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[singdaw]

THREE!!!

[Jane]

DR Jeanne I have read a number of Rhys Bowen novels, but not The Venice Sketchbook.  Once again, the only place I can get an eBook is with Kindle.  At $2.99 I purchased it.

[Jane]

DR Jeanne I hope the remodeling doesn't take too long.

[Jane]

My favorite Mac & Cheese is the recipe I use from the Ratner's cookbook.  It is not runny as it has sour cream in it and a little bit of flour.

[Jane]

The second time Keith ate at the deli he purchased their cookbook.  Sadly for me, by the time I had the opportunity to eat there the restaurant was gone.

[Jane]

[John G.]

I’m glad I have waited to get Last Picture Show on DVD. Criterion is releasing a 4K version later this year and including Texasville with it.

[John G.]

I don’t like a lot of additional ingredients in mac and cheese, and that includes lobster and crab meat. Bacon? Nope. Spinach? Nope.

[John G.]

There’s a barbecue joint in town that puts burnt ends in their mac and cheese. Pretty good.

[George]

Interesting opera site, DR George. Thank you.

My pleasure, Singdaw! 

[George]

[George]

Harrumph. The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction contest winners for 2023 have been announced. I didn't win. Not even a dishonorable mention.
https://www.bulwer-lytton.com/2023

Those were funny!

[George]

Wordle?

If you insist...Wordle 787 4/6

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[George]

Well, Access-a-Ride fucked me over, and I've rescheduled my trips for tomorrow. Here's my saga:
Scheduled pickup time: 8:39am
8:25 phone call: driver will arrive in 12 minutes (8:37)
8:39 phone call: driver will arrive in 7-10 minutes (8:49?)
8:50 phone call: driver will arrive in 15 minutes 9:05)
8:53 phone call: cancel my trips for today

Damn!

[George]

About three years ago, I bought from Amazon a ceramic water dish for the cats that I really loved. Two days ago I broke it, and Amazon no longer carries them. I am heartbroken.

Oh, no!

[George]

I'm waiting for our Duning-Kruger former prez to declare the indictments declassified!

[John G.]

Harrumph. The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction contest winners for 2023 have been announced. I didn't win. Not even a dishonorable mention.
https://www.bulwer-lytton.com/2023

Those were funny!

Indeed.

[John G.]

Am I misunderstanding the meaning of prolific in this headline about Nessun Dorma?

What is Puccini’s prolific aria really about?

[ChasSmith]

I like Patti LaBelle’s mac and cheese, which has egg helping hold it together. Sounds strange, I know, but it also gave it a sort of custardy quality. It calls for four cheeses and Velveeta. It was rich without being heavy.

Yes, the egg sounded strange, but the whole thing sounds incredible.

[ChasSmith]

DR Elmore, I'm sorry to hear about the dish breaking, because that kind of thing has happened to me and it's such an aggravating disappointment - because you think you should be able to just get another one, and they no longer are made. If I thought about it long enough I'd likely come up with two or three good examples of that, but it's such a pisser that I don't even care to remember them at the moment.

[elmore3003]

I’m glad I have waited to get Last Picture Show on DVD. Criterion is releasing a 4K version later this year and including Texasville with it.

Yes! And Criterion is also releasing in November La Ceremonie, based on Ruth Rendell's mystery A Judgment in Stone. It's a wonderfully creepy film, also starring Jacqueline Bisset.

[elmore3003]

I sent an email to the customer service dept. of Pavilion Gifts, who sold the cat dish. I got a lovely reply from a Molly Deul, who told me thet were no longer selling it and she could find none of the dtores they sell to who might have a dish for sale. She also sent me a eBay link to a seller who wanted $10.00 for one. I just purchased it, and then I sent Molly a thank you note.

[elmore3003]

DR Elmore, I'm sorry to hear about the dish breaking, because that kind of thing has happened to me and it's such an aggravating disappointment - because you think you should be able to just get another one, and they no longer are made. If I thought about it long enough I'd likely come up with two or three good examples of that, but it's such a pisser that I don't even care to remember them at the moment.

Happy ending!

[ChasSmith]

DR Elmore, I'm sorry to hear about the dish breaking, because that kind of thing has happened to me and it's such an aggravating disappointment - because you think you should be able to just get another one, and they no longer are made. If I thought about it long enough I'd likely come up with two or three good examples of that, but it's such a pisser that I don't even care to remember them at the moment.

Happy ending!

Yes, excellent! It's good to jump on these things. Well done, sir.

[ChasSmith]

Sounds like good news from Criterion today. I'll have to go see what the rest is. (They always announce around the 15th of the month.)

[Jane]

I don’t like a lot of additional ingredients in mac and cheese, and that includes lobster and crab meat. Bacon? Nope. Spinach? Nope.

I also don't like an additional ingredients, but then I have never seen spinach as an option.

[elmore3003]

 

[Rodzinski]

I sent an email to the customer service dept. of Pavilion Gifts, who sold the cat dish. I got a lovely reply from a Molly Deul, who told me thet were no longer selling it and she could find none of the dtores they sell to who might have a dish for sale. She also sent me a eBay link to a seller who wanted $10.00 for one. I just purchased it, and then I sent Molly a thank you note.

I was going to hunt around online for you, but the problem is already solved!

[Rodzinski]

It has most often happened to me with shoes or boots. Have a pair ya love and wear it to death, go look for a replacement and they aren't made anymore.

[Rodzinski]

I was raised on Kraft Mac n Cheese, which is sad now that I've seen the world, but there are times when one still craves the old ways, even if they aren't the best ways.

Organic brand Annie's* makes a good microwaveable Mac n Cheese, which should tell you that though I've now "seen the world" of Mac and Cheese, it doesn't mean I ever have the time to make a homemade one.


*Mildly ironic because Kraft advertisements of the '80s used to feature a precocious girl named Annie who was campaigning to change the product name to Kraft Cheese and Macaroni ("Because it's the cheese that makes it taste so good!")