WTF-Beta

I have a TON of tarragon, and lots of flat-leaf parsley. And sage. Yes, rosemary too, not quite as much. But I already have dried surplus (of all except parsley) from previous years. Wish I could give some fresh herbs away.

It’s still growing season here, no urgency to harvest.

I have some thyme, which is useful all year. Will harvest later, as it’s still growing.

Tried chervil this year, very delicate anise flavor. I don’t really know how to use it. Also tried winter savory, which did poorly. Maybe I planted it in a bad spot.

Most often, breakfast is a heated Costco croissant or half a New York everything bagel. With a side of berries and coffee. I don’t have cereal that often.

Hippie granola head here. A local bakery makes a great one. With almond milk and berries. But I don’t have it every day.

Feathers will be ruffled.

Bernard, so sorry this happened to you. I have to agree with piqué about injury; it can be hard to know how badly you’ve been injured. The adrenaline kicks in and obscures the trauma.

As others mentioned, the insurance companies have these things down to a science. There’s a back and forth between the parties, all according to schedule. I remember all this from when I was hit by a car in 2020, and was covered by the car insurance my wife had, even though I was on my bike.

@AdagioM I think I read that the NYT recipe for plum torte remains their most popular recipe EVER!

Happy Birthday, AdagioM!

Happy birthday Kluurs!

Any updates on your preferred news sources? I have a subscription to The NY Times and am constantly shocked by their Trump same-washing and soft-pedaling of his abuses.

Also Paul Krugman and Charles Blow stopped writing for them because their editors so bolloxed up their columns as to be unrecognizable.

I have the collapsible shrinking ones. The first one developed a leak near the spigot end, too tough for me to fix. The replacement is working great, and I am in the habit of bringing it indoors after draining it.

Edens

Who cares? Of course, we don’t have any Cracker Barrels around here, so I have no skin in the game. Although there is a Cracker Barrel Deli, which has been here forever. I guess they fly under the radar since they haven’t been sued.

Sounds great!

That’s beautiful.

Decades ago, when I was taking a music course in London, it involved a lot of writing. So I had quite a problem being understood when I asked at a stationer’s for an eraser. It turns out that the British term is “rubber” — which sounds to American ears like a rude request.

Yeah, that’s pretty sad. I mean, that’s not a genre of music I normally listen to but it does nail the angsty self-involved thing.

Interesting, I think this would correspond in some way to the repetition and variation in Western classical music that keeps the mind interested.

Happy birthday Ron!

I’ve seen that tracking packages through US Postal too. They take a road trip around the country and decide to spend a few days in one city.

Still using an old Canon inkjet (I think MX922) and paying through the nose for ink tanks. But we don’t print all that much. If we ever need a new printer, I’ll be sure to refer to your notes above.