I forgot about dinner

Well, that might be because dinner over the past week was really boring. Last night we had hot dogs (on sale, and as autocorrect helpfully reminded me, they are NOT dogs) with parsnips and carrots in an orange glaze (nothing to write home about, which means I'm still looking for a really great parsnip recipe), and green beans with butter.

I'm not even going to tally the cost. The night before we had paprikash using leftover chicken and potatoes, and the night before that it was chicken soup using leftover chicken, carrots, parsnips, egg noodles, and peas. Monday we had the chicken, but nobody ate any, they all felt sick. I do not suggest being sick as a way to cut grocery bills.

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A French MP was fined 3,000 euros on Thursday for a racist outburst in which he said “maybe Hitler hadn’t killed enough gypsies” during the Second World War.

http://f24.my/1ayf40k

DEATH DUST
The valley-fever menace.

http://nyr.kr/1a2oHV2

Republicans are still trying to save traditional lightbulbs. It likely won’t work.

http://wapo.st/1b3QXB6

Gay couples in a civil partnership in the UK can't currently marry without first effectively getting a divorce. It's not as funny as it sounds.

http://bit.ly/1bmuy23

Israel now offers free abortions for nearly all women

http://bit.ly/1aDAuDn

Tiny People’s Adventures In The World of Food

http://bit.ly/KxwDS4

Stephen Hawking: 'There are no black holes'

http://bit.ly/1dB5kwG

An insider’s story of the global attack on climate science

http://bit.ly/1cZit2F

Isn't it strange how five periods of cooling can add up to a clear warming trend over the last 4 decades?

http://www.skepticalscience.com/graphics.php?g=47

Twelve facts about guns and mass shootings in the United States

Make that eleven facts, one has an editorial note saying it was wrong.

http://wapo.st/1enauxt