Mittengirl

I think you just answered your own question. Darlene being Darlene.

How big is this school Mark is attending, and do they only have 1 cafeteria? Darlene mentioned having 12 employees/coworkers. Harris only had to make 250(?) hamburgers, which wouldn’t go far in a college cafeteria. I feel like the writers are trying to make Darlene’s quitting her previous job look less stupid. To me they are just making the whole storyline look even more stupid.

The cake is only about an inch thick and the frosting is more of a glaze, not like a thick buttercream. That said, I would say 9 servings would be about right.

I have made Wacky Cake twice since asking for a recipe and it is really good. This is the recipe I used, but I mixed it in a bowl, rather than the pan. I also made their frosting recipe. Instead of regular Hershey’s Cocoa, I used their Special Dark in both cake & frosting. It was really chocolatey. I might make peanut butter frosting next time or maybe add PB chips. The recipe makes an 8x8, single layer cake, which was exactly what I needed. Well, more than I needed, but I managed not to eat it all at once.

I tried the Ken’s Steak House Blue Cheese dressing that that somethingwicked and Bastet recommended and I liked it. Now my grocery store will probably have the Wishbone version in stock now that I don’t need it.

I cannot find Wishbone Blue Cheese dressing in my local grocery stores - anybody have a suggestion for a good substitute? I think I have tried Trader Joe’s and didn’t like it.

Are there only 3 episodes in Season 13?

According to AMC, Season 10 will launch on Acorn on April 29. I was hoping it would start sooner, so that I wouldn’t have to subscribe for so long.

I feel like every main character in every cozy mystery belongs here. “I think Bob killed the mailman and the town librarian. I am going to go over and all but ask him if he is the guilty party. And I am not going to tell anyone where I am going. I will also leave my phone in the car when I get to his house. What could possibly happen?” Same song, different verses in subsequent books. Which begs the question of why do I read them. I guess I’m not that smart either.

If you have access to Hoopla through your local library, they have added a “Bingepass” to Hallmark Movies Now. It gives you “seven days unlimited access” to HMN. I don’t know how often you can “borrow” the pass, but I know I have used the magazine pass more than once. Screen grab from my library’s Hoopla page:

Darlene made the stupid choice to quit her office job to go work at a food service facility that serves meat and she expects sympathy? Oh, hell no! And the “joke” about Beverly Rose eating “raisins” off the floor… For all those idiots know, that rat could have consumed poison put out by a neighbor who doesn’t care about rat health.

Is that Sarah Ferguson in tonight’s Austen movie?!

I got my subscription around Black Friday; I think they may have had the offer available for a week or so. I know in the past, after canceling Hulu, a few months later they offer me a pretty good deal to resubscribe - usually at least half-off for 6 months or so. I don’t recall Netflix ever offering me a deal to resub, usually just an email every week or so telling me what shows they have added.

I am getting ready to cancel my Comcast cable because I realized that 80% of the time the tv is on in the background while I am reading or messing around on my iPad. I just can’t justify the ridiculous cost just for background noise. I have a subscription to Hulu for $0.99/month for a year and will switch between Netflix, Acorn and Britbox as my shows of interest become available. I will subscribe to whatever entity is streaming the Detroit Tigers for the duration of their season and will probably keep Peacock until after the summer Olympics. I haven’t yet figured out how much I may save, but something is better than nothing.

If Detroit wins, the next 2 weeks are going to be crazy in Michigan.