Friday Flotsam

Frrrrrrrrrrri think we’re officially past the snow days! Possibly. Maybe?

Okay, you guys. I heard an ad for VRBO the other day during one of my podcasts, and the girl pronounced it like VERBO. Not V R B O. Not the letters all in the row, but like VERB plus O.

Hahahahah! WHAT? I never knew it was pronounced that way and now I feel super weird inside. Why does that sound so strange? VERBO. If it’s going to be pronounced that way they could at least spell it like Verbeaux. Give it some panache! (<–Anna, see what I did there?)

Verbo. That is just odd. I needed to be at that meeting.

Also that’s the little touch lamp I linked in Stories a while back and you all went bananas. If you missed it then, there it is again!

I have a question about Temu. Have any of you ever used it? Is it Amazon, but . . . not? Because there have been many, many times I’ve scoured Pinterest for whatever this or whatever that and I’ll see something very cute, and it’s from Temu. But when I click on Temu it’s like this jank site with a spinning wheel in the middle and it stays there until you do something. I don’t get it! Can someone explain if the site is a prank? Is it legit? Why the spinning wheel? I feel like an 85 year-old right.

Also I’ve been listening to a lot of scammer podcasts and I trust basically nothing but a dust mote. If that.

Do you Temu? Is it worth it? Do you actually get past the spinning wheel? Pray tell.

Thing is, I’m looking for teeny remote shelf lighting but all the puck lights on Amazon are way too big and I need something chic and delicate. You know how I get in January. Give all me the little jushing projects!

Like this weekend I’m comparing various brass light switch covers for the kitchen. I’ll keep you posted.

I know you’re on the edge of your frickin’ seat.

Also, I suggest not looking at yourself in a drive-through bank mirror. Just avoid that as best you can.

Okay, am I the only one who truly believed that Jeremy Allen White was Gene Wilder’s grandson? I was this week old when I found out that HE IS NOT RELATED TO GENE. Like not at all! How….how is that not possible. It’s too bad Jeremy is hard on the eyes.

And yes, I need to watch The Bear. I know. I hear it’s fabulous. Maybe I’ll slide it into my winter viewing schedule once we finish season one of Only Murders in the Building. (yes we’re only on season one. try not to hate me.)

I need low-investment shows, man! Like 20 minutes per episode, eight episodes, three seasons tops. That’s it. That’s all I can do. Fleabag style! Is The Bear like that?

I GUESS I’ll have to watch Jeremy Allen White. And yes, I’ve seen his Calvin Klein ad only 13 trillion times.

See, if Temu had JAW’s face in that spinning wheel thingy, I’d have purchased half the site by now.

I really needed to be in that meeting.

Weekend plans?

It’s another brutally cold one. But this is it. Come Sunday we’re back to non-cursing temperatures and I just may cry.

I have some kitchen drawers to deep clean today, some cilantro lime shrimp to shoot, two Variety Show practices (we’re ten weeks out!), a podcast to finish, a book to make progress with, some Only Murders in the Building to watch, and the Chiefs game on Sunday. Which . . . let’s take a poll. Is this IT? Or do you think we’ll win?

From this weeeeek::: Broiled Salmon and Broccoli Bowls! Nutritious and delightful. And the video! Also we have Rigatoni with Slow-Roasted Tomatoes. To DIE for. And here’s that video, too.

Okay: Temu. Jank or legit?