Hello everyone

[Wicked Blue]

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. Howdy and Welcome!

[Wicked Blue]

39. Hi aquamarina!

What a beautiful screen name!

[aquamarina]

47. Thank you.

[elleng]

2. Welcome!

I like mint chip too!

[Wicked Blue]

3. Wonderful!

[SheltieLover]

4. Welcome to DU! 😁

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]

38. That's a lot of reading!

Impressive!

[WheelWalker]

5. ... and so happy to have you here. Welcome!

Blessings.

[Wicked Blue]

30. Thank you!

BB

[sheshe2]

6. Welcome to DU!

[Wicked Blue]

37. Thank you so much!

Nice to meet you!

[Newest Reality]

7. Welcome to DU!

Mad Magazine and The Three Stooges! Yay!

[Wicked Blue]

29. Nyuk nyuk nyuk

Throw any good pies lately?

[SheltieLover]

8. Here is link to fiction group!

https://www.democraticunderground.com/119315576

Hope to see you there.

Yum! Mint chocolate chip!

[Wicked Blue]

10. Thank you!

It sounds like fun

[SheltieLover]

12. It is! 😊

Because I inhale books rapidly, I'm running out of good cozy series. Any recs?

[Wicked Blue]

20. Anything by Barbara Michaels/Elizabeth Peters

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]

26. Tyvm!

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]

50. I have all of Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michael's books.

Love her.

[fleur-de-lisa]

9. . . .

[Wicked Blue]

36. Hi fleur-de-lisa!

Glad to meet you!

[magicarpet]

11. Hello,.. welcome aboard...

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]

21. The pilaf and salad sound great

but you can enjoy my serving of shishkebab, bc i'm vegetarian. I'll have the falafel.
Mediterranean and Indian food. mmmmm

[magicarpet]

22. .

[Zoonart]

13. Welcome!

[Wicked Blue]

32. Hi!

Pleased to meet you!

[spicysista]

14. Welcome, Wicked Blue!

[Wicked Blue]

35. Love your screenname

Thanks for your welcome!

[spicysista]

51. Thanks!

[Arkansas Granny]

15. Welcome to DU. i think you'll enjoy it here.

[Wicked Blue]

33. I've lurked for some time

but finally got up the nerve to join

[Generic Brad]

16. We're happy you're here!

Play your cards right, and you could be queen of the Lounge in no time!

[Wicked Blue]

23. Maybe associate deputy assistant to the vice-president of the lounge?

Queen seems a bit presumptuous

[Generic Brad]

49. You know where the real power lies!

The monarchy would be totally lost without competent bureaucrats.

[cayugafalls]

17. Welcome!

Nice to have you here.

Have fun!

[Wicked Blue]

34. Hi cayugafalls

I'll try!

[TomSlick]

18. Mint Chocolate Ice Cream!

Headed for the freezer to get a bowl.

[Wicked Blue]

24. I just finished a little dish of it

Enjoy yours!

[TomSlick]

25. I did!

[Glorfindel]

19. Welcome to DU, Wicked Blue

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]

27. I love your screen name

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]

28. Howdy Doody and hello

[Wicked Blue]

31. Oh, those bring back warm memories!

Does anyone here remember Soupy Sales?

[rurallib]

41. did you ever hear the Soupy Sales story of "When I see 'F' you see 'K'

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]

42. I've heard the story but didn't see the episode

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]

59. Welcome Wicked Blue

I was a big fan of Soupy Sales and loved Pookie and Hippy too! Nice to meet you.

[Wicked Blue]

60. Thank you, mithnanthy!

Do you remember how to do the Mouse/

[Midnight Writer]

40. Welcome, Wicked.

[Wicked Blue]

43. Thank you, Midnight Writer

Oh, now I get it, your screen name. Awesome.

[3catwoman3]

44. What a great screen name.

Welcome aboard!

I love it when Lawrence O’Donnell lapses into his Boston accent and speaks of something being “wicked smart.”

[Wicked Blue]

46. Thank you, thank you

Ah yes. wicked smaht,

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

45. Welcome!

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]

48. Yes! A most murderous race, those Brits

The way they go about killing each other over inheritances!

Haven't visited the gardening group, but will do! Thank you!

[luvtheGWN]

52. Welcome, Wicked Blue!

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]

55. Thank you!

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]

53. Greetings to you, Wicked Blue!

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]

56. Hi North Shore!

I too can hardly wait for the ass-kicking he's going to get on Election Day.

Nyuk!

[kentuck]

54. Welome, Wicked Blue!

[Wicked Blue]

57. Thank you, it's an honor to meet you

I love reading your posts

[kentuck]

58. Thank you!

That is so nice to hear!

ken