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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsHello everyone
So happy to be here!
So happy about the Biden/Harris ticket.
About myself: am definitely an introvert, love gardening, enjoy reading mystery novels and watching old episodes of Midsomer Murders, retired, live with husband, adult daughter, three dogs and a very old, cranky cat. My major childhood influences were probably Mad Magazine, DC comics, and the Three Stooges. Slightly eccentric. English major, terrible at math. I like mint chocolate chip ice cream.
My favorite topic sections of DU are science and anthropology.
Almost forgot to mention, the Wicked part of my screen name comes from visiting Maine, where people who think something is great say it is wicked good. And the Blue is for Democrats, and also my favorite color.
I keep editing this to explain about "wicked good"
aquamarina
(1,865 posts)Wicked Blue
(5,851 posts)What a beautiful screen name!
aquamarina
(1,865 posts)elleng
(131,111 posts)I like mint chip too!
Wicked Blue
(5,851 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Glad you found your way here!
Ooooh, we have a wonderful group for fiction & many of us are cozy fans. I read 1-2/ day, ususally. 😊
Wicked Blue
(5,851 posts)Impressive!
WheelWalker
(8,956 posts)Blessings.
Wicked Blue
(5,851 posts)BB
sheshe2
(83,905 posts)Wicked Blue
(5,851 posts)Nice to meet you!
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)Mad Magazine and The Three Stooges! Yay!
Wicked Blue
(5,851 posts)Throw any good pies lately?
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Wicked Blue
(5,851 posts)It sounds like fun
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Because I inhale books rapidly, I'm running out of good cozy series. Any recs?
Wicked Blue
(5,851 posts)Both are pseudonyms for Barbara Mertz, who died a few years ago. I love her Amelia Peabody series set in Egypt.
Other authors I like:
Charlotte MacLeod
Joan Hess
Sharyn McCrumb, especially her early novels
Sue Grafton
Margaret Maron
Agatha Christie
Dorothy Sayers
MC Beaton
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Some of my favs are:
David Rosenfelt
"The Cat Who" series by Lilian Jackson Braun
The "Joe Grey" series by Shirley Rousseau Murphy (talking cats!) 😊
Just to name a few!
Demsrule86
(68,683 posts)Love her.
fleur-de-lisa
(14,628 posts)Wicked Blue
(5,851 posts)Glad to meet you!
magicarpet
(14,173 posts)I like mint choc chip,
Shishkabab (lamb),
Rice pilaf,
A nice salad with Greek dressing, (feta),
When are you inviting us over ?
Is there ample room for 4,735 cars to park in your driveway ?
Wicked Blue
(5,851 posts)but you can enjoy my serving of shishkebab, bc i'm vegetarian. I'll have the falafel.
Mediterranean and Indian food. mmmmm
magicarpet
(14,173 posts)Zoonart
(11,879 posts)Pleased to meet you!
spicysista
(1,663 posts)Wicked Blue
(5,851 posts)Thanks for your welcome!
spicysista
(1,663 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,531 posts)Wicked Blue
(5,851 posts)but finally got up the nerve to join
Generic Brad
(14,275 posts)Play your cards right, and you could be queen of the Lounge in no time!
Wicked Blue
(5,851 posts)Queen seems a bit presumptuous
Generic Brad
(14,275 posts)The monarchy would be totally lost without competent bureaucrats.
cayugafalls
(5,645 posts)Nice to have you here.
Have fun!
Wicked Blue
(5,851 posts)I'll try!
TomSlick
(11,109 posts)Headed for the freezer to get a bowl.
Wicked Blue
(5,851 posts)Enjoy yours!
TomSlick
(11,109 posts)Glorfindel
(9,736 posts)I share your love of gardening, mystery novels, and Mad Magazine. Until I was 14 or so, I had an enormous collection of DC Comics in pristine condition. If I hadn't had nieces and nephews, I'd be a wealthy man today. I'm also an introvert, bit of a loner, and an old bachelor. I think you'll love being at DU, and we'll love having you.
Wicked Blue
(5,851 posts)Thank you!
My brother and I were big fans of comics and Mad. My mother detested them but my father figured that they would encourage us to read for enjoyment.
Alas, whenever we were packed off to church camp for a week, she would find our stashes and throw them out. One time she tried to bury them, but we located the grave and dug them up. Our comics never stayed pristine because we lent them to friends and neighbors.
rurallib
(62,448 posts)Wicked Blue
(5,851 posts)Does anyone here remember Soupy Sales?
rurallib
(62,448 posts)Soupy was (supposedly) teaching White Fang to spell. He kept pointing to the letter "F" and Fang kept saying "K" until he (supposedly) said, "How come every time I say "F" you see "K"?
That Soupy Sales?
Wicked Blue
(5,851 posts)Yes, that Soupy.
and you've probably heard the one where he told kids to raid their parents' wallets and mail the green paper to him. Didn't see that show either.
In junior high we all raced home from school to watch Soupy.
He had a really funny show on Saturdays, I think it was called the Adventures of Detective Philo Kvetch or something like that. There were villains called The Mask and Onions Oregano, and a giant gorilla who chased everyone.
mithnanthy
(1,725 posts)I was a big fan of Soupy Sales and loved Pookie and Hippy too! Nice to meet you.
Wicked Blue
(5,851 posts)Do you remember how to do the Mouse/
Midnight Writer
(21,802 posts)Wicked Blue
(5,851 posts)Oh, now I get it, your screen name. Awesome.
3catwoman3
(24,046 posts)Welcome aboard!
I love it when Lawrence ODonnell lapses into his Boston accent and speaks of something being wicked smart.
Wicked Blue
(5,851 posts)Ah yes. wicked smaht,
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,856 posts)Have you checked out the Gardening group? https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1159
And have you ever noticed that the violent death rate in certain quaint English villages seems to be worse than that of Fallujah, and that most of the people who live there have at least one insane and/or homicidal relative?
Wicked Blue
(5,851 posts)The way they go about killing each other over inheritances!
Haven't visited the gardening group, but will do! Thank you!
luvtheGWN
(1,336 posts)And about your name: my Michigan niece, whose daughter has just entered first year Medical School, describes her as wicked smart.
I think the wicked adjective is now in cahoots with "sick" to describe something pretty amazing!
Well, they say English is a living language.......
Wicked Blue
(5,851 posts)That's very interesting. I didn't know the adjective wicked was outside New England. It's incredible how much you can learn on DU.
North Shore Chicago
(3,326 posts)Welcome aboard, I just joined in June after being a long time lurker. Love the engagement and the only purpose politically on this board which is to kick MF 45's ass out of our house!
"What would you do if a girl kissed you?" "I'd kiss her back." "What if she was a real tall girl?"
(Curly & Moe) Plane Nuts 1933
Wicked Blue
(5,851 posts)I too can hardly wait for the ass-kicking he's going to get on Election Day.
Nyuk!
kentuck
(111,110 posts)Wicked Blue
(5,851 posts)I love reading your posts
kentuck
(111,110 posts)That is so nice to hear!
ken