# Back to the grind in the MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [January 4, 2016, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-grind-in-the-mmp/742146 "2016-01-04T11:11:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-grind-in-the-mmp/742146/281 "2016-01-10T16:18:47Z")
I slept in till _ **9:00** _ this morning! :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: I was tired. I needed it. I don’t remember if I mentioned it here, but I passed page 100 of my Continuing Epic yesterday. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-grind-in-the-mmp/742146/282 "2016-01-10T17:03:18Z")
Skritchies to Louie and hoping many more bags ofndog food will be needed. I’m not rich either, but there’s always Wednesday. I skipped heathenization this morning because I’m fighting this nasty cold that I brought back from Indiana. The only places I’m going today are the grocery and pharmacy. I do have a nice pot of beef vegetable soup started though. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-grind-in-the-mmp/742146/283 "2016-01-10T17:12:40Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I just saw Mrs. Plant (v.3.0) off to work. It is damn cold after having the A/C on today. Two shootings in the neighborhood where she works, one in the restaurant next to her place of business. > Crap. I know the feeling except for us the shooting have been more around the house rather than work. But I worry just a little every time Herself walks out the door. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-grind-in-the-mmp/742146/284 "2016-01-10T18:00:47Z")
Home from deheathenization. We stopped and got burgers for N.O.L. I made some slaw last night and had kinda thought about doin’ chili dawgs for N.O.L. but OYKW had a gnawin’ and a cravin’ for a burger. Thus chili dawgs for dindin tomorrow. Win-Win! 😃 I foresee nappage in the near future. I feel somewhat sleepified. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-grind-in-the-mmp/742146/285 "2016-01-10T18:42:13Z")
Got new running shoes; have now done two runs in them…compromising _three_ states. That’s a rarity! ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-grind-in-the-mmp/742146/286 "2016-01-10T19:22:39Z")
Awake-ish. Game plan for today is deheathenate, then it’s flexible. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-grind-in-the-mmp/742146/287 "2016-01-10T19:47:37Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > I know the feeling except for us the shooting have been more around the house rather than work. But I worry just a little every time Herself walks out the door. Here is a [[URL=“https://www.facebook.com/forbidden.hillcrest/photos/p.1031470430243135/1031470430243135/?type=3&theater”]Facebook link](https://www.facebook.com/forbidden.hillcrest/photos/p.1031470430243135/1031470430243135/?type=3&theater); I don’t know if it will work or not. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-grind-in-the-mmp/742146/288 "2016-01-10T20:03:02Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Dust is a noun, party is a verb. Very nice, **rosie**! I have made biscuits, done laundry, and cleaned the kitchen. I think this will be a lots of little things day for me too. More laundry, switch out my son’s bed frame (it is broken), some shopping so the dogs can eat, and I need to install the water filter under the kitchen sink. I still need to finish re-arranging my closet too. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-grind-in-the-mmp/742146/289 "2016-01-10T20:17:05Z")
\*\*red \*\*- GMTA - I’ve got a pot of veggie beef soup starting too. Plus 2 zip bags full of beef and broth for future soups. Triple yum! We picked up the new cat box, plus we stopped at Bert’s and got our lottery tickets. We’ve decided that when we win, we’ll bulldoze this house and build a better one in its place, plus a workshop for \*\*FCD \*\*and a pottery studio for me. And we’ll get a herd of pugs, because we can, and we’ll hire someone to clean up after them. Oh, and we’ll pay off our VISA! 😃 I had to say that because when the lotto was new in FL, every time they interviewed someone about “What if you win?” they’d always mention paying off VISA. Cracked me up! Yeah, I’m easily amused. Why do you ask? ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-grind-in-the-mmp/742146/290 "2016-01-10T22:05:32Z")
That reminds me, I need to see if my credit card needs to be paid off. Though I’m pretty sure I haven’t done that much with my credit card lately, seeing as the whole fraud thing happened and I’ve been a bit scared to use my card much since then. I think I’ll take out the alto clarinet tonight. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-grind-in-the-mmp/742146/291 "2016-01-10T22:40:36Z")
I have made the executive decision not to go to the Rosary/Visitation at the funeral home. I am sniffly and have blown my nose approximately fifteen bazillion times this afternoon. No fever so maybe it’s just a sinus thing but I don’t feel like gettin’ out. So here I sit in sweat pants, tshirt and my comfy robe. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-grind-in-the-mmp/742146/292 "2016-01-10T23:00:38Z")
Too much thyme in the soup, dammit. Is there anything you can do, short of doubling all the other ingredients, to mitigate the overwhelming flavor? Plus I forgot to put a bay leaf in. Dammit. But still, it was pretty good soup. Guess what I’ll be having for lunch all week! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-grind-in-the-mmp/742146/293 "2016-01-10T23:15:22Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Here is a [[URL=“https://www.facebook.com/forbidden.hillcrest/photos/p.1031470430243135/1031470430243135/?type=3&theater”]Facebook link](https://www.facebook.com/forbidden.hillcrest/photos/p.1031470430243135/1031470430243135/?type=3&theater); I don’t know if it will work or not. It worked. We live in interesting times - in the old Arabic curse sense of the phrase. Here are a couple of ours if these links work. > **[Pregnant Woman Shot, Killed In Brighton Heights](https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/pregnant-woman-shot-killed-in-brighton-heights/)** > > Police are investigating after a pregnant woman was shot and killed Tuesday night in the city's Brighton Heights section. > **[Teenager shot in Brighton Heights](https://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2015/11/28/Teenager-shot-in-Brighton-Heights/stories/201511280128)** > > The Group Violence Initiative will consult with the DA’s office to determine the charges Adam Jamal Abdel Jabar Ramadon, 19, will face. > **[Pittsburgh police shoot suspect in Brighton Heights](https://www.wtae.com/article/pittsburgh-police-shoot-suspect-in-brighton-heights/7476563)** > > Pittsburgh police were involved in a shooting in Brighton Heights Wednesday night, and a suspect suffered a gunshot wound. > **[1 Dead, Another Critical In Marshall-Shadeland Shooting](https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/marshall-shadeland-fatal-shooting/)** > > Police are on the scene of a fatal shooting in Pittsburgh's Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood. > **[Barber shot, killed in Marshall-Shadeland shop](https://www.wtae.com/article/barber-shot-killed-in-marshall-shadeland-shop/7472742)** > > Pittsburgh homicide detectives are looking for the gunman who targeted a popular barber Saturday evening in the Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-grind-in-the-mmp/742146/294 "2016-01-10T23:21:43Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Got new running shoes; have now done two runs in them…compromising _three_ states. That’s a rarity! With the WVa panhandle so close, you could probably do that here in about 3 miles. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-grind-in-the-mmp/742146/295 "2016-01-10T23:35:02Z")
Or in less than 2 miles [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hancock,_Maryland). **FCD** ’s lunch is packed for the next 2 days. When the soup cools enough, I’ll pack my lunches. Meanwhile, the dishwasher is washing. Thus endeth the weekend… ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-grind-in-the-mmp/742146/296 "2016-01-10T23:51:21Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Too much thyme in the soup, dammit. Is there anything you can do, short of doubling all the other ingredients, to mitigate the overwhelming flavor? 😃 I believe that mushrooms (fresh, not creamed soup) suck up flavor. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-grind-in-the-mmp/742146/297 "2016-01-10T23:58:01Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > It worked. We live in interesting times - in the old Arabic curse sense of the phrase. Here are a couple of ours if these links work. You need to move and Mrs. Plant needs a job in another neighborhood. Interesting how the LR cop shot, pursued, told other guys what was going on and then asked for medical assistance. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-grind-in-the-mmp/742146/298 "2016-01-11T00:35:49Z")
Home, watching the Packers play. The Viqueens lost.😃 Sorry, **Ruble** \* [sub][sub]\*not really.[/sub][/sub] ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-grind-in-the-mmp/742146/299 "2016-01-11T00:51:07Z")
\*\*FCD \*\*is cheering the Redskins’ loss… ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-grind-in-the-mmp/742146/300 "2016-01-11T00:58:10Z")
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