I Want To Be Underwhelmed: May The Spring of 2025 Continue To Underwhelm You

Pretty much everything I ate today came from Trader's Joes.

Except the baked Ritz crackers. They're so damn good.

I am annoyed by the overuse of the word "super".

That's super awesome. I'm super excited to try that new restaurant. Our trip was super relaxing.

Ugh.

Why are the squirrels looking particularly ratty this Spring?

I have two 30-minute workout sessions at Planet Fitness starting at 1 pm ET today. I'm looking forward to them.

R3, maybe the tariffs are taking their toll on them, too.

I bought a cheap roll of aluminum foil that doesn't come in a box. You can't tear off a piece neatly - it's all messed up. Lesson learned, don't skimp when it comes to buying foil.

Da doo ron-ron-ron, Da doo ron-ron

From a distance, I thought a tourist was wearing a heavy backpack in front as well as in back.

The front was all gut.

Here we are!

Thanks, OP.

80 degrees and breezy, a perfect day to hang sheets on the line to dry.

I just finished watching a season 1 episode of Inspector Linley on Britbox. Henry Cavill is a school boy and he is heartbreakingly young and beautiful.

I just finished watching Ludwig, the comedic mystery series from the BBC with David Mitchell and loved it. I highly recommend it. So, I was far from underwhelmed by it which means my post really doesn't belong here but I'm OP so I can do what I want.

I finally started watching the John Wick movies. They are crazy! I’ve seen the first 2.

I do like the society that they have: the hotels, the professional courtesy, the apparently endless sources of money, how everybody seemingly knows everybody else.

It’s very cool. 😎

I just made my first trip to the local food pantry. It was virtually empty. I got a frozen packet of ham. Now I need to bake some bread for it. Then I remembered I probably qualify for the senior food program.

Temps hit 80 today, with a breeze. Beautiful. But, we're having frost advisories tonight.

Crazy.

R15 Where do you live with those extremes?

You don't have to be hyper specific...just, what state?

[quote]Why are the squirrels looking particularly ratty this Spring?

You're not looking so hot yourself, bitch.

I bought a new duvet cover at Jysk. It's a print. I've had solid colors for so long it's freaking me out a bit in the space. The cats are unbothered, so I guess it's just me.

Going food shopping tomorrow and I will still buy what I like no matter the price. I don't eat a lot so there's that. When is the last time you saw a fat old person? Rarely.

I ate a quarter of a Raisin Bran muffin today.

Friend said I've been grumpy lately.

I said I can't be standing on my head spitting nickels all the time.

Friend said he never heard that expression before.

I said oh well.

R11, is the series good? I've read every one of Elizabeth George's Inspector Linley novels, except the newest one. The last time I looked on Amazon, the latest book was available for pre-order only but that was in October. I need to get the newest one.

I'm replacing the faucet in my hallway bathroom. The one it has came with the house, so it's pretty cheap looking.

I made a tasty Korean coleslaw and now I must walk around the apartment building as I crop dust. My apartment is too tiny for this kind of air violence.

I made bread yesterday for the ham I got at the food pantry. I used a quick rise bread recipe and it came out pretty well. It was supposed to be 2 loaves but when I tried to divide it after rising it looked so puny I put it in one big bread pan. It was heavy. A really really heavy loaf of bread. I’ll keep practicing.

I mowed the lawn.

I'm enjoying it Cosmo. I haven't read the books, but my mother was a fan. The series has gotten me interested in giving them a go.

I’m feeling a little whelmed. I’m thinking of having a nice quiet date night with one of my dildos to break the ennui.

I’m hungry but it’s almost bedtime.

Going into my 29th hour without power. It’s not been entirely underwhelming.

Just saw Eddie Izzard's one person Hamlet.

I was very, very, very underwhelmed.

20°C and sunny yesterday. Today: 12°C and cloudy. This is depressing.

I had Eggs in a Hole for breakfast.

Eddie Izzard doing a one-woman Hamlet is like a dog's walking on his hind legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to see it done at all.

It's May, Black Fly Month. Don't get me started.

I bought the ice cream maker attachment for my Kitchenaid stand mixer. I'm looking forward to trying it out.

Try making the Cherry Garcia version of ice cream. Or pistachio, that’s another good one.

Butter pecan is really good as well.

I just placed an Amazon order and chose the delivery option where they can take their time and deliver in a couple of days to save on boxes and save the environment, blah blah blah. They usually award a digital credit for choosing that option but they didn't this time. What's up with that?

I should have demanded they have my order here tomorrow morning at the crack of dawn as is my Prime right if they aren't going to thank me with a digital credit.

Ugh! I'm pissed. Traffic getting home from work was alot worse than usual; it took over an hour to drive about 20 miles. I had to cancel my workouts at Planet Fitness at the last minute. Odd thing is, I was actually looking forward to them. There are no trainer-led classes Friday through Sunday so I'll have to go it alone.

There are two Commorants out on the lake. Cool.

What can I do with a pound of 80/20 ground beef? Thats a higher % of fat than I usually deal with….

r41, use it in something like bolognese sauce but drain it really well after browning (into a container you can then throw away, not into your drain!)

R42 No need to throw away the container. Put the drained fat in the fridge and it hardens and you can toss it in the garbage or feed it to wildlife.

R41 Enjoy the extra flavor your dish will have for a change! #FatIsFlavor

Not spaghetti sauce. Still have some in the freezer. Is this fatty meat good broiled to drain fat while it cooks? I would do meatloaf but I think that keeps all the fat in.

Next week I’m going to make that King 👑 Arthur flour recipe for Strawberry Lemonade Bars that I started a thread on last week. I have all of the ingredients now except for the whole milk.

It's time to clean my windows, I hate that job.

r45, let us know how they turned out.

R47- I will

Just sign your fucking name, Greg.

r41, tacos and just drain the fat before seasoning.

I finally canceled my cable TV. I really don't miss it, but I hate having to wait until the next day to watch The View and Survivor. I thought I would miss MSNBC, but I don't. I also deleted Twitter, Grindr and Scruff. I did keep Facebook.

I keep Facebook to keep tabs on family and old friends I don’t see regularly. DL is my only digital contact with the world at large.

I would like to cut the cable cord but it’s priced with internet and phone and offers no cost savings if I do.

My power was restored yesterday evening. It was estimated to be Sunday, so it was nice to get it back well ahead of schedule.

I just realized my partner could be getting his (currently expensive) prescriptions from Mark Cuban's website.

R44, you can use the 80/20 for mealoaf, just don't put it in a loaf pan. I use a mx of veal, pork, and beef to make my meatloaf. I shape it like a football and bake it in a wide-sided pan. The fat cooks out and I'm left with a wonderfully moist meatloaf with lots of flavor.

Just because a malignant cunt is walking with ski poles doesn't mean we have to beat him with them.

Loud ass hate speech at 8am

R56- This is the underwhelmed thread not the OVERwhelmed thread.

The music in the doctor's office waiting room is inevitably terrible.

Since the show The Last of Us began on tv, I haven't eaten one mushroom.

Since I like made-for-tv movies and true crime I decided to watch A Cry For Help: The Tracey Thurman Story, on YouTube.

They had it broken down into parts so I watched parts 1-3 but no one posted the last part. So I missed the last 30 minutes of the movie and I can't find it anywhere.

I sure as hell don't want to buy it from Ebay so I decided to watch Small Sacrifices, the true story of Diane Downs, starring Farrah Fawcett.

At least I got to watch the whole movie.

I met r7 on a Monday, and my heart stood still.

You know when it’s time to clean my windows?

Never is when.

Never.

How can it be 28 degrees in London and 12 degrees here in Norway?! Wtf?! It's not fair! Went for a walk today and I was so cold. Had to wear wool ffs. London isn't far away, just a small ocean between us. The temps shouldn't be that different!

I have a cramp in my big roe. Hope it's not arthritis or some kind of gout.

If you had gout, r64, you’d know it.

I prefer my caviar on the smallish side, r64.

R16, I think R15 is my post, and we have weather extreems like that in Michigan. Especially during the Spring.

I don't like seeing it on TV and in real life when some people hug that they rub their hand back and forth on the person they're hugging's back.

It whelms me with cringe.

I'm watching Fred Astaire and Cyd Charise dancing in The Bandwagon on TCM. She's wearing ballet flats which makes more sense than other dancers in movies who wear heels. It could be because she's tall but so enjoyable to watch.

I binged on Jacque Torres Milk Chocolate Almond Bark today . I spent $41 on a pound of the Jacque Torres Milk Chocolate Almond Bark and he no longer puts in Cocoa Paste and because of this the quality has declined and it tasted so average today yet he STILL charges the same price per pound.

I got two big things accomplished today:

1) I thoroughly cleaned the Keurig which was disgusting. And, very hard to clean...not smart design.

2) I flushed out my waxy ears. Also quite disgusting.

Six pins, r10! Not five!

Bought some pita chips yesterday to eat with some hummus I had in the fridge. Or at least I thought I had some hummus, and was disappointed that I didn't have any. Ate the chips anyway..

Without meaning to I've got a lot of jacquard in my house.

R70, good for you for supporting ethical chocolate sourcing!

Some of the more affordable ethical chocolate manufacturers have gotten better at making products that are actually tasty. Tony's Chocolonely bars were two for one at my local CVS yesterday so I stocked up. Between tariffs and cacao crop issues it's only going to get pricier.

I let a Metro Bus driver use my bathroom today. His odor was bad, but my optocy stinks much more..

Fuck you, blister packaging. Fuck you.

Why do you waste your money on lottery tickets?

I did a detailed analysis on every lottery winner and found they had only one thing in common.

What?

They all bought a ticket.

There are two cigarette beggars outside my building and I usually share an extra smoke.

Neither was there and I had to leave a loose cigarette on the porch.

So I saw that Thundercats or Thunderbolts movie today. It was good enough.

Bucky never fails to entertain me.

That Superman wanna-be was disturbing. It makes you realize that real Superman’s upbringing helped him be the sane, responsible, reasonable person he is.

I thought the Fantastic Four were earthlings?

It's raining and going to rain again tomorrow with showers the rest of the week. It makes me feel better to sing the song Rain by The Beatles in my head.

R81- I live just north of NYC- they're predicting heavy rain on Monday and Monday night.

It is now 12:33 am. It's time for me to go upstairs floss then brush my teeth put on my nasal breathing strip and go to bed.

I made Salisbury Steaks with the fatty hamburger and broiled them. A lot of fat dripped off and they were fine. I did without the brown gravy. Today I made white plum duff because the picture in the old Betty Crocker cookbook always fascinated me. I’m not happy and seem to be cooking all the time.

I made country green beans with ham and onion and they were deliciously whelming.

Seattle had a lilac sky at dawn.

What are sailors supposed to do with that?

Matt Damon vs. otter

I can't decide if I want to watch Babylon, Burn After Reading, or Being Maria. If anyone has seen these movies, please make a recommendation.

UPS says they delivered my package. They lied. The “proof of delivery “ photo is all black.

Chatting with a Home Depot robot which is a total waste of time.

Argh!

Home Depot says I have to dispute the payment through my credit card.

UPS says Home Depot does not allow me to file a claim for non-delivery.

That’s like a license to their drivers to steal anything from Home Depot and claim it was delivered, submitting a blank photo as “proof of delivery.”

What idiocy.

I was in the mood to bake banana bread, but my bananas aren't ripe enough. Maybe I will do coffee cake instead.

After five years of refusing to eat any canned food except Fancy Feast whitefish and tuna pate, my cat stopped eating that. So I went to the pet store and picked out a selection of other brands and flavors to see if her tastes have changed, and she's thrilled. She wants to try everything.

Big toe update. Still sore as hell. Looks perfectly normal from the outside. Last night I took a Tylenol but should have taken Advil. Just trying Advil now. Must be joint inflammation but looks same as other one. What the hell did I do to it?

I’m officially old.

I was convinced I had misplaced my slippers and searched all over in growing frustration. They were in the usual spot, but I somehow didn’t see them.

Ingrown toenail?

You probably bumped it somewhere but don’t remember.

For a moment I thought I had sepsis as the big toes and pinkie toes on both feet were blackened.

I had worn cheap black leather sneakers without socks. The dye washed off easily..

You need to tape your big toe. I remember when I stubbed my pinkie toe it stuck out at a 90° angle. It hurt like fuck and wouldn't move back so I went to a podiatrist who took X-rays and even though it wasn't broken, there's not much you can do except tape it to the other toes.

I did that for a couple of weeks and it was good as new.

Have you tried foursome?

Melanoma often starts in the nail bed and spreads before you know it.

It has been cold and wet the past two days, temps only in the 50s. I had to turn the heat on.

The Trump/Doge Rape of the Post Office has now affected me. I ordered something off Ebay and it left Florida, then got to Seattle and moved around the local Distribution System for 4 days then yesterday they decided it best to send my package to Anchorage Alaska...despite the fact I live in Seattle.

R93, going through the same thing with Cosmo. He loved Fancy Feast Savory Centers for the longest time. There are 4 flavors in the 12-pack; chicken, beef, salmon, and tuna. He started not eating the salmon and then didn't like the chicken so I stopped buying it. I bought a few FF Gems and he seems to really like them. He also started eating the Perfect Portions beef in gravy with carrots. I now order the Gems and PP from Chewy with a subscription. He still seems to like the FFSC tuna so I buy that, too. However, he used to like the ocean whitefish and tuna but apparently, he's not as crazy about it as he once was.

It's so funny to watch do owners buy a 25 lb bag of kibble for their dog. They'll eat anything. We cat lovers spend about 5 minutes in the cat food section, mumbling to ourselves, "He won't like that. Maybe he'll like this?"

I bought a wok.

I made Mongolian Beef.

Seeing Dorit and Erica totally makeup free on Real Housewives is shocking. Really shocking. Dorit looking like a wizened hag and talking at the same time is flat out

Don’t mind me, I’m just sitting here openly sobbing. I finally got around to seeing the funeral episode for Bobby Nash, from the 9-1-1 show. When we saw where Athena had decided for his final resting place, I completely lost it. 🥺😭

What a monumentally stupid decision to kill him off.

Yes, I know there’s a thread about the show somewhere.

Re: big toe pain. I've self-diagnosed with Sesamoiditis and will elevate, rest and apply ice. Have been massaging and it helps.

My upstairs neighbor must have a new man because she never stops fucking. I have to give him credit for stamina, he must be young.

It's right over my bedroom and I keep worrying the ceiling will collapse.

Have snacks and warm washcloths at the ready, r108.

R106, same here. I put off watching it because I had read a spoiler post so I knew what was coming. I was sobbing like I'd just lost a family member. Add to that, I watched Six Feet Under via HBO marathon the week before and had to watch Peter Krause die AGAIN!!

From what I've read, it wasn't his decision to leave the series. First, they move the show from FOX from ABC and now they kill of Capt. Nash. WTF??

Back to my Home Depot kvetch. I reordered the $18 item since I can’t find it anywhere else. I was offered free delivery “today” or the opportunity to schedule delivery for any day for the low cost of $79. I chose “free today.” That was yesterday. Apparently “today” means tomorrow. UPS just told me they will have to reschedule the delivery because they never got the package from Home Depot so “today’ now means (at best) the day after tomorrow.

In our NEW/IMPROVED America, "Today" has become fungible.

And it you have a problem you can contact customer service in Indonesia where they will eventually tell you “we can’t help you” after taking up a half hour of your time talking to robots that ask for all sorts of information and then promptly forget it all.

Yeah, the head writer or head show runner, or who ever the fuck he is decided to shake things up.

Peter sure as shit didn’t want to leave.

People are so, so pissed off, it isn’t even funny. Many or most threaten to quit watching altogether.

Unless they keep the Buddie thing going, it might lose me as well.

I like that youtuber Kevin Lee Jacobs mutes the sound when he eats. Classy.

I'm stocking up on coffee before the price skyrockets.

I can't find my butter dish.

Check your cabinets, dishwasher and refrigerator.

R117 It probably went to The Land of Missing Objects. It happens and can't be explained.

Another glitch in the matrix.

The fridge, maybe?

I finally remembered to buy soy sauce today, I like it on my scrambled eggs.

I want to plant flowers but I'll need to wait for a windy day, the black flies are atrocious right now.

We are having a brief respite from days and days of rain. Perhaps King Kong did stop the rain. *kisses doll*.

I discussed five-season gardening with a group of real adult people today. I had a cunt comment about

I was a learner; when I’m in garden zone ,I attract people who like to touch grass, but don’t know about scabies, ring-worm, or bed bugs.

I finished the last of my Easter candy.

Send rain my way, R124.

I've been in my new place five months and I finally got off my ass and started hanging pictures on all the walls. Looks so much better!

R128 I am the opposite. I took everything down to paint. Now the walls look so nice I only hung a few things back up.

It's cold and wet in New England which will continue into Saturday. Perhaps two inches of rain.

I'm watching Season 15 of Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles and wondering how many of the properties are still standing after the fires.

R130- I live just north of NYC and since Sunday my rain meter indicates that we have had 3.9 inches of rain.

[quote]I'm watching Season 15 of Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles

I am overwhelmed by the total sadness of that post.

I bought a new mattress. I ordered a full size to replace the one I had. The delivery men set it up and, even though the last full size mattress fit perfectly, this one is smaller all the way around. The mattress is comfortable, so I will have to get mattress extenders. The full size sheets are also too big. WTF, are they shrinking mattresses like bags of chips and gallons of ice cream?

Some fool is out on the lake in his kayak. We've been having heavy rain all day and there's a flood watch. His vessel is probably filling up with water.

I like small towns with cracked crumbling sidewalks that are a hundred years old. It makes me feel secure. And nostalgic.

I was today years old when I learned what a "Wendy's $5 Biggie Bag" is.

I'm gonna have to be at least tomorrow years old before I learn that.

I don't like baked goods that have lavender in them. Blech.

I made cookies with leftover Cadbury mini eggs and white chocolate chips. I'm looking forward to having them as dessert after dinner.

Over a week ago, I bought chicken livers with the intent to make rumaki. I sort of forgot about it but then found the tub of livers in the back of the fridge a couple days of ago ad they were a day past the "best by" date. They smelled...Ok-ish. Like if I waited one more day they'd smell NOT ok-ish. So, at 10pm I made rumaki.

They were good.

I made chicken wings in the oven and the house filled with smoke. I thought either the oven would burst into flames or the fire alarm was would go off. I opened all the doors and windows, which helped, but next time I'll just buy them from the deli.

Even though, they were delicious.

I keep replaying this compilation of clips of an Australian podcaster doing an impression of Alec Guinness as Obi-Wan Kenobi sexually harassing Anakin Skywalker.

Que es rumaki, R141?

It is pure flavor!

Troop Beverly Hills is playing tonight.

Audra Lindley, Betty Thomas, andEdd Barnes are featured.

Sounds tasty, thank you for the link.🤗

I feel victim to internet hype about cookware that is supposedly just as good as All-Clad but cheaper because they only sell direct and All-Clad is sold through retailers . The brand is calked Made In and is made in Italy.

First, they are almost as expensive as All-Clad. Second, it turns out they do not let you return anything for a refund. Just a credit minus a “handling charge” I didn’t see that until AFTER I ordered. Not a sign of confidence in their product. Fortunately, I only ordered one pan.

Just realized one of their Chef endorsements isn’t quite what it seems:

[quote] Since being introduced to Made In, I cannot understate how impressed I've been with the product quality and service from their team.”

My cousin named her Jewish baby “Brayden.”

I’m reminded of the comments of my great-Aunt Esther when my mother named my brother Nicholas.

“How’s Christopher?” Aunt Esther asked.

“His name is Nicholas,” my mother replied.

“Christopher, Nicolas. What’s the difference?”

Oy.

[quote]My cousin named her Jewish baby “Brayden.”

Oof. That's downright whelming.

A cousin named their baby “Houstan” and we’re from the MidWest so she’s calling him “Huey” and I want to hurl.

Otherwise, my crows love corn and beef, but will not eat any of the small carrot/peas that go with my stew. I believe the mix gives up all flavor to the stew. I think I should add frozen vegetables to the very end of the cooking process. It’s an experiment. I will bore you with developments.

HoustAn? Not even HoustOn? Jesus.

I mowed half the lawn. Gearing up for part 2.

[quote]I will bore you with developments.

That's the spirit!

Crows can live for 30 years and I have a batch living around me who live off McDonald’s and 7-Eleven trash. We have to raise our nutritional guidelines and we can start with crows.

I was thinking today that anyone in the US would support a National Medicaid for pets. Even assholes love dogs and cats.

We could start off with a medicaid program for them and then, when nobody is looking expand it to all Americans.

Datalounge is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get.

I'm watching an old episode of Julia Child on YouTube. Was she always drunk or what was her deal?

R157 Probably Type 2 Diabetus

R158 She wasn't drunk...just awkward.

I’ve discovered that my Emeril by All-Clad anodized aluminum non-stick cookware set is now considered toxic at high temperatures (as is most nonstick cookware sold in the US before 2015). I’ve also discovered that it was not really All-Clad at all—but made to their specifications in Korea as a marketing ploy. Hmph.

(I imagine the scientists/engineers may have something to say about whether or not nonstick cookware really is toxic, but the idea has been planted and it’s hard to feel good about using a product that has been banned.)

Of course I have replaced/upgraded certain components over the years so buying a new set will result in some duplication, but thinking about which individual pots I really need, and which I don’t is making me dizzy.

Perhaps you should lie down for a bit, r160.

I tried that. I just think about pots lying down.

I bought a salad spinner. It's fabulous.

I wish I would have bought one sooner.

I wish some hep kid would put out a pop song involving Worcestershire sauce. I mispronounce it at least once whenever I say it.

Btw, oyster or fish sauce doesn’t substitute well.

Very nice weather today. Partly cloudy and 21°C (70°F). It's funny that people think it always rains in Norway. Trust me, it doesn't. Especially in the summer. Hasn't rained in a few weeks now. It's very dry. We have a high risk of forest fires right now. We could use some rain but the weather forecast shows sunny and around 20°C for the next 10 days.

"Wooster" Sauce formula is a trade secret. Even generic brands are subpar. As a child I was fascinated.by the label.

Six small coleuses in flats were $3.99 at the fancy grocery store/expensive garden shop this morning. A single coleus in a 4” plastic pot was $5.99. I couldn’t understand the logic of charging more for one, albeit slightly larger plant than for six which will all look like the more expensive one in a week or ten days. Except there will be six of them.

Gardening is not about immediate gratification. Besides, who’d be grateful for a three inch high coleus in a 4” pot?

The flip side of this is now we need more soil and pots.

Oh great. Now I learn that plastic cutting boards are out.

Recently I've been seeing coleuses used as garden plants, which is strange since I'm in zone 6 and am used to only seeing them as house plants. I guess people just stick them in the ground and leave them to die at the end of the season.

R169 Yes, they’re annuals in coastal New England. We always get some. They’re reliable and really showy.

I do the same. Nothing else will grow in one spot in my yard.

I'm reading Peter Wolf's memoir and he said Faye Dunaway's family came from a small town in Florida, near the Alabama state line, and her family were country folks with southern accents.

She took him dancing at a country/western roadhouse with sawdust on the floor. I never imagined that Faye was a redneck. I thought she was from London.

Coleus is an annual wherever you grow it. It may live longer in warmer climates, but it's gonna die back in little more than a year at most.

How the hell does that stupid fucking game Royal Kingdom afford spokespersons like freaking Lebron James or the nerds from TBBT??

I abhor those fucking commercials. They. Are. Everywhere!!!

Every game I play has those fucking commercials. They go on for minutes!

I won’t play on principle. I just refuse.

R174, is that the commercial where the guy is doing finger workouts? I think it is brilliant.

It’s ridiculous but not my point.

How do they afford him!!!?

I have a craving for spinach dip.

I usually only make spinach dip at Thanksgiving.

I should step out of my comfort zone and make some spinach dip now in May.

YOLO.

The instructions on the box for a Trader Joe’s Burrata, Prosciutto and Arugula Flatbread encountered this evening:

“Pre-heat oven to 450 F; remove flatbread from packaging, place on a baking sheet and sit on countertop while oven preheats for at least 20 minutes.”

Did you sit on the countertop for 20 minutes R178?

I wondered if my flatbread would attain its “desired crispness” if I didn’t, but “no,” R179. I still had to set the table and make the salad.

I bought an old-fashioned cuckoo clock for my kitchen. Kind of kitschy. But the cuckoo call is really lame, I just turned it off.

The new Mini Cooper S was designed by an accountant; bare hints of former zaftig fenders. I’m not imptressed.

I dreamed I had a piece of fried chicken left in the refrigerator. I got up in the middle of the night to eat it, and there was no fried chicken.

Can't believe Jaws turns 50 this year! Fuck, I'm old!! The Today Show just talked about it.

I remember standing in line with my Dad and sister, waiting to get into the theater. It was a hot summer day and I started to feel light-headed and almost fainted. My Dad went to get someone from the theater and they let us in ahead of everyone else so I could sit in the air-conditioned theater to cool down. My sister was a scaredy-cat and kept kicking me with her Buffalo sandal at the scary parts I love the movie and try to watch it wheneve it's on.

R184 You’re old? I remember them filming it in the summer of 1974 on the Vineyard.

The mechanical shark didn’t work very well and slowed down the production for months because it rusted. They’d never tested the shark in salt water. The wonky shark, Spielberg’s reputation, and Universal’s money (3 months on location turned into 6) almost sank the movie.

R185, they talked about the problems with the shark in the piece. That's the reason there are so many scenes WITHOUT the shark. They had to alter the script because of it.

Spielberg said he thought John Williams was kidding him with the soundtrack. Good thing he didn't nix it. It's one of the most iconic scores in movie history. John Williams is a musical genius, IMO.

I don’t think I ever saw it in theaters. We were poors and going to the movies was a luxury.

R187, the flex in my poor neighborhood was the number of times you saw the movie.

Craig C, a shithead, always won because his dad was a cop.

I am patiently steaming my Shitake mushrooms ( one hour). When I have finished steaming them I shall put them on my salad for today's lunch.

These fennecs, native to the Middle East and North Africa, appear to be vacationing in the southwestern US.

R190, They were brought over with the Fennec Victims of Genocide Refugee Progrom.

I'd read the novel "Jaws" before seeing the movie and was grateful that Spielberg omitted the then-obligatory 1970s blockbuster novel sex scene featuring Hooper and Brody's wife. I was later exasperated by Drs. Sattler and Grant being lovers in the movie "Jurassic Park" when they were explicitly not in the book, but understood Crichton and Spielberg had to go there.

I just saw another clip for the new Superman movie.

My goodness that boy is fine! 😍😍

He looks totally innocent and gorgeous.

I hate Nathan Filion and wonder how I’ll tolerate having to sit thru his “acting”. He looks ridiculous.

I’m liking bald Lex as well.

I should have waited to run my errands. It was overcast when I left but, while in the store, I heard a crash of thunder and then the sky opened up. I was drenched by the time I got to the car (I don't like to park too close to the entrance). Right now, the sun it out and it looks great outside

Into each life a lot of rain must fall.

I just ate a quarter pounder w/ cheese, an apple pie, and a caramel sundae. It was delicious. And McD’s wasn’t even busy. My partner was out of the drive thru and home with the food in no time.

I just got deja vu for the first time in years.

I’ve been bribing my creator for an improved CT scan reading. I’m stuck smoking with fucked up mumblers in my community.

Kill me, but if I hug one more stinky motherfucker who needs a smoke, a house, and some counseling, I’m going to go homicidal. I love us, but we are a stinky folk.

I’m an ugly old troll and some fucked up kid pinched my nipple. I was NOT being sexy. I was NOT showing off anything. I simply provided a smoke.

Please, do NOT molest the elf on the shelf. I barely have tits to work with, folks. Why is this body a toy?

The new Conjuring movie is coming September 5th. It's based on the Smurl case in West Pittston, Pennsylvania.

I'm reading the book now (The Haunted) and when I'm done I'll watch the made-for-tv movie of the same name, which stars Sally Kirkland.

I’m impressed, r198.

So that’s why that apparently haunted Raggedy Ann doll is touring the country?

They took it to New Orleans and that plantation burned to the ground. 😯

Plus those inmates escaped from that New Orleans jail.

The next stop is San Antonio. 🤭

I got lunch from the hot-food bar at the grocery store and I think it's given me food poisoning.

I made strawberry ice cream with my KitchenAid stand mixer's ice cream maker attachment. Ohhhh, so good. I don't even like strawberry that much, but this is amazing.

Do box-flavored banana, R203.

Forgetting that I have tendinitis, my dear friend gave me a playful punch on the upper arm. ‘Thanks for hitting my sore shoulder,’ I said, only it came out ‘shore soldier.’

He just looked at me.

I put a free movie on Prime on my watch list. A couple of days later they're charging to rent it. I don't know if they did that purposely. Now I can't decide if I want to rent it or just wait.

The movie was Becoming Maria. Matt Dillon looks good.

Kevin Lee Jacobs just played the piano for me.

Japanese Wafu burger time!

Found it on Allrecipes and I have to substitute a bunch of tiny ingredients. I’m fine with tofu and pork/beef ratios. It’s when they make me buy miso paste (haven’t had a need for it in 57 years) that I run off course.

I forbade myself from posting troll shit on Allrecipes back in 2015, so if I fuck this up it’s on me. Gin&Juice does replace Mirin (a wine?).

The previous owner who finished my basement used polished brass doorknobs. Same for the back door hardware. They’ve always bugged me, so I replaced them all with brushed nickel.

I sit flabbergasted in my place repeating the words Oh God Oh God many times.

Many many times.

It hasn't rained in 3 weeks and we've had temps in the 20-22°C range. That will change wednesday. They are now forecasting rain every day for the next 10 days and the temps will drop from 22°C til 12°C. This is depressing😭 I know we need rain, as it's very dry, but still. Not ready for these temps.

I can't sleep. I have to be up early because my landlord is going to come over to "look at the bathroom." He never tells me when he's going to be here, so I'm stuck all day.

O God O God O God.

My god you guys are boring. I am just catching up after a week. Carry on!

I have a job interview tomorrow. I doubt I will get it, but I'm curious about the questions they'll ask.

I was going to reheat my leftover chili from last night, but I bought a bag of baby spinach that was about to expire for 50% off, so I think I will have that with some pasta and save the chili for tomorrow.

I'm drinking Minute Maid Zero Sugar Lemonade and eating a package of Sargento Balanced Breaks Cheese and Crackers. It's the one with mini Ritz crackers and tiny squares of Pepper Jack and Colby cheeses.

Once again, I regret not picking up a snack when food shopping. I have bullshit yogurt and some blackberry jam.

I have a small garden bed next to my patio that I haven't been able to grow anything in successfully because a neighbor had a monster bush whose root system grew into it and took it over. I just noticed that my neighbor took down the monster, so I'm going to try one more time to plant on my side of the bed. Yesterday I dug about two feet down and cleared out all the monster roots. Who knows what my neighbor is planning to plant, but at least my new little shrub will get a chance to put its root system down first.

I had all the windows open to air out the house this morning but it got too windy so I closed them and vacuumed the wooden blinds instead.

Someone from my pharmacy called me to say that I'm now eligible for the shingles vaccine and did I want to make an appointment? Mind your business, bitch.

r222, you really don't want shingles.

You should, R222.

I've been to London twice in my life and never had a "full English breakfast". Eggs, bacon, blood pudding, fried mushrooms, grilled tomatoes, baked beans and toast. I doubt I'll visit again before I kick the bucket. I shall go to my grave never having experienced an English "fry up".

If you’ve never had chicken pox you don’t need a shingles vaccine.

R225, they have plenty of jolly old guys on youtube demonstrating a fry up.

It’s just that you have to invest in British-style bacon, blood pudding, baked beans, and bread. My baby tastes weren’t prepared for grown-up fare.

Their bacon is streakier, but less fatty. The sausage tastes of charr, fat, and oatmeal. The beans are in tomato sauce -not sweet. The toast also has less sugar. Visually, it’s beautiful. I had it with beer right off the plane.

I guess I'll just have to live vicariously through this guy. He goes all over London and has breakfast and dessert at various Mom & Pop places.

Here he is in the West End having breakfast at a place called Bar Bruno that's been around since the 1960s.

Today was the longest I’ve ever left my dog in his life without a dog walker or boarding. I left at 6 AM and got home at 7:30 PM. My cleaners were here at 1:00 and let him out and again before they left at 3:00. He still acts like he is broken. Hopefully his joie de vivre comes back on our 9:00 walk. Also, my back hurts.

It's 1:10 am. It is time for me to go upstairs and go to sleep. I have already flossed and brushed my teeth , did my duolingo lesson and I've done my eight minute meditation.

The weather has been fantastic in the Northeast, so clear and cool. Now I need to get out of bed and make the most of it.

Holy shit! I just spoke with my condo neighbor. She's having her balcony doors replaced for TEN GRAND!! i had my done on May 4, 2020 and paid $5741.

Two years ago in 2023, a ticket for a cruise on the Charles River to watch the Boston Pops Fourth of July concert - including an open bar, hors d’ouvres, and a dessert buffet was $85.

This year, same date, same boat, same deal? $225.

I fucked up my Penzey’s order again.

Anyone need any Thyme?

R105 and R110 I won't be watching the new season, or Nashville either. I took watched Peter Krause die twice this year and I'm worn out.

How about this: Bobby had special blood (think it was AB negative or something) and it took at least two weeks to get the body back, Chimney had to call - what if Bobby didn't die and the army kept him to study him and he's not really dead?

Someone will have to tell me because I'm all done with Tim Minear.

I too, not "I took"

Now some are saying he did want out. Without saying he wanted out. Krause probably knew the level of hate he would get if he requested to be let go.

Maybe he’s in that twilight Wakanda place. They’ll tell him it’s not his time and send him back.

Or he’s a Guinea pig for the government. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Homemade oatmeal chocolate chip cookies just over whelmed me out of my stupor.

Tomorrow I'm going to pick up Christie Brinkley's book Uptown Girl at the library. I've had it on hold for a few weeks. I hope it's juicy.

It's raining for the first time in three weeks. It's pouring down and it's only 12°C. It's so depressing. Feels more like fall than spring.

A mini-Nor’easter is headed for New England. Rain from tonight through Friday. We don’t need it.

I’m putting the newly planted annuals in pots in the garage and Solo cups over the ones in the garden.

Just sat through my weekly tactical "pod" meeting discussing reporting discrepancies and segmentation pipelines.

Somewhere on Reddit there’s a Mental Health Marathon post and I’m back to being twelve years old.

“The start is 1st and 3rd and progresses up that tree, limit three, limit three or onto the roof of the 7-eleven or Wabash at Roosevelt on zoom.

Film production companies spend more thought, effort, and talent on designing their logos than any actual movie they produce. I counted 7 animated credits in a row for a new record.

Film production companies spend more thought, effort, and talent on designing their logos than any actual movie they produce. I counted 7 animated credits in a row for a new record.

Jenna Bush confessed her hairy mark of the beast and rejoiced in it.

I remember Jeb kept his familial pact with Satin next to his nutsack while Lara had some kind of backdoor business going on.

R246, I'm whelmed.

R247, it was a technicality in the contract that made them servants of Satin - not Satan.

It’s why they keep still births in pickle jars, drive over people, and paint pictures of cacti.

I tried to watch “In Her Skin” last night on Tubi. It had the most graphic strangulation scene I’ve ever seen. And it’s based on a true story.

R249, it’s why I’ve veered off into “cozey” murder mysteries - the violence is in the past and now it’s time to solve the puzzle.

About the only violence I can stomach lately is the jandra of “Good For Her!” Horror. We have a lovely crop of scream queens. Sure, some are the carbon copy of Samara Weaving, but we all know her from her Peafowl scream.

Funny how L&O didn't care about using actors in new roles. I just watched the episode where Jeremy Sisto was the defense attorney for Harry Hamlin. In the next episode, he's Cyrus Lupo, a cop attending law school part time at night! I know Van Buren played a woman whose child died but it was a couple years before she became a lieutenant.

I got the Buldak ramen that is all the rage on social media. The carbonara one in the pink package.

I don't understand what all the fuss is about. The noodles have a weird spongy texture and cheese and ramen just don't go together in my opinion. Didn't care for it at all.

There were five in the package so now I have four more packets of this slop. I guess I'll toss them as I can't think of anyone who would want them.

I was at the airport yesterday and couldn't understand why the woman in the "Real ID" video had a face full of plastic till I realized she'd be a Trump appointee.

I had to stop reading the two Patterson authors novels because of the graphic descriptions. That was 20+ years ago.

I just spent 260.00 on groceries. I better not need anything for a month.

I’ve never been able to get the British fried bread right. And I really want to.

I bought an air fryer because it was on sale. I’m not sure what I’m going to do with it besides roasting Brussels sprouts.

R257, It’s a month of “why not frozen french fries?”and then the belly reappears and we make the air fryer live under the sink so it’s not so handy..

Preppy Kitchen has a lot of air fryer recipes - apparently you can make brownies, donuts, roast chicken, all kinds of things.

Thinking of doing some car shopping this weekend. Hope to find something on the lot to avoid the upcoming tariffs, and maybe take advantage of Memorial Day sales. Wish me luck.

I'll tell ya, one can over-research cars. Seems EVERY car has some issues with it. It's rather whelming.

Not an underwhelming post but, just heard that Sheinelle Jones' husband died from an aggressive form of brain cancer. Damn! I knew her absence from the Today Show was for a family medical reason. I'm so sorry for her, their kids, and both families.

Still cold as fuck here in Norway. It's 12°C (54°F). At least it's sunny though.

I've never really watched the Harry Potter movies, so I'm thinking of binging the series over the weekend.

I love the Harry Potter movies.

I bought a jar of Madras curry and it turned out to be way sweeter than it's supposed to be. You could almost use it as pumpkin spice.

That’s a coincidence. I just bought a jar of Madras curry myself. Made a very nice lentil soup.

Sun Brand (under license from Merwanjee Poonjiajee & Sons)

Available on Amazon

Looking at the back I see that this it is distributed by a company headquartered in my own town in NJ.

More coincide!

What can it mean?

Also, the slogan “We declare that this Madras Curry Powder is a perfect peppery piquant.”

They always tell me to substitute cumin, R267. I have the ginger and I have the coriander. I don’t miss the turmeric; shit’s messy.

BTW, I put a bag of Dicks in my mouth. Yes, their burgers are more expensive. Still, the fries do not require ketchup or other condiments. The burger meat is smooshed as promised. Awesome Friday, folks.

Madras curry also has chili pepper which is what distinguishes it from normal curry powder.

The Merwanjee Poonjiajee & Sons formulation includes:

CORIANDER SEEDS, TURMERIC, CHILI PEPPERS, SALT, CUMIN, FENNEL, BLACK PEPPER, GARLIC, GINGER, FENUGREEK, CINNAMON, CLOVES, ANISE, and MUSTARD.

R269 Still cheaper and better than the national burger places.

My new favorite fat whore thing to do is buy 3 cheeseburgers. I eat one right away and save the other two in the fridge.

I'll eat one up at night for a snack then the final one the next day for brunch/lunch. One minute in microwave still in its original wrapper.

Delish.

Im watching NBA NY v Indiana at MSG. Jumbotrone shows a bunch of celeb in crowd. Singling out each individual. Minutes later camer roves passs the Knicks bench and who do I see sitting close by edie Falco and another d list female celebrity.

It must be ego wrenching for celebs at such an event when they are not shown in the jumbtrone

Why does the fire alarm always decide to start that chirping noise in the middle of the night? So, I'm up at 4am watching Top Chef.

Check your battery, R273. That chirping might be a low battery warning.

I thought about making meatballs for dinner, but I'm too lazy and don't want to waste an egg. Just boring old Bolognese then.

I don't understand adults who like Kraft Singles American Cheese. I didn't even like them as a kid.

Boar's Head or Land O Lakes American Cheese for me.

I miss my crush. Crush where are you????????

The washing machine upstairs is on the spin cycle and making a sound that sounds just like saying “stupid, stupid, stupid”

I was at a street fair today and saw a robot dog. He was friendly but somehow reminded me of Elon’s truck.

You can buy one for $75,000 but there are conditions.

American cheese singles are great on burgers. Really the only thing they're good for...the "cheese" factor on a hot grilled/fried sandwich. Creamy and melts perfectly.

Robot dogs remind me of the Mechanical Hound from the novel "Fahrenheit 451." Instinctively I'm looking for the syringe full of poison in its muzzle.

My partner went to the UK and naturally brought back some kind of bug and gave it to me. I do not have time for this crap.

I was standing on my bed hanging a picture on the wall and managed to fall off the bed and totally twist my knee. It's been five days and it still hurts like hell. Hope I didn't do anything really bad to it.

Who the hell is Tan France and why should I care about his bridal dressing opinions?

I'm reading Peter Wolf's memoir and Faye Dunaway is such a cunt. Before they were married, she took him over to Jack Nicholson's house during the filming of Chinatown. Jack invited her upstairs to go over a difficult scene in the script and she asked Peter to wait for her downstairs. He waited all night and in the morning when she still didn't come downstairs he took Jack's coffee table, books, 2 chairs, and a mound of cocaine and dumped it all in the swimming pool and left town.

Months later she suggested they get married and being a dumbass, he agreed. Then while he was visiting his very ill father in the hospital he went to their apartment (300 Central Park West) and she had changed the locks. He broke in and found her with Terry O'Neill, who ran into the bedroom and locked the door. Peter smashed all his cameras, yelled at Faye (who called the police, and later he filed for divorce.

I'm glad Roman Polanski ripped her hair out while filming Chinatown.

[quote] Hope I didn't do anything really bad to it.

Have you not seen a doctor?

Oh—and whelming.

Knees are tricky! Go get an xray and and yes see a Dr! You don't want.to fuck around with a knee injury.

Ima Hogg has been the source of "unfortunate name" or "worst baby name" jokes, lists, and contests,including the incorrect assertion that Jim Hogg had named his two daughters "Ima Hogg" and "Ura Hogg."Similar unfortunate baby names according to United States Census records include Ima Pigg, Ima Muskrat, Ima Nut, Ima Hooker,Ima Weiner, Ima Reck, Ima Pain, and Ima Butt.

from Wikipedia

Peter Wolf was a heroin addict. So maybe they deserved each other.

R289 EXACTLY!

No respectable rock n roller is throwing coke in the pool.

Or, waiting more than 10 minutes for his woman to come downstairs.

I think I have a new favorite fruit: Lemons!

I have an issue with my back. Bought some new shoes yesterday. I hope those will help. Walking around with converse can't be good.

Lemons?

Last night I dreamed that Wendy Williams was the new front desk receptionist at my dentist's office.

Going for a bike ride today. Let's see if I can do 15km.

R294 Did she ask How you doin when you walked in?

No she didn't r296. When I started to say "You're Wendy..." She shushed me.

Peter Wolf sounds like a masochist of the first water.

If I was Peter Wolf, I would have went to the kitchen and got a handful of ziplock baggies, stuffed all the coke in them, and then ransacked the place and steal everything I could carry.

But that's just me.

There go the idiot neighbors with the fireworks.

They ask for cigarettes every time I leave the door. We are done with cigarettes.

I’m vaping out of spite. I hate vaping. So boring.

Also, I’m supposed to help unhoused people tonight and I’m not feeling it tonight.

Somebody else will deal with bullshit tonight.

I got bored with the Sargento Balanced Breaks snacks with the little cheese and little crackers.

I've switched to the Hillshire Snacking Small Plates. They have a salami theme. Today I had Genoa Salame with White Cheddar and Toasted Rounds. Tomorrow I'll have Hot Calabrese Salame with Gouda and Toasted Rounds and the next day I'll have Dry Salame with Gouda and Toasted Rounds. Then I'll need to re-stock.

I just haven't been that hungry at lunch time lately and these little adult lunchables hit the spot.

I like those snack plates too but then I decided they cost too much and started making my own.

So I finally saw all 4 John Wick movies!

My god, what a bloodbath. This replaces the Kill Bills as the most gratuitous violence ever put down in cinema!

I loved them all!

Except, there’s going to be a fifth movie, how will it continue?

Winston was just a good friend, right? At the end he called him his son. Was that just him feeling the loss? Or was he his actual sin? Hence John’s hesitation to kill him?

So many questions!

Oops, actual SON.

Walgreens keeps nagging me to pick up my prescription. Nag, nag, nag. Ugh.

I can't shake this cold, I keep waking up coughing. COVID tests are negative. Yes, you can have my stuff.

Can we pick up your stuff now, or do we need to wait?

Bumming that another Bahama Breeze restaurant has closed in my state. The last remaining is the one closest to me, but worried that will close too. I like that restaurant a lot. The only restaurant I've found that makes good salmon that doesn't taste and smell fishy.

Someone is parked in my parking space...

And, there's stuff in the apartment building washing machine but no basket to put it in so I can wash my own clothes...

I am making a taco pizza from Papa Murphy's for dinner.

It's the first hot day this Spring so the cats are flopped out exposing their bellies.

"No pets." "No pets." "NO PETS." Fuck off! We have one little bitty cat, not a yard full of dogs, why can't we find an apartment?

[quote] Can we pick up your stuff now, or do we need to wait?

I find that if you wait, the relatives inevitably get the good stuff. They swoop in like vultures, leaving nothing for the true friends.

I brought my groceries home and realized the balsamic vinegar I bought is missing. It's too far to go back to the store. Sigh.

Going to the doctor today, hoping she'll give me real cough medicine. Wish me luck.

Had one of those unexpectedly-naked-in-public dreams. Woke up, fell back to sleep, had another unexpectedly-naked-in-public dream. Why? Why does my subconscious hate me?

Speaking of dreams, I dreamed I was car pooling to work with the cast of 2 Broke Girls.

I attempted to make scones and thought I had screwed them up because the dough was too sticky & I had to keep adding flour. They look a mess, but they taste pretty good.

Beautiful day today, sunny and 21°C (70°F). Spending the day at my lake cabin. Even went swimming, for like 10 seconds, lol. It was so cold though, only 16°C (61°F). Happy I jumped in though.

The camera in my garage door opener stopped working. But I was able to fix it just by closing it and opening it again. Simple fix, fortunately.

Glad I got in my walk in earlier this morning as the air quality around here is projected to go to unhealthy levels due to the smoke from the Canadian wildfires.

I went to court yesterday with a client. There was a row of seats reserved for attorneys. The sign said "Attorney's."

Just got done watching Babel, starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett. Forgot what a depressing movie that is. Earlier in the afternoon I watched 2 true crime docs, about Laci Peterson and the Long Island Serial Killer (Rex Heuermann).

I had to watch these to offset the saccharine sweet, rainbows and unicorns, champagne wishes and caviar dreams of Christie Brinkley's memoir, which I'm reading now.

I need to find a happy medium.

Abigail Folger’s last words continue to haunt me.

I started working on my dollhouse again. I just bought the vintage Marx bath set and painted the fixtures silver and put a narrow printed paper craft tape around the tub and sink to look like tile. I also put a skirt around the legs of the sink and a little shower curtain. Almost done.

Every time I roll over in bed, I feel like I keep rolling after I stop. What causes that?

It's not that we don't care, r327. We WORRY!

I had bloodwork done Thursday and my A1c came back at 5.6 so I'm celebrating with a Coke from Burger King.

This has been the wettest May in history in parts of New England with 8 inches and guess what? It's raining again today.

R331, every weekend it manages to rain. I'm glad the temperatures are still cool to spare my electric bill but I would like to spend some time outside on a weekend eventually.

R331 and yet parts of Massachusetts are still under drought conditions and the precipitation from January to April has been the driest on record since 1895.

We had sun in Seattle yesterday and everyone was stuck carrying around their dogs because the pavement was hot. The few with boots were not happy and I believe they noticed spoiled brats being held while they had to walk.

Now a LOUD thunderstorm which is scaring my dog.

The wind blew all the empty plastic pots and trays that my annuals were sold in all over my yard and into the neighbors’ yard. Plus all those little plastic sticks that identify the plants. What a mess. There was no way to put them down without their being blown all over again. I had to put them into the recycling bin which meant I had to clean off all the dirt. In the wind. Oh well. Trees are down all over the county. I guess I should be thankful.

r334, I hope when you say spoiled brats you are referring to children, not dogs.

R337, these kids can’t put down a phone long enough to see, much less fuck anyone.

I have never seen so many lonely depressed dogs attached to zombies - like walks are a job for them.

It is 102° here. It's still May. This bodes not well.

Valley of the Dolls and Gone with the Wind are on sale on Amazon Prime Video for $4.99 each.

eye roll about the "hot" pavement in Seattle.

It's May and it wasn't that hot yesterday.

People are ridiculous.