And Cate Blanchett.
Sort of random Cate Blanchett, from what I remember. Like, the fellowship stumbled upon her and she gave them brooches.
Early: Where'd she go? Simon: I can't keep track of her when she's not incorporeally possessing a space ship. Don't look at me.
'Objects In Space'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Steph L. - Dec 20, 2011 10:57:36 am PST #17080 of 28288
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Sue - Dec 20, 2011 11:01:58 am PST #17081 of 28288
hip deep in pie
Apparently you need it for some Canadian meal called "fish and brewis" which also requires something called "scrunchions."
Newfoundland meal. We always had hard tack. It's amazing that I didn't break a tooth on it.
I thought scrunchions were pretty universal. They're pork rinds, really.
DavidS - Dec 20, 2011 11:08:16 am PST #17082 of 28288
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Honestly, though, he's a nerd and he doesn't know this stuff? Amazing.
He addresses this directly noting that he purposefully avoided getting into High Fantasy because he was already gay and ubergeeky and getting bullied incessantly, and fantasy didn't jibe with his few saving social connections in punk rock and being a teacher's pet. Also it was frowned on with his conservative Christian upbringing. He wasn't really allowed to read much or see much growing up.
Connie Neil - Dec 20, 2011 11:16:18 am PST #17083 of 28288
brillig
He wasn't really allowed to read much or see much growing up.
Ah, I see. And he's making up for lost time. I think I'll waste my afternoon reading his coverage of The Hobbit.
Atropa - Dec 20, 2011 11:43:21 am PST #17084 of 28288
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I really kind of want to set Mark of Mark Reads/Watches up with the StuntHusband, but StuntHusband is incapable of keeping his mouth shut about spoilers.
flea - Dec 20, 2011 1:19:42 pm PST #17085 of 28288
information libertarian
I was thinking of making tourtiere for Christmas eve! Jesse, do you have a family recipe? Dani told me about it.
Hil R. - Dec 20, 2011 1:24:46 pm PST #17086 of 28288
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I just finished reading "The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie" by Alan Bradley, and I thought it was really great, and something a lot of people here would enjoy. Classic sort of English country mystery, except that the sleuth is an 11-year-old girl. And there's stamp collecting and chemistry and all sorts of other stuff.
Jesse - Dec 20, 2011 1:24:52 pm PST #17087 of 28288
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, we just cook up ground pork with onion and a potato (cut up, mash as you go), spice it up with cinnamon, clove, salt and pepper, and throw it in a pie crust. I can give you more specific info if you want, but the written-down family recipe is total BS (as they are) so you may as well google.
Jesse - Dec 20, 2011 1:25:36 pm PST #17088 of 28288
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
"The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie" by Alan Bradley
I liked it too, but not as much as my mother, who leans more to the cozy and YA sides of things, so yeah.
Gris - Dec 20, 2011 2:00:33 pm PST #17089 of 28288
Hey. New board.
I loved it muchly, though I didn't like the sequel quite as much.