I say yes, you say no, OR People are Strange

Hey, there's YorkieMom - wow, I sure liked what you were trying to do on that, um, other thread, really.  You are Brave, also wise, and it's a good thing you don't live in TX - you did read what linda posted from the WashPost for us a few pages back?  shiver me timbers...it's getting scarey out there...

Glenna...hoping you get to have that merlot...and that chemo does its job effectively but gently...

I love seeing the stars.

((GLENNA))



So sorry about the progression. I have no experience with Doxil but hope it does the trick!

(((Glenna)))) - hoping NED is at your door soon, and that you dance with him forever 'n ever, and longer. Merlot sounds fine, tell the docs we said so!  ( Crofton - are you at John's Hopkins?)

Can someone tell me how anyone could follow this topic?  are we supposed to have a topic? 

welcome to yorkiemom!

Glenna, was that post from Linda about GOP rejecting critical thinking skills? If so, unfortunately I can believe it. Was not that way when I was raised in Texas. Education had a high priority then. But we're talking more than 40 years ago. Things have gone drastically down hill.

Glenna and Yorkiemom -- WELCOME to the zoo!  Yes, we talk about everything here, things that make us happy, things that drive us crazy, and sometimes just really, really mundane stuff too -- like our favourite vegetables!

Glenna, when I was doing chemo (FEC and then Tax) my onc told me to limit alcohol intake to the occasional glass of champagne (she's a neat onc with expensive tastes haha!).  Anyhow, it's only because our liver has to work overtime to deal with the chemo so adding the alcohol to the workload is probably not a good idea.  But Merlot Mondays should not be avoided -- just savour your one glass.

Cheers, everyone! 

Speaking of vegetables ... anybody got 101 ways to use cucumbers?  Nothing else is doing real well in the garden but boy do we have cucumbers.  And in the next week or so I will be buried under a pile of black grapes ... yum.

Bartender - I think tonight would be a great night for a drink. How about a single malt Scotch whiskey on ice? please.

P.S. Yorkiemom, the post was from Sunflowers, and yes, it was Linda's Texas Republican Party's Education Platform re Critical Thinking Skills.  Quite a shocker to me having just retired last year from a middle school where critical thinking skills are their #1 priority (not that it helped on the MSA's, but at least they're heading in the right direction).

Another cucumber salad recipe:  Finely slice a seeded cucumber, along with half a sweet onion.  Mix 1/4 cup white balsamic or wine vinegar with 1/2 tsp agave nectar/syrup.  Chop up lots of fresh dill and add it and the vinegar mixture to the cucumber.  Let it sit for awhile.  To serve, add a dollop of sour cream, tzatziki or plain yogourt.

It should have a sour/sweet taste and you might have to adjust the liquid ingredients til you get just the right taste.

First had this at a Czech restaurant in Toronto and have been making it ever since!  Oh yes, I use a mandolin for slicing. 

I can't generalize about home schoolers.  Anecdotally, today I drove to chemo (85 miles away) with a fellow BRCA2+ (in small towns you get hooked up - lol - knew one other, so I'm already beating statistical odds vis a vis BRCA2 and my south county population).  I'm just getting to know her, but I can already tell we are on opposite ends of the spectrum on religion and politics, but she's a Standford grad and her husband teaches math at the community college.  Their kids were home schooled and one has been accepted for her Phd and the other doing well in college.  They would socialize with like children, gymnastics, t-ball, church, etc..  I don't think it's a necessarily bad way to be educated and the other available choices have to be evaluated.

So the ACA storefront was closed today?  I hope it wasn't my fault.  I am very fuzzy about that line, so it could very well be my fault, but I wouldn't know it.  Interested in your theory Athena.  A PM?  I'd like to get a better sense of what's acceptable and what's not.

I have one comment on one particular person's negative commentary on ACA, that ended up reading like a perfect case to advocate for Single Payer.  Two of us commented on their [accidental] endorsement of Single Payer.  The reply missed the mark...something like "I didn't endorse Single Payer."  I was  somewhat amazed she didn't understand the implied inadvertent nature of her post.  I'm still puzzled bout that one.

ALSO - if you like Indian food, curries - RAITA.  Yummy - lots of recipes online, basically cukes, good thick yogurt, garlic, lemon ( tho I prefer lime) and it's used to "cool down" the palate while eating HOT curry.  Yum, yum, yum....

Sorry guys, had to work late and traffic was a bitch! Drinks on their way. By the way, I'll need some substitute bartenders next week. I'm packing my hip flask and knitting equipment and heading to Western NC where I'll hook up with Bren.