tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.comments2024-01-09T13:55:46.379-05:0015 Minute LunchJohnny Virgilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07914217086250206369noreply@blogger.comBlogger16943125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-17453474259180852232020-04-02T18:14:20.804-04:002020-04-02T18:14:20.804-04:00I actually ordered one of these a few years ago, a...I actually ordered one of these a few years ago, and it isn't a bad bit of kit for travelling in the rougher bits of the world.<br />https://www.amazon.com/Portable-Electric-Handheld-Personal-Traveling/dp/B07SFCXGYJ/ref=sr_1_8?crid=37P1DAYO1F0EG&dchild=1&keywords=portable+bidet+for+travel&qid=1585865435&sprefix=Port%2Chpc-intl-ship%2C271&sr=8-8<br /> Rick Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15905849865193996698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-25888713690135177052020-04-01T16:23:15.839-04:002020-04-01T16:23:15.839-04:00Thoroughly enjoyed the post! Glad you’re okay. I s...Thoroughly enjoyed the post! Glad you’re okay. I sent a friend a link to your JCPenny catalog post just the other day. It never fails to crack me up. She’s your newest fan. Yall stay safe and healthy!Atleast35https://www.blogger.com/profile/16283174065685412317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-92052254202578583682020-04-01T08:36:30.430-04:002020-04-01T08:36:30.430-04:00Wow I was literally thinking this weekend about wh...Wow I was literally thinking this weekend about what you would write about this situation (as I drove into grocery parking lot) and looks like you heard me telepathic thought (jk... but am i?)Primitive Scratchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371194771328116468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-35132088203211437472020-03-31T20:21:30.182-04:002020-03-31T20:21:30.182-04:00Thanks for the laughs. You and yours stay safe and...Thanks for the laughs. You and yours stay safe and well. <br />Leeunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06387229395362374021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-26283206138480897512020-03-31T08:57:24.361-04:002020-03-31T08:57:24.361-04:00Nice to hear from you too! On the bum gun, I thin...Nice to hear from you too! On the bum gun, I think probably because (1) India has crappy water pressure and (2) it's like 95 degrees in the shade there all the time, so the water is probably a lot warmer than what I get from the tap during a Northeast US winter... Johnny Virgilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07914217086250206369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-11138416366920514592020-03-31T07:34:22.695-04:002020-03-31T07:34:22.695-04:00I was able to travel to India last year for work a...I was able to travel to India last year for work and they use the bum guns. There's not a lot of water pressure in there, I don't remember it feeling cold, and you feel really clean. Just trying to point out the positives. So happy to hear from you! Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07805077063771289373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-15670544530279923372020-03-30T07:01:28.002-04:002020-03-30T07:01:28.002-04:00Did I really not post anything at all in 2019? Wow...Did I really not post anything at all in 2019? Wow. Time flies when you're reading twitter and eating cheetos. Johnny Virgilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07914217086250206369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-49581679975484220092020-03-30T06:10:52.598-04:002020-03-30T06:10:52.598-04:00Welcome back, We'd just about given up hope.Welcome back, We'd just about given up hope.Rick Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15905849865193996698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-13748828661776260772020-03-29T17:59:21.420-04:002020-03-29T17:59:21.420-04:00Miss you too, Paiger. Stay safe out there.Miss you too, Paiger. Stay safe out there.Johnny Virgilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07914217086250206369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-22579252557346952692020-03-29T13:17:39.395-04:002020-03-29T13:17:39.395-04:00You're awesome. I miss you.
XOXOYou're awesome. I miss you. <br />XOXOPaigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07897587097294947699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-54607795690311425992020-03-29T12:54:01.956-04:002020-03-29T12:54:01.956-04:00Just thinking about that scene in CASTAWAY makes m...Just thinking about that scene in CASTAWAY makes me cringe.<br /><br />Stay healthy!Badass Geekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01030944236271663794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-38094121814243483102018-10-09T10:04:23.548-04:002018-10-09T10:04:23.548-04:00Sounds like a lot of work. Can I just be invited t...Sounds like a lot of work. Can I just be invited to your house for dinner instead? :)Johnny Virgilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07914217086250206369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-63536136484684512742018-10-09T09:55:32.415-04:002018-10-09T09:55:32.415-04:00I love to cook but wouldn't if I didn't fo...I love to cook but wouldn't if I didn't follow my formula; <br />1) Find a dish that you like, say at a restaurant.<br />2) When you're ready for it again, Google up at least four versions of that recipe.<br />3) Carefully examine, scrutinize and combine the four recipes into one Superior version and name it after yourself; i.e. Johnny's Yucatan Chocolate Chicken Mole.<br />4) Go get your ingredients at the store and give it a go. Don't invite too many outsiders to try the first round. <br />5) Try it out and adjust the recipe from there until you've got something fantastic.<br />6) Be PROUD of your accomplishment. Congratulations, you're a Chef now!<br /><br /> - TedTed Skinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11897130059596270122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-35684875478740312532018-10-03T19:03:51.105-04:002018-10-03T19:03:51.105-04:00Yeah, I'm pretty sure you're right. I thi...Yeah, I'm pretty sure you're right. I think the closest thing we have is Hannaford to go, and even then you get what some high school kid picks out for you.Johnny Virgilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07914217086250206369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-67695349716451416722018-10-03T19:03:06.564-04:002018-10-03T19:03:06.564-04:00I'm in! Texas, right?I'm in! Texas, right?Johnny Virgilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07914217086250206369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-22043304075296814952018-10-03T19:02:49.527-04:002018-10-03T19:02:49.527-04:00We are part of the hive mind. You can leave CWB, b...We are part of the hive mind. You can leave CWB, but it will never leave you.Johnny Virgilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07914217086250206369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-36922512984533943522018-10-03T19:02:22.949-04:002018-10-03T19:02:22.949-04:00Thanks! They were actually on my list but we were ...Thanks! They were actually on my list but we were working our way down a review site's ranking.Johnny Virgilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07914217086250206369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-44604409022290981422018-10-03T17:20:26.341-04:002018-10-03T17:20:26.341-04:00Plated. You can do 2 meals instead of committing ...Plated. You can do 2 meals instead of committing to 3 and a decent variety of meals to choose from. Skip weeks as you want. <br />P.S. My cousin just reminded me about this blog as it somehow slipped off my radar, so now i'm off to catch up with like a year's worth of reading. Maybe I should make dinner first...Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01761435446131651989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-26739666230339633572018-10-03T13:06:25.374-04:002018-10-03T13:06:25.374-04:00What're the odds I check this thing for the fi...What're the odds I check this thing for the first time in a looooooong time, and find a new post. Speaking of this blog's periodicity, I think 9 or 10 months is about right in between posts, which is not a comment on the quality, but more our society as a whole.E w/a Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07473876184451294939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-9958468963655645552018-10-03T12:59:05.406-04:002018-10-03T12:59:05.406-04:00if you come to my house and re-put together my son...if you come to my house and re-put together my son's ikea dresser so that the drawers shut completely, i'll make you some real mexican food.leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01767550748209616771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-69476657445621059552018-10-03T12:15:41.158-04:002018-10-03T12:15:41.158-04:00Interesting! Thanks for the info on SPUD, I'l...Interesting! Thanks for the info on SPUD, I'll do some research. Sorry to hear about your stroke, that sucks. I hope you made a full recovery. I do like the idea of the plastic returnable tub, but I'm sure that makes things even more expensive since now you have to deal with picking that up and shipping it back.Johnny Virgilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07914217086250206369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-90501731355538261442018-10-03T10:19:26.996-04:002018-10-03T10:19:26.996-04:00So funny and accurate! We got Hello Fresh for a wh...So funny and accurate! We got Hello Fresh for a while last year when I was marathon training and I just was exhausted from trying to think of meal ideas... we do tend to eat more than actual "portion sizes" which is not a great habit but you are too right that the amount they sent was not quite enough for two grown adults, especially when I was running 8-10 miles daily! I think the more local services, like the one mentioned above, might be a better fit, but I don't think they're really available where you or I live.Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03391605010896130223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-48561815685325404492018-10-03T02:18:57.340-04:002018-10-03T02:18:57.340-04:00My last job before I had my stroke was for an orga... My last job before I had my stroke was for an organic produce and natural grocery delivery service called the Bay Area Organic Express, and they were a sort of prototype for these new meal delivery companies that have sprung up lately. <br /> Same model, a little looser and less formal, one delivery a week, recipes designed to make the produce (and fruit) into meals, and an emphasis on expanding your culinary horizons with produce you've never tried.<br /> They got bought by some Canadians who had a similar business called SPUD, and last I checked they were still around.<br /> At the time, I, who spent ten years as a line cook, felt that they would have done better if they had put more emphasis on the recipes and meal planning, but they sort of went in the other direction when they changed over and emphasized custom orders instead of pre-planned meal kits.<br /> Anyway, I had a stroke two weeks after we launched as a new company in 2008, so by now they may have picked up on the trend and gotten with the meal kit program.<br /> Anyway, I find cooking to be a very satisfying activity, even aside from the whole getting fed aspect of it, and I have been wondering about these meal kit delivery services, so thank you for writing about them.<br /> By the way, SPUD claims to be carbon neutral and deals with the excess packaging problem by making the box a plastic tub that gets returned and reused, and the cooling devices are returnable and reusable also, and some wrapped dry ice also.<br /> But I certainly can't afford them now, and I believe them to be a west coast kind of company, so I can't really recommend them, but your post reminded me of them.<br /> The produce was top-flight, however.<br /><br /> -Doug in Oakland dinthebeasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941071534250216503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-67706403973849473282018-05-04T12:36:30.154-04:002018-05-04T12:36:30.154-04:00Reminded me of a favourite movie bit as a kid from...Reminded me of a favourite movie bit as a kid from _The Pink Panther Strikes Again_, and just as funny :) <br />https://youtu.be/eti_3bXFZrk<br /><br />Nitrous makes me paranoid and fight it, so I now decline if offered. Not a fan of dental work, but three years in braces with monthly checkups made me a model patient. (Also, sometime in junior high we were taught relaxation techiniques for upcoming standardized testing--useful but strange.) Once spent ten minutes talking an oral surgeon out of administering nitrous, promising I wouldn't flinch as long as he numbed me up "real good" and he could gas me if I did because by god I was not paying $120 out of pocket to feel paranoid for twenty minutes. He was done in ten, and grudgingly admitted I'd been a cooperative patient. I should have bitten the S.O.B.<br /><br />p janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13948158506278861636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-79335549855226244932018-03-15T09:45:13.281-04:002018-03-15T09:45:13.281-04:00Oh my gosh, this happened to me three months ago! ...Oh my gosh, this happened to me three months ago! I had to get a filling done (no cavity, just a weak spot in my enamel) and I'm petrified of needles, so they gave me nitrous instead of Novocaine. I'd had nitrous before and it didn't affect me at all because the hygienist didn't hook it up right, but this time it sure did.<br /><br />The first two minutes were awesome. Like being under a warm, thick, vibrating blanket, and I didn't feel any anxiety or worry or anything. But I was TRIPPING hard after four minutes. Sounds kept repeating in an endless loop; I couldn't feel my body anymore; my hands and feet were tingling like they'd fallen asleep; my vision split; it was crazy.<br /><br />It started freaking me out. I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to get out from under it, or that at any moment someone was going to ask me "How can you have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat?" It was some crazy Pink Floyd-esque stuff. (Also, it made my voice all low and manly. I'm a small-framed gal, but I sounded like James Earl Jones when I was on that stuff.)<br /><br />Eventually I ripped the mask off right before the dentist came back in, gulping in air to try to get my brain back to normal. I asked the dentist how long it had been and he said "about five minutes." In my head, though, it had been forty-five. Time has no meaning in the land of nitrous.E_mmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15477210165839190224noreply@blogger.com