I was forced to eat sweet potatoes in first grade by some malicious nuns.
Subsequently, I vomited with some drama into the classic manila grade school food tray. It was all rather artistic with the vomitus landing neatly into the little squares and circles as if pouring batter into molds.
I have never been able to even let them on my plate or near my nose.
From the sounds of y’all it seems like I am missing some delicious goodness. But alas my door is darkened forever from a sweet potato entry.
Marijuana has the opposite effect on me from normal people. It hypes me up and I get claustrophobia and agoraphobia at the same time. Fun!
If you can get some oil without THC, you won’t get high. Ask the oncologist.
Another Mini Rant
Back in the late eighties, PBS showed Peter Brook’s version of the Hindu epic The Mahabharata, He had to leave out a whole lot. It still runs five and a half hours. I watched it with my Dad when it aired, and it made quite an impression on me.
The woman I love is Christian, but also enjoys learning about Hinduism. I found Peter Brook’s Mahabharata on Youtube a few months ago. I bookmarked it so I could watch it with her. We finally scheduled a time to watch it when I am at her place next weekend.
I double checked that the video was still there. It is not. I did find the whole thing split into three videos with a description in Hungarian. The videos have been dubbed into a language I don’t know. I’m guessing Hungarian.
I’m going to do a search on Google to see if it was ever released on DVD.
Bah.
By og I love the Dope!
If you ever try that method on your own, try pecans. They’ll make the walnuts as forgettable as marshmallows.
Weather has warmed a bit here. Even though we took down the large maple tree in our front yard this last summer, the box elder bugs are absolutely infesting the house. They crawl in under the clapboard siding, find the chinks in the underlayment, and into the interior of the house. I’d almost rather have cockroaches (and I’ve lived with them). You don’t dare get a glass of water without washing it out first, they crawl on you and wake you in your sleep, I’ve even had them bite me in bed and cause celullitis infections. OInly thing that seems to kill them is dish soap & water sprayed directly on them. Works well when they’re swarming on the outside of the house, not so much on the ones and twos inside the house.
Very mini. Last Sunday, I bought three pounds of hot links at Costco. Three packages, banded together with a glued-on paper label. I stuck them in the door of my freezer to wait until I decided what to do with them.
I just now decided to use them in place of a kielbasa in a red beans and rice recipe I saw on FB. Knowing they would need time to thaw before I started cooking, I went to remove a package from the freezer. The entire block of three packages is now frozen solid, and cannot be persuaded to shift to a horizontal position so I can get them out!
ETA: I succeeded by taking scissors to the paper label.
A good substitution, almost as good as andouille.
Gear Og, I was stuck on February 2nd ( Curse You Bill Murray! ). I missed 170 posts !?
People, I’m so sorry!
I went grocery shopping at Target today. They had everything I wanted, except for local chocolate milk. They had Nestle Quik. It is higher in price and of lower quality. I checked the CVS next door. They were completely out of chocolate milk. I stopped at the mini mart with the gourmet junk food. They were also out of chocolate milk. I want chocolate milk.
My current apartment building has a washer and dryer on the second floor. The washer works very well. The dryer generally needs to be run twice to dry my clothes. Today, it took three times to dry them. I am not sure whether the dryer needs repair of if I had just had an extra large load or more towels than usual. Considering that the washer and dryer are coin operated, I would really like it if my clothes were dry in one run.
Did you check the lint trap to see if it needed cleaning? I’ve tripped over that a few times myself.
Thanks, but I always check the lint trap before starting the machine and always clean it after use. In my first apartment building, six apartments shared one washer and one dryer. AFAICT nobody in the other five apartments did this.
Might want to ask management to check the vent past where someone using the dryer can reach to remove lint. I’ve had that problem too.
Thanks, I’ll make a call to maintenance tomorrow.
Not to downplay the general state of politics these days, but my cousin shared a Facebook comment whose general tenor I generally agree with, but that used the terms “executive order” and “bill” to describe the same document.
And that annoyed me a lot. The two are completely different things, and conflating them can give a warped impression of what’s actually happening and what needs to be done. I’ve seen it happen elsewhere.
Like I said, I’m not trying to say anything about the state of the world, especially since this isn’t the thread for it, but having an accurate picture of what reality is seems extremely important to me to deal with it, and inaccuracies like this don’t help, IMO.
I’m with you. Especially now, it is important to understand how our government works.
Not just the trap, but the vent pipe that leads the vented/heated/humidified air away from the dryer.
I lived in a building that had about a 50’ run of vent pipe and it was very clogged, and my clothes took at least 2 cycles to dry-- i.e. slightly less wet. Fed up after months of wasting quarters, I just disconnected the pipe from the back of the dryer (it wasn’t screwed to the dryer), loaded it up, and clothes were perfectly dry after one cycle. I reconnected the pipe after use. I don’t recommend trying that.
Normally, having to throw out an egg wouldn’t be cause for a mini rant, but when they’re six dollars a dozen… 
I was making chocolate chip cookies yesterday and after cracking an egg* I noticed some weird goopy stuff dangling out of the shell. It almost looked like a partially developed chicken embryo. That one went right in the trash!
* Luckily I learned long ago not to crack eggs directly into the mixing bowl, but into a small bowl first to make sure you don’t have a nasty egg. Better to toss one bad egg than a whole batch of ruined cookie dough!
My daughter, Moon Unit, just started at a retail job. They have “lockers” (no locks) in the breakroom to store their belongings.
Someone went in there today - we assume another empoyee - and stole her purse and jacket.
So: she has no coat (in Vermont!!), and until her debit card is replaced, no way to make any purchases. Well, she ordered food this evening using the debit card, as she had not yet called the credit union to cancel it. Her credit card (authorized user on my account) was also in the wallet, as was her driver’s license and Medicaid card.
She’s terrified of getting pulled over and not having her license - can’t blame her, really. I told her that as long as she’s reported it to the DMV, and explains that, it should be fine.
She texted me that she’s low on gasoline - with no way to buy more! I suggested she go to her credit union first thing in the morning and withdraw some cash. Luckily, she has her passport to show for ID as needed - which is going to be useful late next week as she is travelling by air. We won’t discuss the fun she’ll have buying a bus ticket from her town to Albany, or a hotel in Albany (her flight leaves at a disgustingly early hour), with no credit or debit card on hand…
So: she’s out the cost of a replacement license. I’m out a chunk of postage because I overnighted an older jacket of hers. She’s going to have trouble buying ANYTHING for the next week or so until her replacement debit card gets there. And some schmuck got an ancient purse, an ancient jacket, and a few dollars in cash.
Store management looked at the security cameras and saw nothing.
Likely I’ll try to book her Albany hotel using my credit card.
Thank heaven she had her phone and her car keys on her person. Imagine the hell of not even being able to get to or into her apartment.