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Somebody just signed up as a paid subscriber from this post. Thank you! It tickles me that someone finds my mental shavings amusing enough to pay for them.

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I'd like more of these vignettes - they're kinda like a personal peek into your psyche. Thanks for the tip on cleaning the cast iron. I'll tell you something you might find a little 😱 I rarely wash my cast iron; between uses I keep it in the refrigerator. Once in awhile I am forced to give it a good scraping, but I hadn't thought of boiling water in it to give it an extreme clean. 🙏

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Never use dish soap on a cast iron pan or put it in the dishwasher or it will rust. Fortunately, if it does rust, you just scrape the rust off (you can buy them specifically for this purpose), wash it really well with dish soap, then dry it really well. Then using a kitchen or paper towel, rub the pan all over with a thin coating of a neutral oil (I use avocado, but you can use canola or olive oil). Then bake the pan upside-down in a 500 degree oven for an hour. Let it cool for 24 hours. Pan will be like new!

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I’ve put Cafe Bustelo on my shopping list!

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Josh, do you like all Star Trek films or just this one? I grew up with the series and loved it. “Harcourt Fenton Mudd!!!” -one of the best names shouted by a harridan ever.

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Lol Mons Felinis. That’s awesome 😊

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SJWs are the result of being bullied. Savior complex, martyrdom, the whole thing.

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Cute pictures of Josh and Shredder will always sell. :)

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