Years ago, I was at a Bar & Grill in Wisconsin and they had a cheeseburger with a bratwurst patty on top. My younger self said “That sounds awesome!!!” and I had to have it. Even way back then, it was kind of a meat overload.
It’s probably a good thing I can’t eat like I used to, but man, I love a good bacon cheeseburger. Sadly, they give me the bloats these days.
Break time! So far today:
So, yeah, break time. I don’t know why I showered - even tho it’s relatively cool, I got all sweaty and icky. Wiping down with a cool washcloth helped. Then I threw some leftover pulled poke into a tortilla, so lunch has been ingested.
Once I decide break is over, I’m going to go work some clay and bag it in the zippy bags I just bought - hoping it’ll keep it pliable till I start making stuff again. I’ll have to go back to Lowe’s because I bought the wrong size vent, dammit. Not today, tho.
For now, I think I’ll settle down with a book for a bit and chill.
I took a nap.
I didn’t mean to.
LOL! Not those kind of courses: 1-hr videos about behavior and exercise that I have to watch. 
It’s just about noon here and I haven’t watched any yet…I think I’ll start them tomorrow.
I’m still singing, but I haven’t started performing again yet. I was just about a book a new gig when the pandemic hit. 
Until a couple of months ago I was doing weekly video workshops and private lessons, but I needed a break. I’m signed up for a new vocal workshop that starts (in person!!!) in two months, and I’m hoping to start getting back to some jam sessions…and maybe even book something. In-person music just started returning in the past month or so.
Watching! I’m not good enough/don’t have enough of a following to book a Saturday night show yet. But someday…
(My drug of choice is the Great American Songbook – think more Ella Fitzgerald. 
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Thank you! I’m tryin’ to keep most of that chatter in my other thread, but some is bound to creep in here from time to time.
Thanks! My friend was 71, but I’m 49.
(I turn 50 in two months, but I am hanging on to being in my 40s for as long as possible!!)
Ugh.
My “so far today” list only includes taking the dog out, brushing my teeth, starting the dishwasher, and sitting at my computer for the past three hours. 
Pretty soon, though, it will include starting the laundry, eating some lunch, and watching TV until it’s time to take a shower and head downtown.
“Sitting at my computer for the last three hours” included figuring out how I want to get to DC: I found a garage near the venue that’s open (a) on Saturdays and (b) late enough, so I decided to drive. Uber came in second place, with Metro a distant third.
Ok, that made me laugh out loud.
I think you face north, then wave up at the western shore of the lake.
Heh, @nelliebly, happy, happy doperversary! 
you’re the best of the best 
Picked up a library book off my nightstand this morning and got lost in a new anthology of mystery short stories. We humans sure have a million ways to be evil and mean. I always have to remind myself that it’s fiction, diverting to read but made up of whole cloth, there probably isn’t a hired assassin prowling the aisles of my grocery store.
I did not explain that very well. This guy leased a building with two basketball courts. At first he just rented it out for basketball teams needing space to play. There are a large number of youth basketball leagues in town and soon many of them were playing in this gym. Bob organized a lot of tournaments and soon was fielding teams on his own. At this point, there is a new facility with six basketball and three volleyball courts and there are 60 teams sponsored by his company and as many as 600 teams from all over the region playing there for tournaments throughout the year. They have just broke ground for a second building on their site with six new state of the art basketball courts.
Bob did an amazing job of putting this all together but his drinking and gambling addictions have evidently gotten the best of him.
Two days of heavy rain made things uncomfortable. Especially when we were shorthanded, except for the bit where the World’s Least Motivated Cow-Orker was “helping”. But there were popsicles.
nellie, Happy Doperversary, glad the back is better, sucks about the duffle, and safe travels!(My mother is from Alpena)
She’s either Italian, or lives in Transylvania. 
I mean to take one shortly.
Sorry about your friend, Oopsie
Now get off my lawn!- dogbutler, who turned 50 in February.
I love meat overload!
Glad you’re finally free of Hades Annex, nettie!
I’m confuzzled. I unnerstand the hot bath and glass of wine, but where does the garlic come in? Do you put it in the bath water, or the glass of wine?
Sympathy and condolences, all. I read but did not retain.
My record of being a total f**k-up is unbroken. Yesterday I managed to jam up our fancy, (and expensive) paper shredder, possibly beyond repair. The fix, as far as I can determine, involves canola oil, which I need to procure today.
And then, this morning, I neglected to take Vinnie outside immediately after he got up and he peed all over the rugs in the bathroom. 
He was so easy to housebreak as a pup that we tend to take his training for granted, I guess.
Well, he’s getting quite forgetful in his old age. I’ve noticed him staring off into space quite often as if he’s thinking “Now, why did I come in here?” I know that feeling a lot these days, myself.
Now I need to get off of here. Wifey is supposed to come get me, um, 5 minutes ago to go watch our grandson play water polo. It could be any minute now. One never knows.
I gave Mrs. L.A. all of my financial and password information just in case anything happens to me. Her request. Should I be worried? 
I reminded her that the 401k gets bigger as long as I’m alive. When I gave her the page, she got out her phone to take a picture of it. NO! I told her that was my life, and I don’t want it on any computer or phone. I saved the document to a flash drive that is never plugged into my computer unless I’m actively using it, and she’ll put the printout with her important papers.
Why not both? By the way, nice-looking neck you have there. What’s your blood type?
I should have specified: the garlic goes in food. You could drink the wine while in the hot bath. In fact, I recommend it.
hippie, I get it now. Thanks for the explanation. And again, kudos for raising a daughter who recognized something hinky when she heard it.
flyboy, isn’t there always at least one single-star Yelp for no good reason, like the salt shaker was only half-full, or the ice wasn’t cold enough? The burger sounds delish, though. I love that you and Mrs. LA have a regular Friday night date.
Sari, so sorry about your cousin’s husband.
Oopsie, I envy anyone with a good voice. And I’ve had to watch videos before surgery. I got a kick out of the one before my first corneal transplant, which showed a guy in an eye patch and a tuxedo and promised, “You’ll be dancing by dinnertime!” They didn’t say it was dinnertime two months later. 
You know we’ll all be pulling for you at surgery time.
Hey, it was my Doperversary! How did I miss my cake slice? Five years went by in a flash. Thank you all for being my invisible friends. You mean a lot to me.
Here’s the review:
Worse experience ever… And was excused that they are busier than they’re used to.
- Ordered a raspberry lemon drop. Got my drink with salt on the rim. Informed the server. Took an hour to get a second drink with proper sugar on the rim
- Wife ordered surf & turf salad. Ordered medium rare. Received steak well done and no salad dressing.
- Wife’s gin & tonic… Served in a water glass…??
- Complained expecting some kind of restitution. Got an excuse that they’re too busy… I’m sorry for making you be too busy. Maybe don’t take that many customers.
All this and my wife complained… And they give a discount off our order. Thanks for discounting $hitty service, food. I would be happy to pay for food and drinks if they weren’t too busy to serve me. Would dine and ditch if I wasn’t a decent individual. Just wish they had decent service that was reciprocated.
On a positive note. They have beautiful view and my son loved his corn dog and french fries.
Salt instead of sugar is an understandable mistake. It shouldn’t have taken an hour for a replacement though. Overdone steak? Legitimate. No salad dressing? Petty complaint. Drink served in a ‘wrong’ glass? Now he’s looking for things to complain about.
I don’t remember what was going on on 6/29. Maybe people flocking in for the holiday? Sounds like the staff were overwhelmed, and this guy was just unlucky. Overall, Yelp has Bay Breeze at three and a helf stars out of five.
Evenin’ all. Moving has been accomplished- I’m not quite as glad to be out of that place as Nettie is to get out of Hades annex, but I’d only been there 6 months…
With loading the car, an excessive amount of queuing on the roads (dear M25, I would be happy to never have to drive around you again) and unloading my mass of junk into the new place I’m utterly knackered, and it’s not even 9pm yet.
'Course, I’ll be moving again in a few months, but for now, I’m all moved- if not unpacked- and glad to be back in Bristol for a bit.
He does sound like someone looking for something to complain about. And anyone who’d even consider dining and dashing is someone whose review I wouldn’t trust. A full hour to get a drink replaced? Doubtful. Sounds like the kind of customer who make waitstaff miserable.
A friend of mine has an acquaintance who looks for stuff to complain about so she can get her meal comped. I wonder if that reviewer of the Bay Breeze wasn’t trying to do the same and is ticked because they only got a discount.
Yay for getting The Move, Part 1 accomplished! I hope you can rest in bed for a bit…if you can find the box containing bedding. 
Our stove had a runaway element for years. Couldn’t find an appliance repairperson. I bought a new switch for under $19, and I’ve just installed it. It was a piece of piss! Had I known, I wouldn’t have put it off so long! I set it to 4, and put a pot of water on the element to make sure it doesn’t run away to Hi.
BTW: Who knew our Kenmore range is the same as a Frigidaire?
Well, I read. I didn’t to anything else for the rest of the day but finish my book. Then we went out to eat. Now we’re home. I want some sort of dessert, but I don’t know what I want. I’ll probably just finish the rest of the sweet cherries.
flyboy - I’ve got in the back of my mind that Kenmore washers are actually Whirlpool…
Well, time to assume the chillage position, because I can. 
Nearly all of them are.
In case you have other Kenmore appliances in your house:
….## Who Makes Kenmore?
You may not know this, but Kenmore does not manufacture its appliances. The appliances are manufactured by many other companies, like Whirlpool and GE.
To figure out the manufacturer, you need only look to the model number. The first three digits followed by a dot (###.) reveal the manufacturer.
These are the main code numbers that indicate which major companies made your Kenmore:
From the dengarden.com site
Howdy Y’all! It’s been a day of sloth, quality cee-mint pond time, and sammiches. Bliss! I thought we would make it a whole day without rain. However, ‘tis Tstormin’ out as I post. I think it will be a short one as it kinda came outta nowhere.
OK, back to sloth. If I don’t sloth enough I might not be tired enough at bedtime!
Just had the other half of that pulled pork bacon cheeseburger.
Yum.