Tool Singer Voices Support For Fired Army Chief, His West Point Prep Teammate Last Thursday, the Pentagon confirmed that US Army chief of staff Randy George would be suddenly leaving his role after two and a half years. It’s believed that he was fired by Fox News contributor-tu...

Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan has voiced support for his old classmate, ousted US Army Chief Of Staff Randy George

A favorite that I haven’t seen in this (fantastic) thread yet…

kicking the global plastics addiction cold turkey

[the Chemical Safety Board enters the chat]

Not in my sunroom 😎

My husband never talks about the Wordle. He told me about this one.

“This e-mail message is subject to the Dubai World Group disclaimer”

The temperature or the suicidal suggestion?

I had almost the exact same conversation with my husband half an hour ago

Serious discord in this household of Bills and Raiders fan. One person’s joy is another’s dismay.

Same here, all sleet/freezing rain going forward

Good advice. I tackled the first tranche just as the snow-to-sleet phase began. Super light and fluffy!

Tray of cookies with Bada Bing sign in middle surrounded by Chianti fiasco bottles

Chianti fiasco bottle cookies. 2008 is the “vintage” of the friend.

We had so much fun making these Sopranos-themed raspberry sugar cookies for son’s friend’s birthday party. DD did a great job with the Bada Bing sign. #cookieparty

yeah but you're, and I don't mean to be indelicate here, old

Holy Mother of Chemical Safety

Made me want to be an oceanographer, just breathtaking and evocative storytelling around that character

Not as good as Overstory IMO but worth it

#cookieparty meets nerd humor

Love that pizzelle iron.

Very festive!

They’re like a hoity toity peanut butter blossom. So good!

Table filled with homemade treats. Clockwise from lower left: salted caramel apple pie bars, lemon cranberry bars, Irish crème Bundt cake, molasses spice, white chocolate macadamia oatmeal, maple pecan, peanut butter cups with mascarpone chocolate ganache, hazelnut espresso sandwiches, Linzer with raspberry and pistachio, orange shortbread, turtle thumbprints, baklava thumbprints, snickerdoodles, chocolate dipped pretzel rods, peppermint bark, four kinds of truffles (pistachio, lemon, tiramisu, bourbon). Plus gingerbread White House in background

Nearly empty table after the party. Good thing we always have reserves that don’t make it onto the table

Before and after pictures of the treats table from Holiday Open House 2025. Treat bags were popular, nearly cleaned us out! #cookieparty

Tray of cookie cups with trusty KitchenAid mixer. Recipe from Sallie’s Baking Addiction

Peanut butter cups filled with mascarpone chocolate ganache #cookieparty

Christmas tree decorated with sugar cookie ornaments

We’re hanging the cookies on a real tree this year. No more fake “tree of light”. #cookieparty

Decorated sugar cookie trees on a cooling rack. Pretty restrained compared to the others

Decorate sugar cookie stars on a cooling rack. Here they’re starting to get creative

Decorated gingerbread people and a couple of Santa hats on a cooling rack. Not even sure what some of these are supposed to be

Sugar cookie mittens on a cooling rack. Boring mom design

Cookie decorating party. Can you guess which ones the teens did? #cookieparty

Those both look delicious!

Is that a rosary???

Hand painted leaf cookies

Round two with guidance from art minor home for the holiday #cookieparty

Various leaf-shaped sugar cookies iced with white royal icing

Finished product: painted maple, oak and birch (?) leaves and acorns on a white platter

First time painting sugar cookies with gel food coloring and vodka. Started with a royal icing coating. The acorn bottoms were brown royal icing, caps were painted. I’m no artist but this is a good result for me. #cookieparty

Oh i thought this was a Soundgarden-Rush mashup

In the constellation of Cygnus
There lurks a mysterious, invisible force
The Black Hole of Cygnus X-1
Six stars of the northern cross
In mourning for their sister's loss
In a final flash of glory
Nevermore to grace the night