I'm sorry, but this has been bugging me for a couple of days. WHO HAS QANON RELATIVES?! Don't those people travel in packs?
I have two Trump voter relatives. Two. Everyone else is kind the same sort of lib/prog person that I am. Because we're a family. And share a lot of stuff. And even the two Trump voters started out on the at least moderate Dem end of the scale.
It's like also too: what Dem or Prog marries a Republican? I don't even GET THAT. How do you marry someone who has values that are EXACTLY antithetical to yours - not to mention antithetical to all that is good, moral, not racist, not homophobic, and not anti-woman? I just utterly fail to see how you can fall in love with someone who says they're a member of the GOP.
I dunno. Maybe I am closed-minded. But I don't get it.
Could be that I am crabby because I came into the office and it is boiling freaking hot in here.
Get yourself the following ingredients:½ cup brown lentils12 oz Yukon gold potatoes4 oz crimini mushrooms4 oz carrot1 shallot3 cloves garlic2 tbsp sherry wine1 tbsp tomato paste1 packet vegetable broth concentrate2 tbsp vegan butter2 tsp dried rosemary1 tbsp olive oilSalt and pepper
1. Sort the lentils and add them to a small saucepan with 2 cups water. Bring to a boil, cover, and reduce heat to low. Simmer lentils until just tender, about 16 to 18 minutes, then drain.2. Prep the veg - peel and roughly chop the potatoes, finely chop the mushroom stems and roughly chop the caps, peel and dice the carrot, and peel and mince the shallot and garlic.3. Add the potatoes to a small saucepan and cover with 1 inch of water. Bring to a boil and cook until fork-tender, about 10 to 15 minutes. Drain.4. Saute the carrots in a large skillet or cast iron pan over medium-high heat with 1 tbsp olive oil until tender, about 2 to 3 minutes. Add the mushrooms and cook until browned in places, about 3 to 4 minutes. Add the minced garlic and shallot to the skillet and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.5. Add the sherry wine to the skillet and simmer until the liquid is nearly gone, about 1 minute, then stir in the tomato paste, add the vegetable broth concentrate and 1 cup water, then stir in the cooked lentils. 6. Bring filling to a simmer, reduce heat to medium, and cook until liquid reduces by half, about 4 to 6 minutes.7. Set the broiler to low. Return the empty saucepan from the potatoes to medium heat and add the butter, rosemary, and a good pinch of salt and pepper. Cook until fragrant, about 1 minute, then turn off the heat, add the potatoes, and mash them. 8. Transfer the lentil filling to an 8x8 baking dish and spread mashed potatoes evenly over the top. 9. Broil until the potatoes are lightly browned, 3 to 4 minutes.
Your mother is a genius. I wish I'd used her strategy when my RWNJ brother announced a couple of Christmases ago that the American Psychological Association declared pedophilia normal. I said, "That's absurd. Where did you hear that?" "One of those shows. 60 Minutes or something." Apparently that was a cult meme for awhile the APA had to actually formally deny at some point. Aargh!
I used to watch the Rose Parade if I got out of bed in time. I wanted Dona Tambor (Brasileira) to see it as a slice of Americana, hackneyed or not. She seemed a little bored, like me watching a AA level baseball game. Then we got TV Globo one year, they broadcast Carnaval live. It was like comparing a bathtub to Lake Michigan. If you like the concept of the parade, Carnaval will fulfill your every need. EVERY NEED. Music, dance, nudity, morality, mortality, spirituality, it's all addressed in relentless, spectacular fashion, for about 18 hours. Then, we lived in Sao Paulo for a while and I got a chance to experience it in person. It was a life-changing event.
Now there's a way to get revenge on that alt-right relative that ruined Thanksgiving. Just give him a copy of this: The Perpetual Hamster Wheel of Stupidity: An analysis of the Republican Party's use of the tactics of proselytizing mass movements to mobilize and radicalize the Trump base
While the three things that changed my life are tampons, birth control, and the internet, I can’t stand the fact that the latter has just become a cesspool of stupidity that any of us could fall into at any moment.
"Hillary Clinton and friends eat babies to get high off of their adrenal glands..."
"As your attorney," he said, "I advise you not worry." He nodded toward the bathroom. "Take a hit out of that little brown bottle in my shaving kit.""What is it?"“Adrenochrome,” he said. “You won’t need much. Just a little tiny taste.” I got the bottle and dipped the head of a paper match into it. “That’s about right,” he said. “That stuff makes pure mescaline seem like ginger beer. You’ll go completely crazy if you take too much.” I licked the end of the match. “Where’d you get this?” I asked. “You can’t buy it.” “Never mind,” he said. “It’s absolutely pure.” I shook my head sadly. “Jesus! What kind of monster client have you picked up this time? There’s only one source for this stuff…” He nodded. “The adrenaline glands from a living human body,” I said. “It’s no good if you get it out of a corpse.”~ HST
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I'm sorry, but this has been bugging me for a couple of days. WHO HAS QANON RELATIVES?! Don't those people travel in packs?
I have two Trump voter relatives. Two. Everyone else is kind the same sort of lib/prog person that I am. Because we're a family. And share a lot of stuff. And even the two Trump voters started out on the at least moderate Dem end of the scale.
It's like also too: what Dem or Prog marries a Republican? I don't even GET THAT. How do you marry someone who has values that are EXACTLY antithetical to yours - not to mention antithetical to all that is good, moral, not racist, not homophobic, and not anti-woman? I just utterly fail to see how you can fall in love with someone who says they're a member of the GOP.
I dunno. Maybe I am closed-minded. But I don't get it.
Could be that I am crabby because I came into the office and it is boiling freaking hot in here.
Happily!!
Get yourself the following ingredients:½ cup brown lentils12 oz Yukon gold potatoes4 oz crimini mushrooms4 oz carrot1 shallot3 cloves garlic2 tbsp sherry wine1 tbsp tomato paste1 packet vegetable broth concentrate2 tbsp vegan butter2 tsp dried rosemary1 tbsp olive oilSalt and pepper
1. Sort the lentils and add them to a small saucepan with 2 cups water. Bring to a boil, cover, and reduce heat to low. Simmer lentils until just tender, about 16 to 18 minutes, then drain.2. Prep the veg - peel and roughly chop the potatoes, finely chop the mushroom stems and roughly chop the caps, peel and dice the carrot, and peel and mince the shallot and garlic.3. Add the potatoes to a small saucepan and cover with 1 inch of water. Bring to a boil and cook until fork-tender, about 10 to 15 minutes. Drain.4. Saute the carrots in a large skillet or cast iron pan over medium-high heat with 1 tbsp olive oil until tender, about 2 to 3 minutes. Add the mushrooms and cook until browned in places, about 3 to 4 minutes. Add the minced garlic and shallot to the skillet and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.5. Add the sherry wine to the skillet and simmer until the liquid is nearly gone, about 1 minute, then stir in the tomato paste, add the vegetable broth concentrate and 1 cup water, then stir in the cooked lentils. 6. Bring filling to a simmer, reduce heat to medium, and cook until liquid reduces by half, about 4 to 6 minutes.7. Set the broiler to low. Return the empty saucepan from the potatoes to medium heat and add the butter, rosemary, and a good pinch of salt and pepper. Cook until fragrant, about 1 minute, then turn off the heat, add the potatoes, and mash them. 8. Transfer the lentil filling to an 8x8 baking dish and spread mashed potatoes evenly over the top. 9. Broil until the potatoes are lightly browned, 3 to 4 minutes.
Enjoy!
Wait! You can get high eating babies' adrenal glands?
Your mother is a genius. I wish I'd used her strategy when my RWNJ brother announced a couple of Christmases ago that the American Psychological Association declared pedophilia normal. I said, "That's absurd. Where did you hear that?" "One of those shows. 60 Minutes or something." Apparently that was a cult meme for awhile the APA had to actually formally deny at some point. Aargh!
I used to watch the Rose Parade if I got out of bed in time. I wanted Dona Tambor (Brasileira) to see it as a slice of Americana, hackneyed or not. She seemed a little bored, like me watching a AA level baseball game. Then we got TV Globo one year, they broadcast Carnaval live. It was like comparing a bathtub to Lake Michigan. If you like the concept of the parade, Carnaval will fulfill your every need. EVERY NEED. Music, dance, nudity, morality, mortality, spirituality, it's all addressed in relentless, spectacular fashion, for about 18 hours. Then, we lived in Sao Paulo for a while and I got a chance to experience it in person. It was a life-changing event.
Oh I see! But it fits my certain relative I"M not visiting.
What a story! That should be a movie, like one of those Hallmark channel ones but not schmaltzy. #ThingsThatReallyExist 😁
Now there's a way to get revenge on that alt-right relative that ruined Thanksgiving. Just give him a copy of this: The Perpetual Hamster Wheel of Stupidity: An analysis of the Republican Party's use of the tactics of proselytizing mass movements to mobilize and radicalize the Trump base
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While the three things that changed my life are tampons, birth control, and the internet, I can’t stand the fact that the latter has just become a cesspool of stupidity that any of us could fall into at any moment.
I have a large Southern family. Mostly Trump, one qanon. He is also a very successful plumber.
Not just high... enlightened and rejuvenated!
Just because you're paranoidDon't mean they're not after you. Gotta find a way, better wayWhen I'm there.... Nirvana, Territorial Pissing
I swear, animators at Looney Tunes must have done a lot of that LSD stuff
Absolutely Rumsfeldian!
"Hillary Clinton and friends eat babies to get high off of their adrenal glands..."
"As your attorney," he said, "I advise you not worry." He nodded toward the bathroom. "Take a hit out of that little brown bottle in my shaving kit.""What is it?"“Adrenochrome,” he said. “You won’t need much. Just a little tiny taste.” I got the bottle and dipped the head of a paper match into it. “That’s about right,” he said. “That stuff makes pure mescaline seem like ginger beer. You’ll go completely crazy if you take too much.” I licked the end of the match. “Where’d you get this?” I asked. “You can’t buy it.” “Never mind,” he said. “It’s absolutely pure.” I shook my head sadly. “Jesus! What kind of monster client have you picked up this time? There’s only one source for this stuff…” He nodded. “The adrenaline glands from a living human body,” I said. “It’s no good if you get it out of a corpse.”~ HST