In which case there's nothing to be done and pets
and friends and relations, they're collateral damage.
I refuse to rule out situations in which suicide is
excusable or at least the solution that causes the
least pain to others.
There are times, but in those cases I'd be making sure the animals at
least didn't suffer.
One hopes you don't find yourself in that
situation.
One thing this macabre discussion doesn't take
into account is that people with pets most likely
will care about them and their fate and make some
kind of plan - and also that people with pets most
likely don't get to that level of despondency in
the first place (that being a lot of what pets are
good for).
Speaking of which, did you see that some guy was
prosecuted for leaving behind a pet fish when he was
evicted from his apartment? The case was dropped,
and there's a happy ending - According to nbcnews.com,
The Fish Room has been treating the fish's disease
and expects it to make a full recovery, although
Edwards [apparently some veterinary type] said it's
hard to tell when it will be 100 percent healthy
because of how severe the case was. Once the
fish does recover, officials will most likely find
a new home for it.
Wow, was that April 1 or what?
We can but hope.
Oh, for sure.
But not hold out too much?
Eh, he's not a liar, and if he said something happened,
chances are it did.
The question is what?
Something that corresponds in his head largely
to what actually happened.
When he was at his most psychotic, what he said
clearly didn't have much to do with what was
actually going on inside or outside his head,
but it seems his touch on reality is much better
now; perhaps not so good as yours or mine (well,
we guess, anyway), but functioning at a basic
nonfatal level.
I had a spirited conversation with a committed small
d democrat and possibly a big D Democrat about that
very issue today. As I've said, the Catholic formula
for being a bishop cuts to the meat of the issue. In
the installation ritual, the candidate must say "nolo
episcopari" - meaning, I really don't want the job.
That's the way I feel would be the only way of
getting sane, honest politicians.
Get someone who takes the job "because somebody has to do it"?
That hasn't happened to speak of since Eisenhower.
People who want power are most often those who ought to have the
least of it.
That problem has been noted.
Weird menschen of course are universal.
Everyone is unter in some way.
Or at least not sure of where they are. Confused Menschen are universal.
I take it you've met a few?
More than my share.
I've known two wealthy successful would-be
Ubermenschen who turned themselves into Frauen.
Title: Chick Pea - Zucchini Curry
This isn't as wrong as some.
Pretty darned wrong, though.
Speaking of confused Menschen; this was written by a confused cook.
I made aloo chhole for my Thursday dinner party.
Tried to imagine the potatoes replaced by
zucchini. Had to have my imagination washed out
with soap.
Speaking of wrong. Today's dinner was spinach with
goat cheese salad, murgh in paneer sauce with basmati,
and a Bisquick shortcake with ricotta. A truly wwtt
meal, but one says, eh, that's the airlines for you.
The salad sounds fine if you do dairy, but a bisquick shortcake? No.
Just no.
United used to have a contract with Eli's Cheesecake,
but when that company got famous and decided to charge
the airline a fee, we ended up getting some no-name
product perhaps from Costco (it wasn't actually that
bad); now, the standards have started to slip and
with no one in particular to blame, so I'm envisioning
a patch of bumpy ride for the company and its passengers.
Title: Cheesecake Cookies
remaining brown
sugar mixture. Bake for 25 minutes. Let cool, then chill for at
least 1
hour. Cut into 16 squares; serve.
Source: who thinks these things up, anyway?
Someone on Chopped?
Someone who should have been chopped in one way
or another.
---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.00
Title: Pumpkin Cheesecake Pie
Categories: Pies, Desserts
Yield: 8 servings
-------------c-------------- 1 c Graham cracker crumbs
1/2 c Ground pecans 2 tb Sugar
1/8 ts Ginger 1/4 c Butter or margarine,
melted
-------------f-------------- 3/4 c Brown sugar,firmly
packed
1 pk 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese 1 c 16 oz. can pumpkin
pie filli
1/2 c Heavy cream 1 ts Cinnamon
1/2 ts Ginger 1/2 ts Salt
1/4 ts Nutmeg 1/4 ts Clove
Dash black pepper 3 Eggs
-------------g-------------- Pecan halves
Sweetened whipped cream
Crust: Filling:
Source: someone who didn't know how to use MM!
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Here's an appropriate set of directions from
cookdiary.net, a somewhat more skillful but
still laughable information scraper:
CRUST: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.Combine cracker crumbs,pecans,sugar
and ginger.Add butter.Stir until well coated.Press,evenly,to bottom and
sides of a 9″ pie plate.Bake 8 to 10 minutes.Cool on a wire rack.
FILLING: Combine brown sugar and cream cheese;beat until light and
fluffy.Beat in remaining ingredients in order listed above,adding the
eggs one at a time.NOTE: Filling can be made ahead of time. Cover and refrigerate overnight.Bring to room temperature before filling pie
shell.Pour into pie shell.Bake 55 to 60 minutes and use toothpick test
for exact timing.Cool on a wire rack.Pipe edge with whipping cream and
garnish with pecans,if desired.Makes 8 to 10 servings.
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