Son of Yvonne is a wonderful song that falls under the radar when people list great rap songs that honor mothers and mother figures.

You've heard Dear Mama by Tupac dozens of times. Mix it up some this year.

Son of Yvonne - Master Ace - Son of Yvonne (2012)

#cosomusic

https://youtu.be/0ir8OIX7vis

So, full disclosure here, I was actually disappointed today when I realized that this week's episode of Halo doesn't air until the 5th.

I don't know when it crossed over from just being an enjoyable watch to something I am counting the days until the next episode drops but ...

I think the biggest hurdle is to accept that this halo universe is completely different than the video game, instead of finding all the reasons why it's not the same as the video game.

I hear some of y'all here this.

Boosting this poll for the day crew. I'm curious. Because with everything going down, I think it's necessary to be reminded of how much in $$$ it actually costs to give birth.

Just making a point here since one of the arguments in the decision is that health care coverage covers pregnancy/delivery.

I'm curious here. How much was your medical bill when your kid(s) were born. Not what the insurance covered, but what you and your significant other has to come out of pocket with.

For me and my wife, our first kid we had to drop $4,500. Half of that had to be paid to the OB/GYN before the baby even arrived because the practice had gotten burned by people being unable to pay the delivery bill.

Second kid was $5,300.

And again, this was our out of pocket, not the portion paid by ins.

So you wanna post 57 articles about how we were warned back in 201X about all the things that are happening right now.

And you keep posting.

But everyone saying, this is what's next, these are flashing neon warning signs of danger to come is over-reacting huh?

As long as it makes you feel smug and superior then cool I guess.

You cannot win the battles that have already been fought. There are a whole crapton of battles raging right now. Step in and fight.

And don't even get me started on my chakras 😅😅😅

Wait, so all the worst timeline BS of the last 3 years happened and the damn thing wasn't even turned on?!?!

A reminder that almost 30 years ago, if I had Twitter as a teenager, I would have posted ignorant AF tweets about OJ getting a not guilty verdict.

Almost all the black students were running on the way to bus excited that OJ was free. We were sold a story that it was yet another story of the police in California trying to frame another innocent man.

Which was the exact opposite of what the OJ trial was - a rich dude buying high powered lawyers to avoid accountability.

Instead of making this as a response to a certain person, I might as well throw my thoughts out into the void about J and his old tweets that people are upset about.

The opinion of Zimmerman was not an uncommon opinion among people involved in the armed forces at the time. I have several friends who went through the same transformation after initially siding with Zimmerman.

I can't hold it against them forever. I have to judge on who they are now, and the direction they are trending.

Welcome back CoSo!!!

Enjoy these thoughts from one of the great philosophers of our time.

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#3 - Learning about the importance of aerating and/or sifting flour.

I was always super envious of the pancakes at a diner near by. They were always so fluffy and light. I had a killer pancake recipe, but my pancakes were always super dense. They tasted great but were never fluffy.

I cannot empathize how much of a difference buying a sifter and measuring the flour after it has air in it changed up my baked goods.

I should have learned fundamentals sooner. 😑😁

https://www.bobsredmill.com/blog/baking-101/how-to-sift-flour/

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#2 - Learning about chicken and proper cooking temperatures.

This also applies to other meats provided you check for charts. My chicken would be sometimes dry, especially on the smoker. I couldnt figure out why, when by the time I got the deepest part of the meat to 165°, it was super dry.

Turns out that killing the bacteria in meat is a function of time, and especially in a slow cook, hitting 150-155 for a sustained period is just as good, and prevents dry meat.

https://blog.thermoworks.com/chicken/chicken-internal-temps-everything-you-need-to-know/

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#1 - Learning more about salt. I hate that I have to shill for Morton's salt, but they had one of the most informative and straight to the point salt conversion charts.

Where as before I didn't understand *why* certain recipes called for coarse salt or fine crystals or whatever, now I do. And even better thanks to this chart, I know the conversions for when I don't happen to have the right kinds of salt.

https://www.mortonsalt.com/article/salt-conversion-chart/

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, I have focused on really stepping up my cooking game. I notice a big difference and my family especially notices a difference between what I put on the table now vs what I was serving 2 years ago.

I credit the change to learning some fundamentals. I'll share 3 links that really changed how I look at cooking.