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Did you go see the volcano?

Glen, of Glen and Friends Cooking, loves Marmite. He won't eat it by itself or on a slice of toast, but adds a dollup to soups, stews, casseroles, etc. He says it can't be tasted in the dish, but it elevates the other ingredients to heights of glory! (He isn't quite that enthusiastic, 😉.) Check him out on YouTube sometime. He also has a home brewing channel.

Checking out a possible future move because Derrick is considering a job offer? Trying to get away from the Duggars?

Not exactly a favorite commercial, but I don't dislike it: There's a commercial where a dad is taking what looks like blue gel/slime out of a ziplock bag and starts rolling it across a table strewn with glitter. The camera pulls back to see that there are at least two other kids present all swiping up glitter with the goo. The announcer says that ziplock is the bag for good dads or fun adults, or something? I understand that a ziplock bag might be used to mix up the goo (I've done the ice cream thing with them before), and a ziplock bag would be good for keeping the stuff from drying out between uses. But what are they doing? Not that playing with glitter and goo doesn't sound like something a tot would like, but is that it, or is this some kind of educational thing that was unknown when my kids were small?

Damn, I was just shaking my head, saying NO, I need closure. I want a happy ending. I felt unsatisfied, even cheated. Then I remembered that even if I was given the happy ending I wanted, it would turn out to have come all unraveled in the next movie, or the next season, etc. So now I just wish this last episode of Season 1 would have lasted longer. A couple of hours sounds about right. Sylvie, if you're going to break Loki's heart, at least send him back to the proper timeline so he can be around friends, assuming Mobius and Hunter B-15 are still alive. Where did Ravonna Renslayer go? She seemed pissed off and done with it all. Did she decide that the Big Bad TVA has a weakness and she's off to find someone she can serve (and maybe supplant) that doesn't have such a weakness? Is her choosing who to team up with her idea of freedom? I didn't like He Who Remains, he talked too much, and he was nuttier than a fruitcake. I guess all that power and no one to talk to except a cartoon Miss Minutes will do that to a person. I'm sure we'll see his variants soon, and I'll probably like them even less. I wish we could have found out what Sylvie's nexus event was. Speaking of nexus events, B-15 lured that other Hunter to Earth to meet up with Renslayer back before she was pruned. Could it be that her nexus event was telling others about the wierd people that appeared in her school and talked about timelines and acted like she was someone else?

That's because he's not sitting placidly, vacantly staring slack-jawed at the camera with his ears sticking out. Or he's not standing off to the side looking bored while he watches others work or play. Or he's not looking up from a full plate of food while everyone else has either no food or very little. Instead, his bulk and most of his ill-fitting suit is hidden behind the podium. He's standing with an arm raised, more of an action shot. His eyes are focused on something other than Jill or a plate of food, he looks awake and engaged with the audience. His mouth isn't hanging open, it's partially closed as if he's forming words. He's viewed from the side so his ears aren't prominently sticking out. Nothing wrong with that picture at all, until you hear what he's saying. Then you're likely to feel a whole slew of negative emotions.

I hope that we find out the first day of filming after Mehg's gone, Joy sent her famous lasagna to her cohosts and the behind the scenes staff who were stuck dealing with Her Twatness.

I hope it's lame, the co-hosts don't bother to try to pretend they'll miss her, and the obligatory "The way we were" montage is pre-empted by President Biden announcing an across the aisle partnership focusing on healthcare and infrastructure concerns.

I remember that mess. When they killed Jim off, my daughters and I were furious and swore to quit the show, except I heard that Jim wasn't gone for good. I wasn't thrilled with ghost Jim hanging around, but that was only for a very short time, maybe a couple of episodes? It got pretty silly in the end. The last season was bloody awful. Remember the time jump so Melinda's little boy could get old enough to see ghosts, too? Anyway, was it ever confirmed that Jim was killed off so JLH could install her latest boyfriend on the show and give her a new love interest?

I remember way back when Kate Gossellin reportedly had the hots for Paula's son, who was 39 and unmarried at the time. I always wondered if that's the real reason Paula suddenly dropped Kate from co-hosting the mom-centric talk show she was putting together at that time (a show that never got off the ground). Anyway, wouldn't that have been something if Bobby Dean got together with Kate Gossellin? I bet Paula and Kate would end up loathing each other, and I know Kate would have spilled the all the tea.

Gee, I don't know. What are your symptoms, besides being compelled to put on clown makeup and take selfies? With symptoms this unusual, I think you should stay in bed for a year or two just to make sure you're going to be OK.

Because it's common for people who taste stuff for the first time and don't hate it but don't love it either just say it tastes like chicken?

They wouldn't want her, and who could blame them? But it does give me an idea of how Jill could finally get her own TV show... New to TLC: What happens when an English family converts to Amish? Let's watch. David and Jill and their family of 12 children (an older daughter is married and living with a cult in Florida) are going Amish! Watch them as they eschew many modern day customs and conveniences so they can be accepted in the Amish community. David will have to work, something he has not done in many years. Which of the Amish-approved jobs will he do? The Amish are known to be excellent farmers and craftsmen. Does David have what it takes to fit in? Jill will have to dress modestly in the Amish fashion, forego wearing makeup, and stop cutting, dying, and perming her hair. Can she do it? Her life until now has been the antithesis of Amish. Don't worry about the kids, they've spent their lives doing what their parents want, so living Amish won't be much of a difference to them. The family will move to an island populated by Amish, and set up in an Amish-built home considered acceptable to their needs as a large family. They will have enough land to grow food or raise animals. The Amish will help them learn any skills they need to successfully live among them. Will David and Jill be able to become Amish? Will they be able to throw off the trappings of their former lives and embrace the Amish culture? Will David find a way to support his family and teach his sons to do the same? Will Jill manage to run the household and feed her kids like an Amish wife would do? What will happen when she realizes that all of their faces will be blurred in accordance to Amish rules? It's going to be a wild ride. Will the Rod's pack up and leave in a huff, or will the Amish shun them first? Such fun! (My bet: Jill throws a fit almost immediately and they all take off while the Amish are still trying to figure out what's going on.)

No, that was a selfie they took. There have been a couple of times they were snapped by "paparazzi", and I'd be willing to bet those sad shots were actually taken by someone they paid to play the part. Then "someone" (Jer or the paid photog" sent the shots to any publication they could think of. Jeremy wants so much to think that people care about what he's doing, thinking, saying, etc. He's a pathetic loser.

Wow. That "outfit" is hideous! It's like someone who dislikes her made it with the intent of showcasing as many flaws as possible.

In other words, it's a newer version of Shot at Love (2 seasons, 2007 & 08), without the icky Tila Tequila at the helm.

Jill often bragged about Tim fasting 'for the Lord' or whatever. He was her favorite son because of it. I wonder if he was doing it to leave more food for the younger children, and letting Jill pretend it was for a religious purpose. When Tim escaped to college he plumped up a bit. Now that he's back again, he's a bit thinner, but not as skeletal as before. Now that he's back, does Tim keep food hidden in his RV or make sure to eat more when away from the family? Has he tried to clue Phillip in on what's going on or does he think that Phillip would tell Jill what he's said about the food issues? The kids left at home are so indoctrinated into keeping Jill happy, could he slip food to them and not have them tell Jill in an effort to gain points with her? The Rod family is so messed up, if Jill and what's his name were to die suddenly, I bet whoever took the kids on would find a ton of food related issues, not to mention all the other stuff. There's enough problems in that family that a whole host of professionals of various disciplines would spend years trying to get those kids to a place where they had a chance to live life somewhat normally.

When I was a kid, we went to a restaurant where a pot of melted cheese and a bowl of bread cubes were placed on the table, along with some sticks so we could skewer the bread and dip it into the cheese while we waited for our food. Didn't even occur to me at the time that it might be unsanitary, the only thing I remember about it was that my father got annoyed with us kids for eating too many cheesy bread cubes and we wouldn't want to eat our dinner. (He was right, we kids just poked at the food and we had to take most of it home to eat later). The cheese pot and the leftover bread cubes, were taken away when the meal was served, and now I wonder how much of what we had at the table had also been served to other customers before us. Later on, we kids would enter the house after getting off the school bus to find my mom sitting at the kitchen lunch counter reading the paper or working a crossword puzzle. This was not unsual, but once in a while we'd find Mom had put out the fondue pot along with a package of chocolate chips and a package of mini marshmellows. While the chocolate melted, we'd put up our school stuff and get ready. Mom would divide the marshmellows into bowls so no one got more than anyone else and we'd sit around and dip the marshmellows in the chocolate. We were supposed to dip our mellows in the chocolate and then use the rim of the bowl to slide the mellow off the stick, then pick up the mellow and eat it. It didn't last long and soon we were all just dipping and using our teeth to slide the marshmellow off into our mouths. When the marshmellows were all eaten, Mom would pour the chocolate onto the marble slab she used to make peanut brittle and hard candy. As it cooled, she'd cut the chocolate into tiny squares, to be saved for the next time we made chocolate chip cookies. I guess the heat from the melting kept us from passing illness to each other, but how would we know? There were 7 people living there, and we were always passing colds and stuff around. Back then it was just the way it was. But we never got sick from eating undercooked meat or bad handling of salad makings, Mom was militant about hand washing when handling raw food.

I looked him up online, but what I found didn't go back more than 3 or 4 years. He's complained about how there's not enough ease of use for people with sight disabilities when on the internet, mostly regarding playing video games. More recently, he either works for or runs a company called Marketplace Simulations. "JAWS certified assistive technology trainer, Darrell Bowles, provides his professional assessment on the accessibility enhancements made by Marketplace to their higher education simulations. Marketplace Simulations has worked to re-engineer all of their business games to remove barriers so that all students can easily, equally, and independently engage with our family of simulations." Whatever he's doing in real life, I'm pretty sure that he uses his possible blindness to get stuff from people.

Let me know if anyone asks Jill "About the live stream from last night. WHY?"

I wouldn't be at all surprised if the technicolor fame-douche had the picture taken and the baby's face blurred before sending it himself to any publishing site that he could think of. Notice the 'action shot', the shoes, the idiotic but apparently niche-trendy jacket. The mask pulled down so when he looks almost directly at the camera we can see his lovely smile, bleh. Of course the youngest prop is there, but she's so stiff he could be tossing around a doll and I'd never know. BTW, Blurch, that pose gives you a bubble butt. Don't worry, some people like plump tushy, not everyone wants to be able to bounce a quarter off their man's backside.

Sounds like a man I briefly babysat for, over twenty years ago. Story under spoiler so you don't have to wade through it if you don't want to.

What was posted on All About the Tea website? Just spit it out. Paraphrase.

Glad you're not upset. Does the fact that you've posted it online indicate that not being upset with dinner mean that you're often upset with dinner? What is it? A frittata that hasn't set up yet? A cream sauce that's going to be served over rice or noodles? What's in it? I guess that's chicken, probably dark meat since it's not cubed up like chicken breast would be. Did you buy boneless, skinless chicken thighs and cut them up? Are the greens spinach? I think I see mushroom, too. The cast iron pan is a nice touch, but I'm still wondering if you made it yourself or are warming up something you bought at the store. Could we see it on a plate, ready to serve? There's so much more you could do with this. If it's a frittata, a picture looking down, taken from Jer's point of view as he's taking the pan to the table, making sure at least one of his feet wearing a pair of high-end sneakers is visible. Don't forget to hashtag it, Jeremy! Or a picture of Jills manicured hands setting the pan down down on the nicely set table, with Jeremy looking on excitedly in the background. Or a picture of Felicity, taken from the back, being spoonfed from a smiling Jinger, with a note that Prop really liked it. To top it off, you could show a picture of the recipe written on thick parchment, painstakingly written out with one of Jeremy's expensive dip pens. Make sure that the pen and an ink pot are in the picture, so we all know how much work went into the shot. If you're planning on using the recipe in a later cookbook from Jinger's Kitchen, you can simply only photograph the top portion of the recipe, making sure that the name of the dish is clearly visible, and gently blurring out the bottom portion of the recipe. Don't forget to include a couple of Bible versus, and mention that this is the same dish you served when you had John MacArthur over for dinner. I'm sure he was wowed, and his wife asked for the recipe (seen above).

I have a flip phone. I got it a few years ago when my health was so bad that I was afraid to get too far from the house phone in case I fell when no one else was around. I kept it in the walker bag so it was always near me, and cancelled the house phone. I didn't want an expensive cell phone in case I damaged it, and I didn't care about being able to access the internet, play games on it, or whatever else the fancy phones do. It never occurred to me that my cheap flip phone prevented me from being traced. I can walk independently now, but still stick close to home and don't go out alone. If I start a life of crime, I guess having a flip phone is good. Pretty sure that's not going to happen. If for some reason I get kidnapped, people are aware I've been kidnapped, and my phone isn't taken from me so it can be traced, that's bad. I'm willing to take that chance. As for sending texts, yes, the constant jabbing at the phone to spell out words is annoying. The people I frequently text are aware that I'll take longer to reply, and if it gets to be too much of a bother, they can just call me.