April 06, 2012
— Ace I can't do religious or solemn posts, but I can do cute.
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Posted by: elizabethe is all dead inside at April 06, 2012 03:41 PM (T03Ll)
Posted by: kathysaysso at April 06, 2012 03:42 PM (ZtwUX)
Happy Passover and Easter everyone! I've got two extra places at my table Sunday if any of you morons are local.
Menu:
Roasted lamb, Greek style
Roasted lemon potatoes
Asparagus bundles wrapped in prosciutto
Goat cheese stuffed deviled eggs
Yeast rolls
Strawberry pretzel salad
Wine, beer, and Georgia Peach Sangria
Ya'll come!
Posted by: Jane D'oh is worn out from cleaning the damned house at April 06, 2012 03:48 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: wheatie at April 06, 2012 03:48 PM (+5U+B)
Posted by: Contemplative Lobster at April 06, 2012 03:48 PM (ay6+/)
Posted by: Burt's cats at April 06, 2012 03:48 PM (Gc/Qi)
Posted by: elizabethe is at stage 5 at April 06, 2012 03:48 PM (T03Ll)
Posted by: Y-not at April 06, 2012 03:48 PM (5H6zj)
http://bit.ly/Hlv7vF
Posted by: mama winger at April 06, 2012 03:49 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: elizabethe is at stage 5 at April 06, 2012 03:50 PM (T03Ll)
Posted by: Y-not at April 06, 2012 03:50 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: mama winger at April 06, 2012 03:50 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 06, 2012 03:51 PM (Af3Wg)
Posted by: mama winger at April 06, 2012 03:52 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: mike at April 06, 2012 03:52 PM (R+YK5)
and all God's people said, Amen and amen.
Posted by: mama winger at April 06, 2012 03:52 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 06, 2012 03:52 PM (Af3Wg)
Posted by: Burt's dog at April 06, 2012 03:53 PM (Gc/Qi)
:-( Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 06, 2012 07:52 PM
{{{ J.J. }}}
Posted by: mama winger at April 06, 2012 03:53 PM (P6QsQ)
Two minutes, is all we ask. They'd all be dead. Chicks, bunnies, puppies. Dead. Dead. DEAD!
We like the cut of your jib and wish to...zzzZZzzZzzzzz
Posted by: fluffy's reform school kittehs at April 06, 2012 03:54 PM (O6q63)
Strawberry pretzel salad
cut. jib. newsletter with recipes?
Posted by: elizabethe is at stage 5 at April 06, 2012 07:50 PM (T03Ll)
Gimme a sec. I'll post the recipe here. I've been cleaning all day and D'oh just arrived with wine.
brb
Posted by: Jane D'oh is worn out from cleaning the damned house at April 06, 2012 03:55 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 06, 2012 03:55 PM (Af3Wg)
Posted by: belial at April 06, 2012 03:55 PM (/AptA)
Posted by: Tami at April 06, 2012 03:55 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: mike at April 06, 2012 03:55 PM (R+YK5)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at April 06, 2012 03:55 PM (0xqzf)
Oh and I did buy deviled ham today since Vic mentioned it. It has almost no carbs!
Posted by: dagny doesn't want to forget Andrew at April 06, 2012 03:56 PM (CMM9V)
Posted by: dagny doesn't want to forget Andrew at April 06, 2012 03:57 PM (CMM9V)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at April 06, 2012 03:58 PM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: dagny doesn't want to forget Andrew at April 06, 2012 04:00 PM (CMM9V)
Posted by: Minnie Rodent at April 06, 2012 04:00 PM (S3rrR)
thx! take your time, enjoy your wine. I'll check back. =)Posted by: elizabethe is at stage 5 at April 06, 2012 04:01 PM (T03Ll)
Ya, Me too. And I'm not going to tell anyone. And I'm going to eat them all. All by myself.
Posted by: mama winger at April 06, 2012 04:01 PM (P6QsQ)
Hristos Voskrese! Voistinu Voskrese! Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen!
Happy Passover!
Happy Easter!
did I miss anyone?
Posted by: the Butcher at April 06, 2012 04:02 PM (8g9qq)
Posted by: dagny doesn't want to forget Andrew at April 06, 2012 04:03 PM (CMM9V)
Posted by: steevy at April 06, 2012 04:04 PM (7W3wI)
(It's a salad....it's a dessert....I don't eat sweets but every LOVES it.)
2 cups coursely crushed pretzels
3/4 cup melted butter (I use unsalted)
3 T. plus 1 cup sugar, divided
1 (8 ou.) package cream cheese, softened
1 (8 ou.) container Cool Whip thawed (I know, I know)
1 (6 ou.) package strawberry gelatin
1 cup boiling water
1/2 cup miniature marshmallows (D'oh hates marshmallows....doesn't know they're in the recipe)
2 (10 ou.) packages frozen sliced strawberries, thawed
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Combine pretzels, butter and 3 T. sugar. Mix well and press into a 9 x 13 baking dish. Bake 8 minutes. Cool completely.
Beat remaining 1 cup sugar and cream cheese in a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer. Blend well. Fold in Cool Whip and spread over cooled crust. Refrigerate until chilled.
In a separate bowl, dissolve gelatin in boiling water. Add marshmallows and stir until melted. Add strawberries with their juice. Let stand 20 minutes. Pour mixture over cream layer. Refrigerate until set. Cut into squares and serve as a salad or a dessert. (I make it the night before.)
Enjoy!
Posted by: Jane D'oh is worn out from cleaning the damned house at April 06, 2012 04:05 PM (UOM48)
The only thing I've ever seen her refuse.
Posted by: Pecos, at April 06, 2012 04:05 PM (2Gb0y)
For Good Friday I would like my present to be for women to play at Augusta so that they will put ladies tees in and I can finally play there on the weekend.
-Your master
Baracky Bartakomouse
Posted by: Shiggz RocketSurgeon at April 06, 2012 04:05 PM (RfvTE)
Posted by: dagny doesn't want to forget Andrew at April 06, 2012 08:03 PM
You mean she doesn't deliver ?? Rats.
Posted by: mama winger at April 06, 2012 04:06 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: steevy at April 06, 2012 04:06 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: Minnie Rodent at April 06, 2012 08:00 PM (S3rrR)
Puppy missed the chick.
Posted by: Tami at April 06, 2012 04:07 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: mama winger at April 06, 2012 04:07 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: dagny doesn't want to forget Andrew at April 06, 2012 04:07 PM (CMM9V)
Posted by: Cicero at April 06, 2012 04:08 PM (QKKT0)
Posted by: Jumbo Jogging Shrimp at April 06, 2012 04:09 PM (DGIjM)
Posted by: steevy at April 06, 2012 04:10 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: Ex-Terrified Lurker, Still Cautious at April 06, 2012 04:10 PM (teDEB)
Go anytime. Seeing the Sea of Galilee, the plain of Megiddo, the site of the crucifixion and the holy sepulchre is awesome.
Besides, it may not be there much longer since the SCoaMF is going give the wink-wink blessing to the Iranian's nuclear program since it's all peaceful and shit.
Posted by: Cicero at April 06, 2012 04:11 PM (QKKT0)
Posted by: elizabethe is at stage 5 at April 06, 2012 04:11 PM (T03Ll)
Posted by: Jumbo Jogging Shrimp at April 06, 2012 04:12 PM (DGIjM)
Posted by: Tami at April 06, 2012 08:07 PM (X6akg)
Phew! Thanks for relieving my mind. It didn't look too good for the chick when I clicked off the video.
Posted by: Minnie Rodent at April 06, 2012 04:12 PM (S3rrR)
Posted by: Ex-Terrified Lurker, Still Cautious at April 06, 2012 04:12 PM (teDEB)
Posted by: goddessoftheclassroom at April 06, 2012 04:13 PM (pW1NV)
Posted by: Pecos, at April 06, 2012 08:05 PM
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When I was a little lobster, our lab would very earnestly go through a plate of salad, pick out all the fresh pieces, set them aside in a pile next to the plate, and then eat the staler stuff. It was hilarious to watch.
Posted by: Contemplative Lobster at April 06, 2012 04:14 PM (ay6+/)
6 hard-cooked eggs, halved, separated
2 oz. soft goat cheese, crumbled
6 T. mayonnaise
2 tsp. minced shallots
2 tsp. minced fresh tarragon, chives, chervil or basil (I use chives)
1/8 tsp. salt
dash pepper
1. Place egg yolks in a medium bowl; mash with pastry blender or fork until crumbled. Add cheese; mash until combined. Stir in mayonnaise until smooth. Stir in all remaining ingredients except egg whites (duh).
2. Spoon or pipe mixture into whites.
I like to add a pretty little leaf of Italian parsley to the top of each egg.
Posted by: Jane D'oh is worn out from cleaning the damned house at April 06, 2012 04:14 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 06, 2012 04:16 PM (QTHTd)
Under sharia law it is haram to eat the cheese of the animal you're having sex with.
Posted by: The 12th Imam, Still In A Hole at April 06, 2012 04:16 PM (QKKT0)
Posted by: cowboyup at April 06, 2012 04:16 PM (F9eng)
Nice post. Commie Robeson had a tremendous gift, and he did a great job on the hymn.
Thanx.
Posted by: lizardbrain at April 06, 2012 04:17 PM (fWdId)
They were under mortar fire two days ago, and his friend who was killed by an IED is being buried Tuesday in CA.
Posted by: Jane D'oh is worn out from cleaning the damned house at April 06, 2012 04:17 PM (UOM48)
I did the Vatican with my daughter. Son has promised to take me to Israel.
The Vatican made me weep uncontrollably. Israel will probably lead to my complete collapse.
Posted by: mama winger at April 06, 2012 04:18 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: Jane D'oh
Dear Lord.
Posted by: mama winger at April 06, 2012 04:19 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at April 06, 2012 04:19 PM (Ho2rs)
Posted by: cowboyup at April 06, 2012 04:19 PM (F9eng)
No. For it is also haram for a sunni and a shi'ite to share the same hole.
Posted by: The 12th Imam, Still In A Hole at April 06, 2012 04:21 PM (QKKT0)
Posted by: cowboyup at April 06, 2012 04:21 PM (F9eng)
Posted by: buzzion at April 06, 2012 04:21 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Skookumchuk at April 06, 2012 04:21 PM (0Db2g)
Yeah, that was so cute, I was actually irritated by it a little. I'm missing that "enjoy cute" chip.
Posted by: dagny doesn't want to forget Andrew at April 06, 2012 04:21 PM (CMM9V)
Posted by: cowboyup at April 06, 2012 04:22 PM (F9eng)
Ahahaha!
Posted by: mama winger at April 06, 2012 04:23 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: dagny doesn't want to forget Andrew at April 06, 2012 04:24 PM (CMM9V)
Posted by: Jumbo Jogging Shrimp at April 06, 2012 04:26 PM (DGIjM)
Posted by: The Easter Puppeh at April 06, 2012 04:26 PM (R+YK5)
Posted by: buzzion at April 06, 2012 08:21 PM
Much more my speed
Posted by: dagny doesn't want to forget Andrew at April 06, 2012 04:27 PM (CMM9V)
As a matter of fact, it took his guitar a month and a half to arrive, and he's only received one goody box that was sent way back in early February.
The mail SUCKS ASS getting stuff to our troops.
Posted by: Jane D'oh is worn out from cleaning the damned house at April 06, 2012 04:27 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: dagny doesn't want to forget Andrew at April 06, 2012 07:57 PM (CMM9V)
I s'pose so, dagny. They taste like chicken nuggets.
Posted by: antisocialist at April 06, 2012 04:29 PM (j/nZn)
Go anytime. Seeing the Sea of Galilee, the plain of Megiddo, the site of the crucifixion and the holy sepulchre is awesome.
Mama, go whenever you can, you won't regret it. I went on a Christian pilgrimage to the Holy Land in April a few years back; it was indeed a profound spiritual experience. But if you can't go in springtime (Israel is heartbreakingly beautiful at that time of year), go whenever, but GO! It really is a life-changer.
Blessed Passover to all the Jewish morons, Blessed Easter to all the Christians, and happy opening of baseball season to everyone else (except fans of the Evil Empire [just kidding]).
Posted by: Basement Cat at April 06, 2012 04:29 PM (Odpsb)
The Pieta kills me. They have a copy in the Basilica of the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and I can't look at it until it's time to go or I cry too much. The real thing might do me in.
Posted by: dagny doesn't want to forget Andrew at April 06, 2012 04:30 PM (CMM9V)
That's horrible! Stuff got sent to Iraq in about two weeks.
My most recent shipments to Kosovo took about 10 days - his hunting bow and a humidor filled with cigars. Talk about your packaging dilemmas ....
Posted by: mama winger at April 06, 2012 04:31 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: dagny doesn't want to forget Andrew at April 06, 2012 08:30 PM
Oh. I guarantee it. I could hardly take it in.
Posted by: mama winger at April 06, 2012 04:31 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: dagny doesn't want to forget Andrew at April 06, 2012 04:33 PM (CMM9V)
I will, if it's the very last thing I ever do.
And Happy Baseball season to you too. Especially if you are a Cubs fan.
Posted by: mama winger at April 06, 2012 04:33 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: Jane D'oh is worn out from cleaning the damned house at April 06, 2012 08:27 PM (UOM4
I had the same problem with a guitar to Afghanistan but everything else I sent he got in about 10 days....unless he was off base for something.
I sent him 3 boxes to Germany right after the holidays. Two of them got them in about 2 weeks. One took over 2 months.
Posted by: Tami at April 06, 2012 04:34 PM (X6akg)
I don't get it. It seems like they'd work extra hard to get things to these kids when they're getting killed and shot at.
Oh, I forgot. We're living in the Age of Obama.
Posted by: Jane D'oh is worn out from cleaning the damned house at April 06, 2012 04:35 PM (UOM48)
Actually, I never had a problem sending to Afghanistan....only to Germany.
Posted by: Tami at April 06, 2012 04:36 PM (X6akg)
That shouldn't be. Definitely.
Posted by: mama winger at April 06, 2012 04:36 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: Skookumchuk at April 06, 2012 04:38 PM (0Db2g)
Posted by: elizabethe is at stage 5 at April 06, 2012 04:38 PM (T03Ll)
Posted by: Jane D'oh is worn out from cleaning the damned house at April 06, 2012 08:27 PM (UOM4
Son-in-law in CrapCanIstan sent a dvd of himself reading "Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You?" to the kids...they got it yesterday. 18 month old Baby Girl is just totally taken with it, can't figure out how Daddy gets into the computer.
As for getting stuff TO him - um. Yeah. Like dropping packages into a hole and hoping they come out the other end. Eventually.
Posted by: antisocialist at April 06, 2012 04:38 PM (j/nZn)
I feel like banging my head on a wall.
He's not on a FOB, he's based out of Leatherneck (Bastion) which is like a small city.
I. Don't. Get. It.
Posted by: Jane D'oh is worn out from cleaning the damned house at April 06, 2012 04:40 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: dagny doesn't want to forget Andrew at April 06, 2012 04:42 PM (CMM9V)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at April 06, 2012 04:48 PM (d0Tfm)
Posted by: Pecos, at April 06, 2012 04:48 PM (2Gb0y)
Posted by: Pecos, at April 06, 2012 08:48 PM (2Gb0y)
Pecos, God bless your friend's son. It's a shit hole over there. We hear first hand from our boy what they're going through. The media no longer covers it, unless it's a rogue soldier killing locals.
I stay "sane" by coming here and laughing and through my great circle of friends. However, being a military mom is One. Lonely. Club. I don't know another family with a kid serving. Moronette Tami really helped me out through our e-mails. She's a saint.
Posted by: Jane D'oh is worn out from cleaning the damned house at April 06, 2012 04:53 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at April 06, 2012 04:57 PM (21lBC)
Posted by: goddessoftheclassroom at April 06, 2012 04:58 PM (pW1NV)
The waiting at home is very hard. My friend is frantic and it is hard to know what to say to her. Harder to know what not to say. I have been her blog friend on another site for years and now we are all walking on eggs over war news topics. No one wants to make her day harde,r but to totally ignore the war news feels like ignoring her son's service. Do you have advice?
Posted by: Pecos, at April 06, 2012 05:03 PM (2Gb0y)
I'm just sick of the parents who crow to me how sad they are that Buffy won't be home for Easter because she wants to spend time at the beach with her boyfriend.
Or the dickhead we know who actually said to us, "My son is going to go into the military THE RIGHT WAY, THROUGH AN ACADEMY."
No words. Our son isn't some poor kid, he attended private school, his dad owns a successful business, and he's grown up in a very nice community. He's an Eagle Scout.
Gah. I'm tired and sorry if I sound pissed. But I am so damned tired of people who don't know telling me the "right way" to be in the military. And I say this as the daughter of an Air Force officer.
Posted by: Jane D'oh is worn out from cleaning the damned house at April 06, 2012 05:09 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Freida at April 06, 2012 05:11 PM (deXWE)
Still, even with that background, I don't know how to be a good supportive friend. I have never had a child who served in war. Any advice you can give me will be taken to heart and pondered.
Question: does it raise your anxiety when Ace posts a thread on war news?
Posted by: Pecos, at April 06, 2012 05:16 PM (2Gb0y)
Posted by: Tami at April 06, 2012 05:19 PM (X6akg)
Just be cool, offer support, and have a sense of humor (however weird that may sound).
I've really not reached out to a single person around me. My husband and I go about our lives as usual. Occasionally someone will ask how our boy is, and we'll tell them. Other than that, we don't stand out from the other parents we know. Which is actually, kind of weird.
Our media has lost interest in Afghanistan. And thus, the American populace.
Posted by: Jane D'oh is worn out from cleaning the damned house at April 06, 2012 05:20 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Tami at April 06, 2012 09:19 PM (X6akg)
Tami, have you given your boy a big, wet, embarrassing smooch on the cheek from me yet? And did you manage to pour a bottle of cider vinegar down his throat? Heh. You can tell him it was my idea!
Posted by: Jane D'oh is worn out from cleaning the damned house at April 06, 2012 05:22 PM (UOM48)
Now that he's out of Afghanistan, he's traded in his car for a new motorcycle. Ya know, just so I don't get completely comfortable about his safety......
Posted by: Tami at April 06, 2012 05:26 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: Tami at April 06, 2012 09:26 PM (X6akg)
Awww, fuck, Tami. Nooooo. I hate those things. D'oh's libtard brother rides and races those things. Broke his damned collar bone in October, just as I was caring for the f-i-l.
Posted by: Jane D'oh is worn out from cleaning the damned house at April 06, 2012 05:37 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Pecos, at April 06, 2012 09:29 PM (2Gb0y)
Anytime, Pecos. I'm probably not much help, being kinda a newby at this A-Stan stuff. However, I'm more than happy to be here for you and your friend.
Posted by: Jane D'oh is worn out from cleaning the damned house at April 06, 2012 05:38 PM (UOM48)
Yeah, I know....what can ya do? He's an adult and has been in 2 wars.
Billy Bob.....scroll 3 stories down.
Posted by: Tami at April 06, 2012 05:55 PM (X6akg)
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Posted by: Jane D'oh is worn out from cleaning the damned house at April 06, 2012 06:07 PM (UOM48)
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Posted by: Say What? at April 06, 2012 08:17 PM (b7L99)
. But it was a very good 'gay'!Posted by: Kevin at April 07, 2012 03:28 AM (3o64G)
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Posted by: kathysaysso at April 06, 2012 03:41 PM (ZtwUX)