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Dual Colds

Marti and I both have colds; I’ve been nursing one for months, and was almost better before our Christmas trip. Marti got a cold (mine?) while traveling back from North Carolina (5 hours on a plane from Detroit to Phoenix = torment of Hades). Since we left at 7 a.m. and I was totally neurotic about getting to the airport (we traveled by air just a few weeks after 9/11/2001 and spent 2 hours inching through security, nearly missing our flight) we got up at 4:15 a.m. That’s 2:15 a.m. Tucson time, folks. We got home at 8 p.m. Tucson time. It was a very, very long day.

Needless to say, our diet of fudge and Dr. Pepper over the holidays didn’t help, and we are both very sick. Marti has mostly been a trooper, but I still have to post this video. The first time I saw it, I nearly died of laughter, and Marti was chagrined enough that he actually made me tea and soup the next time I was sick. May you have as much luck with your beloved; and now may I present:  The “Man-cold.”

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A Beautiful Article

Marti posted this article about Modern Love on his Twitter; it is a very nice read and worth reposting here.

Anyone who has been married for a long time starts to feel like a soldier surrounded by heavy casualties. In graduate school, a couple who married when we did failed to make it through a year. In my first job, we were one of four couples who got together almost every weekend; a few years later my wife and I were the only ones still together. Deep into our married life, five couples we knew, each together at least two decades, came apart in a single year, shells of separation bursting all around us.
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And making all those changes in your address book affects your own marriage. When a close friend left his wife for someone much younger, my wife intensified her exercise regimen. Watching other couples break up also reminds me that divorce causes friends to choose between the two parties, and I would not like my chances.

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Happy Holidays from all of us

A rare moment: all of us dressed up, no one with visible catsup stains.

A rare moment: all of us dressed up, no one with visible catsup stains.

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When you point your finger…

Here’s an excerpt from a recipe site I was at, looking for pancake recipes (emphasis mine).

Here’s the original recipe:

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon white sugar
  • 1 1/4 cups milk
  • 1 egg
  • 3 tablespoons butter, melted
  1. In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Make a well in the center and pour in the milk, egg and melted butter; mix until smooth.
  2. Heat a lightly oiled griddle or frying pan over medium high heat. Pour or scoop the batter onto the griddle, using approximately 1/4 cup for each pancake. Brown on both sides and serve hot.

Now here is a comment left by someone apparently furious with all the “alterations” people were suggesting:

It kills me how people go in and mutilate a perfectly good recipe. Then you have bad reviews and more mutilations. I read these reviews and decided I’d make the recipe just as it calls and I recommend not changing a thing (except maybe adding 1/2 tsp of vanilla to your egg mixture). I DO recommend sifting the flour, twice. That makes for a fluffier pancake. Let your egg and milk set at room tempurature and use unsalted butter. Beat your egg, add the melted butter and beat lightly until blended, then lightly beat in your milk (careful not to overbeat your egg). Add to your dry mixture. Your result is a fluffy, delicious, good old fashion [sic] pancake. This is one is a keeper!

This made Marti and I laugh and laugh…”When you point your finger, three fingers point back at you.”

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