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Capsule
Saturday, October 5, 2019
We brushed our artisanal beef gravy over the slices and added salt and pepper.
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Lead Picture (Story below in Thumbnail)
Saturday, October 5, 2019
Last minute prep: the vegetables.
The occasion? A “Thank you” dinner party for friends at the Microsoft store.
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Commentary
Saturday, October 5, 2019
The commentary today is a sharing of some photos from a dinner party we put on for twenty Microsoft employees of the store at Prudential.
They have been immeasurably helpful.
Welcome!
Below are some of the ingredients we used.
Some of the menu: shrimp, asparagus, tomatoes, spreads, mozzarella balls, olives
The 3lb porterhouse steaks were outstanding.
We served seven of these.
Total fun, carving them as they came off the grill.
The cut-up steaks:
We brushed our artisanal beef gravy over the slices and added salt and pepper.
And of course there were attendees.
A great group.
A team.
And can there be a party without a cake?
Without a cake, how could we have a party?
A quadruple chocolate.
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Thursday’s Dinner posted on
Saturday, October 5, 2019
I made chicken cutlets for a guest and myself.
Simply fried served with lemon and an arugula salad.
Also made a roasted squash which I mashed with Mascarpone cheese.
All good.
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Chuckle of the day:
Saturday, October 5, 2019
A man driving home, his car weaving violently all over the road.
A cop pulls him over.
"So," says the cop, "where have you been?"
"Why, I've been to the pub of course" slurs the drunk.
"Well," says the cop, "it looks like you've had quite a few to drink this evening".
"I did all right," the drunk says with a smile.
"Did you know," says the cop, standing straight and folding his arms across his chest, "that a few intersections back, your wife fell out of your car?"
"Oh, thank heavens," sighs the man. "For a minute there, I thought I'd gone deaf."
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A “Hey, Dom!” video.
Saturday, October 5, 2019
Faye Dunaway loses her head or
What happens when a child sees his friend get beheaded in a film
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Saturday, October 5, 2019
This from Kali L:
Homesick for an imaginary place
There’s a room for me where all the walls
have books tucked into them and my fingers
curl around a pen while I sit at a desk who
stares at an ocean sunrise.
In this place, my husband runs his fingers
down my cheekbones. He’s tracing me
the way I trace him. He’s asking his
fingertips to memorize the shapes of love.
He kisses the lone freckle on my shoulder
as the coffee falls into my mug. I have never
felt so warm on such a cold day.
Lost in a crowd he reaches for my hand and
moves his arm to cradle my back.
I am falling underwater and choking on the sea.
There is no room and there is no husband. There
is me. There is me just holding onto myself.
Web Meister Responds: So sad, my dear. So lovely.
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Today’s Thumbnail
Saturday, October 5, 2019
Barbecue spaghetti is a dish developed in Memphis, Tennessee, that tops fully cooked spaghetti noodles with a sauce made from shredded smoked pork or pulled pork, vegetables, and barbecue sauce.
It is served as a side dish in some Memphis barbecue restaurants.
Southern Living called the dish iconic and "perhaps the city's most unusual creation".
HuffPost called it "a Memphis staple".
A tip o' the hat (U.S. President Calvin Coolidge, 1924
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Acknowledgements
Saturday, October 5, 2019
Thanks to Kali L for another moving contribution.
And to the Jokes Warehouse for the chuckle today.
Thanks to the Microsoft team at the Prudential Center for their unflagging availability to help with a constant flow of technological problems.
Always thanks to Wikipedia, the Lead and the Thumbnail sections of the Blog very often shaped from stories taken from that amazing website. They are truly worthy of public support.
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GoodMorning
Saturday, October 5, 2019
I was invited to the Microsoft party.
I was already booked.
I kept the booking in here to prove it to my fans there.
And now? Gotta go.
Che vuoi? Le pocketbook?
See you soon.
Your Taeyeon