What I absolutely hate are black shoes with a white sole. [Shudder]

Those slightly resemble Kramer’s special shoes:

Someday my 28 year old 325 watt Kitchen Aid is gonna die (lower gears are starting to slip)

I was reading the whole thing, thinking Delta is not Spirit when you capped it beautifully:

My sister and I were on a flight and the FA said something about our bags in the overhead. She was authoritarian about it. My sister started to question the FA and I SHUSHED her so fast. Sis, people get kicked off flights for less.

Meghan Markle continued in the long tradition of African-American women speaking truth to power

THIS, Renaissance. I’m taking a Grant writing class in school and that shit is HARD. First with the research, then with the proposal-dotting i’s and crossing t’s and for godssake, don’t go over the character count!

First he wouldn’t. Then he would.

Do you remember the old saying about being hungry one hour after eating Chinese? I had a teacher in high school who’d counter, “did they eat enough rice with it?!”

Full fat is so much better. 

I was doing some shopping in my favorite discount grocery and noticed that in the non-milk section, the coconut option was called “Drink”. I was going to take a photo of it too. Kentucky would be proud.

even the best bagels often benefit from a little toast.., if not for flavor, then to soften a schmear of butter or cream cheese

How about feeding them they raise some money to spay and neuter them?

Grace! Did you never read Island of the Blue Dolphin Clan of the Cave Bear?Oregon Pride (after dearly departed Ursula Le Guin) Jean Auel (pronounced “Owl”, btw) did a lot of research to write those books! And she had 5 kids.

Some cream and penne pasta and you would have had Penne alla Vodka!

And I got so upset when she started eating the Cornish Pasty with a fork and knife. It’s HAND PIE.

Is there only one in your city? I suggest you hobnob with the people on line because they’ll point you towards other food sources.

1000 WW was great. If you enjoyed Child Finder, please read “Butterfly Girl” next. I finally visited the Cafe mentioned in the book.

I visited a cheese shop on I-90 east of Seattle once and they were selling a glass plate similar to yours, but with types of cheeses instead of cakes.

Are you averse to looking in thrift stores?