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[Chris , cookie guilt]

Just 61 more episodes to go! Hehe...that's cool, I like having a big series to pace myself through.

That pasta looks yummy!

[Felina]

That sounds good too. I need to go t the store but I'm dreading it. I hate the store but I'm craving Captain Crunch.

[Laurel]

I really have to give Breaking Bad a try...

[Felina]

Do it. Do it. Do it!

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

I was gonna try and catch Orphan Black on Netflix, but they don't have it on streaming. Amazon has it for streaming, but not for free.


I feel like the only person with no interest in Breaking Bad.

[Felina]

Breaking Bad doesn't seem like your thing.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Colleen wrote: "I was gonna try and catch Orphan Black on Netflix, but they don't have it on streaming. Amazon has it for streaming, but not for free.


I feel like the only person with no interest in Breaking Bad."

I disliked it, myself.

[Nyssa]

Colleen wrote: "
I feel like the only person with no interest in Breaking Bad."

You're not. Hubby loved the series, but I had no interest in watching it. Same with Game of Thrones..I watched the first episode, and part of the 2nd and decided it just wasn't for me. The only scene I wish I had seen was (view spoiler)[the dragon queen lady's - Can't remember her name - abusive brother was killed. I think hubby said something about is getting a gold crown, while it was still molten hot (hide spoiler)].

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

I have a sort of morbid interest in Game of Thrones, but not an actual one.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

Felina wrote: "Breaking Bad doesn't seem like your thing."

I have a thing?

Does it do stuff?

[Paul]

Nyssa wrote: "Colleen wrote: "
I feel like the only person with no interest in Breaking Bad."

You're not. Hubby loved the series, but I had no interest in watching it. Same with Game of Thrones..I watched the ..."

I only started watching Breaking Bad to see what all the fuss was about but I've ended up really getting into it (I had the same experience with The Wire actually). Although I can quite easily see how it wouldn't be the type of show that everyone would enjoy.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Colleen wrote: "I have a sort of morbid interest in Game of Thrones, but not an actual one."

I don't even have that.

I've been trying to figure out what it is about me and this grimdark fiction. I'm starting to settle on two things.
1. I am wussy
2. I read for escapism and I'll take my escapism with a large helping of unrealistic. :)

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Ok: this is one of my favorite pasta dishes. Love, love, love it. (view spoiler)[
Chicken and Exotic Mushroom Lasagna

I found this a long time ago in an Italian cookbook - can't remember the name now - but I loved it. The recipe calls for pork (prosciutto), but I leave it out. I use a simple béchamel sauce.

Yield: 4 People

Ingredients

Butter (greasing)
14 sheets lasagna, pre cooked
3 3/4 cups béchamel sauce
1 cup grated parmesan cheese
2 tbsp olive oil
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1 large onion, finely chopped
8 oz exotic mushrooms
2 1/2 cups ground chicken
3 oz chicken livers, finely chopped
4 oz prosciutto, diced
5/8 cup Marsala wine
1 tbsp chopped fresh basil
2 tbsp tomato paste
salt & pepper to taste

Instructions

Heat the olive oil in a large pan. Add garlic, onion, and mushrooms. Cook, stirring frequently, for 6 mins.
Add the ground chicken, chicken liver, and prosciutto and cook over a low heat for 12 mins, until the meat has browned.
Stir the Marsala wine, tomatoes, basil and tomato paste into the pan and cook for 4 mins. Season to taste with salt & pepper, cover, and simmer for 30 mins. Uncover the pan, stir, and simmer for another 15 mins.
Arrange sheets of lasagna over the base of a greased over proof dish - spoon a layer of chicken and mushroom sauce over lasagna, then a layer of béchamel sauce. Repeat process until dish is full. Finish with a layer of béchamel sauce. Sprinkle with cheese and bake in pre-heated oven at 375 degrees for 35 minutes until golden brown. Serve

Béchamel Sauce

Yield: Makes about 2 1/4 cups
Ingredients

1 tablespoon minced onion
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
3 cups milk
1/4 teaspoon salt
white pepper to taste

Instructions

In a sauce pan cook the onion in the butter over moderately low heat, stirring, until it is softened. Stir in the flour and cook the roux, stirring, for 3 minutes. Add the milk in a stream, whisking vigorously until the mixture is thick and smooth, add the salt and the white pepper, and simmer the sauce for 10 to 15 minutes, or until it is thickened to the desired consistency. Strain the sauce through a fine sieve into a bowl and cover the surface with a buttered round of wax paper to prevent a skin from forming. (hide spoiler)]

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

A work friend shared this with me. We have many colleagues we should send it to. ;)

[Lee]

Colleen wrote: "A work friend shared this with me. We have many colleagues we should send it to. ;)"

I'll add 'saw' vs. 'seen'. My coworker loves to use 'seen' for everything. Drives me nuts.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

like

[Nyssa]

Numbers 6, 13, and 17 drive me insane!
Another one, that I heard all the time when I lived in Texas, is "might could"; as in "We might could do that." Or "We might could go to the store."~ *shudder*.

I do have to confess, however, that I've apparently been saying #4 incorrectly, my entire adult life.

[Nyssa]

I'm very guilty of saying "like", constantly. My mom hates it.

[Emily]

Oh Nyssa - I live in Texas now and yesterday I heard myself say might could.

*shame*

[Nyssa]

Nooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!

[Nyssa]

Another Texasism, which actually cracks me up, is "all get out". "It's raining like all get out." I still don't quite understand that phrase.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

I picked up saying "as yet" from somewhere and I can't seem to break it.

[Lee]

Lol. My grandmother is from Texas and I'm pretty sure I've picked up on some of her sayings.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Nyssa wrote: "Another Texasism, which actually cracks me up, is "all get out". "It's raining like all get out." I still don't quite understand that phrase."

We say that in NC...

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Several of those bug me...and my daughter HATES, "I could care less".

On the other hand (there's one) the phrase "old timer's disease" started out as a joke. I can't believe that people think it's correct.

sigh.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

We say "all get out" in TN also.

[Felina]

I say could care less all the damn time. I know the right way but it just pops out wrong. Drives me nuts. And I say like to much was well. That is more being a teenager in the 90's though.

[Felina]

I also say 'Usta-could'. 'I usta-could play The Piano Man on the piano but I don't remember it anymore.' I'm not even from the south.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

I admit that I use sorta instead of sort of. Also wanna, gonna, hafta, shoulda, coulda, woulda and probably several others. I know they're wrong, I just don't care. ;)


I also always heard "another thing coming" and never realized it was wrong until this list.


And all get out is recognized by the dictionary, so you're good to go. ;)

Definition of ALL GET-OUT

: the utmost conceivable degree —used in comparisons to suggest something superlative

First Known Use of ALL GET-OUT

1879

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

Felina wrote: "I say could care less all the damn time. I know the right way but it just pops out wrong. Drives me nuts. And I say like to much was well. That is more being a teenager in the 90's though."

Like, totally.

[Nyssa]

That would be the '80s

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

lol

[Mike (the Paladin)]

I'm from the '50s but I don't say..."Cool daddy" or "cool cat" any more.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

What about "daddy-o?"

[Mike (the Paladin)]

No I stopped saying that to...of course I still say, "cool" but "cool" transcends time.

[Felina]

Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "I'm from the '50s but I don't say..."Cool daddy" or "cool cat" any more."

Well you should. That would be awesome.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Groovy....

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

lol

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

Yeah, baby, yeah.

[[deleted user]]

I hate sleeping in strange beds (which is a bad quirk to have when you love travel as much as I do). I've pinched a nerve that is right next to my shoulder blade and now it hurts to move my right arm, or take a deep breath. Apologies for any slowness in posting in the next couple of days!

[Chris , cookie guilt]

I did the same thing a week ago. In my own bed.

[[deleted user]]

Yowch. A friend of my mother's broke bones in both of her feet by getting out of bed recently. Beds are hazardous things!

[Chris , cookie guilt]

My brother separated his shoulder in bed once. While sleeping.

[Nyssa]

Chris wrote: "My brother separated his shoulder in bed once. While sleeping."

I did something similar once, also while sleeping. I actually had to wear a sling and get physically therapy for a few weeks.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

I put my arms to sleep and I get cricks...

[[deleted user]]

Now that's an unfun way to wake up...

I dislocated my shoulder by reaching up to a bookshelf over my head when I was 20 or so, a couple of years after my arthritis kicked in. It wasn't even a heavy book!

(And to illustrate my book-loving priorities -- I managed not to drop it.)

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Titania wrote: "Now that's an unfun way to wake up...

I dislocated my shoulder by reaching up to a bookshelf over my head when I was 20 or so, a couple of years after my arthritis kicked in. It wasn't even a heav..."

lol!

[Nyssa]

Titania wrote: "Now that's an unfun way to wake up...

I dislocated my shoulder by reaching up to a bookshelf over my head when I was 20 or so, a couple of years after my arthritis kicked in. It wasn't even a heav..."

Ouch!!

MrsJoseph (taking back my data & giving GR the middle finger) wrote: "I put my arms to sleep and I get cricks..."

One night I fell asleep on my arm and it proceeded to go completely numb; like dead weight numb (no pins & needles). I woke up (probably to use the restroom) and completely freaked out.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

I do it all the time. It's...annoying.