they’re going to the food store instead of grocery store or supermarket.

I say I’m going to Trader Joe’s.

I don't say "food store," although I do say "food shopping."

My North Jersey family said "going to the store," which we took to mean Grand Union or Shop Rite.

[quote]"Food" shopping instead of "grocery" shopping is so Jersey. I miss Jersey.

I lived in New Jersey for 10 years. I mostly did my food shopping at ShopRite. January is when ShopRite has its Can Can Sale.

I'm caramelizing a ton of onions. They're still at the stage of releasing water. My small apartment will smell like onions for a day or two.

It's nice that your neighbors will also get to enjoy your caramelized onions, R424.

r423 in full swing!

A high percentage of the "influencers" in Youtube ads are unattractive.

Some of my favorites are pudgy cute, r427

I say that I'm going to the Piggly Wiggly even though I live in the northwest and have never even seen a Piggly Wiggly. it amuses me. 😁

Cinnamon gives me heartburn.

My college roommate was a Piggly Wiggly heir.

Only in America, people are getting arrested, fired over flasks.

R422- You forgot to mention A&P .

Oh gosh can't wait for winter to end, fucking go away already

McEnroe is crying for Novaxx, I love his delicious tears

Oops wrong thread, lolz

I had a cup of coffee and three Pepperidge Farm Chessmen cookies for breakfast.

I got a Vanity Fair magazine in the mail yesterday. I don’t have a subscription but it was addressed to me.

I could call them I guess, but that’s a lot for a Friday. I want to focus on my white bean spread.

Happy Friday, everyone!

The Fresh Market sent me a coupon for $5 off $30 of organic produce.

Exercise! The equipment is right there! Stop exclamation pointing me, Self. What’s nexr? All caps?

I’m having PBJ on a graham cracker with my tea. Haven’t had this in decades. Takes me back to my childhood and having tea with my grandma.

When I would have tea with my grandma, r442, we would also have strawberry preserves and cream cheese sandwiches. That was for lunch. Later in the day, it would be Nabisco Striped Shortbread.

I’m resting in bed on my heating pad

My dachshund is also here in bed resting on his heating pad

My psychopharmacologist just told me that he only works with patients on short-term basis and he’s sorry we haven’t found the right meds but our time is up. He’ll send me some referrals. Good luck.

wtf?

A stone is equal to 14 pounds.

Sorry to hear, R445. I hope you find someone better for your needs.

R445, you will bring his success rate down. Don’t take it personally. It’s a good thing to discuss when meeting his referrals or other doctors if they do that.

Can't help but wonder what happens when one dies. How does the eternal everlasting soul move-on? In what capacity does it go on now that it is detached from human flesh, organs, skin ....

[quote] How does the eternal everlasting soul move-on?

Not to be overwhelming, but not everybody believes in an "eternal everlasting soul."

R448, our atoms combine with our environment and other people every day. There are bits of you - like a virus- everywhere. Some will fade, and others will combine.

I finished my dinner 27 minutes ago and now I feel sleepy 🥱

I think the reason is that he is part of a large full-spectrum medical group and he has to be available to take the other member’s referrals.

[quote]I finished my dinner 27 minutes ago and now I feel sleepy

I suggest an after-dinner nap. Or an early bedtime.

I chuckle when I come across friends' instagram accounts from late December/ holiday season 2019, with comment such as " all the best for 2020" " here's to a fabulous 2020" " may it be a bright 2020"

R454- I'm going for the early bedtime.

[quote]I chuckle when I come across friends' instagram accounts from late December/ holiday season 2019, with comment such as " all the best for 2020" " here's to a fabulous 2020" " may it be a bright 2020"

I imagine that a lot of Christmas greetings from almost 96 years ago said something along the lines of, "May 1929 be your most successful year ever!"

I'm Marie Kondo-ing my home office today.

Chessman Cookies 😋

R437- My comment was meant for you.

I ordered a bed quilt from LL Bean. It arrived and I opened the box to the smell of mold/mildew. I thought, “Maybe this box was stored in a basement before they put the quilt in and mailed it.” The quilt was in a zippered plastic case. I unzipped it about 1” and was nearly knocked off my feet by the smell of mold. Much stronger than the box.

How can they even send out something as disgusting as that? It should have a biohazard sticker on it. I have lung disease and am susceptible to airborne infection. What they sent me was practically germ fucking warfare.

Be sure to write a strongly worded review on the Bean website, R461.

You know R462 a couple of people in the reviews mentioned a bad smell. One person said s/he sent it back. Another person said, “I washed it and the smell went away.”

I’m not putting that toxic mess in my washing machine. I will definitely mention the “bad smell” but I’m going to be more specific about the nature of the smell. It’s biological, not chemical. It needs to be irradiated before putting it in a waste dump.

I just watched Dan Souza from ATK make Orecchiette with Sausage and Broccoli Rabe. I know how to make this pasta dish, I've been making it all my adult life, probably make it better than him, but I just like watching Dan.

Another guy named Keith something or other made Pasta with Cacio and Uova which I've never made but I'm pretty sure my nonna made when I was a kid. He used lard which I'm not sure my nonna used, maybe she did, I don't know.

Every now and then I log on to YouTube to watch that nazi scene from Cabaret, the one where the young blonde boy starts singing in the courtyard

I went to sleep earlier for a little nap. When I woke up it was well past 8 pm.

I can't understand how goats became associated with the devil. At some point in history, someone must have looked at one of these and thought, "Fucking hell, that thing is nothing short of Satanic."

[quote] I think I have mice. Every once in a while I hear a squeak

Turns out it was my non-slip socks making noise on my wood floors.

R468, are they the free gift with psych visit variety of non-slip socks? I sometimes miss mine.

I am going on a work trip, economy flights. One of the admin staff asked me whether I wanted window or aisle. I said aisle. She put me in the aisles, but close to the bathrooms on all legs. So, I changed my seat selection. I don't know if she did that on purpose (put me close to the bathrooms). Who knows. She's passive-aggressive, so maybe she did it on purpose.

[quote]I can't understand how goats became associated with the devil.

Could it be their devil horns?

R470, Perhaps she thought that you requested an aisle seat because you have bladder control issues and wanted quick access to toilet. She may have thought she was being helpful!

Same here, r466. It was almost 9:00 when I got up from a nap I lay down for at around 2:30. I guess I'll be up pretty late.

r465, I wonder what Cabaret's Nazi Boy looks like today.

Nazi Boy's singing was dubbed by the actor who played Henrik in the original Broadway production of "A Little Night Music."

And his name is Mark Lambert. Thanks, r474.

[quote] Perhaps she thought that you requested an aisle seat because you have bladder control issues and wanted quick access to toilet. She may have thought she was being helpful!

Maybe, R472.

I had a bad experience on a flight where I was seated in the aisle, close to the bathroom. Also, the floor changed from carpet to linoleum with a bump barrier (between my seat and the bathroom area). The beverage cart kept going over that bump and I could not get to sleep.

Also, R472, the smell is bad every time the bathroom door opens and closes.

[quote] are they the free gift with psych visit variety of non-slip socks?

???

They are moisturizer socks. I got a bunch of pairs about 10 years ago as a Christmas present. I wear them twice a week at night after I put kerasal debridement ointment on my heels.

[quote] I wear them twice a week at night after I put kerasal debridement ointment on my heels.

Very DL thing to say.

Kerasal is awesome. Can’t believe people use cheese grater type things on their feet when all they need to do is rub a little salicylate ointment on your feet, cover with fluffy socks. Next day your feet are already improved and no flaky skin flying all over. Just throw your socks in the hamper and you’re grand.

But only the Kerasal intensive foot repair. *Not* the kerasal fungus cream.

Ew.

I unintentionally alternate between weeks where I eat takeout, sandwiches and frozen meals and weeks where I spend all day Sunday cooking and baking for the coming week in addition to more cooking during the week.

That’s a fun cycle, R482. Provides variety then stability.

I hate cooking.

R484- Are U a FAT WHORE?

I bet you like eating.

I’m so fucking tired

Isn't the other way round, though, R471? The devil is portrayed as having horns and hooves BECAUSE he was already associated with goats. I'm overthinking this now and am getting dangerously close to being whelmed.

[quote]I hate cooking.

R484 = Peg Bracken

Re: Devil and goats. The Greek horned god Pan was a satyr (half man half goat). He was a god of nature and male sexuality, among other things. The worship of horned gods exists in many cultures. Here's more of you are interested.

I’ve got to have some marijuana

R464, I watched The Kitchen over the weekend and Jeff Mauro made a lemon chicken and orzo dish in a 13x9 pan. It looked delicious and easy to make. I'm planning to make it this week.

We have a witch in the building or Safeway sells shit whole milk.

$5 foe a quart of whole milk expiring Feb 9th, and it comes out of the spout in chunks.

I have to eat my peanut bitter banana sandwich with coffee, instead of wonderfully cold, antibiotic/growth hormone- i fused milk.

Peanut bitter sandwich, indeed.

Peanut butter and black coffee. What a world!

That was supposed to be peanut “bitter “ Spell check has become too aggressive, if you ask me.

Buy Fairlife Skim or Skim Plus milk. A gallon lasts at least a month in my fridge. Doesn’t taste like skim. Isn’t watery.

Organic milk lasts a lot longer.

It doesn't matter what kind of milk you buy if it's not kept cold from production to the store shelf. r492, take it back. It's a pain in the ass and the store would probably give you a refund if you went in without but I found that bringing back rotten, smelly food that was spoiled before it left the store gets the problem fixed.

I was watching some show on Netflix, and a guy called a company and the recording said if you wish to speak to (department) press 1, if you wish to speak to (department) press 2 and he said " I want to speak to a fucking human being!" Hold on and I'll connect you with a representative. I think I'll try that next time, ha, ha, ha.

Just saw Rachael Ray in a youtube ad for Home Chef. I'm surprised Rachael hasn't gotten herself an Ozempic prescription, she sure does need it.

Someone on the "old tv shows" thread mentioned December Bride, a 1950s sitcom I've never seen or even heard of. So I searched for it on youtube and found an episode with Desi Arnaz as guest star. Very boring, couldn't get through it. I abandoned the mission and watched a video of Chef Jean Pierre making Chicken Alfredo soup instead.

It’s soda bread season! The small expensive market near me had some yesterday. So good!

R502, that was once my favorite seaseon. My aunts sister-in-law would invite me over to move furniture “worth more than my life” and bribe me with soda bread, Irish mist, cabbage, and roast beef (she couldn’t stomach corned beef.

The bread was shit, but it was a yearly good time well in advance of St. Pat’s.

Needed to take a dump so bad on my nightly (ten miles) jog today, but then I remembered all those DL threads about runners being absolute assholes, so I decided to hold it in until I got home. I refuse to become one of *those* long-distance runners, I just refuse.

It was an absolute heaven otherwise, what with the thick fog and the freezing cold and the dollface swans on my jogging path waking up to stare at me and judge me. I hate the fact that spring is slowly approaching because it means I'll be drenched in sweat yet again.

The swans were taunting you, R504.

“You know you have to dookie! Let it fly!. We won’t even point out the cctv cameras! Come join us. Forever and ever and ever….”

It’s been rainy and dark here, with soft fog obscuring the mountains and islands, and so to stave off depression I’ve been letting my cat sleep with me, even though he always interrupts my sleep with his feline neediness. It’s been cosy and adorable, even if I do wake at 0300 to let him out… then in, then out, then in… and then get up to be at work by 0815 😩

(we’re in a rural area, so don’t @ me about letting him go outside. He loves patrolling his territory, and he even sometimes catches rodents.)

Yesterday I found a flea on my pillow, though; I hope that doesn’t tilt this into the “whelming” pile. I’m still intending to make leek and potato soup! :)

I need to buy leeks, chives, bone broth, carrot, and peppers.

Ugly peppers are $3 - up from $2 last November. I should buy a frozen bag of mixes bell peppers - $11.99

We are punoshed for cooking now. Cruelty is a feature.

They leave the swans out in the cold?

Bastards!

Last night I dreamt (dreamed?) that there were mannequins strewn all over my front yard and someone called the police. The police kept asking me about the "dead bodies" and I kept saying "they aren't dead bodies, they are mannequins" and I was walking around kicking them with my foot and saying "see, not dead bodies, just mannequins".

Anyone do dream interpretation? What does this mean?

It means you’ve been spending to much time in the “Friendsicles” threads.

R509 mannequins, like statues, are human effigies. Is there a situation in your life where a group of people believes something that you see as fake, not what it seems? Could be corporate culture or some marketing scheme or CrossFit cult. You are pointing out that the mannequins are not real humans but others in authority think they are.

I heard somewhere that Jay Leno when he had the accident where almost his entire face was burnt, didn't go to the hospital right away. Why? Because his wife has dementia and he didn't want to just disappear and leave her wondering where he went.

Oh my heart...

Had a huge flock of robins on my back porch drinking water out of flower pot holders. Very cute.

I had a nightmare …I kept waking up, falling back asleep into same nightmare.

Dreamed it was daytime but the moon was out. As I looked at the moon it started shaking and shivering and then it just shot off out of the sky and flew away. I got very scared because moon controls tides on earth and l live near ocean. Also, animals need tides to help them get to places where they reproduce.

I kept checking internet but nobody was addressing “What happened to the moon?” I kept waking up, falling asleep, looking out window and not seeing moon. I was saying to people, “Pay attention! The moon is gone! Look out the window! It’s not there anymore!” And they were laughing at me. “It’s daytime! That’s why there’s no moon!” But it got dark outside and I said, “Look! No moon!” And people said, “There are moonless nights, you know. Plus, it’s cloudy.”

It was so scary and frustrating. Now I know how Trump supporters feel, thinking something is really, really wrong and nobody cares.

I know I won’t see the moon tonight because it’s been raining for weeks.

[quote] It was so scary and frustrating. Now I know how Trump supporters feel, thinking something is really, really wrong and nobody cares.

You lost me there, toots.

This is the underwhelming thread.

Those who wish go start a Peter Straub Shadowland-inspired dream thread may do so at anytime.

No idea who or what Peter Straub is.

I am sure the feeling is mutual, r517.

I added my name to a class action vs. Verizon. They say I could get up to $100. We shall see. I've been with Verizon since around 2015, so I'm hoping for the full $100.

Enjoy your $1.73!

I saw a Reddit post last night where someone asked “What are these things I keep finding in my bed that look like sesame seeds?” Response: tapeworm eggs from your cats

Last night I dreamed my cat was running around with a huge tapeworm wrapped around her body.

I’ve got to read something nice before bedtime. Maybe I’ll stick to the “what is this cookie cutter?” subreddit after 10pm.

I may be suffering from short timer syndrome.

I just got a second check from some past class action against Verizon. Apparently, not enough people filed the paperwork (which is online) so they had extra money sloshing around. Go get that money!

Me, too R519. I've been with Verizon Wireless forever. My first cell phone was with Verizon.

I ordered contact lens from this online place. The initial price was a little daunting ($600+) BUT they give a $220 rebate card that can be used anywhere. This works out great for me since I used my FSA money. But I wonder if this isn't a deceptive practice; giving a gift card that can be used for non-FSA items. When I would order them through my eye doctor, I would get a $75 Visa gift card but $220?? That's a lot of money.

Okay, then. Looking forward to my Verizon money.

I once got several hundred dollars (class action) for a study aid class and books to pass an exam. That was unexpected.

I just received a check for $92.17 from an Apple class action suit.

Every bit of money helps!

I had the best salad for dinner and a lot of it but still feel hungry. I wish I had some soup.

I really like chicken. My grandmother and mother were crazy about it so I think I got that gene.

Thursday's breakfast shall be-

Sprouted Organic Oatmeal

Organic Ground Flaxseeds

Organic Chia Seeds

Organic Hemp Seeds

Organic Fair Trade Cacao Powder

plus two Vital Eggs medium boiled

No Lucky Charms, R530?

My insurance company is no longer paying for my CPAP machine which it has insisted I rent through a medical supplier. , Yesterday I got a bill from a third company which apparently manages home health equipment for the insurance company. They want me to pay $120 per month which will apply to my deductible.

Since I could buy a CPAP for around $800, I’m naturally not interested in paying $120 per month in perpetuity to rent one. I wanted to know how to get the purchase price applied to my deductible. I got bounced back and forth five times between customer service reps (with thick foreign accents) for the insurance company and the third company, each saying I needed to talk to the other.

Eventually, I decided to use the email help function at the third company to get the apparently unprecedented question to someone who could answer it. Today I got a response. I was impressed to hear from the so quickly. The response was encrypted which required me to go to a website and set up a password (which, of course, was rejected twice for being in the wrong format) and enter a one-time special code to read.

The message? Call the same customer service line that doesn’t know the answer.

That would overwhelm me, r532.

Well, yes. I am a bit overwhelmed. But it is my hope that you, dear readers, are decidedly not.

I was invited to Super Bowl party by someone who has known me for years and knows I don't have an athletic bone in my body and not an inkling of interest in sports. It can't be my sparkling personality because I am the epitome of an introvert. I was baffled by the invite. Therefore, and thusly, I politely declined.

Maybe you make some mean Buffalo chicken wings?

“I will be unable to attend as I’ll be outreaching the poorer members of my tribe at Home Depot.”

Actually, I think you are on the right track, r536. He knows I always bring a big pan of something homemade to large get togethers. His friends are too loud. I like quiet. They will have to get some good grub elsewhere.

I called the company that rents me the machine, and, mirabile dictu, they will not only sell it to me, but they will apply the previously paid rental payments to the price*, making it essentially free. You’d think the insurance company would have steered me in this direction. Assholes.

*subject to confirmation

I wonder if this supplier would have continued to bill my insurance company after the machine is “paid off” and how long my insurance company’s intermediary would have continued to bill me $120 per month .

I might have to call the state AG.

You're working on my last whelm, r539.

“Please be more boring,” said the poster who wrote: “ But many of the smells encountered in the fridge are due to volatile fatty acids. For example, when butter goes rancid, it releases butyric acid, a particularly foul smell. As everyone knows, acids can be neutralized by bases. Baking soda, or sodium bicarbonate, is a base. It reacts with butyric acid to form sodium butyrate which has no smell because it is not volatile.

I have dealt with the cpap rigmarole myself but luckily my insurance covered purchase price 80%. However, they will not cover my crown next month even though I have enhanced dental coverage. Insurance is the biggest racket around.

R539, now buy a spare machine and submit it as your claim. I always have a working spare CPAP, it's come in handy, like when my previous model was recalled and the replacement took weeks to arrive.

The CPAP provider says they automatically stop billing after 10 payments, so it’s an installment purchase rather than a rental.

R39 et al. That's how my payment plan was set up when I initially got my CPAP machine. I paid a bill for 10 months, after that, the bitch is all mine. Don't worry, they'll still screw you over with the cost of replacement parts i.e. hose, head piece, reservoir etc.

I hurt my bad knee getting up after a meeting. Took 5 steps and had a weird charlie horse and cracking in the front of the kneecap. Thank goodness I have my surgical consult for knee replacement next week. It's braced up and feeling better now. I hope I don't need crutches for the opera this weekend although we are on the mezzanine.

Shawn Fain sounds like a madr up name

Unrelated, a(n?) United Ireland has a good ring to it, though.

Should be Sinn Fein

They replaced the Jardiance woman

An $8 steak broiled closer to medium rare than medium, but it was awesome with green beans. Still have half for salad tomorrow.

Despite my very detailed "delivery instructions" that included a description of my house and car, my groceries were delivered to the wrong house. I recognized my neighbor's house in the photo and went and fetched my groceries. I reduced Tara's tip. Tara may be dyslexic, the house number she delivered to was my house number reversed.

Amazon won't post my review unless I edit it. They won't tell me, specifically, what was wrong. I'm guessing they don't like that I put what price I paid, before tax.

The main part of my review was an expiration date that is in August (i.e., only a few months down the road).

I said, in the review, that I won't do a return b/c Amazon takes too long to credit you. That may have been offensive to poor Amazon.

I might edit and leave in the expiration date part.

I went to Walmart last night b/c they were the only store that had the type of batteries that I needed. It seems dark in there, compared to Target's cornea-frying lighting.

r550 now I want to know if it's because Original Jardiance gal got too skinny

It’s true!

Walmart reduced lighting years ago to save money so its billionaires could get more billions. A couple of the Walmarts in my area were repurposed Caldors.

Caldor stores were built in 60s and 70s (a few were repurposed WT Grants) when customer satisfaction was a thing. They were well lit, had large aisles, carpeting in clothing areas, decent dressing rooms, etc. Walmart took them over.

Then one day Walmart ripped out the ceilings, took out half the lighting, left the rafters exposed and moved all the shelves together so aisles were much more narrow, then ripped out carpeting, got rid of lbackground music. Now they’re dark, dingy, overcrowded, and designed to make people sad and angry. They got rid of security, too.

They used to have good sales. Then they stopped. Like Target they remove most holiday stuff days before the actual holiday. In the last holiday stuff would be left on shelves with 50% off signs. The following week anything left on shelves were moved together marked 75% off.

Now most is removed with a sliver of stuff placed in the discount section after holiday. Most holiday stuff is removed, packed up and warehoused a few days ahead of the holiday, to be returned to shelves the following year.

We sued to have consumer watchdog groups, but they were infiltrated and gutted decades ago. Walmart helped infiltrate and destroy them.

Walmart used to sell common medication (acetaminophen, ibuprofen, cold remedies, menthol muscle cream) for 88¢. It was actually during the 21st century.

[quote] Now they’re dark, dingy, overcrowded, and designed to make people sad and angry

Why?

R557, why not sell holiday stuff right up to the actual holiday, eg, Christmas.

I can understand not marking stuff down, after the holidays, and then putting stuff back on the shelves , next year, though. Fewer stupid purchases just bc something’s cheap. Fewer things in the landfill.

R556 she is much uglier

r554 does your vibrator work now?

Not for my vibrator, R561, for my car alarm key fob.

I have a craving for a Baba au Rhum.

My YouTube recommendations are in the shitter.

Who thought it was a good idea to move the ziploc top on frozen fruits and vegetables to the middle of the bag? Did they even test how it would work when one was trying to pour berries out of the middle? Did the test how much harder it is to seal the bag closed?

R584, mine is full of someone named Vic dancing with other partners - but nearly every song is from the Bee Gees. Plus, Victorian sewing/cooking for some reason.

"Light as a feather, splendid as a swan. With each new breath, I am getting younger and more beautiful. Fatness and age hold no power over me. I am drowning in my own youthful radiance."

My new daily affirmation I've been using over the past couple of weeks. It's starting to yield some results around the eye area and I've noticed increased vitality as well. Fingers crossed, I might be more fetus than man this time next year!

That’s not an affirmation. That’s a delusion.

Saltburn is underwhelming indeed.

I thought the affirmation was "Light as a feather, stiff as a board". Although that may be a spell, not an affirmation.

The big cat was out on the balcony yesterday when I had to leave to pick up my car from the dealership (recall part replacement). I had to leave the balcony door open for him while I was out. I am assuming he performed neighbourhood watch for the better part of an hour glaring at any people walking below.

New thread is ready.

I’m not ready for the new thread.

You can stay here for now.

[quote] I’m not ready for the new thread.

They have donuts.

My new Falken "Sincera" (love the name - sincere tires) tires that are supposed to be installed tomorrow morning at 9 am have yet to reach the tire store by 2 pm on Saturday. Unsurprisingly, as the tires left Buffalo, NY at 9 this morning, the tire store is just outside Boston, and it's about an 8 hour drive. The customer service person who dealt with me when I called was better than the usual phone drone: he went and looked for them in the back of the store, confirmed they weren't there, said he'd check the company computers and call me back to see if he could find out where they were, couldn't but called me back and promised to call me if they don't arrive before five so it could be rescheduled for a day next week.

Thus far: underwhelmed, and not for the first time, by e-commerce deliveries. But almost overwhelmed by the responsive response from the guy on the phone who's otherwise probably tightening lug nuts on 17 inch rims.

Kevin Lee Jacobs is showing off his Le Creuset collection on youtube. I'm jealous, he has a half dozen or more pots, I only have two. He also has a bunch of Wustof knives and I, again, only have two. I do have both the All-Clad fry pans he has so we are even there. He looks like he's lost weight, wonder if he is Ozempic-ing.

My taste in vacations is entirely too expensive.

Are you the unemployed guy who started a thread about his proposed vacation to Tampa to use up some of his Enterprise points?

Non, pas moi.

[quote]Kevin Lee Jacobs is showing off his Le Creuset collection on youtube. I'm jealous, he has a half dozen or more pots, I only have two.

Is this like penis envy, only with kitchenware?

Le Creuset is so heavy.

[quote]Kevin Lee Jacobs is showing off his Le Creuset collection on youtube.

I had to turn it off. I couldn't stand to hear him say "LAY Creuset" instead of "LUH Creuset" one more time.

[quote]Le Creuset is so heavy.

I sold all mine in 2009 and replaced it with All-Clad. All-Clad 6 quart stockpot = 4 pounds. Le Creuset 5.5 quart Dutch oven = 12 pounds.

River is wearing his hair down today. He looks like ugly Betty Draper. He looks much better with his hair pulled back into a ponytail or bun or whatever it is he usually does.

Is Walgreens having financial problems? They've started calling to offer to refill prescriptions that have lapsed. First it was incessant texts about how you haven't refilled xyz medication, now it's "Hello, this is Sara from Walgreens, can you verify your DOB " followed by "Would you like us to go ahead and refill xyz medication for you now?". No, I don't want to you to go ahead and refill anything now, if I wanted it refilled I would have done so a month ago. Also, odd to start a conversation with "verify your DOB", you called me, maybe state what you want first before you start making demands.

Sara is one nosy asshole.

Need some eyedrops.

I just found out Jimmy Miller, legendary producer of some of the Rolling Stones greatest music, was the stepbrother of Judith Miller, the lying NY Times writer whose front page scoop pronounced WMD were found in Iraq. Her breathless writing chronicled how a guy in a plaid shirt pointed into the distance and said, “Yeah there’s WMD over there.” Judith was fucking Scooter Libby and did the bidding of the Bush administration to “prove” the invasion of Iraq was legit. Judith and Scooter both spent time in prison, but not nearly enough. Both were rewarded with high paying jobs. Judith went on to work for Fox, OAN and a rightwing “think tank.” She was a rightwing GOP plant all along.

Judith and Jimmy’s father was a mobster. Just like Barbara Walter’s father, he was a Russian-born nightclub owner and got his children jobs in media (music media and “journalism”).

You don’t just walk into record producing jobs and reporting jobs at NY Times. Jimmy’s stepson also worked for NY Times for over 20 years, a hotbed of nepotism. (See: Maggie Haberman, the Sulzberger family)

There's a guy on youtube called Japan Eat. He's witty. I want to go to Japan and eat all the food he showcases.

Sorry, Judith Miller and Jimmy Miller were half siblings, not step siblings.

Does this really belong in a underwhelming thread? Don’t get me wrong, it is certainly underwhelming. But the spirit seems off.

I topped my salad with chili because I’m tired of my homemade salad dressing.

The windows are open and I’m thinking of burning sage to banish the fart demons

Want to make coffee but don't want my stirring to wake the cat sleeping next to me.

I started to post about another weird dream I had last night (I was POTUS and fired someone for getting me the wrong snack) but then I remembered that my previous dream post was not well received here so I won't go into any further detail.

Good day.

Forget all the sodomy, the tarry horror I just saw in the toilet alone disqualifies me from ever entering Heaven. Wanted to put a towel over my head to hide my shame from God as I flushed that shit. I'm neither angry nor disappointed, I'm just relieved my body has been liberated from whatever the hell that was. I will never speak of it again, it's on the poor whales to deal with it now.

Shoo!

Reminder

If it’s tarry it either has blood in it or you’re on an iron supplement

Good

Bye, Good Night