r/kidsinthehall

I was fired suddenly from a gigging cover band I have been with for over a year this weekend after a 3 hour rehearsal. It was handled in a very unprofessional manner as well by the band leader.

I would accept that my time with the band is over, however, I was told I'm expected to play with the band through the 11th, covering 4 remaining shows until their new person can fully commit. Is this normal? I do not really want to spend time around these people after doing this. Would y'all play these remaining shows or not?

Edit: There is no contract clause saying something about continuing after being fired

Edit 2: I am not playing the gigs. Negotiated for some things and still negotiating for others.

I want to make a presentation to some finance friends and I’m old. I grew up on Kids in the Hall. I want to put together some clips about money such as the momentum skit. Can you recommend other Kids In The Hall skits about money?

Getting to the point:

1. Peel and cube the potatoes and dump them into already boiling salted water. Why? they cook faster this way and are already seasoned when it's time to mix them into the dressing.
2. After using a mesh scoop to remove the potatoes from the boil water, use the scoop to put in the room temperature eggs for boiling. Taking the eggs out to warm while prepping the potatoes means they come up to temperature in the boil water faster Using the same water from the potatoes saves energy.
3. Allow the potatoes to chill completely through in the refrigerator while doing the rest of the prep. In fact, several hours of cooling to the point of being stone cold is best. this allows them to firm up so they don't turn into mashed potatoes when you stir them into the dressing.
4. After the eggs are done, blanch the carrot pieces in the boil water for five to seven. Fresh carrots add a bit of color to the salad, but they are very hard. I have learned to blanch the carrots so they're vibrant in color and a bit softer.
5. Hold aside a quarter cup of the softest potato bits and pieces to mix into the dressing to thicken it and give the salad body
6. When you make the dressing, make sure everything is cold cold cold. I keep my mayo, relish, celery and the cooked/blanched ingredients in the fridge until everything is completely cold so i don't end up with mushy mess.
7. Prep the dressing with everything but the potatoes so they can be stirred in last. Mash the eggs. The soft potato bits that you held aside in step 5? Now is the time to mash those up and stir them in. Stir in the REAL MAYONNAISE, sweet relish, finely chopped celery, finely chopped onion (a little goes a long way) finely diced blanched carrots, chopped dill pickles if you please, yellow mustard, a splash of your preferred type of vinegar, a hint of sugar to taste, celery seed, a shake of onion powder, a shake of garlic powder, black pepper, and salt to taste. Yes, taste the dressing without the potato chunks. it should be delicious on its own. If you need to adjust seasonings do it now so you don't end up stirring and stirring with the potatoes already mixed in. Doing that only breaks up the potatoes and you end up with potato salad flavored mashed potatoes. And that's not the objective.
8. Once the dressing is perfect, fold in the cold potato cubes. Stir gently so you don't destroy them.

That's it! Those are my tips for making potato salad that looks great and has the perfect (in my opinion) texture and mouth feel. Let me know if you try this and how it turns out.

EDIT: There's been a lot of concern expressed about carrots 😄 To be clear, I'm only using less than a quarter of a carrot for a batch of potato salad that uses four potatoes. The carrot is diced very small. It really is mostly decorative. Just bright flecks of orange in a sea of creamy yellow.

Just saw Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma last night. Everyone cheered when they saw Kevin in it. Loved when he showed up. So unexpected. I didn't know he was in it.

Am I the only one who finds it odd that the film soundtrack doesn’t have the movie’s opening instrumental?

My household consists of my 4 year old. My 9 year old step child and my girlfriend. I am 36 year old small business owner and she is a high school teacher. We have a little girl who lives next door who’s almost 9. Her and my step child and my 4 year old are simply inseparable. The 9 neighbor girl is a very good kid. Kind, well behaved, polite, says please and thank you. Amazing with my 4 year old. However, they are simply not the cleanest people. That is okay with us if they are not, It’s not our business. With that being said that uncleanliness is starting to appear to us like child neglect. The neighbor girl is always dirty. We only saw her in one set of clothes all summer long. She is at the age where she has body odor. She seems to be hungry more and more when she comes over. She is currently not allowed in our house because she came over for a sleep over with a lice cap on. We asked her if she had lice which she said she did but her parents just told her to put a lice cap on. I reached out to the father via text and asked him why the hell he would do that and his response was something to the effect of “that wasn’t his department, she may have it but he didn’t really know.” Me and my girlfriend are pretty torn up about it and not sure what to do. I do maintain a mutually respectful relationship with the parents who live 159!feet away. Calling cps is a last resort. I do not think they would get involved due to the state we live in as long as there is a roof over her head and something in the fridge. We’ve bought her clothes but they are just never washed and eventually seem to disappear. We are looking for some advice on how to handle this gently but effectively.