My elementary school celebrated Christmas and nothing else around this time of year, despite being in a town with a population of (I seem to remember my mother saying) one-third Catholic, one-third Protestant and one-third Jewish. Every year that involved a Christmas play. Now I could read before kindergarten, though needing help to zip my winter coat; this meant I always got a big part. In first grade, the play was in Mother Goose Land, and I was the elf who got taught the real meaning of Christmas. In second grade, I was Willy the Mouse who got taught the real meaning of Christmas. In third grade, I had the title role in “Prancer the Naughty Reindeer” and (you’ll never guess) I got taught the real meaning of Christmas. I therefore feel a great kinship with your kittens and worms and such. And therefore I believe I can speak with authority when I say that, however you celebrate this time of year when the Dark retreats before the approaching Light, God thinks it’s the perfect way to celebrate.
I did not know this when I planned to make pumpkin pie today. Crust ingredients are in the freezer so it will turn out flaky. Beloved husband Meccalopolis is making latke with cabbage.
No baking until after community menorah lighting on Zoom!
Not sure it’s working anymore. I guess who gives a shit what dementia grandpa says. It was interesting when it was possible he’d be held responsible for what he did. Now it’s just a homeless man screaming
I normally don't french them, but the fat cap on this one was really thick, tough, and leathery (no pun intended), so I decided to trim it back and smoke it. I usually roast a whole roast because I like the flavor better when the higher temperatures can caramelize the cap better. Smoking a rib roast is kinda chicken shit to me, but it's pretty foolproof.
I worked at Captain D's in HS and the experience was really invaluable to me years later. When I broke down the duties and searched for the reasons for doing them, I realized cooking is cooking and it started my lifetime passion for it.
"The city announced today it's installed four vending machines that dispense Narcan, clean syringes and fentanyl test kits - with room for possible later additions that could include pregnancy test kits and socks - and is working to install another eight machines that dispense Narcan across the city.
The goal is to reduce the harm of drug use until people with addiction can get into treatment, Boston Public Health Commissioner Bisola Ojikutu said in a statement."
As someone who has reversed two overdoses, and someone who never leaves home without an Overdose Rescue Kit (Narcan, gloves), and a harm reductionist for lo, these many years, I'm overwhelmed by Boston's kindness. If it were in NYC, I'd suggest Xylazine test strips as well.
The problem when there's Xylazine in the drug mix is that the subject will NOT awaken and needs OXYGEN. Peace be upon Boston and Public Health Commissioner Ojikutu!
Per the Guardian, 20 big cats have died at an animal sanctuary in Shelton, WA from avian flu. This is 25 miles from where we live in Lacey. Keep your damn cats indoors, cat owners. This is going to be nasty and I'm not counting on the Felon to do anything about it, just like last time.
I'm guessing that avian flu is going to cause dairy and beef prices to soar, too. Trump's cult, who have been blaming Biden for the price of eggs for the past 2 years, will switch into "it's not Dump's fault that grocery prices are so high, it's this avian flu thing!"
My guess is that perhaps they ate infected food??? My cat Lucy has never been outside in her entire life. I had lots of cats when I was growing up, all of them indoor/outdoor cats, and most of them got run over by cars or died from distemper that they caught from other cats, so I don't take any chances. However, she does eat chicken- and turkey-flavored canned food, so now I guess I have to add that to the list of things to worry about in 2025.
If this virus gets into supermarket and pet food poultry sources, there will be hell to pay.
these were tigers mostly so outdoors anyhoo, but they are looking at contaminated foods and yep, this will be bad for birds and cats, dogs, humans. I hope the Felon has a plan. lol who am I kidding?
people are going to have to stop letting cats outdoors, no matter how much the cats demand it. Cats are pretty fragile, imo. So many diseases that kill. I don't understand why owners don't think more about protecting them. Outdoors isn't protecting. Like u said many are hit by cars or killed by other predators. oh well. But yes, the food chain is going to be in jeopardy if something isn't done.
I decided to keep any cat I had indoors when I saw a statistic that said that the average lifespan of an indoor cat was about 15 years... and the average lifespan of an outdoor cat was 3 years.
Not sure it was accurate, but it was certainly scary.
That sounds pretty accurate to me. Every cat I had as a child and early teenager lived to be about 2-1/2 years old before they got run over or caught some disease while outside. The males, expecially, would get to be about 1 year old and take off in search of adventure or lady cats, and some times never came back. All my indoor cats lived to be 15 or 16.
I got to sit next to Tommy on an airplane from NYC to Madrid back in 1968 when I was 12 years old. He was absolutely charming and kept me laughing for most of the flight. He never did actually tell me who he was, but I recognized him and his voice immediately. However, since he didn't reveal who he was, I never said a word about recognizing him.
I mean, I know I'm lucky climate-wise, but this house is 110 years old and has no insulation, cracked and misfit windows, and no central heating. Knob-and tube wiring makes electric space heaters dangerous, so we use propane "Buddy" heaters to keep the edge off most days.
Why does Christmas always have to be saved?
oooh, snow queen nails!!!!
Tales of Brave Ulysses
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DJ2CCfxiQ5QY&ved=2ahUKEwio0ZTJwsWKAxWUhIkEHR5ZJhcQ78AJegQIFhAB&usg=AOvVaw3yAuDhIc-e4QcZsF1dtkqO
PSA
https://www.msn.com/en-us/pets-and-animals/pets/voluntary-pet-food-recall-issued-after-oregon-house-cat-dies-from-eating-product-that-tested-positive-for-bird-flu/ar-AA1wuoCb
Voluntary pet food recall issued after Oregon house cat dies from eating product that tested positive for bird flu
Vatican Update:
POPE'S CHRISTMAS PLEA: URGES WORLD TO 'OVERCOME DIVISIONS'
Forgot the word 'AGAIN' again.
I see six different places you could stick that word in that. Please concise it up a bit.
"I ain't got time for that now..."
It's no Urbi et Orbi...
My elementary school celebrated Christmas and nothing else around this time of year, despite being in a town with a population of (I seem to remember my mother saying) one-third Catholic, one-third Protestant and one-third Jewish. Every year that involved a Christmas play. Now I could read before kindergarten, though needing help to zip my winter coat; this meant I always got a big part. In first grade, the play was in Mother Goose Land, and I was the elf who got taught the real meaning of Christmas. In second grade, I was Willy the Mouse who got taught the real meaning of Christmas. In third grade, I had the title role in “Prancer the Naughty Reindeer” and (you’ll never guess) I got taught the real meaning of Christmas. I therefore feel a great kinship with your kittens and worms and such. And therefore I believe I can speak with authority when I say that, however you celebrate this time of year when the Dark retreats before the approaching Light, God thinks it’s the perfect way to celebrate.
The movie is over if you'd like to join us there for OT.
Omw
Today is 12/25 (Wednesday)
🎃 A’Phabet Day or No “L” Day
🎃 National Pumpkin Pie Day
🇵🇰 Quaid-e-Azam Day (Pakistan)
🇮🇪 Mari Lwyd (Ireland)
Wales! Thank you very much!
So according to the first one today is Noel day?
I did not know this when I planned to make pumpkin pie today. Crust ingredients are in the freezer so it will turn out flaky. Beloved husband Meccalopolis is making latke with cabbage.
No baking until after community menorah lighting on Zoom!
Demented dumbfuck has Christmas greetings for Panama, Canada and Greenland with a shoutout to Radical Left Lunatics.
WuTangIsForTheChildren:
Oh hey it’s the Bible salesman with a very uplifting and unifying message on Christmas Day:
"Merry Christmas to the Radical Left Lunatics… I refuse to wish a Merry Christmas to those lucky "souls" but, instead, will say, GO TO HELL!"
https://bsky.app/profile/wutangforchildren.bsky.social/post/3le5z7uuig22o
Yayyyyyyy. Well the good news is I tune out his blather now. His crimes and whining apparently don’t matter so whatcha gonna do.
Bad news is I don’t see how we get rid of this shit when half the nation consumes pure algorithmic poison daily
He is who he says he is. No amount of mediacoating will ever change it.
He's not a dictator
He's not an autocratic tyrant
He's a idiot
And he has learned how to lean into it and slip through life like shit through a goose.
See you there!
He's a dumb fucking child.
A lot of kids are pretty sweet though, so he's more like a dumb fucking teenager.
Touche.
He can't help himself from being a flaming, divisive asshole.
Not sure it’s working anymore. I guess who gives a shit what dementia grandpa says. It was interesting when it was possible he’d be held responsible for what he did. Now it’s just a homeless man screaming
I guess we can add “commutation” to list of words Donnie doesn’t know.
To be fair, it's not one of the best words...
Bigly
Media: This is fine.
Meat Porn
https://goingreen.substack.com/p/f92b1c74-88e4-4023-91ca-3623896d5e2d
Oh yeah.
I'm doing one too. Slighty smaller, not frenched, on the counter coming to room temp for another 15jthen in the oven for 70 minutes.
I normally don't french them, but the fat cap on this one was really thick, tough, and leathery (no pun intended), so I decided to trim it back and smoke it. I usually roast a whole roast because I like the flavor better when the higher temperatures can caramelize the cap better. Smoking a rib roast is kinda chicken shit to me, but it's pretty foolproof.
SEXY!
Needs black lace.
Look out, Arby's.
I worked at Captain D's in HS and the experience was really invaluable to me years later. When I broke down the duties and searched for the reasons for doing them, I realized cooking is cooking and it started my lifetime passion for it.
Very cool!
Fucking A – wicked pissa! Boston for the WIN!
Narcan n' Needle vending machines (free). Talkin' Harm Reduction Blues . . .
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Boston installing vending machines for addicts who don't want to die
https://www.universalhub.com/2024/boston-installing-vending-machines-addicts-who
"The city announced today it's installed four vending machines that dispense Narcan, clean syringes and fentanyl test kits - with room for possible later additions that could include pregnancy test kits and socks - and is working to install another eight machines that dispense Narcan across the city.
The goal is to reduce the harm of drug use until people with addiction can get into treatment, Boston Public Health Commissioner Bisola Ojikutu said in a statement."
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As someone who has reversed two overdoses, and someone who never leaves home without an Overdose Rescue Kit (Narcan, gloves), and a harm reductionist for lo, these many years, I'm overwhelmed by Boston's kindness. If it were in NYC, I'd suggest Xylazine test strips as well.
The problem when there's Xylazine in the drug mix is that the subject will NOT awaken and needs OXYGEN. Peace be upon Boston and Public Health Commissioner Ojikutu!
We had these in OKC until recently. They were removed because they were constantly vandalized.
Vice President Dumbass isn't going to like that, President Elmo will send a xhit in 5, 4, 3, 2,....
"Federalism –it's not just for right wing assholes any more."
Sounds very liberal commie to me. Isn't it better to just punish people with long prison sentences, instead?
They will never get help if they die from an OD.
They MIGHT get help if we can keep them from dying from the OD.
Might is always better than never.
Depends on whether or not you're a conservative.
Per the Guardian, 20 big cats have died at an animal sanctuary in Shelton, WA from avian flu. This is 25 miles from where we live in Lacey. Keep your damn cats indoors, cat owners. This is going to be nasty and I'm not counting on the Felon to do anything about it, just like last time.
I'm guessing that avian flu is going to cause dairy and beef prices to soar, too. Trump's cult, who have been blaming Biden for the price of eggs for the past 2 years, will switch into "it's not Dump's fault that grocery prices are so high, it's this avian flu thing!"
Apparently all of California's dairy farms are infected already. So, expect even more crazy food price hikes. Yep.
My guess is that perhaps they ate infected food??? My cat Lucy has never been outside in her entire life. I had lots of cats when I was growing up, all of them indoor/outdoor cats, and most of them got run over by cars or died from distemper that they caught from other cats, so I don't take any chances. However, she does eat chicken- and turkey-flavored canned food, so now I guess I have to add that to the list of things to worry about in 2025.
If this virus gets into supermarket and pet food poultry sources, there will be hell to pay.
these were tigers mostly so outdoors anyhoo, but they are looking at contaminated foods and yep, this will be bad for birds and cats, dogs, humans. I hope the Felon has a plan. lol who am I kidding?
people are going to have to stop letting cats outdoors, no matter how much the cats demand it. Cats are pretty fragile, imo. So many diseases that kill. I don't understand why owners don't think more about protecting them. Outdoors isn't protecting. Like u said many are hit by cars or killed by other predators. oh well. But yes, the food chain is going to be in jeopardy if something isn't done.
All the best!
I decided to keep any cat I had indoors when I saw a statistic that said that the average lifespan of an indoor cat was about 15 years... and the average lifespan of an outdoor cat was 3 years.
Not sure it was accurate, but it was certainly scary.
That sounds pretty accurate to me. Every cat I had as a child and early teenager lived to be about 2-1/2 years old before they got run over or caught some disease while outside. The males, expecially, would get to be about 1 year old and take off in search of adventure or lady cats, and some times never came back. All my indoor cats lived to be 15 or 16.
It's no worse than the flu...it will be gone in 2 weeks.
exactly! we've only got 20 cases and they're all dead! What's to worry about?
/s
On this day (tomorrow), the great Tommy Smothers passed away at 86, December 26, 2023. Dick Smothers still lives.
I got to sit next to Tommy on an airplane from NYC to Madrid back in 1968 when I was 12 years old. He was absolutely charming and kept me laughing for most of the flight. He never did actually tell me who he was, but I recognized him and his voice immediately. However, since he didn't reveal who he was, I never said a word about recognizing him.
If I Had a Ship
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAaG6fJBUwA&pp=ygUdc21vdGhlcnMgYnJvdGhlcnMgY29tZWR5IGhvdXI%3D
I think Tenacious D owes a lot of their success to the Smothers Brothers.
OK, dammit, I'm gonna have to make cookies, because Ambrosia salad is nice, but the house needs to warm up.
I often do that in winter. Cook, not just for the food, but to warm up the place.
I mean, I know I'm lucky climate-wise, but this house is 110 years old and has no insulation, cracked and misfit windows, and no central heating. Knob-and tube wiring makes electric space heaters dangerous, so we use propane "Buddy" heaters to keep the edge off most days.
yep, just enough to take the chill out.
Baked potatoes (or sweet potatoes) . . .
So if Denmark does purchase the USA maybe I can one of those fancy German ladder trucks with the fancy European siren.
Nevermind, I just found out it was Borowitz. Drat!
So I've been out of the loop other and seeing a meme. Did they seriously officially "present an offer"? Hilarious!
Don't threaten me with a good time!
I, for one, look forward to the enlightened rule of our new LEGO overlords.
Could be worse. If Sweden takes us over, we'll have to assemble Ikea furniture.
I would be OK with that... I'm good at it... and have a house full of it, and several junk drawers full of Allen keys to prove it.
NOOOOOOOOOO !!!!!!!!!!
HEY! Noez IKEA libez! 😃
IKEA is wonderful.
Assembling IKEA is a lesson in pain.
Allen wrenches aplenty.
I love your nails, Robyn but mostly I love the rings.