Good Things Friday (136) and Link Love
October 1, 2021
1. I made a huge batch of lemongrass chicken for dinner and for freezing. It seemed like the ratio of lemongrass to chicken was too low but it turned out ok. Still doubling the lemongrass and garlic for the next time I make this, though.
2. The bad news is that I got really sick. The good news is that PiC was not taken down and was able to get us delicious tofu soup take out which really hit the spot. The bad news outweighs the good overall but I still give him credit.
3. My favorite AAM comment this week: “Dead employees tend to be unresponsive and don’t return paperwork, but rarely commit outright sabotage. They could be described as uncooperative, but only in a purely passive sense.”
Followed closely by this one:
ACT I, SCENE iii: Sally’s bedroom
(Sally, kneeling bedside, deep in prayer.)
SALLY: God, please if you’re listening, don’t take Bob from me. Bob is a saint! He loans me money. Take Ted if you must.
GOD: WTF
GOD: who gave u this number
4. After 9.5 months in a box, I finally have our sewing machine on my shelf where it belongs. May it be far less than 9.5 more months before I figure out how to sew a straight seam.
People who need direct aid:
- Ill mother and daughter need roof repairs: Go Fund Me
Challenges this week: my dominant wrist was swollen and couldn’t bear weight for days. Not awesome.
I then got sick and plunged deep in a sickness-induced pain flareup all week. This. Really. Sucks. Every joint is angry and Has Words for me.
Smol’s had a hell of a week. Teething, sores on their tongue, sick and feverish.
Hattip to Nicole and Maggie for this link. I’d seen her original Twitter feed but I hadn’t seen any articles summing up the situation: At end of life, woman, 44, with ovarian cancer urges others to know symptoms. Ovarian cancer seems particularly scary to me as it’s one of those that is quite hard to pin down and has symptoms that are part of my everyday life: fatigue, unexplained pain, unusual or non-routine GI movements. Nothing is weird because everything is weird, and this type of cancer supposedly runs in my family, but how would I know I had a reason to test for it? Not only are the symptoms vague and common to many other issues, by the time you have symptoms, it’s likely late stage.
How the Tylenol murders of 1982 changed the way we consume medication
Hudson’s Bay’s sale of orange shirts to support residential school survivors raises questions
I very much feel like this second tweet. VERY MUCH.
She Owes Over $12K for 911 Calls. Now She Could Lose Her Home.
They’re getting paid to have health insurance. Not something I could duplicate, we would prefer more than barebones coverage, but interesting nonetheless. And it does make me wonder if we would be ok in later years paying less for health insurance and using that money for other health costs like private therapy and such that we already pay for.
This dog and her stick reminds me of a friend’s dog and HER stick. It wasn’t quite as long but it was nearly and she was Absolutely Determined to take it home with her. She sprang into the back of the car, and rebounded with extreme prejudice as it was too long to fit. She kept trying, though!
That second AAM thread is *wild*. I need to catalog that one for the next time I remember something cringe I did/said. Hey, at least I haven’t told someone to their face that I prayed they would die.
Right??? Really puts things in perspective.