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Boy, I've been reading that prices are going to go up because of this whole supply-chain snafu, but I just got my first taste of the reality of it. I've been doing curbside grocery pickup because we don't have any supermarkets that'll deliver to our neck of the woods (and I do mean woods), and I plan to keep doing it that way till this is all over. So I keep a running list of items online, and I add to it whenever I think of a new thing we need and then do a pickup once a month or so. Today I went to add burger buns, and I thought I'd try getting potato buns--I've been hearing that the Martin's brand is particularly good. Well, Martin's buns (that sounds very personal!) are apparently sold only in two-packs of 12 buns each. And the current price is . . . drumroll . . . $22.99 for two packs. That's $11.50 per bag of buns. Yikes! And Parmalat, that shelf-stable milk that I keep on hand for when milk runs out and I don't feel like driving an hour round-trip, isn't available at all. So everyone else is clearly stocking up. Good thing we've got enough toilet paper for a family of ten. Is anybody else seeing this or have I just been asleep for the past month? I'm afraid to look at the rest of the list.

Maybe he considers servicing Jenny sexually to be his job. It's not a totally unreasonable assumption. My suspicion is she still has a home and a business. Wouldn't it be something if at the end of the season Ellie suddenly hulked out on Victor and did something like hang him from a roof joist using his chin braid as a noose? Kind of like a praying mantis female eating the male after screwing him. I think she's hiding her true nature from us.

Who said anything about retiring? They're certainly able to continue what they're doing. And if money is not a motivation, why sign a "huge deal" if not at least in part for a boatload of money?

Ditto. And jeez, how much money does someone in her mid-seventies need anyway? Don't the Gartens already have enough so that they can make a gesture of gratitude toward the people who've supported her show for years now? It's not like she wasn't getting paid for that all along. Sometimes . . .

Me, too, but not always. So it's nice just to have one handed to me.

I just posted that part as a joke, but then I Googled, and kitchen-gadget earrings really are a thing! I'll try to get to Portland ASAP, but in the meantime there's Etsy, and Amazon, and . . .

That's it! You're a star, @Spunkygal! Thanks so much for saving me a bunch of Googling!

I'm really starting to hate our local PBS station. Yesterday I watched both Cook's Country and ATK, both episodes tagged as "new" on the on-screen guide. They were also dated as first aired two weeks ago. When I went to the shows' website, the recipes were no longer available because they were aired two weeks ago, which is when they go behind the paywall. Our local station always seems to be a couple weeks late airing these shows, so this happens all the time. (I also hate the way public TV and radio get monetized, but that's a slightly different subject.) And as long as I'm being cranky, I noticed something yesterday that I've never seen on PBS cooking shows before--maybe I haven't been paying careful enough attention. When they were mentioning the ingredients for two recipes--the strawberry cheesecake bites and the fruit compote, I think--they said "some of this" and "a little of the other" instead of giving the exact measurements. So I couldn't get the recipes by watching the broadcast and I couldn't get them online because they're now behind the paywall. Now I have to do a lot of creative Googling. I'd subscribe if they didn't make me so mad.

As with most idioms by definition, the literal meaning makes no sense. We say "kick the bucket" to mean die. Makes no literal sense, but we all know what it means. Same with hak in Yiddish, which I grew up hearing all the time in my own house, as an isolated verb. So I know what it means, and therefore I'm not as invested in this debate, which I'll now remove myself from.

Somebody probably finally got tired of humoring Sunny and told her to get her ass back inside. They also couldn't let another Halloween pass without pranking her, because she has such a great sense of humor about it </sarcasm>.

Earrings. And kitchen gadgets. And earrings made of kitchen gadgets, which should be a thing if they aren't already.

I think the real point is less about what beach she went to and more about why an essentially single mother with no actual job (because reality fame is fleeting and doesn't pay particularly well while you're in it) and two young children, both of whom have no financial support from their fathers, would spend $7,000 on a vacation rather than put that money into a college fund or a down payment on a house or something to secure her kids' future. I don't know what she expects to happen when she loses the weight--is she suddenly going to become some kind of star? I guess she can always revert to blaming Ronald for not being who she already knew he wasn't. That's one thing we know she's good at.

We have one of those as well, and I think you really hurt its feelings calling it ugly. My husband has an iffy back, and we started feeling we were taking a chance every time we installed and uninstalled the window unit. So we bought one of those beautiful portable units. As long as you do the calculations to figure the right BTU size for your room and read the reviews for the units you're considering, you should be good. Ours works great, and no heavy lifting, by us or anyone else. Not needed often here in the North, but when you need it, you're grateful. And it doesn't block off half the light from the window it's in.

How beautiful! It looks as if someone tossed a piece of black velvet on the snow.

That's exactly what I do! Except I was embarrassed to suggest it because I thought it was too low-tech. 🥴

A financial burden on someone other than his parents? My theory is that they're going to work Jenny into a semi-early grave while they're living with her as their slave, and then they'll bury her out in the backyard in a box of curry mixed with lime (the chemical, not the fruit) and not report her death to the authorities so they can keep on cashing her Social Security checks. Just a theory, of course. ☠️

I haven't posted here in ages, but I wanted to pop in and say how happy I am that our long national nightmare is over. I won $10 grand on TV when I was in my early twenties (back when that was enough money to finance a year's vacation), so if that makes me mediocre, I'm okay with it. I couldn't stand this robotic form of play, and I'm very glad it's over till next time.

I was making a nastier implication, so I'm a little glad no one got it. Except maybe other people from NYC--we've all seen unspeakable things. When I answer a spam call, which isn't often, I push the mute button and listen to them breathe on the other end till I get bored. Sometimes they curse in addition to breathe, but again nothing worse than I've heard before.

See, that's where we're different. I'd be so relieved to know that was yogurt.

It looks to me as if they've just invented Whack-a-Cat.

I don't know anything about her qualifications, but I'm sure they're stellar. I think the point is (and this was my reaction as well, the both times I've seen her on) that it seems she's being used as window dressing. It's embarrassing to watch for that reason.

I can't wait to see that coat, so hurry up and get your foot fixed! Oops, I'm just now seeing the bed photo. You have Jetsons cats!

Yeah, I know about Spoonflower, too. They'll print a custom fabric from your design, no? I see that it's pricey, but if you want what you want and can't get it any other way, it's nice to know it's doable. You've got some lucky cats!

Oh, sure, I know that site! I get emails from them practically every day. Thanks--you did such a great job on your tray that it doesn't even look handmade, if that's a compliment!

I love how your tray came out! And the fabric print is adorable. If you don't mind sharing, I'd be happy to know where you got that great tray--for just 8 bucks.