Announcement: Today, I learned that there is a new rule I may have to deal with a lot that revolves around the word "uncertificated"

Analysis: The word "uncertificated" makes my head hurts.

I'm supposed to write cover letters for Daily Show and Colbert Report.

I knew it. Though I was expecting Letterman. Craig Ferguson would be cool, too.

All your veggie talk makes me kind of sad, being of the supertaster ilk (those for whom flavors are whacked). Hubby came in yesterday with a handful of sugar peas he'd just picked off the plant. "Here, have some of these before I scarf them all." I figured, 'OK, they don't get any fresher, and people keep saying sugar peas are really sweet, so let's try it.' I bit into it, and all I tasted was green and bitter. I shrugged and handed the other half back to Hubby, "Sorry, it tastes like everything else."

He bit into another one and handed me the other half. "Try that one."

I did, the exact same taste. "So you're tasting something sweet?"

Him: "They're like candy, but with a subtle, rich taste, too."

I still think it's a damned plot by the rest of the world. You only dig delightedly into veggies because you've been mindwashed. It must be a little like a blind man having colors explained to him.

Judging by my reaction to grapefruit (people consume those? recreationally? Jaysus) I'd filed myself as a supertaster. But I think most vegetables taste like nothing. Until they kick right over and taste like metal.

However, that worked well for me today--lunch was shrimp (yeah, just steamed shrimp) and a small piece of steamed zucchini. Still moving slowly.

Did Weta exist before the LotR movies, or did they come out of the production effort. I just stumbled onto a National Geographic article about them helping with lizard research that's just a little bit odder for their association with big movies, but less odd when you consider the etymology of their name.

Olives are on the supertaster list, ita. I would consider myself on that side (I hate that term; it makes it sound like one is calling oneself a superhero; it should be more like a handicap), but I don't hate olives. Or mushrooms for that matter-- I don't even get what's objectionable about them.

I'm definitely not a supertaster, but I hate grapefruit, too.

Weta Digital came out of the computer work done on The Frighteners, but Weta Workshop came out of Richard Taylor's work on Meet the Feebles and Braindead.

I want to say Weta did Frighteners, but I'm not sure I'm remembering that right.

I'm supposed to write cover letters for Daily Show and Colbert Report

So. Cool. I've been wondering how that works, how they find the new people to have on and suchlike. I hope you aren't worrying too much about expectations because all this potential and possibility is just exciting.

I'll try pretty much anything a sushi chef wants to put together. Sometimes unexpected things just do not work, but sometimes they do. If I could remember which is which thaht would probably be helpful.

Weta Digital came out of the computer work done on The Frighteners, but Weta Workshop came out of Richard Taylor's work on Meet the Feebles and Braindead.

Okay, very PJ then. Cool.

I dislike olives because they're fibrous balls of salt deposits. I guess they also taste bitter, but I don't get that far into them.

it should be more like a handicap

No shit.

Mushrooms? Perhaps I just average out--most mushrooms don't taste like much to me. I love their texture, though, which is why I eat them. Coffee and beer--those are on the list too, right? Definitely less tolerant of those than most people.

Coffee and beer--those are on the list too, right? Definitely less tolerant of those than most people.

Right, and same here. There should be a comprehensive list somewhere, but I've only found what's supposed to be on the supertaster hit list through bits and pieces here and there.

t issues

I mostly like grapefruit, but if the non-ruby-red variety isn't properly ripe, the bitter is almost soapy.

Green olive= eyeaugh. Black are ok.

Vinegar often makes my mouth want to turn inside out and my cheeks climb on top of my head, but as a component to something else, I'm mostly ok with it. But not in pickled herring. = eyeaugh. Brussel sprouts are eyeaugh and bitter to boot. I sometimes don't like raw green bell peppers. Most of the time, actually.

And cilantro is nummy.

I could live in a world without sushi, mouthfeel issues. This applies to a lot of other things, including puddings and flan.

And a meal can't be all white or have too many colors.

And beer is gross and smells funny. t /issues

My mild headache is caused by a welt or zit in an entirely new place. Ouch.

(I hate that term; it makes it sound like one is calling oneself a superhero; it should be more like a handicap),

Hey, with great power comes great responsibilty.

I love everything that you people hate, especially salt and vinegar. Especially together!!