my house, she is a disaster, I just write y'all the good stuff.

That's awesome, Spidra. Good for you on assertiveness.

Not Cooking While Hungry is why I have Schwan's. He came to my door with a truck, and now I have a new frozen Top Chef dinner to try. Yay!

Another variation on a theme:

Thank you for taking the time to write us, we appreciate hearing feedback from our customers regarding our products. I am sorry to hear that you feel the name Flosty Gritter is appalling. Here at lush we do have a very large commitment on a range of issues, racial toleration is one of them. We pride ourselves in being a multi-cultural company and employ a vast amount of employees from many different racial backgrounds. The Flosty Gritter has been a favorite of many of our customers for quite sometime. It was not our intention for the naming of the Flosty Gritter to be offensive, and apologize if it comes off as so.

Each of our wonderful products are developed in the UK, including the Flosty Gritter. I would be happy to forward on your email to our UK customer care team for further discussion.

I get a bingo square for the apology " if it comes off as" offensive, right? Maybe also one for "the Brits did it."

Yup, you totally do. I think everyone should follow up and say, yes, please do forward my email to the damned Brits. I also like the format of: I'm sorry you think the name is: ______, with whatever you wrote in there. Hee.

And my superconservative facebook friend just laughed, so yay, either she didn't intend it the way I read it, or I might have headed it off.

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Yeah, that's the guy that NPR or APR interviewed (there was a call-in portion as well that featured some former prisoners and prison librarians). I was too lazy to look for a link, though.

That's the classic non-apology. Puts it back on you. Uhg.

Oh black beans, you are so good cooked up with just butter and garlic.

Inspired by Jesse (but hoping for better results) I'm aiming for something in a Huevos Rancheros vein.

But with Tater Tots!

So layer of tots, then black beans, then a poached egg, then sauteed mushrooms on top. Little bit of good salsa too.

That'll work.

I've got a terrible case of the blahs. Nearly a week of bad cold, so not leaving the house much, has given me cabin fever something fierce. BUT I also don't feel like going anywhere or doing anything! It's been a long time since I've mired in this kind of blah. Usually a shower helps, but not today.

Can you take the pups for a walk? Maybe their enthusiasm will be infectious?

sara, yep, that usually works, but taking them for their walks has been practically the only time I've left the house this week...and I'm even tired of that! Eeeek, the incurable blahs! I hope they are gone soon. I mean, it's rare when I don't even want to go see a movie and eat popcorn! It's like I don't even know who I am...