Ugh, just realized I've worked 15 days straight through without a break on my current project, including a 14-hour day yesterday. I'm definitely getting too old for this kind of pace, not bouncing back from a double shift quickly like I could in my 30s.

My supermarket has an English toasting bread that's not as soft as a typical sandwich loaf, so that might be a good place to start. I'm going to try the French raclette cheese, as well, though it may be a little soft for the job.

I got a quite sharp provolone to put into my chicken Alfredo casserole, and it's terrific. It's too sharp for my taste buds to want to eat it straight, but my casserole was so good I don't want to leave the leftovers alone to have for lunch at work.

I think of grilled cheese and toasted cheese as being two different things, Laura. Toasted cheese (or, as we call it "cheese toasty") is open faced and made in a toaster oven. Grilled cheese is closed faced and made on a griddle or pan on the stove top. With butter, of course.

I listen to a couple of Fox News podcasts to help balance out my podcast politics listening. It's kinda nauseating to have some of the people on there equating BLM to Neo-Nazis and blaming the media for, well, everything.

I realize I'm listening to opinion shows, not news shows, but I checked out the Fox News website and...

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Ugh, just realized I've worked 15 days straight through without a break on my current project, including a 14-hour day yesterday. I'm definitely getting too old for this kind of pace, not bouncing back from a double shift quickly like I could in my 30s.

I used to do this during busy conference seasons and once I got past 14 days, I started going insane.

Sophia, no bread at all or no gluten?

If no bread at all, no grains - I would have to go for just cheese covered latkes.

Same nomenclature as lisah re: grilled vs toasted. I am also partial to a sandwich made with toasted bread and cold cheese although I don't have a name for it (most often made because I generally keep sliced bread in the freezer and toasting it is the quickest way to make it edible but sometimes that particular flavour profile is just What I Want Now.

Can you do rice cakes or corn tortillas or anything vaguely bread-like, Sophia? I'm mostly just curious with a healthy doe of wanting to try to come up with a grilled cheese sandwich facsimile for you, feel free to ignore me.

Ugh, just realized I've worked 15 days straight through without a break on my current project, including a 14-hour day yesterday.

Yikes. That would make me nuts.

That is WAY too much work. I don't think I've ever been able to do that. I mean, I've worked those hours, but it was terrible and not good quality work and I sure didn't bounce back well.

Ugh, just realized I've worked 15 days straight through without a break on my current project, including a 14-hour day yesterday.

I did that for almost a month, two jobs ago, when I was in my 30s. Never again.

I listen to a couple of Fox News podcasts to help balance out my podcast politics listening. It's kinda nauseating to have some of the people on there equating BLM to Neo-Nazis and blaming the media for, well, everything.

I can see where that would be depressing, Gud. On the other hand, I'm pretty sure Fox News is no longer considered a "news" channel. Its CEO said they're not looking to compete with other news channels, but with TNT and ESPN. It's entertainment for ultra conservatives. I'm working on an online course with, among others, Bill Adair, the Politifact guy. He suggests the Weekly Standard for a conservative perspective. [link]