Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World is a good book. Interesting history, very well told.
Jayne (Husband): Oh, I think you might wanna reconsider that last part. See, I married me a powerful ugly creature. Mal (Wife): How can you say that? How can you shame me in front of new people? Jayne (Husband): If I could make you purtier, I would. Mal (Wife): You are not the man I met a year ago.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 43: I Love My Dead Gay Whale Crosspost.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
dcp - Feb 28, 2006 7:21:24 pm PST #432 of 10001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
aurelia - Feb 28, 2006 7:23:42 pm PST #433 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I'm fine with most veggies as long as they aren't overcooked. It's fruit that I have texture issues with. Berries with all those tiny seeds, hairy skins, all the fibrous structure in citrus fruits. If you get rid of all that texture I often like the flavor.
DebetEsse - Feb 28, 2006 7:23:47 pm PST #434 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Colbert: Filliam H Muffman call-back!
Jesse - Feb 28, 2006 7:24:17 pm PST #435 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I've been told that our Pacific Ocean oysters are inferior and I should try East Coast oysters.
I think they're just different, honestly. But man, good Wellfleets taste just like the ocean. In a good way.
§ ita § - Feb 28, 2006 7:31:49 pm PST #436 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Bell peppers are pretty much one step up from cucumbers from me--just water holders, with a pleasant texture.
DavidS - Feb 28, 2006 8:04:18 pm PST #437 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I've been told that our Pacific Ocean oysters are inferior and I should try East Coast oysters.
Huh. I feel exactly the opposite. Pacific are smaller and more flavorful. East Coast are bigger and creamier.
I prefer the smaller which are perfectly oceanic in flavor. Kumamotos are the smallest and firmest ones I've eaten. Best flavor too.
Kathy A - Feb 28, 2006 8:07:43 pm PST #438 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Sean, Phil specified that only eight legs are going to be elimination. Which is par for the course.
Oh, and I agree that Team Slacker isn't vicious enough a nickname, just because they are so into coasting their way through life. Just, ick. I thought of a better one for Dave and Lori, though--Team Geek Love! They're so cute together.
sumi - Feb 28, 2006 8:10:34 pm PST #439 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
That's a good one! I do think that Team Slacker had a point about READING the clues and doing the tasks as fast as you can --> both are important points. I was kind of hoping that we'd have an elimination at the end of the first hour and another at the end of the second. Oh well. Isn't if funny that the first pit stop is a soccer stadium ?
Beverly - Feb 28, 2006 8:11:07 pm PST #440 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Interesting thread title. What's the whale reference again?
Jesse - Feb 28, 2006 8:13:50 pm PST #441 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Pacific are smaller and more flavorful. East Coast are bigger and creamier.
That's not my impression or experience at all. Hmm.