Good stuff, Bernard! I have done basically the same recipe using dried chickpeas. I’m sure there are many regional variants too. No question that making your own is superior to buying Sabra or some such.

@wtg Good news, indeed. Also, Jill Underly won reelection: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5226217-jill-underly-wisconsin-superintendent/

:crying emoji: I was really sad to see this. He is missed. (Still haven't figured out where the emojis are here.)

Gmail ... https://www.axios.com/2025/04/01/mike-waltz-signal-gmail-security

@dolmansaxlil I saw tons of stuff that looked fabulous on the site. I’m still skipping spicy foods for now, but I was sorely tempted to order something! Let us know what you think of their stuff, if you end up ordering something.

I got a gift link that includes the videos. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/arts/music/martha-argerich-piano.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8U4.6_iF.iufsu_tdLFpu&smid=url-share

In college, I worked for a sleep researcher. In addition to monitoring subjects at night, I also worked part-time doing transcriptions of people's dreams as recorded when they were awakened. It was a funny type of typing because I needed to incorporate grunts, coughs, and pauses. Long pauses became.......drawn out ellipses. I'd start with the normal 3 but then add another period for each 2 seconds of pause.

That's even scarier than the people climbing the tower!!

No paywall version of the OP. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/kat-abughazaleh-from-youtube-to-congress/ar-AA1BZWL0

Then there's this story of a journalist, US citizen, and his border crossing experience. Scary as hell. https://archive.is/1V8pk

At least Trump(CF) is truly elected. We had Liz Truss and Rich Sunak foisted on us

Push will come to shove and we will see if those associates will all take lower-paying positions. Some may, some will not.

@Bernard said in Happy World Piano Day!: But I can manage quite well right now without a cello teacher because I know what has to be done, but the climb is slow and steady. That's great! Also, my main focus is on piano right now. Also great! I heard this piece "Les larmes de Jacqueline" by Offenbach last month and went looking for the music. Just listened, what a gorgeous piece!!! Wow! I can see why you would want to play it! The best I could find was a transcription for harmonica and harp written in G clef, but I downloaded it and am in the process of writing it out in F clef and C clef (where necessary) because that's what I'm most comfortable reading for cello. A good exercise in vibrato. "transcription for harmonica" is not something I expected to exist!