Bathroom cleaned, except for mopping. I kind of forgot the tub was white. (Not really.) (But it was that nasty color that happens when you assume that all the filth is going down the drain when you shower.)

Eating a banana and granola bar, and then mopping of the bathroom and kitchen will commence.

Then, DAMN, do I need a shower. (Relatedly, how is it almost 5?)

I'm reading Marlee Matlin's autobiography. It's really not all that interesting (large portions of it are just "I met this person, then I moved to LA, then I met this other person, then I got cast in a TV movie, then I moved to a new apartment," without much that keeps me interested), but I'm wondering what the laws are about what people can say about other people in books like this. Because, she says that William Hurt beat and raped her. She doesn't use those exact words, but there are several parts where she says something like "Bill and I had a huge argument over that, and the next day, the makeup people on set had to cover up several bruises on my leg," and the rape scene doesn't use the word "rape," but that's clearly what's happening. I guess I'm used to all the "allegedly" stuff that's used in newspaper articles. What are the rules for things like this? Could he sue her and/or the publishing company for defamation or something like that?

Okra - slow cook or stew with tomatoes, salsa, onions, lime juice, pork or shrimp or catfish, chiles if you like it hot. Add rice towards the end. If the turnips include greens, throw all the turnip greens in. Salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper if you like it hot. a pit of honey. So that uses some of your lime and all of your Okra

Turnips, mix in with a beef or chicken stew or soup. Generally good in any soup or stew recipe where you would use carrots (not a substitute, an addition.) Portabella mushrooms make a good ingredient in a sandwich, though you will need something on the side for protein. Remove the stem to flatten the portabella (but use that stem in a stew or stir fry or something cause it is still tasty) Fry Portabella in oil and flavor of your choice (olive oil, garlic and italian spices; butter and salt and garlic, steak sauce, sesamee oil and soy sauce, whatever pleases you) Serve on toasted bread, Eng muffin, Sourdough or whatever toast bread you like. butter and tomato and lettuce in the sandwich or what you please. Cheese maybe for protein? You could also have apple and cheese for desert and not worry about protein in the sandwich. That uses up some of your apples.

If the apples are cooking apples and not really good for straight up eating, bake them in an oven or microwave with raisins, cinammon and maybe honey. If you use honey don't overdo. Baking the apple with raisins and cinnamon itself adds a lot of sweetness so I usually skip the honey, but if the apples are really tasteless than honey is needed but you still do not need a lot.

Hil, wow. I have no idea what the laws are. And I've never heard any of that before!

ETA: Huh. [link]

His statement on it [link]

"My own recollection is that we both apologized and both did a great deal to heal our lives. Of course, I did and do apologize for any pain I caused. And I know we have both grown. I wish Marlee and her family nothing but good."

These are some photos I took at the Chinese Lantern Festival at the Missouri Botanical Gardens. The whole thing was utterly amazing in person.

Oh, Anne, those are fabulous! How lovely.

ita !, I've been thinking about your tea maker lately. But it's definitely at a "well, even with the discount..." price point for me. Especially considering that I'd be replacing my 12 dollar electric kettle. And that woodstove season is coming soon, wherein I enjoy the ritual of not using any extra power to make my morning beverages.

what the laws are about what people can say about other people in books like this.

I can't see why there would be laws in place to stop someone telling the story of their life, providing they didn't sign away the right to do so. If you don't want to be in someone's autobiography, don't interact with them.

That having been said--if you feel someone has lied about you in the public eye, there's legal recourse, but I'd be surprised by any default gag on mundane individuals.

Wow, thats kind of fascinating, t!

It really was. Good thing, too, because our train was delayed and he was clearly starving for conversation, or perhaps more accurately, bursting with stuff to say because I really just needed to listen. And advise him on navigating Amtrak, since there's no agent at our station, but I am always happy to do that.

It has happened enough in IL that restitution for the wrongfully convicted is a line on the IL income tax form.

Wow. He did say he'd been offered a $6mil settlement but had countered with 11. How that would be taxed had not occurred to me.

I have not heard of fan!tea. Sound mildly dangerous, in that my-tea-cupboard-is-already-full way.

Many limes -> lime cordial! Zest the limes (thickly with a potato peeler if you can, my limes are always too thin-skinned for that and I have just used the whole rind and that works fine), juice them, add as much sugar as juice by volume and pour that concoction over the zest. Let that rest in the friidge for 24 hours. Strain out the zest/peels. Let the remaining liquid rest in the fridge for another 24 hours. Yum. Bon bon may come along and correct me if I've missed something, I haven't made any in a few months.

I've heard that statements that are publishable in the US might not be in the UK because the burden of proof in libel (or slander or whatever) is different and publishers won't want to take the risk of being sued. I think I learned that from The Good Wife, so, salt well.

Anne, that festival looks incredible.