Ah. Coffee.
The line is, “Here, hold my beer”; it’s not, “Here, hold my meth pipe.” :smack: What kind of redneck are you???
Ask the mods to jump on it, jump on it, wowowowowowowowowo!!
May as well join in
Pancakes - not the greatest fan but fluffy, no syrup, just a little butter
Bacon - thick sliced and just on the edge of crispy
Coffee - all I am allowed is decaf dammit
Chili peppers - all known varieties and lots of various sauces
Explosives - I do have that reputation and deservedly so
Steak - medium; just a hint of pink
Not having the casinos of the Eastern Woodlands tribes, I’m guessing stew. 
Here’s a handy little tip from me to you - when you pack sketties for lunch, remember to pack a fork. Eating sketties (not sketty-o’s) is very challenging with a spoon.
Got a new project today - making as-built drawings of longeron protectors based on some rather interesting sketches provided by… someone. I suspect some workman/men came up with these devices and provided all the info for proper drawings. I’ll need to talk to whoever it was to get some details after I get the rough models done. It’s been a busy morning.
Glad tomorrow’s my Firday - I’m definitely in the mood for a 4-day weekend! 
My son’s math professor is… I don’t know what to say about her sometimes.
He had this assignment to turn in, I had to help him because it meant taking a picture of the assignment with my cell phone. It’s a 2-part assignment, one part due with test 1 and one part due with test 2. In it he has to rate his knowledge of the topics that will be covered on the test. If he says he understands something completely (say linear equations) and then fails that part of the test, he gets a zero on the assignment. If he doesn’t understand something completely, then he has to ask appropriate questions about that topic.
All well and good, he did well on the test (which is a whole other set of weirdness) and he got 100% on the assignment.
This is the weird part, this is a 2-part assignment. I can understand how his professor graded it but he can’t quite wrap his brain around it because WHY would you do it that way?
He got 100%, but it is really only a 50% because he got full credit on half the assignment. If anybody got a 50%, it means that they failed the first part. After you turn in the second part, then you get your true grade, so if he fails the second part his grade will be set back to a 50%. I understand how it works but it sure seems to be a round about way of getting there.
Why not give half credit now and full credit later? Wait until both parts are done to grade it?
His history professor gives out weird assignments as well. He thought it would be a one time thing but it isn’t.
He has to read a piece from the book and then compose - one 50 word sentence that includes the author of the piece, the title, who it is directed to, why, and its historical significance.
It must be one sentence, it must be 50 words, it can be up to three words less, but it cannot be more. It was suggested that the students read up on the use of colons and semicolons. I can only assume it’s because she doesn’t want to spend a lot of time reading papers and wants it concise. It sounds like it should be an English assignment instead of a history assignment.
He likes those assignments and it’s a lot less proof-reading for me.
FCM - that is why I like shells or rotini, I can use a spoon, it’s easier, and less mess.
Both of those professors sound like control-freak idiots. Reminds me one I had who required us to **memorize **definitions. You didn’t have to understand them, you just had to spew them back word-for-word on the exams. Yeah, that’s educations… Oh, this was an engineering class, too. Who wants an engineer who can recite something while not having the slightest idea what it means???
Idiocy.
**sari **- I’d have used another kind of pasta, but my spousal unit prefers vermicelli and some things aren’t worth arguing about.
Alas, lunch time is over. Back into the fray…
pasta is pasta, is it not? It all comes from the same dough. I don’t get why some people get upset over one shape when they clearly asked for another. It all tastes the same.
Howdy Y’all! I had tomato soup and a grilled cheese sammich for N.O.L. YUM! 'Tis cold out and that made it even that much better. I have cooked chikin boobs and chikin broth that shall turn into chikin 'n dumplin’s in a little while. Another good thing on a cold day. Other than that I have had a nap and I purtified. Quite the productive day so far don’t ya think?
rosie of course the shape of the pasta matters. If’n you want stringy pasta but instead get curly pasta, well, it just ain’t the same. It just ain’t.
{{{gotti and DH}}}
metal mouse, it wouldn’t take much longer to drive to Dayton and back than the time you’ll be spending in airports/the air.
{{{swampy}}}
rosie, I like long strands of pasta with tomato based sauces or sautéed vegetation. The creamy sauces get shorter, wider pasta to hold all of the yummy cheesy/creamy goodness. 
We got a little more snow last night and it’s colder than (fill in the blank here). I’m ready for summer.
Texture varies, tho. I prefer vermicelli to spaghetti, and I don’t like ziti at all, even with my homemade sauce. I like small shells with sauce, but larger ones, not so much. I do like making lasagna with bigger pasta shapes - it’s so much easier to serve than slicing up squares.
Home!! We’re going out for supper so **FCD **can get his fried chicken fix. I’ll have shrimp. Then we need to stop for milk on the way home. I know - you wish you had my exciting, whirlwind life! 
Some “day off”. Didn’t sleep all that well, spent five hours or so roaming around taking care of bureaucratic stuff on campus (course challenge) and with the Social Security Administration (needed to replace a lost card before I start applying for jobs in a few months). Home, attempting some degree of mineout on the mini-cavern.
Chikin 'n dumplin’s have been consumed. Plus leftovers for both of us for tomorrow’s N.O.L. Win-Win!
MOOOOOOM I offer the followin’ suggestion for a fun evenin’ at the sto’. Go in, grab two buggies, say real loud, “You go grab all the milk while I load up all the bread, then we’ll hit all the other grocery stores. We may be the only two people to survive! Hurry! There’s no time to lose!” and then stand back and watch as panic ensues. For the most hilarity, pick a sto’ with lots of cars in the parkin’ lot. Fun for everyone!
Got kids off to scihool, then climbed back into bed with a migraine. I’m up and about. Sort of. Why is the world so loud and bright? I want to be a vampire. No sun.
Otherwise, SSDD. Work, conference calls, and now entering the tail end of the day wherein I get to [del]nag[/del] help the kids with their homework.
Dinner shall be kielbasa and N.O.T.
Did I mention it’s been 80 here the last few days? Weird. Back to rain next week I think. I hope. I like the green hills so much better than the brown ones.
Back from supper. I’m going to unload the dishwasher, pack a lunch for tomorrow, and assume the knit position till I fall asleep.
MWAH!
This has possibilities.
I would announce it in a very loud whisper.
It may be more convincing if you badly needed other products. “Vinegar, lemon juice, anything that is acetic acid, it is the only thing that will stop it! Hurry, we may manage to be survivors!”
Howdy Y’all! We are home from gettin’ ashed. 'Twas a nice service with a lot more people there than I thought there would be, thus it went on a little longer.
flytrap how eviley wonderful!
A day of falling shelving units(saved only by 2 jugs of Carlo Rossi Burgundy*), missing children, and crazy people. Hell of way to spend a birthday. But tomorrow is my Firday.
**Happy doggio day! **
Happy Birthday Doooggggiiioooo! I hope it was a great day!
I imagine **Swampy ** shall sing for you tomorrow.
Is that what he calls that?