If my mom were still around, I’d text her this photo of a Great Blue Heron I took this morning because she also loved birds:
A joyous Mother’s Day to those who are celebrating, and may the day land gently otherwise.
The mister and I did a contact-free drive-by to gift his excellent mom with virus-free veggies from our garden. We talked for a while from 10 feet or so apart. She told us there’s unrest in her 55-plus community because the HOA reopened some of the recreational facilities to residents so they can exercise but prohibited the resumption of league play.
One resident (who definitely voted for Donald Trump) compared these restrictions to Nazi Germany in a Facebook rant and posted a picture of the community clubhouse with swastikas Photoshopped on it. Attorneys were allegedly contacted. First they came for the pickleball league…
Anything fun or otherwise noteworthy happening today? My husband is making his grandma’s famous cinnamon roast chicken, so I’ve got that going for me. It’s a cloudy day with mild temperatures, so that’s nice too.
Open thread!
WaterGirl
Happy Mother’s Day, Betty, to a great mom who also had a great mom herself! What a legacy of strong women in your family. Your daughter is a lucky girl.
WaterGirl
Happy Mother’s Day to all the other mom’s out there, also.
Not a single one of my furry guys has even wished me a happy mother’s day. So ungrateful. :-)
TaMara (HFG)
Happy Mother’s Day, Betty! May you be spoiled by the two and four-footed in your life.
mrmoshpotato
Cinnamon roast chicken?
And a punch to all the nutsacks whining about being “oppressed.” Why didn’t that one dumbass buy a toaster oven?
May next Mother’s Day be celebrated by President Biden.
WereBear
I made an Abbott and Costello movie:
https://kapwi.ng/c/MUaObcxG
JMG
I asked Alice before I went shopping on Friday what she wanted for Mother’s Day dinner. So I’m making bacon cheeseburgers. It’s part of my “bar food you can’t get anymore” series. The Buffalo wings and nachos went well, hopeful these will, too.
mrmoshpotato
@JMG: Were they actual wings or Buffalo chicken chunks? :)
Jim, Foolish Literalist
so they opened the gym (sounds like a bad idea already) but aren’t allowing… what sports? trying to resist an agist pickle-ball joke here (being only just barely too young to move into this community) but what the hell do people want to do? work up a sweat and breathe hard and get close to each other in the middle of a pandemic transmitted by droplets of saliva (as this very much non-scientist understands
ETA: Okay, I just saw I scrolled past the pickle ball reference– that is what they’re mad about?
mrmoshpotato
@WereBear: Haha. So many illegal wrestling moves. :)
bbleh
One resident (who definitely voted for Donald Trump) compared these restrictions to Nazi Germany
I have to say, one thing that has surprised me during the last several months is how many Americans have been revealed by their behavior to — like the current Oval Office Occupant — have an emotional makeup similar to that of a dim 10-year-old.
I mean, Godwin’s Law and all, but really? Nazi Germany? And by someone in a community of older folks, who are the most at risk? Wow.
debbie
Happy Mothers’ Day to mothers everywhere!
I’m interested in your recipe, Betty. I love cinnamon so much I even put it in tuna fish!
MagdaInBlack
My mother would have loved it too, Betty.
Happy Mothers Day
mrmoshpotato
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
In a word – yes.
Betty Cracker
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: My understanding is the gym isn’t open nor are the pools, but the tennis, horseshoe, pickleball, etc., courts are so people who are quarantining together can use them. The guy who flipped out about it wants the HOA to let the leagues resume too.
@WaterGirl, @TaMara (HFG) & @MagdaInBlack: Thanks! :)
WereBear
@mrmoshpotato: If you turn it up you can hear them calling for the ref.
Delk
Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers here!
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@Betty Cracker: so he can play, but he can’t brag about winning the club championship… I bet he’s fun at parties
Of course, I guess the whole swastika thing established that. Oh, for some good old-fashioned shunning…
Brachiator
Cinnamon roast chicken?
That sounds like fun.
I am grateful that my ancient mother is doing well and is healthy, and will be talking to her later today.
Happy Mother’s Day to all who are mother’s, and who have mothers whose lives and memories they cherish.
evap
Happy Mother’s Day to all! I made my 92-year-old mom some beef bourguignon (Julia Child’s recipe) and brownies, dropped them off, and waved to her from a distance. I really wanted to give her a hug, but it was not to be. My mom is the best! I’ll do a group call with my daughters this evening. Hubby asked what I want for dinner and after pondering a bit, I settled on Korean cauliflower, known around here as “cauliflower crack”. Deep fried crispy cauliflower florets with a sweet and spicy gochujang-based sauce. And we happen to have a head of cauliflower in the fridge. I had to go to the liquor store to get vodka for the batter (makes it extra crispy) and picked up a nice Italian red while I was there. We’re all set!
On another note, we are having the most amazing weather today. It was cold (41F) this morning, but now it is warm, but not hot, and sunny. I think this spring is about the best one I’ve experienced here (Atlanta area) since moving here 30+ years ago.
mrmoshpotato
@WereBear: Haha, but the ref’s all “Kick to the face, I’ll film it.” :)
WaterGirl
@JMG:
I love that!
WereBear
My mother has passed on, but I used to love the way she would send Mr WayofCats a present on his birthday. Him being new to the family, he didn’t know her — eccentric — approach to gift giving, so he would sit there for a bit, package on his knees, getting ready to open it.
Betty Cracker
@debbie: My husband makes the cinnamon chicken, but having seen the process over the years, I can report that he melts butter with garlic cloves, combines it with olive oil and rubs that all over the chicken, then seasons it with salt, pepper and cinnamon. The accompanying veggies (potatoes and carrots) that go around the chicken in the roasting pan get the same treatment. So good! He says it’s important not to overdo the cinnamon (which would be how I’d screw it up). Just takes a sprinkling.
zhena gogolia
All these people need to watch some good 1940s movies with Mickey Rooney or something. Don’t they realize what kind of restrictions people lived with? I was going to suggest Foyle’s War or Home Fires, but they’d just dismiss that as being England.
zhena gogolia
@bbleh:
I’m not young, but some my older friends were the last to accept that they had to stop going out to lunch or to their retirement offices.
WaterGirl
@mrmoshpotato: I know! That movie had a slow start :-) but somebody likes to play dirty and (literally) bite the soft underbelly. Ouch!
@WereBear: Thanks for not adding obnoxious music to that. So many people ruin their youtube videos by adding music.
JMG
@mrmoshpotato: Actual wings.
Ruckus
Happy Mother’s Day to all.
I’ve always wondered why some people always have to look on the dark side of life. Sure it’s not like there isn’t a lot of company, nor like there isn’t a lot to see if it weren’t just a bit brighter. But they always have to be put upon by everything in the world. Their world is tiny, a little box they put themselves in. And because it’s a tiny, tiny world they live in, almost every word or event can be taken as hurting them in some way. I wonder if it’s because they only see darkness, a lack of, well life itself, that they can only see the bullshit side of life. Really we aren’t here for all that long, even though some days it feels like such a long time ago when one couldn’t barely dress themselves and everything was new, and most likely mom was the light of your life. My ship docked at Antwerp one time and Sunday an older gentlemen came by and offered a walking tour of the city. It was amazing, at one point we ended up at Rubin’s house, now a museum. Only 3 or 4 of us took him up on his walk. It was a great day, but they missed an amazing day because they couldn’t see the bigger picture, the better side. We have positive and negative numbers, and we need them, why do we need positive and negative people? Is that just nature as well?
WaterGirl
@bbleh: You’ve got the immaturity of that response pegged, for sure.
“You’re not the boss of me!” plays out across a wide range of ages.
Phylllis
Mother’s Day in these parts is being celebrated at Lowe’s Home Improvement, based on the assload of cars in the parking lot I saw headed back from picking up Sunday lunch.
Thank you for this and all the lovely bird photos Betty. I enjoy being reminded of all the cool things I love & miss about my home state of Florida.
James E Powell
Was Peter Daou ever a smart or insightful person? This morning he tweeted
It’s like he has no familiarity with American voters, particularly white American voters. In a reply, I suggested he had gone insane. Based on the replies to my tweet, he is not alone in his delusions about the appeal of lefty policies among ignorant, hateful bigot voters. They remind me of the narodniks – lefty intellectuals who preached revolution to Russia’s peasants. The villagers attacked them or turned them in to the Tsar’s secret police.
WaterGirl
@Brachiator:
Pro tip: do not call your mother ancient to her face. :-) Unless it happens to be a running joke.
mrmoshpotato
@zhena gogolia: Retirement offices?
Comrade Colette Collaboratrice
@WaterGirl:
Bastard
peoplecritters!Monsieur Colette wished me a Happy Mother’s Day this morning, although I’m still pretty mad at him for a spectacular and dangerous Husband Fail yesterday. I’ve gotten some love from the kitties, but the qualifying event, my 17-year-old son, hasn’t remembered yet. I have faith that he will eventually.
Wish I could see my mom – she and my dad, both 80+ and in excellent health, have been self-isolating across town so they stay that way. Happy MD to everyone who has or has had a mother.
mrmoshpotato
@WaterGirl: OR they commit a war crime against silly pet videos and post a silent dog-on-trampoline video.
Monsters.
Phylllis
@zhena gogolia: It’s puzzling to me. I’m staring down the barrel of 60-my grandparents had a front row seat to the Depression, and my parents the aftermath. Seems like people my age and older would have the same memories of parents & grandparents saving tin foil and butter wrappers* until their dying day, but apparently not.
*I still hesitate for a second and think of my maternal grandmother before I toss a butter wrapper, but as I don’t bake, keeping a stash of them in the fridge would serve no purpose.
WaterGirl
@Comrade Colette Collaboratrice: Oh, no, on the fall!
I did my small part for moms everywhere by writing to my nephew who is sheltering in place with girlfriend in CA and asking what clever idea he had some up with for wishing his mom a special Happy Mother’s Day from afar. We brainstormed ideas and agreed that this would be our secret. But “mom” doesn’t read BJ, so I think we’re safe.
satby
Happy Mothers Day to all mothers, whether your babies are human or non-human!
I’ve heard from my kids, several exchange kids and friends, made my own special dinner of carnitas enchiladas suizas with mole verde, and since the rain stopped for a bit I’m going to stick the bulbs in the ground that I wasn’t able to earlier. Because it’s going to start raining again soon.
Comrade Colette Collaboratrice
@Phylllis:
Ha! I thought I was the only one who did this.
And my maternal grandma’s name was Phyllis, so I think of her fondly every time I see your nym.
WaterGirl
@mrmoshpotato: You thought that one needed music?
My niece’s two pups like to play on the trampoline, but the one that someone posted here this week (maybe lamh?) was truly amazing!
shorter: if you’re gonna use music, it had better be the right music, and not something annoying.
Amir Khalid
A happy Mother’s Day. To the mothers of Baloon Juice, and to mothers everywhere.
Mai naem mobile
I went to Trader Joe’s yesterday. Had to wait outside in a line for probably a little over ten minutes. Yesterday was the first hot day I’ve gone shopping. Wearing the mask was not fun. Too hot. I could feel my face sweating under the mask. I have what feels like an cotton mask. While temps may be high here its not humid. I wonder how this mask wearing thing is going to work in hot humid weather in the summer.
AliceBlue
@evap: I’m a native Georgian, and this is the first time in years that we’ve had an actual spring season.
Phylllis
@Comrade Colette Collaboratrice: That makes me happy.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@Ruckus:
maybe the best solo tourist experience I ever had was in Canterbury Cathedral, I walked through, looking at all the things I was supposed to look at, was at the last stop before the exit– Becket’s tomb, as I recall, but it’s been more than thirty years and I unfortunately have never been back–when a little old man (probably not much older than I am now, he typed ruefully) started explaining the iconography to me, unprompted. He took me by the arm and led me back through the tour I had kind of mindlessly wandered through, pointing things out, explaining things, it was like a private tour. I was trying to figure out how to offer to buy him a drink in thanks (socially awkward, even then), when he said, “Well, I’ll leave you to it, then”, patted my arm and walked away.
Betty Cracker
@Ruckus: Great question. I wish I knew.
@James E Powell: Daou has been a whiny shit-for-brains ever since I first became aware of his existence during the 2008 presidential primary.
Steeplejack (phone)
More dog sports action from Andrew Cotter.
Brachiator
@WaterGirl:
Definitely a running joke and a nod to the Aged Parent in Dickens’ “Great Expectations.”
dmsilev
@James E Powell: Seriously? That’s some pretty impressive head-up-ass behavior from an alleged political professional. I mean, yes with a rational electorate the current Republican Party should be polling just slightly south of Ebola, but the lack of said rational electorate is hardly the Democrats’ fault.
debbie
@Betty Cracker:
Thanks! I’m going to try that the next time I can find chicken.
la caterina
@WereBear: Scintillating plot! And somehow, familiar.
danielx
Mothers Day and birthday all wrapped in one! Note: this is not how I envisioned spending a birthday weekend, particularly since I am now officially an old. Of course, I can’t envision myself being an old, either, but needs must – eyeing little girls with bad intent, indeed. It is rainy, windy and chilly outside so I am waiting for bread dough to rise, hanging out with family (spousal and daughter units plus cats) and perusing recipes for baby back ribs. Have sufficient Stubb’s Bar-B-Q Rub and the ribs are going on the grill if I have to bring the grill into the garage, with garage door open to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning of course. Of course, I haven’t checked the latest White House advice – I suppose it’s possible that carbon monoxide is now being recommended as a cure for covid-19…
Sab
Next Sunday is Step-mother’s Day. So you can get her a present on sale this week. How convenient.
mrmoshpotato
@Comrade Colette Collaboratrice: Are you talking about saving the paper individual sticks of butter are wrapped in?
narya
With the oven still out of commission (which will remain the case until I get the kitchen renovated, hopefully in early June), I’ve had to do most things on the stovetop–today it was parsnips from the farm share, with carrots, onions, garlic, honey, and two Penzey’s spice mixes (Bombay and Sate). The waffle iron still works, though, and it turns out to be a good way to use sourdough discard (my starter has been getting fed more as a result, and is Very Happy with me). I’ve been subbing high-fiber stuff for some of the flour (oat bran, oats) and doing mix-ins; today it was a bunch of dried fruit (cranberries, oranges, some KAF baker’s blend), which will use up things that I will then not have to pack up in prep for the reno AND will provide food from the freezer. I’m trying to decide if I have the energy to microwave the purple potatoes and make gnocchi, which also can go in the freezer.
Baud
To all moms, here’s hoping your kids never learn what blogs you hang out at.
WaterGirl
@Steeplejack (phone): That one was exceptionally good.
hitchhiker
That article about what’s risky, how risky it is, etc from the earlier thread this morning is super helpful. I’m guessing the reason they didn’t want league play would have been to limit exposure that would happen if people are traveling to and from the locations.
The key equation is Infection = Time of exposure x Intensity of exposure
So being outside by definition limits intensity, and being outside while moving limits both factors. But sitting in a car/short bus with others for however long is a bad idea.
I don’t think I’ll be going to a restaurant or flying anywhere until there’s a vaccine. And I dread the idea of having to enter a hospital.
On a completely different subject, I heard one of the Obama bros talking the other day about election stuff. He said that a mistake Romney made in 2012 was running against the Obama pictured in right wing media and not the Obama that most people saw — a decent guy who was doing his best. He said that there’s a danger involved in running against the trump we all can plainly see and not against the one that many millions of our fellow citizens see.
They still believe he’s a crackerjack businessman with an unfortunate “style” that’s kind of gross. They think he’s basically fine and has been the victim of a lot of unfair and overblown hit jobs. (I know.) I’m trying to keep that in mind when it comes to tone … as in:
What I want to say: Jesus fucking christ on a pogo stick, can’t you see what an ignorant, cruel asshole he is? Can’t you see that he’s a fake businessman???
What I’m trying to say instead: You know, it’s kind of disappointing to see things falling apart this way … I’d have expected a guy with his background and experience to be able to organize shit a little more effectively.
Meaning … you’re not the asshole for thinking he’d be good. What a shame that he’s just not.
Comrade Colette Collaboratrice
@Sab: When is Stepmother-in-Law day? I have one of those.
Omnes Omnibus
I sent my mom flowers that arrived on Friday and am about to initiate a call with me, my brother’s family and our mom. Mom won’t do zoom or facetime, so a conference call is the closest we will get to being together. Weird days.
Baud
If he’s a Trump supporter, I think the swastikas are a sign of support.
mrmoshpotato
@WaterGirl: No. Trampoline dog needed audio. Or was something messed up with my phone that it was silent?
schrodingers_cat
@debbie: I got chicken during my grocery run this morning and one 10 days ago.
WaterGirl
@mrmoshpotato: I’m sure she is. That’s what you use to “grease” a bowl or a pan for baking. Put that sheen of butter – that’s left on the paper – to good use!
Comrade Colette Collaboratrice
@mrmoshpotato: Yes. Excellent for greasing pans, and saves using a bit of clean waxed paper (which wastes waxed paper) or a bit of paper towel (which wastes butter or Crisco). There may be other uses, but that’s what I learned at grandma’s knee, and I still do it.
Baud
@James E Powell:
It’s propaganda. It doesn’t have to be coherent.
Sab
@Comrade Colette Collaboratrice: I don’t know. Mother-in-law day is 4th Sunday in October, which I only just learned. What did we do before Google?
trollhattan
@Jamdaoues E Powell:
Peter Daou, on learning generic Dem holds 30-point lead over Trump: “That Democrats do not lead by 35 points demonstrates their failure to [fill in blank].”
Can I have my pundit money now?
leeleeFL
@Phylllis: So funny, I actually hesitated with a butter wrapper Friday. Decided I was ok to toss it, but it took some thinking!
mrmoshpotato
@Steeplejack (phone): Mmmmmmm fetid pond dogs.
Ella in New Mexico
Happy Mother’s Day! I would love to say I’m celebrating by indulging in something other than Gin and Low-Cal Tonics later, but thanks to the “COVID Quarantine 10” I won’t be indulging in too much decadent stuff today. This week I start back on a pause on alcohol, clean eating, and daily vigorous exercise, yes sir by golly.
Hubby called his 80+ Mom in PA this am. I’ve written here before about she and his Dad are lifelong Republicans who voted for Trump, etc ( have lots of conflicting values with what the party has been and certainly is now, which has been so perplexing and disappointing to us) and of the stressful family trauma Trump has caused between he and his parents and his brother’s family. (His two sisters are Dems, for some blessed reason) So we–by mutual agreement– haven’t been talking politics with his parents for quite a while.
Hubby will call a couple of times a month and report Fox news playing in the background, which they leave on all day for sound wallpaper one presumes. Even so, we have sensed they may not be as enchanted with him as they were at first, however, mostly gleaned from what they say about other stuff that wouldn’t jive with them still being full blown Trump Cultists. They certainly are taking these COVID precautions seriously and absolutely don’t believe it’s a fricking hoax, which is a relief.
Anyway, Mom, after her standard listing off of her normal litany of old and new health complaints and local gossip suddenly veered into what has been off limits territory for years right in the middle of aa completely unrelated conversation and blurted out “Oh, What do you think about Biden?”.
Husband yanked phone away from his ear and looked at it and me with a “Oh my fucking God no she’s not gonna start this shit up is she?”. I mouthed “Don’t answer her, change the subject”. But he couldn’t resist.
He responded “Well, he wasn’t our first choice but I think he’s great, that’s what I think. He’s gonna save the country.” But given the massive amount of hurt feelings and disruption from some 2016-2017 convos, that’s as far as he went.
Completely out of character, all she replied was: “Really? You like Biden? [pause] I was so disappointed in him when he did that plagiarizing thing. But you know, looking back to when I used to write a lot of things I think I might have plagiarized a thing or two by not saying something I wrote was a quote from someone specifically…” Then she started talking about herself again like all pleasantly dingy early vascular dementia folks do.
We’re both taking it as a sign of hope that she didn’t respond with any of her previous pro-Trump shit.
Happy Mother’s Day!
trollhattan
@hitchhiker:
If we ever go back to work-work I’m skipping the elevators, which will suck since my office is on floor 16. They have no ventilation–just a box with a door that’s closed most of the time.
cain
@Betty Cracker:
Yeah, but I have to thank the Daou Report for me stumbling into John’s blog – a strange and wonderful place filled with liberals and conservatives arguing without the tribal batshit environment. Of course now, all the conservatives have gone away.
trollhattan
@Ella in New Mexico:
REALLY glad to have not grown up in a household where the TV didn’t provide the soundtrack. My folks kept the radio on and that’s more or less what I do today, when not playing the stereo. Being stuck in places where news channels, or most sports channels for that matter, drives me to distraction.
mrmoshpotato
@WaterGirl:
@Comrade Colette Collaboratrice: I seeeee. That never occurred to me.
Steeplejack (phone)
@mrmoshpotato:
And “poorly” squirrels!
WereBear
@la caterina: It is a daily occurence. We are blessed :)
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Sab:
Lived alone in caves.
Duane
@zhena gogolia: Everyone in this country needs to watch The Grapes of Wrath. Reading the book is too much to ask, I’m sure. The selfish entitlement we’re seeing now is pathetic.
cain
@Ella in New Mexico:
Well, it’s probably because Fox News is all about how the old should be sacrificing for the economy. It’s kind of hard to repeat those talking points with a straight face.
WereBear
@narya: I have been on a cheesecake kick. Cherry, cherry with chocolate bits, raspberry, two strawberry rhubarb, and a delightful lemon.
burnspbesq
@James E Powell:
No. Not even once.
cain
My parents (and apparently my gf’s parents) keep MSNBC on all at all times. I don’t turn on my TV for literally weeks. Maybe 1 day a month maybe? I just don’t have time to watch TV – sitting and watching seems like such a time waster… instead i sit and waste time on blogs :D (but I”m also multi-tasking so there :P
I just hate TV these days.. and I used to be a massive TV watcher when I was a kid. I think I just replaced TV with the internet..
Happy Mother’s Day!
UncleEbeneezer
Hey Betty, have you seen Showtime’s On Becoming A God In Central Florida? It’s a great, dark, twisted comedy about pyramid schemes staring Kirsten Dunst. We’ve been enjoying the hell out of it. Dunst has such great comedic timing in addition to her drama chops and the plot lines are totally whacky. I would think FL people especially would appreciate it.
Happy Mother’s Day, everyone
Uncle Cosmo
Jerry Rubin? Jen Rubin??? Sandwich inventor???
Oh, you meant Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), the most influential of the Flemish Baroque.
I had to dig around for this one, but FF to about 7:05 for an, um, shall we say unorthodox take on the arteeste… :^p
James E Powell
@Baud:
I do not follow anyone political on twitter – it’s my sports & entertainment news feed – but sometimes people I do follow re-tweet something. His tweet and the responses to my replies sent me cavorting about on twitter. It’s an amazing world.
Apparently there is something called #Obamagate that will soon reveal The Truth about Obama, that he really was a Kenyan Muslim Socialist who betrayed America and hates our troops.
Unless, course, the lame-stream media suppresses the story.
HumboldtBlue
I now use Ina Garten’s roasted lemon chicken as my go-to roast chicken dinner.
Sloane Ranger
BoJo just finished talking. From tomorrow, if you can’t WFH, people are encouraged to go to work but avoid public transport. From June, if R value remains less than 1, shops and schools will start to re-open, from July, again dependent on an R value of <1, some pubs and restaurants can re-open. Details on how these will work to follow. Also, mentioned 14 day quarantine for anyone entering the UK, but no indication of when this will start.
More details to come tomorrow when BoJo answers questions in Parliament and questions from the public Monday evening.
satby
@Baud: too late. My kids have known for years.
mrmoshpotato
@?BillinGlendaleCA: Filled our heads with stuff we cared about enough to crack open a book. :)
“And here’s my report on Seoul, South Korea. It has a population of 38 million, and it’s 16000 kilometers two above big ocean water level.”
satby
@danielx: Happy Birthday!
WaterGirl
@mrmoshpotato: No, you’re right. That one was completely silent. Couldn’t even hear the water splashing. Definitely a crime against humanity.
mrmoshpotato
@Uncle Cosmo: PeeWee’s Playhouse. :)
Nicole
My Mothers’ Day- Husband, who wakes up a couple of hours after me and my son, comes into living room:
Husband: Happy Mothers’ Day!
Me: Thank you! You are the first person to wish me that today.
Husband: (to our son) WHAT?
Son: (removing headphones) What?
Husband: Isn’t there something you want to say to your mother?
Son: … Uh…
Husband: What day is today?
Son: … Sunday?
Husband: Something that starts with “Happy…”
Son: Happy Sunday?
Sigh. I did have a lovely 5-mile run and an hour sitting in the sunshine in the park (socially distancing and with mask on). Parks employees were handing out masks to anyone who wanted them, which was nice to see.
WaterGirl
@mrmoshpotato: Your parents are surely younger than ours, that’s why you don’t know.
Sloane Ranger
Further to 88, message valid for England only. Other home nations to continue full lockdown with minor variations.
WaterGirl
@WereBear: Do you have a good basic recipe for plain cheesecake?
Betty Cracker
@hitchhiker:
That’s a fascinating perspective. My sense is there are fewer fence-sitters with Trump than any previous president in my lifetime, but maybe I’m wrong about that.
Betty Cracker
@UncleEbeneezer: Read about it a while back and am dying to see it because the premise sounds so intriguing. But we don’t have Showtime and I am reluctant to subscribe to yet another streaming service, so I’ll have to wait for wider distribution. I love Kirsten Dunst.
Baud
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
I believe OzarkHillbilly still does.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@Betty Cracker: in that same episode, Favreau recalled a woman from one of his focus group for his (thoroughly depressing) Wilderness podcast, who said her biggest issues were choice and LGBTQ rights, but she was probably going to vote for trump cause her 401K was doing so well (gotta be going on a year ago he did those focus groups).
In a different focus group, IIRC an Obama voter in FL who stayed home in ’16 said she would probably stay home again in 2020, cause all politicians are the same. She was a single mother of an autistic son, both depending on Medicaid.
Those of us who marinate in this stuff forget how irrational (to us) people’s political choices can be.
HumboldtBlue
@Comrade Colette Collaboratrice:
One of my sisters mentioned in a family text thread that she still keeps all the butter wrappers and the rest of were a bit wide-eyed. That was certainly something we were told to do as kids (they make for great greasing of pans) but she’s the only one who still keeps them.
WaterGirl
@Nicole: I’m sorry.
zhena gogolia
@mrmoshpotato:
Our university (like some others) has a building with offices for retired faculty to use to continue their research.
sdhays
@Betty Cracker: It sounds amazing! I’m going to try to find a recipe online similar to what you’ve described.
Baud
@James E Powell:
Twitter is like a divided highway with a 55-car pileup. The people on the other side all turn to look, resulting in major delays on the road to a better future.
UncleEbeneezer
@Betty Cracker: I hear ya. It’s the same situation we have with Watchmen, really dying to see it, but not worth subscribing to HBO just for that.
On a similar whacky, FL-based humor note, the first two seasons of CLAWS (on TNT) were really great as well. It’s a ridiculous show in general, but pretty fun if you don’t take it too seriously.
Redshift
I’m going to go by my parents’ and drop off a chocolate rum cake I bought at the Honey Baked Ham store. (So yummy! Supporting a small business!) One of the things my mom and I bond over is that we’re the ones in the family who love chocolate.
The cakes only come in a size that “serves 12,” so I expect she’ll suggest I take half home with me. ?
LuciaMia
Happy Moms Day to all.
Betty, that is one lovely, proud heron!
Figured my birthday was gonna be pretty quiet. But my sister and BIL decided to grab some takeout and stop by. We sat outside in the breezy sunshine and it felt like it’d been such a long time since any get together!. She even brought cupcakes and candles. Had to blow them out quick before the wind did. It was fun.
SFBayAreaGal
Happy Mother’s Day to my mom. She was my best friend. She has been gone now for almost 10 years. I miss her everyday. I know she would have loved this blog and all the jackals that comment.
Also, Happy Mother’s Day to all of you moms. Be you male, female, relatives, foster parents, and friends.
HumboldtBlue
@trollhattan:
Same here, TV was verboten — after school, during the day on weekends (although sports and college football were on while the chores were being done) — pretty much any time mom said turn it off which was most of the time.
Granted, our summers were particularly awesome because we had to go the bookshelves to interest ourselves and once chores and music practice (min. one hour on your instrument) was done to satisfaction you were free and we are still a massive reading clan.
Tony Jay
@Sloane Ranger:
Fat Man on a tightrope surrounded by snapping jaws, it’s odd that I feel no sympathy whatsoever for the slovenly liar. His shambles of a Government has presided over the unnecessary deaths of tens of thousands of people and now he wants credit for ‘maintaining the lockdown’ while simultaneously pressuring all those who can’t work from home (factory workers, shop workers, in fact most workers, but not the bulk of management – naturally – since they can operate via e-mail and Zoom) to get back in each other’s faces pronto.
All this to please Party donors and the Right-Libertarian backbenchers who infest the Commons. Profit over People, as per usual, and when it all goes Pete Tong somewhere around the end of May it’ll be blamed on the feckless Public for not ‘staying alert’ to the microscopic mugger.
Not even the slightest bit surprised. This is what 43+ percent of the electorate voted for and they deserve every excruciating inch of it.
James E Powell
@WaterGirl:
This is the cheesecake for me. There are many variations, but this is the NY style I’ve stuck with for a while.
WaterGirl
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: I could barely make it through that episode of Pod Save America. So discouraging!
WaterGirl
@Redshift: Cake also freezes well, but you are not obligated to let your mother know that if you are hoping to take half the cake home with you.
debbie
@schrodingers_cat:
I was able to find some boneless skinless chicken thighs and that was about it. Still trying to figure out how I want to cook them. Lots of sausage products, however.
Jeffro
Happy Mothers’ Day to all you moms out there!
I took Mrs. Fro and the two kids out to Byrom Forest Park Preserve today for a big ol’ hike…it was STEEP in places but worth it once we got to the overlook. Had a blueberry pancake & bacon brunch when we got back – yum!
Speaking of moms and kids, we are currently enjoying (ok, not really enjoying) being serenaded by the bird family that has taken up residence in a vent on the side of our house. We are hoping their little ones will fly the next within the next week or so, so that I can clean out the vent and get it properly closed/screened. But in the meantime their near-constant screeching and flapping around is making life interesting.
But I digress…happy Mothers’ Day, moms!
FelonyGovt
@Nicole: I’m sorry. I thought sons were more considerate to their mothers. My daughter is so far AWOL today and I’m more upset about it than I should be.
WaterGirl
@James E Powell: Is that the dense kind of cheesecake or the fluffy kind of cheesecake?
I’m sure I’ll find out when I read further, but wanted to ask right way before i get my hopes up. (Dense is what I’m hoping for.)
Beautiful photos!
debbie
@Ella in New Mexico:
Well, that was a gift to you both!
WaterGirl
@FelonyGovt: @Nicole:
When I was in college, I never understood why Mother’s Day was such a big deal. I forgot to call or send a card, no big deal, right?
Kids take their parents for granted. Parents are definitely wasted on the young!
So take it from someone who was bad about that during one phase of my life. They really do love you and appreciate you, but sort of by definition parents have always been there and kids don’t realize how important a THANK YOU can be.
debbie
@Duane:
Seconded. Though I doubt most people could sit through a (shudder) black and white film. :/
mrmoshpotato
@zhena gogolia: Ah.
debbie
@WaterGirl:
And don’t let him get us started on our grandmothers! Mine saved foil wrap, etc. etc.
debbie
@Sloane Ranger:
So public transport isn’t crucial to commuting to and from work?
Comrade Colette Collaboratrice
@FelonyGovt:
Whaaaaaaaaat? AAAAHAHAHAHA! Ho! Yeah. I’m sure it’s all my failings as a mother, but … nope.
Son did eventually remember it’s Mother’s Day, but is still grumbling about having to call his grandmothers. I have womanfully refrained from saying “at least you still have them.”
Cckids
Happy Mother’s Day, all! ? I’m missing my kids, though they’ve called.
Got to work later, at the damned grocery store. Yesterday was an absolute nightmare, way way too many people ignoring all social distancing, shopping in packs. I had a minor meltdown at one point; I looked around the self-checkout area I was minding, and each of the six machines had 3 or 4 people at it, all in their teens or young 20’s. Put on my best mom voice and said “ Only one person per machine!! Whoever’s not paying needs to leave! “ There was eye-rolling and muttering, but they did it.
I’m so tired of people.
Nicole
@WaterGirl: I laughed, to tell you truth. And then laughed again because it was followed up by me asking the husband to take the dog out for me, since it was Mothers’ Day, to which he replied, “You’re not MY mother.”
(He did take the dog out)
LuciaMia
@WaterGirl: If its NY style, definitely dense. Italian cheesecakes, with ricotta, tend to be fluffier.
Sloane Ranger
@Tony Jay: TBF, those not able to WFH were always meant to be going to work as normal, but haven’t as they were sent home by their employers. In the case of my local builders because work had dried up as nobody wanted them in their homes and in the case of a local factory because their supply chain was disrupted and they couldn’t get the raw materials. I don’t think that’s going to change in the short term.
mrmoshpotato
@debbie: Sepia tone silents!
J R in WV
@WaterGirl:
I’m a slovenly old guy, but when I grease a pan going into the over, I either use butter and my fingers to smear it all around for sweet things like pie or cake, OR I use a liquid like EV Olive Oil for casserole like potatoes au gratin etc. No paper needed, just a clean hand.
My mom was an angel, my cousins (who had an imperious mother) remember her as a source of maternal love. Wife also too.
WereBear
@WaterGirl: I love this one because it doesn’t need a springform pan OR a waterbath! Makes just the right size for two people in quarantine :)
Easy Pie Pan Cheesecake
Make a graham cracker crust in a 9 inch pie pan, and pre-bake for crispy. I find it even easier to mash butter with almond flour, spread evenly, and let that sit in the oven while it pre-heats to 325 degrees.
Beat all ingredients until good and smooth. I do it by hand.
Pour into pie pan. Bake at 325 for 50 mins. Cool to room temperature. Then refrigerate overnight.
Optional topping (after cake cools for 20 minutes)
1 cup sour cream
1 tsp vanilla
3 tablespoons sweetener
Mix and spoon on top of “crust”
Bake another 15 minutes at 325. Now cool and refrigerate.
Sloane Ranger
@debbie: According to BoJo people should drive, walk or cycle.
Clearly he doesn’t realise these are not practical options for people commuting into London.
cain
My sour dough starter is all awesome now! Lots of bubbles, it is thriving. Which of course means I’m going to have to dump it. In the end, it’s stressing me out. I don’t make any bread, I don’t eat any bread, and I’m just wasting flour that others can use.
I think I’ll just amke a bunch of loaves and call it good.
This reminds me of the whole garden thing where I spent all summer growing tomatoes and they all ended up rotting in the fridge because I couldn’t figure out what to do with them because it was late September and I didn’t feel like having tomatoes.
Nicole
@WaterGirl: My mom died when I was young, so I always had issues with Mothers’ Day (even though it was started by a woman who’s mother had died, so really, should have been perfect for me). Now, I tend to look at it as the day I call my aunt (who stepped in for SO many things after my mom died) and my stepmom, who, despite how much head-butting we did when I was growing up, is a most excellent person. I kind of forget that I fall under the title, too. :)
I am feeling very pleased about getting my aunt a good Mothers’ Day gift (she’s hard to buy for)- I sent a care package via Goldbelly, which is an aggregator of restaurants all over the country. She and my uncle like BBQ, so I was able to send them a pork sampler from North Carolina (to Pennsylvania). She mentioned the thing that’s hardest on her during this pandemic is waking up every day and thinking, “What am I going to cook today?” and so FedEx dropping off a solution to that problem for the next 3 days was a great surprise. I think one of the differences between being a kid and an adult is as a kid you like getting good gifts and as an adult you like giving good ones.
mrmoshpotato
@Cckids: Ugh. I wanted to smack some people while shopping yesterday. We may all be wearing face masks, but that doesn’t mean I want you loitering around a corner.
And if you’re in smacking distance, you’re too close. And how many of these bastards just go the wrong way down one-way streets?
David Evans
@debbie: The fear is that people on public transport will be unable to maintain safe distancing. The hope is that many of them will walk or cycle to work. The reality is that many of them will use their cars with all the attendant traffic jams and pollution. I have no faith that Johnson and his crew have thought this through.
The Lodger
@Tony Jay: I missed your nym and was well into the second paragraph before I realized you weren’t talking about the US.
PST
My mother passed away peacefully in hospice last July. The nurses and other staff members were gentle and friendly, working hour by hour to keep her comfortable. Family was with her every day. We were able to converse meaningfully right to the end, and she was spared the worst part of final lingering that many suffer. Missing her today, I cannot but feel thankful that her final illness is not taking place now. This epidemic must make hospice care as we have known it impossible.
LivingInExile
@Baud: Not since he got married in a cave.
mrmoshpotato
@The Lodger: Haha. I questioned if he was talking about the US until I saw “Commons.”
Amir Khalid
@Sloane Ranger:
Don’t the other home nations trust BoJo’s judgement? (He asked innocently.)
Ruckus
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
This gentleman basically did the same. He was cheerful the entire time, answered questions, spoke with elegance and experience. Said good bye at the the end and walked away with a smile. A dapper, funny, smart man. It’s always reminded me that being better is not that difficult, that being a decent human is much more fun than being an ass.
Immanentize
@HumboldtBlue: well, I still keep like every fourth butter wrapper…. Those mother lessons are sticky.
debbie
@Sloane Ranger:
Brilliant.
J R in WV
@Baud:
No, he has a wonderful rural bu1ngalow with a garden.
But he WISHES he could live in a cave! So quiet, so dark, so still !!!
James E Powell
@WaterGirl:
I’d say dense. A slice stands up.
dmsilev
@cain: Pancakes or waffles are good uses for starters if you’re not into baking.
Elizabelle
Happy Mother’s Day, MomJackals. Hope everyone is having a good one.
Glorious weather in central VA. Wish I could share it with you. Cheers.
debbie
@David Evans:
That’s pretty much what I thought, but you’d think BoJo would have been roundly slammed the minute that came out of his piehole.
Amir Khalid
@David Evans:
I get the impression that thinking things through is not BoJo’s forté.
Amir Khalid
@debbie:
He also wants professional football restarted so that the people will be cheered up, regardless of the practical difficulties and especially the danger to football people.
Ruckus
@Uncle Cosmo:
That’s the guy.
Kinda the point that I skipped over was we walked a long ways, with an old man, probably 70ish with a cane, a tweet suit and a hat. And I enjoyed every minute, the sights, the commentary, the local knowledge – he’d lived in Antwerp most of his life and walked miles every day. And he liked life, and people and where he lived, warts and all.
JPL
Happy Mother’s Day even to the losers and haters, or is haters and losers? Although the day has been uneventful, it so nice outside, it’s okay. Made a nice lunch and ate it outside, while sipping on a glass of wine. Now I’m watching Becoming on Netflix, and can’t understand why my eyes are moist.. hmmm
WaterGirl
@debbie: When my best friend’s grandma died, he had to go through her things.
He found a bag titled:
yet she saved it.
debbie
@Amir Khalid:
A Big Picture kind of guy, eh? We got ours, too. ?
WaterGirl
@Nicole: That was good for a laugh out loud!
debbie
@WaterGirl:
A perfect encapsulation of that generation.
WaterGirl
@LuciaMia: That would be great news! Sometimes here in IL they call it NY style but then it turns out to be fluffy.
So wrong!
WaterGirl
@WereBear: @James E Powell:
Because I am selfless, and to be fair to everyone, I shall have to make them all! :-)
Sloane Ranger
@Amir Khalid: Ha ha!
WaterGirl
@Nicole: These holidays are very complicated!
I LOVE finding the perfect gift. :-) But I also love getting them, so perhaps I am not all that grown up yet.
Baud
Just heard a Charmin toilet paper ad on my Spotify. The voice actress did a good job keeping the company’s immense joy appropriately subdued.
J R in WV
Jeffro
Our first or second full summer in the (then new) house we live in, we heard strange noises coming from the fireplace in our bedroom — pretty quickly we learned it was a nesting pair of chimney swifts who had built a nest and laid eggs on the smoke shelf. They couldn’t get out into the actual bedroom because the damper was closed.
Regarding the quarantine situation… I’ve been going to Kroger’s every 2-3 weeks, But then the tree fell, which meant a trip to the roofing warehouse, a visit from a friend to help patch things, people coming to review the damage and prepare estimates, and eventually there will be removal and replacement of the ceiling in the guest bedroom and reconstruction of a small knee wall that was crushed above the front door.
WaterGirl
@James E Powell: YES!
Ruckus
@Betty Cracker:
I’d agree with you on this. Even some people I think voted for shitforbrains seem to have woken up to his idiocy. People have said his 2+hr daily briefings were nothing more than televised rallies. Of course they were, it’s just that 2 hrs of him making a complete ass of himself, the result isn’t what he was looking for. Those people not looking for a complete ass as their president seem to be trying to figure out what do they do now. Those looking for a complete ass are trying to justify why. It’s why I think Biden is doing well. He’s not an ass. He’s likable. He’s got the “correct” genitalia, which for some reason is important to them. Maybe they think with theirs.
JPL
@Baud: Charmin is septic safe, which I didn’t know until I needed a few more rolls of tp. No more of the scratchy stuff for me.
Tony Jay
@Sloane Ranger:
True, but this is the seal of approval for forcing staff back to the workplace when it’s clearly not safe. All the guff about ‘Covid-19 appropriate social distancing guidelines’ is just that, guff. shoulder-slipping the responsibility from Government to the private sector. But the Government have said people have to go back to work, so it’ll be a race to see which is more ruinous to the economy – the spiralling infection rate once people are forced back into the workplace or the tidal-wave of litigation brought under H&S in the workplace legislation by the infected and/or their families. The cynic in me thinks that’s going to get ‘solved’ by the Tories taking a post-Brexit axe to said legislation, all in the name of ‘saving the economy’, natch.
And yeah, the “Well we said people should avoid public transport, didn’t we?” dodge is typical Tory-bubble bullshit. Surely everyone has at least a company car? Yah? Can’t they just toss a few thousand on a zippy little runaround? Don’t they want to help the econony?
I have zero patience with these people. They’ve shown exactly who and what they are and I’m judging them accordingly.
Sure Lurkalot
@danielx: Instant Pot for 20 minutes then finish on grill…did this last week and it was easy and delicious. Many recipes on the web…most say to pressure cook longer, but 20 minutes with slow release did the trick perfectly.
WaterGirl
@Ruckus: Not in my family. 0 for 2 in the ones I spoke to this week. So discouraging.
Tony Jay
@The Lodger: Honestly, not so different. Sadly reduced societies where democracy is under assault from Far-Right pseudo populist regimes headed by preposterous TV caricatures with delusions of grandeur.
But in November you get to vote yours out. Britain failed that test of character big-style back in December.
Kristine
Happy Mother’s Day to the moms.
I found a bunch of my grandmother’s recipes yesterday while looking for something else. She was German, so there were several recipes for spaetzle and fastnachts. Lots of baked goods. And liver dumplings, which I may not attempt anytime soon even though I do like liver.
David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: are focus groups any different than Broder interviewing diners
Mike J
@Tony Jay: I still wonder what the result would have been with Miliband.
Sloane Ranger
@Tony Jay:
They were planning on doing this anyway, COVID 19 or no COVID 19. That was the entire point of Brexit. And, given the size of the Tory majority, there’s nothing anyone can do to stop it. I await the shock from their new working class voters when the leopard eats their faces.
Ruckus
@WaterGirl:
I did say some…….
I also believe that a lot of the people still supporting shitforbrains will continue to do so, because they can not admit they made a mistake. Ever. And they think that liberals are evil, because they were told to.
Oh well, no one is perfect, some far less so than others.
O. Felix Culpa
@JPL: We watched Becoming last night and I sobbed. We have fallen so far so fast. My sons made the requisite calls today and they are confident that Trump is toast. It would be the best Mother’s Day gift evah if they are right.
NotMax
@danielx
Happy natal day!
ziggy
Those sound heavenly! especially strawberry rhubarb. I had to give up most dairy products (worth it), but that is the one thing that makes me very sad–no cheesecake. Tried the Tofutti fake cream cheese–the texture was perfect, but it tasted disgusting! If anyone has a great substitute, I’d love to hear it (no cashews either).
Sure Lurkalot
Happy Mother’s Day! I have no children and my mother and mother in law are both deceased. I will raise a glass to them this evening, but especially for my dear sister, mother of 3, grandmother of 5, who died in February, on our mom’s birthday, no less. At least I was with her. I’m missing her a lot today.
rikyrah
Happy Mother’s Day ??????
David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch
@hitchhiker:
“They still believe he’s a crackerjack businessman with an unfortunate “style” that’s kind of gross. They think he’s basically fine and has been the victim of a lot of unfair and overblown hit jobs. (I know.)”
The fact that millions of suburban women and college grads left the gop prove this is false.
Tony Jay
@Sloane Ranger:
Couldn’t agree more. It pains me not to have the slightest iota of sympathy for Bob and Betty Britain, but they chose embittered racism over progressive reform soooooo, fuckem it is.
It’s going to be a long, hot summer, isn’t it?
Benw
Happy Mother’s Day to all yo mommas!
ziggy
Seems like a very confusing message, that doesn’t make a lot of sense. “Stay Alert!” like the virus will sneak up on you and mug you? That’s funny.
Tony Jay
@Mike J:
A huge improvement over Cameron’s Austerity Agenda, but he’d have been flayed daily by the Tory Press and undermined by the same backstabbing Blairite Bourbons who did for Corbyn. No Referendum, though, which would have been…… very good.
Saying that, he’s back in Starmer’s Shadow Cabinet, but I don’t think I’ve seen him since.
Jeffro
@J R in WV: yeesh…NOT looking forward to the eventual clean-out here, that’s for sure!
NotMax
@ziggy
Texture and mouth feel are in the neighborhood of the real thing.
CHEATIN’ NOT-CHEESECAKE
1 regular size tub Cool Whip
1 container lemon yogurt
1 container any fruit flavored yogurt (see note)
Store bought pie pan with graham cracker crust
Mix Cool Whip and lemon yogurt together well. and let sit for a minute or two
Mix in fruit yogurt well
Pour mixture into pan
Make top pretty by making swirly patterns with a spatula
Optional: decorate the top with halved maraschino cherries or with sliced fresh fruit of choice
Refrigerate for several hours to fully firm up
Note: Do NOT use the type of yogurt with fruit on the bottom, use the premixed type.
Sloane Ranger
@Tony Jay: Let’s hope for the hot part. Might be able to sunbathe in my garden.
trollhattan
You know, if only Trump would follow his own code of conduct we’d all be better for it. Bid early, bid often. (Do his minions know he banned firearms?)
ziggy
@NotMax: Thank you–but I can’t have yogurt! (crying emoji–where is that?) Cool whip has a bit of dairy (not much). I could possible look into coconut yogurt? most of those have an obvious coconut taste though.
Lapassionara
@James E Powell: I just saw that Obamagate has been trending on Twitter “bigly.”
I hope someone on our side is taking this seriously because Trump’s side has a ton of allies in positions of power.
HumboldtBlue
@Immanentize:
Yeah, you should my collection of empty platic containers, the size the grated cheese or salsa comes in. Let’s just say I won’t be running out anytime soon this millenium.
Tony Jay
I’ve been working from home since late March, with all the gardening I’ve got done in between spreadsheets and works orders I’m the colour of a portly peanut cosplaying as a Bee Gee.
Stay home. Stay safe.
zhena gogolia
@Lapassionara:
GaryK
Next they should come for the Fox News channel on the community’s cable service.
cain
@dmsilev:
I made my first pancakes today with the starter. I don’t eat pancakes all that often.. but all the recipes are like 12 servings. I’m hoping that I will manage to eat some of the pancakes over the course of a week.
cain
@Amir Khalid:
They are mad. They won’t be cheered up when the virus starts spreading all over the place and we hit another wave. I guess people will need to be reminded.. repeatedly.
I guess one thing this has done is that it is teaching all of us a lesson that we are not top predators that nature will find a way to reveal you and you must still bow down to the queen.
That said, I think this virus is nature’s way to tap down on global warming. We are only doing a fraction of the green house gases we were doing before.
cain
@Baud: there should have been a digital mr. whipple.
cain
@JPL:
I got some bamboo based toilet paper.. not bad. I like it. But way too expensive. It was my back up in case I ran out of toilet paper. It took almost two months to get here.
Now I have a bidet and I only use like 3 sheets a day.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@zhena gogolia: I’m inclined to agree. Trump would love to sic Barr on Obama, but Barr is one of the handful of smart people around trump. The question is, will trump trip over his own… twitter rage.
Narya
@cain: It keeps in the fridge really well! I have left mine unfed for more than a month. I use a small glass bowl (not metal or plastic) and a plastic “shower cap” cover or plastic wrap. King Arthur has a ton of recipes too. Lately I’ve been using the sourdough waffles recipe
Narya
@cain: freeze them!
James E Powell
@Lapassionara:
I’m not sure I can take anything called Obamagate seriously. I really do not know what it is.
Sab
@Tony Jay: I love the idea of you and Sloane Ranger talking to each other via a blog from West Virginia.
greenergood
@debbie:
@Betty Cracker: OMG I am FAINTING in anticipation of making this beautiful sounding cinnamon chicken – thank yous!!
@Betty Cracker:
sheila in nc
Happy Mother’s Day! It’s been a lovely one for me. Daughter came over to chat and bake homemade strawberry pie with scratch crust. We Zoomed my mom who lives two states over — still independent at 88 years old. Then daughter whipped up a batch of Italian pretzels — who knew there was such a thing? It has been wonderful that she still lives nearby. She and her boyfriend are being careful with their outside contacts so they can still come and see us older folks. After she left, I went for a walk outside — beautiful day here. And that’s why I’m so late to the thread!
cain: don’t pancakes freeze? Put wax paper between them and you can pull out a couple for breakfast each day.
Sloane Ranger
@Sab:
It’s almost unbelievable isn’t it? But then I never thought I would be using Zoom and WhatsApp either! We live in interesting times territory.
Tony Jay
@Sab:
It is cool. There’s really nothing like the BJ community in Britain, and I’ve looked.
James E Powell
@hitchhiker:
I can see talking like that with close friends and family members in order to let them save face or merely to find a space for civility. But I am very chary of any effort to convince people who voted for Trump to vote for Biden.
James E Powell
@Tony Jay:
Why do you think that is so?
SWMBO
@debbie: I am reminded of Night Court where Bull said he held his breath for a week once. But he couldn’t have done it without gum. Maybe they just aren’t supposed to breath on public transport.
Another Scott
Personal responsibility for thee and not for me?? Life is so unfair for angry, over-privileged, white men.
https://twitter.com/J_Dot_J/status/1259510295673921536/photo/1
(via Popehat)
Cheers,
Scott.
Frankensteinbeck
@Lapassionara:
And 9/10ths of it is Liberals saying how wonderful Obama was compared to Trump. I’ve noticed a trend lately in hashtags being taken over by the people mocking the hashtag, until that’s the only reason the hashtag is still going.
JPL
@O. Felix Culpa: It’s such an ordinary story about an extraordinary person. I might have to watch it over and over again just to remind me about the time we were normal.
WereBear
@ziggy: I haz a sad for you. My search for no dairy/soy/cashew cheesecake recipes ran aground with no success.
Tony Jay
@James E Powell:
I couldn’t say, but if I had to hazard a guess I’d say Cole’s light touch and willingness to allow genuine debate/shitflinging/venting has attracted a diverse mix that basically runs itself. Without that commitment to letting people be people along with the general misanthropy and shocking record of ‘hilarious’ accidents, somewhere like this just couldn’t exist.
Nicole
@WaterGirl:
:)
Nicole
@WaterGirl: Well, if no one enjoyed getting gifts, it would take away all the joy of giving them. So I’d say you’re well balanced. :)
evodevo
@Betty Cracker: This tidbit from Tom Nichols a few days ago illustrates hitchhiker’s theory…
“An elementary school teacher who tells him that she really supports him and prays for him asks him to stop being a bully and stop rambling and to let go of his negative behaviors. Trump replies by saying he’s been treated worse than Abraham Lincoln. I am not making this up.”
senyorDave
@Frankensteinbeck: And 9/10ths of it is Liberals saying how wonderful Obama was compared to Trump.
I don’t see going after Obama as a winning strategy. Trump’s base hates Obaba, but Democrats love him and most independents seem to generally have a decent amount f respect for him. And if he pushes the Obama is corrupt narrative the comparison to himself looks pretty absurd to all but his base.
cain
@Narya:
Cool, thank you, yes, I’m going to try all that. :) Thanks again!
cain
@sheila in nc:
Not sure.. but I’m probably just going to try to keep them in the fridge. I’m not great at eating out of the freezer.. it’s the indian in me, I crave fresh food.
JMG
An update: Bacon cheeseburgers came out great! In all honesty, they are no harder to make than regular cheeseburgers. We’ll wait awhile then it’s on to dessert, poached pears in white wine.
Ryan
Happy Mother’s Day! Just got off of a 2 hour call with mine. Everyone is safe, do one has injected bleach
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@JMG: I’ve been craving a bacon cheeseburger since I saw your original post a couple of hours ago. I have the fixings, but the ground beef is frozen. Maybe later this week.
That’s a fancy bar you guys go to….
debbie
@ziggy:
I’ve never tried any, but there are a number of dairy-free yogurts.
Albatrossity
Happy Mother’s Day to all!
Not much to report here except that our cardinal couple has two eggs in the nest, and migrating Swainson’s Thrushes in truly amazing and unusual numbers are serenading us from the woods behind the house. Magical, that sound is.
Origuy
@WereBear: I’ve been looking for you in a live thread. Some time ago I posted about my housemates’ cat Gizmo being diagnosed with lung cancer. They helped her pass on Good Friday. Later that month was one of my housemates’ birthday. Since they are talking about eventually getting another cat, I gave her your book.
Gizmo was a very easy cat, never climbed on the counters or scratched the furniture. They (and I) might not get so lucky next time.
David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch
@Betty Cracker: Showtime is running a 30 day free trial (link). It’s a good time to binge watch.