Friday Potpourri: 8 November 2024
More people have joined our little party here since the election (WELCOME NEW FRIENDS!) - so for you newbies: on Fridays, I write a post just to amuse myself. This week, I’m not feeling overly funny, but I’ll do my best by blatantly stealing memes from others. I know, I AM better than this, but it’s been a week, and I am laser focused on what we need to do moving forward.
Let’s start with Rudy. He has not yet turned over anything to Shaye Moss and Ruby Freeman. He was in court yesterday, and he’ll be held in contempt if he doesn’t turn what he’s got over within the next 7 days. Source. He’s so obscene he had himself driven over to vote in the Mercedes formerly owned by Lauren Bacall. I hope he ends up in jail.
I so agree with the photo below. In fact, my Thanksgiving cooking begins when I place the can in the back of the fridge so it will be appropriately cold.
As a complete aside, Thanksgiving is my favourite holiday of the year. First, there is stuffing. I make great stuffing and will put it up against anyone else’s1. When I was in college, there was a guy on the radio who would have people call in and say what they put in their stuffing, and he could tell them within 50 miles where they grew up. He was right most of the time - this was back before regional foods had become nationalized. My stuffing is an amalgam of all sorts of things people called in touting. My husband tells me that since there is nothing exotic in my stuffing, I could make it any day of the year. But that’s just not right — it’s a Thanksgiving food!
Then, I love an excuse to be grateful. (And making everyone around the table say what they are grateful for…). This year, I am most grateful for the fact that November 2024 is the one-year anniversary of my being in remission from Stage 4 cancer.
Finally, I love the opportunity to shop. I don’t ever go to the stores on Thursday, because everyone should have off on Thanksgiving. (Shout out to the people who work as docs, nurses, EMT, police and fire, who are heroes.) But retail? NAH — that’s just wrong. But Friday is fair game.
So — stuffing, gratitude and shopping.
This really is my sense of humor:
As is this:
This is not funny, but incredibly uplifting. Jerome Powell said he would NOT resign if the Orange Menace asked him to, pointing out it’s against the law. Resistance is starting early boys and girls. The word “NO” works. Source.
If you live in or near Chester County - our Indivisible group is having a gathering at 11 a.m. this Sunday to fight isolation, share, commiserate, and if I have my way - HUG! Reach out to me (depending on how you know me - you can message me through Substack, email, text, or DM on Facebook) and I’ll get you the location information. Again, resistance is starting early!
That’s it for today. I plan on better humor next Friday. Back on Sunday when we’ll get back to what we’re doing to prepare, and to prop up those who still need some support.
Use the comments if you want to compare recipes!
Happy Anniversary. And please consider sending me some of your leftover stuffing, assuming there is is some leftover.