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Wasn't this an episode on Black Mirror? If it wasn't....it probably should have been.

It kind of goes without saying: When your district is heavily gerrymandered in a way where the Rep chooses their constituents instead of constituents choosing their Rep, they have no incentive to listen or feel accountable.

I wish you the best of luck in your campaign. I hope you unseat him.

We were fortunate we didn't have to do the bus until middle school, and there, it was only in the afternoons since drop-off coincided nicely with my wife's work schedule.

Morning Mycena #FungiFriends #MushroomMonday

Yeah, my oldest is 26. Her elementary school days were similar. It was easily 30 minutes to get her dropped off in the morning due to traffic and the two lane road that fed her schools. Our youngest turns 18 in May. Her situation was less problematic out in Morrisville.

I can honestly say: There's a lot I miss about my kids being young. Car-Parent pickup/drop-off ain't one of them.

Obligatory semi-annual rant:

This arbitrary fucking with time thing is absolute BS and we should stop doing it.

Probably for the best. Coast Guard might mistake you for an invading force or something.

The bonus here is, that’s still a possibility.

Halloween decoration. Skeleton in a cauldron glowing green, expelling mist, as poison is poured in.

Halloween food. Flayed hand. Cream cheese mixed with roasted red peppers, fresh basil, dill, thyme and chives, shaped like a hand, and coated with prosciutto.

Halloween punch. Kool-aid blend for blood red color, mixed with ginger ale and hosting floating eyeballs.

New prop and freaky foods attempted.

Master class in active listening and rejecting a faulty premise.

Have to admit, agreeing with MTG on anything was not on my bingo card for 2025….eh, erm…life.

My one gripe about Slow Horses is the fact that they call 6 episodes a “season” and we’ll have to wait another year for the next 6.

Corpse Bride (2005) ⭐ 7.4 | Animation, Comedy, Drama 1h 17m | PG

Tonight’s Halloween film: Corpse Bride.

www.imdb.com/title/tt0121...

The “Carolina Squat” is, and will forever be, one of the dumbest, small dick energy things a person can do to a truck.

My wife's premium, as a state employee covering only herself, increased $110/month. That's about a 200% increase...again, as a state employee. The coverage is just meh. Not terrible, but not great. If she, as a state employee, saw a 200% increase, I can only imagine how bad it'll be on the exchanges

IKGAF Chicken & Rice (For those times when you kinda give a fuck and have a little more time) Ingredients * 1 lb boneless chicken breast or thighs, flattened * 2 cans Cream of Mushroom Soup (10.5oz each) * 2 packages of Boursin Garlic & Herb cheese (5.2oz each) * 1 1/2 cups uncooked brown basmati rice * 3 to 3 1/2 cups water * 8 oz white mushrooms * 8 to 12 oz bag frozen peas & carrots * 2 Tbsp butter (for rice) * 1 Tbsp butter or olive oil (for mushrooms) * 1 Tbsp butter or olive oil (for chicken) * 2 tsp salt (for rice) * 1/2 to 3/4 tsp black pepper Directions 1. Start your rice. (I use a rice cooker) 1. Add the 1 1/2 cups uncooked brown rice to your rice cooker 2. Add 3 to 3.5 cups water (whatever the package recommends) 3. Add 2 Tbsp butter and 2 tsp salt 4. Cook rice 2. Start your base. 1. Add 2 cans of cream of mushroom soup to 2qt sauce pan 2. Add 1 soup can’s worth of warm water and mix. 3. Crumble both packages of Boursin cheese into the mixture 4. Warm over medium-ish heat. 5. Whisk the mixture occasionally to ensure the cheese melts and is evenly distributed 3. Start your veggies 1. Chop your mushrooms into small pieces 2. Add 1 Tbsp butter or olive oil to a non-stick pan and cook mushrooms. Season with salt & pepper 3. Set aside when done. 4. Cook peas & carrots according to package directions, set aside 4. Cook the chicken 1. Cut the chicken into 1/2” chunks, season with some salt & pepper and toss in your non-stick pan with a Tbsp or so of butter or olive oil 2. Brown the chicken until cooked, set aside 5. Throw it all together 1. When the rice is cooked, remove to a large mixing bowl. 2. Add your mushrooms, peas and carrots and mix with rice 3. Add your cream of mushroom & Boursin cheese base to the rice & veggies. Mix thoroughly 4. Add your chicken to the bowl. Stir into rice, veggie and base mixture 5. Add pepper to taste. 6. Serve

If it's a "IKGAF" (I kinda give a fuck) day, here's an alternate that uses raw chicken and fresh mushrooms. If you have more time, you could obviously extend that to use fresh peas and carrots. Or sub any other fresh veggies that would work well with the garlic & herb Boursin. Chef's choice.

IDGAF Chicken & Rice Ingredients * 12 - 16 oz fully cooked diced chicken (Tyson, Purdue, John Soules Food) * 2 cans Cream of Mushroom Soup (10.5oz each) * 2 packages of Boursin Garlic & Herb cheese (5.2oz each) * 1 1/2 cups uncooked brown basmati rice * 3 to 3 1/2 cups water * 8 to 12 oz bag frozen peas & carrots * 2 Tbsp butter (for rice) * 2 tsp salt (for rice) * 1/2 to 3/4 tsp black pepper Directions 1. Start your rice. (I use a rice cooker) 1. Add the 1 1/2 cups uncooked brown rice to your rice cooker 2. Add 3 to 3.5 cups water (whatever the package recommends) 3. Add 2 Tbsp butter and 2 tsp salt 4. Cook rice 2. Start your base. 1. Add 2 cans of cream of mushroom soup to 2qt sauce pan 2. Add 1 soup can’s worth of warm water and mix. 3. Crumble both packages of Boursin cheese into the mixture 4. Warm over medium-ish heat. (I use the #4 setting on my induction cooktop) 5. Whisk the mixture occasionally to ensure the cheese melts and is evenly distributed 3. Start your veggies 1. Cook your peas & carrots according to package directions, set aside when done 4. Cook the chicken 1. Add a Tbsp or so of water to a nonstick pan and warm up your pre-packaged chicken. Follow package directions 2. Set aside when done 5. Throw it all together 1. When the rice is cooked, remove to a large mixing bowl. 2. Add peas and carrots and mix with rice 3. Add your cream of mushroom & Boursin cheese base to the rice & veggies. Mix thoroughly 4. Add your chicken to the bowl. Stir into rice, veggie and base mixture 5. Add pepper to taste. 6. Serve

I've been the primary cook for a family of 4 for the past 26 years. I recently threw together an "IDGAF" recipe for dinner because figuring out dinner for 4 people with different sets of food allergies sucks ass & some days, I just don't wanna. Thought I'd share for those having an "IDGAF" day.

Colorful flower arrangement in a crystal vase containing purple and deep blue pearlescent roses, neon green chrysanthemums and lilac (I think. I suck at identifying flowers)

Halloween flower arrangement the wife brought home.

Well shit. No front page obituary today. I guess it’s gonna be just another batshit Thursday.

It (2017) ⭐ 7.3 | Horror 2h 15m | R

Tonight’s movie www.imdb.com/title/tt1396...

Such a nice material. Always great to see it out in the wild.

Republicans getting a taste of their own medicine from previous debt-ceiling and government shutdown fights out here unironically whining like the little bitches they accused Democrats of being.

What an absolutely stupid timeline we live in.

Also, is the table there made from Sapele?

All dressed in Red
This was taken yesterday morning when it was very over cast. This #Japanese #Maple is dark red, red, a bit orange and still has green leaves with samaras on them. It is so striking and just grabs your attention. #RedWed #Photography

Stormy skies in Cumbria.
#photography
#landscape
#thelakedistrict
#dramatic

#RockinTuesday

for the second time this year
at the foot of Hercules’ Club
in #Ojców National Park,
this time in autumn colors

last Sunday
#biking #AlphabetChallenge #WeekRforRock #autumn #LandscapePhotography

If they really love you, they’ll wipe your phone and hard drive if you die unexpectedly.

small mushrooms on the base of a tree trunk

Bull Crag Peninsular in October

#nature #naturephotography #autumn #kielderforest #mushrooms #fungus #woodland #northumberland

Screen capture from the end of the 1999 film "Sleepy Hollow" showing a horse and buggy on a narrow, winding dirt road along the banks of the Hudson River on a late, cloudy, autumn day, with pinpricks of sunlight peaking through the clouds.

This reminds me of a scene from the end of the 1999 film "Sleepy Hollow". No village, but similar atmospherics. A very nice painting, indeed.