The Coffee House

[Gary A.]

What is annoying as it is kinda cool ... my neighbor has a pair of turbine roof fans, earlier today when the wind picked up the turbines started howling ... it sounded like a ship's fog horn. I could only hear it from the side yard ... so not too annoying.

 

[sm4him]

Had some nice parmesan crusted chicken with spaghetti. Was delicious.

That does sound good. But Mary Lou is on a bit of a healthy eating thing right now. So fish is slightly better than chicken ... but tomorrow I'm planning on chicken. Either carbonara or Marsala. But parmesan sound pretty good also.

I'm on the opposite of a healthy eating thing right now.
I had dessert for dinner tonight.
Met some friends for dessert to celebrate a birthday; didn't have time to eat dinner between work and our get-together, so I decided I'd just have dessert first and then see whether I had room for dinner.
But it was a BIG piece of dessert. Turned out, of the five of us, only ONE had eaten dinner. LOL

 

[Gary A.]

I'm about to head out directly into the rain to get some kale, celery, peppers, et al. I may just say to hell with it all and cross the wet yard and get some apples.

You feeding food?

Apples for the salad. Kale's a bit plain so we spice it up with mango and apples and stuff.

 

[Gary A.]

Had some nice parmesan crusted chicken with spaghetti. Was delicious.

That does sound good. But Mary Lou is on a bit of a healthy eating thing right now. So fish is slightly better than chicken ... but tomorrow I'm planning on chicken. Either carbonara or Marsala. But parmesan sound pretty good also.

I'm on the opposite of a healthy eating thing right now.
I had dessert for dinner tonight.
Met some friends for dessert to celebrate a birthday; didn't have time to eat dinner between work and our get-together, so I decided I'd just have dessert first and then see whether I had room for dinner.
But it was a BIG piece of dessert. Turned out, of the five of us, only ONE had eaten dinner. LOL

When I was much younger, sometimes I just order a bottle of wine for dinner. Everybody else would eat and I just drank my dinner. The good ol' days.

 

[Gary A.]

The salmon is gorgeous ... a golden/reddish with caramelized lemon/orange/lime/wine juices ... just did a final flip to get the flip side a bit crunchy.

 

[limr32 1]

I had my yellow pea and squash soup, some baby romaine and tomato salad, and edamame.

Salmon takes marinade really well. It's hard to go wrong. Some nights I'll just throw random stuff into the marinade bag and it still comes out delicious. Honey almost always makes an appearance.

 

[Gary A.]

mmmmhhhh ... honey. Next time. Okay, soups-on, see you guys.

 

[pgriz]

Listened to an interview (on the radio, that anachronistic medium) of Nina Teicholtz on her book "The Big Fat Surprise", which then had me interested enough to look a bit into the evidence for and against her thesis that saturated fats work better for humans than complex carbohydrates. Her idea is very seductive, but now I'm starting to dig into the background and the counter-arguements to see how much of her approach is journalistic license and how much is fact. For those who are interested, her book is here: The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet: Nina Teicholz: 9781451624434: Amazon.com: Books

 

[Gary A.]

mmmmhhhh, butter, meat and cheese.

 

[bribrius]

hmmm. went to store. Got the last half gallon of almond milk, they were out of stock of bananas. No cream of corn left. ... Plenty of soda though go figure. Did get mangerine oranges though. .suppose that is something.

 

[bribrius]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
557 PM EST MON JAN 26 2015

...DANGEROUS COASTAL STORM TO AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT INTO
TUESDAY NIGHT...

.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OFF THE DELMARVA PENINSULA WILL MOVE TO
JUST SOUTH OF CAPE COD BY TUESDAY MORNING...STRENGTHENING
SIGNIFICANTLY BY THAT TIME. SNOW WILL QUICKLY SPREAD INTO THE
AREA FROM SOUTH TO NORTH LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY...AND
WILL LIKELY BE HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY. WINDS WILL BE STRONG ON
AND NEAR THE COAST...PRODUCING A PERIOD OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

MEZ018>028-NHZ010-013-014-270900-
/O.CON.KGYX.BZ.W.0001.150127T0300Z-150128T0900Z/
INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-
INTERIOR WALDO-COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-
KNOX-COASTAL WALDO-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-
COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...NORTH WINDHAM...
GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...
WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY...BIDDEFORD...SACO...
OLD ORCHARD BEACH...KITTERY...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...
WESTBROOK...BATH...TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...
WALDOBORO...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST...
LINCOLNVILLE...ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER...
PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON
557 PM EST MON JAN 26 2015

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
4 AM EST WEDNESDAY...

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS CREATING BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 18 TO 24 INCHES.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL INTENSIFY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH AS THE NIGHT
GOES ON. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE MOST LIKELY DURING THE DAY
TUESDAY. SNOW WILL WIND DOWN LATE TUESDAY...BUT MAY LINGER INTO
WEDNESDAY.

* WIND CHILL... WIND CHILL READINGS WILL EXCEED 10 BELOW ZERO AND
COULD APPROACH 20 BELOW ZERO AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS..IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. STRONG WINDS MAY LEAD TO
SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS AND SINGLE
DIGITS COMBINED WITH WINDS WILL LEAD TO BITTERLY COLD WIND
CHILLS. IF YOU ARE STRANDED OUTDOORS IT COULD BE POTENTIALLY
LIFE THREATENING.

* WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TO NEAR 10
DEGREES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

 

[bribrius]

• OvernightSnow with widespread blowing snow. The snow could be heavy at times. Low around 6. Wind chill values as low as -14. Blustery, with a north wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of 5 to 9 inches possible.
• TuesdaySnow with widespread blowing snow. The snow could be heavy at times. High near 12. Wind chill values as low as -16. Blustery, with a north wind around 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 10 to 14 inches possible.
• Tuesday NightSnow with widespread blowing snow before 11pm, then snow likely with widespread blowing snow between 11pm and 3am, then a chance of snow after 3am. Low around 12. Wind chill values as low as -8. Blustery, with a north wind 15 to 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.
• WednesdayA 30 percent chance of snow showers before 10am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 23. Wind chill values as low as zero. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
• Wednesday NightMostly clear, with a low around 3. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
• ThursdayMostly sunny, with a high near 28.
• Thursday NightSnow showers likely. Cloudy, with a low around 18. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
• FridaySnow likely. Cloudy, with a high near 32. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
• Friday NightA 30 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 9.
• SaturdayMostly sunny, with a high near 18.
• Saturday NightPartly cloudy, with a low around 3.
• SundayPartly sunny, with a high near 18.
• Sunday NightA 30 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -1.
• MondayPartly sunny, with a high near 15.

 

[Gary A.]

It's raining here.

 

[Gary A.]

hmmm. went to store. Got the last half gallon of almond milk, they were out of stock of bananas. No cream of corn left. ... Plenty of soda though go figure. Did get mangerine oranges though. .suppose that is something.

You mean Mandarin Oranges ... those giant tangerines?

 

[bribrius]

It's raining here.

i am happy i went to the store. My wife always buy the cheap bread, or italian bread. i can't stand it . bought some of the twelve grain bread while i was there. I don't even know how she eats that white italian bread chit, or expects me too.