I Want To Be Underwhelmed: 2025 Spring Edition Of Everything Is Fine

I bought a battery operated fan for power outages but I find myself using it even when there isn't a power outage.

^me too! I'm also considering stocking up on edibles. I have a feeling I'm going to need them

I’m gonna have leftover pizza for dinner. Marcos Pizza since neither Pizza Hut nor Little Caesar’s passed muster. Fuck them both.

Should have added more flowers, OP.

Last night I watched Rosemary's Baby. Tonight I'm going to watch Apartment 7A, which tells the backstory of Terry Gionoffrio, and why she jumped out of the Castevet's apartment.

Both of those movies sound very whelming R4. Stay safe.

I would like to watch something underwhelming this evening.

I started watching that knives out movie. Haven’t finished it.

Kinda boring and not really interested what happens to the Ana character. Does it get better?

I saw the second Glass onion movie and really enjoyed it.

I watched both Brit Nicolas Fairford and American Preppy Kitchen guy make finger sandwiches for afternoon tea and I must say I prefer American Preppy Kitchen guy's recipes.

Although neither one of them had the good sense to use a serrated knife to cut the crusts off the sandwiches and to cut them in half.

Thanks for starting the new thread, OP. I'm the one who earlier commented on how messy my apartment was. Well, the rain ended and I went for a 3.5 mile walk, then I was too tired and sore to do any cleaning. Tomorrow is another day.

I feel bad for Starbucks Baristas being required to draw pictures and write messages on cups.

I might make onigiri tomorrow. I bought the triangle molds on Amazon ages ago and never used them. I'm a bit of a kitchen gadget addict. The thrift shops run by my local Humane Society and Cat Protection Society are the beneficiaries of my many kitchen gadgets that I use maybe once and then donate.

Link to last thread

I'm making Zuccini Pamesan tomorrow and looking forward to it.

I smell pussy!

Over/Under and Everything’s Not Fine. The boys are back. We saw the Dropkick Murphys the other night. Overwhelming energy. Incredible show, amazing band, all the good songs. They’re here for the holiday weekend, everybody’s Irish (in spirits, anyway) and we weren’t their oldest fans. Or else there’s some really haggard looking 60-something’s out there.

Felt kinda punk yesterday but figured, “You’re too old for the excesses of show business” and a Guinness or two. Felt like shit last night. Dragged my ass out of bed this morning, got groceries and some Tylenol and figured, WTF, it can’t be THAT but bought two Covid kits because I tossed out the free ones Biden sent.

We’ve both got it. Five fuckin’ years, eight shots, and we’ve finally got Covid. Underwhelming compared to what I’ve heard and read. I’d say it feels like a cold but I haven’t had one, or the flu, for about fifteen years now so not sure how bad it felt before. I still have hope in my heart but we’re walking alone for a while.

My accountant charges much too much to prepare my taxes. I’m needing to take many long naps to stay underwhelmed about it.

I enjoyed MIra Sorvino's guest appearance on Will & Grace. Funny episode.

So I made the limoncello tiramisu. It’s firming up in the fridge.

I also made some lemon bars and are also in the fridge.

I shall start my gumbo shortly. 😬

Happy Sunday!

I’m enjoying a slice of Jenny Craig pizza. So delicious.

Missing emojis!

I’m craving a burger.

I clean the interior of my car every spring when I notice it's making my clothes dirty.

R22 Pig

Watching The Devil Wears Prada again and wondering why Andie told Emily she wouldn’t be going to Paris. Clearly with her injuries she wouldn’t be going so why say anything. I also hate her boyfriend and friends.

I didn't make the onigiri I mentioned upthread.

I'm all talk and no action.

Well, it took me three hours, longer, actually, but I made the gumbo. 🍤 🦀 and sausage.

It was spectacularly delicious. I added more Tabasco to my bowl and it was so, so good.

I have a ton left over so I’m gonna have to freeze some for later.

WTF, Devil Wears Prada when she tells lam-o boyfriend is was right and turned her back on her friends?

It was extremely foggy all day. Now it's raining and there's a flash flood watch from ice breakup on rivers and lakes. Not unusual after a classic New England winter, which we hadn't had in a couple of years.

I found a dead mouse in the walkway. Actually, my dog found it, he might have killed it when he picked it up in his mouth.

The utility company emailed me to remind me my payment is due in 4 days because I haven't paid it yet. I find it rude they assume I forgot to pay already. They have never emailed a reminder before.

R21, I'm craving a canned corned beef sandwich with ketchup on toast.

I'm out of Swiffer dry cloths.

R32 I feel for you. I need swifffers in my life always

I just celebrated St. Patrick’s Day by having one glazed donut. I know that it has absolutely nothing to do with St. Patrick’s Day, but that’s the only celebrating I’m going to do for this holiday today because I have to go to the doctor this afternoon and I’m not looking forward to it it’s a pain clinic and it’s a pain to drive there. It’s a pain to wait an hour. It’s a pain to get injections in my spine and it’s a pain to drive 45 minutes during rush-hour traffic home Thank you.

I still have an annoying hacking cough, remnants of a horrid cold I had two weeks ago. It just refuses to die.

This cold I'm having can die in a fire. Blowing my nose too much wrecked my left nostril. I can't sleep at night because my nose gets plugged up, and no amount of blowing can clear it out. And it's been a week; by now, I should be over it.

R36, if you can, try sleeping with your head elevated so you sinuses can drain. Maybe a hot bath beforehand. Good luck. Sorry you're feeling bad.

I have a toothache for the first time in a million years. I'm currently taking NSAIDs and using Anbesol gel. I called to make an appointment and the first avaialble is the 28th. I'm also out of my favorite Virgina ham that I can only find at the local food market. I had intended to have ham and Swiss roll-ups for lunch. Ugh! It's definitely a Monday. Guess I'm going for a walk this afternoon to the local market.

R38 I’m having dental issues too for the first time in forever. Root canal on Friday.boo! I potted my dahlia tubers that I paraffin waxed last fall. Prepped and stored about 48 bulbs and only 16 made it through without becoming mummified. Womp womp.

I can only watch comfort tv these days. I’m in poor health and I’m also depressed. It helps me.

I’m watching The Quiet Man on TCM and missing my dad. First St. Patrick’s Day without him.

Metformin™ smells like fish food.

I just read that Richard Boone and Pat Boone are cousins. I wondered how two such disparate faces could belong in the same family.

If your snot is green you have sinusitis and need antibiotic treatment.

I just read Ione Skye's memoir "Say Everything " and I have to say, it's a really good book.

She cheated on Ad-Rock with women (he caught her in the swimming pool with an Asian lesbian) and her baby daddy called her a has-been.

I ordered a $29 Ichiran Ramen Kit from Amazon. It better be good.

I'm making Chef John's Greek Lemon Chicken and Potatoes for dinner.

I suppose I could have searched for a "what's for dinner" type thread and posted there but I didn't feel like it.

So sue me.

I made a korma. It was yummy. Used homemade cashew butter.

Why is ghee so expensive?

I saw a cybertruck on the road for the first time and it was fishtailing all over the place. Either they handle really roughly or the driver was high.

Thanks DL, when I get back from Wash DC( I fly out tonight) I'm going to make "Greek Lemon chicken& potatoes" recipe plus the Limoncello tiramisu. I never made that version of tiramisu. My neighbor makes the best lemon bars, cakes, and pies.

I already know how to make the Lemon drops.

That Lemon chicken and potatoes sounds soooooo good!!

It really is delicious and so easy to make, r51 and r50. I've made it many times over the years and everyone loves it.

I also serve it with tzatziki sauce on the side as he suggests at the end.

Some days you eat the bear, other days the bear eats you.

Stealth 69 post @ r53.

I spent $40 on spices - three tiny containers - because they were “on sale”; I’m tired of substituting for nutmeg, anise, and clove berry.

Breakfast today: leftover pulled pork and barbecue sauce from Germantown Commissary on a hotdog bun.

[quote]’m tired of substituting for nutmeg, anise, and clove berry.

You must do this quite a bit for it to be so exhausting.

Clove berry?

Cloven hoof

Many substitution suggestions end with “or use Oregano.”

Also, the berry has about eight of the little spiky clove pods. It’s supposed to go into a overly-involved soup base that cooks all afternoon, gets refrigerated, has the fat ladled off. All of this is done for something that takes me perhaps fifteen minutes to eat.

I don’t think clove berries are a thing.

Into each life a little rain must fall. Sometimes it rains like hell.

Dr. Pepper Zero Sugar Cream Soda is good.

I'm about to start (noon Eastern) a long weekend of watching the 2025 NCAA D1 Wrestling Championship.

Finallly!!! Spring is here! After a long dreadful Winter in the Northeast

R64 take copious amounts of screen grabs and post them on the VPL thread. TIA.

I have to attend a meeting of my local HOA and for some reason I'm nervous. Don't know why.

I like cilantro.

As an added bonus, it has detoxifying properties.

I have a craving for those little oranges, Cutie or Halo or whatever they are called. But I don't want a big bag. My cravings are quickly satisfied and I don't need that many. I suppose I could buy the big bag and then take some next door.

I had fried chicken mashed potatoes and corn for supper.

I need a new series to binge this weekend. Either Rome or Spartacus. Which one?

Looks like so somebody likes movies about gladiators.

Go with ROME-I never watched that series either.

Maintenance is stripping an apartment’s flooring to the concrete. Somebody died and there was the smell of death in the hallway. Since, there has been a period of “Do I still smell death or is it a memory?” Now, it will be gone.

I saw another stupid post about the 90s on a DL thread

I have polished ten pairs of shoes and I’m now restricted to hightops until the laces dry.

It’s Breakdance2 Electric Boogaloo night. If I had bigger hair and a vulva I’d be set! Maybe a headband and lipgloss from a wand.

Woke up to the sound of honking, Canada Geese are on the move.

Watching the first Pirate movie again, what an incredible soundtrack.

Damn.

I just opened a can of Le Sueur Sweet Peas, heated it up, drained and ate most of it. Nothing added and nothing else. That was my dinner.

I did however have a large, nice and proper lunch.

Special K protein flakes

I enjoyed the Liza documentary.

I'm watching Wicked on Peacock.

So I’m reading an article about Barcelona and how the citizens don’t want the tourists, bitches, what the fuck do you think keeps your city afloat??

The mind boggles as to how people can be so short-sighted and naive about their cities. I thought the same thing about Hawaii after the devastating fires and how people were saying to the tourists that they should leave.

What the hell? Languish in your poverty. If you can afford it, leave for the period of time that tourism is the heaviest.

Or am I an idiot for thinking like this? 🤷🏻‍♀️

I love canned corn, peas, green beans right out of the can for a snack. I just don’t like lugging a whole crate from the store.

Why don't you come up sometime and see me?

I was excited to watch a bunch of Netflix series. I got into Beef , Black Mirror, The Watcher…. Then I realized how many combine comedy with bloody violence like Pulp Fiction. I can’t flip back and forth between that kind of emotional chaos over and over in a series. It’s fucking exhausting.

You can make some neat things with tangerines. I used part of my bag on tangerine beef and a whole tangerine upside down cake.

Tonight I’m making hot spaghetti tossed with fresh tomatoes, garlic, pepper flakes, olive oil, splash of red wine vinegar and grated Romano.

To R87-You DL people make me very hungry. Tangerine Beef and Tangerine Upside down cake-YUMMY!!

Also, you have great recipes& made me a much better cook.

I borrow all your recipes.

Someone on another thread called me "Patti Lupone". Is that a compliment or an insult?

Were you reading a whore for filth or discussing how well you work with children and the retarded?

R83 You’re an idiot, to answer your question. Have you ever been on La Rambla? It looks like Times Square on New Years Eve at 10 am on a weekday. AirBnB “vacation rentals” have increased the local rents by 68%. The people of Barcelona can’t afford to live there so they can’t work there. La Sagrada Familia (the cathedral) requires reservations. There’s such a thing as overtourism and Barcelona, like too many other popular destinations (see Mykonos in the summertime) are overrun to the point where it sucks for the tourists let alone the residents.

Space is finite. There have to be limits on both the day-trippers and the overnight stays or even more popular destinations like Barcelona will be exponentially more unpleasant to visit than they already are now. Even the head taxes (per night per room; per arriving EasyJet and Ryanair passenger; per each and every cruiseship passenger stopping for the day - 3000 pax per ship times 8 ships a day! and double the fee for sailing to or from BCN) won’t stop them and what could the city spend the money on - more ways to accommodate more touristas? Nah.

When preparing a cheese board, you should have an odd number of cheeses, 3, 5, 7, etc.

When hosting, chuck generic vodka and gin service over by the antipasto board and add a cheeseball.

You’ll have plenty of time to deglaze the pan, whip up your sauce, rest and cut your roast.

The idea that thriving cities depend on tourism is wrong. Yes, they contribute to the economy and some jobs depend on them, but life without them is a trade off most people in heavily touristed areas would gladly make.

I cooked a beef stew in my Dutch oven last night and burned the bottom. I knew it would be a bitch to clean, but man . . .

96 are talking about sex?

No. My beef stew is celibate.

R96 I stopped cooking for many reasons. That is one of them.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to go home and jerk off my severely mentally & physically disabled son!

Sometimes when I'm rooting around my fridge or cupboards or pantry, I'll just randomly shake various condiments, vinegars and asian sauces I haven't used in a while to revitalize them.

I just watched, for the first time, the movie "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button".

Thanks to the poster upthread I made Greek potato's last night and had some leftovers for lunch. Delicious. Today I made roasted cauliflower soup.

Let that be a lesson to you - you little hussy you!

Home wrecker!

You're welcome, r103. Glad you liked it. It's a regular in my dinner rotation.

To R102, I haven't watched that movie yet-maybe later.

I thought I had ground beef, but it was chuck steak. I flounced and then I minced it up, sautéing it with carrot, celery, shallot, and garlic to make my McCormick chili bean soup.

The finished product tasted like my previous chilis, but lacked fat. I added beef bullion and it was complete. It could use more cumin, but I’m afraid of fucking up what I have.

Playing with your ass should count for something

This morning one of my local churches had a "Church for Sale" sign out. I started singing "Love for Sale" substituting "church" for "love" and it worked.

I'm re-watching The Sopranos.

I just read about Dairy Face. I think that’s been one of my problems. I’ve always been a mik freak and never had problems. That’s changed as I’ve grown older and become lactose intolerant. I cut down o milk just because of the expense of all groceries and my eye bags do seem to look better. I never understood why I had bags except my dad did. But I’ve noticed ice cream can really mess up my guts.

Don’t eat a half gallon

[quote] I thought I had ground beef, but it was chuck steak.

Huh?

[quote] Don’t eat a half gallon

Fortunately, “half gallons” these days are 3/8ths of a gallon, so there’s no problem.

Can I have some free money?

I decided to take advantage of an Uber Eats offer of 50% off fruit and veg and bought a load of healthy salad produce and fruit to form the basis of healthy meals and snacks all weeks. Then Uber offered me a discount on sdelivery from nearby restaurants, so I spent £15 on burgers and ice cream for dinner tonight.

Stupid

I made wilted spinach salad for dinner last night. With apples instead of mushrooms. This is the kind of cooking I’m best at. I look around my kitchen and see what I already have and do it. Seems like when I try to follow a recipe exactly it never quite turns out. 1/2 bag leftover spinach, bacon in freezer, fresh apples before they get soft….i see I could make cucumber salad and carrot raisin too.

I did end up getting a 5 lb. bag of the Cutie mandarin oranges. Kept half, took the other half next door in one of their bowls I needed to return to them anyway.

He was pleased and told me to wait at the door a minute and then came back with a plate of food. They had just finished dinner. They barbecued and he gave me chicken, ribs, mac n cheese and salad.

I got the better end of that exchange.

Got arthritis pain in my neck and can't sleep. I've taken all the drugs already.

I made deviled eggs and they were delicious. I tried to watch Eyes Wide Shut since I've never seen it but had to shut it off after 30 minutes. What a bore.

I am obsessed with a new Rick Astley song. Yes, yes...he of Rick Roll fame.

R113, r107 thought the package contained ground beef, but it didn't. It held chuck steak. Why the "Huh?" Are you not familiar?

I laughed at R98 and what led up to it.

The big cat went for his checkup and shots today. He's too big! Need to lose 2-4 lbs. If he doesn't gnaw my fingers off I will post his progress. He's currently sitting on the dresser facing the wall and looking at ?? My god, he is exhausting. Poor fat baby.

My two favorite lines from DL:

“Why’re you eating so many pies fattie?”

“My beef stew is celibate.”

[quote]He's too big! Need to lose 2-4 lbs.

The bitch.

I think I'll make cookies and cream cookies this weekend: they're regular cookies with Oreo chunks instead of chips.

I'm rewatching Succession on HBO. I love when they do marathons!

Sometimes when I can't find something I act like Bulldog on Frasier.

I started watching Severance.

First episode done. It’s intriguing.

I sort of guessed before the reveal who his neighbor would be.

r125 We're going to need pics of the chonker for pet tax.

I had to run an errand on lunch and in between getting there and coming back, the 7 train went out of service due to “signal problems” so I was stuck.

Every time I get blood work at the doctor's office they come back and tell me I carry the antibodies for German measles (rubella).

They get so excited about it, they're practically shouting and dancing. I had German measles when I was 13. My siblings said I had Nazi cooties.

I'm eating an ice lolly that's so cold there's vapour coming off it. Strangely satisfying.

I've noticed Nicolas Fairford says "homely" when he means "homey". He's done this several times. I'm surprised no one in the comments has corrected him. But I don't usually read comments so maybe they have and he's just not open to constructive criticism.

I put boiled chicken breasts in the food processor and grind them to dust. Then I lightly smear a custard dish with Duke's mayonnaise and dust the mayo with the chicken powder. My cat is usually too dignified to howl about food but she loses all self respect when she sees the Dukes jar. Mind you there is less than a half teaspoon of mayo in the little custard dish but she ends up with chicken dust all over her face and whiskers. After cleaning herself for an hour she takes a long nap.

^^^I love your cat-That's adorable^^^

home·ly /ˈhōmlē/ adjective 1. North American (of a person) unattractive in appearance.

2. British (of a place or surroundings) simple but cozy and comfortable, as in one's own home. "a modern hotel with a homely atmosphere"

I stand corrected, r139.

Thank you.

Cheers!

Drinking Gainful hydration drink mix. Tropical Mango flavor

I am restoring electronics to factory settings - trading in old toys to buy new toys.

I got the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella aka German measles) vaccine today. I'm sure I got it as a child but the records are long gone and with measles cases surging it seems like a good idea.

My mother got German measles in the late 1950s when she was pregnant with what would have been a sibling of mine and she was approved to get a legal abortion. The fetus turned out to have serious deformities. Banning abortion AND discouraging vaccines is fucked up by an order of magnitude.

You can test for antibodies if you’re uncertain.

I don't particularly care for bok choy.

I went out today at 1 p.m. to do a few errands. I just got home at 6.

I’ve cut bigots out of my life, so I should be able to kick Diet Coke to the curb.

I’ve never been a water bottle person, but I failed to account for my daily microplastic dose from their plastic bottles.

There’s probably a sandwich baggie in my brain and you wonder why i speak Italian.

Speak low, when you speak Italian.

Sometimes I get worried when DL is too slow and I post any old thing just to keep the board moving.

^^^Why?^^^^

To make sure everyone else isn’t dead?

I've had a twitch in my eyebrow for three days now. It comes and goes, for a few seconds, several times a day. It's very annoying.

R152, are you Herbert Lom and have you been stuck with Peter Sellers for more than an hour?

R152 lack of sleep? I can sometimes get this when I am overtired.

I get right side twitchy eyebrow sometimes.

It appears that Dennis Quaid is the new Nicholas Cage who replaced Bruce Willis as the king of straight to streaming movies.

I thought Mickey Rourke was the straight to video king?

I’m still slightly curious and always delighted by his abs, R156. He has kept his shit together below the neck.

So I’m gonna make shrimp and grits tomorrow for meatless Friday.

I couldn’t find the grits at the store at first. I had to go to the cereal aisle!

I wore my favorite grey spring coat today and it got me many looks.

It’s 7.30am here. I was woken at 6.30 by the noise of a storm outside, after just 4 hours of sleep and I can’t get back to sleep. It’s going to be a rough day at work, I fear.

Normally, I could sleep in until 9.30 this morning, but I cant get back to sleep, so I am going to put on a washing and clean the kitchen and bathroom before I start work.

I threw out a bunch of tangerines that had become desiccated. Note to self: don't overbuy at Costco.

When was the last time Mickey Rourke was in a movie?

Tangerine beef would have used up 5 of those

I’m watching the doc on Woodstock 99. Angry white punks doing whatever they want . I see this as America now. Pillage burn and rape.

Last night I had a dream that I got a job as a Strawberry Tester. I was driving around the country taste testing strawberries. There was no explanation as to what caused this reversal of fortune necessitating me to take this job.

Today I dressed particularly "gay" and im sitting in a half pscked subway car on my way to work, i am on a two seater, seated on the edge closer to the aisle and my backpack rests on my lap, this chcik signals she wanta to sit in the corner seat next to me- the one close to the window. Mind you there is an empty seat right infront. She sits next to ke bu then curves her entire body away from the window and facing me! I was like WTF is this?! Crazy cunt . Thankfully my stop came two platforms later

How does one dress “gay” for work?

Do you work at a brothel?

Yes r168 i do! Duh

That sounds delightful, actually, R166.

I love me some strawberries.

This Bibigo sticky rice is good.

Three bowls in a pack. Microwave bowl for 1:30. Top with chicken or beef leftovers. Voila! Lunch!

How To Dress Gay For Work:

Wear appropriate shoes that cost a paycheck

Wear fuller pants with a higher waist that should meet but not break at the appropriate shoes

Wear a conservative knit sports shirt in size gay that shows off your pecs and biceps

Wear a car coat that swings disguised as a pea coat

R163-Who the fuck cares? He's still alive?

Mickey Rourke's last movie was called Jade. He plays a character called Tork. Released this year. He's done 39 movies since The Wrestler (2008) and he has 8 upcoming.

Well, it's official: I have tinnitus in my right ear. I thought it was an ear infection, but the doctor said otherwise. The silver lining is that the persistent ringing isn't that loud, so I only notice it when I'm in a quiet room.

I added browned tomato paste to a pasta sauce I simmered for two hours. It tastes very good without any Parmesan cheese added.

Growing up, this was the mystery. If my mom pulled out navy beans and cumin, it was chili. If she pulled out oregano and garlic cloves, it was spaghetti.

I think I’m going to use part for spaghetti and then the other part for rolled up lasagna noodles -like pinwheels. I could alternate spinach/cheese - perhaps use two noodles for portion size and effect.

I need to divide my irises, but I looked into it and I should wait until late summer. Back to bed.

I've had "Overnight Sensation" by the Raspberries stuck in my head for about a week now.

[quote]R24 Watching The Devil Wears Prada again and wondering why Andie told Emily she wouldn’t be going to Paris. Clearly with her injuries she wouldn’t be going

Okay - potentially whelming to discuss - but that plot point of Emily getting mad at Andie personally for filling in overseas is ridiculous… AS IS Miranda later chiding Andie that she had a choice about it.

Yes, Miranda, your employee had the choice to instead get fired, lose her apartment, and go live under a bridge.

R24, I believe Andie told her as she was crossing the street which caused her to not pay attention and get hit. Andie went to hospital to see how Emily was doing.

R179, I agree about Miranda. She specifically said to Andie that, if she didn't go, she wasn't serious about working at the magazine OR "anywhere else for that matter." Emily had already told Andie about the assistant that screwed up and was now working at TV Guide or some other less-than-elegant magazine. I wouldn't think I had a snowball's chance in Hell of working at ANY publication if I crossed Miranda.

I cleaned another two sets of blinds. Wiped slats one by one wit hot water and a little ammonia. What a chore but there really is no other effective way. I’m not taking them down to put in the bathtub because I don’t know how and they are pretty cheap. I took the curtains down and cleaned them, but one of the rubber end pieces disappeared from the tension rod so I can’t put them back up. It is here somewhere.

Ask the cat, r181.

Turned my ceiling fans on today

Does anyone know the correct wording of the annual thread predicting celebrity deaths? I've tried searching various ways and nothing comes up but I know the thread exists. Is it Death Pool? Dead Pool? I'm totally blanking.

Thanks.

I can’t find the 911 tv show thread either.

R184, it's Celebrity Deadpool. See link for the current

Thank you, r186!

So I made the shrimp and grits. The grits needed more flavor even though I added sharp cheddar and pepper Jack cheeses. I guess the grits are just bland and you need to add your own flavor.

The dish as a whole, with the shrimp, red pepper and wine topping was still pretty good.

My partner has a spinal fracture. I'm trying not to baby him because it annoys him, but it's difficult.

R188, mayo & betterthanbullion chicken

I didn't wake up until 1pm (took a Benadryl), so I'm awake at 3am watching Cold Case.

Next door neighbor's grandkids are visiting. They came knocking on my door asking to pet my dachshunds. So I let them in to pet the dogs who were uncharacteristically chill about the whole thing.

After a few minutes they thanked me and went on their merry way.

I swiffered the kitchen floor after they left since they didn't take off their shoes when they came in.

What good doggies!!

I have decided that Jonathan Groff is the current version of Bernadette Peters with a penis.

I just hope he doesn’t fuck it up - it would be heartbreaking if he called himself Joe-Nathan and used the royal “We”.

My right glue aches, have to literally push my pee out.

I’m vacuuming up dead leaves and shredding them for mulch.

It’s itchy work.

I took a break to allow the earthworms under the leaves to make a run for it.

I just watched a British YouTuber make Lancashire Hotpot.

Now I want Lancashire Hotpot but I don't have any lamb. I do have the potatoes, carrots, onions, broth and condiments.

Toss in a couple of chicken thighs and call it Shropshire Hotpot.

Costco has lamb

Of course. I should have known..

My apartment’s crows now know about my fat trimmings.

The cunts won’t touch my spaghetti or chicken stew - they let the gulls steal that shit.

Many Mergansers on the melting lake today.

[quote]I got the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella aka German measles) vaccine today.

Got this vax too; I'm heading to AZ - full on MAGA country - in May and want to be prepared. Better get a tetanus shot too while I'm thinking of it

Costco does have lamb, though I don't know where they get it from, but it's rather tasteless. There's a recipe for lamb in my "Bethlehem" cookbook so I'll try that. Those Palestinians likely know how to make the best of whatever they've got.

It was supposed to be 68 degrees yesterday but it was about 50 and raining. I was planning on drinking al fresco.

We're probably moving into senior housing soon so every day not spent on the deck feels wasted.

There is a pre-med steroid that they give me before chemotherapy and it has me bouncing off walls.

I complete a lot of household tasks and can’t sleep for two days after the infusion. You are stuck with me during this period.

Please block me; it’s for your own good.

I quit Amazon prime today! Feeling like I did my small bit for the cause.

My pug is way chunky too, we’re getting her a puppy sister a week from tomorrow. Puppy proofing the house this weekend

Cold rain sucks.

At least you get rain, r207. Lucky.

I’ll be making a meatloaf today with mushrooms, spinach and a bit of blue cheese. I hope it’s good.

Sounds good, r209.

Really, R210, far west Tejas?

Come on over then. 🙂

I'm curled up with the cats reading DL in bed.

Does Baccarat Rouge 540 cancel out the scent of Wedding Cake weed with 28% THC?

I won’t know once I’ve smoked, but I will try. I bought the shit because I read about on here. I learned it from you, DAD!

I think I almost had a lucid dream last night. At some point I became aware I was dreaming and my first thought was "Hey, I can fuck this guy." Then I woke up before anything good happened.

So I made the meatloaf today.

It had a really good flavor but it didn’t hold together. It just crumbled when I tried to plate it up.

Is that a good or bad thing?

R214 that sounds like a nightmare.

I dreamt about Elon. I’d call it a nightmare.

This is day three of gloomy weather.

r218, day two for me. It's very foggy here. I think I will go on a foggy forest walk at lunch time.

Sometimes I eat like a ten year old, other times I eat like a wealthy snob.

My diet is quite diverse.

What is your address r220? Expect a visit.

In Japan when a young person withdraws from society and becomes a recluse it's called hikikomori.

I'm trying to find the thread titled- albums everyone loved/ we were told was great but sucked -- can someone point me to it or bump it?

I watched Anora last night. It was the definition of underwhelming.

Is It this one R223?

I poured detergent into my fabic softener hole in the washer this morning.

What I thought was fungus on one big toe turned out to be scrape marks from my lifting the metal plug with the toe to let water out of my bubble bath so I can add more hot water.

Every morning.

Maybe there was fungus but you scraped it off?

You rake a bubble bath every morning?

Zsa-Zsa, is it you?

I’m loose!

I’m lying here with my legs spread wide from sea to shining sea.

UPS guy knocks on door with gusto and loudly says "UPS".

I appreciate the heads up and his enthusiasm for his job, but using the door bell or knocker would be less jolting.

You should reply back immediately with FUCK ME!

It's ice out on the lake, the gusty winds helped to push what was left of it.

Last week my mother told me that the food at her nursing home is horrible. "Oh my God, it's swill, just inedible, maybe a starving dog would enjoy it.". Today she tells me " They have the best food here". I just look out the window and watch a purple finch building it's nest.

I took my dog for a walk in the park and saw an older woman pushing a stroller and walking a little dog. When we got closer I realized she had a fat orange tabby cat in the stroller.

Well, a fat orange tabby can't walk itself!

R245, A perfect last sentence, but for one leetle apostrophe....

And my r238 post was perfect, but for one leetle number....

I meant: to r235.

I got a free sample of Persil laundry detergent a while back. I'm going to use it today.

I think there's going to be a large earthquake soon it's 4/3/25, I hope I'm wrong.

Sunny and 19°C (66°F) today. It finally feels like spring. It's so dry that we have a high risk of wildfires now.

They spend way too much time trying to reason with those neurotics and their trash on Hoarders. Remove them to a motel, clean up the house, bring them back to livable home, if they don’t like it…group or nursing home.

One of my most perverse joys was purchasing contractor waste bags, sneaking down to my parents’ basement, and throwing broken things away.

I’d drive bags of rattling shit across state lines to illegally toss them in mall dumpsters. It was needlessly transgressive.

Of course, my surviving parent at the time had dementia so it’s not as if he remembered what was down there.

I was 33 before I saw a truly clean knotty pine basement in my family’s house. I never figured out how to restore a waxed bar top.

[quote]I never figured out how to restore a waxed bar top.

I prefer my bar tops hairy.

r241, if you can predict earthquakes you'll be the richest human on earth in no time.

I left my zucchini under the broiler too long and it's burnt. I'm eating it anyway.

Yes r225, thank you!

[quote] I think there's going to be a large earthquake soon it's 4/3/25, I hope I'm wrong.

Now, a warning?

My little neighborhood is having a "meet and greet" tomorrow evening out in the yard. I'm very shy, so I'm debating whether to go or not - it makes me nervous. But I think I need to, I've met a few of the neighbors and they'll notice if I don't go.

Have a couple tequila shots first, get out there and mingle, R250.

You should go r250. Talk to the people you know and set a goal to meet and chat with five new people. You don’t have to stay long.

I have covid and feel like shit

I condole you, R253. I had it last month for the first time after four years and eight Covid shots. I hope your case is as mild as was mine. I've had worse colds: it lasted five days and by the time I thought to get a Covid test it was pretty much over. I never spent the day in bed, didn't lose my sense of taste or smell and never took anything stronger than Tylenol and Robitussin DM.

I'd been primed to think it would be a lot worse than it was. Hydrate like crazy and feel better soon.

Thanks r254 😘

R251 and R252 - I thought the meet and greet was tomorrow, but it was tonight! I heard a bunch of people outside, so without thinking about it, I went out. I was late so I made an entrance and introduced myself to everyone at once. It was nice, I survived. No need to have worried. Thanks for your advice.

So QVC is now se Oura rings.

WTF are those things about?? They’re expensive as hell, too. $500.00 bucks!

I already have my blood sugar sensor. And my phone counts my steps.

Any info would be appreciated. 😬

Damn, qVC is now selling.

R240 how was the Persil? I have never tried it. I use liquid Purex or Arm & Hammer.

r259, not r240 but I got a horrible rash from Persil.

Black hairy tongue. JFC if this really happens it’s the ugliest most disgusting thing ever.

I went to the cruisy part of the Arboretum here in Seattle today because it was so lovely out. The parking lot was full but not with cruisers...mostly people walking or running or taking their dogs for a walk. The ground wasn't too muddy and the air had that fresh springy smell....it was nice being out and getting a bit of exercise.

The 3 other Friends of Dorothy I saw were (older) men around my age. No one seemed particularly interested in the others. We were just enjoying the spring day.

There was one younger fellow (40 instead of 60) tweaker type with baggy pants exposing half his ass but...no. I didn't get particularly near him but could smell him from 12 feet away.

I’m watching the new All Quiet On The Western Front. CGI. So much. And a very high tech “score” of three doom -filled notes. Really makes you appreciate the old art of real filmmaking.

Down to normal spring temps today... 12°C (54°F). It's still sunny though, so that's nice. No rain in sight for the next 10 days, which is not good as it's very dry right now.

They will never reopen my gyro stop. I’m stuck with commercial gyro providers.

Oh god it’s raining.

Oh god its raining.

I'm craving biscuits and sausage gravy.

I don't have tinnitus. It was just an ear infection.

I'm so fucking tired

I’m wet

[quote]R232 UPS guy knocks on door with gusto and loudly says "UPS". I appreciate the heads up and his enthusiasm for his job, but using the door bell or knocker would be less jolting.

Invite him in for coffee. He wants you!

You can also say you want to examine his hand because you’re concerned about soft tissue trauma. Soak said hand in bowl of warm water. Massage.

^^^did he stick his giant penis thru the mail slot^^^

love the UPS guy

I'm drunk.

Beast of Burden is stuck in my head. Good thing I like it.

This afternoon I watched 2 docs about burn victims: "The Fire That Took Her" and "The Guest List".

Tonight I'm watching "Hit Man". I don't care for Glen Powell, but it's a good movie and I need to be underwhelmed after the previous viewings.

Burn victim documentaries potentially sound just a bit whelming, don’t they?

I’d proceed with [italic]caution.

Ew. What about My Fair Lady for a change?

Or maybe [italic]The Singing Nun?

My brother made beef vegetable stew today, a family favorite, and he got FAHNCY with it and added extra spices and it ended up not as good as usual and very underwhelming which was disappointing because I had been looking forward to it.

But, the cornbread was good.

R279, FAHNCY stews are to be prepared one to two days in advance.

If I have to locate a spice’s location at the market, I know there’s going to be hours of full refrigeration marrying time before the dish tastes as good as I imagined. FAHNCY spices are seldom used because they require extra babysitting time.

It’s would be whelming for the entire family to descend upon the brother’s tupperware bowl of finished beef vegetable stew, but it would be tasty.

I am a slave to my espresso machine. It always is demanding that I do something to it. Add water. Remove coffee pucks. Change filter. Clean me!

My percolator treats me like a bitch and calls me Felix Unger - the basket and rim of the pot try to burn me simply because I’m cleaning in a timely manner.

Add beans! Empty water tray! Descale me!

Stir Folgers Crystals in mug!

My grocery order that included the ingredients to make the aforementioned biscuits and sausage gravy was delivered by Sandra at 8:03 a.m.

I'm in the process of making the sausage gravy now.

I’m doing two gym classes this morning. I was feeling ambitious last night when I registered for both. Having my coffee (made in a pour-over beaker, no moving parts or demands) and working on my motivation to get the the gym.

I got a text this morning from the pharmacy saying a prescription was ready. I called to ask “what prescription?” because I hadn’t ordered anything this week. It was a second text about the eyedrops I haven’t picked up. I told them when I ordered them I’d get them this coming Monday when three more refills will be ready.

They sounded really rushed, probably because they’d just opened. Underwhelming for me but apparently overwhelming for them at 9:10 in the morning.

I am engineering interior pockets for shirts. I need supplies that can be washed after each wearing and the medical industrial complex hates me.

The ostomy belts and covers they sell are made of backpack material and hard velcro. The bag itself has a plastic clip that tries to slice off the head of my dick. Each cover/belt costs $50 to hold and hide a bag of shit and they don’t hold up in the wash. The belt slips down because I don’t have a waist. Plus, they look like I should be riding a short bus and wearing corrective shoes..

Instead, I sew a pocket at stoma-height. My shirt now holds everything up and if I make adjustments, it looks like I’m scratching my belly.

I salvaged eight pockets from a busted James Perse sweat shirt. Very comfy, but I need a new cutting victim….the two shirts I like less are too thin; I want to match fabric weights.

THAT'S undershelming?

I know I'm in the minority but I just don't enjoy watching I Love Lucy.

I did enjoy watching it after school as a kid but it's a hard pass for me as an adult.

Very few things are as ridiculous as watching Tom Cruise and David Miscavage snappy saluting each other on stage at a big Scientology event😂🤣😁😝

Went for a 3.25 mile walk this morning. Got home and did my taxes. Now resting with a glass of wine and Harry Potter on Bravo.

I want my China pig!

I've been suffering with a runny nose all day. I went through a box of tissues and now have to resort to toliet paper. Woe is me.

The rally today in Seattle was very underwhelming. Mostly older white people. No marching.

But, lots of brunching before or after.

I rewatched Season one of The Last of Us since season two will be premiering a week from Sunday. Long, Long Time was the jewel in its crown episode.

Usually my restaurant stress dreams involve having too many tables, but last night it was about rolling silverware. I never minded rolling silverware, so that was weird.

I have more than satisfied my craving for Sausage Gravy and Biscuits for breakfast yesterday and today.

I won't be thinking about this again until probably 2026 if not longer.

But now I have a bag of Pillsbury frozen Southern Style Biscuits with 16 remaining biscuits in it. Started out with 20. I should not have bought the "value size" bag.

I see quite a few breakfast biscuit sandwiches in my future. Egg, cheese, bacon. Egg, cheese, ham, etc.

R298, allrecipes has you thaw the biscuits and use them as a savory pie crust.

[quote]I went through a box of tissues and now have to resort to toliet paper.

You need some Puffs with Vicks. Feels great.

I also have about half a bag of those frozen biscuits.

Since I started getting the Wildgrain bread, delicious, btw, they’ve just sat there in frozen bliss. I’m gonna end up giving them away.

I learned something new today, Australians eat kangaroo. It never occurred to me.

My brother has had kangaroo meat, it was in tiny sliders. In Tempe of all places.

I wouldn’t dare.

I googled "what does kangaroo taste like" and the AI reply was "something like venison."

Poland or piggy bank R293?

I’m having a bbq pork loin for dinner. I have half a cabbage I don’t know whether to sauté or make Cole slaw with. And some kind of potato.

I turned down an invitation to visit Greenfield Village because Henry Ford was an evil prick.

I was offered kangaroo tail in the Outback. I declined.

The Brits are always "popping".

They pop in to visit. Pop out or pop round to the shops. They pop things in the oven or the fridge.

Pop, pop, pop.

Got my monthly pedicure this past Saturday. Not only do they do a fantastic job but they show an Asian soap opera on the 3 big-screen TVs (I think they're at least 42"). They put the English subtitles on for us Americans so we can understand the dialogue. It's quite riveting. Something about feudal lords and their wives and concubines; lots if scheming. I have to admit, it's quite engaging.

You have to give props to a theme song that includes the words 'vicissitudes' and 'athwart.'

Mother, may I sleep with wool? I’m napping for an hour in my sweater, Mother. Will it be too warm? Stay tuned.

Damn R310, I want to watch that!

R310, the show is called Empresses in the Palace. There are quite a few attractive men but I don't think there's any gay content. It's hard to tell when you're only in the massage chair for 40 minutes every 4-6 weeks.

Costco wasn’t that crowded, odd for a Monday, although it’s cold and rainy near Boston today.

The menswear selection was underwhelming: one style of denim jeans and one style of cargo pants.

Is everyone a lez on Grey's Anayomy?

I'm watching A Complete Unknown. I can't believe Timotay was nominated, for ANY awards, for his performance. I'm convinced he was shooting heroin on during the making of it.

The rest of the cast made up for it. I wonder if they had to prop him up or smack him awake between scenes.

A Complete Unknown cost $60 million and made about $138 m. In contrast, the new Captain America cost $180 m and made about $410 m, and everybody jeered at what a bomb it was.

Here's a weird thing I enjoy when it happens. I'll be driving and listening to a classic rock channel on the radio and think of a song I'd like to hear and it comes on a minute or two later. Cosmic.

I didn't think the problem was Timmy’s performance as much as the fact that Dylan remains such a cipher. Hard to make a movie when no one seems to really know the main character.

I was quite surprised when I went for my physical today that one of the questions on the tablet asked if I was sexually active. So this is a new question posed to Medicare recipients. There was no space for comments like none of your fucking business. Just a forewarning to my fellow boomers.

I wouldn't have minded if it had been my doctor asking me but electronically is extremely impersonal. It's become a cold world.

I bought a dozen vacuum-pack storage bags for my winter clothes. First, I took all my clothes out of the closet and folded them neatly in my extra bedroom. Then, I washed all my summer clothes and hung them up. Now, I'm too tired to pack away my winter clothes.

But at least I was able to go through everything and donate to the Humane Society gift shop. I will vacuum seal the clothes this week. I already cleared a space in my closet for them.

My birthday was in March and I still haven't bought myself a present. Nothing out there is speaking to me.

I'm 50 and my doctor asked if I was sexually active.

R322 Please come and clean my house. I'm definitely more lax than you.

The waxing moon is showing beautifully on the lake tonight. When I die, I will feel reluctant to leave earth.

R319 Dylan was never a fame whore. He fucked with the press. Love his album Desire the best, although many more preferred Blood on The Tracks. Whatever.

The little clock I bought off Amazon burns through batteries really fast. It starts to lose time only a week after I put in a new battery.

To R327, is it Dylans blood on the tracks because a train ran him over?

Dylan sucks even more than Miss Mendes& Dodo cat. NYC whiny Jewish man.

[quote] When I die, I will feel reluctant to leave earth.

Don’t worry. You won’t.

I'm scrolling through Tubi and adding so many good movies to My List. They offer more than Netflix and Prime. This will be perfect summer viewing when it's 115° outside.

I screwed up this morning. I thought my appointment was at 11 but it was actually at 10 am. I was sitting in the house at 9 and decided to double check my work calendar. Luckily, I was only 10 minutes late. I blamed it on traffic since I live near the sink holes on Rt 80 in NJ. Whew! I hate to be late but it was my own fault.

R329 Except Dylan is a rural Minnesotan whiny Jewish man.

From the same town as Chi Chi LaRue!!!

Underwhelmed by my dreams last night. It was ALL about effing The White Lotus, a show I despise. It's been all over social media and it apparently got struck in my brain before I went to sleep last night.

Like the show, my dreams were blandly derivitive and repetitive all night long.

I had a very strange dream. I had to bring a dish to some function, I was not home and I was scrambling. I found some tangerines from a fruit vendor on the street and was going to make some kind of salad with them but I was in some kind of Inn or Clubhouse and was searching in vain for a serving plate or bowl. For some reason this was very stressful.

R335 334 here...it seems we both had fitful sleeps last night.

I was out running errands and passed a Golden Corral and on a whim decided to eat there. Had a salad, meatloaf, brussel sprouts, fried chicken and barbecue chicken, a piece of chocolate cake, and a rice crispy treat square.

It was good but now I'm so full I can't run the rest of my errands.

R337 Technically, you've been OVERwhelmed by food.

I was starving and didn't want to eat anything I had. I was out of milk so I had to go to the store anyway and so I ended up buying some Stouffers meals.

I was just satiated AND underwhelmed by a sad baked chicken/mashed potato combo and was still hungry and heated up the potato au grautin meal and it was fine.

Mighty fine.

I might have some Lemon Oreos for dessert.

I still love all you, all of my shoes

just a little bit less than I used to, my loves.

I feel the need for something like medium brown shit kickers - perhaps desert, but more rounded toe like motorcycle - with some stack for height and weight….

I was noticing that the wall tiles at a certain Palm Springs hotel lunch spot were vaguely reminiscent of the stylized animated bird-family logo in the credits for “The Partridge Family.”

Two minutes later, who should saunter and dine 8 feet away? Danny Bonaduce.

Had I been a fan, that could have been mildly whelming.

I've peed next to Danny Bonaduce!

I didn't peek so I have no level of whelmness to share.

I would rather have peed next to David Cassidy in his prime. He was cute and supposedly had a big cock.

I now have FIVE things to recharge each day after work. An energy crisis can’t be far behind.

I'm in the office and the building cafeteria has baked salmon and cilantro rice. I asked the deli section if they had Dijon mustard the guy said yes. Unfortunately, it's NOT Dijon but Gulden's. I know it's First World problems but I thought I'd share.

I just don't understand how people can cook wearing long sleeves I need to change to short sleeves before I start cooking.

It's quite distressing when unexpected family members make vaguely homophobic remarks

I just laughed at the trailer for The Naked Gun.

Or wearing bracelets, r346. One of my favorite internet chefs wears both long sleeves and bracelets while cooking, and it makes me uncomfortable just to watch her.

R346 and R349

You've triggered me! Long sleeves and in some older videos long, drapey, flowy, ruffled sleeves are just nuts. And, bracelets are bad but RINGS...they're the worst. So damn unsanitary.

The other thing that drives me nuts...the dudes who cook shirtless. And, just ALWAYS hang out at home without shirts. I mean, in summer, sure. But, in winter? Do they keep the thermostat at 90? And, yeah, you're fit but I don't want chest hair in my food.

Sigh. This is getting too whelmed.

To R345, I Love Guldens mustard with hotdogs& burgers.

As long as the burgers& dogs are well-done!

I don’t think chest hair is any worse than head hair.

I think people who wear a lot of rings probably don’t wash their hands

Thinking of Karl Lagerfeld.

Ooops

OP: may I present you with the United States. RIP.

United States: you had a great ass, but you couldn't live forever.

I had to travel for work yesterday and today and was going to make a long weekend out of it. My niece usually watches my dog when (infrequently) travel without him. She was unavailable this week so I hired a dog sitter with great references to stay in our house until Sunday. She said everything is going well, except after dinner tonight, he just kept staring at the front door and won’t make eye contact with her. She is upset and can’t get him to interact, he is just staring at the door. I think my dog knows I was at a beach this evening without him. I think I am going to have to go home tomorrow so I don’t have a psychologically broken dog. Kind of whelming, actually. Other than that, I had a delicious dinner of halibut with a basmati rice pilaf and skinny asparagus spears.

I just heard a doorbell ring. I’m in a hotel and nothing I watched on TV had a doorbell. Weird.

It’s going to rain again this weekend. For the third weekend in a row. Cold, raw, windy wet rain.

We might actually have a decent weekend. It's been a cold, wet & occasionally stormy Spring so far.

In the northeast this weekend 's weather will be dry and cool. Finally this fucking rain/ snow stuff is finally leaving us

Side note- i miss House Of Cards

I'm craving panzanella salad.

Bette Midler’s singing voice is a feature and not a defect. I will repeat this five times so I believe it. Love the woman, but that singing voice is oddly Midwestern - even on key, it’s flat.

A critter got into my garbage bin. Glad it managed to get out or the smell would have been terrible.

I have automatic car wash anxiety.

I can't get out of treating my car with an underbody flush. The road salt can corrode it.

With fear and dread, every move under duress, my hand shifts the transmission so I can inch forward to obey those intimidating green and red lights.

Then I sit there frightened and vulnerable, with only the car walls and windows to separate me from scary moving, wet, machinery accompanied by a thumping whoosh sound.

I think the whole experience should be part of a Halloween Haunted House tour and the sound be played over my garage loudspeaker during Trick or Treat.

r363, try playing sexy dance music.

r355, sounds like your dog is a Hachiko-type one-man dog. Cherish him, but enjoy your trip. Sometimes you have to go do people stuff.

Very nice weather today, sunny and warm. 19°C (66°F). I think this is the warmest day so far this year.

Thank you, r64.

R363, I totally understand. I'm always afraid it will stop halfway through or my windows aren't completely closed. I avoid those types of car washes whenever possible. I have one about 8 miles away that you have to get out of the car for. I prefer that one, even thouygh I have anxiety that my car won't come out. It's not rational but it is what it is.

My little cat has been screaming at me since the old Siamese died. It's been a few weeks now and it's disconcerting. It must be frustrating for her not to be able to explain what she's yelling about.

Awww, that sounds distressing, r369.

[quote] I'm always afraid it will stop halfway through

Yes! Cosmo at r368. Then I'll have to sit in there while they shut the electrical and water power off....

Oh my, me too. There's always that anxiety that you won't fit in the stupid tracks.

R363, R368, I'm temped to post the YouTube clip of Dave Letterman taking a convertible through a car wash with the top down, but I don't want to increase your anxiety. Might be too whelming.

[quote] There's always that anxiety that you won't fit in the stupid tracks.

I get that, too, r371!

R370, worse yet, the car behind me will get impatient, put the car in drive, and hit the gas!

I've had a lousy week. May have to drown my sorrows with a sloppy Five Guys burger. Haven't had one in a while.

The automatic car wash broke the rear windshield wiper off my car twice. I'm back to the do it yourself style car washes. Much better for my rear window wipers with the added bonus of not inducing anxiety.

R363, they had a "Haunted Car Wash" in our town for Halloween. I didn't try it out because I'm a member at the other car wash.

My uncle died last year and named his brother, my father, in his will. Made my aunt, his sister, an executor. My father has Alzheimers and I have Power of Attorney.

I'm out of state and don't know what the will says but my aunt tried to talk to my dad (I'm sure hilarity ensued) and was nasty to the social worker.

Don't know the nefarious plans taking place because my aunt, whom I've always been close to, is now acting like a grade A cunt.

So whelming.

This is when you find out what Auntie saw in the woodshed.

I have a hose and wash my car in the driveway. It takes less time than it does to drive to and through and back from the car wash. In the winter it has to go to the drive-through maybe once a month to get the salt off.

The self-serve spray stations were always my favorite when I owned cars. My cleaning addiction mixed with a half-pint of Jim Beam meant a very clean interior and exterior of old Volvos.

I am not saying that driving a volvo excuses drunk behavior, but the cars give you added grace with other drivers and the police.

Hold On- by Wilson Phillips gets me so nostalgic for the 90s. So nostalgic that I can cry

I'm watching The Unauthorized Melrose Place Story. Yesterday I watched Behind The Camera: Charlie's Angels. The same actor played Aaron Spelling in both.

I forgot to feed the cats before the opera.

I officially have Easter break from work! Yay! Gonna go for a hike today. Have to enjoy the nice weather while it lasts because it's supposed to be raining all Easter. Good thing I don't have any plans, lol (except cleaning the house).

I'm glad somebody has nice weather, we woke up to a winter wonderland in New England.

I’m a city boy with no need for cars, but those Mazdas sure are pretty. They always make the most attractive cars and Chevy copies them five years later - with American stupidity.

Another lovely day here. Sunny and warm. 18°C (64°F). It will rain tomorrow.

I made myself a BLT with American cheese for lunch. I quite enjoyed it. I might have another one tomorrow.

I just saw six deer across the street in the woods. I had raked up a massive amount of acorns last fall from my yard and threw them in there and they found them. Good.

It’s raining again, on and off.

It was lovely yesterday and I took a long walk at a riverside park that happens to be cruisy.

All the other men there were my age and shape.

Thus, underwhelming.

I can't find the movie Mrs. Harris anywhere. The HBO movie that stars Annette Bening and Ben Kingsley. I might have to go to the video store which is 14 miles away.

Saw a Smiths tribute band, it was so good! Planted some seeds for peppers and thinking about Easter baking.

All that in one day?

I’m planning a brisket for Easter, plus some potato salad and asparagus.

I’m also making Ina’s carrot cake and a cake called Lady Baltimore cake.

So I’ve been watching some parts of the performance from Lady Gaga at Coachella, my god, she’s fucking fantastic!!

She did a whole concert set!!

I thought that festival was just a few songs by each performer. She probably did a whole run thru for her tour.

Amazing. Is there a thread for this? I was definitely overwhelmed.

This is the Datalounge, r397 OF COURSE there is a thread about it!

Yes,, I take a bubble bath every morning.

Olbas Therapeutic Herbal Bath.

I’m beat. More spring cleaning. I sweat like a mop and this summer will be terrible like last one. I pretty much stayed indoors and did the miniatures for my vintage dollhouse. Now it’s furnished so I have to start some other craft. Vintage jewelry decor. Or painting little people and animals for the dollhouse.

My wooden rocking chair that I bought from The Shakers decades ago is one of the best purchases I have ever made. I have cushions on the seat and back and it is so comforting.

I can't decide whether I want to get Jumpspeak. I always see ads on Instagram about how people become fluent in a few months but I don't know if it's bullshit.

Tired after my spin class. But it feels good. It's sunny and warm today after rain yesterday. It's currently 15°C (59°F). Not too bad.

Started a "Happy Back" yoga challenge for my achy lower back this morning. I used to do yoga a lot when I was younger, so I hope there's some muscle memory left.

I usually place my grocery delivery order on Fridays but I think I should order on Thursday this week due to the holiday.

I made muesli.

Why are "flying Fish" in space news this morning?

r402, it's highly unlikely that any language learning program will make you fluent in a few months, but you can learn a lot if the method you use works for you. I taught myself basic German using Pimsleur audio lessons and a book called German Quickly (which I think was designed for Lutheran ministers in training.)

The painters just arrived. They'll be doing the interior of my whole house this week (it NEEDS it!) My cat has vanished. I've set up temporary quarters for us in the garage in case she comes looking for me.

My cataract surgery is tomorrow morning - I'm really nervous about it.

Best of luck, r410!

Kevin Lee Jacobs is serving honeydew melon wrapped in prosciutto for his Easter Brunch. I don't know where he is getting good tasting honeydew in April in upstate NY.

Cataract surgery is pretty routine. You’ll be fine.

To R410-Don't sweat it sis, it's easier than I used to be!! Left eye fixed at Penn, it was almost a double cataract.

Right eye done in LA-simple basic cataract surgery; I have 20/20 vision in both eyes. I wore contacts for 42 years since the late 80s. Have reader glasses if I need them, he tells me "wear ur fucking glasses all the time when its sunny or not". Dr told me to stop eye-fucking his resident, smoking hott Asian man.

Out of milk so ran over to the Kroger to grab some and look for something to make for dinner.

The price of all the meat was underwhelming. Or, overwhelming.

$9.99 for HAMBURGER.

Ridiculous.

R410 when it’s over you’ll go “piece of cake.” The anticipation is worse than the execution. The meds are nice, too. Sunglasses become a necessity, not an accessory, but you’ll see the difference.

I had it done 20 years ago and have never looked back.

I'm watching the Mel Gibson movie What Women Want and all I can focus on is his and Helen Hunt's apartments and how much they would cost.

9k a month? 12k a month? How could they afford it if they work in advertising?

[quote]r310 Got my monthly ...

I read just these words and thought, "Period??"

WHELMING!

[quote]R396 ... and a cake called Lady Baltimore cake.

This is Martha Stewart's favorite and her mother used to make it for her birthday, growing up.

I don't know why I know this.

Thanks, R419.

The figs and raisins and brandy intrigue me the most.

I saw a recipe for a chiffon cake but looks like a pain to make.

R419 Uh, because you're gay and the knowledge of Martha Stewart's favorite cakes is in our DNA.

Also, that clips from her show where Martha and her mom make the cake pops up on social media a lot if you follow Martha or other famous cooks.

Had my cataract surgery - thanks for the kind words everyone! It was weird, they don't put you completely out and so you're aware that they're doing something to your eye, but it wasn't too bad. Still blurry at the moment, though.

Glad you got it over with, R422!

Another nice day here and fairly warm with 16°C (61°F). Partly sunny, well, mostly overcast but some sun too. It will rain a lot tomorrow, almost every day the next week, ugh. Not ready to let go of this nice weather we've had lately, but it is very dry, so we could use some rain. I guess it's a good thing after all.

I qualified for a free protein (ham, turkey breast, Kosher chicken, or ham) at Shop Rite and a have decided to donate it to the local mission that helps homeless men. I'll pick up some canned string beans and drop them off on Friday. I could get the 96 oz Stouffer's lasagna but I"m not sure about that. Any thoughts? Definitely won't get the tofurkey as they have suffered enough.

I've got some Omaha sirloin steaks and will have one of those for Easter dinner with a good red wine. Any recommendations for no more than $30/bottle? I'm thinking maybe a nice Brunello.

That's very nice of you Cosmo R425.

IMO Robert Mondavi or Apothic makes good wines. Available at grocery stores, usually less than $20/bottle, though their better ones may be in the $20s.

Oberon Cab. Mid to upper twenties.

There are only 3 standing video stores in my state. The closest one that is 30 minutes away is closing next week because the owner is retiring to Florida.

The other ones are 50 minutes and 90 minutes away. Some movies you just can't find on YouTube or other streaming platforms.

Morgan Freeman is doing Bounty commercials now. How the mighty have fallen.

It's all he can remember. Short lines, no plots.

Mr and Mrs Goosie (Canada Geese) are back on the lake for year four. He's swam over looking for me while she's on the nest. He's spotted my dog and is probably wondering where I am. Tomorrow, I'll go out and throw some bread to him. He'll love it as always. When I talk to him he makes sounds which I interpret to mean More!

I pulled up the old made-for-tv movie thread and found 13 movies I wanted to watch. I've seen 3 already, only 10 more to go.

Just came home from my spin class. It's pouring down. It has rained a lot! We need it though, it was very dry. But this weather sucks. Typical that it starts to rain just as my Easter break starts, lol.

I had an over easy egg and a slice of toast for breakfast.

On the "Things that creep you out" thread someone mentioned that over easy eggs creeped them out. I thought of that Datalounger as I ate my creepy egg.

There's a 5-10 pound range that I allow myself to be. I weighed myself this morning and I'm at the high limit. Dang it.

Thank you, R425 and R426, for the wine suggestions. I've always loved Robert Mondavi cabernet; I'll look for the Oberon cab.

I've been drinking Feudi del Duca Montepulciano D'Abruzzo for ages but would like to try something new.

The geese are named Goosie?

What are the odds?

Ugh. There's road work on the highway that backs up traffic for a mile or more. I'm going to have to use an alternate route for the foreseeable future.

Lately I've been farting all day every day, and I finally found the source of this excessive flatulence...

We're waiting with held breath to find out the source!

We're also waiting with held breath to avoid the stench.

My two forays in the car today were successful and brief. I went from a space right out front into the library, got the two books they were holding me checked out and was back in the car and pulling into traffic again in less than five minutes. Likewise the a trip for groceries because at 8 am there’s more bread and chips/snacks guys filling the shelves than customers in the store. I had 19 items in the 20 items or less line and I was out of there in about ten minutes. Jorsue, the checkout guy, was sporting tangerine nail polish this morning.

I was kicked off DL for 3 days. I don’t now why. I’m a paid subscriber with a valued opinion. And I was close to the epicenter of the CA earthquake on Monday and had no way to express my anxiety to my peeps here.

It was sweating and farting. Mini bursts of excessive sweating and farting

Some 90s R&B music videos are so problematic. E.g. I Swear by All4One

Is everyone travelling and going on vacations except me?

Nope, I’m at home as well, R446.

Maybe in June I’ll go see the Dodgers play in Denver. The closest to me, except the Diamondbacks, but Phoenix, in the summer 🥵

To R446, when I go home to La Jolla, I am on vacation.

With my ex-in-laws there with the sailboat, it's even better. Then, Lake Forest in August

God, I love America!

I'm underwhelmed about a decision I made in January to do some closet reorganizing and makings a terrible choice to place the tub with my summer shorts WAY in the back of the closet. I just spent half an hour playing Closet Tetris to dig them out and then put everything back together again.

And, after all that, I'm betting it's going to go back to being much cooler and I won't be needing shorts again until June.

I have time off for a vacation in July. I really want to go to New Orleans to see the cemeteries, plantations, haunted places, and go on swamp and voodoo tours but I'm afraid it will be too hot and humid.

R450 If you're worried about it, then you obviously aren't a fan of hot and humid...and, NO in the summer is a swampy death oven.

Go in November.

Yes, it will be hot and humid. If you take R451's advice and go in November, you can go to the racetrack too.

I haven’t needed a car in eight years, but I just found out Volvo is no longer producing sedans for the US market.

I owned three over a 20 year period- people treated me like a pastor - cops didn’t stop me, people yielded to let me in line. They were the most reliable boring cars.

An era of suburban heaven has ended for all of us.

R450, I've been watching Treme on HBO and also want to go to New Orleans. I doubt I'll go this year as I have family in NC that I would like to visit.

My weight was up significantly this morning in spite of the fact that I did not binge yesterday.

I don't like my new job and the Chairman of the Board already is talking me up for CEO.

Ugh.

To R456-learn to LOVE your new job& if you get the CEO job, run with it. Get the perks that cum with the job.

To R450, R451, and R452, are absolutely fucking correct-it is a "SWAMPY DEATH OVEN" in July and August. However, I was in NO in Halloween years ago for a conference & it was a "SWAMPY DEATH OVEN" weather wise. Plus the streets stunk like rotting garbage. Remember, it will be crowded. Have fun!

R455 are your ankles swollen? Is it 5 pounds or more?

I had inexplicably been losing weight since last summer. Now I feel entitled to 4 Everything bagels and cream cheese.

It's sunny today after a couple of rainy days. Going for a hike. Gonna enjoy this nice weather on my day off.

My cousin is bringing me Rice Pie and Pizza Rustica today. I'm so thankful she keeps up these traditions since I've become too lazy to do so.

Your cousin sounds like a fine person, r461.

Never heard of Rice Pie before, it sounds delicious!

I had a Dole Acai bowl for breakfast. It was good.

I was going to order a Chocolate Bunny Moose Cake to bring to my friend's house for Easter Sunday but that cake is somewhat small. I have therefore ordered a very large chocolate moose cake which the bakery will decorate with all of the Easter doo dads and it's such a great big cake there will be plenty of leftovers which I will happily take home.

The amount of people who don't wash their hands after using the bathroom is horrifying. Those sinks and the hand soap aren't just for decoration, you know.

Another horror- nested toilets

There's a Goldfinch and a Cardinal eating the sunflower seeds I put out. Gorgeous.

I made carnitas for the first time two nights ago and we're just finishing up the leftovers today. For a gay old white man, they come out pretty good. I found two recipes online and combined them to get what I wanted. Later, I felt a bit annoyed that I didn't seek out actual MEXICAN recipes (the two I used were from generic white ladies who cook and have blogs type sites) and did more research into it so I can make even better ones next time.

While there are many interracial (black white) coupling among gay men and straight couples, I've never seen an interracial lesbian couple

I love rice pie and pizza rustica (we call it pizza chiena). I generally make pizza rustica but we're on vacation for Easter this year. I did make ma'amoul for Eid al Fitr (no, I'm not Muslim, just an excuse to make delicious cookies). Another good Italian Easter specialty is wheat pie. It's similar to rice pie, but made with wheat berries. Don't ask me what those are. I but them in the Italian market already cooked.

I miss doing drugs. I used to party all night doing coke, meth, you name it. Now I'll be 59 in a few months and haven't been out in ages. I just stay home and read, watch TV, and putter around the house.

I lost contact with all my hook-ups. Isn't there a Silk Road type of website that I can get drugs from? Anyone?

I got a shot in my knuckle yesterday and it's sore.

Fruit soup

I had a dream last night that there was a whale in my basement.

It was bizarre that this whale was surviving in the basement with no water to swim in, just gliding around sans water and banging against the door wanting to come upstairs. Also bizarre that I had a basement as I don't have one in real life. The house was my actual house just with an added basement.

I was on a rotary dial, green landline phone calling various places trying to find someone to remove Moby Dick from my basement while wiping sweat from my face with a handkerchief. I was also flipping through a yellow pages phone book looking for whale movers or whatever which was very retro.

Bizarre.

[quote]trying to find someone to remove Moby Dick from my basement

Words I never thought to see on the Datalounge.

To R474, were you using a pencil, pen or dialing apparatus while on your green landline phone? What color Green and was the phone attached to the wall or on the bureau!! What was the whales name, boy or girl?

The phone was like the one in this photo r476 and situated on the console table behind my sofa. The green did not match my gray and white decor at all. I didn't notice a dialing apparatus as I was busy wiping my forehead with a crisply pressed handkerchief. Open Yellow Pages books and papers strewn about the console table is very unlike me and made me want to clean up even in my dream.

I don't know if it was a boy or girl whale but I've decided to call it Moby.

R469- Only in the mind and in Broadway shows of Idina Menzel.

I checked the Amazon site for an order and it said my package was delivered and left in the mail room?! I went outside and found it it under my mailbox. There's a pandemic of Stupid going around.

I'm in a hotel with thin walls and the neighbors are playing some godawful Middle Eastern type music with vocals that sound like a dying cat.

Basement = subconscious. You have a big happy secret you have been keeping from yourself that wants to come "upstairs" You may learn something about yourself or come to terms with some long held repressed memory very soon. Whale = water animal. Water = emotions. Absence of water = this is part of what you have put in storage so have not emotionally dealt with yet. I bet once the emotional floodgates opens, that whale will be washed upstairs and no longer suppressed! It will be a good thing!

Went to the gym today and opened YouTube on the cross-trainer. The first recommendation that came up was Grey Gardens. How did the machine know I was a DLer?

Woke up early (for me) and decided to walk the half block to the coffee shop/bakery for some pastry (which I don't need). Of course it was rather busy, which I expected...it's Saturday and it's the only decent place to grab coffee/pastry in the hood. But, there was this stupid couple taking forever to order and the shop girl, who was a big blonde, was just egging them on and they were all laughing and having a great time meanwhile the line gets longer and longer and soon it's snaking out the door and down the street because the fuckers ordering were stupid selfish twats and the shop girl was a moron. I stomped out.

So, I went to Kroger down the street and bought an overly sweet apple fritter which is killing me.

r483, it takes a special breed of brazenness to blow off their work duties like that. I had co-workers who loved to socialize with their favorite customers while leaving me to run my ass off helping all the people who actually wanted service.

R484 They were all oblivious. They were borderline Gen Z/Millennials. Tend to be awful at picking up signals that they are in the way/causing a problem/taking up too much space and time.

R484,I was trained to provide very fast, error-free work for busy customers in the MidWest who had other things to do with their days.

When I moved to the PNW, coworkers clued me in that I was brusk. Out here, customers determine the speed and rhythm of the transaction.

It smells like cronyism when you watch your coworker change customer service personality with each transaction, but customers prefer it.

SOME customers prefer it.

Others just want their fuckin' blueberry scone in a timely manner.

^^Reminds me of the patisserie beignets owner in Barry who doles out philosophical advice to customers as the line snakes around the block outside.

It reached 80 degrees today so I made my first pitcher of iced tea this year.

It reached 80 degrees today so I washed the car and took the shop vac to the interior, removing a mild winter’s worth of sand and pebbles, mostly. And got dust out from the seats and surfaces. Then everything washed or wiped down and dried out, the glass and dash and inside and out. I have to learn to think like you, R489.

My husband did the middle color load of wash this afternoon which is now virtuously line drying.

We’re under the flight path for takeoffs with the windows open tonight. My neighbors have her parents here for Easter and their outdoor furniture is out already. Cushions and everything.

Two movies I would really like to see again: Scandal and The Krays. They both did an excellent job of recreating Britain in the 1960s. And you can watch nowhere.

I'm enjoying watching the Coachella livestreams on YouTube. But you couldn't pay me to ever go to a music festival again, especially one in the desert.

R491 “Oh Doctor Ward, I just thought you should know, there’s a black man shooting at your front door”

I went to a 50s diner for lunch and was thrilled that they had liver and onions on the menu. I haven't had that in years. It was delicious.

Our Queen Anne neighborhood is fiercely quaint After a decent lunch, I couldn’t bring myself to light a cigarette for fear of being educated by a concerned rich hippie. I notice this neighborhood still has post boxes and a lack of people nodding out in public. Must be nice….

Alan CUMMING

Ncuti GATWE

Russell T. DAVIES

Watched a YouTuber make french toast. After she was finished she took the leftover egg wash and made an omelette out of it. The omelette must be very sweet given the sugar in the egg mixture, I don't find this appetizing

It's so gusty out there that the lake has white caps. There is one brave soul out there in a kayak but he's struggling. A shame because it's a sunny day but too brisk for my taste.

I watched Jesus Christ Superstar to celebrate the Easter holiday and was reminded how incredibly sexy the 70s were with the longer hair on men, flat stomachs, lean muscles, and hip hugging bell bottoms. I may watch again.

So I made the Lady Baltimore cake and the carrot cake.

I forgot to add vanilla to the carrot cake, hopefully it doesn’t make much of a difference.

The brisket has been cooking for about 3 hours and 3 more to go. It was a large 6 pound piece.

Happy Easter 🐣🐇 everyone!

For Easter, I made brownies with Cadbury mini eggs in them. It turned out great.

R499 JCS is one of my favourite films. The men are so hot.

Jesus was always shown to be one hot guy in pictures and in film. It's said he probably didn't look like that at all if he existed. Hey, I'm not saying he did or didn't but one must remember there's no proof. I like to think he did, he was cool.

So I added a little more than the half a cup of brandy that was called for in the Lady Baltimore cake filling and it ended up too potent. 🫨

The cake was light and delicious and the frosting was just perfect. Not too sweet.

The carrot cake didn’t suffer from a lack of vanilla extract, so that was a relief.

The brisket was also delicious: tender and flavorful.

The only thing that was somewhat lacking was the potato salad, but at that point of the day I was too tired to care too much. It was still good.

Archeologically speaking, w’re leaving behind a plastic layer.

Personally, I’m leaving behind a layer of coffee grounds. I sweep, I mop, I dust, repeat - still tiny motes of dead coffee on the counter, floor, and cabinetry.

My landlord and his crew are outside putting up ladders. Why, I can't imagine. Now we have to pull the shades and hide from them all day.

I'm eating the other half of my plain bagel from Easter morning. Today, I had it toasted with cream cheese. Yesterday, I had it untoasted with butter.

The eczema in my ankle area has flared up for the first time in 4-5 years. I'm not happy.

If my sister still has some leftover Apoquel from her late dog, and I take it, will I die, Datalounge?

[quote] My landlord and his crew are outside putting up ladders. Why, I can't imagine. Now we have to pull the shades and hide from them all day.

Or, you could give them a show they’ll never forget.

I e-filed my taxes last Monday. The Federal refund is in my bank account this morning.

Poutine for dinner!

As per usual, I couldn’t find cheddar curds so I’m stuck with mozzarella. My brown gravy is better than allrecipes, btw.

Cosmo @ r507, the last bagel I had, I couldn’t decide between butter or cream cheese so I tried both on a quarter of it and holy cow was it good. I ended up eating the whole thing that way. Can’t make a habit of that though.

We made a turkey breast for our Easter dinner. It was underwhelming.

I forgot I prefer dark meat. And, turkey breast is so fucking bland.

Also: the roles were store bought. And, sucked.

Sometimes I watch videos I'm totally not interested in because the YouTuber has a nice British accent.

(slaps self on head 'oh mys' self)

ROLLS!

Not "roles".

Egads...

Speaking of rolls, my cousin asked if we had bread or tortillas for our dinner.

I told him we didn’t have any. Trying to cut out the carbs. We did have the potato salad but that was the only concession I made. Well. Besides the two cakes, of course. 😜

My poutine sucked hairy balls because of the cheese. I’m used to squeeky white cheddar curd and I had to substitute little mozzarella balls and they are not a good substitution.

Speed is important in making a poutine. The bag had tinier bags inside - each containing three mozzarella balls. I lost valuable french fry heat while unwrapping bullshit cheese.

There’s a cheese shoppe in the tourist district. I could sneak through and see if they have curd.

That's too bad, R517. Everybody has cheddar cheese curds in NE, even Aldi.

You attract who you are, not what you want.

There are four turtles sunning themselves side by side on a rock in the lake. Spring is definitely here now.

I'm loving these longer days.

I have been told that the only words in the English language that contain the sequence M-E-O-W are meow, meows, meowed and homeowner.

I can hear a bullfrog out on the lake. It's spring and the creatures are looking for sex.

I overdid it at the gym on Sunday and am sore today, more than I was yesterday. I had a hot bath with Epsom salts and now am too hot to fall asleep.

I'm tired as hell and it's only 8 pm. My cats woke me up at 4:30 am and fucked up my sleep pattern.

Did they meow? Get in your face while sleeping? I have a dog and she will whine softly and if I don't respond she'll bark once. Loudly.

We had a move-out today at my apartment and it was a show worthy oof my friends’ and family’s moving day dramas.

One person (male, 20s, skinny, hair) screamed for the first hour of the day, grabbed two tote bags and ran down stairs. He’s been on the nod/sleeping outside next to the family’s minivan all day.

My family and friend group always had someone who had to have a mental crisis on moving day so they didn’t have to haul boxes. It’s usually a guy and the age can be anything from six to 35. I stopped helping others move when I turned 40.

I had a three day wine fest after Lent.

It rained today. It wasn't even forecasted! We had rain basically all Easter. So sick of it.

R527 Some years ago when he had a Dodge Dakota, my husband got a bumper sticker that read “Yes it is my truck and no, I will not help you move.” People still asked.

Small win alert! My 10 week old pug slept through the night and learned to sit and pee outside this week. She’s possibly the first smart pug I’ve had to date.

Are those accomplishments considered signs of intelligence in pugs?

I dunno, r532. My mom and my sister both learned to sit and pee at an early age.

R532 My other pugs took far longer to learn these things, so I say yes!

A joyous house starts with everyone pottying where they’re supposed to.

It’s a team effort and we forget how far the animals have acclimated themselves to this living arrangement.

Good puppy!

Pugs are stubborn dogs. They will work your last nerve until you're about to scream and then, suddenly, they'll start listening and behave. But not until the age of 2.

I' m quite tumescent right now 🍆

I made Marlene Dietrich’s goulash. I was pretty sure looking at the recipe that I would add stuff. I made it her way before tasting it and it’s really not my thing. 3 Tablespoons paprika and 3 of caraway seeds. It was hard to make something so relentlessly red that wasn’t chili or spaghetti sauce.

Real Hungarian goulash is delicious. And, it's NOT made with hamburger.

Of course it’s not made with hamburger. What a thought.

I'm not an outdoorsy person I'm an indoorsy person.

I’m an indoorsy person, too, R541.

Presented with military/tactical guy, hiker/yoga guy, or nepotwerp guy, I’ve developed a Fred Rogers/Robin Williams wardrobe. The fabric is fabulous. It looks like I’d welcome you with open arms.

I meant to have a late lunch/early dinner at 4 before my 7 pm class at the gym but got busy at work and didn’t have time for anything other than a yogurt. I had some tuna on crackers and some grapes when I got home but am still hungry. I have to go to bed though.

Bobby Nash was killed off on 9-1-1!

Then HBO started running old seasons of Six Feet Under, as if we were all having Peter Krause withdrawal (which I was, actually)

Celebrate with me DL!!

I was able to procure the new Nintendo Switch on preorder!!

I was on the waiting line online, and I stayed in until they told me I had one in my cart!!

🥳 🥳🥳🥳🥳

Never mind the almost $500.00 price tag. 😜

[quote]r538 I made Marlene Dietrich’s goulash. I was pretty sure looking at the recipe that I would add stuff. I made it her way before tasting it and it’s really not my thing. 3 Tablespoons paprika and 3 of caraway seeds.

Dietrich strikes me as one of those know-it-alls (like Cybill Shepherd) who isn’t quite as smart as they think they are.

This is interesting:

^^ the comments section has tips about adding stuff, such as a teaspoon of Erős Pista (a chilli paste), to finish.

I had a frosted cherry pop tart for breakfast. Apparently I've regressed to the age of ten.

Not normally something that is in my breakfast rotation. I fished the box of pop tarts out of my "emergency food stash". That's my stash of shelf stable food with long expiration dates for when the end of the world hits or a hurricane or power outage. The expiration date on this box of pop tarts is February 2026.

Now I'm debating if I should just transfer the box to my regular pantry section or put it back in the "emergency" section. I am leaning towards regular pantry.

Each is wrapped. A reasonable person might eat them while making up their mind.

I am eating my usual Thursday morning breakfast now which is Sprouted Oatmeal, chia seeds, hemp seeds, flax seeds and fair trade cacao powder plus one medium boiled egg.

r550 And what is your usual Friday morning breakfast, pray tell?

Tattletales game show from the 1970s is ridiculous.

The cash prizes are too low, the music is inferior to Match Game's music and the colors are garish.

R551- I don't eat breakfast on Friday morning or Tuesday morning. Monday is the same breakfast as Thursday. Saturday I eat puffed corn and some puffed kamut ( no sugar or salt added) with Almond milk and Sundays and Wednesdays I eat a nice variety of fruit for breakfast.

I love strawberries. Finally got fresh strawberries in the store here, even if they are Dutch. We have to wait a few more months for Norwegian. The Dutch berries are goood too though, even if I prefer the Norwegian as they are sweeter.

I'm in bed with a nasty cold, watching old episodes of Reno 911.

The top of my right thigh is itchy. It extends a bit to the outer thigh but mostly on top.

SHINGRIX, R556

I listen to a pretty great Classic Rock radio station when I'm in the car but once in awhile they throw in Billy Joel and I hate that shit. That's not rock.

I accidentally ordered "Fabuloso" scented kitchen trash bags. The scent is overpowering and giving me a headache. These will have to be relegated to the wastebasket I have in the garage and that might not even be far enough away from my nose. People clean with this scent? It's overwhelming.

R559, drop them in the goodwill bin now. Somebody will use them. There’s an off-putting plastic odor under a loud perfume. It lingers in strange places.

For the several days my refrigerator smelled like bad fish. I cleaned the produce bins, the cheese area, and looked in the shelves. Nothing Checked the freezer too

Tonight, I found the culprit. A 2 month old shrimp package I bought at Whole Foods. It was wedged all the way in the back, stuck behind a shelf

Cleaned the whole refrigerator and it still slightly smells. Put a bowl of vinegar inside. Hope that helps

I accidentally bought smoked Gouda instead of regular. I don’t really care for it.

The fruit from Peru is better than the fruit from Chile. In every category, Peruvian fruit tastes better, fresher, sweeter, whatever than Chilean, which looks great but has no flavor.

A couple of months ago the tassel on my robe unraveled in the wash. I'm still finding threads from it all over the house.

R562 you might want to soak some paper towels in lemon juice and wipe the fridge down. That's what I do.

Thanks r565

Remember when it was a big deal when rich people would shoot big game animals with no good reason? Now they do it with custom yachts.

There’s a picture of a hunter with the head of a giraffe.

She paid to hunt and kill a grass-easing animal. She is so proud.. .

If cancer kills me this year, it won’t be too soon.

The Serbian Biskvit sa Vocnin zeleom preliven cokoladom (Biscuits with fruit jelly covered with chocolate) “Jaffa Cakes” is not a suitable replacement for the vanished Pims chocolate-covered orange jelly biscuits from Burry-Lu which have disappeared.

It can’t be the tariffs yet.

r569, I bet Pims fans are hoarding.

This has been a year of whelming and I’m thankful for the underwhelming.

7-eleven Boston Cream donuts are as good as Top Pot Boston Cream donuts.

The prices are nearly the same so it depends on where you’re at when the need hits.

My stomach is gurgling. I've had plenty to eat so it's not hunger. Why a gurgle?

I got Safeway Deli Chinese food for my dinner...Sesame "Chicken" and fried rice.

I'm so ashamed.

I’m catching up on Summer House and it’s making me chuckle. Also the new Starbucks ad with old band Survivor is funny.

And I made a gooey butter cake that’s to die for.

I'm drinking a loose leaf herbal tea blend with dried apple bits in it. I don't have any tea filters or infuser here so it's just floating in the cup. It feels like I am drinking potpourri.

R573, you need a “wrassle” or deep hug with a good friend. It’s not violent, just a bit of physical activity - preferably with a Mitch Pileggi type guy.

I got some good deals on clearance Easter candy at Target. Everything is 70 percent off. I got a chocolate bunny filled with caramel for 80 cents.

I'm rather underwhelmed by the fact that none of my local grocery stories had very good deals on hams...the first week of January this year, I found hams at .99 a pound. Cheapest I've found so far this week is 2.99 a lb which is too damn much.

I joined a fancy gym and bought some fancy workout clothes instead of my regular tee shirts and basketball shorts. I didn’t change when I got home from the gym today. I just got two huge oil drips from a slice of pizza down my front. Ironic that it’s my love of pizza that led me to the fancy gym and workout clothes in the first place.

R581 Treat those oily stains with Dawn!!!

^ Or Fels Naptha.

^or Lestoil

Reality TV’s worst given name Kroy has now been topped by another, worse, name. Cloyce. Fucking Cloyce. What kind of people think up these names and then unbelievably name their kids with them. Just think if they were brothers. Meet my sons, Kroy and Cloyce. Cloyce and Kroy. Try to say it fast.

My cat just thundered through the bedroom in pursuit of either a mouse or a figment of her imagination. Either way, I doubt I'll get back to sleep. What if she drops the mouse in my bed next time?

I inadvertently had a Nicholas Hoult mini-marathon last night. The Order and Nesfaratu.

20°C (68°F) and partly cloudy today. Loving this weather!

Rainy days and Mondays always get me down.

Sunshine, 75F, and after two tries this morning I finally connected the two hoses in proper sequence and threaded them though all the openings and holes, from the tap on the outside wall to the hose box and then a second hose coiled from the hose box to be used with the nozzle. With which the husband is outside, Miracle Gro-ing the flower and shrubbery beds.

I stupidly left a hammer and screwdriver in the upper level of the cat tree. My cat got up there and decided to take a nap anyway.

I need a new percolator lid and Cuisinart wants 29.50. I’m going to hunt the goodwill before I pay 29.50 for a fucking lid.

For now, I strapped the glass bulb in place with electrical tape. The bulb is important to the coffee making process - I’m just not sure what it does.

I will have no problem finishing my entire container of Tic Tacs before 4pm.

On the flip side of the weather coin, it's only 58 degrees in Seattle right now with grey skies and I LOVE it!

I have the space heater on!

Dreading the 72 degrees it's supposed to be on Thursday...too soon for that much heat.

Shouldn’t see 72 degrees in Seattle until June. August may give us one or two days of 89 degree weather and these folks will lose their minds. It’s still better than the MidWest.

R595 I moved to Seattle from the Midwest to escape the shitty hot in summer/snow in winter shit.

I've gotten very cranky in the last decade because summers here have gotten progressively hotter!

I miss the good ole days when Seattle summers started on July 5th and ended the Thursday before Labor Day weekend.

I went to a spa at a resort and got a massage for $260. It was no better than the Asian massage I usually get. In fact, the Asian massage is better because they massage my head, hands, and feet, and I only pay $60-100.

Live and learn.

I wish baking sheets aka cookie sheets didn't stain so easily.

Next weekend I'm going to the movies but I can't decide whether I want to see The Accountant 2 or Sinners.

There's a Hospital Food subreddit. People from around the world post photos of their hospital food. Some people are in rehab and psych hospitals, I'm surprised they are allowed to have phones.

Some of the food looks good, some looks nasty. The Japanese food looks good as does some of the German food.