Anyone remember the X-Files episode about the Creutzfeldt-Jakob cannibals? Oh, yeah.

Yes. I have friends from the town where that story was set.

The actual cause for the full cooking may be something from way back, but I think mad cow disease has heightened cooks' awareness of the regulations. I can now order a well done steak and get well done, as opposed to the medium rare because the chef thinks it tastes better that way steaks of a few years ago.

I is an ethnocentric jerk. Apologies!

I gave my nephews the Firefly DVDs for Xmas last year. When I saw her this year, my S-in-law, not a notable SF fan, mentioned how much they enjoyed them, and how all four of her family are looking forward to the movie....

we only serve burgers well done

that is so wrong.

I'm planning to lend my dvds out for the first time next week. I'm lending them to my friend's dad who will be recovering from open heart surgery. I think I will be able to trust him not to run off with them.

I'm a new Buffista--any prize for actually hitting your age?

(or not. what about top 30?)

I think I will be able to trust him not to run off with them.

or at least you can be assured of being able to catch him.

also: so maybe the Reavers just had CJD? And were misunderstood.

so maybe the Reavers just had CJD?

they got it from eating space squirrel brains?

Which reminds me. Lori, I saw an animal in Hawaii I couldn't identify. I first spotted it scurrying away from a trashcan near a picnic table in a state park. And then one running across the road. It looked kinda ferrety. I've been calling it a Road Weasel. But I was wondering what it really is? Do ferrets run wild there?

(Also, I had a GREAT time there. I cannot wait to go back and explore more. It's a totally fascinating, not to mention beautiful, place.)

they got it from eating space squirrel brains?

Space monkeys.

lisah, those are mongoose. mongeese? mongooses?

brought in to eat rats, but they are diurnal, rats nocturnal. Not so much with the meeting and eating.