WTF-Beta

Sounds like a fine recipe.

So smart to add delicate herbs (mint) at the end to preserve their flavor.

The problem with You Tube for classical music is that classical tracks are longer than popular tracks, and they interrupt the music after a few minutes to show you ads…and there’s nothing more annoying than that—you lose all connection to what’s going on in the music.

Now, maybe that makes a paid ad-free subscription worthwhile. I tend to think so.

Still paying 125/mo. for a “landline.” How dumb is that? Looking for an alternative.

Peonies. Roses.

Oh, no. I’m glad you are OK, but the damage to your new car…I hope you get some compensation.

My very smart wife took out extra insurance for uninsured drivers etc. This helped when I was hit by a car while riding my bike a few years ago.

Thanks everyone! Rather uneventful day, short bike ride in the morning, coffeehouse stop, afternoon practicing. Boring, eh?

You have probably heard by now about the film “Nonnas” now on Netflix, about the birth of a restaurant staffed by Italian grandmas. That was right here on Staten Island, just a block or two from the ferry. Ms. RP and I have been there several times, even before it got famous. The food is great.

If I can get them to upload, here are two pictures inside the restaurant (Enoteca Maria), one with the owner, the other with my wife at the table with one of the nonnas. From 2023.

https://i.postimg.cc/j2q7Wzr7/IMG-1122.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/TwJbYtBx/IMG-1121.jpg

I’m sort of familiar with that neighborhood but not that store. Great story!

@Daniel. said in Use of semicolon in decline:

They divide two parts into separate sentences. Commas divide sentences into clauses.

Actually, what I meant by “they” was: what do people do instead of using semicolons?

So what do they do? Make two sentences instead of one? Or just use commas?

Oh for the days when we loved such simple amusements!

When I lived in San Francisco decades ago I visited the home of a guy who had several restored player pianos. It was so satisfying just to sit there and be entertained, as if by magic!

I see you’re growing them in pots. A good idea if they’re happy there. Mine are in the ground, but I need more spatial organization. Oregano is crazy prolific, in its fourth or fifth year; I should already be harvesting. The rosemary looks like it survived the winter and is showing new growth. I already mentioned the tarragon.

There’s an old hydrangea next to the herbs that is about 20 years old and unproductive. I think we should pull that up and make a real herb garden.

There’s a cocktail bar a block away that I’m told is exotic and wonderful. Even their ice is supposed to be special. However, I’ve never been a fan of mixed drinks. I‘ll take a nice wine or a Scotch with water or ice.

We have regular kitchen shears, but have not tried them with pizza. The fact that the blades come apart would definitely be an advantage for cleaning off dried cheese.

Tip: make sure to let a hot pizza rest for a few minutes before cutting, so the cheese solidifies a bit.

I had a love affair with clavichords in the 1970s. I even visited the workshops of builders in England when I had concerts there. It’s a lovely instrument but I guess I grew out of the vs obsession.

Hearing Gustav Leonhardt’s expressive playing of Frescobaldi and Froberger completely changed my impression of the harpsichord from dull and mechanical to vibrant and sensuous.

I just wonder if all our old expectations of presidential rectitude and prudence and decency are now off the table for any future contender.

Daniel, I suspect there are different care regimens for various kinds of leather. I have a leather bicycle saddle that needed a treatment before first use (the company’s own, but others work too). I bought a tub of a waxy paste that my bike company offers, and use it on the leather straps and trim on my bike bags, as well as the saddle.

We have a leather couch that needs attention, but I am scared of using the “wrong” stuff on it.

Very attractive!

Wow, this is frightening. Along with many other things.