Spike: Ladies. Come on in. Plenty of blood in the fridge, don't be shy. Dawn: You mean like, real blood? Spike: What do you think? Dawn: Mostly I think, 'Eew!'

'Potential'


Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.  

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.


Jesse - Jul 16, 2021 5:28:43 am PDT #7893 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

That sounds like a fault of the truck, though, since in my experience, fried mac & cheese bites are delicious!


Toddson - Jul 16, 2021 5:57:03 am PDT #7894 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I thought the mac n cheese ice cream was a bad idea, but I have issues with Kraft (I always get a chemical-y undertaste with their stuff) and wouldn't think of trying it. If I want mac n cheese I either make it from scratch or buy frozen, depending on time. The idea of a small amount of a savory ice cream (gelato? sorbet?) with appetizers sounds appealing, though.


Calli - Jul 16, 2021 6:13:45 am PDT #7895 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Carbs + cheese = delicious

Truth. Although ice cream is fairly carbolicious, so this doesn't rule out mac and cheese ice cream.

I'd probably try a bite. Maybe two to be sure. Then again, I've tried rotten shark and cricket chocolate bars, so I may not be an example of someone with good culinary sense.

I also don't like chocolate chips in my ice cream (it's a texture thing—chocolate chips should be just a couple of degrees off melting, and ice cream makes them too cold). So take my assessment for whatever it might be worth.


-t - Jul 16, 2021 6:28:43 am PDT #7896 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Fried Mac & cheese bites always sound like a good idea - mac & cheese =yum, frying things usually adds tastiness - but I’ve been disappointed in the actual foodstuff on numerous occasions. Too much mac not enough cheese, perhaps. Or ratio of filling to outer crust is off. Or maybe my expectations just get too high. IDK.


Laura - Jul 16, 2021 6:29:14 am PDT #7897 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

I'm your opposite, Calli. I like chocolate chips straight out of the freezer.


-t - Jul 16, 2021 6:35:03 am PDT #7898 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I like mint chocolate chip ice cream but I do find the frozen chocolate chips a little disconcerting. As long as they melt in your mouth, as m&m’s used to say, i can work with it.


-t - Jul 16, 2021 8:51:39 am PDT #7899 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

So, I went to Rocket Mortgage who had done my previous refinance (via Quicken Loans) so they still had some information and filled in their questionnaire with reducing my payment as my goal and they suggested a new loan that would reduce my monthly payment by $106 but increase the overall cost of my loan by rather a lot and that doesn't seem worthwhile. But thanks for poking me to check into the option!


meara - Jul 16, 2021 9:32:48 am PDT #7900 of 30000

Dammit!! I closed on my refinance last Friday….so of course TODAY I get an email from American Express offering $2k if I refinance through that SAME LENDER. AASRFH.


askye - Jul 16, 2021 9:39:47 am PDT #7901 of 30000
Thrive to spite them

So found out today why we have struggled so hard to get our completion rate high enough and why the variance the store manager allowed.

There were six pallets of our merchandise misdirected to another store. Pallets. Not boxes.

My assistant Mgr is going through and taking pictures of all the stuff we knew we never got that we had to cancel.


Toddson - Jul 16, 2021 9:43:09 am PDT #7902 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

My sister worked retail for years ... hearing her stories left me with SO MUCH sympathy for retail workers. I make an effort to be nice to them, put things I decided against back where it came from (on occasion back where it should have been) and, when I tried on clothes (in the before times) I'd make sure they were back on the hanger and fastened as appropriate.