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Re: Little Details from Your Day

1111 by zircona1
rsmurphy wrote: Sat Feb 18, 2023 3:36 pm Went inside of a bodega looking for one packet of taco seasoning. The lady giggled and said they don't carry packets of taco seasoning, then proceeded to tell me how to make my own. I've never been so mortified.
This reminds me - yesterday, I went to the deli counter at the grocery store and asked if they had any pancetta. The guy said, "I don't know, I've never heard of it. Is it some kind of cheese?"

I ended up buying one of those packaged, pre-diced things.

(BTW, this was after I went to a butcher shop in town and they didn't have any ready for sale.)
"Whatever happened to that album?"
"I broke it, remember? I threw it against the wall and it like, shattered."

Re: Little Details from Your Day

1116 by eephus
rsmurphy wrote: Sat Feb 18, 2023 8:27 pm
rsmurphy wrote: Sat Feb 18, 2023 3:36 pm Went inside of a bodega looking for one packet of taco seasoning. The lady giggled and said they don't carry packets of taco seasoning, then proceeded to tell me how to make my own. I've never been so mortified.
My tacos were bussin! In addition to the regular seasonings one would use I added some Midyett Premium Rub for a bit of je ne sais quoi 🌮
Vickie makes great taco seasoning that's like an awesome version of McCormick's.

It's garlic powder, paprika, cumin, a little aleppo chili, and...Rub, yes. Not a lot of Rub, she says. I think you could just use regular chili powder instead of aleppo but we're fancy.

Re: Little Details from Your Day

1117 by eephus
jimmy spako wrote: Sun Feb 19, 2023 4:17 am
Teacher's Pet wrote: Tue Feb 14, 2023 12:14 pm
jimmy spako wrote: I just got a letter that my little dude, who starts first grade in September, made it into the public bilingual (German/English) school program we applied for here last fall.
I am extremely happy and relieved.
Congratulations! I know that feeling of relief. It's important to take a minute to feel the good news, and appreciate it, when it does happen...

It's been (gosh) ten years since my daughter got in to the school we'd hoped for, now there's another milestone right around the corner: we find out about high school acceptance next month. NYC high schools are kind of a mini-university process involving tests, tours, auditions, essays, rankings, etc. Kind of wild for a 13-year old.

Thank you! I managed to appreciate it for about five minutes before doing my usual thing and turning to unfinished business in my head, but I hope to have some quiet time soon to really let it sink in and cultivate the gratitude I feel deep down. We are really lucky. Best of luck to you guys too!
The Chicago thing starts with testing at age 4 (!) if you're angling for the "selective enrollment" places.

Our kid got into her chosen elementary school two weeks before kindergarten started, off a waitlist. Breezed into her h.s. of choice, no problem. College is perhaps the most absurd process of them all. We will know in a little over a month how all that shakes out.

It's insane that all the schools aren't passably good in advance of making any extra effort to suit our little eggheads, but as long as this is the game, it's best for some kids to play it and get as far along as they're suited to be at a given point in life, I suppose.

Re: Little Details from Your Day

1118 by penningtron
I just told ChatGPT to write a song about a volcano:
Verse 1:
Deep within the earth's crust,
Lies a force that cannot be tamed.
It rumbles and it boils,
Building pressure, waiting to be claimed.

Chorus:
Oh, volcano, you are mighty and fierce,
Erupting with a power that cannot be pierced.
Spewing ash and lava into the sky,
A spectacle that catches the eye.

Verse 2:
From the top of your cone,
Smoke billows high into the air.
Your molten rock and fire,
Create a scene that's beyond compare.

Chorus:
Oh, volcano, you are mighty and fierce,
Erupting with a power that cannot be pierced.
Spewing ash and lava into the sky,
A spectacle that catches the eye.

Bridge:
Your eruptions can bring destruction,
To those who live in your shadow.
But you also bring forth new life,
To the soil that you lay low.

Chorus:
Oh, volcano, you are mighty and fierce,
Erupting with a power that cannot be pierced.
Spewing ash and lava into the sky,
A spectacle that catches the eye.

Outro:
You remind us of the earth's power,
And the awe-inspiring force of nature.
Oh, volcano, we will respect you,
And your beauty and your danger.
I mean.. that's already better than most prog.
Music
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