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Post by madmax on Oct 23, 2023 1:15:24 GMT -4
Hello, It is 1220am as I start this. I can't even remember how my week was. I had a case of the burps. I recall it being on Wed, and I took another dump before leaving for work on Thu. Fri morning, 2 items fell on the floor, and another in the afternoon. I cleaned them later. I had some more insurance stuff. I got an envelope from State Farm. I thought it was for my car because that expires at the end of the year. When I opened it, there was no envelope inside. There was some statement in there. To me, it looked like it was purchased by the mtg co, and I would have to pay. I called SF. The woman said it was just a statement confirming I had paid.
And today(Sun), I've been having a bad case of the burps.
Since that is all I can remember, I'll get to the food now.
Sun: I finished the salami.
The main part of my meal was the last 4 2/3 Bar-S sausages. They were the hot variety. I cooked them like the other 2 times. I put them in the cast iron pan with water and some canola oil. When the water cooked off, I kept the pan on the burner a bit longer. Again, there were very good plain. I had most of the pieces with plain mustard, horseradish mustard, or both.
I had a bargain brand item called Easy Skillet. It was Rice and Sauce, and was the Chicken flavor. It was very good. I would get this again. It is a cheaper version of the Knorr Sides. I also had a can of Great Value white hominy. It was good.
Mon: I didn't have anything.
Tue: I opened a new package of peperoni.
My first snack was a bag of Clancy's pork rinds. They were the plain variety. They were good. My next snack was a can of ALDI Vienna sausages. They were good. I took them out of the fridge. I don't think the liquid gooified. My last snack was a bag of El Sabroso tortilla chips. They are called Salsitas. They were good. I think they were a bit spicy.
My meal was fried rice and veggies using ~8oz of frozen peas. I cooked it using the healthy method. I actually cooked it on Tue. For the spices...., I used a store-brand packet of chili seasoning, and 5 cups of water from the faucet. When I added the rice, the resulting mix was a little dry. I had come in earlier to look at the pan. I thought there was too much liquid, so I had decided to wait 10 min until adding the rice. As for the taste, it was ok. It seems like the seasoning didn't add much flavor. I also had it with my 3 items, which was good.
I had something else with this. On Mon, I picked up an 8oz pkg of sliced mushrooms from ALDI. When I bought them, they were
not white, because they were prob getting old. When I got home, I put them in the fridge. On Tue, when I took them out of the fridge, they were a bit more brown. I tried some plain. There as not much taste. I cut them up a bit more. I then put them in the pan with canola oil and fried them for a few min. I then put them on my plate. I tried a few pieces, which were good. For the meal, I would put some pieces on the spoonful of rice mix before I put it in my mouth. I don't recall what I thought about the rice with the mushrooms.
My meat item was a can of Great Value sardines in oil. I took them out of the fridge. They were good.
Wed: I had the rice mix I set aside in the fridge. I think it tasted better than the night before. I had it plain, and with black pepper and soy sauce, but not together. I also put some of the cooked mushrooms in the bottom of the container. Those were also good.
Thu: I had some peperoni.
I got my snack at QuikTrip. They have eggrolls on sale for $0.99. I went to a QT to get gas. I didn't go inside to get them because of something that caused an ocd alert. I don't feel like explaining. I went to another QT along the route I was taking and got them. When it was time to eat, I warmed them up in the microwave. They were very good. I had them plain, and with some ALDI soy sauce.
I got my meal at Little Caesars. I can do some c/p: It was the same as last time; an order of Italian Cheese Bread and a 4-Quarter Calzony. I heated both in the oven at 400F for 15 min. Like last time, the 4QC was cut, but they did a crappy job. I cut it myself before putting it in the oven. They did a good job of cutting the ICB. See my Sep17 review because the rest is mostly the same. This time, both items seemed to cool down a bit faster than last time.
Fri: I had some peperoni.
My firs snack was ~half an 8oz bag of Brim's Movie Theater Butter Popcorn. I had it with canola oil. It was good. Since I didn't go out to buy stuff, I only had 3 regular snacks. I had this at 137am during one station's rebroadcast of the 10pm news.
My second snack was a Banquet Chicken Pot Pie. It was good. I cooked it in the microwave. I had it at 330am during the rebroadcast of TMZ.
I decided to make some popcorn. See my other posts about the process. I had it with canola oil and black pepper. It was good. It took about 30 min to make. I ate around 1230pm.
My last snack was a bag of DT croutons. They were the Garlic flavor. They were good both plain and with canola oil. I had these during the first 30 min or so of SNL.
Sat: I had my sweet stuff, starting with cereal and pb.
I had some coconut. It was good. I had some chocolate chips. They were good. I had some of the Planters peanuts. They were good. I had a pudding cup. It was good. I had another JJ's Fruit Pie. It was the Blackberry flavor. It was good. I finished the few churros I left in the bag I opened last week. They were good. I finished the box of graham crackers. They were good. I finished the Chips Ahoy! cookies. They were good. I took them out of the freezer.
That's it for the food. I don't think I'll have a "Sat" "meal" because it is a bit too late for that, and my digestive sys has been fucked up today due to the burps.
Next week, I'm taking a day off to see the dr for my semi-annual appt, and a day to do something else(dun dun dun). That means I'll be having some special meals. Come back next week to hear about it.
It is 1215am Mon as I post this. SNL was new. Bad Bunny was the host and musical guest. The episode wasn't that good. BB is not a proficient English speaker, but SNL should be commended for working around that. Pablo Pascal and Mick Jagger made cameos in sketches, and Lady Gaga introduced BB for his second song. His songs didn't seem that great. Besides the first sketch, I don't recall more about Heidi Gardner and Chloe Fineman. There is a new cast member who is also named Chloe. It seems she isn't that hot, but somehow looked cute in the 'mama' sketch. I forgot what I did after SNL, but I'm almost 100% sure I didn't look at Yahoo! News. I stated to type as I indicated at the beginning. Since the TMZ weekend edition wasn't on, I didn't take my nap until 3. I recall feeling a bit drowsy between 2 and 3, and slowing down a bit. I got up at 4 for Washington Week. Since my stomach felt a bit off, I didn't get my food. Instead, I just sat down. I soon fell asleep. I woke up at 611am. After my head cleared a bit, I got up and got my food. I ate without typing. I forget how long it took. I also forget if I did any typing after. I was feeling ass pressure. I got up and put stuff away. I then went in and took a dump. I went into my bed a little after 8. I got up for 9 for Meet The Press. I felt drowsy during it. I only fell asleep for a bit, but didn't do any typing. I think I typed for a few min around 11am. I then did my reading. I then started typing again, while "watching" MTP online. I fell asleep for a bit again during it. When it was over, I went back to the part I missed and replayed it while typing. Then, between 215 and 230, I went in and took another dump. After I was done, I went to clean up, but felt more. This repeated a few times until I finally decided to stop, and sat back down after 430. I looked at my email, then Nextdoor. I got done around 630. I took a nap and got up for FOX's Animation Domination at 7. I watched all 4 shows. A bit after 9, I called my mom. I got done after 930. I was already feeling more ass pressure when I took my nap. After my mom, I went in the bathroom and shot out more chunky poo water. The chunks were pieces of peanuts and coconut. I then sat down after 1045. I put on Face The Nation, and resumed typing. FTN froze up at the 29:58 mark, so I started it again. It did the same thing. I closed that window and opened a new one. Same thing. I then put on WW while I typed, and now last week's(no episode this week) episode of the local show.
Now the other stuff. There was only 1 death I wanted to acknowledge. That is of actor Burt Young. He was most famous for playing Adrian's brother Paulie in the Rocky movies. I've only seen the first 3, and that was a long time ago. I remember him as the character Pigpen in the movie Convoy. He was also one of the main characters in the sitcom Roomies. I remember the show, but didn't remember he was the guy in it. He was also the bad guy of the week on the Law & Order episode Mad Dog.
I wanted to talk a bit about the Israel stuff, but I'm too worn out tonight.
I also maybe wanted to talk about the actor's strike.
There was prob other stuff, but I can't remember.
That's all, so I'll be back next week.
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Post by madmax on Oct 30, 2023 1:17:07 GMT -4
Hello. It is 1217am as I start this. It was a typical week for me. Well, not really. On Thu, I had my semiannual dr appt. The lady I saw was a nurse practitioner, but she has the "Dr." title in front of her name. She said I might need another endoscopy. But, for some reason, this time, I need to see a gastroenterologist, who will then determine if I need the endoscopy. Also, she said I may need to get a sonogram of my heart. This week, I I got less sleep than usual. I'll discuss one reason a bit later. Let me jump to earlier today. I put a new filter for the furnace in. It's in the basement, which is actually a crawl space that was dug out. One of the "walls" had some of the cinder blocks coming loose. I looked on top of this wall, and more are coming loose. The wall is actually bulging out. So, some time in the future(prob next year), I'll have to have someone fix it. Later, I decided to turn on the furnace. It is that time of year. For some reason, the thermostat doesn't have separate ac and furnace settings, so I had to reset it again. When I went to do that, it the display was a bit dim. When I was done, the furnace didn't turn on. I set the switch to off. When I went to turn the furnace back on, the display did something odd, then went dark. I pulled the thermostat off the wall mount. I didn't see anything wrong. I figured the batteries died. The thing about that is the thermostat has a msg on it that will say the battery is low. I didn't see it. There's a chance I didn't notice it, but I don't think that's the case. Thankfully, when I got batteries for the tv remote, they came in a 4-pack. I still had 2 left. I put them in the thermostat. When I put it back on the wall, the furnace started working after I set the time. The rest of the settings were still there. On Thu, I was supposed to help my parents get their cat into the carrier, then go with my mom to the vet. Instead, they took her to the vet on Tue because she was constipated again. The took her home on Thu. I was there, so I got the carrier out of the car. When I went shopping earlier, I forgot to get something at the store. I even made a list, but I didn't look close enough at it. I had to make a special trip back to the store to get it. Back to today(Sat). I got my reading done way later than normal. I had planned on going out and finish cutting the rest of the limb. Even if I had gotten done at my regular time, I couldn't have done anything because it was raining. Actually, I could've gone out with the hand saw, but that would've taken a long time, and I don't know if my arms could survive.
I think I can get to the food now.
Sun: I mentioned last week that I had a case of the burps. I wasn't feeling hungry until later. I decided to have a snack. It was a bag of the El Sabroso Tapatio puffs. They were good.
The main part of my meal was 2 cans of Campbell's Chunky soup. They were the Spicy Chicken And Sausage Gumbo. They were good. I also finished the package of peperoni. I had a bag of Crav'n Flavor potato chips. They were the Ripple Original variety. I also had an 8oz container of store-brand sour cream. The chips were good plain and with the sour cream, though they may have been a bit salty.
Mon: I didn't have anything.
Tue: My first snack was a bag of Clancy's pork rinds. They were the Hot & Spicy variety. They were good. My next snack was a Tijuana Mama pickled sausage. It was good.
Since I was having a meal on Wed, I didn't want to have a big meal. The main part of my meal was 8 eggrolls I got at QuikTrip. I warmed them up in the microwave. I had them plain and with some ALDI soy sauce. They were ok. They weren't as good as the ones I had the week before. I had a 10oz wheel of the ALDI queso fresco. I took it out of the fridge a few hrs before I ate it. It was ok. I don't know what the deal with that is. Either they changed something about it, or that one time was unusually good, so now subsequent times are not so. I also had an 8oz pkg of Louis Kemp imitation lobster. It was good.
The LK was a spontaneous decision. I had originally planned to buy a 16oz bag of salami or peperoni, but changed my mind. I had to take the LK out of the freezer when I got home. I forget the timeline of that in regard to if I put it in the fridge after it thawed, and if so, when, and when I took it back out.
After I ate, I dozed off for a while. When I woke up, my insides felt funny. I had to get up and take a dump. It was almost total liquid. I think I then wiped my ass, but had to do more. I had to wait until my insides settled down. Then I was finally able to clean up and go to bed. It was warm coming out, so I think it wsa due to my snacks. They were all on the hot/spicy side. I think if I ony had 1 or maybw 2, I would've been fine. I don't recall having any issues with the ACHF.
Wed: My snack was a can Vigo Jumbo Squid In Sunflower And Olive Oil. It was good. I took it off the shelf.
My meal was 3 Totino's Party Pizzas. The order I basically had them in was Sausage, Combination, Supreme. They were good.
Normally, I would've had an ALDI pizza. I didn't for 2 reasons. ALDI jacked the prices of pizza way up. Also, the one grocery chain had TPP on sale for $0.99 each if you bought 3.
Thu: This was the day of my dr appt, so my meal schedule was different.
I got my first food at the hot case of a grocery store. I had a bit of shredded chicken. It had some bbq sauce mixed in. It was good. Like I've said before, I don't like bbq stuff, except for the McD McRib. This was good because there was just a little sauce, so I could taste the chicken, and the sauce just added to it. I had 4 jalapeno poppers. They were good. I also had some ravioli. They were good. They were the normal kind. If they were the toasted kind, I would've had them only, and got more.
Later, I got some stuff at Arby's using coupons In had, which I ate at home. I didn't heat anything up, but I didn't wait a bunch of hrs like I usually do. I had 2 reuben sandwiches. They were good. They didn't cut them in half, but that wasn't a big deal. I also had a Gyro. It was the Greek variety. It was good.
I was thinking of having some popcorn later at night. When it was that time, I didn't, because I was too tired.
Fri: When I was out(dun dun dun), I had a driving snack. I went to Arby's and got a Classic Cheesesteak. I was able to eat it right away because there were a lot of red lights. It was good.
For my meal, I had eggplant sandwiches. I used a package of 6 ciabatta rolls from ALDI. I bought an eggplant at Walmart on Thu. I cut it up. I used my pan to cook the eggplant. I cooked it in a combination of store-brand pizza sauce and store-brand pasta sauce. That was the Tomato Basil & garlic variety. The slices were thick, so they took a long time to cook. When I ran out of the sauces, I added some canola oil to the pan. There were more than 6 slices. I ate one after it was finished, while I was cooking the other ones. It was good.
When it was time to eat, I also used a container of ricotta cheese from ALDI. I would spread it on both sides of the roll before putting the eggplant slice on. The sandwiches were good. For the other pieces, I had them plain and with ricotta, They were good.
I finished everything.
There was a negative. The way I cooked the eggplant with the sauce caused a bunch of the sauce to burn, so there was a layer of burnt crust on the bottom of my pan. I didn't try to clean it later. That will come into play a bit later.
Sat: Before I talk about my meal, I need to say it was kind of ruined for 2 reasons. The main was that I thought my refrigerator wasn't working. I opened the door, and it didn't feel cool inside. I took a bottle of water out to drink some, and it wasn't cold. The freezer part was fine. I was afraid my fridge was fucked, and I'd have to get it fixed, or get a new one. Later, I was looking inside, and I saw some stuff piled up in the back. I moved it. I think it was blocking the holes where the cold air comes out. Later, I've been drinking water from the fridge, and it is cold again. I'll mention the other reason in a bit.
The main part of my meal was fish. It was tilapia. There was a total of ~2.59lbs. There were a few pieces that were still a bit frozen, so I held them to thaw them out. I cut each piece of fish into 6 smaller pieces. I had taken my oil pot out of the fridge earlier to warm up a bit. I turned to burner to 3 while I was cutting up the fish. I took 2 old plastic containers and used then for the fish. In one container, I poured some buttermilk(the item I forgot Thu). In the other, I put in ALDI breadcrumbs. I would take a piece of fish and coat it in the buttermilk. I would then put in in the container with the breadcrumbs to coat it in those. I would then put it on my plate. I repeated this until the plate filled up. I went and turned the burner up so the oil would get hot. When it was hot, I took my fryer basket and put in some of the pieces of fish. I then put the basket in the oil. While the fish was cooking, I would prep some more, adding buttermilk and breadcrumbs to their respective containers as needed. When the basket of fish was done, I put it in my 2nd biggest pot. I would put the lid on to keep it warm. I would add more to the basket and cook it. When all the fish was done, I still had a bunch of the buttermilk left. I cut a slice of onion, then cut it up. I put the onion in the buttermilk, then the breadcrumbs. I then put the onion in the fryer basket, then put that in the oil. The breadcrumbs didn't really stick to the onion. I dumped the onions in the pot with the fish. Since there was still buttermilk left, I threw in some of my cut up cabbage. It was much smaller than I thought. I then mixed the cabbage with the breadcrumbs. It kind of just made a mass of stuff. I put this in the basket. There was still a bit of buttermilk left, so I dumped the breadcrumbs left in the container, and dumped them in the buttermilk container. I then mixed this up and put it in the basket. I then put the basket in the oil. When the stuff seemed done, I took it out of the oil, then dumped it in the pot with the fish and onion.
The fish was good I guess. I was distracted by the 2 issues. While keeping the fish in the pot kept it warm, it caused the coating to be soft because there was also steam trapped inside. The onions seemed good, even though a lot of the beading came off. The cabbage pieces were good, but were kind of in clumps with the breadcrumbs.
I had something else. It was a bag of Priano Four Cheese Gnocchi from ALDI. It was basically cooked, so all you have to do is heat it up with some oil or butter, and water. I used my pan. Here is where the second issue occurred. Because of the burnt stuff on the bottom, some of it came off when i was cooking the gnocchi. The sauce was brown, instead of white, like on the package. The taste was ok. It was maybe odd. I don't know if it would've tasted better if none of the burnt stuff came off.
I want to do a do over of both the fish and gnocchi, but maybe not the same meal. Besides feeling better, I would make some other changes. After the fish was done, I should've taken the buttermilk and added flour to it to make a batter. Then put in some onion, cabbage, and the leftover breadcrumbs. For the gnocchi, I should've used my upper part of a double boiler to cook the gnocchi, or somehow cleaned the burnt stuff out of the pan.
That is it for the food. My Sun meal will be the last of my special meals. The main part is stuff I've had before. I think I want to have something else, but if I do, I'm not 100% sure what I'm having.
It is 1217am Mon as I post this. SNL was new(Nate Bargatze/Foo Fighters). There was just 1 glitch during Weekend Update. I think I'll try to watch that part online, so I don't have to watch the episode again. I think there were more pre-recorded segments than usual. There was a sketch where Sarah Sherman played Fran Drescher. Again, SS looked very attractive with the wig she was wearing. Since she has black hair, and the FD wig was black hair, I think she should have her hair like that wig. After SNL, I got up to move shit around in the kitchen for later. I then sat down to type. I stopped at 2am, when I went to make my meal. I forget how long it took, but like always, it was longer than I thought it would be. I think I sat down to eat around 4. I may have gotten done around 5. Whenever I was done, I fell asleep soon after. I think I woke up just before 7. I got up and put stuff away. I then went into my bed and continued sleeping. I got up for 9 for Meet The Press. I fent drowsy during it, and eventually fell asleep. I woke up around 10. I didn't care if I missed the last half of This Week, so I closed my eyes and fell back asleep. I woke up at 1130, after both Washington Week and the local show were over. I then did my weekly reading, which took less time, because I was using "holiday rules". I got up to do some stuff when I was done. I can only recall taking a piss, then drinking some water. I think it was around 1230 when I resumed typing. I first "watched" MTP. I then had on the local show. Then was WW. I then put on the 10/13 episode of WW, because I think I didn't have time to watch it on the 15th. Afterward, I got up to take my pills. I then sat down and looked at my email. I then looked on Nextdoor. At 5pm, I went to my bed to take a nap. I got up for 7 for FOX's Animation Domination. According to zap2it, Family Guy was a new episode. It looked like a repeat, then I figured out it was. Later, I looked at the TV Guide site, and it said it was a repeat. Had I known that, I wouldn't have watched it. I would've resumed typing instead. A bit after 9, I talked to my mom on the phone. I was done before 930. I then started shaving with my actual razor. Because I do more than my face, I got done at 11. I then sat down to resume typing. I put on Face The Nation while typing.
There were 2 deaths I want to discuss. First is Matthew Perry. He was one of the guys on Friends. The little of it I've seen, I've hated. That being so, I didn't have anything against him. He was on Growing Pains, and played Carroll's boyfriend who gets in a drunk driving accident, then dies in the hospital. The other death is Richard Moll. He played Bull Shannon, the big bald bailiff on Night Court. I was a fan of the show, so I'm more saddened by his death. John Laroquette(Dan) and Marsha Warfield(Roz) are the only remaining members of the classic lineup. I think there are only 2 other members of the main cast that are still alive. They are Ellen Foley, who played public defender Billie Young(and did the female vocals on Meatloaf's Bat Out of Hell), and the woman who was the original clerk. She was also the girlfriend of Freddie Mercury(he was actually bi).
In other news, there was a mass shooting in Maine. Of course, since the guy used an AR-15, there are grumblings about that. This guy had known mental issues, and not enough was done to keep him from buying a gun.
The Israeli war against Hamas is still going on. The Hamas attack is the reason why Israel won't grand Palestinian independence. I thin Israel is afraid groups would turn these areas into large bases of operation. That's what happened anyway under Israeli control.
I guess that's it for this week. I should be back next week.
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Post by madmax on Nov 5, 2023 16:15:36 GMT -4
Hello. It is 1106pm as I start this. It was another crappy week. The main thing was I was having phone issues. On Tue, either in the morning when I was getting ready, or in the evening after work, when I was undressing, I saw one of the lights on the AT&T router/modem(they call it a gateway) wasn't lit up. When I went to call my mom after 9pm, the phone was dead. Thankfully, I had my work computer, so I got on that and called my mom using Jabber. On Wed, the light still wasn't lit up. After work, I tried to fix things. First, I tried unplugging the router from the power for over 1 min, then plugged it back in. That didn't work. I then held down the reset button, and all the lights turned red. That also didn't work. I also tried unplugging and replugging the phone back in, which still didn't work. I did that, even though I had already figured if the phone was fucked, the light on the router would still be on. Again, I called my mom using my work computer. On Thu, I went into the office to work. I called AT&T tech support. The guy was able to do something on his end, and said my phone was fixed. I used a phone at another desk to call my house, and it was ringing(when the phone is out, it won't ring). When I got home, it worked. On Fri, I got a call from the dr's office. It was about my lab results. They said my hemoglobin was high, which indicated pre-diabetes. The dr said I should meet with a dietician. I declined that. That person will prob complain about what I eat, and when I eat it. I don't think I eat that horribly. Also, I've been losing weight. Eating is one of the few joys I have in life. The tests also said my vitamin d level was still low. They wanted me to take a pill 3 times a day instead of 1. I looked at the pills. They are 1000iu/25mcg. When I was told I needed to take vit d, they said I need to take 2000-4000iu/50-100mcg. So I was only taking half the minimum dose they wanted me to.
In my Oct15 post, I mentioned that the McRib was coming back. Here is the article: McDonald’s McRib is back from the dead—just in time for Halloween. Here’s why the pork sandwich is an undead fan favorite (yahoo.com) Even though I wasn't going to get one that day, I called a few locations. None of them said they had it yet. One said it was coming soon. I called another location on Fri, and they said they'd have it on the 15th.
I did have a snack issue, but I'll mention that later.
I do have some good news. I finally finished cutting up the fallen limb today(Sat). I put the pieces at the edge of the road again, so somebody can take them for firewood.
Let me get to the food now.
Sun: This was the last of my special meals. The main part of my meal was 2 24oz bags of Totinos Pizza Rolls. One was Pepperoni & Bacon. I don't know what the other was, because the printing on the bag wore off. They were both good.
I also had a bag of gnocchi from ALDI. It was the Sorrentina variety. It was good. It was kind of a do-over from last time. I did something different. I said last time, that I wanted to try using the double boiler pan. That is what I did. It came out good.
Mon: I didn't have anything except meal prep related nibbling.
Tue: I opened up a package of ALDI spicy salami.
My first snack was a bag of Duetsche Kuche Potato Sticks from ALDI. They were the Herbs Of The Alps Style. They were good. I then had a can of Vigo Mussels In Marinade Sauce. They were good. I took them off the shelf. My third snack was a bag of guacamole chips. They were good.
My meal was fried rice and veggies using ~8oz of chopped broccoli. I cooked it using the healthy method. It was good plain and with my 3 items.
my meat item was a can of Great Value sardines in hot sauce. They were good. I took them off the shelf.
Wed: I had the rice mix I set aside. It was good plain and with my 3 items, no combos.
Thu: I had some salami.
I was originally planning on getting a McRib as a snack, but I mentioned what happened up above.
I got my meal in the hot case of a grocery store. I called another store on the same road, and they didn't have shit. I also called the one in the same chain at the edge of the hood, and they didn't have much either. The store I went to is in the Mexican part of KCK. They had lasagna, and maybe chicken tenders, but most of the stuff was Mexican. I heated up everything in the microwave. I had everything plain, and except for 1 item, with hot sauce and/or Taco Bell Diablo sauce. I'll list them: flautas: I had 4. They were good. I only had these plain. tamales: I had a chicken, pork, and cheese. They were good. chicken enchiladas: One was regular, and the other hot. They were good. The hot one only seemed so on the first bite or so. pupusa: It looked to have queso fresco inbside. It was ok. It prob would've been better with more qf. ?: This was like the pupusa, but softer. It had qf, and green pepper, which may have been bell and not jalapeno. It was good.
I was able to finish everything. I was very full though. When I was eating, I kind of felt like I had to fart. When I started pushing, I could feel it would be more, so I stopped. I was then thinking I would have to run in and take a shit during my meal, or after. I ended up not having to.
Fri: I had some salami.
My first snack was ~half an 8oz bag of Brim's Movie Theater Butter Popcorn. I put canola oil on it. It was good. I had it around 1235am during one station's rebroadcast of the 10pm news.
I have a story about my 2nd and 3rd snacks. For my 3rd snack, I was originally going to get a McRib, but again.... I then was going to get a Blackened Chicken Sandwich at Popeyes. I looked at the website, and decided not to. I don't feel like explaining now. If I get something at Popeyes soon, I'll explain then. For my 2nd snack, I was going to go to a QuikTrip and get some of the $0.99 eggrolls. When I went into one, they were full price. Apparently the corndogs are now $0.99. I left there. I then went to McDonald's, and got my 2nd and 3rd snacks. They were both on the buy one, get another for $1 menu. I microwaved both in the microwave before eating.
My second snack was 2 McDouble burgers. They are a double cheeseburger. They were good. I didn't taste the cheese, except a little bit onb one bite. I had these at 137am during the rebroadcast of another station's 10pm news.
My third snack was 2 Spicy McChicken sandwiches. They were good. They didn't seem spicy though. I had them during the 330am rebroadcast of TMZ.
My last snack was a bag of Dollar Tree croutons. They were the Seasoned variety. They were good plain and with canola oil. I had them after 1130pm Sat.
Sat: I had my sweet stuff, starting with cereal and pb.
I had a pudding cup. It was good. I had some of the chocolate chips. They were good. There's just a little bit left in the bag. I had ~half a bag of Clancy's Cinnamon Churros. They were good. I made an attempt to divide the bag in 2 before I ate. I finished a few things. I finished the coconut. It was good. I finished the jar of Planters peanuts. They were good. I also had the last of the 3 JJ's Bakery fruit pies. It was the Pumpkin Spice Pie. While it was good, there was a negative. I didn't taste the filling; just the outer pastry shell. I think that was the case with the first 2, but I can't recall to what extent. I kept this one in the fridge, but took it out enough hrs in advance that I think it was room temp. I also opened 2 new things. One was a box of budget brand graham crackers. They were the Honey variety. They were good. The other was a package of Chips Ahoy! cookies. They were the Candy Blasts variety. They were good. I took them off the shelf.
I got a late start on my food. It wasn't directly due to the time change, but was related.
That's it for the food. I'm not 100% sure what I'm having for my "Sat" "meal". I know what I'm having for my Sun meal. It ill be different than usual. I'm also having something on Mon. I'll explain both next week. Next Sat is Veteran's Day. Since I'll be having Fri off, I'll be having special meals F/S/S.
It is 215pm Sun as I post this. SNL was the repeat of the Pete Davidson/Ice Spice season premiere. I got done with my mom on the phone during the opening credits. I then watched PD's monologue. I then watched the NFL sketch because there was a glitch the first time it was on(the only glitch during the show). I then got up and got stuff ready for later, and got some other stuff to eat then. I then sat down and started typing. I then stopped to watch Weekend Update while eating some of the salami. After WU, I watched Benny Hill, then Seinfeld while eating the croutons. When I was done with the croutons, I resumed typing. Due to the time change, I took an extra hr to type. Due to the TMZ weekend edition not being on, I was going to take a nap for 2 hrs instead of 1, and get up at 4am. When I woke up, it was 524am. I looked at the clock radio. I accidentally set the alarm to pm instead of am. I then ate my food. I got done after 630. When I was close to getting done, I was getting ass pressure. A bit after I was done, I got up and took a big dump. I then put stuff away. After I sat down, I don't think I really typed. I was watching Popeye on tv. At 8, I went to take my nap. Meet The Press wasn't on at 9 because the NBC affiliate was showing the KC Chiefs game from Germany on the NFL Network. I had originally planned to get up at 930am for This Week. Instead, I just hit the snooze button a few times. I think I then laid in bed for a while. I got up for 1030 for Washington Week. I watched that, but didn't type, because my insides felt off(they still do a bit). I did resume typing some time during the local show, which started at 11. I then did my reading for the day. I got done around 107pm. I then resumed typing while "watching" MTP online. I now have Face The Nation on.
I don't think any famous people died this week. I guess I can talk about the Israel stuff this week. I just looked at last week, and I already made a point I wanted to make. I do have something else related to it though. I think a long time ago(~20yrs), I compared the Israel situation to the gang wars(such as Bloods vs Crips) in the US on another discussion board. I remember some people were bitching about that. There is another comparison I can make. With Hamas(and others) occupying Gaza, it makes Gaza look bad. I don't hear of the citizens trying to kick Hamas out. If they were doing that, that might put them in a better light. That's the same thing in the US. It seems the people in the 'hood just let the gangs and other criminals run free. It gives the impression that the residents condone this behavior.
I guess I'll go now. I should be back next week.
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Post by madmax on Nov 13, 2023 3:40:07 GMT -4
Hello. It is 1226 as I start this. It was another crappy week. On Mon, I had an appointment with an gastroenterologist. I've been scheduled to get an endoscopy in Jan. Later that night, when I was on the phone with my mom, she told me my dad got in a wreck going home from from a dr appt. It sounded like he wrecked where there are intersections that are set up in the diverging diamond pattern. He apparently went up on the median. This caused him to pop all 4 tires. He had to have his car towed to Discount Tire. You may be wondering how this directly affects me. My dad would need someone to drive him there to get his car. That, of course, sets my ocd to max level. They have another car, but they barely used it the past some years, so the battery died. Also, they have friends closer to them that could give him a ride. My dad has even driven some of them to the airport. On Tue, I talked to my mom on the phone at 4pm. She didn't say anything about driving my dad. Later that night, a little bit before I called my mom, the phone rings. It was my dad. He said he needed a ride to DT. I said I would. When I talked to my mom later, I expressed my displeasure. Another thing is I had to tell my mom to tell my dad to behave himself when in my car. On Wed, I woke up, and took a dump. I got my computer set up for work around 8. At 830, my mom called and asked me why I wasn't there. I told her I told her last night I would wait for her to call me when the car was ready. She called DT, then called me back saying the car was ready. I went over there, got my dad, and took him over to DT. I then went home. I had told my mgr I was taking the rest of the day off. At home, the first thing I did was clean the front passenger seat area of my car, where my dad was sitting. Then, I finally felt better. That's the only stuff I can recall.
I also had some food issues related to my dad's stuff.
Before I get to this week, I need to mention something from last week. The other bag of Totino's Pizza Rolls was the Supreme variety.
Now for the food.
As I said above, I had a dr appt on Mon. I planned on eating stuff after. Because of that, I didn't want to have a big Sun meal, nor a "Sat" "meal".
Sat: I had some salami.
My "meal" was a bag of TGI Fridays Crinkle Fries snack puffs. They were Chili Cheese flavor. They were good. This was the first time I've eaten these. I picked up 2 more bags on Fri.
Sun: I finished the salami.
I had a box of Dollar Tree chicken crackers. They were ok. I had a can of ALDI corned beef. It was good. I took it out of the fridge. I also had an 8oz "half wheel" of Emporium Selection Semi-Soft Cheese from ALDI. It was good. I took it out of the fridge a few hrs before I ate it.
Mon: I had originally planned on getting a McRib, but they won't be available until this coming Mon. I wanted to get something else. I went to Taco Bell. I had a regular Hard Taco. I put a packet of Diablo sauce on it. It was good. I also had a bean burrito. I took a bite or 2 plain, but had most of it using 2 packets of Diablo sauce. It was good.
I did originally also plan on getting the bogo Big Mac deal at McDonald's, and I did so. They were good.
Later, I made my food for Tue/Wed, and did the related nibbling.
Tue: I usually have a meal of fried rice and veggies. Due to having to drive my dad, my anxiety was high, and didn't have my appetite. I just had the small container I had saved for Wed. I'll go into normal detail under Wed. I took it out of the fridge. It was good plain and with my 3 items, no combos.
Wed: Since everything was over, I got my appetite back. I had what was supposed to be my Tue meal at 1230pm, during Inside Edition. It was fried rice and veggies, using ~8oz of frozen broccoli. I cooked it using the healthy method. I took it out of the fridge. It was good plain, and with my 3 items.
I had a meat item. It was a can of Great Value sardines in oil. They were very good. I took them off the shelf.
At 11pm, during TMZ, I usually snack on stuff. I did so, even though I don't on Wed. I had a Big Mama sausage. It was good. I had a bag of Baja Limon chips from Dollar Tree. They were good.
At the time I usually have a meal(not on Weds), I had some more snacks. I had a bag of Deutche Kuche Potato Sticks from ALDI. They were the Hash Brown Style variety. They were good. I also had a bag of Andy Capp Hot Fries. It was good. I had a can of ALDI Vienna sausages. They were good. I took them out of the fridge. I don't think the liquid gooified. I also had an 8oz package of sliced Muenster cheese from ALDI. It was good. I took it out of the fridge a few hrs before I ate.
Thu: I got my meal at Subway. Two to be exact. I got 4 sandwiches. I used a 3 coupon, and a 1. I first got the 3. There was an issue. They had run out of the regular white rolls, so I had them on wheat. They were: 10 All-American Club 33 Teriyaki Blitz 16 All-Pro Sweet Onion Teriyaki At the other location, I got the 4th one. It was on the regular white roll. It was: 20 Elite Chicken & Bacon Ranch I had them all using provolone cheese. I didn't have them toasted. I warmed them up in the microwave before I ate them. I think I had them in for over 2 min. Even so, they didn't get that warm. The order I had them in was: 20 16 33 10 As for the taste, for the first time, I have to say there were items that weren't very good. These were the two Teriyaki sandwiches. This was due to the sauce. I think it was too sweet. If I have these again, I would maybe have them put less sauce on. Also, before I ate them, I'd maybe put some soy sauce on. The other two sandwiches were good. I couldn't taste that the rolls were wheat and not white.
Fri: This was the first official meal of the Veteran's Day holiday weekend.
I decided to get my meal at the grocery store I visit on Fri for its hot/cold case. When I got there, there was a lot of egg salad. It did look a little dried out on top. There was no fish or shrimp. I decided to get 2 large containers of egg salad. Since they did not make a total of 4lbs, I decided to also get a small container of seafood(crab) salad. I checked out there. I was talking to the worker. She said the egg salad comes in a container, so they don't make it there. She also said the fish ran out soon before I arrived.
When it was time to eat, I took the containers out of the fridge. The seafood salad was good. The egg salad was ok. It seemed to lack flavor.
Sat: I had 3 things. The main item was a 2lb bag of chicken patties from Save A Lot. They were good. There was a negative in that they cooled off quickly. That was despite me taking measures to keep them warm. I put them in my bigger pot when they were done. I also put the pot in the oven while I was cooking my other 2 items. There were 11 of them. I had 9 plain. On 1 of them, I used hot sauce. It was ok. On another, I used soy sauce. I didn't even taste it.
The 2 other things I had were bags of Priano stuffed gnocchi from ALDI. The first was Tomato Basil Filled Gnocchi. It was good. The second was Alfredo Filled Gnocchi. It was good.
That's all for the food. Tonight(Sun) is the last night of the VD weekend. Even so, I won't be having anything. Today I've had a bad case of the burps. I just want to give my insides a rest tonight. I will have stuff tomorrow, but it won't be the meal I had planned for tonight.
Speaking of tomorrow, it sounds like the McRib will be back. If so, I will get one.
It is 140am Mon as I post this. SNL was new. Timothee Chalamet was the host, and boygenius was the musical guest. I recall it being a good episode. I just wanted to mention new cast member Chloe Troast. She was the main character in a sketch near the end. She was singing. She was originally trying to sound bad, but ended up doing a really good job. The group boygenius is comprised of Phobe Bridgers, a small lesbian girl, and a bigger girl. During the first song, PB's guitar was way too high in the mix, so I could barely hear the vocals. It seemed like the small girl may be a good singer. For the second song, I recall both PB's and the small girl's guitars were mixed too high. I didn't do any typing. I forget what I did right after SNL. Maybe it included getting pots ready for later. I eventually sat down to type. I stopped at 2am to make my meal. I think I did a little typing while waiting for the chicken patties to cook. I think I was able to start eating a bit after 4. I forget when I got done. Later, I fell asleep. Around 622am, I got up and put stuff back in the kitchen. I then went into my bed to sleep. I woke up for 9 for Meet The Press. I sat down to watch it. I felt drowsy, and fell asleep. I kept on waking up, changing the channel to the right station, then falling back asleep. I forget exactly when I finally woke up, but it was near 1130. I then did my reading. When I was almost done, I was getting ass pressure. I got up, and went to take a dump. It was big, because I hadn't gone since Wed morning. I don't remember if I had to go back in as I was cleaning up. I think when I sat back down and resumed reading, I was getting more ass pressure. After I got done reading, I started watching MTP online. I was originally going to resume typing while MTP was on. I was having ass pressure, so I didn't feel like typing. After MTP was over, I stared looking at my email. Eventually I was so uncomfortable, and went in and shot out liquid poo and farts. I think I went in around 216pm. I didn't get done until a bit after 4. I then finished looking at my email. I then looked at Nextdoor. I started getting pains again. When I was almost done with Nextdoor, I went in the bathroom again. There was some poo, but mostly farts. I had 1 that I estimated took about 10 sec. I was finally able to get back to the computer around 6. I finished Nextdoor. I then went to take a nap after 630. I got into bed. I farted twice, but don't recall sleeping. I got up for 7 for FOX's Animation Domination. While watching the shows, I got even more ass pressure. A few min after 9, I called my mom. She wasn't feeling good, so didn't want to be on long. That was good, because I needed to go poo again. It was liquid. It came out more like pouring, instead of the pressurized spraying. After I cleaned up, I went out for a drive. On Fri night, and/or Sat afternoon, I thought I smelled antifreeze near my car. I went driving to see if I could smell it, or if the temp indicator went way up. Neither happened. And I didn't smell any antifreeze. I then decided to wash my main pot. It smelled like mold inside the night before. I put the TBFG in it, but the taste wasn't affected. Recently, I took my pan out, and there was mold in it. I set my plate in it when I'm not using them. I pulled the pan out. There was mold in the pan, and the bottom of the plate smelled like mold. I first washed the bottom of the plate. I then washed the inside of the pan. After rinsing it out, I put it on the stove and turned the burner on. I was scraping on the burnt stuff with the wooden spreader thing. I added some water to the pan. I then did some more scraping. When the water dried up, I took the pan outside and dumped out the burnt bits. I then repeated adding water and scraping. I got more this time. Again, I went out and dumped the burnt stuff. After the pan cooled off, I sat down to resume typing. I "watched" Face The Nation while typing, until it froze. I then put on the local show while typing. When it was over, at 1202am, I went to TJRWrestling to read the Smackdown recap. It wasn't there, so I read the rest of the Crown Jewel recap. I dozed off a bit. I finished around 1255, then resumed typing. The TMZ weekend edition is now on.
There was one famous death this week. It was "Heath", bassist for X-Japan. For those who don't know, XJ, is Japan's greatest metal band. I wonder how big of a deal it was in Japan. When guitarist "Hide" died, it was a major item.
When I was thinking about the Israel/Gaza stuff, I came up with a down home/"folksy" saying about it: if you don't want cats in the yard, get rid of the rats. There was some good political news. The people of Ohio voted to protect abortion. Hopefully, Missouri will get the chance next year, despite all the "deplorables" trying to prevent it.
I guess I'll leave it at that for this week. Should be back next week.
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Post by madmax on Nov 20, 2023 3:18:25 GMT -4
Hello. It is 1258am as I start this. It was another shitty week. Just a bit ago, my tv remote fell on the floor, so I had to clean that before I sat back down. On Thu, my mom was at her therapist. When she went to leave, the car wouldn't unlock. She was driving my dad's car, which is a Ford C-Max. She said you just need the key fob near the door, and not press any buttons. The therapist is within walking distance, but my mom's knees are bad, so it wasn't fun for her to walk home. My dad can't really walk either. On Fri, I had to take him from their house to the car. He had the same key fob, and it worked. He was able to drive home. On Thu, the light bulb on the stove hood burnt out. When I get a new one, I can get one for my fridge. On Wed, I had a call that lasted a bit over 4 hrs. Mostly, that was due to the caller's manager being a stubborn bitch. I won't explain, as it would be too complicated. I think I have an antifreeze leak on my car. I smell it when I'm in the garage. I don't smell it when the car is outside. I also don't smell it when I turn the heater on. I bought some antifreeze at Walmart yesterday. I looked, and the antifreeze was almost where it should be. I added some to the tank. I'm hoping the leak is small enough to where I can wait to have it fixed when I take my car in in Feb and have the oil changed. I also saw that next Fri, Smackdown will be on FS1 because there will be a college football game on FOX.
I also had some issues related to getting my Thu snack and meal. I'll talk about them then.
There was some good news. The McRib is back at McD's, though for a limited time.
I forgot to mention something last week. I went to do the time change on my car. Besides moving the hr back, I moved the min up 3, because it has always been behind.
I guess I'll get to the food now.
Sun: Like I said last week, I had a bad case of the burps. I also said I didn't feel like eating, so I didn't.
Mon: I opened a new package of ALDI peperoni to snack on.
I had a McRib. I warmed it up in the microwave. It was good.
My meal was just some misc stuff. My meat item was a can of salmon from ALDI. It was good. I took it off the shelf. I had a "log" of fresh mozzarella from ALDI. It was ok. I took it out of the fridge a few hrs before I ate. I had 2 8oz containers of mushrooms from ALDI. I sliced them up. I had a few pieces raw, which were decent. I fried most of them in my pan with canola oil. They were good. I also had a bag of grocery chain exclusive potato chips. They were the Salt & Vinegar variety. I had some plain, which were good, but I mostly had them with a container of Dean's Dip. It was the ranch variety. The chips with dip were good. The container was 16oz. I used it all, even though I wasn't planning to.
Tue: I didn't have anything.
Wed: I had some peperoni.
I had 2 snacks. First was a bag of Tapatio puffs. They were good. There was heat. I also had a McRib. I warmed it up in the microwave. It was good.
This meal was another of misc items. I didn't want to have a large meal, since I was having one on Thu. My meat item was a 7oz can of Pampa sardines in water. They were good. I took them off the shelf. As for the other main item, that was decided on based on one of the things I used on it. That was an 8oz box of store-brand cream cheese. I had had gotten it a few weeks ago with a coupon. This week, the other grocery chain had a discount brand of cc on sale for $0.99 each, but you had to buy 4. I did that. Since I only need 4, the one I got previously was an extra. I needed some kind of bread to put it on. I went to ALDI. I was originally going to get a pkg of 2 flatbreads. Instead, I got a pkg of 4 naan loaves. They were the garlic variety. To heat them up, the instructions said to sprinkle water on each loaf, or use olive oil. Since I don't have oo, I used canola oil. I also heated up a 15oz can of store-brand pizza sauce to use on the naan. The naan was good enough to eat plain. It was good withe the cc and/or the ps.
Thu: I had some peperoni.
I had a McRib. I warmed it up in the microwave. It was good.
There was a story about that. I ended up in Blue Springs to get my meal. After I did so, I went to the McD's along the route home. When I got in there, there was a FUCKING BABY IN A CARRIER ON THE COUNTER!!!!!!!! I turned around and left. That was very unsanitary, not to mention extremely "ghetto". I then went to another location in BS, which is near the dealership where I get my car worked on. When I got in there, nobody took my order, so I was just standing around. I decided to leave when I saw a fly buzzing around. I then went to a location in Independence a bit off the Interstate. I was able to get my McRib, but I saw something possibly unsanitary, so I cleaned the box when I got home.
I got my meal at Popeyes. I decided to go to the one in Independence for 2 reasons. One was that the location in Raytown, although closer, is always busy. The other reason was that in case of something unsanitary, I had the BS location as a backup. I got to Popeyes. I was waiting in line behind one person. The girl behind the counter bent down and picked something up. I wasn't sure if it was something off the floor, or something inside the counter, but I didn't want to take a chance. If I had gotten my stuff there, there was a McD's nearby I could've gotten my McRib at. If both things had happened, that would've greatly shortened my trip in both distance and time. As it was, I left the house around 430pm, and didn't get back until 621.
The reason I went with Popeyes was that when I was looking at their website recently, I saw they had a new sandwich, and limited-time sandwiches. The new sandwich is the Bacon & Cheese Chicken Sandwich. You can get it regular or spicy, and with either the Classic or Blackened chicken fillet. The limited-time sandwiches are the Spicy TRUFF series. They have some kind of spicy sauce that also contains truffles. Again, you can choose the Classic or Blackened fillet, and can get it as the regular or Bacon & Cheese. My order was: Classic Bacon & Cheese Chicken Sandwich Blackened Bacon & Cheese Chicken Sandwich Spicy TRUFF (Classic) Bacon & Cheese Chicken Sandwich Spicy TRUFF Blackened Bacon & Cheese Chicken Sandwich Spicy TRUFF (Classic) Chicken Sandwich Spicy TRUFF Blackened Chicken Sandwich Unfortunately, they fucked my order up a bit. One of the Blackened Bacon & Cheese Chicken Sandwiches was replaced with a Classic version. I don't know if it was the regular or Spicy TRUFF.
When it was time to eat, I took the sandwiches out of their packages, and put them on my cookie sheet. I put the cs in the oven, preheated to 400F, for 10 min. The sandwiches were pretty good. They seemed to cool off quickly, which could be due to my house being cooler this time of year. The Blackened ones didn't seem as good as when I had one before. That could be due to them being cooled off. I didn't notice a difference between the regular and Spicy TRUFF sandwiches. They weren't spicy.
I wouldn't have this meal again because it was $$$$. The 6 sandwiches were ~$43, including sales tax. I'm considering getting a Spicy TRUFF Blackened Bacon & Cheese Chicken Sandwich as a snack in the future, but I don't know how long the Spicy TRUFF promo will last.
Fri: I had some peperoni.
My first snack was ~half an 8oz bag of Brim's Movie Theater Butter Popcorn. I put canola oil on it. It was good. I had it at 1233am during one station's rebroadcast of the 10pm news.
I have a bit of a story for my 2nd and 3rd snacks. Of course, I was going to get a McRib at McD's. At the one I went to, there is a Popeyes nearby. I briefly considered going there to get a Spicy TRUFF Blackened Bacon & Cheese Chicken Sandwich, but I changed my mind. I decided to get something else along with the Mcrib at McD's.
My second snack was a McD's Fillet-O-Fish. I warmed it up in the microwave before I ate it. It was good. I had it at 137am during another station's rebroadcast of the 10pm news.
Even though the FOF is good, it seems to be a bit of a ripoff. The fish fillet seems to be like the square breaded ones you can get at the store. It is on a regular bun, with tartar sauce and a slice of American cheese. It seems like I could make these at home for much cheaper. Of course, I wouldn't use cheese. I don't mind it on the FOF because I don't taste it.
My third snack was a McRib. I warmed it up in the microwave. It was good. I had it at 330am during the rebroadcast of TMZ.
My fourth snack was a bag of Dollar Tree croutons. They were the Garlic flavor. They were good plain and with canola oil. I had these after SNL, so it was actually Sun. I didn't list them as Sat, because I've always listed them under Fri.
Sat: I didn't have my sweet stuff this time. This was because my Sun meal is going to be big. I did have something else though. It was a hot pickle from DT. It was good. When it was finished, I also drank the brine. There was a decent amount of heat. It didn't burn my mouth, but the heat stayed around a long time. It was enough that I could feel that I was almost going to start sweating.
The combination of the pickle, brine, and water I was drinking made me feel funny. Not in my stomach, or like I had to take a shit. More like in my head, or just a general feeling. That being said, I'd buy this again.
I finished the peperoni.
That's it for the food. Like I said above, my Sun meal will be a big one. It can also kind of considered a Thanksgiving preview.
Speaking of Thanksgiving, it is on Thu. Starting on Wed, I'll be having special meals. I'll also be having different stuff on Tues. I'm planning on not eating anything on Mon, like I have been doing for quite a while now.
It is 118am Mon as I post this. SNL was new(Jason Momoa/Tate McRae), so I watched it. It was a good episode. I've never heard of Tate McRae before. She is attractive. I liked the songs she did, but they were generic pop music. Again, Sarah Sherman wore wigs that looked better than her real hair. In the TSA sketch, she was wearing tight clothes, showing that she has a nice body. After SNL, I ate my croutons. After that, I was getting ready to start typing. When I was moving the tv tray, the tv remote fell on the floor. I had to then clean that. I forget what else I did before I sat down to type. I kept on typing until 3am, when I went to take a nap. The TMZ weekend edition wasn't on. I got up at 4. I resumed typing, and was eating the pickle. I fell asleep some time after 5, but don't recall specifically. I finally woke up after 7. I don't think I did any typing. I was looking at stuff online. I went to bed to take my nap between 730 and 8. I got up for 9am for Meet The Press. I was feeling groggy, so I fell asleep. I finally woke up right before 11. I watched the local show. I don't think I did any typing. At 1130, I did my reading. I got done sooner than usual. I then read the recap of the 11/10 episode of Smackdown on TJRWrestling because the site owner was on vacation, and hadn't put it up when I usually read it on Sun night. I then "watched" MTP online while typing. When MTP was over, I'm pretty sure I put on Washington Week and continued typing. When WW was over, I looked at my email, then Nextdoor. At 5pm I went to bed to take a nap. I got up at 7 for FOX's Animation Domination. At 912, I called my mom. I hung up about 30 min later. I then did my bills while watching the news. I then looked at some stuff online. I then got up to put stamps on the envelopes. After 1120pm, I put Face The Nation on the computer and resumed typing.
There were 2 deaths of note. Earlier today, Rosalyn Carter died at 96. She was the wife of former president Jimmy Carter. I hope he doesn't do that thing where he dies soon after. It would nice to have him reach 100. Also, George "Funky" Bown, drummer for Kool & The Gang died.
I don't really have other stuff to talk about. On FTN, there was some guy talking about classified documents. He was saying there was a double standard. Of course, he ignores the fact that the stuff Trump had can fill up a van, while the Biden stuff can fit in the glove compartment.
That is all for now. I should be back next week.
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Post by madmax on Nov 27, 2023 0:58:14 GMT -4
Hello. It is 111am as I start this. It has been an especially shitty week. Most of the things are food related. I'll mention them on their respective days. I did have another thing happen. For some time, my credit card has been falling apart. I've had to glue the chip back in twice. On Mon, I went to the AT&T store to pay my bill. I stuck my cc in the reader. When I pulled it out, the chip was gone. The reader was attached to a kiosk. I asked the workers if they could detach the reader and shake it out, and they wouldn't. I kept on sticking my card in, hoping the chip would come out. I also stuck my receipt in the slot for the same reason. I asked if they could temporarily put an "out of order" sign on it. Thankfully, the previous week, I got my new cc. When I got home, I activated the new one, which I assume deactivated the old one, including the chip. After I called to activate the cc, I called the ATT store to tell them they could open the kiosk again. They said they were going to have a repair person come out to get the chip, then they would destroy it.
Like I said, I'll mention the other stuff later.
There is another piece of info I need to share. I seem to be missing something here. It could just be a day, or a whole week. I found this out when I was looking for a recipe I had used previously. The review also seems to be missing. I recall typing it up, but can't find it. I spent a ton of time today looking for it.
Let me get to the food now.
Sun: The main part of my meal was a rotisserie chicken. One of the grocery chains is doing a promo where they are on sale for the sale price they used to be. I heated it up in the microwave. I also had a box of cornbread stuffing from ALDI. I used a can of Great Value chicken gravy. I put the gravy on the stuffing, which was good. I think I had a lot of the chicken plain, which was good. I would dunk some of the pieces in the gravy, which was good. When I was done with the stuffing, I cut up the rest of the chicken and put it in the small casserole dish, which I had put the rc in to heat it up. I then dumped in the rest of the gravy, and mixed it up. It was good.
Mon: I didn't have anything.
Tue: My first snack was a Tijuana Mama picked sausage. It was good. My second snack was a bag of TGI Fridays Crinkle Fries snack. They were the Chili Cheese flavor. They were good. My last snack was a McRib. I warmed it up in the microwave before I ate it. It was good.
For my meal, the first thing I had was a bag of fried onions from ALDI. They were good. I can't recall if they were too salty.
I got the main part of my meal at McDonald's when I got my McRib. I heated the stuff in the microwave before I ate. I first had 2 Spicy McChicken sandwiches. They were good. They are part of the buy 1 get another for $1 promo. I then had 2 Big Mac burgers. They were good. I got them because of the bogo deal when the KC Chiefs get a sack. They were on Monday Night Football.
I had intended to eat less because I was planning on having a big meal on Wed due to being the start of the Thanksgiving break.
For my Wed and Thu meals, I have a story. They are kind of intertwined, which will make sense in a min. I'll be mentioning stuff I got below. I'll also repeat this info on their respective days.
For Wed, I planned to get stuff in store hot cases, and planned to get Thanksgiving stuff the same for Thu. On Wed, we were given 2 hrs of leave for work so we could be done earlier. What I first did was call the grocery stores in Independence and Raytown to see what they had in their hot cases. In KC we have 2 major grocery chains, which I'll call p and h to make things quicker. I decided to go to the Raytown p because they said they had the cabbage and sausage dish. When I got there, they didn't. I got 3 things, including fried catfish nuggets. I got the ones left in the pan. They were making more, but I didn't want to wait. I saw another worker knock a bunch of food "cups" on the floor, then another worker put them back. I just decided to pay for what I had, and leave. I also saw something else before which was prob also unsanitary. I then went over to one of the Independence c locations. They said they had turkey and gravy, but were low on stuffing. That was correct, as there was barely any stuffing left. I got my turkey and gravy for Thu, then left. After stopping at the nearby McD's, I went to the h right over there. The pan of stuffing was empty. A worker said there was more coming out, but I'd have to wait. I decided to wait. I saw some stuff I could have for my Wed meal. As I was waiting, I saw the worker tying his shoe. I decided to leave. I then went to the other h and got the stuffing, and other stuff. I then made 2 more stops, got gas, then went home.
Wed: I had a McRib. I warmed it up in the microwave before I ate it. It was good.
Like I said above, I had stuff from the hot case of a c, and hot/cold of the h. At the c, I got a container of fried okra. I warmed it up in the3 microwave. While it wasn't bad, it wasn't as good as other times I've had it. I think this was because there was some kind of seasoning used in the batter or put on after cooking. I think it was maybe Italian. I had catfish nuggets. I heated them up. They were originally good, but less so as the meal went on. That was due to them cooling off and/or me getting full. I also had potato wedges. I heated them up. They were good. I had some plain, but dipped most of them in turkey gravy I got at h, which I heated up. In the h cold case, I got some egg salad. It was ok. The egg white pieces not being cut up enough seemed more annoying this time. I also got some seafood salad. It was ok.
I was very full when I was done. That was partially because when I got stuff at h, I forgot I had the McRib earlier. I should've either gotten less of the 2 items, or only gotten 1.
On Thu, I had a mild case of the burps. I didn't have to run to the bathroom a bunch of times, but I did have to do one liquidy dump.
Thu: This was my Thanksgiving meal. I heated the turkey and stuffing in the microwave. I dumped the gravy into the pot and heated it up on the stove. I put gravy on the stuffing, which was good. I had a bit of the turkey plain, which was good. It was also good with the gravy. When I was done with the stuffing, I cut up the rest of the turkey and put it in the pot and mixed it with the gravy. It was good, but very salty. I had that thing where the saltiness was making my mouth burn.
I was not stuffed when I was done. I could've gotten more turkey and stuffing. Due to the gravy being way salty, I was very thirsty on Fri. I drank a ton of water.
Fri: I had a Mrs. Smith's cherry pie. I had it with a container of discount brand version of Cool Whip. The pie with cw was good. I also had a container of "fresh" chocolate chip cookies from ALDI. They were good. I got these at one of the stops after h on Wed.
Sat: I had homemade french fries. I have a story, and it is a doozy. I can just c/p a bunch of it, which I'll explain in a bit.
I got potatoes at Save A Lot. There was a coupon for an 8lb bag. This was my last stop before getting gas on Wed. I asked a worker where the potatoes were, and she pointed to 2 bins. I grabbed a bag and went to check out. The coupon wouldn't scan. The checker manually entered the discount code. I had intended to split the bag and use 4lb for Sat, and the other 4lb during my Xmas/Ny breaks. On Thu, I divided the potatoes up. Each bag seemed very light. I looked at the original bag, and IT WAS ONLY 5 FUCKING LBS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On Fri, I went back to SAL to try to make things right. I brought the bag and receipt. I didn't want a refund. I either wanted to exchange the 5lb for the correct 8lb, get 3lb of loose potatoes, or just get a free bottle of Clear Fruit drink. The lady who did the checkout was there. I explained the issue. I said that either the first worker should have pointed me to the 8lb bags, or she (checkout worker) should have seen that I had the wrong bag. She said I technically owe them money due to her mistake. She then had me go to the manager. When I first walked up to him, he accused me of shoplifting due to an item in my pocket. I showed him it was a Walmart brand item. Also, I'm pretty sure he saw me walk right in. I told him what happened. He didn't care, and actually accused me of trying to scam them. He then told me to leave, and never come back.
I was majorly fucking pissed. I tried to submit my story to the SAL website, and it wouldn't work. I then posted my story to Nextdoor. I looked online, and found a phone number. I called it, but nobody answered; prob due to the holiday. There was also an email address. I used it, but got an automated reply later saying to use their site. I went back, and was able to send something about not being able to send my story. Either there is a website issue, or it has one of those retarded character limits. I'll see if they respond to my website report, and give me a way to tell them what happened.
Like I said a few min ago, I made homemade fries. Since I did not have two groups of 4lbs, I decided to use the whole bag. I mentioned at the top about missing something here. That was the recipe I used to make fries previously. I distinctly remember typing the review(and prob the recipe) up. I spent a ton of time Sat searching this thread using a bunch of search words. I checked my email accounts to see if I hadn't posted it, and it was hiding somewhere. I even took out my work computer and logged in to see if it was in my work email acct. I ended up using Google to find 2 recipes that I combined in terms of temps used.
The first thing I had done was take my oil pot out of the fridge a few hrs earlier. When it was time to start cooking, I turned the burner on to warm the oil up. I then cut all the potatoes up into decent-sized fries. I was done cutting, and the oil was just a bit warm. I had to turn the burner up rater high. I filled my fryer basket with the raw fries. When the oil temp got to 325F, I put the basket in. I kept it in the oil for about 5 min. I then dumped the fries in my big pot and put the lid on to keep them warm. I put more raw fries in the basket. I waited until the oil got back to 325F, and did everything again. I repeated this until all the fries were done. When they were done, I dumped them into my frying pan. I put the pot in the oven, which was preheated to 215F. For the oil, I put the burner to max. When the oil reached about 400F, I put a basket of fries in. I left it in for 2-3 min. After that, I dumped the fries in the pot, and put that back in the oven. I repeated this until all the fries were done.
I did this double cooking technique in another attempt to get crispy fries. That did not work. They were soggy. As for the taste, they were good though. I had a lot plain. I also tried them with a lot of different stuff. I made a list, but it's not in order. The order is not important, and I don't feel like trying to do so. Here it is: salt: good black pepper: ok red pepper flakes: just heat turmeric: ok cumin: good garlic powder: good hot sauce: not bad soy sauce: not much difference Chinese mustard packet: good ketchup packet: not much difference Popeyes ranch container: ok I didn't try my regular or horseradish mustard. I was surprised that the cumin and mustard were good. The hot sauce I used is one of my "3 items" I use with my fried rice and veggies. It is Frank's RedHot Xtra Hot, but didn't seem so. Maybe because I didn't use a lot. The ranch had a tangy flavor. I don't know if that's how it's supposed to be, or because it was old. I'm almost considering changing my assessment to that it just tasted like ranch.
I was able to eat all the fries, and not stuffed when I was done. I know I said on my missing review I think that's due to a lot of the moisture steaming off in the oil. I did see a lot of steam when I was cooking them.
One other thing to note. After I got the ketchup/mustard/ranch out of the container in the fridge, when I was putting the other stuff back on that shelf, I accidentally knocked 2 jars on the floor. Thankfully, they didn't break. I think that's because the hit the plastic bottom of the interior of the fridge first.
That's it for the food. Tonight is the last night of my special meals. It's something that just requires throwing stuff from the freezer into the oven. I'm feeling hungry right now. I'm considering doing something I've never done during special meals. That is have a snack. If I do, I'll post it next week.
It is 11pm as I post this. SNL was a repeat of the Bad Bunny episode, so I didn't need to watch it. I got off the phone with my mom much later, because she called close to 1030. My dad had used her phone in the basement on Fri, and forgot to bring it back upstairs. I had called her phone, and when she didn't answer, I assumed she was asleep. After we were done, I think I spent more time trying to find my missing stuff. I did watch Weekend Update. I then turned on Benny Hill. I got up and took the oil pot out of the fridge. I then got out my work computer to see what I missed Fri, then look for my missing stuff. Unfortunately, when I was done, I couldn't turn the computer off. I decided to run an update that took much longer than I thought. I forget if I did anything else before I sat down to type. I did for less than an hr. Around 2, I got up to make my meal. It took over 2 hrs. I forget when I got done. After I was done eating, I sat and watched tv for a while. After 530, I got up and put stuff away. I then went into my bed to sleep. I set the alarm to get up for 9am for Meet The Press. I got up and sat down. I still was tired, so I fell asleep. I woke up a few times. I finally woke up at around noon. I did my reding. I think I got done at 1257. I then "watched" MTP, then Face The Nation online while I typed. After those, I tried to type while I had a video on about a guy playing a B3 simulator through distortion/overdrive pedals, but I did more watching than listening. I then went and took a dump. After that, I checked my email, then looked at Nextdoor. I then just watched the Chiefs game for a while. I then went to take a nap at 6pm. I then got up for 8 to watch Bob's Burgers and Family Guy. I then called my mom a bit after 9. I talked with her quite a while. I then read some stuff online. I then resumed typing while the news is on.
Here's where I talk about other stuff. I don't think anybody famous died this week. I can't think of any news stuff I want to discuss. I recall some political guy saying something dumb, but I can't remember.
I guess I'll go then. I should be back next week.
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Post by madmax on Nov 27, 2023 3:31:48 GMT -4
On 10/26, I went to the thrift stores in my former town.
At the first place, there was a ukelele.
At Goodwill, there was a baby kb. There was also a Casio CTK-2100. It may have been scuzzy, but I'm not 100% sure.
I then went to the music store. Like last time, I messed with the Prophet 5 synth. There was Nord kb above it. Nearby was a Yamaha CK61. It apparently has a B3 simulator, which I'd like to check out. I didn't because I had to go to other places. I went to the guitar room in the back. The stuff was pretty much the same. There were a few different things, but I didn't notate them.
The next stop was the Savers in the same shopping center. There were 2 baby kb.
At the last place, there were 2 kiddie glockenspiels. There was also a piano.
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Post by madmax on Dec 4, 2023 3:51:24 GMT -4
Hello. It is 1235am as I start this. Another bad week. The main stuff was on Fri. On Thu, I had called Walmart to get my prescriptions. The worker said they could fill all of them. On Fri, when I got there, the worker said they were only able to fill 4 of 5. I had him cancel the other 4, and I will try to get them this coming week. Because I was going to WM, that influenced the other places I went to. The Dollar Tree near there didn't have the stuff I was looking for. I had also went to a grocery store because the chain was doing a FSS sale. One of the items was store-brand peanut butter. This location only had crunchy, creamy, and low sodium/sugar. I got 2 crunchy. I would've gotten one of the natural variety for a future meal. I then would've prob gotten a honey. There was a limit of 2. There were also some snack issues related to where I went. On Thu, I got my real estate tax bill. I haven't gotten my car tax bill. I have to wait until that comes, because I want to pay both with one check. If I had gotten it Sat, I could've paid on Mon. At work, on Mon or Tue, I got a bunch of crappy calls. On Mon and Tue, TMZ was not on in its usual 11pm timeslot. I had to watch it at the 330am rebroadcast time.
There were some other meal-related items which I'll mention later.
Now I'll get onto the food.
Sun: This was the last day of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Like I said last week, I had a snack. It was a box of DT vegetable crackers. They were good.
The main part of my meal was 2 20oz bags of Crav'n Flavor pia rolls. One was Peperoni, and the other Combination. Both were good. I also had 2 8oz half wheels of Specially Selected Semi-Soft Cheese. I took them out of the fridge a few hrs before I ate. The first was Roasted Garlic With Tomato Basil. The second was Garden Vegetable With Sweet Tomato Basil. Both were good.
Mon: I didn't have anything.
Tue: I opened a new package of peperoni.
My first snack was a bag of Andy Capp Hot Fries. They were good. My second snack was a McRib. I warmed it up in the microwave before I ate. It was good.
There was a bit of a story. After work, I went to the McD that is closer. I saw a worker behind the counter moving a trash can while having his fingers inside. He then was touching the buttons on the fryer. I left. I went to another location somewhat nearby. I got my McRib there.
My meal was fried rice and veggies using ~8oz of frozen broccoli. I cooked it using the healthy method. For spices...., I used a packet of store-brand pot roast spice mix, and 5 cups of water from the faucet. It was good plain and with my 3 items. It was very good plain, and I could've had it without my 3 items.
My meat item was a can of Northern Catch sardines in hot sauce. I took them off the shelf. They were good.
Wed: I just had some of the rice mix I had set aside. It was good plain, and with my 3 items, no combos. Again, it was good enough plain. I took it out of the fridge
Thu: I had some peperoni.
My first snack was a bag of Tapatio puffs. They were good. My second snack was a McRib. I warmed it up in the microwave before I ate it. It was good.
I have another story. I went to a McD. The girl I think was taking the orders had her left foot up, and her hand down there. I didn't see exactly what she did, but I just left. I went to another location, and got my McRib.
I got my meal at Subway. I got a story there too. I first went to the one near the ALDI that's near the way home from work. I was in line behind 1 0r 2 guys. One of the workers knocked the thing the put the sandwiches on when they put them in the oven on the floor. I was hoping he would just leave it there. Instead, he picked it up and brought it in the back. I don't know what he then was doing back there, so I just left. I decided to go the one near the stadiums. I got my sandwiches there with no problem.
As for the sandwiches, I got 3 out of 4 sandwiches I got last time, but this time, I had them on flatbread. Like last time, the cheese was provolone, and they weren't toasted. I heated them up in the microwave before I ate them. Here is what I had and the order I had them: 33 Teriyaki Blitz 20 Elite Chicken & Bacon Ranch 10 All-American Club !0 and 20 were good. 33 was too, but I want to talk a bit more about it. I had a few bites of it plain, but I did something else with it. Since they cut the Footlongs in half, I tried each half with a different type of soy sauce. For the first half, I used a packet of soy sauce from a Chinese restaurant. For the second half, I used some ALDI soy sauce. On both halves, I did not taste the soy sauce. I think the sandwich was good this time because the guy did not put as much of the teriyaki sauce on.
After my meal, I sat and read/watched tv for about 30 min. I then got up to go to bed. When I was in my bedroom, I felt my insides rumbling. I went in and did some liquid poo. It made my butthole warm when it came out. That makes me think this emergency dump was due to the Tapatio puffs. This might mean they are another thing I can't have. I have one more bag left. I'll have to see what happens when I have them.
Fri: I had some peperoni.
My first snack was ~half an 8oz bag of Brim's Movie Theater Butter Popcorn. I had some plain, but had most with canola oil. It was good. I had it around 1235am, although I did not watch the rebroadcast of the one station's 10pm news. That was because I watched it at 10pm.
My second snack was a McRib. I warmed it up in the microwave before I ate it. It was good. I had it at 137am. I was going to watch another station's rebroadcast of the 10pm news, but it wasn't on because they had a fucking infomercial on instead. If I had known that, I would've watched this station's news at 10pm, and watched the other during its rebroadcast.
I have a story for this one also. Because of going to Walmart, I went to the McD nearby. When I went in there, there were 2 guys in front of me. The first guy had some fucking kid with him. She was rubbing her hands all over the counter, including the credit card reader. Little kids are not known for being hygienic/sanitary. The guy was taking a long time to order. He was done, and left. I just thought I would clean my cc off when I got to my car. Then the next guy was putting his hands on the counter where the girl was. I was still fine. But then, this mofo decided to pay with cash. I left. After that, I went to WM, which I discussed at the top. I then went to the McD I would maybe have gone to if I didn't go to WM(I also would've gone to the other places here also, and they are very close together). I go in, and a worker had walked away from the register. There was also a worker with a mop and bucket. I thought he was going to go out and mop the floor. Instead, he went to take my order. Since I didn't have any other options, I ordered my McRib. I saw him put it in the bag. When I got home, I had to clean the box off.
I got my third snack at Subway. I was going to get a 16, All-Pro Sweet Onion Teriyaki. That location(again, due to WM) was not taking coupons for the numbered sandwiches. They did have the "regular" teriyaki chicken sandwich available with the coupon. I asked the worker what the difference was. She said for the most part, the numbered sandwiches have double the cheese that the regular ones. Since workers will often won't double the cheese anyway, I decided to get the regular ct. At this location, the chicken for this sandwich already had the sauce on it. The worker asked if I wanted more sauce, and I said no.
Like the sandwiches the previous day, I had this one on flatbread with provolone, and not toasted. I heated it up in the microwave. I did the same thing with the soy sauce as I did with 33 on Thu. I'll also give this one an identical review as that one, but I don't feel like c/p that down here. Go above and read the review.
When I had both teriyaki sandwiches previously, I got both at the location near the stadiums, but it was a different worker that time.
I was going to have this sandwich at 330am during the rebroadcast of TMZ. I went to take a nap at 230, and set my alarm for 327. I woke up, and it was 348. I got up, heated my sandwich up, and ate it.
Sat night, I took a look at the clock. I did not do the thing where I accidentally set the alarm to pm instead of am. Also, when I woke up, the alarm light was not flashing, which would've indicated the alarm went off, and I hit the snooze button. I tested the alarm, and it worked. I used the alarm this morning, and it worked.
My last snack was a bag of DT croutons. They were the Seasoned variety. They were good plain and with canola oil. I had them after SNL. It was a new episode, so I did not want to be distracted by paying attention to the croutons, or not being able to hear the show due the crunching as I chew.
Sat: I had my sweet stuff. I started with cereal and pb.
I had a pudding cup. It was good. I finished the chocolate chips. They were good. I opened up another bag off cc, which are thr regular size version. They were good. I had some of the graham crackers. They were good. I opened up a new bag of coconut from ALDI. It was good. I had the second half of the bag of Clancy's churros. They were good. I opened a new jar of Planters honey roasted peanuts. They were good. I had some of the Chips Ahoy Candy Blasts cookies. I took them out of the fridge. They were good. I had the last package of Little Debbie Fancy Cakes. They were good. I took them out of the fridge. They were good.
I also had a beverage. It was a bottle of Vess soda. It was the Blue Raspberry flavor. It was good. I got thise when I got the infamous 5lb bag of potatoes.
The main part of my "meal" was a bag of tortilla chips. The brand was Kid Dynamo Outlaw Snax. The store I got them at had them in a cart on clearance. I got this bag, and one of another flavor. These were the Spicy Ranch flavor. They were good. They tasted like Ranch Doritos. These weren't spicy, except for the crumbs in the bottom of the bag. Besides having them plain, I also had them with hot sauce and/or Casa Mamita Chunky Salsa, which was Medium. The chips were also good with one or both of these items.
That's it for the food. I know what I'm having for my Sun meal.
It is 151am Mon as I start this. Like I said earlier, SNL was new. Emma Stone was the host, and Noah Kahan was the musical guest. I've never heard of NK. I didn't really like his songs. They were uptempo folk music. As for the rest of the episode, it wasn't that good. Weekend Update was good though. It seems the best items were prerecorded. This was the naked NYC segment, and the Diet Coke skincare commercial parody. As for the DC commercial, I missed the very beginning because I wasn't paying attention, and didn't realize SNL was back on, and thought it was another commercial. I watched it online earlier today. Sarah Sherman was in both of these, and looked very good because she was wearing wigs. The NYC segment was musical. Chloe Troast was in it, and did a good job of singing again. After SNL, I had my croutons. I then sat down to type. At 2am, I turned on PBS and watched the performance of Santana at the US Festival, as part of a pledge drive. I was typing during it, but did spend quite a bit of time just watching it. When it was over, I took a nap at 330. I got up at 430 to watch a syndicated show called Cars.TV. I got my sweet stuff then too. I think I just ate, and didn't type. I was done eating after 5. I forget if I did any typing. I eventually fell asleep. I think I woke up at 736. I got up and put stuff away. I then did some other stuff, then went to bed to take my nap at 8. I got up at 9 for Meet The Press. I was feeling drowsy, so I fell asleep. I woke up one or two times, but fell back asleep. I then woke up at maybe 1138am. I then did my reading. I forget when I got done. I then "watched" MTP and Washington Week online wile typing. I think I also watched(actually watched, not just listen) the SNL Diet Coke commercial. I also "watched" Face The Nation while typing. I only did FTN for ~15 min. I then looked at my email. I then looked at Nextdoor around 3. I was hoping to get done before 5 so I could take a nap for 2 hrs. I got done around 520. I restarted the computer. I went to take my nap after 530. I got up for 7 for FOX's Animation Domination. All the shows were good. A bit after 9, I called my mom. I forget when I got done. After that, I was watching the Chiefs vs Packers game. I did my gas bill. After that, I was just watching the game. When it was over(KC lost), I sat down to eat. I forget when I got done. I then resumed typing. I put on FTN while doing so. At midnight, I went to TJRWresting. I first read the Smackdown recap, then the rest of the Survivor Series one. I got done around 1250. I then resumed typing. at 1am, I turned on the TMZ weekend edition.
I need to acknowledge a bunch of deaths this week. First is Sandra Day O'Connor. She was the first woman on the Supreme Court. I could've sworn I heard she died a few yrs ago. Henry Kissinger died. He was Secretary of State for over half of the 70's. At least he made it to 100. There were 2 in the world of music, specifically UK bands from the 80's that did whatever came before the genre alternative. One was the guitarist of Killing Joke. The other was the singer for The Pogues. While I had heard of both bands, I never heard their stuff.
I wanted to talk about Ron DeSantis being on MTP. I'm too tired, so maybe I will next week.
I will go now. I should be back next week.
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Post by madmax on Dec 11, 2023 1:47:59 GMT -4
Hello. It is 1223am as I start this. I guess this week wasn't so bad. The main thing was on Mon, I had a really bad case of the burps. I was working, and would have to go into the bathroom between calls. After these dumps, I would lay on my bed on my stomach, and cut huge farts that would last about 5 sec. On Wed, I had a mild case of the burps. I was able to go out and mow the backyard. I wasn't doing it to cut the grass. I was chopping up the leaves in the backyard. It was basically a carpet of leaves. Even though I had both batteries fully charged, I was not able to finish the whole thing. I wasn't able to get along the fence, nor the side of the house. I wasn't worried about the side because there is a tree which still has a lot of leaves on it. I had been waiting to mow until thew leaves were gone, but Wed is prob one of the warmest days there will be until March. I've been able to mow the whole backyard, and get a bit of the front using both batteries, but that is for grass. I didn't think leaves, which are dry also, would be harder on the batteries.
I had some meal related stuff on Thu, which I'll talk about then.
I'll get to the food now.
Sun: I finished the peperoni.
My meal was 4 Tina's Big Burritos from Save A Lot. They were the Red Hot Beef variety. I had a few bites plain, but mostly with salsa(see last week) and/or hot sauce. They were not hot at all. And I mean none. They were ok.
Mon: I didn't have anything.
Tue: I opened up a new package of peperoni.
My first snack was a bag of ALDI fried onions. They were good, but seemed very salty. My second snack was a can of ALDI Vienna sausages. They were good. I took them out of the fridge. The liquid didn't gooify. My third snack was a bag of the TGI Crinkle Fries snack. They were the Chili Cheese variety. They were good.
My meal was veggie fajitas using ~8oz of frozen broccoli. I only used ½ cup(before cooking) of rice. The flour tortillas I used were bigger than usual, because they were on sale. There are only 8 in the package, so I used 4. When I was cooking the broccoli(eventually, the cabbage and onion too), I heated 3(i had one as-is) of the tortillas in my pan. I did the first without oil, and the other 2 with. I cooked the veggies using the healthy method. I used all the normal spices.... When the liquid cooked down, I added the rice. I then then let this cook for 3 min. After that, I took it off the burner to cool off a bit, and turned the burner down. A little bit later, I added ~1/2 of a can of discount brand chili beans. I put them in the center of the pan and smashed them up. I added water I used to rinse out the can, then mixed everything up. I put the pan on the burner to let everything heat up again. When it was time to eat, I basically put ¼ of the mix on each tortilla. I started with the plain tortilla. I used the other 3 in the order I heated them. I also used black pepper and hot sauce. The order I used those was: both hot sauce pepper plain They were good.
I was feeling full when I was done with the fajitas, so I didn't have my meat item.
Wed: I still was feeling full/bad on Wed, so I didn't have my meat item until Thu morning during work. Because of how I do things, I'll list it here under Wed.
My meat item was a can of Northern Catch sardines in oil. They were good. I took them off the shelf.
Thu: I had some peperoni.
My first snack was a bag of Andy Capp Hot Fries. They were good.
My second snack was 2 flautas from the hot case of a grocery store. I warmed them up in the microwave. They were good.
I have a story behind my snacks. I was planning on getting a McRib. I had heard on the radio a few days before a brief mention about a McDonald's location being out. After I got my meal, I went over to a McD. I did not see the McRib on the menu board. When the worker went to take my order, I asked about the McRib. He said they were discontinued. I then went across the street to a grocery store. That chain has chicken tenders for $5.99lb. When I went to the hot case, it was empty. They must've closed early. Since I wanted to go to Dollar Tree also, I did not feel like checking various McD for the McRib. I went to another grocery store of that chain. They did have the chicken tenders, but I got the flautas instead. There is a DT next door to this store.
I got my meal at Little Caesars. I got a Stuffed Crazy Crust pizza, and an order of Stuffed Crazy Bread. The SCB came with a container of marinara sauce. I heated the SCC in the oven for 15 min at 400F. After 10 min, I added the SCB for the last 5 min.
As for the taste, both the pizza and the CB were good plain and with the sauce, but were better plain. I had a bit of an issue. When I was first eating the pizza, it was actually too hot to really hold. I don't think it was really burning my mouth though. As for the CB, it seemed to cool off much quicker. I'm planning on getting these things again. If I do, I think I'll put the CB in after 5 min, so it's in for 10. I got the CB instead of the Italian Cheese Bread I normally get because I was planning on having a McRib as a snack.
Even though I did not have a McRib, I was still stuffed after my meal. I shouldn't have had the flautas. If I have this meal again, I think I'll just have ACHF again, or some similar small item as a snack.
Fri: I had some peperoni.
I decided to switch the order of my first and second snacks.
My first snack was a Michelina's entree. It was Lasagna Alfredo with Broccoli & Mozzarella. It was good. I had it at 135am during one station's rebroadcast of the 10pm news.
My second snack was ~half an 8oz bag of Brim's Movie Theater Butter Popcorn. I had a little plain, but most with canola oil. It was good. I had it at 330am during the rebroadcast of TMZ.
My third snack was a bag of DT croutons. They were the Garlic flavor. I had them plain and with canola oil. They were good. I had them during SNL.
Sat: I had my sweet stuff. I started with cereal and pb. I finished the jar. It was a store-brand chunky.
I had a pudding cup. It was good. It was the last of the Snack pack brand ones. I had some coconut. It was good I had some chocolate chips. They were good. I had some Planters peanuts. They were good. I had some graham crackers. They were good. I finished the Chips Ahoy! Candy Blasts. They were good. I took them out of the freezer. I had ~half a bag of Clancy's Churros. They were good. I also had a new item from Little Debbie. It was one of the Snickerdoodle Creme Pies. There is only 1 per package, so I only had 1, even though they are small. I took it off the shelf. I think it was ok. I've mentioned previously about being against the use of the word "creme", when they can just use "cream".
I finished the peperoni
My "meal" is a bit of a variation of last week's. The main item was a bag of Spicyosa Outlaw Snax tortilla chips. The flavor is called Chili Lime Blaze. I had them plan, and with slasa(see last week) and/or hot sauce. They were good. I recall there being some heat. The heat was more "internal", in that it didn't make my mouth burn, but I was starting to sweat.
That's it for the food. I know what I'm having for my Sun one. It's a bit of a do-over of one that was rather interruupted/delayed.
It is 1148pm Sun as I post this. SNL was new(Adam Driver/Olivia Rodrigo). There was so much glitching, so I have to watch it again. Due to glitching, I did some other stuff while it was on, including getting stuff ready for later. I also ate my croutons while it was on, because I wasn't worried about making noise from messing with, or actually eating, them. After SNL, I was reading something on Yahoo! News. I then started typing. Since the TMZ weekend edition wasn't on, I kept on typing until 3. I then went and took my nap. Since there was nothing I wanted to watch at 4, I hit the snooze button twice. I then got up and got my sweet stuff together. I just ate without typing, because I was watching a syndicated show called Cars.TV. I got done eating a bit after 5. I just sat and watched the local news for a while. I then got up and put stuff away. I was feeling drowsy, and eventually fell asleep. I recall waking up at 7, then falling back asleep. I woke up at 730. I then did some stuff, then went to take my nap at 8. I got up at 9am for Meet The Press. I was drowsy, so I fell asleep. I finally woke up a bit after 1130am. I then did my reading. I got done after 1230pm. I then resumed typing, while "watching" MTP, Washington Week, and now Face The Nation online. The CBS site has fucked up, so FTN has frozen, which has happened a few more times recently. A bit after 230, I stopped typing. I looked at my email, then Nextdoor. I was getting ass pressure. When I was done with Nextdoor, I got up from my chair. I got my food ready, took my afternoon pills, then took a decent dump. I was also watching the Chiefs game during this stuff, so it took longer than usual. I then sat down and ate. When the game was basically over, I got up and put the salsa and hot sauce back in the fridge. I then did some other stuff. At 7pm, I went to bed to take a nap. I got up at 9pm. I called my mom. I think I got done right before 930. I then opened some mail. Then I filled out a check and put in in the envelope to pay a bill. I was also looking at some stuff online. I tried FTN again, and it is still freezing. I've since gone back to typing.
There were 4 deaths this week. The most recent was Ryan O'Neil. He was a movie actor, but I've never seen the movies. I did see him when he played Dr Brennan's dad on Bones. Norman Lear was 101. He was a producer behind a bunch of 70's shows. The main one was All in the Family, then its spinoffs Maude and The Jeffersons. Good Times was a spinoff of Maude. There was also Sanford and Son and One Day at a Time. There was also Diff'rent Strokes, but not its spinoff The Facts of Life. There were 2 musician deaths. Myles Goodwyn was the lead vocalist, and one of the guitarists for Canadian band April Wine. The only song by them they played on the radio here in KC was Just Between You and Me. They have some other famous songs, which I do think were on the radio in Springfield. Also, Denny Laine died. He was a founding member, and original lead vocalist, of The Moody Blues. Their famous song with him was Go Now. That was on the radio in Springfield, but not KC. He then was a founding member, and guitarist for Wings. Of course, they are more famous for another guy you may have heard of: Paul McCartney.
I wanted to discuss some stuff from last week. The Pogues have a Xmas song called Fairytale of New York. I decided to listen to it. It was a major coincidence for me. That is because Chiefs player Travis Kelcie and his brother Jason(Philadelphia Eagles player) did a parody of TP song for charity.
Last week Ron DuhSantis was on MTP. I forget one of the things he was talking about, but that he wouldn't answer the question. I'm thinking it was about abortion. Host Kristen Welker was then asking him about Obamacare, and if he would "repeal and replace" it. He said he would fix various aspects of it, which sounds logical. KW kept badgering him about the repeal aspect, but he kept deflecting.
Speaking of abortion, there is some major bs going on in Texass. The summary is a lady has a non-viable fetus in her, and the legal system is being a dick about her getting an abortion to remove it. It's just another example of religion and the GOP creating a torrent of stupidity. I wish some rich person would send a private jet for this woman and take her to a free state to get the abortion she needs.
I thought there was some other stuff I wanted to talk about. I know it didn't have anything to do with Hunter Biden. It sounds like all he did was tax evasion(which he paid ack, including interest and penalties), and name drop his dad. I'm sure the orange family has done way worse.
I guess that's it this week, so I'll go until next week.
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Post by madmax on Dec 18, 2023 1:20:37 GMT -4
Hello. It is 1219am as I start this. It was an ok week. On Wed, I had a case of the burps. It was less burping, and more farts and poo. I had pooed maybe twice Tue night. When I was working on Wed, I was getting ass pressure. At 230pm, I couldn't take any more, and went in and pooped. A while after I was done, I was feeling pressure again. After I was done with work, I went back in and pooed some more. I would then go and lay down on my stomach on my bed to fart. And I did some monstrous ones. I would then go back in to poo. I think during the last poo session, I pooed, would stand straight up, then have to poo again. It seemed like it would never stop. There was a lot. I pooed so much totally, that it displaced almost all the water in the toilet bowl. When I flushed, nothing really happened. I had to dump water from the small bucket I have in there(to fill the tank) to get the toilet to flush.
I also had something else happen today(Sat). I had flushed the toilet. Later, I was taking a shower. I has hearing a "bloop" sound. I looked at the shower drain and didn't see anything. I then pulled the shower curtain. I saw medium sized air bubbles coming from the toilet hole into the bowl. That was odd. A little bit later, there were some smaller bubbles. Then a bit more later, I heard a few bloops together. I looked, and the toilet had flushed itself. The water didn't fill back up. When I was done in the shower, I looked at the tank, and it was still full. I used the bucket to put water in the bowl. I looked on Google a bit ago, and the bubbles and flushing are due to air pressure problems in the pipes. Hopefully it was a one-off deal.
There was some good news. On Fri, I got a call. It was regarding the potato incident. It was the district manager. I told him what happened. He apologized for the incident. He gave me a $20 gift card. I have to pick it up at the NKC location on Thu.
I will get to the food now.
Sun: My meal was 3 cans of Hormel Chicken Tamales. They were good. I had most plain. I had some with hot sauce and/or salsa. Those were good too. I finished the salsa.
Mon: I didn't have anything.
Tue: I opened a new package of peperoni.
My first snack was a can Vigo Jumbo Squid In Sunflower And Olive Oil. It was good. I took it off the shelf. My second snack was a bag of Deutsche Kuche Potato Sticks from ALDI. They were the Herbs Of The Alps flavor. They were good.
My meal was veggie fajitas using ~8oz of frozen broccoli. I only used ½ cup(before cooking) of rice. I used the other 4 tortillas in the package I had opened the week before. When I was cooking the broccoli(eventually, the cabbage and onion too), I heated 3(i had one as-is) of the tortillas in my pan. I did the first without oil, and the other 2 with. I cooked the veggies using the healthy method. I used all the normal spices.... When the liquid cooked down, I added the rice. I then then let this cook for 3 min. After that, I took it off the burner to cool off a bit, and turned the burner down. A little bit later, I added ~1/2 of a can of discount brand chili beans. I put them in the center of the pan and smashed them up. I added water I used to rinse out the container I had put them in last week, then mixed everything up. I put the pan on the burner to let everything heat up again. When it was time to eat, I basically put ¼ of the mix on each tortilla. I started with the plain tortilla. I used the other 3 in the order I heated them. I also used black pepper and hot sauce. The order I used those was: both hot sauce pepper plain They were good.
I was feeling full when I was done with the fajitas, so I didn't have my meat item.
Wed: I felt crappy during the day. It was both feeling full and the burps. I had my meat item at 11pm during TMZ. It was a can of Northern Catch sardines in mustard. They were good. I took them off the shelf.
Thu: I had some peperoni.
My snack was a bag of Clancy's pork rinds. They were the plain variety.. They were decent. They tasted the same as they always do, but just didn't taste good to me. After I ate them, my stomach felt funny.
My meal was 6 sandwiches I got at 3 different restaurants. I warmed them up in the microwave before I ate them. I heated them separately restaurant-wise.
My first one was from Burger King. It was a Shroom n’ Swiss Melt. It was good. It was a lot smaller than what I thought it would be. I think it was $$$$.
My second sandwich was a Popeyes Blackened Chicken Sandwich. It was the Spicy version. It was good. There was some heat.
I got the last 4 at Dairy Queen. They were the Signature Stackburgers. The order I had them in was: Two Cheese Deluxe Bacon Two Cheese Deluxe FlameThrower Backyard Bacon Ranch As for the taste, they were ok. I think that was because they had cooled off. The BBR didn't seem to have any taste, so I put it back in the microwave. That made it seem to taste better. I think the FlameThrower had a little heat. All 4 burgers are $$$$, so I might not get them again.
Fri: I had some peperoni.
My first snack was ~half an 8oz bag of Brim's Movie Theater Butter Popcorn. I had a little plain, but the rest with canola oil. It was good. I had it at 1235 during one station's rebroadcast of the 10pm news.
My second snack was a container of egg salad I got at a store's cold case. It was good. I had it at 137am during another station's rebroadcast of the 10pm news. This isn't the usual store I get egg salad at.
My third snack was a container of seafood salad I got at the same store I got the egg salad at. It was ok. The negative was that there were big celery pieces in it. I didn't taste them, but didn't like chewing them up. At this store, the seafood salad was in the seafood area, not in the cold case, like at other stores in this chain.
My last snack was a bag of Dollar Tree croutons. They were the Seasoned variety. I had ~half plain, and the other half with canola oil. They were good. I had them around 1215am Sun, and was eating them while I started typing.
Sat: I had my sweet stuff. I started with cereal and a new jar of pb.
I had some coconut. It was good I had some chocolate chips. They were good. I had some Planters peanuts. They were good. I had some graham crackers. They were good. I had ~half a bag of Clancy's Churros. They were good. That was the last of them. I had one of the Little Debbie Snickerdoodle Creme Pies. I didn't seem to taste it at all. I took it off the shelf. I had an ALDI pudding cup. It was good. I opened up 2 other things. One was a package of Benton's Mint Striped Fudge Cookies from ALDI. They were good. I took them off the shelf. The other was a box of Andes mints. They were good. I took them off the shelf. ALDI has these in every year at this time.
I finished the peperoni.
I had something else. It was Herr's Cheese Curls. They were the Carolina Reaper variety. They were good. There was some heat, but not as much as expected.
That's all for the food. I know what I'm having later. It's a bit of a repeat of a meal I had a few weeks ago.
Next week is the Xmas weekend. I will be having some special meals. two will be ones that I've made a tradition for this time of year.
It is 1120pm Sun as I post this. SNL was new(Kate McKinnon/Billie Eilish). KM was a SNL cast member. While it wasn't as bad as last week, there was glitching in the first hr or so. For BE, when she did her first song, she sounded like she was out of breath. Since this was the Xmas episode, she did Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas for her second song. She sang normally. She does actually have a good voice. As for the episode itself, I thought it would be a lot better. Maybe the writing staff is thinking more about Xmas, which starts next week, or Hanukkah, which started on Thu. The only recurring sketch KM did was the Whiskers Are We cat shelter, where she paired with BE. I wish she had brought back the alien abduction lady. Or at least the Russian lady or apartment lady characters on Weekend Update. Maya Rudolph and Kristen Wiig appeared during the monologue. They only appeared during a sketch about ABBA doing Xmas songs based on their known songs. Chloe Troast did a little singing, where she did a good job again. In the Pongo commercial, Sarah Sherman was again wearing a wig, and looked very attractive. One highlight was that it looked like when the gift exchange sketch was over, I could see up Chloe Fineman's dress. She looked to be wearing red underwear. After SNL, I was getting stuff ready for later. It was actually more mental than physical. I then sat down to eat my croutons and type. I kept on typing until 2, when I went to take a nap. I got up for 3 because the TMZ weekend edition was actually on. I watched that and Washington Week after while typing. I got my food at 430am. I did it later because I had the croutons after midnight. I didn't do any typing. I forget when I got done eating. I forget if I did any typing after. I seem to recall just sitting around. I'm thinking I did get up and put stuff away before my inevitably dozing off. I then woke up around 730am. I was doing some other stuff before I went to take a nap at 8. I got up for 9 for Meet The Press. I was drowsy, and eventually fell asleep. I woke up and fell back asleep a few times. I finally woke up at 1229pm. I started doing my reading. I got done at 120pm. I then resumed typing while "watching" MTP and WW. After WW, I looked at my email. I then looked at Nextdoor. After that, I went and took a nap at 5. I got up for 7 for Animation Domination on FOX. There was one glitch during Bob's Burgers, and three during Family Guy. I then watched the news for a while, then called my mom. After that, I took care of 2 bills. I then ate the cheese curls. I'm going to put on Face The Nation in a moment to listen to while I'm typing.
Here is where I talk about other stuff. The only celebrity death I can think of was Andre Braugher. He was on the police drama Homicide: Life on the Street, which I don't remember watching. He was recently on Brooklyn Nine-Nine. I only saw a little of that. He also played a defense lawyer on Law & Order SVU.
On MTP, Lindsey Graham was on. Kristen Welker was asking him about the latest white supremacist shit that diarrheaed out of Trump's mouth. LG would not condemn it. These Republican politicians will not stand up to Trump and his mongoloid worshippers. I have FTN on right now, and Chris Christie is actually condemning it. Another example is the impeachment investigation of Pres Biden. Some politician admitted they don't have anything on him, but still want to look. Don't they have some actual important stuff to do. And then there's Hunter Biden. Another politician said he's being prosecuted only for his name. That is true. HB already paid the taxes, interest, and penalties, which the IRS considers most important.
There is also apparently an update from last week. The Texas woman will leave/already left to get an abortion.
I guess that is all. I should be back next week, but don't know when due to different holiday schedule.
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Post by madmax on Dec 25, 2023 1:18:20 GMT -4
Hello. It is 1141pm as I start this. I guess this week wasn't so bad. On Wed, it was warm enough that I was able to go out with the lawn mower and chop up the rest of the leaves in the backyard. I was able to take care of a lot in the front also. I should've gone over one spot next to the driveway more than once, but I went back in back to go around the tree. The batteries then ran out. Every time I mow, I wipe the lawnmower off after with bathroom/baby wipes. It was so covered with dust, you could almost not tell it is blue. I'm thinking that might be the last time I go out until next spring.
I remember there were 2 meal related things that happened. I'll bring one up later. I'll prob mention the other next week.
I did have something happen at work on Fri. When I turned on my computer, I got a notice that the internet was blocked because the latest updates weren't installed. A little later, the update got installed. Because it was a slow day, the acting mgr helped get my computer fixed.
Today(Sun) I had 2 things happen already. When I was putting stuff away from my Sat meal, my one water bottle fell on the floor. I'll have to wash it later. When I was sleeping, I woke up. I heard a crash that I've heard before. When I got up later, I confirmed what is was. The shower curtain rod fell down, which always happens a few times a year. If I (hopefully) have to get up to take a dump, I'll put it back up.
There was a third thing, which is related to something that happened earlier this week. I put water in an empty Clear Fruit bottle and keep it in the fridge. I take it with me when I go in to the office to work. It has a flip top to make it easy to drink out of. I forget if the top was open or closed. I did something with my thumb, and the top broke off. I cleaned it before putting it back on. For some reason, it is now hard to put back on. I keep forgetting that the top is no longer attached. Today(Sun), that happened, and the top flew on the floor. I need to clean that off when I clean the other bottle. I haven't taken a dump as of 10pm Sun, so I haven't done the above tasks.
There was some good news. I got the gift card I mentioned last week.
Earlier today, I took a shower. The toilet did not act funny.
I guess I can get to the food now.
Sun: The side item was a box of Save A Lot rice a roni. It was the Chicken variety. It was ok. It seemed a bit dry, as if I could've added more water than the instructions say.
I opened, and heated up, a can of discount brand turkey gravy.
The main item was a rotisserie chicken. It was good. I cut off and ate the wings and legs/thighs. I dipped some of the pieces in the gravy. After that, I cut the rest of the chicken up and put it in the small casserole dish, which I used to heat up the chicken. I ate a few pieces plain. After I cut up the chicken, I dumped in the rest of the gravy, and mixed it all up.
Mon: I made my Tue meal on Mon. The only eating I did was nibbling related to the meal prep.
When I put the mix in the containers, I also added some canola oil.
Tue: My first snack was a bag of ALDI fried onions. They were good. I forget if they were salty or not. My second snack was a Big Mama sausage. It was good. My third snack was a bag of the TGI Crinkle Fries snack. They were the Chili Cheese variety. They were good.
My meal was fried rice and veggies using ~8oz of chopped broccoli. I cooked it using the healthy method. It was ok plain and with my 3 items. I took it out of the fridge
I had a meat item. It was a can of Great Value sardines in oil. They were good. I took them off the shelf.
Wed: I just had the fried rice mix I set aside. It was good plain and with my 3 items, no combos. It was better than the night before.
Thu: My snack was a bag of Duetsche Kuche Potato Sticks from ALDI. They were the Hash Brown Style. They were good.
I got my meal at Little Caesars. I got a Stuffed Crazy Crust pizza, and an order of Stuffed Crazy Bread. The SCB came with a container of marinara sauce. I heated the SCC in the oven for 15 min at 400F. After 5 min, I added the SCB for the last 10 min.
As for the taste, both the pizza and the CB were good plain and with the sauce, but were better plain. Like last time, the pizza was hot. While it didn't burn my mouth, the crust for the first piece was burning my fingers. This time, both the pizza and the CB seemed to stay warmer for longer.
After my meal, I felt very full. And I only had the CB instead of the Italian Cheesy Bread I normally have. And my snack was only the PS. If I get this kind of pizza again, and get the ICB, I think I'll have to skip a snack.
Fri: This was the first meal of my Xmas holiday weekend. I got my meal at the hot/cold case of the store I use when I get that kind of stuff on Fri. Before I ate, I warmed up the hot case stuff in the microwave, and took the cold case stuff out of the fridge.
I had a container of cheese tortellini salad. It was good.
I had a container of egg salad. It was good.
I had 2 pieces of breaded swai. They were good.
I had ~1lb of breaded shrimp. They weren't that good. They were tough/rubbery. I think there was only 1 soft one. I don't know if they were like that because of the time between me getting them and eating them and/or how long they were sitting around before that. O don't know if they wouldn't be like that if I had the worker wrap the box in plastic wrap.
I had 2 stuffed green peppers. These were very good. So much so, I wish I would've had more. If the shrimp had run out before I got there(as it often is) I would have.
Sat: This was my traditional dessert meal. I had 2 things different than what I usually have.
I opened up a jar of Peter Pan peanut butter. It is the Honey Roast Creamy. It was good.
I opened up a container of Betty Crocker frosting. It is the chocolate flavor. It was ok. I had this instead of chocolate mousse. I don't recall anything specific about the flavor. The main thing about the frosting is that it is thick, like pb.
I had a can of store-brand pie filling. It was Lemon. It was good. It had a good lemon flavor. When i was done with it, I put water in the can to rinse it out and drank it. That was good also.
I had a container of cookies & cream I picked up in the cold case of a store on Fri, but not the one I got my Fri meal at. It was good.
The main item was 3 apple fritters. I had these instead of cookies. I got these at the store where I got the c&c. I have a story, so let me make a new paragraph.
This grocery chain has a promo where on Fri, fritters are $5. I went in the store, and was expecting there to be fritters already in packages. I went to the bakery counter and asked. They just had them in the counter loose. In the ad, the pic shows only 2. When the worker put them in the bag, there were 3. I confirmed with him that that was correct. He wrote the price code on the bag. After I got the c&c, I went to the resister next to the hot case. The worker entered the fritters in, and they came up as $6. I said I would go to the customer service counter. The worker there entered them in, and also got $6. She called the bakery. They confirmed it. Instead of entering it manually, she went back to the bakery, and had them print out a price tag. She came back, scanned that price tag, the c&c, I paid, and was able to leave.
When I got home, I put the fritters in the fridge. Sat night, I got up and took them out to warm up a few hrs before I ate. I didn't warm them up.
As for the taste, they were good. I mostly had them plain. I also tried putting the other items on the fritters. I don't recall what I thought of these.
There is one more item of note. I finished the fritters, c&c, and pie filling. I did not finish the pb or frosting. Like I've said before, for some reason, the sweet stuff fills me up faster than regular stuff. I was full. I was thirsty, so I drank a bunch of water. I was in pain then. I had to kind of move my body different to yawn and burp. It seemed that burping helped me to feel better.
I have another thing. Some time after 4, while I was still eating, I dozed off. I woke up at 431am. I then finished eating.
When I do this meal next year, if I get fritters again, I'm not going to have pb. I'm not going to have frosting. I'm going to have pie filling(which I already have), and the c&c. I might not have anything else. If I do, I'm thinking it's going to be either a very small container of cm, or just some pudding cups.
That is it for the food. I'll be having my Sun meal later. It is a major experiment. I just have one more meal for the holiday. It is something I've had before. Next week will be the start of the New Year's holiday weekend. I'm taking Fri off, and I'm using my 2 bonus leave hrs on Thu. I was planning on having a special meal on Thu, but now I'm not 100% sure. It will depend on what my original destination has, and what a possible alternate has. Also, it will also be how I feel. My FSS meals will be the other traditional ones. I haven't come up with the order yet.
It is 1118pm Sun as I post this. SNL was a repeat(Nate Bargatze/Foo Fighters). I only had to watch Weekend Update again due to glitching. I did watch quite a bit of the monologue because he was doing a standup routine. After that, I did some reading I didn't do the day before. I think i then got up to take the fritters out of the fridge, and move some other meal components out of their storage areas. I then was switching between SNL and Benny Hill. I then watched WU. After that, I started typing. After 2am, I didn't take a nap. I did slow down on typing, as I was looking at Yahoo! News. This included an article about a small kid with some kind of fluid swelling in his face that makes him look like Stan Smith from American Dad. Around 230, I got up to take my pills. I wait at least 30 min after I take my pills before I eat. I forgot to set the timer. I started watching the TMZ weekend edition at 3. During the first commercial break(at 310), I got up and got the food. I just ate, and didn't type. I got dome after 430. Because I was in pain, I didn't feel like moving. I was just watching tv. I think close to 530, I fell asleep. I think I woke up between 6 and 7, and fell back asleep. I finally woke up right before 7. I felt better, so I was able to get up and put stuff away. I then went into my bed to sleep. I got up for 9 for Meet The Press. I was drowsy, so I fell asleep. I woke up a few times just enough to change the channel. I finally got up around 1130. I watched most of an episode of Pawn Stars, then did my reading. I got done around 1pm. I then resumed typing while "watching" MTP, the local show, and a little of Face The Nation. Some time after 230, I checked my email. I then looked at Nextdoor. At 5, I went in to take a nap. I got up at 7 to watch The Simpsons, which was a new episode, for some fucking reason. After TS, I went back to bed, and slept until 9. I then got up. I watched some of the news. Then talked to my mom on the phone. I forget when I resumed typing. At 1030pm, I put FTN back on while typing. And now I have on Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Television.
The only death to note is one of the original members of the Dixie Chicks died in a car accident. She left the group before they got big. There were actually 4 of them. The 2 taller women(who are sisters) are the only 2 original members.
For other news stuff, there were 2 murders in KC today, bringing the total to 178. That is 1 shy of the 2020 record. In national news, there is more GOOPS retarded abortion stuff. This time, it is about a woman in Ohio having a miscarriage. I haven't seen anything on tv about it, just online. I don't recall any politicians running their mouths.
I guess I'll wrap up now. I should be back next week.
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Post by madmax on Jan 1, 2024 1:52:26 GMT -4
Hello. It is 111am as I start this. It was an ok week except for Wed, and something on Thu. On Tue, I was going to throw something out, but I forgot to take it out of the freezer. I remembered on Wed. I took it out, and was going to take it with me to work to throw out. I had a $1 bill in my shirt pocket, but it fell out onto the floor. I was distracted by that, so I forgot to take the item with me. I remembered when I was at work. When I got home, I put it back in the freezer. I did remember to take it out and bring it on Thu. I then threw it out at work. I'll tell you what it was in a little bit. And those weren't the worst part of my day. I told you last week about my work computer having an internet block on Fri. On Wed, when I got it and logged into my computer, the block was back. The asst mgr helped me again. This time, the issue was major. I was blocked because my computer was supposed to have Windows11 installed, but something had been blocking it. He fixed that block, and started the W11 install. It took over 2hrs for the install to finish. I was then having issues logging back in. I spent almost the whole day dealing with my computer. The asst mgr recommended I keep the computer connected to the network, so I left it overnight. On Thu, I was going to get dressed to go to work. I felt pressure in my ass, so I took a liquid dump. I cleaned up. I then layed on the bed for a few min to fart. I then felt more poo, so I went back in and went some more. I then cleaned up, got dressed, and went to work. I was late, but nobody noticed. I felt crappy most of the day. I would've stayed home to work, but my computer was at the office. Also, I took my bonus 2hrs off. I wanted to be in the office so I was already dressed, and to save driving time for me to do other stuff(dun dun dun). I did have something else odd to deal with, but I'll leave that for another post.
On Sat, I had done some "dishes". One of the items was the container I had put the beans in when I made fajitas. When I was putting it away, I had set it down to move some stuff. It fell, and I wasn't able to catch it, and it fell on the floor. Later, I cleaned it so it was clean, but I need to clean it with the dish soap so it is "food ready" again. Later, I was moving my chair. I had a towel on top. That fell on the floor.
I did have meal issues. I'll mention them later.
Now for the food.
Sun: This was another of my Xmas break meals. I got 2 cornish game hens. I saw they were on sale. When I got to the store, I asked a meat dept worker where they were, and he showed me. They were in a 2 pack, which was on sale for even more than the singles were. The meal was an experiment. To cook them, I used my oil pot. I opened the cgh packages, and dumped the liquid into a container. I put the first one in my fryer basket and put it in the oil before I turned on the burner. This was to see how it sat in the oil. I added a bit more to the pot. I then took the cgh out, and turned the burner on. When the temp got to 350F, I put the cgh back in. I let it cook for ~6 min. I then took it out of the oil. I then put it in my pan, which I then placed it in the oven, which I think was set to 200F. When the first cgh was cooking, I put some flour on the old snack bag I had opened up to put both cgh on to make cleanup easier. I then set the cgh on it. I then rubbed some more flour on the top. After I put the first cgh in the oven, I put the second one in the basket, and in the oil. Again, I cooked this one for ~6 min. When it was done, I put it in the pan in the oven with the first one. I then did other stuff.
I used my double boiler pot and made a roux with flour and canola oil. I then dumped that in my small pot. I then dumped the cgh liquid in the dbp and cooked it a bit. It turned gray. I then added the roux, and mixed it all up. I made too much roux, because the mix was very solid. I did nor add water to dilute the mix.
For my side item, I opened a packager of flour tortillas I got on clearance. I cut them all up. I would put a few in the fryer basket, then put it in the oil. They would float to the top. I would let them cook for a min or two, then flip them over. I let them cook a bit more. I would then take the basket out of the oil. I dumped these now chips into my main pot, and put that in the oven. I repeated that until they were all done.
The last thing I had was a can of discount brand turkey gravy. It was the same kind I used for the rotisserie chicken the week before. I cooked it in the small pot I use for gravy, beans, or hominy. I also added the little bit of water I used to rinse out the can(which I always do).
I tried a bit of the mix by itself. It tasted like blood, because that appeared to be part of the liquid. I think I put a bit on the cgh. I used the rest on the chips, which I recall were both ok.
The cgh themselves were both good. They were fully cooked. I had put flour on the second one to give it a coating like fried chicken. Almost all of the flour had come off in the oil. I think that's because I had blotted the cgh dry beforehand with paper towels. This was to remove moisture, which is what causes the oil to bubble. I had some of both cgh plain, which was good, but had most of them with the gravy, which was good. I think I just dunked pieces of chicken in the gravy, instead of dumping it on the chicken.
As for the chips, they were ok. One of the negatives was that the oil was too hot, so they browned too much, which affected the taste. I had most of them plain, but as I said above, I also had some with the mix. I think I dunked a few in the gravy.
The gravy was good. I think there was gravy left after the cgh were finished, so I just ate it, which was good.
Even though the cgh came out fine, I don't think I'll deep fry them again. It was too much of a pain dealing with the oil.
As for the chips, I may try that again in a few weeks, as I'll be using the flour tortillas for something else I'll be cooking in the oil. I think I'll have a few tortillas to spare. When I do that, I'm not going to have the oil as hot.
I don't recall being stuffed after my meal.
I almost forgot to mention that I took the snack bag I had the cgh on, the paper towels, and the cgh packages, and rolled it all up and put in another snack bag. I then put that in the freezer. That's what I threw out on Thu.
Mon: This was the last meal of my Xmas holiday. I had 6 packages of Maruchan Ramen Noodle Soup. They were the Beef flavor. As always, I cooked them hrs earlier, so the ramen would absorb more of the liquid. When I ate, they were still quite warm. They were good.
Tue: I did not have anything.
Wed: My first snack was a bag of Deutsche Kuche Potato Sticks from ALDI. They were the Herbs Of The Alps flavor. They were good. My second snack was a Tiajuana Mama picked sausage. It was good. My third snack was a bag of the TGI Crinkle Fries snack. They were the Chili Cheese variety. They were good.
Since I was having a big meal the next day, I didn't want to have one here. It ended up being a bit bigger than I thought. The first thing I had was a bag of the ALDI fried onions. They were ok. I forget if I thought they were salty. I also had a box of Dollar Tree chicken crackers. They were ok. I got 2 other items at a grocery store. In the hot case. I got a container of elbow macaroni with pasta sauce and meat(I think it was hamburger). I heated it up in the microwave before I ate. It was good. I also got a container of seafood salad from the seafood counter. It was good.
Thu: This was my first meal of the New Year's holiday weekend.
I got my stuff at the hot case of a grocery store. I heated everything up in the microwave before I ate. I got a container of the macaroni/sauce/meat like I had the night before. It was good. I had some catfish "nuggets". They were good. I also had some boneless "wings". They had the Gen Tso sauce on them. They were good.
I have a story about my meal. I got the "wings" because they were on sale. When I got there, I asked the worker where they were. He didn't know about the sale, so he had to look in the ad. He then had to ask the cook which chicken items were on sale. He didn't even have a code to enter the sale price into the scale. He had to weigh the "wings" and had another worker use the calculator on his phone to get the price. He had to manually enter the price in to print the sticker. There were not a lot left, so the cook had to make more. I had to wait for those.
Fri: This was my bagel meal. I had a bag of ALDI bagels. They were the Everything variety. I used 2 8oz packages of discount brand cream cheese on them. They were good. My meat item was a 16oz package of Bar-S Honey Ham. It was ok. It didn't have much flavor.
I got the ham when it was on sale at Save A Lot. They also had turkey on sale, but it was a 14oz package. The turkey was not a good deal. The next week, lunchmeat at ALDI was on sale. That included turkey. It was a better deal than the Bar-S. If I had known that, I wouldn't have gotten the ham, and gotten the ALDI turkey instead.
I have 2 other items about my meal. I had originally planned to have what I had on Sat on Fri. I decided not to, because I was still feeling full from my meal the night before. Because I take stuff out of the fridge a few hrs before I eat, I decided on the bagels because of how I was still feeling then.
During holiday weekends, I watch TMZ at it's 11pm timeslot. I dozed off during it, so I missed a lot. I decided to watch it during the 330am rebroadcast. Also during the holiday weekends, I usually don't take my Fri and Sat naps. Because I had dozed of earlier, I didn't want to do it again. I decided to take my nap at 230. I set my alarm for 330am. When I woke up, it was 426am! It looks like while I had set the alarm, I had forgot to turn it on. That put me in a bad mood. Instead of watching TMZ, I had to watch Maude. The TMZ site puts the episodes up to watch online, so hopefully they do so on Mon, or at least Tue.
Sat: This was my ALDI meal. I got everything but my meat item there. I got a 5 pack of pita bread. I had a little plain, which was ok. I mostly used it to put stuff on. The main "stuff" was a container of hummus. It was the Olive Tapenade variety. It was good. I also got a small package of goat cheese. It was the Garlic & Herb variety. It was actually good. There was a tiny bit of odd flavor. It was nowhere near the "barnyard" flavor I got from a previous package of goat cheese. I tried a bit by itself, but mostly on the pita bread. I also had a wheel of brie. It was good. I had it both plain and on the pita.
I got 3 other cheeses. The first was gouda. It was good. I tried a little on the pita bread, but had most of it by itself. The next cheese was appenzeller. It was ok. It had a bit of a 'funky' taste. I tried a little on the pita bread, but had most of it by itself. The last cheese was jarlsberg. It was ok. The edge of the wedge had a bit of a taste like unshredded parmesan. I tried more of this on the pita than the other 2, bit also had most plain.
My meat item was a can of Spam. It was the Tocino flavor. It was ok. It really didn't have any flavor to it. Fot the sake of continutity, I tried a few pieces on the pita bread, but had most plain. I took it off the shelf. I bought this at the Asian store and paid a fuckton for it. I did that because they don't have that flavor in the regular stores here.
I didn't mention above, but I took the cheese and hummus out of the fridge a few hrs before I ate. I did eat during the weekend edition of TMZ.
When I was putting the food on the tv tray i use when I eat, I knocked my spoon on the floor. I have to wash it, then clean it to be food ready.
That's it for the food. I know what I'm having tonight and tomorrow; the last of my NY's meals.
It is 1152pm Sun as I post this. SNL was the Timothy Chalamet/Boygenius repeat. I only really watched Weekend Update. Before WU came on, I got dressed and took the cheese and hummus out of the fridge. After WU, I went to the office. At the top the post, I talked about how I had W11 installed on my computer on Wed, and I left my computer overnight to get other updates. I left my computer in the office on Thu to get more updates. I went in to get my computer to bring home. I first logged in to look at my email, and be current on my unit's Teams chat. I then went home the long way. I went past the 2 Virtual Railfan sites in the area. I took off my clothes, then sat down to type. After 2am, I think I looked on the internet for a bit. I did cut my fingernails. I then got up and took my night group of pills. About 30 min later, I got up and got my food. I ate at 3. I got done some time around 430. I sat and watched tv. I fell asleep after 5. I woke up right before 6. I put stuff away. I then went into my bed to sleep. I got up for 9am for Meet The Press. Yet again, I was drowsy and fell asleep. I would wake up enough to change the channels. I finally woke up at 1242pm. I did my reading. I finished a bit after 1. I then resumed typing while "watching" MTP, the Face The Nation online. The local show wasn't on this week, and I watched Washington Week at 4, and was able to pay full attention to it, even though I was eating. After that, I looked at my email. I then got up to take my afternoon pills. I then looked at Nextdoor. It took a long time. At 7, I went in to take a nap. I didn't sleep much. I got up at 9. I restarted my computer, then talked to my mom on the phone. After I was done, I got my post back up and typed a bit. I then filled out my gas bill. I then typed a little more. I then read TJRWrestling for the Smackdown recap. It didn't take as long as usual, because I didn't read the match stuff. He just c/p the match recaps from when they originally aired. I then resumed typing.
There were 2 deaths this week. The first was Tom Smothers. One of his talents was doing yo-ro tricks. None of the news reports mentioned this. It was only mentioned on the famous person death site stiffs.com. Tonight, I heard that NASCAR driver Cale Yarborough had died.
For the other stuff, Lindsey Graham was on FTN. He was defending Trump the chump. Speaking of the failed fascist, he was kicked off 2 primary ballots. That is not really a big deal. I'm assuming he can be a write-in, and it won't affect the actual election.
I think mostly what I wanted to talk about here is tv stations. There is stuff being switched around. The country music station Circle is going to streaming. Here in KC, it is being replaced by The365, which is a black-oriented station. There is a station called Outlaw that appears to be for Western movies. That will be on the station that currently has shopping channel Shop LC. Earlier this week, the lifestyle channel Dabl changed over to what appears to be black-oriented programming. I did a channel scan on Fri. Apparently 9.4 finally has the Charge! channel on it. It was black for a long time. I lost 29.3, which had Twist on it. It had gone black quite a while ago. I looked online, and it will go away at midnight. Several stations, including here, already dropped it. Also when I did my scan, I picked up another channel for the first time. It is 21. I call it one of the "outliers". The signal isn't very strong, so it is extremely prone to glitching. One of the channels is Shop LC.
I guess that is all for this week, month, and year. Next week will be the first of 2024.
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Post by madmax on Jan 8, 2024 1:12:12 GMT -4
Hello. It is 1103 as I start this. It was an ok week, except for Mon. It was a very shitty day, both figuratively and literally. I had the worst case of diarrhea. I started out the day lying in bed burping and farting. I don't know if it was a case of the burps. I had one that was higher pitched, and one or two that burned my nose. But the gas started way before the 12+ hrs after eating when they start when I do have a case. I'll talk about that aspect a bit later. Around 230pm, I got ass pressure that I could tell was more than gas. I went in and did some stuff that was the consistency of split pea soup. I forget if I just kept on going back, or cleaned up, sat down in my chair, and had to go later. I ended up taking a shower so I could clean up better, and if I felt pressure, could just let it go. I know I still had more after my shower. It was mostly water with "sediment" in it. It eventually subsided. I did go one last time. It was before I ate. I did it outside, so I could squat down. Don't worry, it was after midnight.
I also have a case of the burps today(Sun). I think it's close to being done, but I feel a big gas bubble in my stomach area.
There were some other things I forgot to mention in previous posts.
A few weeks ago, I was going to Walmart after ALDI. I was on a side street needing to cross the main road. There was nothing coming, so I started crossing. Thankfully, I looked to my right again. I had to slam on my brakes. There was a car coming. I hadn't seen it previously because the retard didn't have his fucking lights on! I could've been in a wreck.
I had another car incident, which I'm pretty sure happened Dec29. I was on the one interstate. I was passing a truck, when it started pulling in my lane. Thankfully, I was in the center lane, and the lane to my right was empty, so I could go there.
I have a food-related thing too. I'm pretty sure this happened Dec21. This was in relation to the cornish game hens. I was concerned about them fitting in the oil pot. I figured if I could get them in the basket, I could get them in the pot. I decided to bring the basket with me to the store. Since it would be a pain to carry, i had to think of another way to bring it. I figured the best way would be to use some kind of cord or strap and wear it on my shoulder. I have a shoulder strap for my SKS, but forgot to look until I just had a little time. I decided to use an old extension cord. When I got to the store, I plugged both ends together with the basket looped through. I felt the cord earlier, and thought it would hold. As I made it to the front door, the cord unplugged. This caused the basket to land on the ground. I went back to my car to clean it off. As I was doing so, the dollar bill I had in my pocket fell out on the ground. I put the bill in my car to clean later. I looped the basket through the cord. This time, I also tied the cord into a knot besides plugging it into itself. This time, it held, and I was able to go in the store. Like I said last week, the cgh were in a 2 pack. Even so, I was able to see they would fit in the basket.
Now I can get to the food.
Sun: This was my Asian meal where I bought a lot(and spent a lot) at the Asian grocery store. I'll make a separate paragraph for each item. Besides identifying the item and reviewing it, I'll also mention the manufacturer, country of origin, and distributor(if available). I'm going to split the items into 3 categories, starting with the meat(fish) items. I know what order I had those in. As for the other stuff, I don't exactly remember the order, but I'll try.
Crispy Salmon Skin from the brand Nai Pramong. The manufacturer is J'ns Andnaman Co Ltd from Thailand. The distributor is TKS USA Corp from Kearny, NJ. These were exactly what they said. They were good. They had a fishy taste.
Prepared Squid from Rolin Brand. It says "Sua-Soan Con Ca Muc" on the top of the package, which I'm guessing means "prepared squid". The manufacturer is Rolin Ensured Business Ltd from Taiwan. The best way to describe this is shredded squid jerky. It was the Regular variety, which I assume is plain. It was good, but very chewy.
Squid Seafood Snack from the brand Bento. The manufacturer is Srinanaporn Marketing Public Co Ltd from Thailand. The distributor is TF International Corp from Linden, NJ. They were the Spicy Seaweed Flavor. I think I had another flavor previously. These were in a green package, and the graphic denoted they were spicy. These were thin strips of squid. They were way less chewy than the previous item. They were good. There was some heat.
Crispy Anchovy With Herbs from the brand Nai Pramong. The manufacturer is J'ns Andnaman Co Ltd from Thailand. The distributor is TKS USA Corp from Kearny, NJ. Again, this was self-explanatory. It was ok. There was decent heat. There were actual pieces of herbs and spices in the package, including one I recognized, but not identify.
Mackerel In Shoju Japanese Style from Century. The manufacturer is Century Pacific Food Inc from Philippines. These were big chunks of fish. They were good.
Milkfish Fillet With Black Beans from Century. The manufacturer is Century Pacific Food Inc from Philippines. These were small fillets. They were ok. The liquid did taste like beans, along with other seasoning.
Chili Oil Beancurd. There is no brand listed, but I think it is Lagoanma. The manufacturer is Guyang Nanming Lagoanma Special Favour Foodstuffs Ltd China The distributor is Lom USA Inc from LA, CA. This is pickled tofu. I've had this before. I had a few cubes plain, but mostly put it on the other snack items. I'll mention below when I did that. It was ok. There was heat, but I don't recall how much. When I was done, I put the jar with the leftover oil in the fridge.
Red Hot Cheezy Corn Crunch from a brand called Leslie's. The manufacturer is Leslie Corporation from Philippines. The distributor is Golden Fortune Import And Export of Bayonne, NJ. These were a copy of Cheetos. They were good. They were not hot. The front of the bag says "Outrageously Spicy & Cheesy".
I had a small bag of Lay's potato chips. The manufacturer is listed as Pepsi-Cola (Thai) Trading Co Ltd from Thailand. The flavor was Prik Pao Cheese. I don't know what that is supposed to mean. They were ok. There was not much flavor.
Garlic Green Peas from Green Fairy. The manufacturer is Beans Group Food Science And Technology Co Ltd from Taiwan. The distributor is Kuo Hua Trading Company Ltd of Markham Ontario Canada. These were cooked peas that were dried. They were good. There was some heat. There was a negative. The bag was filled with little bags of the peas. Besides being wasteful, this also made these take a long time to eat.
This one is a bit complicated. The item seems to be called Grains. It says "Brown Rice" right below that. The flavor seems to be Seaweed. It also says "21" on the front of the bag. The back of the bag has Bahn Ngu Coc 21 Loai Dau Nhan Rong Bien. It also has "Rong bien" on the back above a pic of the item. The brand appears to be A1. I'm unsure of the manufacturer because there are 3 things listed: Cong Ty Tnhh Mot Thanh Vien A.K.Noh Enterprise (Viet Nam), Cong Ty Tnhh Mot Thanh Thuc Pham Ve Vuong, 03/A.K.Koh Enterprise. These are from Vietnam. The distributor is Goldenage Trading Inc of Indianapolis, IN. Like the peas, these are individually wrapped. This time, that's a good thing, which I'll explain in a bit. There are 10 of these in the bag. When I ate the first one, it seemed odd. I thought it tasted sweet. I don't know about you, but I would think something that has "grains" and "seaweed" on the bag would not be sweet. Well, unless there were graphics indicating such. I had 3 more before I decided these were sweet. I decided not to finish them, and save them for other times. In the US, sweet stuff like this are considered dessert items. I don't know if that is the case in Vietnam. I know in Thailand, they like to combine sweet and spicy.
Potato Stix from a brand called Oishi. The manufacturer is Liwayay (China) Co Ltd in China. The distributor isSplendid World Corp from Maspeth, NY. These were like the ALDI DK Potato Sticks, or shoestring potatoes, but I recall they were a bit bigger. These were Tomato Flavor. They were ok. I seemed top detect a bit of sweetness. I know ketchup has sugar in it, so maybe calling the flavor ketchup would be more apt.
Potato Twists from Lonely God. The manufacturer is I Lan Foods Industrial Co Ltd of Taiwan. The distributor isFamily Goods International Inc from Commerce, CA. They were the Himalayas Salt Flavor. They were good. There wasn't much flavor. This is the first item I tried the tofu on.
Fried Crab Chips from Manora. The manufacturer is Manora Food Co Ltd from Thailand. They were ok. I think I put most of the tofu on these. They were round and domed. I would put some tofu in one, then put another one on top. This company also has shrimp chips, which I had duringn the NY holiday of 2019.
I think the last item is called Okeji from Nutri Snack. The manufacturer is Nutritive Snack Food Corporation of Philippines. The bag describes them as Tempura Style Flavored Snack. They were ok. I put the last few pieces of tofu on these.
I ate everything, except for the A1 snack, and the oil from the tofu.
Like I said at the top, I had a horrible case of diarrhea on Mon. I don't think it was the burps. I also rule out food poisoning. I'm leaning towards it being that there was some ingredient in one or more items that my digestive system didn't like. There is a lot of stuff in Asia that is not used in the US, so my insides wouldn't be used to it.
Mon: I was feeling better at night, so I decided to have the last meal of the NY holiday. It was only 3 things. One was a 1lb pkg of Seafarer imitation crab sticks. They were ok. I've had these before. For some reason, they each have a wrapper around them. I was trying to find when I did, but was unable to. I swore I did mention this when I had it previously. I recall they weren't that good previously, but I got them because they wereThe second item was a 16oz bag of Sea Best cooked shrimp. It was ok. I think it didn't taste as good because it was cold. I took both items out of the freezer, and put in the fridge the night before. I then took them out of the fridge a few hrs before I ate. The shrimp still had ice in it. I put the bag of shrimp on my tv tray, which I placed above one of the vents so when the furnace turned on, the warm air would warm it up. The third item was a bag of Save A Lot mozzarella sticks. They were good.
Tue: I didn't have anything.
Wed: When I was at work, I had one of the A1 snacks. It was good.
For the past ? months, I have been buying pkgs of salami or peperoni each week to snack on. This time I got something different. ALDI had on sale a 14oz pkg of what are known as cocktail sausages or li'l smokies. These are tiny smoked sausages that are usually served in bbq sauce. I'd eat them plain from the fridge. They are fucking good.
My first snack was a bag of the Tapatio puffs. They were ok. My second snack was a can of Vigo Mussels In Marinade Sauce. They were good. I took them off the shelf. My third snack was a bag of Bugles. They were the Hidden Valley Ranch flavor. They were good.
Like the previous week, I didn't want to have a really big meal, as I was going to have one the next day.
I had a box of Dollar Tree veggie crackers. They were ok. I had a 10z wheel of queso fresco from ALDI. It was ok. I recall the liquid in the pkg was salty, if not the cheese itself. As I've said the ? few times, the qf has not tasted as good as it used to. I also had a 16oz pkg of black forest turkey from ALDI. It was good. I took both the turkey and qf out of the fridge a few hrs before I ate.
Thu: I had some of the cocktail sausages.
My snack was a bag of the TGI Crinkle Fries, Chili Cheese. They were good.
I got my meal at Arby's. I got 6 of the fish sandwiches. They were good. I heated them up in the microwave before I ate them. I put them in in 2 groups of 3. I had them in for 2 min at 50% power, but they only got warm. The fish sandwiches are part of the current 2/$7 promo. The ones with the cheese are advertised, but the regular ones without are included, and are what I got.
I do have a story about getting my meal. I went to one Arby's and got 2, then the main one I go to, and got 4. I think I've said previously that I do this because my theory is that the longer I'm at a location, the greater the chance of something unsanitary happening. I was somewhat proven right. When I was at the second location, the guy making the sandwiches knocked a container on the floor. It looked like the ones they put the fish fillets in. The guy working the fryers had put in fish fillets a few min before. The fryer guy picked up the container and brought it to the back. I didn't see or hear him wash his hands or change his gloves. He brought a container back to the front. It could've been a new container, but I can't be 100% sure. I was afraid this guy was going to touch the fish for my sandwiches. The guy making the sandwiches made them without any issues. He had enough fillets, and the fryer worker was just cooking the replacements for the ones that were used for me.
Fri: I had some cocktail sausages.
My first snack was ~half and 8oz bag of Brim's Movie Theater Butter Popcorn. I had some plain, but had most with canola oil. It was good. I had it at 137am during one station's rebroadcast of the 10pm news.
My second snack was a Michelina's entree. It was Teriyaki Chicken. It was good. I had it at 330am during the rebroadcast of TMZ.
I had an additional snack. I made popcorn. I put canola oil on it. On a little bit of it, I put some of the oil from the tofu. It was good, including the pieces with the tofu oil. I made it at noon, and started eating it before 1230.
My last snack was a bag of DT croutons. They were the Garlic variety. I had them plain and with canola oil. They were good. I had them at the time I started typing this.
Sat: I had my sweet stuff, starting with cereal and pb.
I had most of the frosting leftover from the Xmas weekend meal. I had most of it by itself, but tried some on some of the other items. I'll note that when needed. I finished the jar of Planters peanuts, and opened a new one. They were good. I had some of the chocolate chips. They were good. I had some coconut. It was good. I had some graham crackers. They were good. I put some frosting on one of them. I had some of the Mint Striped Fudge Cookies from ALDI. They were good. I tried one with frosting. I had one of the Little Debbie Snickerdoodle Creme Pies. I think it was ok. I put a bit of frosting on it. I had some of the Andes mints. I took the cookies, mints, and Snickerdoodle out of the fridge. I also had a Belfonte yogurt. It was Pineapple Upside Down Cake.
That's it for the food. I'm having my "Sat" "meal" right now. I'll have my Sun meal later.
Next weekend is the Martin Luther King Jr Day weekend. I'm planning on having some special meals. 2 will be repeats of previous experiments, but I'll be doing a few things differently this time.
It is 1112pm Sun as I post this. SNL was the Jason Momoa/Tate McRae repeat. I had it on, but wasn't paying attention until Weekend Update. I started typing, and eating my crotons. After WU, I turned on Benny Hill. I was typing, but paid attention to BH for obvious reasons. There were 3 episodes on, so it was done at one. I then went to take my nap from 1-2. I usually watch Barney Miller during this time, but it wasn't on. I don't know if Antenna TV changed their schedule, or this was just a one-time thing. I then got up for 2, and resumed typing. I did stop before 230 to take my pills. At 3, I got up and got the sweet stuff. I forgot when I got done. When I got done, I resumed typing. I think I stopped to put the food stuff away. I then resumed typing. I think I slowed down due to being drowsy. I did fall asleep for a bit. I got up before 7am. I resumed typing. Right before 8, I stopped to take my nap. I got up for 9 for Meet The Press. I stayed awake today, but there was glitching, so I have to watch parts of it again. I was typing during it. I kept on typing until right before 1130am. I then started my reading. I was getting ass pressure. A bit after 12, I couldn't take it anymore, and went and took a dump. I did not clean up because I was getting gas, and would have to go back in to poo and fart. I think I finally got dome before 2. I then finished my reading. I then Looked at my email, then Nextdoor. I got done after 430. I had been feeling more pressure, so I went back in and did a bunch of liquid poo. I finally got done close to 6. I restarted my computer. After that was done, I went to try to take a nap. I did sleep a bit. I got up for 7 for FOX's Animation Domination. After it finished at 9, I called my mom. I got done with her around 930. I then went poo some more. I got done around 1003pm. I then resumed typing while eating. I have Face The Nation on now on my computer while typing.
I just wanted to mention that it took a fuckton of time to type up the Asian meal stuff, even though I had typed the product info ahead of time.
I think the only celebrity death of note this week was David Soul. He played Hutch on the show Starsky & Hutch. He also had the hit song Don't Give Up On Us.
Trump opened his mouth this week, so he said something stupid. This time, he referred to the people jailed due to 1/6/21 bs "hostages". Technically, they are actually traitors. On MTP, US Rep ? Stefanik was on. She's a Trump mushroom nibbler, so she was spouting retarded crap. This included blaming Biden for everything. I think she also repeated the lie about illegal aliens smuggling fentanyl. I heard/read somewhere that most of it comes to the US via container ships. There was also a school shooting in Iowa. Apparently, Trump told people to get over it. The other thing I wanted to say was the kid used a handgun and shotgun.
That's all I can think of, so I'll go now.
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Post by mysterysqueezit2000 on Jan 14, 2024 21:10:23 GMT -4
Aww damn are you the last one standing? I was thinking about Pokemopolis and saw this and came back to look and it seems like a ghost town. Sad.
Let me know if you want my discord handle lol
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Post by madmax on Jan 15, 2024 1:35:35 GMT -4
Yes, it appears I'm the last one here. I've apparently turned this site into my blog mostly about eating.
I do remember your name from back in the day.
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