Okay, follow-up on my "What's the deal with bacon?" misunderstanding of last night. The person who asked that did so because she was at a party where people kept talking about bacon (within a conversation about all kinds of food), and she thought "bacon" was maybe code for some kinky sex act or something.

And I am not even kidding.

I feel so much better about my misunderstanding of her question.

Bacon is bacon, yo. And sometimes god.

But am I wrong in thinking it's way more overtly, consciously slashy than was common at that time?

Hmm. I don't know how far after Starsky and Hutch this was, but that show was also kind of insane. This is based only on the many vids I've seen, but I'm pretty sure shrift will back me up.

I don't know if anyone associated with Wiseguy has ever commented on how deliberate that subtext was.

Ooh, Nora, I bet it will be amazing. Please report back. I need to eat delicous brunch vicariously through you. (Since I have not much brunchy goodness in my kitchen right now.)

I'm pretty sure shrift will back me up.

I'm thinking that Wiseguy storyline was 1987-1988, and I think Starsky & Hutch ran from 1975 to 1979. Starsky & Hutch set a high bar for hurt/comfort and manly clutching (not to mention the cuddling), and they often dressed up as gay stereotypes and once slow-danced with each other in their captain's office, and it ended with a love triangle and Hutch climbing into Starsky's hospital bed, so...

Miami Vice was pretty darn slashy, too, circa 1984.

Bonanza was amazingly slashy.

I just tried on a dress I bought in July and it doesn't so much fit anymore. I am terribly dramatic about this sort of thing, but excuse me while I go leap off a cliff.

Additionally, I need to buy a floor-length formal dress that is also not strapless, and it seems like all the dresses that fit this criteria look like they were designed for people 20 years older than me. I understand that I need to dress conservatively on the ship, but... I also want to look my age.

Try two drops of alcohol to one drop of white vinegar for drying your ears. That's a remedy a swimming coach reommended. Vinegar neutralizes the alcohol sting.

I also saw ear plugs in the drugstore designed for swimmers with water in the ears.

And then when the heat stops the younger cat tries to beat the vent into producing more heat

He's sweet. Not always the brightest, but sweet.

Puppycat will sit in front of the living room vent with her face full in the warm air blast. Or she just goes and lies down full length in from of my bedroom heater. She is a heat ho.