Taste Like Chicken-Thursday-9/30

Thanks for the start, Chele. Where did September go??? Is Iggy making up for lost meals? So no heavy lifting for him? I don't remember having that restriction after any of mine. I wonder if that's related to his heart problem. Are your grilled portabellos stuffed? If so, with what? Enjoy the "fries". How did the bread turn out? I've never tried that in the Zo. I always use a loaf pan and pop it into the oven. Did you use a Zo recipe or one you had?

Linda, how clueless is your senior senator? I hear the Dems in your state aren't any happier with her than the rest of the country, and her fellow Dems in Congress also are having issues with her. She dresses rather inappropriately at times and I find it difficult to take her seiously. I know the WH has some constraints on DeJoy, but I wish they would put some pressure on him to move things away from this business model he's trying to push. Yesterday was the first day this week we got mail delivered but things kept popping up on Informed Delivery that were supposed to be delivered earlier in the week. It's been a mess since he took over and it's getting messier. I don't think he has a clue what he's doing and should turn things over to people who do.

That gator got released way too close to houses, Kathy. I hope there will be no further problems in that neighborhood, but I fear there will be. Publix had some empty shelf space in the TP aisle, which surprised me. I was able to get a couple of Northern, but it was running kind of low. We have started getting at least a pack every time we go to the store. Greenwise veggies were stocked up, however, and I did get 3 packages of Capri Blend because I was down to my last bag. Have you heard anything about why so many storms are diverting out to sea instead of being drawn to land? I don't remember a year where it has happened so frequently as it has lately.

I was listening to a podcast before I left this morning and the host, a chiropractor, was talking with a nutritional biochemist who is also a dietician with an MPH. I was right there with him until they started talking about covid and both said they had not been vaccinated and the biochemist said he probably had covid but had never been tested and had no symptoms ever. My first thought was how many people he has probably infected without evening knowing it. He also said that people who have a blood Vitamin D level above 50 don't get symptomatic covid and claimed it was backed up by research. I did find a study that Vitamin D deficiency is associated with symptomatic infection, but can't find anything that shows results for the opposite effect he claimed. My last Vitamin D level was 51.9, so that peaked my interested. Not sure, all things considered, that I trust this speaker. Osteo went well. I had one new high and things went better on the other 3 machines this week, so that was good.

Waving to the rest of the gang.

Kathy, both senators from TN voting against the resolution is no surprise. If they had voted yes, I would have been shocked. Let's just say they don't play well with others and are pretty much there just for Fox sound bites, especially the former beauty queen. I have come really close to sending each of them an email telling them what I think of them but they wouldn't get it. They are both so frigging arrogant. The high pressure system off the coast makes sense on how the storms are staying out to sea.

I get notifications from Wirecutter, Linda, and there stuff is solid. We have a Cuisinart toaster (metal, not plastic) that we have had for about 10 years and it's been a good one. It has wide enough slots that we can do waffles and bagels in addition to any size toast we want. Dale cuts his homemade bread pretty thick and it even accommodates that. I've seen those leashes on Orvis. We had a reflective one (no ID info) for Phoebe when she and Dale used to walk early at the old house and it was good to have. I got a "we want to buy your car" from the dealership I go to and looked at their inventory to see what they had in stock and their inventory was way low. If I traded, it would probably be for a Crosstrek instead of a Legacy, but they have no Legacies and very few Crosstreks. Very unusual for a large dealership. Yowzer on the cost of that filet! Sometimes I forget how much we save not having to buy meat for anyone but Arya. Any word when you might be returning to the museum to volunteer? I can see Sinema thinking she could run for president. And, I've thought for a while that she is a DINO.