What have you already tried?

Uh...jerk stuff. That's about it. (Thinking back, I may not have ever had jerk goat as such. I've had jerk sauce, and I've had goat...)

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Is there any word on the renewal of Supernatural yet?

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I love Ethiopian and Indian cuisines. They're both stew-like, which I love. Anything in a saucy gravy is good to go for me. (Really the only cuisine I don't like very much - and I've had a lot of it - is Japanese. I really dislike a lot of the flavor palette [palate?]).

Ethiopian has some tangy sour flavors you don't get in Indian. I don't really think of them as similar since the flavors are different, but they do both probably have cumin in common, plus some similar stewed food textures.

As Jesse notes, the bread is kind of like a thick crepe. It's spongey, but I think it's very tasty, and it's perfect for the food.

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Today's Dinosaur Comics was especially funny. To me, anyway: [link]

"What's he doing in space?"
"Character development."

I'm going to have to incorporate that answer to all the unanswerable questions.

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I'm going to have to incorporate that answer to all the unanswerable questions.

I loved the "he pushes against the aether" thing. Aether was postulated in a theory that tried to explain some bizarre results when scientists measured the speed of light in various directions to see how fast the earth was moving. (IIRC this was in the late 19th century.) I think the aether theory was only around for a year or a few years before being disproved. The puzzling results were eventually explained by Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity.

So it's a cool and obscure reference....

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Not officially, but... yeah, probably. Earlier this week they pulled it from the schedule.

Aww. It wasn't my favorite show ever, or even my favorite sitcom after The Office, but it had moments. I loved the kitschy 1970s style credits (they even chose great type face for them) and the theme song.

The cast was pretty good, and the original premise just tickled my silly spot. It was overly broad for my taste, but nearly every sitcom is. Even my own true love, the US version of The Office is overly broad for me (and will continue to be so, unless the directors and editors learn to forget how much they love Steve Carrell and Rainn Wilson) and remember they're making a pseudo-documentary and not an I Love Lucy revival.

Adieu, brave Knights.

I like lentils and puffy bread and spices and yet I am not wild about Ethiopian food. But I feel I should give it another try or two.

It sounded like it was meat-heavy to me, JZ. Is there much you can eat?

Bleargh. I'm feeling not exactly sick, but throat-cruddy and droopy and like it would be irresponsible to go in to work for a bunch of pediatricians down the hall from the intensive care unit -- and, yet, not exactly sick. Just bleh. Matilda is coughing and sneezing and generally shooting fluids out of her fce at a tremendous rate, so she's home with me. She's very cheerful and lively, though; I'm gonna give us both a cold'n'flu aromatherapy bath, and maybe that'll conk us both out for a bit.

A day at home together will probably do you both a world of good. I hope the bath ends in a blissful nap, for you both. FWIW, I think you made the right decision. When my kids were babies and I started getting that almost sick feeling, downtime was the only way to stave off real illness. I think your immune system is weaker becaue of the sleep dep.

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Connie, nope. Just mixed speculation from the various TV experts, who are clearly using the Magic 8 Ball to determine things.

My 20+ year streak of loving cult TV and living in constant fear of cancellation remains unbroken. Go Team Me. Why can't I love normal shows?

Oh, that reminds me -- my new neighborhood is heavily West Indian (I don't know what specific island, if any), and I need recs on what I should be keeping an eye out for, grocerywise. What Jamacian delicacies have I been missing out on all these years?

Tamarind balls.

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It sounded like it was meat-heavy to me, JZ. Is there much you can eat?

There's a ton of vegetarian options in most Ethiopian places.

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I've never tried Ethiopian food, but it sounds like it might be good--I've just recently discovered how yummy Indian food is, so I think I'd like to try Ethiopian.

Thanks for all the good wishes, everyone!

Allyson, I've been thinking that, if your publicist doesn't want to do this, I will--when your book comes out, I'll buy an extra copy and send it to Nick Digilio at WGN radio, who is a big pop culture and genre TV/movie geek. He's interviewed Tim on air at least once that I know of, so I know he'd really get into your book!

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I stopped at Walgreen's to buy a drink (hey, look, they have a Cherry Coke Zero version), and Reese's peanut butter eggs were on sale. So I obviously had to buy a couple.

The guy at the register pointed out some new Reese's candy crunchy bar thing up front and asked if I wanted to try it. I had to explain to him that Reese's peanut butter eggs were the candy of Easter dating from my childhood, and that I was sticking to them.

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