Six Word Story

Extreme temperature changes were a warning.

Six Word Story

Sleep, my greatest renewal of self.

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"I promise."

"Again?"

"I will change."

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A new day, a new path.

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Snow, on a spring day.

In The Cucina With Seamas

If you've never made quinoa with vegetable broth instead of water, I highly recommend it. I used Trader Joe's low-sodium version with their white quinoa, and coconut oil instead of butter.

Six Word Story

With renewed courage, he pressed on.

In The Cucina With Seamas

At the Pleasantville Farmers Market, I’ve been buying sun dried tomatoes, and peppadews from the Pickle Licious stand. They are pricier than the store bought versions but a lot tastier.

I use to cut the sun dried tomatoes but pureeing makes them easier to add to meals.

One night I made English Muffin pizzas for dinner and used the sun dried tomato puree on two of them, tomato sauce on the other two. Then I topped one of each with goat cheese, the other with shredded mozzarella. Into the oven at 350 degrees and 10 minutes later I had a tasty dinner.

Another idea I had was to add the sun dried tomatoes to refried beans. A ¼ cup of them is a good amount to add if you use canned beans.

Blade Runner 2049

Supposedly Blade Runner 2049 didn't live up to it's box office expectations. Has the jaded, video-sated public finally had enough of the soft reboots and remakes that aren't needed.

Has going to the theater become so expensive that's it a lot cheaper to view it on demand, wait till cable/DVD.

Or people are afraid to go the movies in fear of getting shot?

1/2 Day Treat Yo Self

A great work perk is that we get a half day on certain holidays, so I don’t bring lunch since we’re dismissed at 1pm.

Last Labor Day Eve I treated myself to lunch at Tomatillo in Dobbs Ferry and it was still warm enough for a beer with lunch.

On the second visit prior to Thanksgiving I skipped the beer and my bill was cheaper, Captain Lawrence is pricey but so worth it. When tracking my spending, I saw on these visits that they were the only times I used my Fun Fund for those months. This prompted me to save my going out for a meal for these half days since I have the holiday schedule for the year and can plan accordingly.

MTS3K & Breakfast

I’m glad that Netflix brought back MST3K because it revived a personal tradition, a tasty breakfast and good coffee while I watch. Another “tradition” I’ve brought back is watching one episode of a show then waiting till next week to watch the next episode, the way people used to watch TV before all this newfangled technology.

Right now my TV schedule is;

Sunday - Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return

  A Series of Unfortunate Events

Monday - Master of None

    Flaked

Tuesday - Twin Peaks

    Jane The Virgin

Wednesday - New/old movie from my streaming queue

Thursday - New/old movie from my dvd queue

Friday - Supergirl

The Flash

Saturday - Marvel’s Agents of Shield

I finished MST3K recently and started Agents of Shield as it's replacement.

It’s funny that binge watching is part of our culture when as a kid, Saturday mornings meant hours of cartoons.