FAUXTUS: CLICK https://twitter.com/alx/status/1761845230620590527 [:45] to hear Dementia Joe butcher a line from Lincoln’s inaugural address.
S&G: [1:11] – Newsweek reports, “A substitute teacher was fired, after refusing to meow a student that identifies as a cat. By not meowing back at the student, she somehow oppressed him.”
THE GREAT TRAIL MIX SAGA: Once upon a time, I came up with this great trail mix recipe.
***Equal parts by volume: almonds, cashews, hazelnuts, walnuts, chocolate chips, raisins, and wasabi peas.***
For reasons that make no sense to me at this time, I was keeping the bags (bulk purchases) in my pantry cupboard, transferring the contents to quart jars in the kitchen (3 feet away), then mixing the trail mix and storing most of it in a bag in the pantry, some of it in a quart jar in the cupboard and some in a “I saw this at a thrift shop and thought it was adorable” glass snack thing with a lid that my daughter gave me.
Since New Year’s Day of 2024, I’ve been on a big Organize And Declutter binge. One day, I went to make more trail mix and actually stopped to wonder WHY I was moving plastic bags full of stuff 3 feet to the counter under the cupboard, just so I could restock the jars and adorable glass snack thing, then put the bags back on a shelf where they were constantly threatening to slide on to the floor. With my newly enlightened by Clutterbug videos brain I thought, “I should keep these in a box.”
Then I thought to myself, “I have no money. I’ll grab one of those Amazon boxes.” It fit beautifully, so then I needed to raid my fabric stash and order more glue from Amazon to cover said box, for which I made a really swell handle cuz I’m just that clever … and also I have a lot of time on my hands what with my kids being grown and living far away.
While I was bragging on my very pretty and very sturdy box that has made my trail mix mixing a LOT easier, Dearest pointed out that we needed chocolate chips and raisins AGAIN. I asked him why it is that, when he wants a snack, he ignores the adorable snack jar and goes to the cupboard, pulls out the jar of chocolate chips out, takes off the lid, and shakes out a hand full (he has HUGE hands!), tosses it in his mouth like a cowboy taking shots, then while chewing, he puts the lid back on the jar and puts the jar back in the cupboard. Then, he gets the jar of raisins out, takes off the lid, and shakes out a hand full (he has HUGE hands!), tosses it in his mouth like a cowboy taking shots, then while chewing, he puts the lid back on the jar and puts the jar back in the cupboard. He then repeats the process until either he empties the jars or I yell at him … all while staring at the other jars, possibly pondering whether he needs a snack or, more likely, just enjoying time inside his man brain’s “Nothing Box.”
He said, “I dunno.”
I proposed eliminating the jars entirely to encourage him to snack on the trail mix on the table, since he has a heart condition and the doctor wants him to cut down on sweets. He actually agreed!
Net result: I picked up a LOT of space in that cupboard, won back 8 quart canning jars, and got hubby to eat trail mix instead of just chocolate chips and raisins. (He won’t go into the pantry cupboard; I have no idea why.) Then, he got sick from eating too much trail mix and we discovered he is allergic to wasabi. I had to drop it from the blend that goes into the adorable snack jar. Since I love the crunch and zing, I have a secret “with wasabi” stash in the pantry cupboard. 😉
VAXXX: An Australian peer-reviewed study entitled “Audiovestibular adverse events following COVID-19 vaccinations” was published in Vaccine on February 22, 2024. It reported finding increases in cases of vertigo and tinnitus in the 42 days following a ‘rona jab.
SHORT:
CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z86V_ICUCD4 to see the stupidest box. It’s very funny!
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