Topic: THE CAPTIVATING DAY (Read 5927 times)

Ginny · « **Reply #120 on:** February 02, 2016, 12:49:13 PM »

Happiest of birthdays to DR Iris!

Jane · « **Reply #121 on:** February 02, 2016, 12:51:07 PM »

I also loved Spamalot.

Ginny · « **Reply #122 on:** February 02, 2016, 12:54:48 PM »

TOD - My Mom made fabulous chicken and dumplings, always my sister's request for her August birthday even though it's not really "summer" food. Another frequent dinner in our home was liver and onions with fried potato slices. Not on everyone's list, I'm sure, and not something I'd ever cook myself. We rarely had dessert for everyday dinners, but for special occasions, our favorite was Mom's no-bake cheesecake. I tried to make it once and found out how &%#$ much work it really was!

Ginny · « **Reply #123 on:** February 02, 2016, 12:55:14 PM »

Quote from: Jane on February 02, 2016, 12:51:07 PM

I also loved Spamalot.

I did, too, but never really got into Galavant.

Ginny · « **Reply #124 on:** February 02, 2016, 12:59:20 PM »

Quote from: Cillaliz on February 02, 2016, 09:10:26 AM

You know the weather is bad when Jim Cantorre is broadcasting live from downtown

Oh, dear, that's never a good sign...

singdaw · « **Reply #125 on:** February 02, 2016, 01:09:21 PM »

Quote from: John G. on February 02, 2016, 11:43:31 AM

Mom's lemon bars. I don't know what makes them better than anyone else's but they are memorably tart.

Because they were made with LOVE, of course.

singdaw · « **Reply #126 on:** February 02, 2016, 01:10:28 PM »

I have never heard of this Jim Cantorre fellow.

singdaw · « **Reply #127 on:** February 02, 2016, 01:11:51 PM »

But there a lots of folks I've never heard of. Lots of famous movies and shows I've never seen.

And I haven't the faintest clue about pop music or celebrities of the day.

I'm not good for much, actually. You don't want me on your trivia team.

singdaw · « **Reply #128 on:** February 02, 2016, 01:12:20 PM »

They have made the call to close our office at 4:00pm due to the snow.

Ginny · « **Reply #129 on:** February 02, 2016, 01:14:35 PM »

Quote from: singdaw on February 02, 2016, 01:10:28 PM

I have never heard of this Jim Cantorre fellow.

Jim Cantore

He's on The Weather Channel, DR Singdaw, and if he's broadcasting from your locale something BIG is on the way. Last time he was in Dayton, OH, we had a pre-Christmas snowstorm that kept us housebound for 3 days and the snowplow got stuck at our corner.

Amy · « **Reply #130 on:** February 02, 2016, 01:15:56 PM »

TOD:
Marinated crab legs. When I was turning 12 years old, I assumed everyone would love this, so I insisted my mom make it for a birthday party I was having with about six girlfriends. My dad tried to warn me that my friends would probably prefer sloppy joes, but I insisted on the crab legs. He was right - my friends ate the crab, but they were less than enthusiastic about
it.

My mom made a lemon bunt cake with chocolate chips in it that we all liked a lot. The problem was the chips tended to sink to the bottom in the batter, so they weren't very evenly spread throughout the cake. They all pretty much ended up in the bottom third of the cake (which became the top when you flipped it over). When my sister got old enough, she was sure she
could do a better job than my mom could of preventing the chips from sinking and she made her own cake. When it came out of the oven, the chips were completely lined up against the edge of the cake — much worse than my mom's. It was pretty amusing.

John G. · « **Reply #131 on:** February 02, 2016, 01:16:09 PM »

Quote from: Jane on February 02, 2016, 12:24:23 PM

Quote from: John G. on February 02, 2016, 11:43:31 AM
I forgot to mention Mom's lemon bars. I don't know what makes them better than anyone else's but they are memorably tart.

I would not like those as I pucker at tart. Interesting too as I don't normally like lemon bars since they tend to be too sweet.

Exactly. The others are too sweet. They are just right. I doubt you would find them too tart.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #132 on:** February 02, 2016, 01:24:59 PM »

DR Ginny reminds me that I, too, loved liver and onions as a kid. It was kind of a regular thing for us.

(Best I ever had, though, was in Cleveland at a greasy spoon near the University Circle area called The Big Penny. That was with onions and bacon, and this place had my favorite french fries in the world, which I'd rank right up there with those at Dolores.)

Ginny · « **Reply #133 on:** February 02, 2016, 01:31:58 PM »

Uh, oh, here comes the thunderstorm - bye!

singdaw · « **Reply #134 on:** February 02, 2016, 01:34:38 PM »

THUNDERSNOW! YEAH!

singdaw · « **Reply #135 on:** February 02, 2016, 01:35:14 PM »

I wonder if you coated the chocolate chips in flour if that would help them stay better suspended and distributed in the batter...

singdaw · « **Reply #136 on:** February 02, 2016, 01:35:55 PM »

When I used to eat meat, the onions were the only thing that made liver palatable for me.

singdaw · « **Reply #137 on:** February 02, 2016, 01:36:32 PM »

Quote from: Ginny on February 02, 2016, 01:31:58 PM

Uh, oh, here comes the thunderstorm

I thought it was, "Here comes the judge!"

bk · « **Reply #138 on:** February 02, 2016, 01:40:00 PM »

Got the great news that John Boswell can do the March Kritzerland, then got the bad news that once again they've booked out the room on our date, which means we have to do the show on Tuesday, as we did in December. It will be our final show there unless we work out an arrangement - if that arrangement is having another night be our show night, but one they cannot cancel, that's fine by me. I built this show and it has lasted so long based on consistency - you always know where we are and when we are, and that has been totally put into disarray by these creeps. Sterling is very upset, too, and is beginning to think about looking for a new venue or at least talking to the main guy who brought him there - if he knows what's going on maybe that guy can stop his underlings from doing this crap. Or just give me Tuesday nights forever with no option of canceling us, or pay for the show - if they're paying for the show, then I don't mind having to do all the work necessary to move the date and I won't care if we sell out or not because it won't impact me at all.

singdaw · « **Reply #139 on:** February 02, 2016, 01:44:19 PM »

That is just inexcusable. Creeps is being generous.

singdaw · « **Reply #140 on:** February 02, 2016, 01:45:48 PM »

You are absolutely right, though - you build a following through consistency. Once people can't count on a regular schedule, that's the death of it. They won't make an effort to come.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #141 on:** February 02, 2016, 02:13:35 PM »

That is some unprofessional BS, man.

John G. · « **Reply #142 on:** February 02, 2016, 02:19:01 PM »

What unprofessionalism, BK.

George · « **Reply #143 on:** February 02, 2016, 02:19:48 PM »

Quote from: John G. on February 02, 2016, 02:19:01 PM

What unprofessionalism, BK.

Absolutely!

George · « **Reply #144 on:** February 02, 2016, 02:20:38 PM »

Quote from: Ginny on February 02, 2016, 01:31:58 PM

Uh, oh, here comes the thunderstorm - bye!

Thunderstorms are fairly rare here in the Pacific Northwest...they're not as rare as they used to be, though. Global warming and climate change and all that has made them a little less rare.

George · « **Reply #145 on:** February 02, 2016, 02:20:47 PM »

Quote from: singdaw on February 02, 2016, 01:35:14 PM

I wonder if you coated the chocolate chips in flour if that would help them stay better suspended and distributed in the batter...

I've heard of doing that, too.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #146 on:** February 02, 2016, 02:21:01 PM »

Bummer!

KevinH · « **Reply #147 on:** February 02, 2016, 03:24:55 PM »

Happy Birthday to Ben!

KevinH · « **Reply #148 on:** February 02, 2016, 03:25:42 PM »

Happy Birthday to Iris!

singdaw · « **Reply #149 on:** February 02, 2016, 03:27:11 PM »

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