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  6. 6.

    beltane

    I have to get a thyroid biopsy in two weeks. “I got nothing” would be a vast improvement in my mind.

  11. 11.

    pat

    Hey, you got two dogs and a cat and a lousy camera. That should add up to something. Not to pressure you, of course, just a suggestion.

  12. 12.

    Justin

    Yeah, status update on the tree: How’s Steve liking it?

    I have two cats, and when we brought home one home, it’s like we showed up with a truck full of hookers and blow. They’ve never stopped on that thing.

  18. 18.

    TheMightyTrowel

    Working on a lecture. Having a lunch meeting about a big grant application (That would be AMAZING). Halfway through Orphan Black, just finished Orange is the New Black. Looking forward to the last 2 episodes of Teen Wolf. That’s my life right now.

  19. 19.

    Yatsuno

    Yer stealing my thunder Cole.

    Okay, so MAYBE I mildly flirted with a Marine today. But I make no apologies for that.

  27. 27.

    raven

    @pat: I got it, the relevance of In Dubious Battle in relation to The Grapes of Wrath!
    In Dubious Battle is a story of Okie’s in the Central Valley from the first person point of view of a communist organizer. It’s shorter than Grapes but really powerful.

  28. 28.

    beltane

    @Pogonip: Yes. I’m in Vermonr and the last thing I want to think about right now is the cold and dark of late autumn/winter.

  29. 29.

    Yatsuno

    @TheMightyTrowel: Oh good Lord are they ever. Got one I’m shipping off to law school and one at the PT clinic for my back. Both have clearly earned the title Uncle Sam’s Misguided Child.

  30. 30.

    Mike in NC

    Watching a couple of documentaries on our excellent misadventures in the Middle East. Finished “Full Battle Rattle” about training at Fort Irwin in 2007, and am now into “Severe Clear” about Marines invading Iraq in 2003.

  34. 34.

    pat

    @raven:

    I think I said that I read the Grapes of Wrath and was not interested in seeing the movie. Had seen some outtakes.

    I read a lot of books that I just don’t want to see the films that are made out of them. LOTR, for one. I have my own images in my mind, and don’t want to have to see them reconciled with a film image.

    But as for the Grapes of Wrath, that was a terribly depressing book, not least because I could imagine it all being true.

    But as for a question..? Still coming up blank.

  38. 38.

    lamh36

    Admittedly I’m def a movie person especially in the summer. During the fall/spring though, I still see a number of movies, but it’s Fall television season.

    So far I have a pretty full slate of returning shows I plan to watch: Luther (of course!!), Person of Interest, Elementary, coupla sitcoms, Body of Proof and others.

    So far, I haven’t heard of any new shows that I’m thinking I should give a try this upcoming season, but it is still kinda early, but with school starting and next month being September, it’s almost time.

    So any new Fall television shows anybody looking forward to checking out.

    Or what returning shows are ya’ll waiting for that ya’ll think I should try to catch up on.

  39. 39.

    pat

    The edit button seems to be gone. Did not mean to say “outtakes,” rather maybe scenes from the movie. Outtakes might be something different. I am a total ignoramus when it comes to movies.

  40. 40.

    PeakVT

    Dean Baker manages to bash Summers and Brooks and Bezos in one column:

    But Summers supporters countered that the country needed his brilliant mind. New York Times columnist David Brooks led the charge, telling the audience of an NPR show about Summers’ “meta-cognition skills,” which Brooks defined as his ability to know what he doesn’t know.

  41. 41.

    raven

    @pat: I mentioned In Dubious Battle and you asked about the relevance. It’s as, if not more, depressing that Grapes. Everybody on both sides sucks.

  42. 42.

    JPL

    @Ted & Hellen: Just because the person suing hated watching the abuse those of color took, she had no standing to sue. It seems like a cowardly way for Deen’s lawyer to duck the law suit but that’s just my opinion. I suggest you eat those donut hamburgs she touts 30 days in a row and then climb Mt. Everest.

  44. 44.

    Yatsuno

    @JPL: The other aspects of the lawsuit are still open, but they are also the portions where the ties to Deen directly are the weakest.

  46. 46.

    Nicole

    Re: the Paula Deen thing- the judge made the correct ruling- it’s a reach for the plaintiff to say that the pattern of racial discrimination was discrimination against the plaintiff. The sexual discrimination allegations can still go forward. I read the complaint; there’s still a lot in there to be heard.

    EDIT: Or, what everyone else said above. Sigh. I’m a slow typist.

  47. 47.

    pat

    As for Dubious Battle, sounds interesting. I read The Worst Hard Times (Tim Eagen? It’s on my Nook so I can’t readily lay my hands on it) and it was amazing to me that the people actually rode out those ghastly dust storms. Well, they had no where else to go.

    Different times, for sure.

  49. 49.

    Keith G

    @Yatsuno: Marines were a lot of fun in the 80’s. Something about systemic oppression and the resultant climate of danger does something special to a guy.

  50. 50.

    JPL

    The local CBS station in Atlanta covered both the rodeo clown in Missouri and the slap Hillary game. The segments were back to back and there was no additional comment because the stories said it all.

    @Yatsuno: It was a cowardly move by the attorneys but that is their job. . The companies actually read the lawsuit and it had nothing to do with the n word. Sometimes actions do count.

  53. 53.

    raven

    @pat: That looks great, thanks. There is a part of Centennial by Michner that is set in the dust storms in Eastern Colorado. The Elephant.

  54. 54.

    Nicole

    @Yatsuno: I read the complaint and, as I remember, most of the complaints revolved around Deen’s brother’s behavior, but, as Deen is the majority owner of the restaurant, I think (I’m not a lawyer) she still ends up liable, yes?

    I’m mildly surprised she didn’t throw her brother under the bus the second all this stuff went public. And that the media didn’t want to highlight him more, because some of the stuff alleged- holy cow. And yuck.

  56. 56.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    Huh. Rand Paul on TDSw/outJS tonight. I guess if he had fucked up it would be announced on the internet by now.

  57. 57.

    Roger Moore

    @Mustang Bobby:

    Did you ever have the feeling the world was an episode of Star Trek and you’re the guy in the red shirt?

    Not random guy in a red shirt, but there have been some days recently when I’ve felt like this guy (who does wear a red shirt) with the boss breathing down the back of his neck. Aach! I canna work miracles, captain!

  58. 58.

    TheMightyTrowel

    @Yatsuno: I had an off again/on again who was a marine. All in all I’m healthier that off again became off permanently, but it was a wild ride while it lasted.

  59. 59.

    geg6

    @efgoldman:

    Yeah, I see that. I tried to post about six times and kept getting a message that I was banned. Then I rebooted the phone and now it’s fine.

    Kinda the story of my day, that.

  60. 60.

    raven

    @Botsplainer: It’s not for everyone. They take their time with character development and it can seem slow to some folks. I really like it because so many of the characters are real. Jack Huston as the disfigured WWI vet is incredible.

  61. 61.

    Stooleo

    I looking for a new frying/saute pan. I like the looks of the “de Buyer” pans. Has anyone had any experience with this brand?

  62. 62.

    PaulW

    Slightly crazy at work today. Waiting for the complimentary print copy of the humor-horror anthology that took my short story to arrive via the mail. Wondering when I can tackle my cat and clip her nails, they’ve gotten too sharp and pointy but I’m solo and she’s a handful.

  63. 63.

    lamh36

    @JPL: Soon as I read the headline on twitter, I knew the usual suspects would be ready to start with the Paula Deen is the “real” victim line. The lawsuit was always about much more than the n-word.

    Still this lady was white but she was speaking as a manager and you could say on behalf of her workers. So basically the Black folk shoulda spoken up for themselves

    It’s really unfair though. I’m assuming that the Black who she was speaking for due aren’t staying in the employ of Paula Deen being treated so disrespectfully (allegedly) if circumstances were such where they were able to find employement, in other words, how can one leave a job when they have no other job and even though it’s crappy, they still need to make a living, so they suffer in silence.

  64. 64.

    schrodinger's cat

    @PaulW: Sit behind her she is sleeping, use one leg to trap her, do this when you already have the clippers in your pocket and be quick. Good Luck!
    ETA: Keep the phone handy in case you have to dial 9-1-1

  65. 65.

    Comrade Mary

    I got a stupid cold last week and I still feel like crap. Ugh.

    But I did learn that — holy shit! — throat coat tea actually does help your sore throat feel a lot better. Score one for slippery elm!

  66. 66.

    Felonius Monk

    @beltane: Good luck. I hope it is nothing. Had mine done about year and half ago. It was nothing, but now have to have annual ultrasound to see if anything changes.

  68. 68.

    lamh36

    Posted this in the previous thread too, but the point that was made is a good one, IMHO.

    A Lawyer from the NAACP legal fund on Hardball this afternoon said something that makes a lot of sense. And this headline fits what she said. What these Stop and Frisk laws are doing is cultivating a distrust of the police force and thereby making law enforcement harder. These same people who they are “stopping and frisking” are the same people law enforcement need to serve on juries and to help solve crimes by reporting and also being called as witnesses. The stop and frisk policy just make it so that these same people will not have any trust in law enforcement to be fair.

    About 90 Percent of New Yorkers Stopped and Frisked Were ‘Innocent,’ Says NYCLU

  69. 69.

    Yatsuno

    @TheMightyTrowel: Worst part is trying to figure it out sometimes. I thought I was getting the off-again speech then three days later it was more or less a never mind. But while he’s at Yale it will be more off than on. Maybe. I dunno, he’s just fun.

  71. 71.

    Roger Moore

    @schrodinger’s cat:
    If the cat likes falling asleep in your lap, you can sometimes trim their nails as they’re falling asleep. Wait until they’re really sleepy but not yet all the way asleep, then go after the nails. Just have some styptic powder ready- for the cat if you cut a nail wrong and for yourself if the cat objects too strenuously.

  72. 72.

    rikyrah

    @lamh36:

    new shows I’m interested in:

    Marvel’s Agents SHIELD

    Hostages (Toni Collette/Dylan McDermott)

    Ironside (Blair Underwood)

    Betrayal

    Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Andre Braugher!!!)

    Dracula (Jonathan Rhys Meyers)

    Lucky 7

    Sleepy Hollow

  74. 74.

    NotMax

    @lamh36

    Though it will probably quickly devolve into teen/20-somethings angst (it is the CW network, after all), the first few episodes of The Tomorrow People may be worth a look. trailer

  76. 76.

    beltane

    @Felonius Monk: I’m figuring the odds are good that it’s nothing. It just seems that once I turned 40, my body became like a car that hit 100,000 miles and starts to get all kinds of things wrong with it.

  77. 77.

    Alison

    Repeating from the previous thread….

    Do there happen to be any BJers in the SF area who are just itching for something fun to do this Wednesday night?

    Long story short, I have two tickets at Will Call for Beach Blanket Babylon that are not going to be used, and I would love to be able to sell them. It’s a super fun show, they’re in the best section of the venue, and you will make me happy. Let me know if you’re interested, or if you know someone who is. I am trustworthy, I swear :)

  79. 79.

    TheMightyTrowel

    @Yatsuno: Oh god. crazy gay marine at Yale Law? The undergrads won’t know what hit them (attn: I was a yale undergrad. i know that of which i type). I wish you luck in sorting this out – the rollercoaster can be fun, but it can also be super draining. That said, i’m an Old Unmarried with a partner of 8 years and no energy to even imagine dating again so take my thoughts with a very large pile of salt.

  80. 80.

    burnspbesq

    @Ted & Hellen:

    From the linked article:

    The case goes on, because Jackson also claims sexual discrimination, and so far there’s not basis to doubt that she’s a woman.

    Nice try though, you lying sack of compost.

  81. 81.

    Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism

    @lamh36: Same here re: Castle, though last season’s ending was a doozy. So I am looking forward to seeing how that resolves.

    I was a lot more religious about it when Chuck and/or Heroes was on. Now I’m just as likely to DVR it as to stay up past my bedtime. (We get an early start here.)

  83. 83.

    Anne Laurie

    @Yatsuno: Mandatory Wambaugh quote: “He had a room-temperature IQ, which made him an excellent artist’s model and a pretty fair Marine.”

  84. 84.

    Steeplejack

    Feeling slightly spent after watching Skyfall on Epix a while ago. The previews were good, I was really sorry I missed it in the theater, but now I’m a little relieved that I did. It sort of petered out, and it was about 30 minutes too long—and it felt like it was about two hours too long. Javier Bardem was wasted. They should have brought in his character from No Country for Old Men to be the supervillain. Now there’s some pure evil!

    Maybe it just hit me on a bad day. Anyway, looking forward to the new hot Moneypenny and Ralph Fiennes as M going forward. And that young Q guy. Semi-reboot, I guess.

    Left it on Epix and sort of half watched Goldfinger in the background afterwards. That really doesn’t hold up well, especially in comparison to Dr. No and From Russia with Love, which are both pretty well constructed.

    Eh, that is all. I got nothing else, and I’m thinking about going to bed early, which is heresy for me.

  86. 86.

    Roger Moore

    @raven:
    It’s worked for me. The trick is to do it while the cat is sleepy and relaxed, but not actually all the way asleep. They’re usually too out of it to object, and if they do object they’re too slow to do any damage. But don’t wait until they’re all the way asleep, because you’ll get torn up if you startle them awake.

  87. 87.

    lamh36

    @rikyrah: I love JRM even with all his issues, but I’m a little taped out on vampires on television. I had a personal boycott after Angel was cancelled and then a moratorium for a while after that and only got hooked on Tru Blood cause of a free HBO marathon (I’ve since gotten over the Tru Blood obsession).

    I’ll admit, I’m too young to have ever watched the original Ironside show, but anything with Blari Underwood (my college era crush) I’ll give a try.

    Brooklyn 9-9 I’m only gonna give a chance because of Andre Braugher! Andre Braugher had me at Homicide and so Brooklyn 9-9 had me at AndreBraugher…lol

  88. 88.

    Anne Laurie

    @PaulW:

    Wondering when I can tackle my cat and clip her nails, they’ve gotten too sharp and pointy but I’m solo and she’s a handful.

    The Spousal Unit has good luck using his own nail clippers on the cats, casually grabbing a paw & clipping one or two pointy ends off before they yank away. The (narrow) depth of the clippers means he doesn’t worry about clipping into the quick.

    If you can get your cat into a carrier without too much trauma, sometimes groomers at the big-box pet stores will clip cat nails for a modest fee. And if you’re really desperate, your vet (or the vet tech at the vet) will do it for you.

  89. 89.

    Yatsuno

    @TheMightyTrowel: There are lots of funny parts to this and him, but one of them is how stable he is. I swear, he’s a rock sometimes. And not just in the sense of rockhead, though I’ve had to deal with the Superman syndrome a time or two as well. Why the hell do they all think they’re bulletproof?

    (This is me babbling a bit. Pay it no mind.)

  90. 90.

    raven

    @Roger Moore: I have zip experience with cats. We have 6 or 7 lying in the street every morning when we take our dawn walk. They seem to know that the dogs are leashed and just barely look at us. There is one black and white that other cat people seem to think is semi-abandoned and he’s really bold. He came up on the porch behind the princess when she came home and the Bohdi made a break for him. No damage but it worries me. . .some.

  91. 91.

    ruemara

    I was sitting in my new work environment (shared table) and realizing how much more my life sucks than even before, when it sucked prehistoric saurian donkey dong. I’m just having trouble being positive on it and the amount of people who think I should be fine with it because, hey, at least they just transferred you!-blows my fucking mind. Fucking servile mentality. I was shittily paid, but I made that position do things we needed and I worked hard. Now, my greatest issue is avoiding paper cuts and stacking all the old cpus I need to erase into stable towers. Every time I pass the people responsible-I get an urge to pimp slap them back into the last century. The fact that people now treat me differently-if they’re even willing to talk to me-is not making it any easier. It’s not supposed to be a demotion or any statement of lack on my part, but it certainly is looking more like it. I think I just about hate everyone, since I get asked to help out people on their video projects, but no one is helping me with anything I’d like to film. I fucking HATE everyone. /rant

    And, fuck the world.

    @Baud: Because, silly blahs aren’t in the Constitution.

  92. 92.

    TheMightyTrowel

    @Yatsuno: “I’m not drunk! I swear I haven’t been drinking. OK so I had a little rum. Yeah, ok, the punch was made with 151. I’m still totally OK to drive though. I’m not drunk!”

  93. 93.

    Felonius Monk

    @beltane: Don’t I know. Sometimes I feel like that old car in the cartoons. You know – the tires with the band-aids covering the slow leaks, smoky exhaust, not firing on all cylinders, etc. Such is life.

  94. 94.

    lamh36

    @NotMax: It does look intriguing, but ugh…I am such a CW snob. I feel too mature for any of the shows on that network, and I’m only 36!!!!

    So many of their shows are so angst-ty, that I just roll my eyes and keep it moving…lol.

    But as I say this one looks intriguing

  96. 96.

    burnspbesq

    If you’re in the vicinity of Macon, GA, Jones County Animal Control in Gray took in eleven JRT mixes that were rescued from a hoarder and urgently needs to place them.

    A Paw and a Prayer in Chattanooga is helping to co-ordinate the effort. I’m sure they can tell you anything you need to know.

    h/t TRex via the Book of Faces

  97. 97.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    Having a shitty day. My mother is in the hospital in the UK having suffered yet another heart attack, my husband is in the hospital in the US having suffered a suspected heart attack but it turns out it was some very long word which means that he had an infection in the muscles that surround his heart. Turns out the Emergency Room people misread his EKG. Ugh. I think the FSM hates me.

  104. 104.

    NotMax

    @lamh36

    Had to snicker a bit at the “abandoned subway station.” Sure looks like they just dragged the sets from Special Unit 2 out of storage.

  107. 107.

    Steeplejack

    @efgoldman:

    Raven swims every day, I believe, which also has a tremendous effect (as would any regular exercise). He probably wasn’t doing that when he was drinking.

  108. 108.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    @raven:

    Yes, it was much better news than a heart attack. Can’t understand it, he is fit as a butchers dog as they say having worked very hard to get the weight off after the previous heart attack. Apparently (according to the Cardiologist in Wilmington) the people in Whiteville just panicked thanks to his prior history and air lifted him to New Hanover for no apparent reason. Which means that we are now stuck with a$15,000 air lift bill which the insurance will pay but will leave us with a whopping deductible. Sigh.

    As for my Mum, yesterday my Bro in Law was telling me to book my flights home, this morning the nurses are telling Norman that she is cracking them up with her jokes. I am not sure that I can handle this amount of stress in two days.

    My Boss said “if anything happens do you know anyone around here who can type?” (ETA we do have a very important brief due in Federal Court in the next two weeks, I do understand his concern because I am so familiar with the case that I can sort of read his thoughts on his dictation and a newbie would be lost).

  109. 109.

    raven

    @efgoldman: That was certainly the a crucial part but, as our blogmaster has noted, it’s important to find shit to do when your life isn’t based on getting fucked up. Regular exercise is one of those things.

  110. 110.

    Jane2

    @ruemara: When it gets like that, the best advice a lawyer gave me was “Their job is to give you work, and your job is to do it. And that is all.” Take the pay check, try to tune them out after you’ve left (and I speak from experience of evenings lying awake stewing), and hopefully something will change.

  113. 113.

    Violet

    @Litlebritdifrnt: Oh, no! I know how difficult it is to have ill relatives in another country. I’m so sorry. And to have your husband in the hospital for a similar ailment at the same time. How very difficult. I hope they both come through it okay. Remember to take care of yourself so you can take care of them. Hugs.

  114. 114.

    NotMax

    @lamh35

    Also too, as it is an update/remake of an 8-season British series from the 1970s, before strident angst became de rigeur, the usual CW eye-rolling elements you cite may not kick in for a bit.

  115. 115.

    Billy Dilly

    Intersting start to Breaking Bad, Low Winter Sun looks interesting, but if I had anything to do with the running of AMC there would no more guests outside of the Breaking Bad writers and the cast, allowed on Talking Bad.
    That diarrhea-mouth from Modern Family ruined it, I envisioned Mike Armentrault popping a cap in her.

  118. 118.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    @schrodinger’s cat:

    I can’t right now, not only because my passport is expired (although I know from experience that the British Embassy will move heaven and earth for me should it be needed) but the $2K air fare is out of reach. Having said that I do not think that Mum wants me there right now. She would much rather I wait until November and go to celebrate her 80th birthday, she is a tough old bird and is determined to go to that party!

  119. 119.

    Violet

    @Litlebritdifrnt: If you need to go, you can sometimes find last minute airfares. Bought a ticket to Manchester last year a week ahead and it was cheaper than the one purchased six weeks before for the exact same dates. Hopefully you won’t need to, but airfare might not be as bad as you thought.

  121. 121.

    JPL

    @raven: Have you seen her interviews on TV? I loved the series but she does come across as narcissistic. Maybe that’s an understatement.

  126. 126.

    NotMax

    @gogol’s wife

    Following my own advice, went back and re-watched a handful of Wonderfalls episodes last night.

    Still think you will fall in love with it.

    Best classic movie comparison I could devise was Eve Arden reborn as a 24-year-old Gen Y-er.

  127. 127.

    Manyakitty

    @beltane: A-freaking-men. I got nothing but an exponentially increasing stack of bills that’s only going to get worse after some stupid surgery next month. Anyone need some freelance writing, proofreading, or editing work done? Solid background in science, business, and literature, and I’m currently working as a legal writer.

  129. 129.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    @gogol’s wife:

    Thanks. It is really hard trying to keep stuff together right now. It is like the entire Universe is plotting against me right now. Sometimes life sucks and you just have to deal with it.

  130. 130.

    Jane2

    @raven: I binge-watched it and am going to watch it again. This is one of the times I curse having to wait a year for the next series.

  131. 131.

    Manyakitty

    @schrodinger’s cat: Your bold inspiration motivated me to trim Mme. Curie’s nails. She was displeased, yet tolerant. I’d rustle up Heisenberg and Schrodinger, but it’s Schrodinger’s name day and Heisenberg requires several days of trimming one or two claws, then calming him down. Meh.

  132. 132.

    Jane2

    @JPL: The great thing about the series is that it’s not all about her. In fact, by the end, she’s not looking good at all.

  136. 136.

    2liberal

    @Mustang Bobby:

    Did you ever have the feeling the world was an episode of Star Trek and you’re the guy in the red shirt?

    star trek into darkness: Kirk, appointing chekov as engineering officer “go put on the red shirt”

  139. 139.

    Beatrice

    I don’t like to brag, but my cats are all super good about having their claws clipped. I started when they were young just handling their paws, stretching out the claws, and then graduated to clipping. They get catnip when it’s over. They are all perfect angels. Oh, wait, yes I do like to brag.

  140. 140.

    dance around in your bones

    I’m kicking off “Mob Week” on AMC with the original Godfather.

    Don Vito Corleone just died and Michael is waiting for the traitor to make his move, like his dad told him would happen.

    Waiting to watch Moe Green get shot in the eye.

  141. 141.

    Ted & Hellen

    @burnspbesq:

    Nice try though, you lying sack of compost.

    Could you be specific as to what lie it is that you think I told but which was just one of the voices in your head?

    You just keep getting dumber.

  142. 142.

    Joel

    John Oliver has been a lot better than recent vintage Stewart, but he shares his boss’ weakness for interviewing politicians. Gillibrand and Paul have both proven too slick…

  143. 143.

    chopper

    @Ted & Hellen:

    doesn’t exactly fix deen’s racism problem, does it? or does ‘no standing to sue’ now mean ‘none of the shit the deens did or said ever happened’.

  144. 144.

    Ted & Hellen

    @chopper:

    No is the answer to both of your questions.

    Have you fixed your racism problems?

    Basically, I just enjoy watching cartoonishly, selectively self righteous people, many of whom post at BJ, get their outrage balloons popped. It makes me tingly.

  145. 145.

    chopper

    @Ted & Hellen:

    people are still outraged. a frivolous suit being dropped doesn’t mean much.

    cartoonishly, selectively self righteous people

    cartoonishly ironic! take a bow.

  146. 146.

    Ted & Hellen

    @chopper:

    people are still outraged.

    And a lot of other “people” aren’t outraged at all.

    For example, Barack Obama isn’t outraged about what the Bush Cheney regime did in Iraq and Afghanistan.

    Meanwhile, you and the right wingers…always on about your faux outrage regarding Paula Deen and other small, meaningless shiny objects.

  147. 147.

    daniel quinn

    You used to write about stuff.Now you just piss and moan about being fat and old.What’s your problem?

  148. 148.

    Klare

    @Stooleo: Just bought a 6″ ceramic lined red skillet at Big Lots. I love it. Nothing sticks and there is not supposed to be any plastic in it like Teflon. (You would really think that ceramic coating was, like, ceramic.) Liked it so much I bought a 10″ at Walmart. I use a teaspoon of olive oil but the youtube video shows no oil.

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