This, from the country that gave the world vegemite.

Hold on for a moment.

You're telling me there's something worse than - gasp - marmite?

(FTR, my mom loves marmite. But she was also born in Manchester, which might give the idea of why, the hell).

Rachel Maddow Mixes Cocktails With Jimmy Fallon, Says He Needs To "Drink A More Manly Drink" (VIDEO)

Hobbyist mixologist (and MSNBC darling) Rachel Maddow appeared on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" Tuesday night and demonstrated how to shake up a Bijou cocktail.

"I'm like a mean dork about [drinking]," Maddow said, explaining that while she does not cook she has a full bookshelf of books about 19th century cocktails.

Maddow also scoffed when Fallon claimed to like a nice Bud Light Lime — "No you don't!" she said — and told him that he could "drink a more manly drink" than his go-to Gin & Tonic.

TV alert for tonight: PBS's Great Performances this week has Ian McKellan as King Lear!! Chicago's WTTW is showing it tonight. Three hours long--set your dvrs accordingly!

You know what I love?? Peanut butter sandwich with green olives on the side.

And peanut butter and chocolate.

I am at a loss for words to describe this....

Cat Shit One - The Weirdest Anime Series Ever?

This is how you blow my mind. With realistic animals. In realistic warfare. Animated. And called “Cat Shit One”. On TV. In Japan.

eta: from another blog:

Apocalypse Meow is the Americanized title of Cat Shit One, a dark and befuddling manga series by Motofumi Kobayashi. Published in the late 90s, the book features a team of fuzzy wuzzy widdle bunny wabbits in an American special ops team battling the forces of cutesy wootsy wily Viet Cong kitty cats on a wide variety of historically accurate, often graphically violent recon missions. Characters are depicted as different species according to nationality; Yankees as rabbits, the Vietnamese as cats, Frenchmen as pigs, Koreans as dogs, Australians as koala bears, etc.

Yyyyeah. Cute Overload it ain’t. Or Watership Down, for that matter. And now, it would seem that Anima Studio has produced an equally gory animated trailer/short based off the manga. Only this time, special ops team Cat Shit One is in the Middle East, fighting… Taliban camels? Taliban camels wearing… turbans?

Oh god. Oh my god. Ohmygodwhatthefuckbarbeque, even.

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Hogwarts Castle made from matchsticks.

All artificial "fruit" candy flavors are gross. This is why I stick to desserts made of chocolate and peanut butter.

Amen.

I am on day three of tweaked neck and shoulder. Not excrutiating, but constant and with some movements sharp pangs.

Day four for me. I expect mine to last at least another week given the 12+ hour days in cold theatre and a very non-ergonomic tech table.

Reese's Peanut Butter Cups--God's gift to confectionary.

Peanut butter and jelly--euw.

ION, it's snowing today and apparently the entire population of my town only moved here in the last three weeks, because it was like "OMGWTF! What is that stuff on the road!" Yes, people, it's been unseasonably warm, are your memory cells set to dissolve when the outside reaches a certain temperature?

It must be nice to live in such a doglike state of wonder: "Wow! Sunshine! Have you seen this? Look! Water! This is so cool! OMG!! Snow! Why has no one told me about this stuff?"

Also, my customers are all competing for "Clueless Dork of the Year" this morning.

Also, what's with the epidemic of tweaked necks? I had to go to the doctor for one last week.

So far this morning, I woke up at 5:00, which wouldn't have been so bad if I had fallen asleep before 1:30, realized belatedly that my dress is the wrong length to wear with my boots, found a bad scratch on the trunk of my car, and discovered that Lexis isn't working.

I want a do over.

Or peanut butter and chocolate.