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Claire makes the best pecan pie ever. She needs to make into bars like you did so I can eat them more often.

Claire and Sophie are making Tarte Tatin, and Claire already made a pecan pie and a couple of cranberry compotes/sauces. Alden and I aren't doing squat. As Grahame the religious oppressor says, Win!

Happy Thanksgiving, Happy Hanukah, and/or Happy Thursday depending on location, beliefs, and circumstances. Cheers all!

I hope you cooked it until it was black on the outside, Ric. That's how you Freddy is ready.

I think you have your strategy in place, now you just need to execute it Greg!

I too hated dentists based on the sadistic asshole dentist that made me suffer as a kid, and I paid for it with a lot of dental work after years of neglect. I am not perfect about dental hygiene by any stretch, but after realizing that not all dentists are named Dr. Mengele, I started going regularly and have had few problems ever since. I still dislike the experience, but routine stuff is far preferable to the alternative. Good luck with your current and future procedures.

That sounds truly horrible, Mike.

Mini Loki says: Have a great one Bryan, and don't forget to have some beer and whiskey to celebrate. Cheers!

Ditto. That is an unexpected bonus.

I hope you have some more good times with Ozzy, but I know how hard it is to know you are losing a canine companion. Hang in there.

Those look tasty.

Just playing with my new Sony RX1R today. Pulled over for some quick flower shots and then snapped some succulents in our front yard Nothing special, but it was fun to take a picture with a camera instead of a phone.

Happy birthday Phil! Cheers!

I didn't get any text! Planning to call today though so pick up the phone!

Hope you are both having great birthdays with plenty of cycling or beer, as the case may be. Cheers!

The Good: Slept almost 11 hours with a couple of waking periods. Needed to bank some hours because I was way overdrawn. The Bad: It was after noon and I was going to have lunch instead of breakfast so I made an iced coffee with some 2% milk that had an expiration date of tomorrow. I truly wish I had smelled it as a double check because when I took the first (and only) big swig of my triple shot iced latte I almost gagged on the sour milk taste. That is no way to start your day.

Nice work, Absorbine Boudreau!

Another one wishing I were there. Just got back to the hotel from court and popped a bottle that I saved so I could join in Geneapalooza in proper style: Cheers to Gene -- plus thanks for sending this fine brew -- and cheers to the rest of Team Florida (Local) including Vicki who was scurrilously left out the the evening drinking activities! Have fun and keep us posted with way too many pics and posts and inappropriate comments!

Love the Monkey indeed! Hope it was a good one, Dinny, and that much chocolate milk and/or whiskey was consumed. Cheers! http://www.hark.com/clips/rnlnrypkhw-do-you-want-to-touch-my-monkey-touch-him

Al seconds what Al said!

LOL Hope you feel better quickly but give yourself enough time to rest and recover.

Exactly. And stuff.

Is it safe? Unlikely I will sleep tonight with visions of Josef Mengele, D.D.S., floating in my head. That, plus Grahame's plumped up knee is enough to end all though of sleep.

Can't you just make a meager 2nd Lt. do your shift for you?