samhexum

once, 40ish years ago

Separately or together? If it's together, is that considered a kink? Who would be hiring? Do they target their ad to that specific clientele? Is there enough of a market? Never having had the $ to afford to hire, there is so much I do not know about the industry...

Are the two of you forgetting the incredible treasure cereal is responsible for bestowing upon the world? Had Marjorie Merriweather Post not inherited the family fortune, she would not have been able to build Mar-a-Lago.

I think you'd find that everywhere. If you move because you can't make $ where you are, it's a shame you wouldn't be able to deduct your moving expenses if you pay taxes.

I had some bread & eggs that had reached the 'gotta eat soon' stage, so I just made french toast for dinner.

Residents cry fowl after Canadian hunter kills terrorizing turkey with slingshot

Season 2 drops tonight, but on Netflix.

only if you're constrained by "the man's" definition of a serving.

I eat whatever I am in the mood for, no matter the time of day. Then again, I sleep for a few hours a couple of times a day and do not have anything near a regular schedule. I often stay up all night & sleep during the day. I had pot roast at 6 AM yesterday.

KFC debuts the 'Chizza' — a fried chicken, pizza mashup Can’t decide between fried chicken or pizza? Now you can enjoy both simultaneously. After stopping hearts around the globe, KFC’s “Chizza” — a mashup of these two iconic fast foods — has finally made its much-anticipated US debut. From February 26, stateside KFC outlets will offer this high-octane hybrid for a limited time only, promising an artery-clogging crossover for the ages. For KFC diehards, this marks a coming-out party for the Chizza, which debuted in the Philippines in 2015, before regularly appearing at KFC outlets in China, Thailand, Germany, Spain and other countries. As advertised, the Chizza — which showed up at a free “Chizzeria” pop-up on 14th Street in NYC on Friday – entails two extra crispy KFC chicken filets slathered with marinara sauce. These are then topped with mozzarella cheese and pepperoni slices to make the pizza-fication complete. The Chizza skews a bit more chicken than pizza. Its flavor profile rings closer to that of a chicken parmigiana, and the chicken managed to maintain its herbal essence despite being thoroughly baptized in marinara. The Chizza comes in two sizes, small or large. Customers can also get it as part of a combo meal with coleslaw, beans and other sides for $14. However, they’re a tad chintzy with the cheese, so don’t expect to be doing any record-breaking “pulls” with this one.

FROM NOW ON, I’M JUST GOING TO USE THE ABBREVIATION ‘KTB’… you know what it means! Dear Abby: We have grown children and a grandchild who live several states away. The problem is, we don’t enjoy visiting them. Our son’s wife has an eating disorder. She’s obsessed with what SHE is going to eat next, eats some of the strangest raw vegetable combinations we’ve ever heard of and has our grandchild following suit. The child is forbidden to eat several of the foods kids like to eat. Our son is also part of this. He is losing weight and muscle mass, and thinks he is healthy. When we visit, and it’s been years, we have to shop for a lot of food or take everyone out to eat so WE can eat, which presents challenges because of their diet preferences. My DIL is not a gracious host and lingers over her plate, which sometimes takes an hour after everyone else has finished eating. She’s very underweight, and I’m concerned about our grandchild, especially since they balked at a beautiful roasted turkey I made at a family gathering. (Two days later, she asked for “seconds” because others were eating it.) How do we visit and stay with them under these circumstances? I really miss my son and grandchild during the holidays, but I can’t get my husband on board because he is so outraged about the bizarreness of the situation. Having a heart-to-heart with our son would definitely put him on the defense. — Wasting Together Time Dear Wasting: You aren’t going to change your son or his wife, so the alternative is to accept them for who they are — which may be vegan or vegetarian. If you decide to visit them, be prepared to stay in accommodations other than their home. Take food out of the equation and eat at your hotel or rental. If you decide to host any meals, do it at a restaurant of their choosing. and tell your husband to curb his temper. Try it next time and your visit may turn out better. KTB! Dear Abby: I am not exaggerating — my friend ALWAYS has to be number one and first. She offered to help our queen mother in the Red Hat Society hide eggs last Easter, then went to gather them all herself. She also gets mad when she doesn’t win a costume contest at the senior center and hates when someone else wins a raffle. I won’t go into everything, but she MUST win at everything and be the center of attention. During the last Easter egg hunt, I tried to pull her away from the door so she couldn’t see, but she eventually snuck through and won the egg hunt. I don’t understand her behavior. What can I do? — Embarrassed in Texas Dear Embarrassed: Your friend appears to have an insatiable need for attention and a willingness to cheat to achieve her goal. Nothing you can do will change her. She is who she is. What YOU can do, in order to lower your level of frustration, is refuse to engage with her at Easter, Halloween or any activity in which you know she won’t play fair. KTB!

I had no interest in this topic, but after seeing it for days, I had to pop in to see if anyone mentioned The Life and Loves of a She-Devil, a 1983 novel by British author Fay Weldon that was made into a weird but interesting miniseries. Ruth is an abnormally tall and ugly housewife whose husband, Bobbo, considers their relationship an open marriage based on convenience alone and only married her because he got her pregnant when they were teenagers. Bobbo only truly loves his mistress Mary Fisher, a famous, wealthy romance novelist. When Ruth passionately indicates her disapproval for Bobbo's extramarital affair, he calls her a "she-devil", causing her to reassess her life. She resolves to behave in accordance with the label he has given her. Bobbo leaves Ruth and their two children and goes to live with Mary, to whom he soon proposes. Ruth plots her revenge on them. After destroying her hubby and getting rich in the process, Ruth uses her money to change her lifestyle and appearance, undergoing a series of surgeries to completely restructure her body to be identical to Mary. She has her legs shortened. In the mediocre movie version (that I have a fondness for), Meryl Streep is a hoot as Mary, Roseanne is effective as Ruth, and A. Martinez flashes some (g-rated) skin as Garcia, Mary's 'houseboy'. Ed Begley, Jr. plays Bob. Linda Hunt was also fun. Ruth doesn't have any surgeries in that version.

Good 1st episode.

How old do you want to live to be? Not so old that I forget I drew the same comic strip 6 weeks apart... Or posted the same topic one year apart. I miss @avalon.

A new mom has left her family completely shocked after sharing the X-rated name she unknowingly gave her newborn baby. The 20-year-old gave birth in January and wanted to keep the name a secret until she had signed all the official documents. It wasn’t until afterwards that her family were able to let her in on the real meaning behind the name. She named the baby WHAT?! She wanted the name to be a sweet nod to her grandparents, Harvey and Charlotte, so she decided to blend the two names together to form ‘Harlotte’. She had never heard of the word ‘harlot’ before, which is an old-fashioned word for a sex worker or someone who has multiple sexual partners. Taking to a baby name forum on Reddit, the mom’s cousin detailed the moment her family found out. “My mom burst out, “YOU NAMED THE BABY WHORE???” and my cousin started screaming. We are a loud family but holy hell,” she said. “That poor child. Harlotte. HARLOTTE. It’s so horrific I can’t even call the baby it.” The cousin then admits that she’s had to come up with a nickname for the baby. “She came out very pink and has a puggy nose, so I’m calling her Piglet for now.” MUCH better! ‘Ruining a baby’s life’ Straight off the bat, people pointed out that there was an obvious alternative to naming the child Harlotte. “Why didn’t she call her Charley? Yes, it’s a unique spelling, but still a hat tip to the grandparents,” the top comment read. “Even spelling it normally, like ‘Charlie’, would be fine.” And someone else pointed out, “How do you have the opportunity to blend two names to form Charlie and still get it wrong?” Then a third chimed in, asking: “Why do people, who have unlimited access to information at their fingertips, refuse to use it for a simple search before ruining a baby’s life?” And teachers weighed in and shared how they’d address this situation when little Harlotte is of school age. “I would think it was a typo at first, then I would insist the child goes by their nickname,” one wrote. “If she doesn’t have one, pick one.” “That kid is getting called by their last name,” said another. I think she knew what it meant, but thought it would be aspirational for the kid.

Flushing shoe store opens baseball batting cages on site as part of unique business venture Korean restaurant chain Bonchon opens new location at Queens Center Mall Bayside’s first legal marijuana dispensary ‘New Metro’ pays ode to print newspapers Almost two decades ago, as a fresh-faced teenager who just graduated from Cardozo High School, Sean Kang was arrested on cannabis charges near his Bayside home. On Monday he felt a sense of justice as he opened the doors to the area’s first legal dispensary – New Metro on Horace Harding Expressway. The newspaper themed dispensary, which used to be a hot yoga studio, is the last store on a tucked away strip with several Asian restaurants. One of Kang’s arrests for possession took place just a block away. Kang was one of the recipients of the Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary (CUARD) license which gave individuals impacted by the criminalization of marijuana priority in entering the legal cannabis industry. In his application, he showed that he successfully ran two ecommerce businesses, in the years since his arrests, indicating that he had the business chops to turn a profit. Kang, along with his co-founder Jack Eisakharian, got the idea for a newspaper themed space to set themselves apart from other dispensaries, while also evoking a vintage feel. The space features lit up New Metro signs, in various iconic newspaper fonts, that greet customers at the front desk. The doors to enter the store stocked with cannabis products are covered with a collage of newspaper clippings. Close to two dozen employees wear the store’s merchandise, a simple black hoodie with the store’s name in a newspaper font as they help customers select the right product from a range of strains grown by farmers across the state, from Schenectady to Long Island. Unlike legal dispensaries, they don’t have security, are prone to robberies and often sell to minors. Legal dispensaries must adhere to strict guidelines set by the state such as being a certain distance away from schools and houses of worship. They also can’t put a cannabis leaf on the outside signage, which most illegal smoke shops have. Kang says that he spent close to half a million dollars to get the shop up and running through the legal route. But it’s frustrating to see illegal smoke shops run without impunity, while also giving legal ones a bad rep. “The smoke shops have zero regulation and they’re not paying taxes,” said Kang. “We pay the most taxes, we pay all these fees and yet the black market is thriving. We’re not the ones selling to your kids.” But despite the hurdles to opening day, and worries about competition from business owners who took the easy route, Kang feels like everything worked out just right. For months, Kang and his partner scouted locations across the borough, but ultimately, they didn’t work out. “I had a location in Astoria that I didn’t get. I was very upset but it just brought me back here to my hometown,” said Kang. “I feel right at home here. This is where I’m meant to be.” Born in 1988, the Chinese year of the dragon, it’s a full circle moment for Kang. The 2024 lunar new year this month ushered in a new year of the dragon, as well as a new chapter for Kang and the Bayside community.