What's the what with Mos Def/Yasiin Bey? Which name is he going under, and should I file his pics under the former or the latter?
Book: I believe I just... I think I'm on the wrong ship. Inara: Maybe. Or maybe you're exactly where you ought to be.
'Serenity'
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§ ita § - Jul 03, 2012 9:09:29 am PDT #12567 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
sj - Jul 03, 2012 9:14:57 am PDT #12568 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Thanks, sj. I seem to recall actually making some of those recently, or maybe they were Scots griddle cakes. Something like that, though: a dense slightly-sweet biscuit with raisins, cooked on the stovetop.
The two are probably very similar. And this started a conversation with TCG about how we both really want to go back to Wales. We were only there for a few hours.
Jesse - Jul 03, 2012 9:18:29 am PDT #12569 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
He's Yasiin Bey now -- there was a long piece on the Awl about him recently.
beth b - Jul 03, 2012 9:21:57 am PDT #12570 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
happy birthday , sj!
§ ita § - Jul 03, 2012 9:32:54 am PDT #12571 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
So should I call him Yasiin on the website, or go with the name that has the most familiarity behind it?
Tom Scola - Jul 03, 2012 9:33:10 am PDT #12572 of 30001
hwæt
Interview was rescheduled for Thursday.
Consuela - Jul 03, 2012 9:34:00 am PDT #12573 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
So my SIL sent my sister & me each a $200 gift certificate for a famous high-end local spa (the Claremont, for the Bay Area-istas). And after examining the price list, I have discovered that $200 will get me a long massage, and... that's about it. The day packages, with two treatments and a meal, start at $330 and go up. A 50-minute massage is $150 there.
Bzuh? it was really generous of her, but I wish she'd gone for one of the less prestigious spas, we'd get more for our money...
ETA: And yes, definitely a "my diamond shoes are too tight" problem, I am aware.
amyth - Jul 03, 2012 9:39:37 am PDT #12574 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Happy Birthday, sj!
Sorry about the apartment, Jesse.
Future interview ~ma, Tom!
SuziQ - Jul 03, 2012 9:49:41 am PDT #12575 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
FWIW, Consuela, the one time I got to luxuriate at the Clairmont Spa, the whole experience was more than just the massage. You aren't rushed in and out, you have full use of the sauna, and I don't remember what all else, but it felt like I got more than just an expensive massage. (Note, this was over 10 years ago...so...who knows what it is like now)
-t - Jul 03, 2012 9:56:37 am PDT #12576 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I think I've heard that the food at the Claremont is really good, if some of the g.c. can be used towards a fancy lunch.