# \[OLD\] There's a Spring in Your Step - A Seasonal MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [March 20, 2023, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-theres-a-spring-in-your-step-a-seasonal-mmp/981398 "2023-03-20T06:27:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**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:** [March 20, 2023, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-theres-a-spring-in-your-step-a-seasonal-mmp/981398/7 "2023-03-20T10:51:52Z")
Old business first, from the last MMP: > [@DST in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dst-in-the-mmp/981099/329): > > Does the cover show a lady with curly, flowing locks and an old-fashioned bodice swooning into the arms of a bare-chested stud of a man with rippling muscles AND rippling hair? Sweetie, they _all_ have the same cover … 😉 > [@DST in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dst-in-the-mmp/981099/322): > > Was it published by a vanity press? No - I don’t think our library stocks that stuff. It was by the late [Rosemary Rogers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary_Rogers). Maybe her other books weren’t as bad, but I don’t intend to find out. She’s on my _do-not-bother_ list. In this particular travesty, it started out with the “hero” on his pirate ship or some such. Then it was never mentioned again, altho the final rescue scene involved his “yacht” taking them from Calais back to Merrye Olde England. I don’t know. Life’s too short to read badly-written trashy novels. I’d rather read well-written trashy novels. 😄 I used to have a website bookmarked that was apparently all vanity press - I figured that out after trying to read 2 of the offerings. They were so awful, I couldn’t get past the first chapter of either. So that bookmark is gone and forgotten. > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > these pierogi are the weird, not-traditionally-Polish sour cream’n’chive filled, not potatoes and Cheddar. Still would earn you a side-eye from any native of Warsaw or Krakow, as far as I know, but also still delicious. My grandmother’s recipe uses potatoes, farmer cheese (I use cottage cheese), and mint. Something tells me every village in Poland has its own pierogi! I’ve heard of fruit-filled which sounds interesting. > [@dogbutler](#): > > Today is the first day of spring, and it’s 30 degrees(Fahrenheit) outside. 25°F here. Lucky for me, **FCD** finished making the adapters last night. He had asked me (since I wake before he does) to start up his pellet stove this morning so the shop would be warm for him. But now I don’t have to since the blocks are done. So yay! But it’s still stoopit cold. Long-range forecast says after tonight (again in the 20s) we’re not supposed to drop below freezing any more. Fingers crossed… > [@scareyfaerie](#): > > It’s also time to do our staff reviews for the year, This is one of the biggest reasons I never wanted to be a boss. I had to write evals when I was in the Navy, which is another can of worms altogether. In our squadron, they had favorites and you had to do the evals accordingly. Which meant everything I wrote had to be re-written since I tried to be, yanno, honest in my comments. Face it, I was born to be a peon, not the person in charge! Back to the weather - it’s supposed to hit the low 50s today and **FCD** is hoping to finish running the fuel lines. I’ll go along to help as I can and, theoretically, make the to-do list that I’ve been wanted to do for months. We’ll see how that goes. I’ll have Tobias on Tues and Weds, then on Thurs, we pick up MIL at BWI - her flight gets in around 5PM, so after we fetch her, we’ll stop somewhere for supper and let rush hour traffic settle. Then I get the kid again on Firday. So a non-typical week ahead. And a promise of 70+° on Thursday. For now, tho, caffeination followed by emptying the dishwasher. Happy Moanday --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-theres-a-spring-in-your-step-a-seasonal-mmp/981398)._