Aloha Suz and Suz’s mom…! ;-)

evening, firegods & firegoddesses

Banderas without bandoleros strapped across his chest?
That is one original casting choice, Suz!

aloha tut — mom just went to bed — she had sent me this utube link so i am featuring it in her honor. how’s paradise tonight?

banderos singing even! hey newton — how ya doing tonight?

We anxiously await a cooling trend and a corresponding drop in relative humidity.
How you?

beaverton was hot today — musta been in the mid 80′s when we left… got here and its hazy misty and warm, currently 62 outside

Is this your mom’s first chance to meet her great grand daughter, Suzzz?

Hey, Suz and pups. Hope you and your mom are having a good visit.

I got to spend half a day with my dad. Took him and his Cadillac to get smogged. Then off to the Beach House Cafe in Goleta for lunch. We had fun. I’m treasuring these times with my dad.

Remember last nite I said Space Command had shut us down for 2-3 hrs, well it ended up being all nite, and, once again Space Command told us not to lase for awhile tonite…! Easy money, I tell’s ya…! ;-)

hey ppd — yes it was. jen picked mom up at the airport yesterday and mom got to meet and see her latest great-grandchild. today when i got to jen’s, jen opened the door holding one of their two dogs and mom was carrying julianna.

how ya doing tonight?

hey dearie — sounds like a fine day! i’m having a good time reminiscing with mom :) how ya doing tonight?

ka-ching!

requiem for evita

That’s great, Suzzz. Busy day with clients, doctor appt for mom tomorrow.

a routine checkup?

Trade’ya

So Romney says that he’s one of the 90% of Americans in the middle class, and that Obama wants to raise his taxes, therefore he wants to raise middle class taxes.

It never pays to underestimate the cluelessness of Mitt Romney, but I have to think this is testing out a new talking point.

If America lived up to its potential, there might indeed be 90% in the middle class. But 30 years of Reaganomics, American Peak Oil, and the eventual post-WW2 development of the rest of the world removed any chance of that ever happening.

I’m sure that good old Mitt hobnobs with the actual wealthy, who have 100 times as much money as he does, and feels pretty poor. I say let him go without dental care for five years because he can’t afford it, and see how he feels about being the poor kid on the block with only $200 million.

uh huh.. no way dood – i don’t want that hot you got and don’t even think about sending me any of that muggy

hey dave — how ya doing tonight?

I is otay. No food in the house. I need to make a run to town.

I noticed that the potatoes I had stored had gone bad (bad spuds are very very bad).

I was browsing the net and the consensus seems to be for storing potatoes, onions, and garlic in brown paper bags in the basement. That both keeps them dark and lets them breathe. Of course, no grocery stores use paper bags anymore. Maybe I can use lunch sacks or something.

Stupid system logged me out in the middle of posting. ** grumble grumble **

Hey, all. I am a fan of requiems. Must be that daughter -of-a-cast-out Catholic thing!

Great observation. What crazy times we live in.

as long as the basement is dry….

i hate it when that happens… i accidentally log myself out all the time when i inadvertently click on the my account pull down menu when bring my mouse back down from the refresh button

hey openhope — how’s the sound tonight?

Thanks, Dearie (may I call you Dearie?).

I also remember Lieberman saying that he was middle class, that he and his wife (who sits on the boards of some insurance companies) only make $350k per year. In the Senate, that makes him the poor kid. I bet he doesn’t even have a private jet. So sad.

tbogg just tweeted:

Tbogg
Mitt Romney pulled himself up by his own bootstraps just like any other lad whose dad was CEO of a car company and a governor #luckyspemclub

I’d laugh, except that it makes me sick. Co=opting the Middle Class. Oh, well…

I insist on my garlic bulbs being tied in twine strings that come together to tie into a “rope”. Now that my dear husband is unemployed and we live in a maritime area, he tied the bulbs in a nautical knot. Quick release.
I’m having issues sharing my dull garden life with my International Sales Manager husband. :]
He rocks on fire wood. And heavy lifting!

that heavy lifting is important….

Perfection!

heavy lifting

As long as heavy lifting still exists, there can never be true equality between the sexes….

i saw it and had to share — it fit in so well with dearie and dave’s conversation… tbogg has impeccable timing

There’s actually something to it. The Senate in particular (where Rockefeller isn’t even in the top 10) is a rich person’s club. DiFi just wrote a check to her own campaign for $5 million to cover what got embezzeled.

There’s rich and there’s rich. The Koch brothers (each) are actually worth 100 times what Mitt Romney is. They are worth three times what Steve Jobs (who literally started Apple in his garage and it is now the largest market cap company in the world). They inherited a bunch and turned it into a bunch more. I suppose there is some value in that. But nothing helps you get ahead like being squeezed out of the right uterus.

So you hang with the big dogs all the time, and your pitiful few millions feel like you’re a victim.

The marvel of narcissists is that they all believe they did everything by their own damned selves… that no one ever helped them.

I’ve been listening to a lot of reports about the development of the infant/toddler brain. One of the most important things to do from birth to age 4 is to help the child learn social skills and self-control. Amongst those social skills is ‘empathy.’ Where in the hell were their richie-rich mothers?! Lunching, I suppose. These narcissists have a significant lack of empathy.

I find is sickly fascinating that so many of the politcos these days pretend that they are just like us. Fuck ‘em, I say.

My simple bumper sticker rule: “Don’t vote for anyone with more money than you have.”

It would transform America!

nannies and babysitters and child care centers just can’t compete with what mom does. i was so glad that jen is able to stay home and be a full time mom — i had to return to work when she was 4 months old and when her little sister was 5 months old.

i really wish i had been able to stay home when they were little — i wish i had that option but my income was needed…

Then we wouldn’t have had FDR or Kennedy….

The society needs what is called “disruptive change” these days in corporate technology world.

I mean, its no joke, gang, we live in a dying society.

follow up from her appt two weeks ago — see if the meds are working as expected.

It’s all good. I learned how to operate a pressure cooker. “Put up” 8 pints + 8 quarts cooking now. I had a scary first encounter when doing the manuals suggested trial run on the pressure cooker. Learned not to run and take a pee after the Regulator Thing gets put over the steam vent. Because when you come out of the bathroom all hell is breaking loose! Did reassure me that the wobbly Regulator Thang works in case of major pressure build-up.
live and learn

excellent — hope all goes well

i know it is wrong of me but i laughed when i read that…. because it sounds just like some of my life lessons learned…. you pressure cooking chicken?

Either that or I need more money…

The problem with that is that FDR and Kennedy (who was not such a great president in truth) were class outliers.

There are many, many people who are not rich who would be FDRs if elected.

However, unfortunately, in our “elections” the plutocracy provides us with a choice of two of their servants and class members, whichever we favor.

hey sixgill – how ya doing tonight?

To sleep, perchance to dream…

Goodnight peeps. Be good to one another.

g’nite dave

We’ll see tomorrow. She seems to be feeling better.

“…Kennedy (who was not such a great president in truth)”

Truth according to whom?

I was happy to stay home with my kids….while also taking every part-time job I could find. I’m happy that my daughters both have great day care and can spend real quality time with their kids when they aren’t working. I don’t see that my grandkids are suffering by being with caring sitters and now in pre-school. There are many people to care for them and love them. My little grandtwins are sublimely empathetic…. they are so good together and they soooo know that their mom and dad and grandma and aunties and uncles love them.

that’s a good thing :) fingers and toes the doc confirms dood

i apologize if my earlier comment sounded harsh or condemning – my thoughts veered from where i was originally (a rant against those who have trophy children) and went elsewhere. i was very lucky to have resources (and a decent paycheck) and searched hard to find good reliable child care *and* i was did a lot of catchup parenting at the end of every day to try to offset my not being there while i was at work.

Foggy & calm here in the cool, gray city of love. The Giants just beat the Dodgers (Yay!) but the season doesn’t look good for the home team. (*Frown*)

Ah, utopia is literally nowhere.

Oh, I didn’t take your comment as harsh or condemning at all. Actually, I was smiling inwardly…..while women were worrying about leaving their kids while they worked, I was wishing that I had a ‘real’ job. But I loved raising my kids, and I also took care of other mothers’ kids for several years. I am glad that Jen can stay home with the divine JuJuBe, but I’m also okay that my girls can do their interesting jobs with good help. All the kids seem to be doing fine. All of my own kids went to pre-school at 3 years old….and loved it. The babyboys were so excited this weekend to tell me about ‘school’ … they love painting at the big easels, walking on the track at the Y, taking their naps on cots in a big room with all the other kids. They are jazzed. And the pre-school is doing group potty training! God love ‘em!!!

I didn’t ask them about getting kicked out of “3 to 5 Year Old Hip Hop Dancing”… (just a bit of dancing and too many tears)….and they didn’t mention it. (Their mom says she will send them to Hip Hop Boot Camp so that they can come back and tell Fancy Dancer Teacher that they are ready to kick some boo-tay!)

We mothers all did our best. Except, of course, Pete Peterson’s grandson’s mother. She really fucked up! “:)~

yay and boo… i’ve got a soft spots the the giants and love to hate the dodgers

and george bush’s mom, barbara

Oh, I think she did the best she could with that dimwit. The other boys, maybe not so much.

the very rich seem to have a different way of parenting than the rest of us…. the way barbara and h dealt with the death of their daughter by going golfing….

“It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of wealth.”__Benjamin Franklin

I don’t follow pro sports so closely anymore. But I still like college football, and even a little March Madness B-ball (it’s fun!). Go Golden Bears!!

“If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.”__John F. Kennedy

I’m pressure cooking another batch of beans as we speak….I’m planning on pressure cooking Every Fuckin’ Thing,..cuz it’s the New Amerika!!
:]

BTW, Suz and CT, I want to share that I snagged the 500 at Mr. TBogg’s recent slugfest. (Saving you, Suz, from yourself!) And more people have commented since. I’ve never seen anything like it. Some actual good writing and some funny people….but, jeez, where did they all come from?

I read TBogg but I don’t often comment. I just enjoy a bit of snark in the evenings.

I also read the rude pundit….who is too darned smart to allow comments. Imagine an infestation of newbies writing, “oh, you talk dirty…..I’m taking my ball(s) and going home.”

Funny about our criminal elite. They were once little children running around and having fun. What happened and rotted them?

i don’t follow hardly any sport either (unless its getting world series time and a team i like is in contention) but i sure do like to hear of a g win. especially against the dodgers. the first game i saw was a giant game at candlestick the summer of 6th grade so i’ll always have a soft spot for them.

what’s the advantage to using a pressure cooker besides saving time? do they taste better?

Yeah, it all works out according to the structure and safety a good parent builds into the family life. A lot of different ways to raise great kids.

congrats dearie (and thank you). the nader folks sure showed up quickly after that post went up — it was like some sorta batsignal lit up their skies

Well, it keeps you from dying of botulism. That’s the major goal.

“Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty; what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness.”__George Bernard Shaw

You remind me of how enthusiastic I got when I bought a couple of 5-tray dehydrators. There was nothing that could outrun me! And, as I said in another thread, when my daughter and her friends who were thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail got the delivery of dehydrated martini olives they laughed out loud….and also enjoyed.

yup — the key is an involved parent in that child’s life. and liberal doses of vitamin l(ove)

always a good thing…. i’m just wondering why p/c went outta fashion — wondered if it changed the flavor or texture or something…

I love that: Vitamin L. Never heard that before. So right on.

“Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.”__Napoleon Bonaparte

thanks — not sure where i first heard it but i sure like it too.

Do you watch Iron Chef? Great fun. Not only are the chefs using all the new technology, but they are also using the pressure cooker more often. I was always intimidated by the pressure cooker. Sometimes I’m a wimp.

“I have good looking kids. Thank goodness my wife cheats on me.”__Rodney Dangerfield

I’m enjoying these quote, Robert. Thanks.

i don’t watch iron chef – the only nighttime food network show i watched was alton brown and he’s not airing his show at nights now. i’ve always been hesitant to use something that could blow up… i remember hearing horror stories as a kid about how dangerous they were.. i assume that’s changed nowadays

hahahaha i love rodney.. hella diver too

“My wife is so analytical with raising kids, and I am not. My feeling is if they turn out good, then that means I was a good daddy and put a lot of effort into it. If they turn out bad, it means they took after her side of the family.”__Jeff Foxworthy

I’m not sure what p/c is. In preserving food it breaks down to acidic or non-acidic. Acidic is easily preserved without too many problems. Non-acidic is a potential haven for bacteria.
It sounds complicated but it’s way easier than learning how to shoot and care for a gun.

My grandmother had a pressure cooker. I always went outside the house, cuz I was afraid the damn thing would explode. (Maybe other people have similar fears about pressure cookers?)

sorry — p/c was shorthand for pressure cooker

“Kids are wonderful, but I like mine barbecued.”__Bob Hope

“Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing up is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing.”__Phyllis Diller

The first time I saw a pressure cooker in action I was horrified! I think I’m lucky in that I always have plenty of time to cook, so I don’t need the ‘hurry-up-machine’, but I admire those who are gutsy enough to risk instant-death-by-pressure-cooker.

Now, that makes sense!

i had a friend in the 90′s who had a sign in her kitchen that said ‘raising kids is like trying to nail jello to a tree’

“Don’t tell your kids you had an easy birth or they won’t respect you. For years I used to wake up my daughter and say, ‘Melissa you ripped me to shreds. Now go back to sleep.”__Joan Rivers

That shouldn’t make me laugh, but it does. When Joan got her last face lift, she looked like someone was pulling her face from the back of her head. Now, a couple of years later, she actually looks pretty darned good. She is who she is….with some surgical assistance, of course.

i heard ’52 hours of labor’ a lot from my mom when i was a kid… especially when i misbehaved…

“Adopted kids are such a pain – you have to teach them how to look like you.”__Gilda Radner

I risked it yesterday and found a piece of equipment I could totally understand, after all those horror stories.
It’s a sane machine with a calculated build of pressure. I’m in love.
First I thought my new dehydrator was the bomb, then I discovered the wonders of having a new smoker, now I’m in awe of the possibilities of my new pressure cooker. I’m getting weirder by the day!

I hope you’re joking. My mother never forgave my twin brother for being breech and taking two hours to get born after I just kind of fell out. No wonder some young women are opting for easy ways out.

“I figure if my kids are alive at the end of the day, I’ve done my job.”__Roseanne Barr

Joan Rivers once said she inserted a Slinky as an IUD. After, she claimed, she only made love coming down the steps.

Oooh, I would so love a smoker! I smoked some fresh salmon on my grill some time ago….just incredible. Just with one of those little smoke boxes under the grate. I’d love a real smoker, for sure. I do still love my dehydrators.

not a joke — 52 hours of labor — during hurricane hazel at portsmouth naval hospital in va — she shudda had a c-section but they just told her to tough it out and stop complaining. it was not a good birth but she didn’t hold that against me — unless of course, she was laying some mom guilt on me…

not weirder — braver. i so admire your determination to be self-reliant.

G’night Suzanne…..and thanks for another pleasant evening chat.

congrats on snagging the happy lucky 100 mikey!!!

g’nite dearie

Yeah, I heard how I always procrastinated, even procrastinated being born……………
My own childbirth experiences having babies were actually longer than my recorded birth procrastination.
Can we all just say, “Fuck you, Mom. Love you.”. !? Oy. I’m not sure we’re allowed to say that.

I’m so glad I never had anything to lay on my kids……just lucky I guess.

There’s a perfect 100 comment! Congratulations.

hahahaha

I don’t do shame. If you have guilt, fix it. That’s how I choose to look at life.

my mom can make me feel guilty with just a look… although i’m sure that says more about me than her.

ok peeps, i’ve hit the wall. was up at (gasp) 1030 and its been a long day. thanks for letting me hang out with ya tonight.

g’nite all

Treasure it while she still has “the look”. It’s a bitch, but it’s what makes us family.
I miss my mom having the power to have “the look”.

Yeah, time to call it a night.
Sweet dreams, all.

ugh… how is it that normally intelligent people still swoon for the swill that right wing reactionary Andrew LLoyd Webber produces? One might as well be a fan of Mel Gibson…

“Phantom of the Opera” is one big yawn – to anyone with half a brain. What else can be said about a show in which the star performer is a chandelier?

The corporate mindset destroyed Broadway as much as everything else it infected. Put your money to better use… buy a good book, there are still a few being published.