Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
It's interesting how different some of the experiences are!
Ankles are complicated!
Probably going to be a bit before you two-step or run a race.
Speaking of rehabbing, my FB friend Susan linked the story of Ramona Pierson which was absolutely remarkable. At 22 she was in the Marines, and went outside to go for a run with her dog. She got hit by a drunk driver and was in a coma for 18 months. She woke up blind, unable to talk and unable to walk. After many surgeries the hospital had no place to put her so they put her in a Senior Citizens home. Which turned out to be amazing as all the seniors turned her rehab into their community project.
She gives her TED talk here. It's short but amazing: [link]
I think I have the tiniest group in my history this year for Thanksgiving, but still the wide variety of tastes. I have vegetarian, carbless, carnivores, and the super picky. The list so far is Broccoli Cheddar soup, sweet potato pie, turkey & gravy, cranberry sauce, cauliflower stuffing, asparagus, mashed potatoes, and rolls. I always leave the desserts to others.
She gives her TED talk here. It's short but amazing: [link]
I shall watch. It sounds inspiring.
carbless
Man, not Tim's family. We are having good-natured fights over who gets to make which dessert. There will be many desserts.
And lots of wine. I asked my SiL "The question isn't should I bring wine; it's HOW MUCH wine should I bring?" When the guys made fruitcake Saturday, the 6 of us went through 2 bottles of wine and a lot of beer and THEN started in on the moonshine.
We had Thanksgiving at church on Sunday, and I definitely filled up a plate with white before I got to the veg on the table -- turkey (yay protein!), mac and cheese, potatoes, a biscuit... I could not turn down those things, though.
The good news about a big Thanksgiving is that you can accommodate everyone with some stuff, right? I mean, I was sitting with a vegan who was totally satisfied, for once, and I don't think I had any vegan items on my plate.
Old L&O watchers: [link]
That flowchart is amazeballs.
Yesterday, I saw one where Jose Zuniga and Patti D'arbanville were the bad guys (among others), but Big Pussy from the Sopranos was a total red herring. Which I guess I should have realized, since I don't know his real name off hand.
There will be three people (including me) at my Thanksgiving dinner this year. I have three bottles of wine. Seems about right, especially since only one person will have to drive afterward. (The other is my upstairs neighbor.) We'll be doing Cornish hens, dressing, sweet potato casserole (made with apricot jam, orange juice, and fresh ginger), gravy, Waldorf salad, and pie (apple and pumpkin). My guests will be bringing cranberry salad, "something green", and rolls.
I suppose mashed potatoes could also happen, but there already seems to be a lot of starch on the table. And I eat them a lot more than dressing or sweet potato casserole, so they don't seem as holiday-ish. Eh, the guests know what I'm making, so if they really miss mashed spuds they know to bring them.
I made a controversial executive decision to skip mashed potatoes at my Thanksgiving table about 15 years ago and I have never looked back. This year I'm not hosting so it's not up to me, but mashed potatoes, as wonderful as they are, are superfluous in a meal with stuffing and at least one orange starchy side (sweet potatoes or butternut squash).
