Armed Polite Society

"contact attempts that would end with local police doing a welfare check "

How will Seren react to that, and how will they react to Seren?  Will the neighbor be able to keep Seren calm or remove the dog?

I know dogs pretty well, and Seren might be feeling protective with you  incapacitated (or dead.)  Animals only seem dumb because they don't talk.

Not to overdo it, but that occurred to me, what with the current "reports" about LEOs shooting the dog.  Note the quotes.

(This thread branch might be of general interest anyhow.)

Terry

I actually get mine from Amazon, even though there are a couple of really good Asian markets in the area.

Well, I see that the "An Appeal to Heaven" flag is the new monster. I might need to switch from my Gadsden Flag for a while. 

My favorite "picture is worth a 1000 words" comeback to the woke morons:



 

My neighbor, a young lass who just graduated from college a few weeks ago, bought $20 of Doge while she was under the influence.

It went crazy for a short window and that $20 became around $12,000.

I suggested that she liquidate it. She waited for a slightly higher bump. It became worth about $20!!!

Ben, have you ever tried cooking with gochujang?

It's a Korean pepper paste that's an absolute staple of Korean cooking. Along with the chilies, there's rice and some other stuff added and then it's fermented.

It's generally really thick, but the spice level can vary widely on what you want.

I decided to give it a try a year or so ago when I saw some videos about Korean cooking.

I hit on a quick dinner "stir fry".

I saute a couple of ounces of shrimp, then set them aside. Then I boil a ramen packet and at the last minute add some broccoli and cook just long enough for the broccoli to either heat through (frozen) or just start getting soft (fresh).

Before that I've prepped the sauce by mixing the ramen packet with a couple generous tablespoonsful of gochujang, 2 tablespoons of dark brown sugar or honey, some soy sauce, some rice wine vinegar, and some sesame oil. I mix that together really well and let it sit for 10 or so minutes for the sugar to completely dissolve and the flavors to marry.

When the noodles and broccoli are done I drain them well, throw them into the pan the shrimp was in and heat over high to drive off most of the remaining water and finish cooking the broccoli. Then I throw in the shrimp and the sauce, heat it through, plate it up and eat a spicy, savory, sweet, dinner.