Thursday, July 10, 2025

Bobservations

The other night I was cleaning up after dinner and I saw something on the countertop and I politely said to Carlos:

“What in the holy hell is this Jed Clampett, petrified wood  contraption doing on my counter?”

“I was hoping you’d see it.”

“See it, it confirms that we are officially white trash.”

The ‘it’ in question was a whisk that Carlos thought needed a bigger handle so he went into the yard and cut a branch off a tree and turned that into a handle. He then, apparently, used the whisk to stir the Special Roadkill Stew he’d prepared for dinner.

It’s not really much of a struggle for Tuxedo, but he is doing his part and being very patrioti-cat.

It’s kind of shocking that Florida can build a Concentration Camp in the Everglades in four days but can’t help its own citizens in an actual hurricane.

There’s a reason why the “Big Beautiful Bill’s” Medicaid cuts don’t hit until 2027. The GOP planned to blow it up after the Midterms to blame the Democrats whom they are afraid will be taking over Congress.

Don’t forget the truth.

Sometimes, just walking through a meadow in the middle of nowhere you can spot some cakes in the wild.

The other morning after breakfast I was in the bedroom changing into a pair of Causal-Lay-About-The-House-Because-It’s-Sunday-and-I-Want-To-Read shorts … specifically the black ones. I said to Carlos:

“Have you seen my black shorts?”

“I haven’t seen any black shorts in about three years.”

I guffawed.

“Blind humor is funny. But I can’t find my black shorts.”

“Are they in the laund-“

“No.”

“Are they in the hamp-“

“No.”

“Are they in another drawe-“

“No.”

“Are you wearing them already.”

Silence.

“And they call me the blind one.”

Last week y’all weighed in on The Great Kitchen Island Debate going on at Casa Bob y Carlos where Carlos didn’t want his sheet pans stored on the other side of the island from where there are now because he didn’t want to have to walk the 24 inches …

This week I spoke with the cabinet maker and they have faux door panels so we can move the door to Sheet Pan Central to where it’s always been and leave everything else as designed with faux door panels making it all look seamless.

Happy now?

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum has sent a group of firefighters and rescue personnel to help search for flood victims in Texas. After all the hate from this regime. After all the racism toward brown people from this regime. After all the anti-immigration policies aimed at brown people. She helped. She did the right thing … for a Red state that would never do the same for her.

That’s leadership and power; that’s a woman.

Julian Morris is a 42-year-old British actor who is married to fellow actor Landon Ross and likes taking off his clothes; but enough about that, Would You Hit It?

51 comments:

  1. I actually find that new whisk handle rather ingenious. The fact that the Big, Beautiful Bill is set to blow up after the midterms shows you how confident the Republicans are of losing them.

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    1. It might be ingenious, but we've had that whisk forever and suddenly he's found the perfect tree branch for it!

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  2. Mexico responds in a neighbourly fashion when the US is struck by tragedy, unlike Net A Yahoo who creates a crisis in Gaza and then offers to build a concentration camp for all those not murdered by the IDF.

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    1. It's sad these days that our neighbors to the North and South are the good neighbors and we're the crack house.

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  3. Hahahaha, the cake trolling!

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    1. I saw that and thought, 'Debra is gonna love this one!'

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  4. The Blackshorts were followers of fascism in past times. They had them in Italy, in Nazi Germany and even here in Merry Olde England. May I suggest that you wear red shorts instead Bob as you are a left-leaning liberal. It is rumoured that the current president of the USA wears black shorts when he is chilling out in Trump Tower or at Mar-a-Lago before another long night of furious tweeting on Truth Social (i.e. Lies Social).

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    1. If I ever found out that orange lump of flesh was wearing black shorts as a relaxation outfit, I'd torch my closet.

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  5. I'm glad to hear about the change in the island. ;)

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    1. Once I knew they had faux panels, the decision was made.

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  6. Now, come on, that was pretty ingenious of Carlos to repair that whisk. Better than him trying to drive to the store for a new one, right? 😉😉 (See, my sight isn't as bad as his, but it's getting there. So, I get ya, Carlos, I get ya!).

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    1. Sadly, though, the whisk was not broken and we have had it for well over 20 years. He simply decided to create a new handle for the thing.

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    2. It "looked" broken to me. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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  7. Cleora Borealis10:43 AM

    💰 How come you moneybags wasted money on a whisk way back when anyway? Couldn't you Jeds just head out to the back 40, or maybe the barn, and grab the small pitchfork when ya need to scramble some eggs? 🤪😘
    ✊️ Kudos to Carlos for winning the sheet pan wars! 🫡
    😻 As always, Tuxedo Rocks!! 🤘

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    1. Back 40??? Barn??? Pitchfork??? Chickens???
      Huh, what, huh???
      Tuxedo was whip smart!

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    2. Anonymous9:11 PM

      Well, Bob, you brought up Jed Clampett. Just carrying through! 😘

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    3. I'm more Ellie Mae though!

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  8. Anonymous11:06 AM

    Jamie (jannghi.blogspot.com): LOL at "Jed Clampett petrified wood contraption"!

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    1. That was literally my first thought!

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  9. Oh, Carlos is gonna win, babes.
    And OF COURSE the Big Ugly Bill is gonna show its ass in 2027. That way, the rubes will have time to justify it (but the pain will be intense, nonetheless).
    As for Julian, yes. And twice over the weekend.

    XOXO

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    1. He does win rather often, though I sometimes let him win.
      Julian by the pool,. please.
      xoxo

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  10. Anonymous11:31 AM

    the dog's mother
    (Carlos) (Tuxedo always)
    xoxo :-)

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  11. I thought that handle was a small block of moldy cheese. They're going to check me for glaucoma next week. I've always used a fork instead of a whisk.
    I like all of the cakes featured today.

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    1. It looks like moldy cheese; we have two whisks and both have handles, but for some reason Carlos Clampett though he'd whittle a new one!
      I was a little cake heavy today!

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  12. Oh my god! SG asked me yesterday if I was washing his blue shirt. He couldn’t find it. “Look in the mirror,” I said. Excellent cake trolling! Julian Morris does naked well.

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    1. Another episode where I'm SG!!!!
      Julian seems to like The Naked.

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  13. I think Carlos's whisk is quite innovative, and even has a certain primitive appeal. Some people might pay big money for that! LOL

    So many cakes, so little time.

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    1. Maybe I'll put it up on Etsy and make some coins???
      A lotta cakes this week.

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  14. I may have to learn to bake, just so I can pull that trolling cake on what few MAGAs we have here and OMG did I laugh at the black short's incident. I've heard of people wearing glasses on their head while looking for them, but items of clothing is a first, LOL.

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    1. I couldn't stop laughing after I'd search all the drawers and the laundry and the hamper for the black shorts I had on. Oy!
      That cake would be a great MAGAt gift!

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  15. The answer to the black shorts question was so obvious that even Carlos could plainly see it. I love that he knows you and your habits so well that he can lead you through a shaggy dog story and into the conclusion.

    Will Jay

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  16. I loved the black shorts story. That would be something that I'd do!

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    1. We both got a laugh out of that one!

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  17. Anonymous7:22 PM

    Luv the cakes on display :)
    -CA jock

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  18. Jed Clampett, haha.
    I felt a little emo as I read about the Mexican firefighters.
    I would have said no to Morris, but he has such a nice wide smile.

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    1. Mexico is a much better neighbor to us than we are to them.

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  19. I love the interactions between you and Carlos. You both have a quirky sense of humour. But I do have a question, do you only own one pair of black shorts?

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    1. I do own one pair of slip on black cotton shorts to wear about the house and sleep in.
      And I, too, love Carlos' sense of humor!

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  20. I have sorely missed this post and your snark and humor.

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    1. Welcome back! Can't wait for you to regale us with your escapades!!!

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  21. Is that your actual kitchen bench?? it's beautiful!
    Mexico, this Australian also thanks you.
    Love the Clampett whisk handle.

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    1. No it is not! ours is nowhere near that enormous!

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  22. Ha ha to that whisk. My mom had a small saucepan which I reckon she got before I was born (I'm 66 now). The "enamel" part of the handle broke and came off and yet she kept on using it by gripping just the metal centerpiece of the handle - until my sister ceremonially threw it away in front of her one day. I guess growing up poor it was a natural reflex not to waste things but there are limits - and we were definitely no longer poor at that point!

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    1. That seems fine to me, but this whisk wasn't broken. Carlos simply decided after twenty+ years of having it to replace slap a tree branch over the handle like some hillbilly Macgyver!

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  23. The little details, like where the baking sheets are stored, makes a huge difference in the long run.

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    1. It does; especially with someone visually impaired in the house, organization is key.

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