ita, I think we saw the same documentary you are watching. It was all--here's the myth! Knights of Templar! An ancient murder! Jack the Ripper!.... Nah, it's just a bunch of old geezers, a bit of dress up, a bit of pinocle... good times.
Mmm. Wife soup. I must've done good.
Wash ,'War Stories'
Natter 58: Let's call Venezuela!
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.
Burrell - May 19, 2008 8:28:22 pm PDT #7784 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
libkitty - May 19, 2008 8:31:51 pm PDT #7785 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
Your apartment is adorable, Allyson. It's so pulled together. And I adore your bed. Which seems like a really odd thing to say, but there you are.
And I just had ginormous, delicious, flavorful strawberries the other day. It was bliss.
§ ita § - May 19, 2008 8:34:26 pm PDT #7786 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It was in the end very much a letdown, Burrell. It's the second one on the topic TiVo has given me in the past month, and although the first one had no Illuminati and much fewer Knights Templar, it was a bit more interesting.
megan walker - May 19, 2008 8:35:50 pm PDT #7787 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I hadn't had strawberries in way too long so I ordered some for lunch last week. When they arrived they were HUGE and absolutely without taste.
When it comes to fruit, size does matter. And smaller is better. Go figure.
Burrell - May 19, 2008 8:44:53 pm PDT #7788 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
yeah, HUGE let down if it's the same one I saw. I mean seriously, if that's all there is to your super seekrit ritual--KEEP IT A SECRET for goodness' sake!
Susan W. - May 19, 2008 8:47:36 pm PDT #7789 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I'm hoping to for once find blackberries that are actually tasty, as opposed to just look good--the ones in the supermarket are always just sour.
Just wait till August, and I'll show you a bike path/utility right-of-way with tasty (feral) blackberries growing on either side!
erikaj - May 19, 2008 8:49:37 pm PDT #7790 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
they've done both on "House", iirc. Hey, VictorC. Welcome, rookie, paypal me a quarter. Just kidding.
megan walker - May 19, 2008 8:53:28 pm PDT #7791 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I'll show you a bike path/utility right-of-way with tasty (feral) blackberries growing on either side!
blackberries or blackraspberries? I love blackraspberries.
meara - May 19, 2008 8:56:31 pm PDT #7792 of 10001
blackberries or blackraspberries?
Very different things indeed--my parents have black and red raspberries that grow in their backyard, so I'm very spoiled for the taste of those *already*. And strawberries, we had those too. Blackberries I've never had fresh picked, so I'm looking forward to it. Blueberries I picked in Maine for the first time last summer, and they were a revelation--I was picking them off the bush and turned to my friends and was like "These taste like JAM!!!" I like blueberries fine, so it didn't occur to me that they could taste that much better!
Susan W. - May 19, 2008 9:00:35 pm PDT #7793 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Pretty sure our feralberries are just blackberries. That's what everyone else calls them, and they don't really taste anything like raspberries.
They're not quite as nice as the fancy blackberries and marionberries you can get at the farmers market at the same time of year--they're much smaller and a bit mushier. But they taste good and are yummy in cobblers and jam.