[pubmom]

I had an occasion to be around around one of the AP writers in April, while I took NASCAR photos for a magazine my sister-in-law writes for. The poor thing was unable to spell or punctuate correctly. I thought the spell checker on her laptop was going to explode!

Ever since that observation, I've noticed various problems with AP stories.

[lodwick]

Hash Brown Casserole

Approximately 2lbs frozen hash brown spuds
(I can only find the 30oz size, but that's ok.)

8oz sour cream
1 can nacho cheese soup
6 chopped green onions - or to taste
2/3 cup melted butter
16 oz melted Kraft Hot Mexican Velveeta (which is not really hot.)

Mix it all up, sprinkle w/paprika
Bake 1 hour @ 350, or till golden brown - voila.

We've done this receipe for years, and Pam's had
several requests for the receipe, but with the use
of Johnny's Garlic seasoned butter, the crowd went
wild - a totally scraped clean pyrex!

Johnny's GreatCaesar Garlic Spread & Seasoning was
found at my Costco where they were demo-ing it.
Start off at 1/4 - 1/3 the recommended dosage, please.

I think you'll enjoy this product. JL

johnnysfinefoods.com

Apologies up - I'm too lazy to go back and code this post. ;-)

[mountaineer]

A friend of mine has won several first and second place awards in a statewide newspaper contest, and the AP bureau in our state capital rejected her, saying she needed more experience. At what? Writing more award-winning stories? They also came right out and told her that they had heard she once attended a Republican rally, and as there were no Republicans in their bureau, they didn't think it would work out. Blackballed for being a Pubbie (and she's not even a very conservative one, at that!)