RIP Kathryn Mays

Actress Kathryn Mays has died at 88.

She played matriarch Kim Hughes for 28 years! on the great soap opera As The World Turns.  It was my Mom's favorite soap and I admit a great fondness for it as well. 

RIP

         (Mays with her onscreen husband)

Help me Identify this Spider-Man Issue

As a kid,  I loved a stand alone issue of one of the Spidey titles so much it inspired me to write a letter to the editor. Please help me ID the issue!

It would have been in the mid '80's (say 85 to 87?) and featured a melancholy Spidey thinking of Gwen on what I believe was the anniversary of her death.  Meanwhile a 3rd tier villain with a whip robs a bank, and when Spiderman intervenes he's so distracted by his grief that he finds himself trapped beneath some rubble and being choked to death by the bad guy.

Thankfully the memory of Gwen inspires him and Spidey rises to win the fight,  mercilessly pointing out to the villain how unimpressive he is compared to his traditional foes. 

Does it ring any bells?

Hair ain't done but my civic duty is. 😉  - Lisa

Obligatotory voting post. #95 at 10:25. - Dan

The Jayhawks are National Champions

I didn't have a horse in the race, but I enjoyed the heck out of the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship game. Kansas barely defeated NC, in the process coming back from the largest deficit in the history of the championship game. Congrats to them, and to NC for putting up a great fight. 

Smiley Rocks the ACT!!

So THIS happened last Thursday, and I finally got Smiley's permission to post it publicly!

Great job kid!!

Tavolino

 

We - meaning me, Lisa, and Lisa's bestie, dined tonight at Tavolino, a restaurant on Milwaukee's East Side. 

The decor was simple and clean, with a modern slightly-more-than-casual vibe. For appetizers we shared polenta con funghi, aka polenta with mushrooms, and an order of meatballs (on the menu as polpetta di carne). 

Both were ample and delicious, although I prefer a meatball with a firmer texture. 

A small loaf of bread and olive oil was served before the main entrees. No complaints there. Yum. 

For dinner Lisa chose salsiccia - spicy sausage, nduja, ricotta, Calabrian chili oil, and rigatoni. 

It was genuinely spicy - and, in my opinion, the best dish of the three entrees. 

JJ ordered spaghetti and chicken breast - I don't recall what sauce - and both women agreed the breast was cooked perfectly. *I* wasn't allowed to try it. Hmph. 

For myself, I ordered the pan seared black cod in a pomodoro broth with leeks, carrots, peas, and fennel. It tasted great, but I would have preferred Lisa's dish (esp at only 2/3rds the cost of mine!)

Dessert was a lemon semifreddo that was brought to the table with three spoons so we could share; a laughable gesture by the server as it was the size of a free sample at Costco. None-the-less, the four molecules I had tasted wonderful. 

If there's any complaint I can register it was the service. The server was very pleasant and knowledgeable, but seemed to disappear for long stretches, and the wait time between courses was unusually long. Neither can be blamed on a packed house. While it was busy when we  were there, it wasn't crowded by any means. 

A very good dinner, and a very nice time. Recommended. 

Mealy

I just learned there’s a word for the texture of certain apples that I hate [greatly dislike - ed.] so much - YaYa

Gas Prices

Gas prices exactly one year ago - from YaYa. They are a few pennies shy of $4 now. 

Um, it's 18 hours away from being April . . .

She's Simply Sour

A stunning photo collaboration with Yaya and Junie

94K Views

One of my reels that took me 0 effort to create has reached 94,000 views and 10.5k likes. Cool, but why don’t my artistic ones that take effort get this attention?  -Yaya

D'oh

When someone takes the box of plastic utensils from work so you have to eat your lunch using coffee stirrers as chopsticks.

KIng Richard and Will Smith's Oscar Slap

 This was one of the best...maybe the best movies I've ever seen. Well deserved award! He should apologize for his earlier actions tho. Not sure why he was allowed to stay...that's a precedent that I doubt will be upheld. We can't accept ppl interrupting n hitting ppl at awards shows....then letting them stay???

Way grosser behavior than an offensive joke.

I honestly thought the whole thing was a stunt until it wasn't.

- Lisa

 Every MKE based mf'er who is applauding Will Smith - that's the idiotic thinking that got 200+ people murdered in this town last year. Grow up.

Oh. And #this

Will Smith should face sanctions from the Academy

 

Jemele Hill

@jemelehill

Listen, y’all think that because someone plays a character that’s relatable or warm and fuzzy, that’s how they are in real life. A further reminder, you don’t know anyone that is famous.

I posted about Wil Smith's deplorable outburst almost immediately after it happened, but deleted it thinking maybe it was an odd, staged attack. That doesn't appear to be the case. So for the record, Smith deserves to face criminal charges and/or, at the least, a ban from the Academy. What an as$hole thing to do.

Instead, 15 minutes after assaulting someone for saying something he didn't like, Smith is handed an Oscar, gives a laughable speech about being a "vessel of love" . . . and is given a standing ovation by the audience of Hollywood elites who not so long ago also called Harvey Weinstein a "god."

Hollywood, 2022.

 The weather hasn't caught on to spring but my dining table has! Cant wait til the alstro n lilly opens - LIsa

 The weather hasn't caught on to spring but my dining table has! Cant wait til the alstro n lilly open - Lisa

RIP Taylor Hawkins

Taylor Hawkins, drummer for the Foo Fighters,  has died at 50. No details have been disclosed.  RIP

Two Books Junie Read

Junie can't stop raving about They Both Die At The End by Adam Silvera.

On the other hand,  the book I  got her, The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan was apparently a disappointment - much like people who dislike my recommendations. Grrrr

 

Uncle Kenny

My Uncle Kenny just passed away. My deepest sympathy to my Aunt, cousins, and his grandchildren.

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 I need my neck cracked. My chiropractor avoids manual adjustments, recommendation to new one? - Lisa

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