My favorite Hoppin’ John recipe calls for Cavenders and, this year, it was impossible to find it where I live. I checked every Target and Walmart in my area. Very frustrating. I need to stock up before next New Year’s Day. Here is the recipe,  incidentally: https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/jalapeno-black-e…

Have you ever tried making the Cornell marinade but subbing in Old Bay Seasoning? It is yum.

Or Cornell chicken marinade. Personally, i prefer it to Chiavetta’s. Same idea though.

I hope you like it!

Try Aldi’s Cauliflower pizza, found in the deli case with all of their other pizzas. It is very good, much better than any of the frozen ones I have tried. It could easily be passed off as a regular store pizza without letting anyone know about the cauliflower. Also, I am not one of those people who thinks turkey…

That glorious second dog could be my beloved dog’s twin....a pug poodle mix. We hit the lottery when we found him and we are thankful every day. 

Looking at those before and after pictures, I think he has had more botox and face peels than she has. Amazing.

In high school in the late 1980's i worked for an animal hospital, which was an amazing but emotionally wrenching job. Looking back, i cannot believe some of the tasks i performed, such as assisting on euthanasias with the family in the room, which i could never handle now. Those vets took in a cat like cinderblock;…

I tried to convince a friend who was struggling with entering the online dating world that, rather than describing himself accurately in his profile, he should describe the qualities he was looking for as if they belonged to him, rather than his own personality. I think people are more likely to subconsciously click…

Occam's razor.

about a month ago I heard a young woman being interviewed on NPR’s Morning Edition. She was in high school and produced a daily online newspaper for young readers. Naturally, I was driving at the time and did not write down any pertinent information. Now i cannot find it anywhere on the web. Does anyone know about her…

four legs good, two legs bad but i make an exception for birds on the field

You should have used the sarcasm font. Perhaps that would have helped.

Best duet ever.

I have to wear dorky goggles while chopping onions, otherwise i run the risk of chopping my fingers off from chopping blindly. Once chopped, i cover the onions with a damp paper towel and that takes care of the fumes.

I am so saddened by this. Another, voice of reason has been silenced. 

Aso, the bras aren't that great but are quite expensive.

Excellent example but I still covet that scarf...it looks so comfy.

You weren’t kidding about that being propaganda...wow. Thanks for doing the digging. 

has something gone very wrong for jeremy renner recently? he pivoted from double oscar nominee to making bad car commercials, in which he sings apparently. now there is this weird app....has he had a stroke? does he have bad gambling debts? has his family been kidnapped?