How many blogs have I written that started off with a hamburger? I’m afraid to look. Anyway, this was last night’s dinner and while chowing down I decided it does NOT get any better than this.
This is a 1/3 lb Bubba Burger on an Arnold Potato Roll. It’s topped with sauteed peppers & onions, and steak sauce. Hands down, Bubba Burgers are the best burgers you can buy. Those are Red Robin Steak Fries, and if you cook them just right (32 minutes in a cold oven set to 425F, shut off the oven, open the door to let out steam, then close it for 2 more minutes)… absolute perfection.
That roasted broccoli is God’s gift to man. Cooked a little longer than 30 minutes? Delicious. Take it out a little earlier than 30 minutes? Delicious. You can’t go wrong.
Okay, enough of my meal. Speaking of meals, why am I always taking photos of my lunches & dinners? I don’t always share them here, but I still take ‘em. If you’d like to see more pics, why I’d be happy to.
I wanted to say something about my friend Diana. After my last post, three people reached out and asked if something special was going on with us, and if there wasn’t, how come? That was nice they asked, I got a big kick out of it. But if I gave anyone the wrong impression there was more between us, I’m sorry.
The simple truth is, Diana & I are only friends and will never be more than that. Diana lost her husband to covid 3 years ago, and now wants to devote her golden years to her garden, church, events in her community. (She lives in nearby West Virginia.)
As for me, I’m not ruling out the possibility of hooking up with someone someday, but I’ll be just fine if it doesn’t happen. I like my apartment in the city, I like watching too much tv and eating too many hamburgers. And I am not a church goer. And that’s that.
Finally, here’s that “extra” I wanted to share about my new space heater. What you’re looking at below is my LASKO Oscillating Tower Fan. It has 3 speeds, rotates, has an ionizer feature, and it came with a handy remote.

I bought this fan in 2017, and it’s been a real champ. In the summer, it distributes the cool air from my main vent throughout my lving room. It does the same with warm air in the winter.
3-4 years ago, the remote stopped working. I replaced the batteries, it didn’t help. I contacted Lasko, and they sent a replacement. It didn’t work either. When I let Lasko know, they said “The remote isn’t the problem, it’s the circuit panel in your fan.” Made sense to me.
The fan has manual buttons on top, but then the IONIZER button stopped working, and the highest fan speed went next. But here it is, 8 years later and I’m still using it.
Okay—a couple days after getting that Dreo space heater, summer finally arrived in Pittsburgh and I decided it was time to pack it away until the fall. (Our building won’t switch over to heat until October, and there’s bound to be some chilly days come September.)
I’m not the type to just toss it in the closet—I packed it in it’s original carton, packing materials included. After it was safely stored away in my bedroom closet, I came out into the living room and DOGGONE IT—I forgot to pack up the heater’s included remote.
I sighed and plopped down on the couch, picked up the remote and aimed it at the TV, pressed the ON button for no particular reason. My LASKO fan to the right of my set suddenly came on. What the—!!
I pressed the Oscillator button—my fan began rotating. I pressed the timer button, the fan increased to speed 2. I pressed it again, it went to Speed 3. Speed 3 hasn’t worked in 3 years!
I pressed the ECO button on the remote and the blue IONIZER light above my fan lit up. That hasn’t worked in 3 years either!
So not only did that little space heater deliver some much needed warmth, it’s given my old fan some new life. I did look up both brands (Dreo & Lasko) and they are not owned by the same company, they are competing brands. So go figure!
Okay that’s it for now—until next time, thanks for listening and take care everyone.