Pan-fried pollock (not pillock) in butter, spritz of lemon at the end with a sprinkle of fresh dill, which I keep frozen because who uses an entire bunch of dill in one use?
"Spring-fed fresh asparagus" - I have no idea what the fuck that means. It was asparagus. With a bit of an attitude.
Lemon vermacelli - A friend bought it fresh and was then terrified of it. "HOW DO I SERVE IT AND WITH WHAT AND WTF DID I DO?!?!"
Her husband left her because she freaked out over tofu. I lurve her, but sometimes I don't answer the phone.
I finally cooked! I have looooooong COVID and finally cooked! This is a wonder right now. I usually have to take a four hour nap if I walk to the bathroom.
Nothing beats a Sherry cobbler in summer, or a Tom and Jerry in winter. Both are truly American drinks, and no worry about racist appropriation of Polynesian culture.
Sounds like a good summer drink will give it a go-round.
Here for your enjoyment is one of my favs:
"The Painkiller"
{recipe courtesy of "The Soggy Dollar Saloon, British Virgin Islands)
1 part OJ (fresh squeezed of course)
2.5 parts pineapple juice
1 part cream of coconut
squeeze of lemon and dash of simple syrup to balance tartness
1-4 parts light rum*
1-4 parts dark spiced rum*
Shake over ice strain into a Hurricane glass not quite filled with ice (don't want to overflow)
whipped cream and maraschino cherry on top sprinkle with grated nutmeg garnish with pineapple spear and orange slice
* amount of rum adjusted for level of pain
During my last stint as a part time bartender I would give the patron one of those little cards from the DRs office and have them circle their current level of pain from 1-10 I was truly shocked to find the number of people suffering pain in the 7-10 level Poor souls!
Here is a problem for the brain trust: I ordered a thing via Amazon; evidently it came from another vendor via Prime.
I received an empty shipping package that hadn't ever been sealed. I tried using the AI assistant and all it could figure out how to do was let me send a message to the vendor. I did that three days ago and have heard nothing.
So I tried to request a refund but all the options are multiple-choice and none of them is, "I got an empty envelope."
IIRC, you have to keep clicking on the 'this does not answer my question' until at long last you arrive in the 'chat' function. Once there, a seemingly real live-ish person can help you.
Sorry, would have been here sooner but I slept in, and then had to do my Memorial Day weekend ritual. I no longer look like a Bernie Sanders simulacrum. Yep, cut all the hair, except for the eyebrows. Mine look like a Scottish wizard's hedge.
I'm baffled why there hasn't been an update/arrest here in the case of the baby left to broil to death in a car. Seems pretty simple to me: Whose car and whose baby? 2 + 2, people, dogdammit.
I’m not sure about the incident to which you are referring, so I don’t know how deliberate this was, but many of these deaths truly are tragic accidents.
This website might give you some insight into the causes and solutions. I’ve read enough about the horror of parents realizing they forgot their child in the back seat, panicked run through the parking lot to have compassion enough to withhold judgment until I know more. I looked at this years ago, when a similar death occurred, and the stories I read there seared. I remember a father standing in court waiting to be found guilty, and wishing he was dead. Many of the people this happens to are good people. https://www.kidsandcars.org/hot-cars/media-resources
One of the best tips I’ve read for this is when you put a child in the backseat in a car seat, take one of your shoes off and leave it in the backseat. if you get out of your car on auto pilot and start to walk away, that discrepancy will jolt you into awareness.
This website is a good source for safety information about kids and cars beyond the danger of heat deaths. Not for the weak of heart.
Bookmarked.
Tonight's dinner:
Pan-fried pollock (not pillock) in butter, spritz of lemon at the end with a sprinkle of fresh dill, which I keep frozen because who uses an entire bunch of dill in one use?
"Spring-fed fresh asparagus" - I have no idea what the fuck that means. It was asparagus. With a bit of an attitude.
Lemon vermacelli - A friend bought it fresh and was then terrified of it. "HOW DO I SERVE IT AND WITH WHAT AND WTF DID I DO?!?!"
Her husband left her because she freaked out over tofu. I lurve her, but sometimes I don't answer the phone.
I finally cooked! I have looooooong COVID and finally cooked! This is a wonder right now. I usually have to take a four hour nap if I walk to the bathroom.
Hugs all around! zzzzzzz 💜
Nothing beats a Sherry cobbler in summer, or a Tom and Jerry in winter. Both are truly American drinks, and no worry about racist appropriation of Polynesian culture.
Sounds like a good summer drink will give it a go-round.
Here for your enjoyment is one of my favs:
"The Painkiller"
{recipe courtesy of "The Soggy Dollar Saloon, British Virgin Islands)
1 part OJ (fresh squeezed of course)
2.5 parts pineapple juice
1 part cream of coconut
squeeze of lemon and dash of simple syrup to balance tartness
1-4 parts light rum*
1-4 parts dark spiced rum*
Shake over ice strain into a Hurricane glass not quite filled with ice (don't want to overflow)
whipped cream and maraschino cherry on top sprinkle with grated nutmeg garnish with pineapple spear and orange slice
* amount of rum adjusted for level of pain
During my last stint as a part time bartender I would give the patron one of those little cards from the DRs office and have them circle their current level of pain from 1-10 I was truly shocked to find the number of people suffering pain in the 7-10 level Poor souls!
The Caturday selfie.
https://substack.com/profile/155702845-land-shark/note/c-57281587
ABANDON SHIP!
Don't abandon ship until you have to step up to get into the raft.
OK, 11 a.m. but THAT'S IT.
PROGRAMMING NOTE: If I make it here tomorrow it will only be for a short while. Stroke-spouse has a full day planned for me and Stroke-spawn.
Here is a problem for the brain trust: I ordered a thing via Amazon; evidently it came from another vendor via Prime.
I received an empty shipping package that hadn't ever been sealed. I tried using the AI assistant and all it could figure out how to do was let me send a message to the vendor. I did that three days ago and have heard nothing.
So I tried to request a refund but all the options are multiple-choice and none of them is, "I got an empty envelope."
Any ideas?
IIRC, you have to keep clicking on the 'this does not answer my question' until at long last you arrive in the 'chat' function. Once there, a seemingly real live-ish person can help you.
Thanks! Someone who is smart dug around until they submitted to a phone call and it's all fixed :)
"Item not delivered" or damaged?
''Fuck Amazon'' is my advice.
(new thread, everywonk!)
Why? This one wasn't good enough? Is this your way of telling me I've been on here too ... christ, I've been on here three fucking hours +.
I might have a problem.
you're always welcome here, /1!
Yay!
Sorry, would have been here sooner but I slept in, and then had to do my Memorial Day weekend ritual. I no longer look like a Bernie Sanders simulacrum. Yep, cut all the hair, except for the eyebrows. Mine look like a Scottish wizard's hedge.
John L. Lewis grade? Or Joszef Pilsudski?
I still have a bit of fuzz.
John L. FTW.
A movie poster that is so glaringly wrong about the subject
https://substack.com/@alpaca22/note/c-57279711?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=xb3q
Katherine Parr wouldn't be happy.
Divorced, beheaded, died. Divorced, beheaded, survived.
(facepalms)
I'm baffled why there hasn't been an update/arrest here in the case of the baby left to broil to death in a car. Seems pretty simple to me: Whose car and whose baby? 2 + 2, people, dogdammit.
I’m not sure about the incident to which you are referring, so I don’t know how deliberate this was, but many of these deaths truly are tragic accidents.
This website might give you some insight into the causes and solutions. I’ve read enough about the horror of parents realizing they forgot their child in the back seat, panicked run through the parking lot to have compassion enough to withhold judgment until I know more. I looked at this years ago, when a similar death occurred, and the stories I read there seared. I remember a father standing in court waiting to be found guilty, and wishing he was dead. Many of the people this happens to are good people. https://www.kidsandcars.org/hot-cars/media-resources
One of the best tips I’ve read for this is when you put a child in the backseat in a car seat, take one of your shoes off and leave it in the backseat. if you get out of your car on auto pilot and start to walk away, that discrepancy will jolt you into awareness.
This website is a good source for safety information about kids and cars beyond the danger of heat deaths. Not for the weak of heart.
Re: gender neutral pronouns: Why ''yinz'' hasn't gained much wider acceptance is beyond me.
In Philly: Yous’es
Farther West around Lancaster and Harrisburg "Younse" is preferred
My usual gender neutral pronoun for Philadelphian is ''asshole.''
I KEED! I KEED
A little.
I love Philly. They’re fucked up. I’m fucked up.
"Yous guys" covers it most of the time as well.
Yinz guys is also acceptable.
From Friday's furry art dump:
https://substack.com/profile/156971387-the-wanderer/note/c-57279168
I wasn't GOING to do any pr0nwackysticky today, but now ...
LOL
He's just a little fellow. Usually hides in basements, keeping the furnace lit.
Just can't figure where I'll hang it?
Heh.
Fired Boston police officer gets 20 months in a Federal prison for being at the Pussy At Bitch sedition.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/former-boston-police-officer-sentenced-jan-6-capitol-riot-case-rcna154020?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic%2Fnews
"Dive, thoughts, down to my soul . . . "
Gross. And stupid.
𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮’𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 ‘𝘁𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗸𝗶𝗱𝘀’ 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱: ‘𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵’
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/article/2024/may/25/american-pronatalists-malcolm-and-simone-collins
If we don't do something fast there are also gonna be countries with children starving to death. Wait, there already are.
''Pronatalists''? I guess that allows for capital punishment when ''Right-to-lifer'' doesn't.
having babies
Curious if the men are in favor of multiple wives, I'll bet they are.
The one I have is often frustrating enough, thanks.