It’s a purple one of course!! 
When Mr. Lissar told me about it, I ended up kind of crouched, with my legs crossed. So of course I had to share the story with all my MMP buddies! 
The strata was pretty throw-together-refrigerator-contents, gt. Tear a bunch of bread up to cover the bottom of a casserole dish. Layer with ham. Layer with feta. Layer with some thawed previously-frozen spinach. Layer with more bread, and end with feta on top. Beat five eggs with about two cups of milk, pepper, and some oregano and thyme. Pour over bread.
I baked it in a 350" oven for about 45 minutes. It turned out quite well. The accompanying almond bread pudding (I have a lot of stale bread around) is good, too. I made cherry sauce for it by heating up some cherry jam and some frozen sour cherries.
I just made gingersnaps, too. I am full of cookies and pudding. I’m also reading The Years of Rice and Salt, which Attacks Husband lent me a long time ago. It’s really good. I’m feeling all displaced in time.
Success! I now have total-hottie-who-flirted-with-me-slighty-when-I-waited-on-him-at-waffle-house’s AIM screenname.
I’m going to hold off for a few more days on messaging him, in case I can seduce LBBM (who is actually just clean-shaven now.)
Oh, I know where RPI is. One of my very good friends from high school went there after high school and stayed all the way through until he got his doctorate in rocket science. He works for NASA now. As for a substitute for Seattle, you should have used Schenectady - close to Troy, and sounds funny.
Speaking of NASA, Mady the Martian went to some trade show in Hampton Virginia yesterday, and brought me back a NASA roach clip. Honest, that’s what it looks like. A clear lucite cube about 1" square, with the NASA logo, about two inches of thin braided metal string with one end embedded in the cube and the other end attached to an alligator clip. An honest-to-Og space-roach clip. What the hell are you guys doing over there, Bobbio?
I don’t know if I should be proud that I know this, or scared.
Well, I’ve heard already from the people I interviewed with in KY on Monday. I’m not in, but I’m not out, either.
Breaks my heart… NOT! They did some cool stuff, but the physical environment was a bit shabby, and the social environment appeared to me to to be one where my petty eccentricities would not be welcome.
Most of all, the joke is on them. I have already an outstanding offer for a position across the river in ** Sean’s** neighborhood that is a lot more attractive all around. Looks like I’ll meet Ellen the next time the ball’n’chain and I head to Indianoplace.
Oh, the space age roach clips are not my department. If you could fly them with an R/C controller, then maybe.
Gah! The things that are popping out of animals are decidely getting worse there, rue
Degloving is just not horrific enough of a word for it’s actual physical condition. Shouldn’t it be something more cringe-worthy like, say…skinned alive?
ems…I hate you. 
The streta sounds nummy, lissla
Poor Princess[sup]TM[/sup]. 
She got rear-ended yesterday afternoon and her car is messed up. She’s hurting a bit but nothing serious. The car can be fixed but she is totally bummed out that it won’t be the same. This was her first new car.
I won’t be doing any Xmas shopping until after the 17th. That’s when I find out if it’s a WHOOT bonus or :dubious: :rolleyes: :mad: for the third year in a row.
All I got for now.
Tupug
There go my plans for the weekend.
That’s not a roach clip–it’s a shapshot holder aka modern picture “frame”.
I like the roach clip bettr–how versatile of those astronauts! 'Course, it si somewhat crowded up in that spaceship, so…
Re Herriot. I believe every third cow suffering from prolapsed uteri was in his contract somewhere. That and “flopbot” as well as scarey dogs.
I wonder if cows still get these or was it a sequela (note big word) of poorly controlled deliveries? Hmmm…
Wow. I want a Space Roach Clip. All I’ve got is a Leatherman with a plier attachment …
I’m sorry things didn’t work out with the job here, Bobbio … but I do want you to have the position you most want! So good luck with that!
OK everyone … this was taken Monday night after my daughter’s VERY FIRST EVER band concert. Although in this picture her brother is holding the clarinet. :rolleyes:
But anyway, <drumroll> here are the lovely 
Cherry Children
Ya know, ellen, they really DO look good enough to eat.
AW! Cute kids!
I’m actually busy at work this week. I realized that if I’m going to take Christmas week off, I’d better get the project that needs to be done before the end of the year done now! And of course, once I get busy with my work, suddenly everyone has special projects for me too. Why does that always happen??
Spatial Rift 47, someone just tried to convince me to go back to RPI to finish my Ph.D. Your post reminded me again of why I really really REALLY don’t want to do that. Enjoy those finals and all that while I sit over here and gloat about not having to deal with that any more!
Ripping off the “bits” like that is on the edge of believable, especially if they were using thin but strong wire. I’m still trying to sort out a groin degloving from falling off a motorcycle. Was he riding naked?
In this case, it’s a de-loving accident as there’s not going to be any action for quite a long while!
Anybody else wanna try a white chocolate eggnog for Christmas?
hangs up mistletoe in thread
Ellen (may I call you Ellen?)–my kid (middle one) had a band concert last noc too! He also plays clarinet.
Nice pic–how old is the littlest pickin’s? (see, I’m assuming you cherry picked your kids for the cutest ones…).
In great attempts it is glorious even
to fail.
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Bob Where at over here are you interviewing? Roundboy drives from your side of the river every day to here in Chesapeake. If he can do it without too much trouble, I know you can handle it.
Wyle Labs. The office is in Da Beach, by Lyynhaven Mall, but the job itself is at the Coast Guard Engineering Center in Portsmouth.
If I take it, come June VunderWife and I will try to go south of the border, which would make us southsiders…
I will add the obligatory <snerk>IN BED<snerk>
And then I will tell you that if you fail to be glorious, you’d better have a cool car, at the very least.
I’m cold. It’s grey and cloudy and only 66 You Ass degrees. See? I’m so cold I’ve turned blue.
I’m also bored. work is winding down for the holidays and I already took a nap on my lunch hour…so… I’m bored.