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Mrs Whiggins

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  1. Made orecchiette with guanciale, rapini, and pecorino romano accompanied with a rather meh bordeaux but after a glass or two everything is coming up roses. Tomorrow is Monday so as Rose Castorini says, "I just want you to know that no matter what you do, you're going to die just like everybody else." (Moonstruck 1987)
  2. It's Norway, but you're near enough to Oslo perhaps to stop by Helly Hansen on your later London trip? Way back when (i.e. pre-Texas) I used to run in some of their winter athletic gear and it was worth every penny. They were ahead of the game back then when it came to tech fabrics, etc. Anyway, their parkas are built for the cold, slightly more expensive than some brands but not quite in the top of the Canada Goose range either.
  3. I have a trailing rosemary that survived The Great Freeze with a little damage here and there but I blanketed the thing to the nth degree. It's in a sunny spot near the front and slightly sheltered and perhaps that helped. I love being able to snip a few pieces whenever I'm roasting a chicken. But rosemary does seem rather fickle with the cold.
  4. 2023 was a disastrous year for our garden. The extreme heat combined with being away visiting family meant slim pickings although our neighbor who kept an eye on the place did get a nice crop or two of my green beans, lettuce, and tomatoes before the temps climbed. Going into fall the jalapenos, eggplant, and basil did well as expected, yielding several dishes of pesto, salsa, etc--little buggers love the warm weather but overall it was challenging. New year and optimism abounds, however. Due to various issues, I elected to avoid a fall planting so am starting with the early spring stuff and it's the usual greens which I love--the spinach, the lettuce, etc. The flowers will come later, although I've noticed the larkspur and poppies have been sprouting from the seeds I scattered at the end of summer/fall. Although it belongs in the lawn & landscape thread, gosh darn was it difficult to keep a decent turf going. I'm going to need remediation with some fresh sod in the dead spots just to get it back into shape this spring. Some of it will cover during the growing season but I'm going to hasten it along with a few squares here and there. What are you lot planning? Got anything growing now?
  5. Eh well, they might, but my family could happily fund a pub for a year, enjoying the libations and pub fare with walks in between for fresh air without a twinge of conscience because a good Irish pub is heaven on earth.
  6. With respect to the media, print or otherwise, one item often overlooked is the inability of readers to not only read the article from start to finish (we'll set aside critically for the time being) but most importantly to examine the article, whether print or online, to note: is this in the editorial or OPINION section versus the factual AP type news. While even the fact based news articles have a 'slant' to them (I.e sources cited but perhaps some sources 'ahem' omitted), there has been a decline in readers paying any attention whatsoever to whether an article is, in essence, the platform of someone whom the newsagent has allowed to publish under the aegis of free speech. Regardless of an inherent 'slant' of a specific publication, the appearance in the opinion column does not necessarily give legitimacy and any reader with an education beyond the eighth grade ought to know this. Alas, points earned for the team or to confirm biases and rationalizations matter more than actually, you know, what the article truly conveys, which in some cases is just blathering nonsense. When one repeats that nonsense, then we have, you know, a whole lot of hot air.
  7. Shart thread 2024 is that way >>>>>>>>
  8. In addition, those zip ties several "tourists" were carrying around were just for decoration I'm sure. The tasers, ball bats, etc are exactly what I take when I visit other official buildings like the DMV.
  9. Oh gee, Mr. Fuentes no problem there. I won't say a word when I walk up and place a used tampon in your hand. That's the closest you're ever going to get to a female's intimate parts heaven knows.
  10. Ahem, Fox News Viewers:
  11. This is very specific. What's your user name on Archive of Our Own or Tumblr?
  12. I've got one that sort of fits the qualifications. I watched it again within the last couple of months so somewhat fresh in my memory. Last Christmas (2019) with Emilia Clarke, Henry Golding, Emma Thompson...at first it seems like a holiday movie with a little romance, a little laughter and then you find out that I mean the movie manages to end on an upbeat tone, but instead of the Wham song, maybe they should've ended with Celine Dion? Which funny enough her song was the theme from Titanic which has been mentioned above...
  13. Agreed and it goes for wives as well.
  14. The wording of that article is confusing me; anyone else have difficulty with it? So out-of-town relations arrive at house and Whoopsie!: Someone's in the freezer. They call authorities but are not related to Ice Ice Granny but instead someone who lives there currently. Yet, Frigidaire Female may have lived at the house at some point. So, who lives there now and why are they not really mentioned?
  15. A&M maintains they've been aboveboard with all entities, regs, etc (*cough BSL coverup in 2006/7 *cough) but time will tell I guess.
  16. I listened for awhile and yeah could not finish. Was thinking this AI is going to be very disruptive in the coming years. That was a pretty realistic Paul Harvey like voice. Best line during the bit I listened to was when the narrator was describing God: And God said, "I need somebody with arms...." All I could think of was, "well God, you failed didn't you because the man doesn't even have decent hands."
  17. I haven't liked all her movies, but I'm thinking she's a good actress. Like her in some roles, others not so much.
  18. In the early days of the polio vaccines there were some incidents with the manufacturing and administration of the shots and the medical community had to work hard to restore trust. Therein lies the difficulty with so much--education and trust go hand in hand, but when both are lost you're back in the Dark Ages.
  19. I'm not sure, but the Houston section could just be the Aggie collective following their Ring Beacon back to the Mothership at Kyle Field.
  20. Clarifying--yes, I enjoyed it too but it didn't score at the box office unfortunately. Stiller produced and directed and I guess I liked some of the little touches he put into the scenes. The running past the "Time" covers was cool; the filming in Iceland (in lieu of Greenland in the film) was spectacular, the Stretch Armstrong -which I suspect may have been something from his own childhood or the screenwriter's perhaps; Kristen Wiig playing the unattainable attainable woman; the shipman's "Stay gold, Ponyboy" along with the "It's not a shark it's a porpoise" scene; and throughout the entire movie this ordinary man viewed through many different lenses (metaphor I guess?) even as his own lens was literally and figuratively changing. Critcs were kinda wishy-washy on it but I thought Stiller reached his goal. He wasn't trying to remake Danny Kaye's movie, he was making his own movie in his own time with his own take on Thurber's short story and it worked. At least for me it did. Plus I can make my husband crack up by looking at him and saying, "Cinnnnnibon!" The remake was in development for a long long time, but I agree--it was a hit for us and we liked the cast, including Penn, and watch it whenever we happen to see it playing.
  21. I think someone should've made Elon's citizenship test a lot more difficult.
  22. This idea (of the thread) is really weird. For a fan I mean. A player during the season that needs motivation I guess I'd shrug but yeah, um are you okay?
  23. What did you learn today kids? How to stand in line!! Should be good for when we undergo the next Depression....
  24. Oh man, she has been a hot topic among some friends of mine that are really really fans of Glen Powell. Don't get me wrong, I think he's fine and nice looking (loved his acting in several movies) but I thought I was going to have to separate the two of them arguing about whether Sweeney was worthy onscreen co-star for him. (I think, but have no psych degree, that there was some projecting/jealousy going on??) I haven't seen the movie they were talking about but boy I had no idea people could get that delulu over acting vs reality vs their own lives. Admiring character or looks or ability, sure but ladies he is NOT going to be ringing you up.
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