Because I'm in That Sort Of Mood, I just looked up 1st editions of SWTWC. $1,650. Ouch.
Zoe: I thought you wanted to spend more time off-ship this visit. Wash: Out there is seems like it's all fancy parties. I like our party better. The dress code is easier and I know all the steps.
'Shindig'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Atropa - Jun 16, 2010 10:56:37 am PDT #22850 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Daisy Jane - Jun 16, 2010 11:01:59 am PDT #22851 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I have an ancient edition of King Solomon's Mines and a few other really early editions. Not sure if any of them are firsts. I also have a nearly complete set of early 1900s edition of the Yale Shakespeare Library.
Oh, this book talk reminds me! So Jon bought me a Kindle from a friend of ours for about $70. Shortly after, Ozymandias (once again living up to his name) ate it. That same friend bought one of the bigger Kindles a few weeks ago, and GAVE ME HIS! How awesome is that?
beekaytee - Jun 16, 2010 11:07:30 am PDT #22852 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Pretty damned awesome DJ. Congrats!
I have a 1945 translation of Felix Salton's Bambi, featuring a letter from the author. And a 1919 Three Men in a Boat. The cover of TMinaB is lovely red with gold gilting, but the cover has come off. Sad.
Kathy A - Jun 16, 2010 11:15:43 am PDT #22853 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I still drool over my godfather's rare-book collection. He has all of the first editions for both Tolkien and Jack London.
Calli - Jun 16, 2010 11:34:00 am PDT #22854 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Does anyone have suggestions for cooking summer squash, please? My usual thing is to lightly steam or bake a vegetable, then hit it with butter and/or vinegar. But steaming and baking leave summer squash slimey. Likewise putting them in casseroles. My usual solution is to just not buy summer squash, but they're coming in with the CSA now so I'm stuck with them. Can I use them in bread like zucchini?
lisah - Jun 16, 2010 11:35:26 am PDT #22855 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
I saute squash/zucchini with onion in olive oil. With herbs if I have them or just S & P. No sliminess happens.
lisah - Jun 16, 2010 11:35:41 am PDT #22856 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
Or skewer and grill.
Strix - Jun 16, 2010 11:36:00 am PDT #22857 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Squash is delicious sliced, tossed lightly with olive oil, garlic and pepper, and grilled.
Aims - Jun 16, 2010 11:36:47 am PDT #22858 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I put it in spaghetti sauce. Or grate it and put it in ground hamburger or turkey and grill.
Toddson - Jun 16, 2010 11:44:25 am PDT #22859 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
The mother's stealth vegetable technique?