I can't figure out when to call my father for his birthday. He's in a show that runs at 1 and 5:30. So I guess I'll try to catch him in between on his cell phone?
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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.
Skipping about 500 posts, so: Happy Hanukkah, Jewistas!
Yay! Happy Hanukkah, Shir! We're still a few hours from sundown here, but my mind is already on latkes....
Cooking hivemind question: any recs out there for a good herb and spice-based cookbook? My sister has decided to thumb her nose at the cooking gods who blessed us with black thumbs and has been growing her own herbs and would like a good, basic cookbook.
I've been browsing Jessica's Biscuit and this is what I've come up with as possibilities:
I'm afraid the Herbfarm book may be a bit beyond her. She has NO patience at all when cooking and is liable to just skip steps if the recipes are too involved.
Suggestions?
Happy (pre)Hannukah, y'all!
A series of amazing (and gross) pictures of a fight to the death between a praying mantis and a banded argiope spider:
I'm supposed to go to a show tonight, but it's 30 below or thereabouts, and I just don't want to leave the apartment. I love the band, and it's a benefit for a children's hospital, and yet. Too. Frigging. Cold.
WAY Too frigging cold, if you ask me.
Does the money go to the children's hospital anyway? You're clear, if so....