# Jewel Eye: Staring down the beryl (July Mini-Rants) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** monthly-mini-rant\ **Created:** [July 1, 2025, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332 "2025-07-01T03:26:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332/301 "2025-07-24T20:49:46Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > But if a good marinara is watery – and some are – the trick is to simmer it until it reduces and thickens, and the flavours concentrate. Then you have a great pasta sauce! This is the way. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332/302 "2025-07-24T21:19:39Z")
This morning I had an appointment with my hematologist. It had been scheduled a few months ago, as part of my regular checkups. However, I had been wanting to see her anyway because for the past month I’ve been having days when I didn’t have any energy, which is usually a sign that my anemia is kicking in again. So she ordered a full set of tests. When she got the results, she messaged me: “You are quite anemic. I’d recommend that we give IV iron and I’ve requested an expedited infusion appointment.” I was not surprised, as we had discussed this possibility during the appointment. Fortunately, my calendar is almost completely clear for the next two weeks, so I’m available any day they want me to come in. I’ve gotten these before, so I know the drill; come into the clinic and after some preliminary work the infusion itself usually only takes a few hours. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332/303 "2025-07-24T21:26:48Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Then you have a great pasta sauce! Marinara can indeed be great! I’ve had some very enjoyable marinara before. I really like it quite a bit. Just not with spaghetti. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332/304 "2025-07-25T02:23:32Z")
I get a seniors voucher worth 50 dollars for fruit and vegetables at the farmers market each year. Missed last week and went today hoping to get more strawberries and plums. Nope all gone for the season. They had Christmas in July. I left before Santa got there and worried about him with the heat advisory. Thankfully they had him in shorts and a t shirt. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332/305 "2025-07-25T13:09:41Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Marinara can indeed be great! I’ve had some very enjoyable marinara before. I really like it quite a bit. > > Just not with spaghetti. I get ya. Penne or rotini is good for a red sauce. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332/306 "2025-07-25T13:22:35Z")
Yesterday, I got an email from my Useless Congresscrittter, praising Trump’s “wisdom” & announcing he voted for it. Fuck. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332/307 "2025-07-25T14:02:07Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Penne or rotini is good for a red sauce. Agreed! Both are excellent. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332/308 "2025-07-25T14:16:45Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Yesterday, I got an email from my Useless Congresscrittter, praising Trump’s “wisdom” & announcing he voted for it. > Fuck. My senators are both quite happy to announce their Nazi tendencies and profess their adoration for Dear Leader. Pisses me off no end too. My rep is part of the Opposition. Or should we start calling them the Resistance? ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332/309 "2025-07-25T20:31:13Z")
Well… vote him/her/them out. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332/310 "2025-07-26T01:30:55Z")
I’m in a situation where I’m waiting for a particular thing to happen “any day now” (business days; it’s work related) which could mean Monday or in three months and apparently there’s no way to get any sort of timeline estimate from anyone and I’m pretty sure I’m going to go crazy (crazier) in the meantime. Every end of day, and every end of the week, just upset me more as the powers that be just don’t seem to _do_ anything. I’m tired of being patient. I’m angry at a system that just fucking sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332/311 "2025-07-27T15:06:02Z")
What a joke. The MAGA Morons yip & chatter, and believe what they are told. Marsha Blackburn only has to stand up with a flag in one hand, a Bible in the other, state that all Democrars are devil-worshipers, and BAM–she gets re-elected. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332/312 "2025-07-27T15:41:02Z")
We’ve got to find the strength somewhere to organize, to work together to get people to and from polling stations, to get the word out and to vote. Legally, it is the only engine for change available to us. It is the only POV for change which the owners of this board will allow to be posted. Canada doesn’t want us; Europe doesn’t either. Why would they? What does a large swath of close to retirement people offer to their countries? The vast majority posting here are older and are too far invested in where we live now to leave even if we wanted to. For us, it’s either organize & vote or sit on our asses & die. And you don’t seem like your ready to sit on your ass and die. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332/313 "2025-07-27T20:36:16Z")
My husband asked me last week if I’d seen the second key to our old POS van. I had not, since I rarely drive it. Today I found it. In the pocket of a pair of shorts he’d tossed in the laundry hamper. AFTER I’d washed them. Oopsie (and fuckfuckfuck) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332/314 "2025-07-27T21:57:55Z")
> [@romansperson](#): > > Oopsie (and fuckfuckfuck) If you truly mean a physical metal bumpy key, obviously those wash fine. If you mean a battery-operated fob with buttons, those usually wash fine too. Usually. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332/315 "2025-07-27T22:34:02Z")
Everything on the web seems to be “My Grandma’s favorite recipe for…” or “My Grandma’s genius organizing tip” or some other Grandma hack. Who knew Grandma was good for something besides Jell-o salad? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332/316 "2025-07-27T23:36:42Z")
“Organize”? With **who**? The local Dems vary between Republican Lite types & nutjobs that you’d expect to break out into bird calls at the drop of a hat. And NOT at a birdwatching club, either. The local Dem head got up at a meeting & trash-talked about the kids in Antifa. I’m in Tennessee. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2025, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332/317 "2025-07-28T00:25:29Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Who knew Grandma was good for something besides Jell-o salad? Grandma was full of secrets. [![](https://images.stockcake.com/public/2/d/a/2dadf850-8a10-415f-a137-1129e6d000cb_medium/moonlit-ninja-shadow-stockcake.jpg) ](https://images.stockcake.com/public/2/d/a/2dadf850-8a10-415f-a137-1129e6d000cb_medium/moonlit-ninja-shadow-stockcake.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2025, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332/318 "2025-07-28T01:07:46Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > And now I want alfredo Problem solved. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2025, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332/319 "2025-07-28T01:17:38Z")
Tennessee is rough. The Moderate Dems don’t trust the Antifa kids & the Antifa kids don’t trust the Moderate Dems. Without them voting together as a block, no Dem will ever win. Honestly, aside from you, I’d probably write the whole state off as a treason state loss. It sucks to have to say that but, well, there it is. Its a shame that a lot of the MAGA there… the young, the elderly, the veterans, will be dying of lack of healthcare, vaccinations, if not starvation soon. I’m sure they’ll blame Democrats. I’m sorry that you’ll have to see / live through that. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2025, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332/320 "2025-07-28T01:19:33Z")
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