Now I don't necessarily expect make it ... but I will try for a noble goal. 150+ Lest you should be impressed, I am mainly going to do books on my physical TBR/TBRreread. That goal seems more necessary than impressive. :-)

-----Tom Smothers, one of The Smothers Brothers, has passed away. He was in his 80s.

People must really like casseroles lately ... with cold weather approaching. I see links popping up. I should raid my mother's recipe box/books (that I inherited). I like retro casseroles.

My 2024 Goals

-----Do research on the history of Extreme Poverty and what it has led us to.
Start compiling what the Bible says about poverty and truly think about it.
-----Pray for someone I thought I knew ... who let there financial hardships and worries eat them up.
-----Make more salads!I especially want to do stone fruit salads (maybe not plums, so much). Did you know that olives are a fruit (and a stone fruit)? ----'Write a lament.

This is a list in progress. :-)

-----Corned-Beef Salad with Thousand Island Dressing and Rye Croutons
The description given for the dressing:
.....the real old-fashioned kind with “islands” of pickle relish, hard-cooked egg, and chopped scallion.

-----Corned Beef Sandwich Spread
-----How it became Irish American to have corned beef and cabbage. Instead of bacon(ham).
And this is where canned corned beef is likely most popular.
-----Corn Beef with White Sauce. Wasabi white sauce.
-----There is such a thing as Corned Beef Spaghetti. Does that even sound good?
-----Corned Beef Coleslaw. Hmmm.

"Maine shooting: Lewiston police were warned about Robert Card weeks before massacre"
He made veiled threats. Were these threats to other reservists. It seems like he has been a concern for about a month.

Saying a prayer for:
At least 18 people dead! Also 13 wounded.

And was Robert Card, the shooter, was a Reservist ... currently?
///" after he threatened soldiers at a southern Maine National Guard Base in Saco."
Currently ... he is diseased. And found by a dumpster ... that's not very typical. Okay, that explains it. He used to work for a recycling plant.

Memories

I am different from 2009:
----I don't enthusiastically play ANY games that are on Facebook. No Farmville or Cafeworld or ... whatever. Do you have any recommendations for an enjoyable game on Facebook??
-----I still grow Christmas cacti but the current one is at a loved ones house. They asked me to leave it there for them to enjoy ... as I am pretty much always working. I wish I could get them to consider forcing it to bloom like I have done with cacti in the past.
-----My dog used to try eating the papers from the many muffins I made. I must look up new Lemon Poppyseed and Triple Berry recipes. I don't even own a muffin tin!

-----If you were going to catch your own shellfish for dinner, what would you catch? Prawns, langoustne, lobster? Would you aim for getting some seaweed, too? I am hungry!

-----"Shrimp scampi is a garlicky, buttery delight"
-----Think about the best crusty bread you have ever had ... would it go well with Shrimp Scampi? Do you know where to get a good crusty bread??
-----Small personal goal: fidn a twist on Corned Beef and Cabbage that I haven't tried yet.
-----Fear less and live more. :-

Weiner Melange will happen.

-----Minor goal: Make a Weiner Melange (coffee drink similar to a cappucino).
~~~Then make one that is lactose-free for my son. Speaking of milk, TasteAtlas describes a Weiner Melange as being more like a cafe latte.
I have seen Melange mentioned in books ... sipping a Melange at an Austrian cafe. Maybe I will live long enough to do that! :-)

So, how do you feel about all this?

Reading about the many things Mr. Trump is in court, or going to be in court, for. He answered ALL the questions about his finances at the second indictment, as he has always said he would ... and did not go for the 5th amendment (this time). BUT being accused of so MANY things ... always makes you wonder about the accused and accusers. Then there is also the prospect of moving into an age where our leaders have multiple convictions staining their recent past!

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