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[singdaw]

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[singdaw]

Very glad little Rodz is OK.

[Freddie]

I will have to catch the debate on YouTube or something because I have a ticket to go see Debbie Harry and Chris Stein of Blondie have a conversation about Chris’ newly released autobiography

Wow, that sounds like it should be fun!

[singdaw]

I caused a permanent scar above my little sister's eye by swinging her around the living room, whereby she hit her forehead on the edge of the coffee table.

[singdaw]

I think she has forgiven me.

[singdaw]

But I'm not positive.

[ChasSmith]

I love pasta, and I've always liked ravioli, beginning with the Chef Boyardee as a kid up to the frozen brands in the New York supermarkets. I've had ravioli stuffed with chicken, cheese, beef, spinach (I think), but the best was a dinner at some Nrew York restaurant - I forget now which - where I had ravioli with lobster.

That's remarkably similar to my own history with ravioli, right down the line.

(Growing up, I thought ravioli WAS the Chef Boyardee variety, period. Just as I thought cheese was Velveeta. It's the '50s Ohio in us, DR Elmore.)

[Ron Pulliam]

TOD:

Ravioli is fine, but my favorite "stuffed" pasta is tortellini.  As long as it has a Bolognese sauce, I don't care if it's filled with cheese, meat or veggies like spinach.

[Ron Pulliam]

Slept very well.  Had dreams, none of which I can remember, which pleases me.

How is it possible that this is the 27th day of June?

I am "almost" recovered from my sojourn to Wake Forest this past weekend.  That drive took a lot out of me.  I am sure I was tensed up most of the time while those cars were zooming past me on the interstates.  I can usually tell when I am tensing up and make myself relax, but I did it so many times, I'm just now recovering.

[ChasSmith]

I woke up with a sneeze or two - and I'm still sniffly, damn it to hell!

Allergies. And I've got exactly one (1) - count it - Benadry left. Of course it's been on my mental shopping list for the past week. (Yep, I'm mental, all right.) Today, man. Today.

[Ron Pulliam]

This past Sunday there was a special Hollywood Bowl celebration of Henry Mancini's 100th birthday.  One of the joys of this concert was this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0_VlBG3zS8

[Rodzinski]

I caused a permanent scar above my little sister's eye by swinging her around the living room, whereby she hit her forehead on the edge of the coffee table.

Thanks, all, for the kind words. And coffee tables. Who needs em?

[singdaw]

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[singdaw]

Who decides these things?

[Freddie]

TOD:

Ravioli is fine, but my favorite "stuffed" pasta is tortellini.  As long as it has a Bolognese sauce, I don't care if it's filled with cheese, meat or veggies like spinach.

I'm a fan of tortellini, too.  I enjoy them in soup as well as in a sauce.

And penne or rigatoni, too, for the way they hold the sauce.

[Ron Pulliam]

Who decides these things?

What is a "bomb pop"?

[Ron Pulliam]

TOD:

Ravioli is fine, but my favorite "stuffed" pasta is tortellini.  As long as it has a Bolognese sauce, I don't care if it's filled with cheese, meat or veggies like spinach.

I'm a fan of tortellini, too.  I enjoy them in soup as well as in a sauce.

And penne or rigatoni, too, for the way they hold the sauce.

I went to an Italian restaurant in San Francisco MANY years ago when I was on an aircraft carrier assigned to Alameda, across the bay from The City.  They had wonderful everything, but the one thing I had that I've never found anywhere else -- INCLUDING ITALY (which is where I went after leaving there) -- was a dish called "Tricolore".  The word is pronounced Tree-co-LOR-ay in Italian, and it is what they call their national flag.

I was served a platter of pasta, one-third was marinara, one-third was alfredo and the last third was pesto...red, white and green.  The alfredo, IIRC, was with fettucine, the marinara was spaghetti adn the pesto was penne.  It was wonderful

My Italian co-workers and my Italian neighbors had never heard of such a thing.  So, I have to presume it's an Italian-American concoction.  Each third was delicious.

[ChasSmith]

I really like tortellini, too, nowadays. It's satisfying in both taste and mouthfeel. I actually started having it in the late '80s, in a little restaurant on the Sunset Strip called Cafè L.A. For whatever reason, I ordered the tortellini pesto my first time in there, and I kept going back for it. Then for quite a while after moving here I'd always keep some frozen or chilled tortellini in the fridge. Haven't done that in a long time, but I think it's time for a return to that tradition. And it's so quick and easy - I don't even need a sauce - butter and seasonings can be enough.

[elmore3003]

Kitty cleanup was messy: a cat - Stella, I think - left a bowel movement on the floor of the bathroom just inside the door. I wonder if the popcorn she shared with me last night had anything to do with it. If I eat something, she wants a bit. The only thing she's turned down so far is guacamole.

[elmore3003]

I really like tortellini, too, nowadays. It's satisfying in both taste and mouthfeel. I actually started having it in the late '80s, in a little restaurant on the Sunset Strip called Cafè L.A. For whatever reason, I ordered the tortellini pesto my first time in there, and I kept going back for it. Then for quite a while after moving here I'd always keep some frozen or chilled tortellini in the fridge. Haven't done that in a long time, but I think it's time for a return to that tradition. And it's so quick and easy - I don't even need a sauce - butter and seasonings can be enough.

I prefer tortellini to ravioli.

[ChasSmith]

Folks, it's time for the Idiocy of the Day post - a moment I know we all anticipate with barely contained excitement every morning.

I decided I'm going shopping later, anyway, so I said to hell with this allergy/sniffly feeling, I'm taking that last Benadryl NOW. I rarely take it in the daytime, but this is going to be one of those times. I went up to my bathroom and opened the cabinet, expecting to see that last capsule sitting there for emergency use and as a reminder to replenish the supply, and... it wasn't there! DAMN it to almighty HELL, I must have taken it and totally forgotten that when I was in a store.

And then I looked again, at that other package of whatever that lone capsule would have been sitting on. It was a TopCare (the "store brand" in Shop Rite and other chains) package in the pink-and-white colors of Benadryl-type allergy meds. OMG, that was it! I did, in fact, replace it. And then the memory of picking it up last week came into focus. I had completely forgotten doing that.

Cutting to the chase, the first capsule in that pack is INSIDE OF ME and I am already feeling some relief.

[ChasSmith]

The annual property tax bills for the house and cars (yes, we pay "property tax" on our cars every year, no matter how old they are) are in the mail today. (I subscribe to USPS Informed Delivery and get an email every morning. It mostly works.) Oh joy, oh rapture. What will it be this time? What will it be??

[Freddie]

Folks, it's time for the Idiocy of the Day post - a moment I know we all anticipate with barely contained excitement every morning.

I decided I'm going shopping later, anyway, so I said to hell with this allergy/sniffly feeling, I'm taking that last Benadryl NOW. I rarely take it in the daytime, but this is going to be one of those times. I went up to my bathroom and opened the cabinet, expecting to see that last capsule sitting there for emergency use and as a reminder to replenish the supply, and... it wasn't there! DAMN it to almighty HELL, I must have taken it and totally forgotten that when I was in a store.

And then I looked again, at that other package of whatever that lone capsule would have been sitting on. It was a TopCare (the "store brand" in Shop Rite and other chains) package in the pink-and-white colors of Benadryl-type allergy meds. OMG, that was it! I did, in fact, replace it. And then the memory of picking it up last week came into focus. I had completely forgotten doing that.

Cutting to the chase, the first capsule in that pack is INSIDE OF ME and I am already feeling some relief.

So glad that had a happy ending!

[John G.]

Good morning, all.

[John G.]

I slept some last night, which is welcome relief. It started out bad and I woke twice. Then an uninterrupted run of about five hours.

[John G.]

Anyone watching the presidential debate tonight? I need to check on the time and station.

I read that as “time and sedation.” I would need to be sedated to listen to Trump’s voice.

[John G.]

Good news on Rodzette.

[John G.]

I love ravioli that doesn’t come from a can. Any ol’ raviolo will do. It can be stuffed with beef cheek, lobster, cheese, watercress, herbs, ground pork, you name it.

[John G.]

I admit I have been having more Asian dumplings lately than ravioli, especially Singapore dumplings. Steamed or fried.

[John G.]

Onward.