I'm Jonesing, Rob Schneider, Kohler, and cooking

 Seems I'm not a boomer anymore.  Never felt like a boomer.  I'm Generation Jones, 1954 to 1965.  

Generation Jones is noted for coming of age after a huge swath of their older brothers and sisters in the earlier portion of the Baby Boomer population had come immediately preceding them; thus, many complain that there was a paucity of resources and privileges available to them that were seemingly abundant to older Boomers. Therefore, there is a certain level of bitterness and "jonesing" for the level of freedom and affluence granted to older Boomers but denied to them

Many came of age during the 70s and early 80s. They shared similar pop culture and MTV with Gen X'ers. They were young adults navigating the workforce in the 80s and 90s, but still felt the 2008 economic crisis. This hit them hard because they had to help and advise their older Millennial children while also providing for their younger Gen Z kids.

BUT WAIT - bottom line is this! 

Key characteristics assigned to members are pessimism, distrust of government, and general cynicism.

WHAT? pessimism?  distrust of government?  I don't see it  LOL 

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The sprayer on our kitchen faucet broke.  Tried cleaning it and vinegar and so forth but no. The tipping point was when it would not shut off which was a serious problem. 

It's a Kohler faucet and trying to find a replacement sprayer was a nightmare.  SURPRISE - the connections are NOT standard.  

After a trip to Home Depot and then Menards we see we needed a Kohler sprayer.  OH - yea we could change the hose but LITERALLY - we cannot see where the hose connects to the water.  It's hidden behind are huge industrial garbage disposal. So we would have to remove THAT to change a hose. 

We searched and search for our faucet.  Finally found it - contacted Kohler and they gave a link to a replacement sprayer.  SADLY it's discontinued and SADLY it's replacement is ALSO discontinued. 

Searched on the net and a building supply place has it for $58!!  WOW!!  So I looked to see what our faucet cost.   WHAT?    $520?????   It was not that much when we got it 3 years ago!  I don't think.

All we have to do now is wait 3 to 8 weeks for delivery. 

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I think I mentioned we got an air fryer and LOVE it.  So many awesome things we have made including some fantastic donuts.  

Just biscuits with a shot glass hole punched in the middle and 6 minutes at 400 in the air fryer 

 brush on butter and cover with cinnamon.  SO GOOD  

 

 Tonight I'm doing something special that you will see next week.. . . if it works.

In my past life I was a cook at a few restaurants.  I was born premature with not a fully developed stomach ( seems good now) so I was a picky eater as a kid.  I learned to cook my own stuff and am no longer picky (much) 

ANYWAY - I love cooking and am the cook of the house. I watch all sorts of cooking shows  and we started watching  Amy Schumer Learns to Cook.    If you watch this 30 second trailer I actually made those latkes they showed.

https://youtu.be/Y-xDP9xge0o 

SO anyway - they created a mushroom pasta dish that looked really good so last night I created the same dish using basically their recipe.

Everything was going great and it was wonderful but I kept thinking it needed something more.  I could not put a finger on it until DJ said.  "I think it needs spaghetti sauce".

WAIT A MINUTE - what I just made was SPAGHETTI, WITHOUT THE SAUCE!!  Exact same recipe LOL  BUT NO SAUCE!!   

Maybe I need to have my own cooking show and just leave out the main ingredient.  I KNOW - I'll make pizza WITHOUT PIZZA SAUCE and call it White Pizza!!! 

It's actually a fun show and I've learned a few things.  

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We're up the Episode #3 in The Great which is GREAT!!   We don't binge and have a certain night we watch stuff.  Tuesdays nights are The Great night! What a funny and dramatic sexually charged show and in real life. Catherine the Great was sort of like that.  Heck - her marriage was not consummated for 12 years so what is a girl to do.  Her husband, Peter von Holstein-Gottorp (Peter III) was an immature idiot and Catherine pretty much slept her way to the top (from the bottom).

She was AWESOME and got rid of  Peter III to take charge (died mysteriously) . She was the patron of the arts, literature, and education of which was sort of illegal before she took charge. The Catherinian Era is considered the Golden Age of Russia.

Great show although it's "anti-historical"  and only loosely based on reality.  

Elle Fanning is fantastic as Catherine 

 

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OH - a wonderful musician that I really like is Ellie King.   What I did not know is that she is Rob Schneider's daughter!!  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA-bTnz4S4I

    

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND