Couch 231: Live Long and Prosper!

I just saw an ad for gingerbread cookie flavored kit kats!

Just as long as the "results" show up on youtube. I will keep watching... are your feet okay?

Marion Berry? Whats in it, cocaïne? He was mayor of Washington DC back in the day until he got too high.

I agree! People are always like, "put your peaches and pineapples on the bbq!" I just dont get it. Or jaques pepin smears some prunes on a slice of pastry and goes, oh best dessert just like my mother used to make! Im like, really?

If it doesnt come in a box that says Awry's, its not dessert. Is that the greatest name for a bakery or what? "My dessert has gone awry!" Its the michigan version of the saying, have your cake and eat it too.

Remember Bill Knapps 's? Might be a michigan thing. An out of state coworker found they served warm apple pie with their own cinnamon ice cream. This was late 70's. So good.

My building has a garden, it opens through the restaurant on the ground floor. Someone found an adolescent pup on its own there this morning. No one claimed him and he doesn’t have a microchip. The building manager called the local shelter but they’re full and can’t take him till mid-November—so for the next two months at least I am hosting a dog.

He’s very sweet, well-trained. Not full grown yet, probably be a large size (I can’t tell the breed). Afraid of doors though.

@@, he is lucky to have you!

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I am glad you and pup have found each other.

@@, glad to hear you’ll be hosting a furry companion! How did the building manager know you’d be up to the task?

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I like prunes. I did not understand the rest. I have never been to Michigan that I know of. If I drove through it, I forgot it immediately

Aww @@ I'm glad the pup made his way to you, he's lucky to have you and I hope he's a comfort to you as well.

I have decided to give my old drumming group a try again, just signed up for a Zoom thing this coming Monday evening. I'll never know if they've settled down politically unless I go see, right? I noticed on the meetup description of this one, they used one of my poems I had written during a Zoom meeting and shared. That made me feel good.

Garden? Loam dog?

Eta - thank you for applauding my loam uh i mean lame jokes. Oops i did it again! Without even trying! Its a gift - and a curse!

Now I'm curious what are all the ugly details of your visit, Artie!

And we have a winner...

I was just thinking Gardiner myself.

I like to watch! - Chauncey Gardener

That would be most appropos today. Norm McDonald did call to mind Peter Sellers.

This makes me happy, but you need to fork over the dog tax. We need pics.

Oh hey we missed our grrrl's 10th anniversary on here this month! You guys woulda liked it back then. i actually thought i could get thru to SD with my infinite charm and psychological wisdom. An waddyaknow, ten yrs later, she got thru to me. I see the error of my ways and the aerie of hers. A toast!

A list of things I hate today...
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That's all I got. My eyeballs are swimming.

@@, I agree with NP, we need pup pictures!

Apple crisp is the very best, mostly because making a pie crust is not necessary. I make mine with oats and pecans.


una, if you have never had a marionberry, you must visit the PNW. They're like blackberries, only not.

Art, I hope you send some drumming vibes toward the Couch.

Re marionberry - i think it happened in the reagan years? I will check. But its like it was so shocking for us boomers at the time. We still saw mayors etc as paternal figures. Bill Clinton playing a saxophone changed everything!

Pictures are always appreciated when a dog is mentioned.

For one of my freelance contracts, I have to deal with (and correct) APA references. I really just don't understand the period after the date in parentheses. It's not in any other reference style I work with. At least they removed the requirement for the publisher location in the latest update.

I had an endocrinology appointment. Good endocrinologist in multiple ways because I have plenty of reasons to mistrust medical providers. I need a bunch of tests, had like 7 vials of blood drawn. Should know results pretty soon - 2 or 3 days.

Looks really yummy!