...so then I just casually walked into the kitchen and my 17yo breaks into the Queen of the Night aria.

My house is so weird and awesome.

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Lions mane and oyster mushrooms cooked in beef tallow (did y'all know they sell wagyu beef tallow cooking spray? recommend!) deglazed in a hard cider that's not nice to drink but flavorful. Chicken broth w basil, rosemary, & saffron. Pancetta. Arborio. Shredded parm.

Good night for risotto, y'all.

Hang on, that's dude? *That?* (Also I try not to speak ill of the un-participating dead I didn't know so all I will say is "that poor lady.")

There… there are just SO MANY, they’re easy. It’s like a weird secret setting in the programming of the universe or s’thing.

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Hey listen, slandering Werthers Originals is beyond the pale, madam!

Srsly tho, love those things and have since I was a wee kidlet and Grandpa gave me one. Good memories associated, pocket lint-free!

Laying down is. So great, you guys. Oh, wow. #gnight

Was really hoping to live in a world where I would have had to spend more time explaining the lyrics for “99 Red Balloons” to my kids.

People with experience: please give food banks *money.* They can make it go much further than you can.

Grocery shopper 1: I’m going to donate whole pineapple cakes in honor of my grandma.

Shopper 2: did you say canned beets?

“Shopper” 3: here’s this opened box of cereal my kid didn’t like

Donate and call your food bank and ask how you can help deliver food for a few hours a week. Most food banks have delivery service for shut-in seniors, and the disabled.

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Please don’t forget to donate PET FOOD! A lot of folks have their pets as their only source of comfort & security in these stressful and uncertain times. We are ALL in this together, including our pets!

I have never understood this, either as a kid or adult. Even when I was a kid and adults thought "just put some jelly on it, kids love sweet things," none of them thought "ketchup on eggs."

Salsa? Sure if there's other things on/in as well, but that is not the same.

I AM DECEASED PLEASE SEND DONATIONS IN LIEU OF FLOWERS.

No sir, generally we don't consider something an allergic response if you have it before you're even in the building with the medication. Also just FYI, a heart attack is not generally an allergic response.

You were also in emergency heart surgery at the time. Yeah.

Maybe the matching one I'll make for me will say "mundus sine Caesaribus." That might be nice.

In this house, even my embroidery pisses off the fashy-lovers, especially the ones that wouldn't even be able to point out a fasces in a lineup.

Even with the 'tism, I know that if people get po-faced when they hear the translation, well, they ain't my people. Gonna enjoy that.

Hon, why are you doing this to yourself - and us? 'Cause yeah, wastebasket urgently needed.

Most of my teachers in med school and many in residency: “Oh, this is rare, you’ll probably never see this in person.” -me: proceeds to see at least one “rare” every freaking week-

Two “rare” things before lunch.

It’s Monday.

Hahaha if you stand between an elderly person with comorbidities and an appropriate seasonal vaccine, you're going to the special Hell. *signs a freaking prescription for a person to get a fucking FLU SHOT what even the fucking hellscape*

What that, you've tried nothing at all for it and you still feel bad?

I need someone to come and collect the elderly people who are nonsensical but also do not qualify as either demented or delirious. Wrap 'em in cotton wool, load 'em up w/ the right OTC meds, spoon in some soup, then naps for all.

Good person, you've have COVID for a few days now & you haven't taken anything for your symptoms, so you feel bad from unaddressed symptoms. Maybe at least do a Mucinex about it.

"Well, I hate medications. I was wondering if you should Rx antibiotics." (Yes, those sentences followed one another.)

A red-haired woman sitting in a car in the daytime, wearing dark sunglasses with patterned blue rims, wearing a blue shirt with white horizontal stripes, and a seat belt.

When you got the ‘Rona in your house and so you buy masks for the house and you find the ones that fit you. You know,

The kids’ ones. #short

I am here to attest that "I'm here, ain't I" is in fact a trauma triage level.

(Also, def living country doc life: gorgeous eggs, fresh tomatoes, Highly Questionable preserves no one should open indoors, and very elderly people doing shit you should only do with a rig and a cherry picker, not a ladder and a chainsaw.)

I come from blue collar, unionized people. Grandpa retired & started a 2nd career. Momma retired then unretired.

Now I'm an MD. I'm treating those people, teaching them better, giving them info they didn't have to get better for selves & babies.

Happy Labor Day, y'all! #nowarbutclasswar