The musings of a madman...

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^^^ That's in all caps, so you have to do it!      Every day or three, I am forwarded a message with the words “let’s make this go viral!” Every day, I refuse to forward that message or participate in the “going viral” of said message. Why? Well, my blog has (as I type this sentence) 919 published posts since February of 2009.  My most popular post has 13,774 views and most of those came from a guy sharing the post on a forum because his car was featured.  Not viral. Since my return last year, my most popular post was the Good Times post a couple of weeks ago [link] .  Still not viral.     I make a point every couple or few weeks informing the populace that I will not participate in the sharing of articles (usually unread by the sharer) , pictures (usually not understood by the sharer) , videos (usually unwatched by the sharer) or any other posts until I see one of MY posts “go viral.” I will share what interests me, I will share the stories I have read, I will

     Welcome back and thank you for your patience while we were making power moves. Tonight’s dish will be pretty simple to make and doesn’t take long to make at all. Mimi came up with this one on the way to making something else, varying a dish she made for us a while ago and throwing a few variations at it. For this, you will need: 1lb fish, we used Tilapia. 1/3 cup parmesan 1tbsp of paprika That will be enough to coat about 8 pieces of the fish. Bake those in the oven or on your Nuwave.      While that is in.  Melt 1/2-stick of butter in a pan and cut your Brussels sprouts in half, sauté the sprouts in your pan adding salt and pepper to taste. And now we make a sauce… You will need the zest and juice of one lemon, 1.5tbsp of butter.   Put those in the pan and melt them together, before adding 8oz of heavy cream and ½ tsp cracked black pepper.   Heat to a simmer, then turn the heat up a touch when you get close to servin

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“A person who has only known the desert has no good reason to miss the trees” ~Me, just now      I say that to say that you never know what you DIDN’T have before until you actually have it. A recent VERY candid conversation with a tiny friend of mine under one of  her FB posts led to my discussion of how I handled the end of my last two prior relationships.  I don’t understand stress eating, except I do.  With me, I'd stress drink, and anyone who has been inebriated before understands “intoxicated bored eating.”  Throw in a bit of depression and work-related stress and you don’t leave the house except for work and supplies.  In my comment, I explained how I had gone down through this to the point where it caused me an illness that I have since shaken, and I have since lost all of the weight I gained to boot.  Lifestyle changes and such, I hope y'all are reading about some of it on Tuesdays. I credited my current lady with helping me back from it, and my tiny fri

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Two words that it took me a 3-years-plus hiatus to learn the importance of were “support system.” Surround people who have something invested in your passion.  No, not (necessarily) a financial investment, but someone who cares that you care.  They can know their lane and understand that to mean to stand aside and let you be busy at it, they can accept an active role if one is to be had, an advisory role if one is solicited or if nothing else, someone to pat you on the back and tell you you’re doing a good job when you’ve done one in their opinion. My mother : NEVER has she ever thought I was funny, and she has never been shy about telling me so.  More frequently, of late she has been letting me know at Sunday dinner that I am doing a wonderful job of getting her laughs out of her. Hotep Wednesdays are her favorite. My sisters :  Avid readers, the both of them.  One is mostly non-respondent to everything on the planet until there is an actual affront or something to be c

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