Was in hospital for a hip replacement. Have a bruise on my hand where the cannula went in. Very like the one in Trump’s hand.

An example is means testing benefits. Yea, it saves money, yes it stops ‘rich’ people from benefiting. It also fuels resentment from the people paying most tax (the rich) because they no longer get back as much from their taxes. So it reduces social cohesion & isn’t really a good idea.

Congratulations! 🥂

Had a boss that kept us on our toes. Could go through us for a shortcut but if we did something wrong and anyone outside said something, he took the blame. Only he got to yell at us, no one else was allowed. We hated letting him down because he had our backs.

When Cromwell approved of killing Irish Catholic children & there was pushback he said: ‘Nits make lice’. Horrible then, horrible now.

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The second French robbery that remind me of Lupin.

This. The best children’s book have fun with words—even the words are complex. One of the best at this the Hairy McClary series. Great to read, funny and utterly entrancing to a toddler.

That sounds wonderful if bittersweet. Someone should write down the stories because once people are gone so is all that history.

I live outside the US in Northern Ireland so I’m just saying places I’d love to live. Paris is my number 1 but a large margin. Or maybe Bordeaux or Rheims…

Paris
Quebec City
Montreal
Edinburgh

As a friend once said, what’s so special about today’s dust that we have to remove yesterday’s to make room for it?

“Forget the myths the media has created about the White House. The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.”

Homemade cranberry sauce with a bit of sherry and orange juice. When you make it yourself you can decide on the tart/sweet balance. Takes 10 minutes to make. Easiest side dish and you can’t have turkey without it.

Soften butter, loosen skin and push butter under it. Moistens the meat from the top, while the stuffing moistens the bird from the inside.

This is why you push butter under the skin, bacon on top (and take off part way through) and stuff the bird loosely with a sausage meat based stuffing. And get a bronze free range slow grown bird.

Reminded of La Guardia reading the Sunday comics on the radio when there was a strike & newspapers weren’t being delivered. He didn’t want to disappoint children. A mayor with a heart. That’s what it should be like.