I’m so far behind on this thread that it’s hopeless. So appropriate hugs, boos, congrats all around.
Surprise. It’s snowing. We’re supposed to get something like a foot by tomorrow. It’s so pretty out there!
Nothing’s happening here. I’m off work today.
Of course I saw you waving, Mooom. Didn’t you see me waving back?
We just returned from an exciting trip to Michael’s to get the right size tapestry needles for me to do repairs to one of Papa Tigs’ good sweaters, and then stopped by the grocery store for kibble. So another crisis is averted! Now I need to talk myself into doing laundry. Huh-uh, ain’t happening. In fact, all I want to do is crawl back in bed; I’m suddenly aching all over for no discernible reason.
Speaking of beds, mmmms, ** what happened to yours? I assume you explained somewhere in the first six pages of MMP I was too sick to read, but at this point I’m not anxious to go back and surf that much for what could be repeated. Yes, I’m a lazy ass, why do you ask? 
Yes.
And I prefer purple.
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Carry on all.
MamaTigs Huh???
I think you may be talking to cutie
Anyways - i am back from errand running. Got the kitty litter, some chlorox and a pet tunnel thingy for Libby and some kitty treats. She loves climbing and hiding in my laudry baskets - I have the collapsable mesh ones - so I got her one of her own but targeted at kitty types. She loves it. I swung by the grocery store and picked up some bits and pieces to get me through the week. Tar-jay entrance fee was only $33.64. Tar-jay had sheets on sale but as I am a pauper for the next month or so after the expensive vets visit I walked away.
I am gonna have some lunch then my parents will call than I am considering going to the movies. My friends and I are contemplating getting off our asses and being social this afternoon.
My attempt at napping was unsuccessful. A wild band of roving schnoodles were roaming the halls and barking intermittently. :rolleyes:
Now I’m waiting for dinner to be done and watching an auction on eBay that ends in about 1 1/2 hours. It’s for a slicer that is close enough that I could pick it up. Hopefully I’ll be the winner without paying too much.
Why are the most annoying TV cooks the most popular? If she and Emeril got together, it would be a sign of the End Times. :eek:
Complicated Roommate and I went to the only sit-down Pizza Hut in town today and got The Best Waiter Ever. He was so good his tip equaled our bill and we called the manager over to praise him. He was that good.
I did my budget today and got a pleasant surprise. I like having money again. I think my wardrobe shall enjoy it.
Freaks is a really good movie, if any of y’all haven’t seen it. The ending is a bit creepy, though. Frieda more than makes up for it. That lady is made of class.
Oh, I am SO jumping on this band wagon. A few years ago, I’d watch her from time to time, mostly to see why my friend’s mother wanted to fix him up with Rachel. Then I noticed she laughed too hard at her own jokes, so I decleared her “too cutsie for her own good”. I became annoyed when they started advertising “Rachel’s Special Knife Set in Cheap Orange Plastic Box”. Then when she got her own network morning show, thanks to her connections to Oprah, I realized she had to be stopped. I am so beyond annoyed by her now. Maybe someone can drop something in her EVOO.
AWESOME IDEA!
My slicer auction ends in 10 minutes!
ETA: Wait, I read that as drop** her ** in the EVOO.
How about we drop her into EVOO, turn it “up a notch” (they all steal from each other, so why not us?) and deep fat fry her, with S and P, of course. I truly hate her–she annoys me no end. I dislike perky people (Katie Couric should also die a slow, lingering death) on principle.
Am back from the library. Great walk, ok work–but a bit boring. You go buggy after awhile trying to hunt things down that will not be found.
Need to do some homework tonight. Tomorrow I try to install Roman shades.
Hooray! I won my lovely slicer for $304.00 and it is within driving range, about 45 minutes from here.
the only one on that network worth his salt (kosher, of course) is Alton Brown. But either they don’t want to promote him, status wise) they way do all the others, or he wants none of it because it would mean compromising his standards. Good on him, if that’s the case.
holy crap! that must be some slicer! What’s it made of, platinum?
Y’all know how Rachel Ray likes to carry armloads full of stuff around her kitchen? I say somebody should sneak into her kitchen and put a banana peel on the floor so we can watch her and her armload of stuff go flyin’ everywhere. Who lives closest?
Earlier today I could have done an hmmm… I guess… unobligatory buzzed post. I was pleasantly buzzed on a couple or four bloody marys. Then I had a nice lunch of ham, scalloped N.O.T., green beans, rolls and cake. That was followed by a hour long snooze in my recliner. All in all a nice way to spend a Sunday afternoon.
Tales from Fire School Weekend 1 tomorrow, when I have a working computer…
Rachael Ray, me, and that damned olive oil of hers: no ‘virgin’ anywhere by the time I’m done. :eek: 
I am also not a fan of RR, although I’ve seen several recipes of hers (I think taxi has linked to her recipes) that were actually good. Those recipes left a good enough impression on me that I actually browsed through one of her cookbooks at the grocery store one day, but I was unable to stomach the thought of a cookbook that said “EVOO (extra-virgin olive oil)” throughout.
Laundry is done, for the moment. Now it’s off to Barnes & Noble to peruse books (since it’s too late to go to the library).
Back after a bit.
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I wonder if I’m the last person on the planet who has never watched any of the current crop of cooking shows. Come to think of it, the last cooking show I watched with any regularity was the Galloping Gourmet, decades ago when he was still drinking.
I’m not interested in watching someone else cook, at least not on TV. You wanna come over and cook with me - yay. Beyond that? Meh…
Speakin’ of cookin’ shows… I have a funn-eee story about one. It was a show on Georgia Public TV. A lady by the name of Natalie Dupree has (or maybe by now had, it’s been a while since I’ve paid attention) a cooking show. She was doin’ a Turkey Day show that was a disaster. Among other things, she set a dish towel on fire. Anywho… another friend had watched that show and was the hostess for that year’s TDay festivities. She just had to try out the sweet potato and turnip casserole that ol’ Nattie made. I’m not a food snob but the thought of sweet N.O.T. and turnips in the same dish made me gag when I saw ol’ Nats doin’ it. Well… I was right! Tasted like sump’n you’d get in the school lunchroom in hell. We tried to doctor it up. We thought perhaps a little nutmeg, cinnamon and a bit of sugar would help. ICK! Maybe some vanilla and a little maple syrup. EWWWW ICK!!! We even tried to melt some marshmallows on top. Even EWWWWIE ICKIER! It got thrown out. There’s a moral to this story children…
Never, never, never, evah cook a dish you saw on a cookin’ show where the host/hostess of said cookin’ show sets a dish towel on fire.
I only know about the new cooking shows because I keep hearing people talking about them. I do remember the Galloping Gourmet before he sobered up and started pushing “healthy cooking” (I did watch one or two of his later shows and found them boring. I preferred when he did things like pick up a steak and swing it back and forth while he was wearing a red tie, and then say he was waving a bull in front of a red cloth. Or was fond of saying, “First, you take a leek…”)
The last cooking shows I watched with any regularity was Jeff Smith, the Frugal Gourmet (I even have, or had, some of his books), and Martin Yan. Oh, and the Cajun Chef, whatever his name was…
Alton Brown is the Food Network’s Bill Nye the Science Guy. This makes him beyond wonderful.
I want his fridge.
I believe this may become my personal motto. Words to live by, indeed.
Well, I am done with my homework for the night. I DO have 4 chapters to read in this one textbook, but hey, that’s nothing. (I haven’t really done much of the reading for LIS, so why start now?).
Off to loll in a hot bath, wash my hair and then watch bad TV.
Oh, and btw, peanut butter filled Hershey’s Kisses are like crack to me. I cannot stop eating them. Gah.