From what I understand, the monthly pills actually just kill any newly hatched worms, thereby ridding the dog of them before they get a chance to do any harm. Perhaps Bernie hadn’t been infected for very long.
And, see, mental health days really do work.
It’s a variation on the butterscotch recipe, which was a variation on the triple chocolate cake recipe. They’re all basically the same idea, just varying the flavor of cake, pudding, and chips. I’m trying to come up with even more combinations.
Coconut-Chocolate Cake
1 box white cake mix
1 box coconut pudding mix (I could only find coconut flavor in Jello brand.)
1 1/2 cups water
1/4 cups veggie oil
2 eggs
1 cup chocolate chips
Combine everything except the chips. Mix with hand mixer for 2 minutes. Stir in chips. Put in 13x9 pan and bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes.
I don’t usually frost the other varieties, but to make this more like a Mounds bar, I did frost it with fudge frosting.
Any other combination ideas? White cake, vanilla pudding, and white chips? Would that be too bland? A green cake for St. Patty’s day using pastatio pudding? Maybe a chocolate cake with peanut butter chips?
So I take it you perfer your dark with a sunny disposition? 
I had some nummy gumbo at Dead Lobster. I was going for something not real heavy since I get to eat corned beef and cabbage tonight. Also, tomorrow night we’re going back to the good Eyetalian place for yet another bday celebration. Looks like the holiday eating frenzy has begun here folks!
The only substance that should be green on St. Patty’s Day is the beer. That’s fun cause if you drink enough of it, you can pee in technicolor!
Those it wasn’t quite as good as your other things that pop out of cats and dog stories Rue I’m glad you got at least one this week. Now I need to go home and yank out the Christmas CDs so I can hear Eartha Kit sing “Santa Baby.” I have some very strange memories of Christmas parties that revolve around that song and people’s rendition thereof.
Well, I for one welcome our new breast overlords.
But when it comes to turkey, I likes the whole bird, 'cause then you can make sammichs, and soup, and casseroles, and other stuff. (Yes, I can eat the same thing more than once in a row. Why can’t you?)
In other news, my truck is dead. I got going early this morning with the intent of going to Home Depot to get a new ballast for a florescent* light that’s not working and when I got into the truck and turned the key…nuttin’
I checked to see if I’d left the lights on, or anything else battery draining, nope.
So in the time honored tradition of ‘Making Matters Worse’, I decided to do something about it. I popped the hood and went and got the battery charger.
Now the battery chargert says to disconnect the ground wire from the battery before hooking up the charger, so I grabbed the nut on the clamp with some pliers and tried to unscrew it…and ripped part of the clamp off. The part that you tighten down. Go me! :rolleyes: So I go ahead and disconnect the clamp and put the charger on to see if I learn anything… I didn’t.
After a few minutes I took the charger off and put the battery cable back on. I can’t tighten it down, but it’s pretty snug anyway, so I try to start the truck, and I get some noise. Does that tell me anything? I’m not sure. But I think that if I replace the cable and charge the battery up, I’ll probably have enough juice to drive over to the garage and get it fixed.
Someday.
When I get the time.
BTW, Taxi, your cookie recipe reminds me of one I tried last year that involved a box of chocolate fudge cake mix, a box of chocolate pudding, and some chocolate chips, except that it was too dry, so we added an egg.
They were yummy! Have I ever mentioned that I like chocolate?
Oh yeah, Wifey is a Lost addict and we watch it every week. Sometimes I get a little annoyed that they never answer any questions without giving us 20 new questions, but overall i like it.
I’m really getting tired of Desperate Housewives, though. I’m at the point now where I don’t like any of those women.
On the other other hand, I’m gratified to learn that NCIS is actually a hit show. I was annoyed when they killed Kate, and the follow up show, with her talking to everybody from beyond the grave, was sappy, but I like the new sex obj…errr. female leads.
That’s one heck of a big ballast if’n you need a truck to go get it. Or are you buying the ballasts in bulk?
donkeybear go ahead and put it on your thingy. It’s not that harsh as long as you get it over the counter and not some kind of hyper-prescription strength. This is just my opinion. IANAD. YMMV. Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball. Void where prohibited by law.
My friend that works for the FAA is taking a train up to NYC for the weekend - I’m very jealous. She says her and her boyfriend plan to be pretty sloshed by the time they roll into Penn Station. So if any of you New Yorkers see a couple stumble off the train from DC, be kind.
Have a good weekend, y’all. I may be able to stop in over the weekend, ‘cause I got nuttin’ planned at all.
The white cake with white chocolate chips sounds yummy. If it’s too bland, you could add an interesting frosting (white chocolate or sour cream, if you want it to be all white). Chocolate and peanut butter is always good. I think German chocolate frosting would be good on the chocolate-coconut cake. I like mint frosting on chocolate cake–my favorite brownie recipe has mint frosting and chocolate frosting, which would be divine on chocolate cake, too.
Yellow cake mix with lemon pudding is tasty. Dunno what you’d substitute for chocolate chips, tho. The only combo that came to mind was lemon-pepper, and while that works for chicken, I don’t think you’d want it in your cake. :eek:
Well I had to take the truck, ‘cause the mule is sick, an’ it’s too fer to walk.
Ah, but the question is: Is benzoyl peroxide effective on boils? Because, judging from my friends’ diagnoses, that’s what I’ve got. (How do boils occur?)
It’s gigantic and hurts. (the boil, not my penis.)
I also went to Old Navy tonight. God save us all, they gave me a credit card. But I got two great pairs of pants for 25 dollars or so, with the neat discount they give you for the first time you use your card. I also found the loooooveliest coat ever. Old Navy’s site is down right now, or I’d give you a cite. It seems that old men clothing is in, so I got the greatest pair of old men pants, and then a pair of corduroys, because one can never have enough corduroys.
It’s lovely, I promise.
And swampy, I couldn’t go to Spanish today! Today was Friday! I only have it on TR, and I went R because there was a test.
Get thee to student health or equivalent, asap. Benzoyl peroxide does nothing for boils. Do NOT attempt to lance, pop or open this up by yourself–that could lead to real trouble.
Yay for Old Navy!
Off to work ALL weekend (y’all didn’t realize that my calling in on Tuesday gave my in total 10 straight days off…heh). Now I pay for it. The unit is full and I am sure full of sick people (think I’d get used to this after almost 20 years of it!)–so basically, I’ll see you all in Monday. I get home too tired to read and post.
My heat is not working! :mad: I called the jackasses at the HVAC place that put this unit from hell in this past summer. Took ‘em forever to get the AC to work right and I’ll be damned if I’m going through this with the heat. They are on the way over. I have already expressed my displeasure with the owner of the company. I think I may have inadvertently referred to his mama as a poo flingin’ chimpanzee. All I know is, I better get heat and it better work good. I have already composed a letter to the BBB concerning the problems I have had. This is supposed to be a reputable company. They make me want to place billboard ads on all major roads warning people not to use 'em ever! The dang thing is still under warranty so I expect them to make it right. Or, as our very own Bobbio is wont to say, “A pound of butt will be extracted!”
Yeesh! Remind me not make Swampy angry! Seriously though, Swampy, I hope they get over there ASAP and fix your problem. I remember you posting about the problems you had with them over the summer.
On the Turkey dilemna…I’m not a huge fan of turkey. I mean, I’ll eat it, but I’m kinda “meh” about it. If I do have to eat it, it prefer the breast meat. But, like sout , I only take a little meat and eat more of the side dishes.
I watch Lost as well. Honestly though, the show is starting to piss me off. Just get on with the freakin’ story, puh-leeeeeze! I’m getting sick of the whole flashback and end up the same place we were two shows ago thing.
Well, I need to grab some coffee. I’m still sleepy and need to WAKE UP.
Now just hold on a minute there son, what do you mean by old men pants?
Don’t make me come over there.
Unless, of course, it’s a good thing, that us old men want to know about.
mumble mumble young whippersnapper mumble mumble
And get offen my lawn!!!
Is everybody picturing donkeybear walkin’ around in pants hitched up to his chest or is it just me?
The heat is (sorta kinda) fixed. The guy got it workin’ but he says there’s some problems about the way it was hooked up, so he’s supposed to be back Monday to fix it. I told him to call me at work. Fortunately I can be flexible enough to run out here and meet him. However, I got folks coming over around sixish Monday for a cookout, so stuff must be done before then. He has been so informed. So far, no butt poundage has been extracted but it could still happen.
Hope the nice heater people got there and have fixed everything, swampy. I would be highly ticked off, too. I had to replace my furnace and A/C this summer as well. Both have worked very well (so far), thank goodness. :: crosses fingers and toes::
Oh, and cb: what eleanorigby said. When my brother was in high school, several guys on the track team got boils that were caused by a staph infection. They were hard to get rid of and he was warned they were nothing to mess with. Get thee to a doctor!
As for turkeys: I’m of the whole-bird persuasion. I don’t think it really tastes like turkey unless you roast an entire bird. (I confess to mostly eating breast meat; the rest winds up in casseroles and soups.)
I’ve been up since 6, cooking something to take to the wedding potluck (OK - cooking isn’t really the right word - assembling is better; it was taco dip), making a stop at the park where I volunteer, and then off to the wedding. It was a very nice wedding, brief, informal, with the ritual watching of the Ohio State - Michigan football game during the reception. I got to talk to a lot of people I hadn’t chatted with in a while and then I stopped off at Target to get a new vacuum cleaner that will, I hope, do a better job of reducing allergens than my current one. I’ve already vacuumed the living room and dining room and am very pleased. It’s picked up lots and is also less noisy than the old one.
So, I’m doing my best to contract the cleaning virus (I’m also in the midst of the laundry) and even remembered to change the bulb in the front porch light. Off to clean some more…
Happy Saturday!
GT
How’d you sneak in there swampy? Your post wasn’t there when I previewed! Honest!
Glad they at least made some headway.
And, yes, pants hitched way up is pretty much all I can imagine in the way of old-man pants. What the heck are they, donkey?
GT
swampy + butt-poundage = Oh, my…I need to be alone for a little bit…
Believe me the butt poundage I would extract from you is much more pleasant than the butt poundage I will extract from the HVAC folks if they don’t make things right. Suffice it to say, the butt poundage I want from you does not involve a butcher knife. 
::waits on sidelines::