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SUNDAY'S CHALLENGE!!!!
SUESS SUNDAY!!!!
Today's challenge is courtesy of franticfran
Here's the premise- write a story for adults, using words geared to a child. Like a Dr. Suess story.
Words 6-7 letters long
Need to make sense
Post your responses here
Any challenge ideas- send them to either Jeff or myself
I'm posting this early - I have to be up @ oh dark thirty in the morning
This is going to be fun!!!
Sherri
Today's challenge is courtesy of franticfran
Here's the premise- write a story for adults, using words geared to a child. Like a Dr. Suess story.
Words 6-7 letters long
Need to make sense
Post your responses here
Any challenge ideas- send them to either Jeff or myself
I'm posting this early - I have to be up @ oh dark thirty in the morning
This is going to be fun!!!
Sherri
question
I have type 2 diabetes. My sugar level is very seldom over 120. The past 2 days, 2 hours after breakfast my sugar level drops to the point I break out in a sweat and get shaky. I don't know what the reading is because I am working when this happens. I will now carry my meter with me at all times just in case. But I can't figure out what is going on. I have coffee with splenda and powder creamer, fiber cereal and silk.
HOT POTATO SALAD...Good Stuff!
This recipe makes two cups of salad. Hard to find a scaled down recipe for a potato salad of this size!
Essentials -
4 slices bacon slices (Typically, one slice of regular cut bacon is equal to one ounce.)
Onion - chopped 1/4 cup
Flour - 1 tablespoon
Sugar - 2 teaspoons
Salt - 1/8 teaspoon (OMG...omit, omit, omit!)
Pepper to taste.
Water - 1/2 cup
Apple cider vinegar - 3 tablespoons
Potatoes - 2 medium, cooked, peeled, sliced or cubed.
I say why bother with this first step? -
1. Cook bacon in fry pan until crisp. Remove from pan and drain on paper towel. Crumble bacon. Discard bacon fat.
Unless you don't mind the mess created cooking this amount of bacon, I say microwave, bake in toaster over, or use real Armour Bacon Pieces in the jar. You can use the equivalent of four full slices as the recipe recommends. Whatever works for you is good!
2. Cook onion in fry pan over medium heat until tender.
3. Mix flour, sugar, salt (?), and pepper.
4. Stir into onion.
5. Gradually stir in water and vinegar. Cook, stirring constantly, until thickened - about 3 minutes.
6. Add potatoes and bacon and mix, ever so gently. Heat to serving temperature over low heat - about 5 minutes.
Done...enjoy!
Essentials -
4 slices bacon slices (Typically, one slice of regular cut bacon is equal to one ounce.)
Onion - chopped 1/4 cup
Flour - 1 tablespoon
Sugar - 2 teaspoons
Salt - 1/8 teaspoon (OMG...omit, omit, omit!)
Pepper to taste.
Water - 1/2 cup
Apple cider vinegar - 3 tablespoons
Potatoes - 2 medium, cooked, peeled, sliced or cubed.
I say why bother with this first step? -
1. Cook bacon in fry pan until crisp. Remove from pan and drain on paper towel. Crumble bacon. Discard bacon fat.
Unless you don't mind the mess created cooking this amount of bacon, I say microwave, bake in toaster over, or use real Armour Bacon Pieces in the jar. You can use the equivalent of four full slices as the recipe recommends. Whatever works for you is good!
2. Cook onion in fry pan over medium heat until tender.
3. Mix flour, sugar, salt (?), and pepper.
4. Stir into onion.
5. Gradually stir in water and vinegar. Cook, stirring constantly, until thickened - about 3 minutes.
6. Add potatoes and bacon and mix, ever so gently. Heat to serving temperature over low heat - about 5 minutes.
Done...enjoy!
CARNELLI ~
(let's see how long we can keep this thread running ~)
From Wikipedia,
Carnelli is a parlor game created by Jan Carnell, a member of the Metropolitan Washington chapter of Mensa. This game has been popular at Mensa gatherings for years, and has turned up at science fiction conventions as well. It can be called a "title association" game, like "word association" only using titles, such as those of a book, play, movie, or song.
It is played by a group of people who arrange themselves in a circle, with the nonplaying judge (or "Carnelli Master") standing in the center of the circle. The Carnelli Master starts the game by pointing to one of the players and saying a title. The pointed-to player must continue the game by saying a title himself, which must connect to the previous title in some way, such as having a word in common (The Time Machine and Time Enough for Love), having a common author (Hamlet and Macbeth), a common actor or producer, or other linkages of a similar nature -- different groups of Carnelli players can vary in exactly what kinds of links are permissible. A common rule is to allow pun linkages as long as they draw sufficient groans from the other people present -- the link from Tequila Sunrise to To Kill a Mockingbird (pronounced "Tequila Mockingbird" for effect) is a popular one. Going from The Night of the Iguana to "Iguana Hold Your Hand" has also been done.
= = = = = = =
For the purpose of this game, when you post your title if case the connection isn't really obvious, please also post a brief statement of what the connection is. Let's not leave people saying "huh?" and forcing side comments for explanations,
Let the game begin!
Moon River
From Wikipedia,
Carnelli is a parlor game created by Jan Carnell, a member of the Metropolitan Washington chapter of Mensa. This game has been popular at Mensa gatherings for years, and has turned up at science fiction conventions as well. It can be called a "title association" game, like "word association" only using titles, such as those of a book, play, movie, or song.
It is played by a group of people who arrange themselves in a circle, with the nonplaying judge (or "Carnelli Master") standing in the center of the circle. The Carnelli Master starts the game by pointing to one of the players and saying a title. The pointed-to player must continue the game by saying a title himself, which must connect to the previous title in some way, such as having a word in common (The Time Machine and Time Enough for Love), having a common author (Hamlet and Macbeth), a common actor or producer, or other linkages of a similar nature -- different groups of Carnelli players can vary in exactly what kinds of links are permissible. A common rule is to allow pun linkages as long as they draw sufficient groans from the other people present -- the link from Tequila Sunrise to To Kill a Mockingbird (pronounced "Tequila Mockingbird" for effect) is a popular one. Going from The Night of the Iguana to "Iguana Hold Your Hand" has also been done.
= = = = = = =
For the purpose of this game, when you post your title if case the connection isn't really obvious, please also post a brief statement of what the connection is. Let's not leave people saying "huh?" and forcing side comments for explanations,
Let the game begin!
Moon River
Global Warming is the cause of :
A complete list of things caused by global warming
Acne, agricultural land increase, Afghan poppies destroyed, Africa devastated, Africa in conflict, African aid threatened, African summer frost, aggressive weeds, air pressure changes, Alaska reshaped, Agulhas current moves, Alps melting, Amazon a desert, American dream end, amphibians breeding earlier (or not), anaphylactic reactions to bee stings, ancient forests dramatically changed, animals head for the hills, Antarctic grass flourishes, Antarctic ice grows, Antarctic ice shrinks, Antarctic sea life at risk, anxiety treatment, algal blooms, archaeological sites threatened, Arctic bogs melt, Arctic in bloom, Arctic ice free, Arctic ice melt faster, Arctic lakes disappear, Arctic tundra to burn, Arctic warming (not), Atlantic less salty, Atlantic more salty, atmospheric circulation modified, attack of the killer jellyfish, avalanches reduced, avalanches increased, Baghdad snow, Bahrain under water, bananas grow, barbarisation, beer shortage, beetle infestation, bet for $10,000, better beer, big melt faster, billion dollar research projects, billion homeless, billions face risk, billions of deaths, bird distributions change, bird loss accelerating, bird visitors drop, birds confused, birds return early, birds driven north, bittern boom ends, blackbirds stop singing, blackbirds threatened, Black Hawk down, blood contaminated, blue mussels return, bluetongue, brain eating amoebae, brains shrink, bridge collapse (Minneapolis), Britain Siberian, brothels struggle, brown Ireland, bubonic plague, budget increases, Buddhist temple threatened, building collapse, building season extension, bushfires, business opportunities, business risks, butterflies move north, camel deaths, cancer deaths in England, cannibalism, caterpillar biomass shift, cave paintings threatened, childhood insomnia, Cholera, circumcision in decline, cirrus disappearance, civil unrest, cloud increase, coast beauty spots lost, cockroach migration, coffee threatened, cold climate creatures survive, cold spells (Australia), cold wave (India),
Rest in reply
Acne, agricultural land increase, Afghan poppies destroyed, Africa devastated, Africa in conflict, African aid threatened, African summer frost, aggressive weeds, air pressure changes, Alaska reshaped, Agulhas current moves, Alps melting, Amazon a desert, American dream end, amphibians breeding earlier (or not), anaphylactic reactions to bee stings, ancient forests dramatically changed, animals head for the hills, Antarctic grass flourishes, Antarctic ice grows, Antarctic ice shrinks, Antarctic sea life at risk, anxiety treatment, algal blooms, archaeological sites threatened, Arctic bogs melt, Arctic in bloom, Arctic ice free, Arctic ice melt faster, Arctic lakes disappear, Arctic tundra to burn, Arctic warming (not), Atlantic less salty, Atlantic more salty, atmospheric circulation modified, attack of the killer jellyfish, avalanches reduced, avalanches increased, Baghdad snow, Bahrain under water, bananas grow, barbarisation, beer shortage, beetle infestation, bet for $10,000, better beer, big melt faster, billion dollar research projects, billion homeless, billions face risk, billions of deaths, bird distributions change, bird loss accelerating, bird visitors drop, birds confused, birds return early, birds driven north, bittern boom ends, blackbirds stop singing, blackbirds threatened, Black Hawk down, blood contaminated, blue mussels return, bluetongue, brain eating amoebae, brains shrink, bridge collapse (Minneapolis), Britain Siberian, brothels struggle, brown Ireland, bubonic plague, budget increases, Buddhist temple threatened, building collapse, building season extension, bushfires, business opportunities, business risks, butterflies move north, camel deaths, cancer deaths in England, cannibalism, caterpillar biomass shift, cave paintings threatened, childhood insomnia, Cholera, circumcision in decline, cirrus disappearance, civil unrest, cloud increase, coast beauty spots lost, cockroach migration, coffee threatened, cold climate creatures survive, cold spells (Australia), cold wave (India),
Rest in reply
Howdy Saturday nighters!
OMG, it's so good to have a computer. My neighbor lent me her laptop for today and tomorrow.
After that, I'll be puterless again until I get to Kansas around the 25th or so.
I was sitting on my couch and had just turned to weather channel to see where the storm was heading, when a gigantic boom hit. It knocked me right off the couch onto my ass on the floor, that's how loud it was. Scared the sh*t outta me. My TV went out and I ran into the computer room and saw all kinds of hallucinogenic colors. I turned it off, but it was too late...it's dead too. Then I started noticing it was getting hot, and I went to the thermostat which is digital and it was blank...no air!
Then I pick up the phone to call the cable company and my phones were dead.
Am I happy to be leaving Florida? Oh hell yes!!! But it had to give me one more kick in the ass.
The ac was not covered for lightening. I don't think anything here is, but I will call my home insurance company on Monday and see if anything can be reimbursed.
So, I'm here for the weekend. :-)
After that, I'll be puterless again until I get to Kansas around the 25th or so.
I was sitting on my couch and had just turned to weather channel to see where the storm was heading, when a gigantic boom hit. It knocked me right off the couch onto my ass on the floor, that's how loud it was. Scared the sh*t outta me. My TV went out and I ran into the computer room and saw all kinds of hallucinogenic colors. I turned it off, but it was too late...it's dead too. Then I started noticing it was getting hot, and I went to the thermostat which is digital and it was blank...no air!
Then I pick up the phone to call the cable company and my phones were dead.
Am I happy to be leaving Florida? Oh hell yes!!! But it had to give me one more kick in the ass.
The ac was not covered for lightening. I don't think anything here is, but I will call my home insurance company on Monday and see if anything can be reimbursed.
So, I'm here for the weekend. :-)
Moondancerinred
Thought I would let everyone know that Pam is kinda out of sorts for awhile.
She had a slight accident the other day and ended up in ER, and has several stitches in her foot, where they had to dig out glass she stepped on and injured her foot pretty bad.
Let's send her well wishes for the little lady I know is in alot of pain, they don't think there is permanent damage though I understand.
