Score! Today we got a Dipsy doll (the green Teletubby) and a play slide (Little Tykes Easy Store Jr., retails for $35!) for Ulysses at Savers. We also got a nice area rug for the carpeted area by the couch where he eats (and hence makes a mess).

Rug: $5. Slide: $4. Dipsy: $3. While Don was at the checkout and U and I were elsewhere in the store putting back a big stuffed Spongebob Squarepants and U didn't seem interested in (far less than Don and I were), I suddenly remembered! -- and then scooped up U and went   more »

OK, as promised, here it is: the best stuffing I've ever eaten!

This was influenced by some stuffing recipes in Joy of Cooking, 1975 edition. (Not the nasty, upscale-designer-y New Joy, updated, tamed and eviscerated for the new, "lighter," modern lifestyle!) No fear-mongering about the dangers of food poisoning from stuffing cooked in the bird that wasn't cooked to a high enough temperature. You just make sure to cook it long enough - duh!

The other influence was the recipe on the bag of Brownberry stuffing bread cubes, unseasoned.

In Joy, I learned that oysters were once a staple feature in   more »