Karen’s Opinion

I love CommentLuv. It is always good to give our commentors luv isn’t it? I think that anyone engaging in conversation with me deserves a bit of link juice. Now, I am not saying that I want people to leave comments simply to get link juice. I hope they find what I have to say interesting enough to respond with a comment. When they leave a comment, my CommentLuv plugin allows them to automatically get link juice. I try to go to their blogs to leave a comment but it isn’t always possible. CommentLuv comes to the rescue!

I have been reading about the plugin IntenseDebate and checking to see what it can do for me. IntenseDebate is a blog plugin created by Automattic, and is available for WordPress, Blogger, tumblr, and TypePad. IntenseDebate allows for comment threading, reply-by-email, user accounts and reputations, comment voting, along with Twitter and friendfeed integrations. All of these enhancements are good for my blog in that they, supposedly, gain traffic for my blog.

I just received an email from Andy over at ComLuv. He is working on integrating the CommentLuv plugin with IntenseDebate.

Oh my. So much to ponder.

I am fortunate to work from home so I no longer have to deal with refrigerator theft. Have you never heard of this popular crime? It is when people at work or other shared places, decide your food looks so good that they consider it theirs. Yes, they help themselves to your hard earned leftovers and sandwiches. Personally, it turns my stomach to even think of eating something when I don’t know the condition of the kitchen it came from. Blech. Some people stoop pretty low. I can’t imagine that they are even hungry. I think it stems from laziness. I found the following note funny.

I wonder if they really put something in their soup. The next deterrent is a great one for protecting your sandwich.


That might work unless someone threw it away, thinking they were saving someone from eating a gross, moldy sandwich.

My brother in-law and his wife tried so hard to keep their three year old out of the refrigerator that they put a dead bolt type lock on the fridge! I am not kidding! They tried everything and were to the point of despair when they got out the drill and screws. It would have been so nice to have known about this available at handy item www.FridgeLocker.com.

I can see how this would be handy for those who have room-mates who refuse to stay out of their expensive wines and other items. It would be the perfect solution for protecting medications and keeping them from ending up in a curious toddler or teenagers possession. Kudos to FridgeLocker.com!

A Nation’s Strength
Walt Whitman
Not gold, but only man can make
A people great and strong;
Men who, for truth and honor’s sake,
Stand fast and suffer long.

Brave men who work while others sleep,
Who dare while others fly –
They build a nation’s pillars deep
And lift them to the sky.

Thanks to all our veterans, my daughter included.

I made this bag for a friend. I noticed that I had cut off the witch’s head at every seam! Isn’t that crazy?

Thank you everyone for your good wishes and comforting words concerning my jaw pain. I just wanted to let you know that the medicine seems to be working. Each day my jaw feels better. I am supposed to start taking two pills a day beginning on Thursday. I check in with the doctor in three weeks.

My husband did a lot of cooking on Sunday. He wanted to use his new turkey fryer so badly and he finally had his chance! He deep fried a huge turkey. Deep-frying turkey produces much moister meat than oven-roasted turkey, and it’s not greasy at all. Deep frying a turkey is a great way to make a healthy meal. The hot oil has a flash-frying effect on the turkey, which seals the skin and all the moisture in it. The high temperature of the oil seals the skin, the result is moist, juicy meat. The high temperature keeps it from absorbing much oil — some studies claim a whole turkey absorbs less than a tablespoon of oil!

If you are wanting a new and delicious way to cook your turkey for the holidays, be sure to get your coupons and promos to save on the best turkey fryer. There are two basic types of fryers, gas burner and electric. The traditional outdoor turkey fryer, consists of a large stainless steel pot and an outdoor gas-burner stove/stand. The oil heats up faster using the this type. Additionally, you’ll be able to fry, boil or steam larger amounts of food using the gas-burner models. Electric fryers are safer because there’s no open flame to ignite the oil.

Important tips when frying your turkey:
# Large stock pot – get the largest stock pot possible to prevent overflow of oil.

# Smaller turkeys – for first timers, smaller turkeys (10 – 11 lbs) are going to be easier to handle than larger birds. I would generally recommend 12 lb turkeys or smaller to avoid any oil overflow. Additionally, larger turkeys don’t fry as evenly, as the outside maybe overdone and the inside underdone. It’s better to deep-fry two smaller birds, than risk the fire danger of frying a large bird.

# Submerge your bird – dunk your turkey in your pot filled with water to determine the required oil level.

Try it! You will love the taste and the mess will be outdoors.