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Candace, as I said before, there is always goodness in the world, and often when we least expect it. Two stories from the international airport in Khartoum, Sudan, where travelers were required to declare all electronic devices and foreign currency upon arrival and accounted for on departure. If a laptop was declared, the make and serial number was noted next to the entry stamp in one’s passport. The same process was used to record foreign currency a traveler arrived with.

Thanks, Dan, yet again, for this Reason to Smile. Springsteen, like you, is a national treasure, and this song describes the reality of the disrespect and disregard shown to our veterans by too many presidents. President Biden said it so well in the “debate,” - it’s our sacred duty to take care of those who fought for our country, especially those who fought due to made up excuses for American involvement (can you say “weapons of mass destruction”?

"This is the ineffable,the mundane, the wondrous." When life seems (is) hellish it is those little elapses of 'normal' time where you feel yourself unexpectedly transported to a tiny, beautiful elsewhere that doesn't care about your problems yet seems to absolve them all, just for that minute, sublime moment. You capture that so succinctly here. Your post was wonderfully written and as others have suggested, relatable. But the concluding note was transformational.

this recipe is such a treasure! two more questions, if that’s ok: 1) do you have a temp measurement/cue for the milk before it’s added to the eggs 2) re: ganache, should we wait for the cream to melt the chocolate on its own *before* start mixing it? what does “wait a few minutes” mean, until it has melted a bit? until it has cooled? thank you for this update 🤍

I wouldn't worry about the Californians who are moving in. At least the ones I know, they are moving out of California and to places like Tennessee (Oklahoma, Texas, etc etc) precisely to get away from the crazy because they themselves are not crazy. I'm not so sure about the university people, though. Expand full comment ncG1vNJzZminoJq7b7%2FUm6qtmZOge6S7zGinrppfma63tcObo5qbm6yyrbjRp5msppOYunC8jpymn56VmnqiusNmmqiumZmMtsDMmKqoraKYsn68zqyrX5uforqmutOsdK2qpZpztsDMmKSenJmqun7DxJs%3D

-I had not seen that Spice Girl video and I needed that. 🙏🏼 -Ry Gos doesn’t need to be so good at SNL but he just cant help himself. I watch his Santa Baby sketch from few years ago quarterly. -It would be so delightfully meta to see her sing I can do it with a broken heart 💔 -I’ve saved all the links you shared. The line about how being a good girl is unsustainable from Michelle’s piece 🙌🏽

Fire of a thousand suns is right when it comes to how America treats its parents. What I hate the most about this whole system is how powerless it is. We’re so bogged down with the drudge of just keeping our heads above water we don’t even have the time or energy to demand better. I’ll be honest, my family is having serious conversations of seeking greener pastures. This is unsustainable and it’s so sad that the burden of the next generation of society is left on the shoulders or a few.

Hi Andrea, Sorry to have missed your comments, and not to have responded 'til now. I only became aware of your comments on 12/26/22 and needed some time to not just consider your questions, but how to respond with some degree of brevity. With all but the last question I managed to be brief, whereby I apologize in advance for the length of my final answer. Your questions were so good, I had to spend some added time flushing out my thoughts.

IMPORTANT: use the web and not the PDF version, because the PDF is missing the step to add butter to the topping I took this to Thanksgiving and everyone loved it. I used speculoos cookies instead of graham crackers and I wondered if I needed all that butter, was worried when oil sat on top of the crust before baking, but it turned out fine. I used springform pans and there was minimal sticking.