I Want to Be Underwhelmed 🦆 Fall 2024, Continued

It's early Thursday morning. Oh what a thrill.

The previous "underwhelmed" thread still has space for 18 more replies.

Not anymore, R2.

Our salespeople makes oatmeal in the microwave and it alwasy boils over. When you open the microwave, it smells like brown sugar and cinnamon. Why don't they boil the water in the microwave and then pour that into the bowl? You can let it steep for a few minutes until it's to your liking.

Aww nuts!

Ugh, enough talk about oatmeal.

Ironically, my mom grew up eating oatmeal practically everyday but she never once gave us oatmeal to eat as little kids. I’ve never had a bowl of oatmeal prepared by her, either made from scratch or the little flavored envelopes.

I made steel cut oats once, soaking overnight and everything but I never made it again. I did like it. It was an Americas Test Kitchen or their other shows’ recipe. It was good.

An odd way to introduce a post about oatmeal.

Are you OK, hon?

As I age into senescence I discover I prefer my oatmeal savory rather than sweet. I make it with unsalted vegetable and chicken broth.

I don't like it when Amazon sends my package through the post office.

Open Library is back on line!! Sort of. I can’t access my own stuff and I forgot what I was reading…..

Open your thighs

I’m having oatmeal for dinner. Rolled oats with a lot of cinnamon, a dash of allspice, walnuts and some cut up apple.

I turn the heat off once I add the oats to the boiling water and put a lid on the pot and let stand about 10 minutes. No boiling over. Not sure if this method works for steel cut oats though.

Some black little girl was staring at me in a very creepy manner, her mom after 20 minutes moved to stand between myaelf an dher to blocknher view.

[quote]Some black little girl was staring at me in a very creepy manner, her mom after 20 minutes moved to stand between myaelf an dher to blocknher view.

What did her being black have to do with anything, R12?

This will send elder DLers into a nostalgiac overdose:

That sounds good, R7.

I'm lying in bed, drinking iced coffee out of an old plastic gelato jar.

I remember the drinking glasses in the Duz detergent.

Salvo tablets were the bane to fountains everywhere!

R14, that bland AI narration and insipid piano track made it unwatchable.

Too bad, so sad. ^^

Kevin Lee Jacobs posted a Halloween video where he makes some trash food and beverage. Some kind of cocktail where he uses PowerAde (purple) and a hotdog/frozen crescent roll "nibble."

I'm not impressed.

^His cuisine is not commensurate with his elegant house.

I was doing my NY state-mandated harassment training outside and ended up falling asleep. The leaves are falling so fast it sounds like rain.

Possibly had my last PSL of the season today😭

I'm craving a Dairy Queen banana split.

[quote]The leaves are falling so fast it sounds like rain.

So many of them fell yesterday, it's so depressing.

It was dark before 6:30 pm today.

I must now go upstairs and put on my fitted sheet and my flat sheet and the pillow cases ( I did laundry today) then the comfortable and finally my mauve Martha Stewart Everyday flannel blanket I purchased at Kmart ca. 2008.

I think I had a bad clam.

R13 because I found minorities tend to gape at gay people like we're zoo animals and openly demonstrate their homophobic attitudes more than a white person would.. it's just my experience.....

I'm reading Eric Roberts' memoir Runaway Train. When he moved to NYC at 18 years old to take acting classes. His drama teacher was Manu Tupou, who played an Indian chief in the movie A Man Called Horse.

One night Eric crashed at his apartment and woke up to Manu sucking his cock.

He also said him and sis Julia come from white trash.

I just got back from the Aldi without ambience I mentioned in the previous thread.

I got there at 8:10 and the store didn't open until 8:30 so I was the only car sitting in the parking lot. Then a very elderly man on a scooter with an oxygen tank came and tapped on my window and asked me to call 911 as a man had fallen out of his wheelchair in the woods behind Aldi and neither of them had a phone. In relaying the situation to the 911 I learned he was cutting through the woods to get to Aldi, hit a bump and fell out of his chair. Scooter guy was going by on his way to Aldi and heard his cries.

After the call, I began to follow the scooter guy to the back of Aldi. Before we even made it to the back ambulance arrived and I turned around left.

I don't understand why this guy was out alone in a wheelchair and not a scooter. Did someone dump him in the woods? Why didn't any of the joggers in that area hear his cries, do they all wear headphones? The Aldi is actually in a nice area surrounded by new developments, just an old store. The whole thing made me so sad.

Anyway, I got my profiteroles at Aldi and left. I highly recommend the profiteroles Aldi has this week, I get them every year.

You were so anxious for profiteroles that you drove to Aldi before it opened and hung out in the parking lot for 20 minutes? Dude, that’s addict behavior.

Looky here Mr. Smarty Pants @r32, I went to the car wash that opened at 8:00 first, saw the already long lines wrapped around the building and said "forget that" and just headed to my next stop which was Aldi.

Obviously the universe arranged it so I could be there to make the call for the guy. More cars were only beginning to trickle into the parking lot as I was leaving with my profiteroles.

Addicts deny.

“Leave the wheelchair. Take the profiteroles.”

^Clemenza, dammit.

R31 I attend these threads to be washed in the dreary drab of other people's lives

I feel very, very whelmed by your post.

Don't forget the cookies!

Then the Comfortable- Oh dear.

I oh deared myself. I meant to write the comforter.

R13/R29, what makes you think the little black girl was staring at you for being gay rather than for the reason the rest of us here, including the whites, would avoid looking at you?

Well, casual racism IS underwhelming, in its way.

You can go ahead and take a load off, Fanny,

But (but, but) don't think you're going to put the load on me.

I dug into the Trick or Treat candy for a mini-box of Dots.

Tomorrow is T & T in my little neck of the woods.

I cleaned out the refrigerator and OMG where have I been? Certainly not in the back of the vegetable bins with a damp rag since the mask mandate ended. There was a mushroom-like mold growing on what I think were artichoke hearts. I found an unopened jar of TJ’s pesto with a sell-by date in 2020. Sour cream from this summer.

I thought I was going to be whelmed but when I got into it the work was actually underwhelming. You can’t overthink rinsing out condiment jars.

r44, think of your refrigerator as host to evolving new life forms.

In the three years I've had this house my next door neighbor has asked me at least six times if I wanted to go to "the junkyard" with him. Each time I've declined.

My responses have ranged from "No thanks, not my thing" to "Thanks for thinking of me but not an interest of mine" to "No thanks" to "Oh no, thanks anyway" and the last time I said "I'd rather go to jail".

Yet despite this, today he came and asked me again. I responded with "Have we met?". He chuckled, tilted and nodded his head and walked away.

He will be back in a couple of months to ask me AGAIN, guaranteed.

R46, do you own a vehicle with extensive cargo space? Junkers salivate.

Nope, r47. Honda Accord.

I liken him and me to Calvin and Dave from The Neighborhood sitcom.

He's perpetually happy and optimistic and constantly knocking at my door inviting me to do things and I'm grumpy Calvin. I even started a thread about this recently.

Maybe he has dementia and forgets that you are not interested in the junk yard. Is there anything that you do like about him?

Today I read a Wikipedia page about Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria. There was nothing very surprising or new to me in it.

Oh yes, I like him quite a bit, r49. We barbecue, he and his wife have had me to nice dinners at their place and I've had them to mine. I've mentioned him here several times. He is the one who rabidly went after the Buddhist/Chinese neighbor who told me to "go back to California" when I moved in.

I've also mentioned that he looks like Lord Grantham from Downton Abbey.

I think his repetitiveness is linked to his perpetual cheeriness.

The Asian pears that I bought from Costco are not good. Very deceptive-looking. Huge, uniform golden color. Tough skin, Not sweet. They were actually more expensive than the ones I get outside of Costco.

Part of the reason I like pears is because the skins are usually very tender.

Never again. At least not this year.

It would kill you to go to the fucking junkyard just once?

If he's always gonna ask anyway, it's not like your going to reinforce unwelcome behavior.

It’s a long sought after dream come true! All of Rudy Vallee’s 1929-1943 hits in one cd 💿 package! 📦 Whoopie!!!

I ate so many mini Twix chocolates I'm in a coma. I threw rest of it out. I was going to have some wine tonight but now I don't feel like it. Wah.

Really wanted to try Martha's new white wine that I bought: "19 Crimes".

I just watched a true crime/unsolved murder from 1978. Four Burger Chef employees were murdered.

It reminded me that Peggy had the Burger Chef account on Mad Men.

Then I felt guilty for having flippant thoughts while watching such serious subject matter.

What is love at first sight?

Mainly, physical attraction.

[italic]Who can explain it, who can tell you why? Fools give you reasons, wise men never try.[/italic]

Tillamook ice cream—two for $5!

Can you believe it?

The tiny containers? Or the half-gallon sizes?

I'm guessing it's not the half-gallon size.

The song Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum, does things to my soul that I can't even put into words

Let’s go Dodgers!!!

🥳 Woohoo, looking good.

Looking like it may be time to stay away from most of the internet until the election is over.

It is the “half gallon” size which is now three pints.

I’ve learned why RFK Jr is so whacked. The guy was a heroin addict for 14 years starting at age 16. His psyche is fucked.

R60 OMG, where?

This fat whore wants to rejoice!

I have to take out the rubbish, including 2 really big bags of stuff to sort for the 3 recycling bins (paper, plastic, glass), then come back in and pay the local council cunts £60 for a garden waste bin permit.

This is not the Sunday morning I imagined for myself when I was young and beautiful with my whole (actually quite humdrum) life ahead of me.

Acme

I apologize. I checked the receipt and it was 2 for $7, not $5, but that’s still better than BOGO.

It's a beautiful autumn day, yet I want to stay inside. However, I know it will do me good to be 'out and about'.

I'm sure many of you know exactly what I'm talking about.

I'll bring my book and sit at the river.

I was just thinking that I'd like a new season of The Gilded Age, and when I Googled it I saw that the last one started almost exactly a year ago (29 October). The new season isn't due until 2025, unfortunately. It's such gentle escapism.

🎶 Come on let's twist again like we did last summer... 🎶

I think I need a centralized receptacle for all of my various batteries.

An empty large yogurt container can serve many, many purposes, r75.

r75 do you not have a junk drawer like every other red-blooded American (assuming you're from the USA)? That's where I stash mine.

I actually don't have a junk drawer. I've got my eye on several boxes in my house. (I save "nice" boxes, like the kind glasses come in.) I do have an empty yogurt container, but it's deployed elsewhere.

Get one of those battery organizers that fits all sorts of sizes. There’s a tester in it too.

From QVC. Really cheap.

I use a plastic berry container for batteries. It fits nicely in the junk drawer.

Im watching The Big Easy on Prime Video. For some reason it's got that old aspect ratio with the bars on both sides, like a Perry Mason episode on MeTV.

Ellen Barkin grabs junk

Bloat

I'm not going to make it to the bathroom again because I'm posting about it again.

He's only asking because he knows you are not remotely interested and your irritation amuses him.

Just came home from a PET scan. This is the one where you have to sit perfectly still covered with a blanket for an hour before the imaging itself as the radioactive glucose works its way through your system. Portly radiologist was listening to Adele songs on a loop the whole time. Sang along, too. Kinda looked like Adele, actually. Pre-Ozempic.

A Russian patient who didn't speak a word of our language came in two hours late and messed up their whole schedule, so they diverted me to a gay radiologist instead. The cutie was so gentle with me as he pulled down my pants so the metal zipper wouldn't mess with the machine. The most contact I've had with another guy in three years. I hate my cancer and I hate my life.

I'm out of Starbucks Caramel pods. I have plenty of Original Donut Shop Medium Roast and McCafe Medium Premium Roast pods.

Rather than use chip clips to seal bagged food items, I use binder clips.

My cousin finds this immensely amusing and never misses an opportunity to point out the oddity of it when she visits.

R88, I've done the same.

I also use a plastic skirt hanger in the shower for the exfoliating gloves I buy from Amazon. They hang over the shower arm and it allows them to air dry without leaning against anything.

R86 hope you get great results from the scan. Getting pantsed by a cutie is a pretty nice bonus in a miserable situation.

I'm looking forward to "falling back" an hour this coming weekend.

I just made a box of lime flavor gelatin.

No I am not Mormon.

But you will be if you eat it, r92.

Pssst! It’s not actually made from limes.

R92 Are you having a colonoscopy?

If so, lime is OK while cherry, black cherry, watermelon, cranberry, raspberry, strawberry, fruit punch, and orange are not.

No, r92, I just like a light cool dessert in these last hot days since summer is hanging on in Dixie.

[quote] Rather than use chip clips to seal bagged food items, I use binder clips.

I use binder clips (office supply-type) for everything. I don't understand buying the big, plastic clip that says: "CHIP CLIP." My mom used to used clothespins.

I sleep with a pillow between my knees.

I sleep NAKED

R86 I wish you a great recovery or in the very least a great life.

R96 I’m bound up.

I stopped using a top sheet. I toss and turn so much at night that it gets all twisted up, so I'm not putting it back until I have overnight company (so, never).

You are not alone, r98.

I put my new downproof pillow protectors over my new down/feather pillows today. I have the shearling mattress pad back on, washed and dried after letting the mattress air out all day.

Now I have to decide if we stick with linen sheets or switch to flannel: 29f (low) forecast for tomorrow but then warming up so the little bastards will be sweating in their costumes on Thursday.

[quote]I don't understand buying the big, plastic clip that says: "CHIP CLIP." My mom used to used clothespins.

I use clothespins too. You could probably buy 50 clothespins for the price of one chip clip.

Only occasionally do I have 50 bags of chips open at a time.

But on those occasions, r105, that tip will come in quite handy!

No, I do not have to be patient with your STUDENT DRIVER!

Game 3 of the WS at 7:00 pm central standard time.

I just googled "Nothing Bundt Cakes near me" and apparently there is one three miles from my home in a strip mall I frequent. Why have I never noticed it?

I used to haunt the nothing bunt cakes location near me. Love it

I threw away three pairs of underwear while doing laundry today. Time to go shopping.

I find it hard to beleive that the year is almost coming to a close. It feels like only yesterday was New Year's eve / last days of December

I think I'll get some frozen, riced cauliflower, the next time I go to Costco. I'll give it a try.

I find Nothing Bundt cakes to be extremely underwhelming.

You know what’s fun? Those TV movies with Valerie Harper in danger. I’m watching Night Drive on Tubi where her would-be killer is that creepy guy with no voice box who has to use that electric shaver looking thing to talk like a robot. I remember it was really scary when I was teen. My mom and I were in a cafe in Salzburg when some guy in back of us started using one. Bizarre and disturbing.

I kept thinking of underwhelming things all day when I couldn't post them. Now we're back up* and I can't remember anything.

*Thank God for that, btw. I'd miss this place something awful.

Fie on you, Sheffield Wednesday.

I laughed so hard at the nothing Bundt cakes and the electric shaver voice box thing the cat got disgusted with me and actually left the room.

I ate the same thing for dinner that I ate for lunch.

I didn't plan it that way, it's just how things panned out.

I have a thirty year old Japanese Maple tree and the leaves have never been such a breathtaking shade of red as this year.

Pics, please!

My dog barked at a Blue Heron today, she doesn't like big birds.

For the first time in my life I ate a fried bologna sandwich today. It was good.

R123 I'd prefer a hot dog. Mustard, relish and onion and I'm not ashamed to admit it.

It's raining in New England which of late has become an anomaly.

I plan to watch my dvd of Rebecca soon. It's been quite some time since I've seen it and I love it.

Was Mrs Danvers really a Mrs? She certainly got off on touching Rebecca's undergarments.

r125 we could use some of that down here in NJ. It's been bone dry. But beautiful, cloudless, sunny skies is also nice.

I've never been able to fly under the radar.

I'm not a smiley person, introverted and of average looks.

Why won't strangers just leave me alone?

I’m invisible. I should be a spy.

I tried sorghum for the first time last night. It was 😐.

I’m having farro for breakfast.

I had Graham crackers and coffee for breakfast. Groceries are scheduled to be delivered between 11 and 12.

I went to the almost empty grocery store this morning at 8. In and out in less than 10 minutes.

Wednesday is the slowest day of the week in the grocery business.

My groceries were delivered almost exactly at 11:00 (yay!) They substituted Van Leewen's Vanilla Bean for their Honeycomb (everyone loves Honeycomb), but otherwise, the order was perfect. I had planned to tip the driver $10 in cash, but he dropped and ran, though the website states clearly that we have to meet the driver for "attended" deliveries.

If I were expecting honeycomb and got vanilla I’d be one very unhappy fat whore indeed.

Well, my sister is pregnant. She just got married a few weeks ago, but she's already eight weeks along.

R135 expected vanilla bean and got honeycomb.

Why can't you say that Van Leewen's is an ice cream.

I thought I had more bottles of Pommery than I did. Oops.

What else would it be?

WTF is Pommery.

Amazon is weird. I was expecting a delivery yesterday. Now it says if it doesn’t arrive by tomorrow I should request a refund. Is the truck missing?

r136, indeed, Van Leewen's Vanilla Bean is not as good as Van Leewen's Honeycomb.

Those are ice cream flavors, r138. Vanilla Bean isn't bad, but it's not Honeycomb, with its tiny caramel crystals. Both flavors are better than WFM's* so-called heirloom tomatoes, which have the taste and texture of any out-of-season tomato.

* WFM is the initialization for Whole Foods Market (for r138).

[quote]WTF is Pommery.

Hand in your gay card until you've seen The Philadelphia Story.

Champs, darling. Champs.

I was cleaning out my closet and found a card from Betty Broderick. I mailed her a birthday card with a book of stamps.

She'll only write you back if you send a book of stamps. She even signed it "Love, Betty ".

I was cleaning out a closet this morning, going through clothes before donating them. I’m retired and as timeless as most of my suits and jackets are, I’m never going to have to need business attire again. If I go to two weddings, two funerals, and two fancy dinners a year now it’s a lot, so two suits and a blue blazer are all I need.

Evidence of my former life in the pocket of a linen blazer: a ticket in the original AA jacket to Buenos Aires from December, 2005. If I haven’t worn that jacket for 19 years I don’t think I’ll miss it. Likewise some kind of winter coat with toggles my mom bought me in London 40 years ago. Still fits and we still have winter so I’m keeping that. But otherwise bags of stuff going out.

It’s not the death cleanse but I’m making a stab at winnowing the stuff down to the necessities.

I detest this mix bag of Autumn weather, warm and humid with Fall leaves on the ground trips me out .

[quote] I was cleaning out my closet and found a card from Betty Broderick. I mailed her a birthday card with a book of stamps.

The Betty Broderick penpal has surfaced!

R149 I only wrote her once. This is what she wrote back:

"Thank you for the lovely Birthday card and the book of stamps! Perfect gift! I can always use them! I hate being "73" I was only 35 when this all started!☹️ you never know where life will take you! Love, Betty."

She even drew a sad face.

I really don't know if this qualifies as underwhelming.

Well, ladies and gents, if history, tradition, peculiar fact, incredible coincidence, whatever you want to call it, holds true,

The democratic candidate will win the election.

Let’s go DODGERS!!!!!!

🥳🤩🥳🤩😎👑🥳

Congratulations, Dodgers fans. Especially after the classless crap Yankees fans pulled last night.

I watched Star 80 tonight only because I'm reading Eric Roberts' memoir. He wrote that after filming was done he went to Dorothy Stratten's grave and cried, then he tore up his SAG card and left it there.

Awful movie.

I bet on the Dodgers, but I'm too squeamish to bet more than 5 bucks and got a whooping 50 cents.

My cousin lost a hundred bucks, ha!

He was rooting for the Dodgers at heart but I guess he wanted those hundred bucks even more.

Sucks to be him 😂

Couldn't sleep last night. Finally gave up and came downstairs to start my day at 3:30 a.m.

Poured some water into the coffee maker, stuck a coffee pod in, hit "Bold" brew and went to let the dogs out.

Came back to a big coffee puddle on the counter. I forgot to put a mug under the coffee drip.

Too bright outside, too early.

Give me summertime forever.

Its “gaz-eebow” not “Gazzeh-bo” just like it’s “Chic-KAWGO” not “Chick-ago”.

[quote]Came back to a big coffee puddle on the counter. I forgot to put a mug under the coffee drip.

I hate days that start like that.

IKEA.

I’m turning tricks

I still love the idea of emptying out your junk drawer into the bowl of treats.

This way you can give Joel Belgian chocolates and you give Little Ann the remnants of a spool of thread and a watch battery.

Headed to a hog roast!

I am WHELMED!

I've had a handful of trick-or-treaters. Some of them looked like they were 25-35 years old.

Of course I gave them candy.

My niece got a potato for her treat! That’s a new one for me, I’ve never heard of potatoes 🥔 being given 😳

[quote]My niece got a potato for her treat!'

I got a rock.

Was it at least a French fry?

R165- I keep the front door and side door lights turned off so as not to attract any trick or treaters- until about 9:30 pm . By then it’s safe to put the lights back on.

I had a Jimmy Dean Sausage, Egg & Cheese Maple Griddle Cake for breakfast.

I've finally perfected the proper microwave time and technique to get it just perfect.

Salmon with asparagus and dill sauce

I just bought a spatula at Williams-Sonoma and the saleswoman was kind enough to check my account and let me know I have a rewards certificate available. She said starting next month they are FORBIDDEN to alert customers that they have unspent award certificates. Seems kind of shortsighted, if you ask me.

Williams-Sonoma sounds like it's going downhill.

I believe Seattle has the most red-headed doctors and nurses per capita of anywhere in the USA outside of Rochester, MN.

And they are handsome/beautiful…of course the men go bald faster, but they’re still oddly pretty.

I got bored with the Vietnamese youtuber living in Germany with her German boyfriend who won't show his face.

Now I'm watching an American youtuber living in Wuhan, China with her Chinese boyfriend turned husband who shows his face.

Publix Turkey Cranberry Holiday Sub is very good. Ovengold Turkey, Gruyere cheese, Bacon, Mayo, Cranberry Orange Relish on toasted Italian Five Grain Bread.

Recommend.👍

Will repurchase before Thanksgiving.

I wish we had Publix here.

I'm watching Law & Order: True Crime (The Menendez Muders) on Peacock. Edie Falco is Leslie Ambramson! Could have used more peen, but it was an NBC show.

I've been washing dishes with gloves on (MARY!) because my skin is so dry. It's actually easier to wash dishes because I can use hotter water. But now one of them has a leak. I thought I could power through it but it's making the inside of the glove smell manky.

R179, squirt some lemon juice or vinegar in that one until you’re done. Tell me if there is a repair possible. I’ve been stealing nitrile gloves from work for these porpoises.

Crystal Palace vs. Wolverhampton

Pubics

The leaves are brown and ugly this year unlike last year which had really bright and colourful Fall foilage

The NYT advises one to add Apple Cider Vinegar to Chili. They say it's THE secret ingredient that makes the chili fabulous( not those exact words but similar) therefore the next time I make my Martha Stewart Vegetarian Chili I shall add a tablespoon of the stuff to my big pot of MSVC.

I don't think 1 tablespoon is going to make that much of a difference in a "big pot."

I thought of a word today I haven't heard in many years. Mellow.

Last night I watched Alien: Romulus. I thought it was really good. Made me scream a few times.

My hair is bigger than that featured kid from Texas with the tiny face.

I will get this shit cut. It’s not wavy any more; it now has critical mass and will begin attracting baby birds…..

This is LUTHERAN hair. We should all spit on it.

I promise to get it cut today for the benefit of society. That, or else I’ll start faith healing….

Did you set the clocks back in America just now? Every reply I post suddenly says "an hour ago". DL always gets weird for me like that whenever there's a DST change, but this is the first time I caught it in the act, so to speak.

I ordered a magnifying glass.

Speaking of dishwashing gloves, I put them on when I need to unscrew a stubborn jar, easy peasy.

R189 they did. America is always behind Europe.

Cruise videos on YouTube.

Sometimes I'll read about an interesting current event and think "I should start a DL thread about this".

Then I remember I'll have to include a link to the story otherwise I'll be scolded by the link police.

Then I also remember I'll have to be careful which link I use as it might have a paywall or Muriel might attach a disclaimer declaring the poster is an idiot or the perfection police might snarl about who owns the publication.

Then I think "never mind".

Good.

I turn my denim jeans inside out and dry them outside on a drying rack on sunny days.

I'm great.

R189, DST changes occur at 2 a.m. in each time zone. It depends on what TZ the DL servers are set to.

Nobody cares if you think you’re great. I don’t. R196

Paid on Demand

The Damned Don’t Cry

I made a nice pot of curry (potatoes and carrots). The carrots were huge and I thought maybe they'd be tough and bad-tasting. They were actually good.

Potatoes seem to go from raw to cooked in a flash. You have to keep an eye on things.

I’m marinating thawed chicken thighs in their bag and it is leaking, so it’s a double bagger. I’m glad I noticed before putting in the refrigerator.

A woman was going door to door in my town asking people if they needed a ride to the polls. She also had sample ballots so I took one to look over the local candidates. I know who they are but it doesn't hurt to take another look.

I saw a man waving a Trump flag and yelling unintelligibly across the street from city hall, where early voting was.

Go touch grass

I hate this warm Fall weather we're having in the Northeast

I should not have eaten that entire pack of lifesavers gummies that my cousin brought home

I am getting my jollies

[quote]Go touch grass

The all-purpose DL response.

R205- I don't like the lack of rain since late August.

We keep having brushfires in the hills.

I just had my third eye opened by a whispery reiki woman on youtube.

I didn't even know I had a third eye. I guess I'm some kind of lizard.

Or a garden variety gullible rube, r211

Why so unkind, r212?

Put a little love in your heart.

As a fellow gullible rube, r213, my heart is always filled with love.

❤️ + 🚫

As of this morning I have been good for 15 days in a row- no binging on sweets and frozen pizza etc.

Some eager beaver around the corner has an inflatable Santa out already.

Nice job, R216

I am not a big drinker, but I enjoy the occasional glass of red wine and whiskey. Alas, the past 7 days I completely abstained, due to a stubborn chest cold.

I don't notice any differences in terms of sleep, skin, concentration. Nothing. Very underwhelming.

It is unprofessional to use "ya'll" in a business email.

I spent part of my childhood in Pittsburgh, I would never say "yinz" in a business email.

I thought it was "y'all" (instead of "ya'll.")

I stand corrected! "Y'all" is how she spelled it.

Didn't take my Losartan because I raked a sh@+ ton of leaves today. Lit a pumpkin spice, jar candle. Made a pork, stir fry for my partner while he watched Krypton on Tubby. Bitched, repeatedly, about the cost of the replacement transmission in our F-150. Listening to the wind howl, outside my bedroom window.

Oh god it’s raining. Oh god its raining

I just started watching Ghosts. It's kind of like a modern day Bewitched. The cute blonde with the magical powers is even named Samantha.

It's already dark too early in the northeast. We turned the clocks back one hour over the weekend.

It’s a great day here at the Raytown travel agency

They say dogs don't like their paws touched, not so for my dog. I pet them and tell her she has pretty paws and she loves it. So much for the experts advice.

Pumpkin spice and a Ford F-150 truck!

R222, if you don't mind, how much will it cost to replace the transmission? (Sorry to hear about this!)

I don't understand why so many houses across the lake leave their outdoor lights on all night. My neighbors on this side don't. My dog would alert everyone if the need be. She has a loud bark from within my house that can be heard at a distance if something was up.

Metabolizing the Nebbiolo is not nearly as fun as drinking it.

Pasta with butter and garlic perhaps green beans as well, R230.

Watching The Real Housewives of DC on Bravo right now. I'd totally forgotten about the Salahis crashing a WH dinner hosted by Obama!

It's that time of year again.

When I go through my spices and discard any that are expired or nearing expiration. Then I replenish during all the holiday sales on spices.

The sunrise was beautiful this morning. A good sign?

I really miss my kitty.

Rao's frozen Penne alla Vodka is good.

Recommend. 👍

Will repurchase.

**Note: Read the directions! Microwave on high power for 3 minutes, stir, then microwave on [bold]50% power[/bold] for 3 more minutes. Friend I recommended it to didn't do the 50% power and then complained about the texture.

[quote]I really miss my kitty.

I'm sorry.

^^💕🐈‍⬛🐈

My balls are slightly irritated therefore I am scratching and kneading them.

My ribeye steak was delicious.

R228, we are taking the 2006, F-150 in this week. We are in Pendleton, Oregon and the cost for a Ford, factory rebuilt transmission will be $5,200, plus and extra $400 if it needs a new fan(which it will, most likely need). It will come with a three year, parts and labor warranty and can be serviced at any Ford dealer. We've already spent close or lost $2,000 for two separate tows, a diagnostics check and a car rental. The truck broke down in Washington state Tri-Cities area so that is why we've already spent some $$. In Wa., they sales tax would have been more than $500 and their labor charges are $160 per hour. Oregon doesn't have the tax and the warranty is much better here. So we had to tow the truck a second time to get it home. I wanted to roll the damned thing into a ditch, but my partner insists it's worthwhile to fix as it has a newer, factory installed engine with 20,000 miles on it.

Took a hot bath to scrub the election off me. Might have a Hot Toddy to get it out of me.

I never in a million years thought I would ignore all DL political threads.

It’s time for a serious nap!

I left my garage door open all night.

I came here for hope. I’m going to take a hot shower.

R245 unbeknownst to you? I’ve done that one time.

I came here to be underwhelmed, which I very much need after the whelming events of Tuesday night.

I wish Paris St. Germain would go ahead and score another goal now.

My cold is much better today, I was so angry about the election results that I think I scared it off.

Oh Lordy won’t you buy me a Mercedes benz

Oh no. That Costco clerk did NOT just tell me that I should have brought the moldy raspberries that I threw in the trash back for a refund.

(Manager approved the refund.)

For some reason I did not sleep very well last night.

Last night, my apartment neighbor, who's usually quiet, was making all kinds of noises, moving things around. Lots of doors opening and closing, lots of things sliding on the floor.

I’m thankful I do not live in an apartment

R255, my apartment’s residents are not helpful, but they do notice things.

We had an overdose. People noticed she was not “on the lean”. The desk clerk performed a welfare check and found her body before it became “obvious”.

On the lean?

Who the hell was Johnny Ola and how did Michael Corleone know it was his brother who gave details of his house in that assassination attempt?

After he heard that name? I don’t get it.

When Michael went to Cuba, Fredo (M's brother) pretended he was meeting Johnny Ola for the first time ("Nice to meet you," etc.). Then, in another scene, Fredo slipped up and told Johnny Ola: "Remember the time we went to _____?"

The store where I buy slices of cheesecake: the slice is smaller, now. Oh, well. probably better for me.

I have decided not to care. I'm already much happier.

I'm trying, r261. I'm trying really, really hard.

I've tried to make great mac and cheese many times and it always turns out just okay. Is it that there really isn't such a thing?

[quote]I've tried to make great mac and cheese many times and it always turns out just okay.

Your shortcuts are the problem. Next time, try making macaroni and cheese;

I have a pain in my ribcage probably from a bad sleeping position and I'm considering how mediocre it would be to bring up to a doctor or if it's the early stages of cancer

Better mediocre than dead. Say something.

I need a little Christmas, right this very minute.

🎶 Cheer up, sleepy Jean

Oh, what can it mean

To a daydream believer

And a homecoming queen 🎶

Johnny Ola was Junior Soprano.

I had an espresso and a blackberry linzer cookie for breakfast. I felt very European.

R267- I need a little cock , right this very minute.

To be specific, R271, are you looking for a “little cock” as in “some cock” or a “little cock” as in, say, 4 inches or less?

R272- I am not a size queen but no I am not referring to size but quantity.

Stovetop macaroni and cheese:

Macaroni, cooked & drained.

Whole milk

Cheese. I used to use Velveeta, but I think they've changed their formula.

Black pepper.

I had forgotten all about it, then I got to the hospital for a CT scan, and who is on the CBS Morning Show but that smug asshole Junior Mint.

Four more years. Ugh.

I think I'll bring headphones everywhere for the next four years.

I've gotten into the habit of having a whole bag of frozen vegetables as my lunch once or twice a week. I get different mixtures, sometimes just a single vegetable.

It's not too low calories as I add a tablespoon of Land O Lakes Butter (the one in a tub made with olive oil and sea salt) and freshly grated parm.

"Good" parm makes anything better.

I made banana bread with some frozen mixed berries in the batter.

Okay, that makes sense. Thanks, R259.

They’re giving the movies on cable. It’s been 50 years!!!

I’m also trying not to care. 😬

I’m soaking beans.

Rancho Gordo yellow-eyed beans.

Making Navy Bean soup

Pesky DL rashes.

R241, sorry to hear it’s costing so much to repair your F-150. I do like those trucks, though. I tend to keep and repair my cars, as well.

I just finished a whole packet of the white Tic Tacs.

R180, I just threw away the one with the hole and bought a new pair. But today I saw a post on Reddit suggesting that if you keep tearing, say, your right glove, turn a left glove inside out.

Just realised out Tillamook queen is a right wing troll. Sigh.

I've been watching The Newsroom on HBO. It took place during the Obama administration and the OBL killing; everyone had Blackberrys. God, I miss that time frame.

I had to attend a full day, in-person meeting yesterday. The meeting was meh but the food (Greek) was delicious. There was plenty of chocolate candy (Halloween-sized stuff). Everyone was mindlessly eating it and saying "I have to stop eating this stuff." I'm happy to report that I didn't have an of it.

The fact that that makes you happy overwhelms me, r286.

I might go to Arby's for lunch.

They have two limited edition sandwiches, a Deep Fried Turkey Gobbler and a Deep Fried Turkey Club.

I'll decide which one when I get there. If I go.

Lunch today will out.

Choice is between a Southern buffet or a Mexican joint. Decisions, decisions.

I wish I knew where The Land of the Missing Socks is.

You made me think of this, r290.

R290- I prefer The Land Of The Lost

My new charging equipment (AC adapter and cable) do seem to charge up my phone faster.

I just found out that texting with an index finger vs. thumbs is an old person thing. Oh, well.

I’m an old person. So what?

Listening to Rufus Wainwright's "Going To A Town", realizing how tired I am of America again.

I've been lethargic and unproductive the past couple of days.

The woman who has cut my hair for years had foot surgery, so I had to go to a barber shop for a haircut. I never realized how difficult it was to cut my hair.

Petty, demented, pointless thought of the day; I could use my coworker’s stapler as a garlic press. They are a food litterer and it’s gross.

There's a system malfunction at Stop & Shop so grocery deliveries are fucked, bigly.

Stop and Shop has more than a "system malfunction."

More like system-wide malfunction: they're closing stores left and right.

My Le Creuset Dutch Oven is getting a stubborn brown stain inside. Le Creuset makes a cleaner that people on Amazon say works, but it’s $26 for a small bottle. Maybe I’ll just live with the discoloration.

(I’ve tried Bar Keeper’s friend, Mr. Clean Magic Eraser, baking soda.)

R302, I’d look up remedies for removing porcelain tub stains and see if they offer something different. One last shot would be toilet bowl gel.

I'm bummed. Walked to my local Korean fresh produc/deli/fish market. They make the most delicious seasoned, grilled chichen breasts. Alas, they were sold out. I bought a shrimp tempura roll and some lemons. Oh well, at least I got outside and got some exercise. I'll try tomorrow and see if they have the chicken breast.

I'm watching a Cops marathon on one of the cable stations. As an attorney I want to tell these people to shut the fuck up.

I am watching Hill St. Blues on Disney+ and really enjoying it.

On Black Friday I'll be looking for a deal on a robot vacuum.

I went to an event yesterday that I didn't know included lunch. It was a nice lunch, too. We actually got served (instead of a buffet thing).

I think I need to start sorting my laundry on Friday. Saturdays (laundry days) will be easier, that way.

Read my lips. Read my lips. Read my lips. All I am saying is how much I want you to read my lips.

The nice thing about tiny apartments is that I can reach the hamper from the toilet and sort while taking care of business.

Plenty of self-courtesy flushes later, I have two or three piles ready for wash. This is when I plot out my bedding for the week. Fitted sheets can trap anything in the washer. When I went through my Martha Stewart bedding phase I used garters on antique flat sheets, but I had space to change the bed. Much like the onion on my belt, French grain sack pillows were a thing back then.

[quote]Much like the onion on my belt

You're Russian?

No scat!

One of my Thanksgiving dinner guests just informed me he will be bringing homemade sweet potato pie.

I'm giddy happy about this. I love sweet potato pie. I think that's why he told me, to lift my spirits. It's been a rough week.

New coffee shop down the road has blah espresso.

R315 oh how very underwhelming!

[quote] New coffee shop down the road has blah espresso.

If they can't make a good espresso, that's a bad sign for the entire shop.

Read my lips! Read my lips! All I am saying is how much I need to be loved.

Did Hyman Roth know it was Michael that had ordered the hit on Mo Green?

Roth gave his little speech about how Green started Vegas and not even a plaque to acknowledge it.

Did he know it was Michael?

Yes, Hyman Roth knew. He was trying to show Michael that this was all business, not personal. I.e., Roth had a good relationship with Moe Greene, Roth knew that Michael had Greene killed, but that's business. Roth's point was that he was able to move on, despite his good feelings towards Greene. Hence, Michael should be able to move on (from whatever nefarious deeds done to Michael & family), as well. Because: it's the price of business.

I lost my Hyman

I always wondered, thanks, R320.

Of course Michael will not forgive. I wonder what made him so bitter and hardened. Was it because his first wife was killed? That his dad was also shot at? His days during the war? His brother also getting killed?

He just went scorched earth from the first movie on.

R322, scorched earth is a good way to describe it.

Michael was black and white about a lot of things, e.g., family "loyalty." It was a strength and a weakness. He was able to make decisions dispassionately, like getting rid of Tom Hagen as the consigliere. I don't think he ever considered Tom a brother.

He got rid of a dirty cop.

The bad side was that he could have divorced Kay without removing her from his children's lives. He could even have had full custody and allowed them to see her.

Although I do not dispute that discussion of The Godfather is underwhelming, it sure is boring.

Whatever, R324.

I’m refusing to read ANY more threads about god-damned politics. I’ve had enough to last a lifetime. Fuck the system that allows a complete and total disgusting, filthy asshole to lead the free world. Fuck the system that allowed him to run for President again. Why. The. Fuck. Was. He. Not. Arrested. After Jan 6????

There’s not much else going on on DL currently so this thread and questions I’ve always had about this movie are being asked. Thank you for your answers, R323 and R320.

I've blocked virtually all political threads (over 100) and heave plenty to do here. You're underwhelming.

[quote]I’m refusing to read ANY more threads about god-damned politics.

Then why post about it?

have* (I blocked those threads so I don't heave, though)

Michael did not remove Kay from the children’s lives. We learn in G3 that they grew up in her custody. That’s how Anthony becomes an opera singer.

[quote] I wonder what made him so bitter and hardened

‘It’s that Sicilian . . . THING . . . that’s been going on for two thousand years!”

G3 doesn't count. It didn't happen.

It did in the 12 hour nonstop cut.

My god in heaven.

The Cowboy defense sucks so, so bad. The new coordinator should be fired.

I love Chicken Saltimbocca, especially with buttered noodles.

I love buttered noodles. With cheese.

I’m gonna attempt an osso bucco recipe soon.

Does anybody have a good one? I’ll do the Ina version, otherwise.

Maybe I’ll look up a Lidia recipe 🤔

So many gaping plot holes in G3 I wish it didn’t happen.

I would just stick with Ina's recipe. It may not be earth-shattering, but it won't be a failure.

Oof, Cowboys are certainly done now.

It guts me that they’re doing so bad but at the same time, until old man Jones is gone, this will be their reality. It can’t happen soon enough, tho. He’s been looking like shit lately.

Fucking Jerry Jones has been the worst thing to happen to the team since he bought them and fired Tom Landry and subsequently fired Jimmy Johnson.

It sort of boggles the mind that they are the most valuable sports franchise in the entire world. Maybe they won’t be after this year.

My eyesight is pretty good. I use low-level OTC glasses to read actual books (no problems reading my laptop). But I'm getting apprehensive about driving after dark.

I dislike driving at night as well.

Omg, I just tried peanut butter and jelly M&M’s!!

Delish.

[quote] My eyesight is pretty good. I use low-level OTC glasses to read actual books (no problems reading my laptop). But I'm getting apprehensive about driving after dark.

Why not just go to an ophthalmologist? You may need rx glasses for driving at night, but so what.

It's 12:17 am Eastern Standard Time- Time for me to go upstairs soon, floss and brush my teeth, put on my nose strip which opens my nasal passages( usually) and go to sleep.

r343 those sound delicious. are they available everywhere?

I'm watching videos about the 1950s Giggling Granny serial killer, Nannie Doss.

Between 1927 and 1954 she killed 4 of her 5 husbands, two daughters, two grandchildren, her mother, her sister and her mother-in-law.

She just looked like a jolly, wholesome grandma who giggled in interviews after she was arrested.

[quote]It can’t happen soon enough, tho. He’s been looking like shit lately.

Jerrah will never die, he gets his blood exchanged twice a year with that of a South American orphan.

What, Hungarian virgins are no longer available, r348?

Plumber coming tomorrow, not today.

I can’t decide what to make for dinner. Perhaps I’ll just starve.

R347 was she also a Klan Granny??

I don't think Klan Grannys are genetically capable of laughter, r352.

Taking the train down to New Orleans for a couple of days. Two friends will fly from Dallas. We'll have a good time.

I think I’m going to make a trashy middle class casserole. It’s variation on what is apparently unironically called “American Chop Suey” except using paprika so they call it “goulash.”

Or maybe I’ll make an actual goulash.

Make Yakamein for a taste sensation.

That lady calls scallions “green onions.”

I call it green onions, too.

Way too much wind in New England lately.

^^R359 agreed, but its been almost hauntingly beautful out- but its a very ominous feeling now, kind of like 9/11... Creepy days

Sorry to whelm, but not only did the plumber make it after all, he was a sexy bearded 30 something with a magnificent backside.

I roasted sweet potato and brussel sprouts and baked sausage. Cooking is done!

Never have I ever received nice lemons in a grocery delivery. The shoppers seek out the most shriveled lemons they can find. It's a sick game they play.

A stink bug broke into my house and tried to rape me!

[quote]Way too much wind in New England lately.

I woke up in the middle of the night and heard it raining and was so happy but it wasn't enough. I need you all to wash your cars, please.

I broke wind in the middle of the night

I put sweet potatoes on my shopping list.

Don’t those pumice stones work on bathtubs too R303?

I didn’t wash or brush my teeth for 5 days after the election.

And I am sure everyone around you was stunned with your smell.

As of this morning I have been good for 22 days in a row ( no binging on sweets and frozen pizza, snacks etc)

I am already so sick of Christmas. The ads, the music, the Christmas decorations in the stores, ugh.

The Royal Riviera pears from Harry and David have been worth every penny.

I've always given those Harry & David pears as gifts, but never tried them, myself. Good to hear that they're actually good.

Anyway, I think I'll switch to pecans (from peanut butter) to mix with my steel-cut oats. I need to mix things up.

I’m watching the mother of all nepo movies. Joyride 1977. Luckily they are all appealing.

I've determined that 7 oz. is the perfect amount of water to use with a coffee pod in my keurig-knock off coffee maker. Not 6 oz. Not 8 oz. 7 oz. Plus using the "Bold" brew function.

I dislike everything about oatmeal, hot, cold, instant, overnight, tarted up with cinnamon or berries, and in unreasonable facsimiles of cookies. Bleagh!

I'm starting to hate my possessions, especially from my stupid collecting days. Underwhelming "news" to others; overwhelming to me. I'm not any kind of seller by nature, so eBay, yard sales, etc, fuhgeddaboutit. I feel like just throwing away everything but my books (thousands) and one place setting.

Can’t decide between French toast or oatmeal for breakfast today.

Hey, r377–

Can I have your stuff?

Went to buy a bag of espresso and impulse-bought €20 worth of teas while I was at it. They had a new collection out and I just couldn't help myself. Came home and looked them up and they're cheap ones too, you know the ones that are like 50% hibiscus. One is advertised as a French cassis tea, but has only 0.1% of blackcurrant in it, I shit you not. That one also has a herb-of-grace (Ruta graveolens) scent and I do look forward to finding out just what that means.

Whatever, I regret nothing.

R377, I'm officially ancient now, and I've started giving things away. One of my friends will get all of my CDs when I die. I now listen mainly to the 78 days worth of tracks I've ripped to hard drives, or to Apple Music, so I've begun the process of gradually turning my CD collection over to him.

I really love Apple Music, by the way. I fought it for a long time, but I was recently hospitalized for a long time, so I decided to take them up on their "free for two months" offer. It turns out their sound quality is so much better than YT's, or that of any other streamer I've listened to, and they seem to have everything I want to listen to, including classical.

Another young friend will get all my kitchen equipment and, if he wants them, my two remaining sets of dishes.

I also have books. More than some people. Not as many as others. But I've reached the age where the type is impossibly small for me to read. I've kept them for a number of years purely as decoration, but I can put the space they take up to other uses now. I haven't figured out what to do with them, though. And it's difficult for me to give away my books. Being a reader has shaped my life. Books make up a good portion of my identity. Ack!

R381, I love to read, too. When you used to travel a lot for work, and before my first Kindle or iPad, I would look for the thickest books I could find to read on my flights.

My Mom started my love for reading. That's how we found Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series. Mom bought the first book in hard cover at BJ's without knowing anything about them; I believe most are well over 1000 pages. I stilll have the first 7 or 8. I might read them again but I highly doubt it. It's just too easy to download an ebook from Amazon and just tote my iPad mini wherever I go.

^^ Oh, dear! That should be "When I used to travel . . . "

R379, You would rue the day.

"Rue" is another name for herb-of-grace, believe it or not.

Why do we need so many fucking names for a single plant? Some have three or four.

On Downton Abbey Mosley developed a rue allergy from working in his father's garden. The Dowager Countess properly diagnosed the allergy after Isobel's incorrect diagnosis.

Oh, you mean ruta graveolens! Why didn’t you say so?

I’m reading “Prisons We Choose. To Live Inside” by Doris Lessing - recommended as a tonic by The Marginalian dot com.

It’s a lovely read that has me wool gathering, staring off into space way too often. Yum.

I am annoyed by youtubers who hold tiny little microphones during their videos.

Pre-holiday calorie control.

He asked for a pic of me taking a crap.

Thinking of switching my gas range to induction, but I’d need to hire an electrician and a plumber. It might just be too much bother. Oh well.

R304 here. Stopped at my Korean market and bought five grilled chicken cutlets. Having one for dinner tonight with some steamed broccoli. I didn't walk this time. Had some other errands to run so I drove.

My chicken salad needs grapes. The grocery is offering “spooky-licious black seedless grapes”. Do I want to add more sweetness?

So far, It’s not that big of an investment - two thighs, two apples, celery, walnuts mixed into a Duke’s mayo slurry. Any grape order is $8.99 per lb. I would end up eating most while cutting them, so I should also buy a hard cheese.

I read that raisins or craysons could also be used, but their mouth feel doesn’t seem like they would go with the rest of the salad.

I just ate orange chicken

I ignored myself at R388!

That's enough stuff in your salad. No need for grapes, raisins, cranberries.

MY SALAD, MY CHOICE!

Mind your own damn business.

And "mayo slurry"? Huh?

I've been using Pioneer Woman's chicken salad recipe for years, since before she had the tv show.

It's really good. It calls for grapes which I like in my chicken salad and also a mayo slurry. I use a rotisserie chicken to make mine.

Although I don't actually like her.

R400, it’s just mayo, salt, lemon juice, and sugar. Miracle whip used to do the trick, but I grew out of it.

Sugar? But you already have fruit? This is getting whelming very quickly.

OK, thanks, R402.

Providing oral sex

Days are short now and will continue until January. As the cold strengthens the days lengthen.

I couldn’t find the magical fucking “spooky-licious black seedless grapes” so I settled for seedless black grapes. And a wedge of gouda.

Safeway hides or doesn’t carry Melba toast and their selection of rye sucks ass-klingons.

Otherwise, I’m trying to avoid people in the supermarket and it always looks like I’m stalking them because we started at the same time in the same aisles. It may be because I don’t want to put straight people ill at ease or it could be I don’t want people witnessing the old people food I’m purchasing. My folks were Depression era; I’m stuck with firm plans for economical foods.

Confession; I grew up with Miracle Whip.

The Duke’s Mayo loved the grapes I added to my salad. It can only get better as it marries.

R408- For me it was Hellmann's Real Mayonnaise - bring out the Hellmann's and bring out the best.

Now I use only Veganaise.

[quote] Days are short now and will continue until January.

Dec. 20 is the shortest day of the year. So, starting Dec. 21, the days get longer.

Really, Sam Elliott, really?

That hard up for cash are you? A freaking Fritos commercial?? 😧🫤

No! No Mayo fights. Not here.

Ah, good old sinus rinses.

R401, We're not going back!

Green tea makes me nauseous. Even if I drink it with food.

Soft spoken, seemingly mild mannered people are often snakes in the grass.

I wrote the year-end checks for the organizations I donate to annually on November 1st. I wrote the letters that go with the donations this weekend. I addressed the envelopes and made sure the right check and the right letter was in the right envelope yesterday and put the stamps on them today. I will likely mail them tomorrow at the Post Office because it's just too damn cold out today and then transfer the funds to my checking account. I won't put them in a PO drop box because they're stealing checks here: keys have been stolen and checks "washed" and re-written for larger amounts. The whole process took about two weeks.

It would be so much easier to donate by credit card but it helped A LOT to have cancelled checks instead of a statement when I was audited by the IRS ten years ago.

It’s 4:30 and I missed lunch. I didn’t feel like making dinner so am having a turkey sandwich. I guess this is dinner.

[quote] I wrote the letters that go with the donations this weekend.... The whole process took about two weeks.

How involved and long were all of these letters that accompany your donation checks?

Not very. Just the boilerplate: that it’s a donation, that the organization is a charity, the amount, the purpose of the gift and if applicable, in whose honor or memory. Usually one paragraph, maybe two if it’s for a specific fund or program. What the IRS wants to see in order to support your charitable deductions. Just checking the addresses takes time.

I have never felt so much emotion after reading anything ever my entire life, until now- I just finished - Love In the Time of Cholera. I shed a few tears the last few pages of the novel but the last three sentences just broke me.

Suck it up

I just ate a Dole Mixed Fruit in Black Cherry Gel cup from my emergency food stash.

I know I'm really down when I start scrounging around my stash of shelf stable food reserved for the end of the world or hurricanes.

It's really a symptom of despair.

I’m into dried fruit

I need a shower but I really want to go to bed.

Are you the guy who didn't shower, brush or floss for five days after the election? If so, you better take a shower.

R426, I assume you’re asking me @r425? No that wasn’t me. I didn’t get a shower this morning and was feeling gamey. I did take a shower and now can’t fall asleep.

That's what happens, sometimes, when you take a shower. It perks you up. However, I always take a shower at night.

I don't know.

Really, I don't.

I wish I did. But I don't.

I watched a Society of the Snow reaction video, and now YouTube is showing me adverts for outerwear for mountain athletes. I'm slightly alarmed that the algorithm thinks a film featuring cannibalism in the Andes is going to make me want to go mountaineering.

I’m quiet quitting. My job looks great from the outside but it’s a toxic, disorganized mess from within. I’m hanging on by threads to make it a year. I have another opportunity on the horizon, thank God.

Also, I spent part of the day looking at pictures from The Maker Hotel in Hudson NY and I’m not sure whether it’s dreary or chic. I’m leaning toward dreary, but I don’t dislike all of it.

There's a three-legged cat in my neighborhood. I won't be surprised if it turns into a two-legged cat or worse, at some point. Always on the road, dodging cars.

My xanax knocked me out at 2pm and I missed all of my errands. I'm so annoyed.

I’m doing three sets of bicep curls before I go into work.

Does anyone want to join?

It’s only 20s for 8 reps with the decline twice as slow as the raise and lots of “hoo hoo ha ha” breathing.

This is to make my shoulders jealous. I’ve felt the need for pullups lately and thinking back to awesome times when I rolled paint on ceilings - best stretch ever.

I dreamed about the McRib last night. McDonald's needs to hurry up with that shit.

I subscribe to an American youtuber living in China with her Chinese husband. She did a short about an amusement park near her home. She showed all the activities and rides. Some unusual activities. One is a smoke ring cannon children can fire. The cannon can destroy the Japanese or take down America. It costs extra to take out America.

As well it should.

Checked an option online to deliver all my packages into a parcel box from now on and it worked! No more manual redirects, it's all – as long as it fits – automatically delivered into a parcel box right next to my local post office, so I can pick stuff up in the middle of the night when I go for a run. This only works for our national post service, I still have to redirect manually for other delivery companies.

The package I tested this on contained €50-worth of cosmetics crap I don't need. Exotic stuff like birch tar hair shampoo, amber essence for hair, papain hand mask (which I will use on my face), burdock serum for hair loss (which I will use on my eyebrows), a special John Frieda purple shampoo against stubborn brassiness... I love spoiling myself, but I'm also regretting half of it already.

Please be careful running at night and picking up your packages, R438. I hate to read that you were assaulted picking up a box of burdock serum for hair loss!

I'm moving to a condo in a 55+ retirement community (I'm only 58). It should be nice and quiet, but I'm a speedy driver and I'll have to put up with all the old folks driving super slowly.

I’m sitting here thinking about it

Adieu.

R440, You do know that old people turn up the TV because they don't hear as well as before?

I've been on a grilled cheese and tomato sandwich binge lately. One everyday for the past week and they hit the spot.

It’s bad luck to hang around people older than you once you hit 50. I’m 51.

Your new neighbors in the retirement village are going to be all up in your business 24/7, r440.

They've got nothing else to do but keep track of what other people are doing. Or not doing. Or who came to visit you. Or why no one came to visit you. Also, can you give them a ride to the doctor/grocery store/Walgreens?

Looking at the giant Beaver Moon rising in the cotton candy colored sunset. I should go out for a walk and enjoy it.

Looking for beaver.

It’s chilly outside, R447, take a jacket. 🧦

The first full episode of the new sitcom St. Denis Medical is on youtube.

I watched it because it's from the same people who made Superstore.

I didn't find it funny and I'm not interested in any of the characters.

But YMMV.

I’m buying shirts and underwear for big folks at the shelter. If they are 3x or bigger I never have clothing. Christmas from the resale queen!!!!

My local Costco was crowded, today. I really hope to avoid going there until after January 1. I think I'm stocked-up enough to do that.

I’m experiencing post surgery insomnia. It’s very annoying.

It’s 4:18 AM.

Don't you have any good drugs?

I don't, r454.

Sure, meet me behind the watched threads list and I'll hook you up.

Just some Percocet.

Neighbor across the street is having a Sleep Number bed delivered.

Shortened mattress buying cycles have gotten ridiculous.

Manufacturers have figured out mattress costs are elastic and consumers will pay big time for a good nights sleep.

Your neighbors are smart, r458 -- air doesn't sag or get lumpy.

Big cat goes to groomers today for his shave. He has no idea. Haha.

You will pay, r460.

Oh, you will pay.

I’m gonna decorate my cunt for the holidays

Don't forget to hang a painting or two on your uterine wall!

The deferred comp limit has increased a bit. I might do a little more deferred comp.

Anyone gonna flash their pussy on Thanksgiving?

Got my Covid booster today. Fully expect to feel like crap tomorrow, so I'll likely be vegging on the couch watching Harry Potter movies (which are showing on E this weekend).

I worked outside all day and am a good kind of physically tired. Had a shower and a gummy. Waiting for it to kick in before fixing something for dinner.

Big cat did very well at groomers today. Only a couple of protest mews and a small amount of squirming. He looks great!

Big wind in New England recently, Mt Washington had gusts of 100 mph. Try to hike it now and you'll be in flight!

bettergoods Hatch Chile Tortilla Chips are good. Made with cassava flour and lower carb.

Recommend.👍

Will repurchase.

Same, r452! I hate the layout regarding checkout lines, blocking shoppers and aisles!

Today I'll be throwing away my 4-lb box of Cheezits as I keep denying they give me ferocious heartburn, but they do. I should have bought super-sized Pepcid!

R466, I get my Flu shot tomorrow, and the Covid one in two weeks. Fingers crossed, I've never had a bad reaction to either.

R450, Just saw a commercial. I adore the supremely talented David Allan Grier, but loathe the "breaking the 4th wall" style. So nope, won't be watching.

Throughout history it was relatively easy to disappear and start life over under a new identity up until the 1970s.

I bought some organic, riced cauliflower from Costco. It's apparently a product of Italy. Anyway, I'll let you guys know how it is.

I have some feta cheese, Kalamata olives, etc. I'm trying to think of a way to eat it.

I also saw a video of a woman just smashing some salmon into it (the rice cauliflower) and that looked good, too. I don't have salmon, but maybe canned tuna would work.

Slept well last night. Relieved the insomnia was just one night.

I have my riced cauliflower with butter and parmesan.

I found my g-spot

I have a colonoscopy scheduled for December 20th. I think I'll cancel it because it's too close to Christmas.

You should just do the colonoscopy and get it over with.

The fuck I will

Every once in a while Muriel likes to agitate me by logging me out.

I then get a "You don't have permission to post at this time" message and I think [bold]WHAT??[/bold].

It takes me a minute to realize I just have to log back in and I do so and then all is well again.

But she does get me going for about a minute.

R480 what a dumbass

Why so unkind, r481?

What the world needs now is love sweet love.

I have the same issue as r480.

EVERYONE has the same issue as r483.

Think of it as a feature, not a bug.

[quote]And get over your cheap self.

I am a paying member.

So am I. I have been for years.

Everyone is periodically logged out and must log back in.

All this nastiness is whelming.

Go back to bed r484/r486, sleep off your cheap shtick.

R478 I don't see why I have to get a colonoscopy for 2 small hemorrhoids.

I saw A Real Pain this afternoon. Great performances in parts. Otherwise I was underwhelmed.

The trailers for Maria and Timmy’s Dylan movie looked promising.

$49.95 ($16.65 each) for three of us to go to a movie. The reclining seats are lovely, though.

I read a sanity “hack” from a political analyst to limit anxiety;

Buy physical newspapers and carve out a time to read the news. Unsubscribe from any news aggregators.

My problem is that my city has too many sportsball teams and I’d waste 1/3 of the paper each day on something that is boring.

R477, 12/20 is a Friday. Unless you have a holiday party to go to that night, I would keep the appointment. Think of how flat your stomach will be on the weekend and probably through Christmas. Plus you will be rested and refreshed after the procedure.

That ad for Homeaglow has to be a fraud. It says they'll clean your entire house, including dishes, laundry and windows for $19. My house takes four hours for a cleaner to clean. That would be less than $5/hr. There has to be some catch - so dishonest.

^^$19/hr? My cleaner is $160 for 3.5 hrs. No windows laundry or dishes. Just bathrooms, counters, floors etc.

I got my flu and covid shots at the same time last Wednesday one in each arm. It was fine.

Not even $19/hr - they say it's $19 for the entire cleaning!

Even if it were true, I wouldn't want to pay someone $5/hr. to clean my house. That's below minimum wage.

Every so often, I'd like to eat a good, homemade brownie. But I wouldn't want the entire pan sitting in my house.

I pay $115 biweekly for cleaning a 2,000 sq ft house. It's not restricted to an hourly fee. I think that's a pretty good deal.

Here's a link to the Homeaglow website. The $19 cleaning is for 3 hours. It scales up the longer the cleaning takes. You also pay $49 a month there after in addition to the cleaning.

I'd like to have someone clean my oven and windows but I can make my own bed.

You can now buy a sampler box of that viral Laundry Sauce detergent. I took the plunge. The stuff smells bad in the pod, but ok once you wash and dry.

There’s no way in hell I’d ever pay that much for laundry detergent. Tide works much better and it’s $10 for a big jug at Ollie’s.

SB accepts so many odd exclamations but not “wowie” hmph

R500 the $19 cleaning is an introductory offer. After that it is $19/hr + $49 subscription fee. It's a way for them to drum up new business. And probably there is some term.on the contract so they are guaranteed $$ if you sign up as a customer.

Exactly. It’s like the “free trial subscription” that converts into a paid subscription if you don’t cancel in time.

It’s so dark.

Winter sucks.

Whenever I stupidly believe I’m going to slow cook a pot of soup or chili, I have to remind myself that I have added beans. Beans enjoy burning themselves on the bottom regardless of how much liquid or how low a temp I use.

I’m a bean burner. I loathe the scent of burnt scrambled eggs, burnt potatoes, and burnt beans.

I'm listening to a woman on youtube read chapters from the book "The Other Mrs. Kennedy". It's about Ethel Skakel Kennedy, she was a piece of work as was her mother big Annie. Interesting Skakel background. The Skakels also had a chaotic mess of a household and behaved like pigs like Ethel's household. Ethel inherited her mother's habit of stiffing vendors.

How do beans burn on a slow-cooker??

Seriously?

This is my 25th day of trying to become a morning person. I go to bed by 10 pm with the goal of working out by 7 am. So far it’s working out pretty well. It’s 8:30 and I want to go to bed.

The hot guy in charge of reroofing my neighbor's house knocked on my door to hand out a business card. We did not fuck, as I was led to believe by porn would happen.

Missed opportunity r510. He probably wanted to fuck. Otherwise he would have put his business card in the mailbox like most contractors do.

In Japan, if someone incorrectly sorts their recyclable trash, the whole neighborhood gets penalized. The trash won't get picked up for weeks as punishment.

Harsh.

I'm watching a new episode of Dateline on YouTube.

Keith Morrison is on the scene. He seems older, but is still doing a good job.

The victim was another "life of the party" type of woman. She is also described as a "stay-at-home mom who doesn't like to stay at home."

I saw that the Golden Orb had almost disappeared behind the interlacing fingers of the hawthorn this evening.

I am already hungry for lunch tomorrow which is a very large salad ( which I made myself) and Spinach Lasagna ( which I made myself) and cut into six portions about two months ago and stored in my freezer. I defrosted it earlier this evening on the counter then covered it in plastic wrap and place it in the freezer it's from a NYT recipe- I made it with homemade Marinara sauce and full fat ricotta , full fat mozzarella and full fat parmesan cheese- very tasty.

I meant to say after I defrosted the lasagna I placed it in the refrigerator NOT the freezer.

I’ve been idly searching for our Beaver moon. Haven’t found it because of cloudiness and not too concerned.

So gay….

Also: I saw somebody on roller blades around the Seattle Space Needle - a 90s flashback for me - and he was doing a good job of skating. I never could get the laces tight enough…

Brahms.

I don't like mint jelly with lamb.

Been taking adaptogens for two years now, alternating daily between ginseng, rhodiola, maca, and ashwagandha. I stopped using them for two weeks like you're supposed to occasionally so you get the maximum benefit from them, and I can barely fucking walk after my nightly runs. Everything aches all over and I can no longer run the full 15 km every day. So I prematurely ended the two-week break today because my endurance keeps getting shittier and shittier with each passing day, and I feel like the cat and deer and donkey dollfaces I encounter on the road every day are all laughing about it behind my back. Had no idea just how much those puppies were helping me, genuinely more than any other supplement. I'll stop using them only when I'm dead!

You could always opt for the coriander yogurt, R520.

Mint Jelly on lamb is as bad as catsup or jelly on scrambled eggs.

R515, Your lasagna sounds dee-licious! HOWEVER, I've been reading about bechamel sauce as preferable to ricotta. Never had it in lasagna myself, and my mother's and grandmother's versions were pretty great!

Not mint jelly: mint sauce!

When I yawn I have discomfort under my right ribcage.

Also, when I sneeze or cough. But I yawn more than I sneeze or cough.

Thank goodness they don't do that in my hood, R512. Most of my neighbors are too stupid to understand recycling guidelines. I know this because I can see the verboten trash hanging out the sides of the bin.

It's the best feeling when you go to be early and get a full 9 - 10 hour of sleep

[quote]I don't like mint jelly with lamb.

I don't like lamb with or without mint jelly.

Waiting for the cold meds to kick in. Fucking viruses.

I am so sick of "Popular" now that it's so Popular.

Im so nostalgic for pre 2015, thats when my life began to change

Amazon tracking has temporarily lost signal with my driver but assure me my delivery is still on the way.

R531- I'm nostalgic for 2015 because that is when a slim good looking cashier at Trader Joe's flirted with me by introducing himself and asking where I lived and one week later coming right up to me in one of the aisles and saying hi James!- as if I was his best friend.

Nothing ever came of it because I was too uptight to respond to his overtures.

Poor r533 doesn’t get much male attention, huh?

It’s cold out! Just came in from walking the dog and now I have a chill. I will have my evening cup of hot chocolate and get ready for bed.

I ordered a couple of things from Amazon. I hope they mail it out before Black Friday. I won't be ordering anything until after the new year.

I’ve been married and divorced 4 times

My meme sites are starting to be populated by more and more “Am I The Asshole” threads. Salon, Huffpost, and sometimes Gawker devolved into the same queen for a day bullshit.

I just need cats without popups - not too much to ask.

R532, It's stuck in Avenel, NJ.

Damned ephemerality.

So you are straight, r537. Or a lesbian. No gay man gets married and divorced like that. Most who do get married and end up divorced are usually completely off the idea of marriage ever again.

The Yellow Pages were a manual google and doubled as a booster seat for kids.

And a superior weapon, when needed.

Water is falling from the sky!

Praise the Lord, R544. Praise the rain-stingy Lord and give thanks for the expected 0.9 inches of rain.

The people fighting the brush fires are tired.

It really is one day at a time with my kitchen gadgets addiction.

I almost fell off the wagon this week and bought a Dash Mini Pie Maker.

But I distracted myself with other things and the urge eventually passed.

Assam teas give me headaches.

I have no inspiration about what to make for lunch tomorrow.

I have it!

There is a movie trailer of Keanu Reeves as Dracula but it is not real, it's AI.

Are the effects better than “Looper”?

Unbelievably, water is STILL falling from the sky. The fires were out of control, we were blanketed in smoke from another state on Tuesday.

BBC Radio 3 keeps playing frenetic baroque music before I've had my coffee.

My Temu package has been touring the Northeast all week. Monday it arrived in Dayton, OH; then on to Newark, NJ; Wednesday found it in Woburn, MA; yesterday it was at JFK and at 2:21 this morning it was in Chelsea, MA, a bit closer to the final destination.

It is only 14 miles from Woburn to Chelsea.

And about 450 miles r/t to JFK and back. Chelsea is only 5 miles from Cambridge, R555. It may get here yet.

If I can’t have my shoe rack, I just wish I was getting the frequent flyer miles.

It must be being shipped by Fed Ex Ground which seems to involve putting a package on random trucks until it eventually land on one going by your house.

Correction—“Fed Ex Ground Economy”

I'm cold

It's snowing in northwest NJ. It's actually quite pretty. It's not sticking on the roads because they're too warm.

I’m walking to the store to buy a half-gallon of milk.

Reddi-Wip Whipped Topping was BOGO today. I got one can of Original and one can of Extra Creamy. I'm hosting Thanksgiving so these will come in handy.

Why would you get Original if you could get Extra Creamy?

I like to offer my guests a variety of choices, r563!

Dean Martin Jr. (Dino) was a handsome guy. Better looking than Desi Jr.

My ophthalmologist told be there would be no side effects from a Posterior Capsulotomy.

He lied.

R565, Not even a contest!

R562, For your Punkin Pie!

Several Nabisco cookies were BOGO at CVS today.

I BOGO'ed Nutter Butters and now I regret my decision and greed.

I’ve felt like shit all day long and I’m a bitch.

I can't take a nap because I live on a farm and a squirrel has burrowed his way into my bedroom wall and he makes noise all day long. He NEVER stops making noise. Except at night, thank god.

r570 hide your nuts.

Or maybe getting your nuts out would be the better option.

Everything is getting recalled lately. I read an article today that soap was recalled. SOAP! thankfully its not a brand that I use

Lord have mercy, Elton John is on QVC!!!!

He’s hawking high-end candles.

Not a bad price, either. $40.00 for 2.

I’m a little whelmed. 😯

[quote] Not a bad price, either. $40.00 for 2.

$40 for 2 candles? Not bad of a price? People are so desensitized to this bullshit.

Hint Water Infused with Blackberry Essence is appropriately named. It has just a very faint hint of flavor. I was looking for a non-carbonated, no artificial sweeteners water and decided to give this a try. Next time I'll get the variety pack and try their other flavors.

I Want to Be Underwhelmed🎄Holiday Season 2024. Thread link below.

I had my periodontal cleaning. My normal hygienist was not available. The replacement hygienist was rough. The Novocaine injections were painful. She was also grabbing at my face a lot more than my normal hygienist grabs my face.

I had a dream that the US and China had a war. Shit, it seemed so real and I woke up shaking.

I bought 4 yams today.

( I yam what I yam and that's all that I yam cause I'm Popeye the sailor man!)

I couldn't stop myself from typing that. I've had a long day.

I went to the Walmart and bought a roasted chicken. It was full of bones so I threw ranch dressing on it. I then went to Menards and bought a roasting pan. Save more money at Menards.

R580? Toot-toot!

Forgot to reserve my grocery delivery time and lost it.

r581 did the ranch dressing lessen the amount of bones in the chicken?

I had to revise my dinner plans after I found out my supermarket was out of stock on the Peruvian chili paste I needed for a recipe so I made Marcella Hazan’s famous Bolognese recipe. It turned out orange.

I'm coming down with something and I haven't finished Thanksgiving shopping yet. Nor can I trust my partner to do the cooking. He's wonderful in every way but he's not the cook he thinks he is.

I’m also coming down with something. Sucks, don’t it?

I was going to put up Christmas lights outside but it’s too windy. Maybe I can do it on Thanksgiving.

I just ate Talenti Summer Strawberry Sorbetto out of a coffee mug.

I really like this flavor and it's very creamy for being dairy free.

This is the 2nd night in a row I've dreamed the same thing. The night before I dreamed I went to the movies and fell asleep and when the lights came on I woke up and someone had stolen my pants and underwear. I had to walk out to the lobby and complain to security.

Last night I dreamed I was in a mall and went to use the restroom and when I walked out I wasn't wearing my pants or underwear. I didn't even notice until I had gotten into a crowded store.

DL dream interpreters, what does it mean?

It means that you could save a lot of money by not buying pants or underwear.

Where the hell can I find some Mace? And don’t say Amazon. I don’t have time to order it anymore.

I’m trying to make a gingerbread cake and it calls for mace.

Just a regular supermarket.

R590 sounds like a classic stress dream. Are you feeling particularly vulnerable or exposed?

[quote] someone had stolen my pants and underwear. I had to walk out to the lobby and complain to security.

Did everyone laugh or applaud?

Actually you are very unlikely to find mace at a supermarket.

Just leave the mace out or substitute 1/4 amount of nutmeg or allspice.

Sadly, no, R593. No mace to be found anywhere.

Thank you, R597, yes, I saw nutmeg or allspice is a substitute.

The spice selections at supermarkets these days are annoying. Either they carry only one or two brands which overlap a lot, or they carry so many brands that you have to look in multiple places to see if you can find what you need. And nobody keeps them orderly. I wish we had a Penzey’s.

Oh dear. We’re full.