Illyria: We cling to what is gone. Is there anything in this life but grief? Wesley: There's love. There's hope...for some. There's hope that you'll find something worthy...that your life will lead you to some joy...that after everything...you can still be surprised. Illyria: Is that enough? Is that enough to live on?

'Shells'


Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork  

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.


aurelia - May 22, 2011 11:36:11 am PDT #9318 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Is he any worse than those who believed him?

I think so. He's the man in a position to influence lots other people and he used that influence to convince people to throw away their future. Even if he is a true believer that just makes him guilty of a lesser "crime". Like manslaughter vs murder. Even if he didn't intend to, he has cause a lot of damage to his followers.

ION, we're under a tornado watch until 10pm.


Dana - May 22, 2011 11:38:10 am PDT #9319 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

We got rhubarb in this week's CSA. I have a rhubarb crumble planned, but I'm a little dubious.


Hil R. - May 22, 2011 11:40:41 am PDT #9320 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

We got rhubarb in this week's CSA. I have a rhubarb crumble planned, but I'm a little dubious.

I'm considering a rhubarb pie. My grandmother used to make one that looks like it was a lot like this [link] but without the meringue, and I'm trying to figure out how to veganize that crust. (Right now, I'm betting on soy yogurt to replace the egg yolks. I'll give it a try and see how it works.)


amyth - May 22, 2011 11:42:12 am PDT #9321 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen

amych, speaking of web dev, I gave a friend of mine your contact info who needs a website. He may have/may be emailing you. Hope that's okay.

It's either for his own company or for a smart grid startup in Durham that he just started working for.


Connie Neil - May 22, 2011 11:51:21 am PDT #9322 of 30001
brillig

I've always been skeptical of rhubarb, this vegetable thingie that's supposed to make sweet pies. Of course, the easiest way to get rid of that skepticism would be to simply *eat* some rhubarb pie, but that way lies the consumption of other dread vegetables. And nobody wants that.


shrift - May 22, 2011 12:01:03 pm PDT #9323 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

ION, we're under a tornado watch until 10pm.

I was thinking about going out and getting some exercise, but apparently nature wants me to stay in to clean the bathroom and make split pea soup.


le nubian - May 22, 2011 12:12:18 pm PDT #9324 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Connie, the only thing that makes rhubarb sweet is sugar. It is incredibly tart. You have to sugar the life out to get it edible. I will only eat strawberry rhubarb pies for this reason. I ate a slice of rhubarb pie and was not pleased.


amych - May 22, 2011 12:14:23 pm PDT #9325 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

amyth, it is VERY ok!


Ginger - May 22, 2011 12:15:18 pm PDT #9326 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Rhubarb is only technically a vegetable, like tomatoes are technically fruits. It requires sugar, which removes it from the vegetable category.

I don't really understand how people can believe in the end-of-the-world crazies, but mocking them after their lives have fallen apart is ugly.


Dana - May 22, 2011 12:19:44 pm PDT #9327 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

Some of the rhubarb is pretty green, so I'm considering adding extra sugar. It's a cake with a streusel topping.