I wish Studio 360 hadn't been moved to 6 am here. I woke up to the tail end of the interview with Whedon on Much Ado.
Alrighty then, shower then a solo market tour.
Buffy: I was regrouping. Spike: You were about to be regrouped into separate piles.
'Potential'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
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.
sarameg - Jun 22, 2013 2:34:20 am PDT #26745 of 30001
sarameg - Jun 22, 2013 3:09:35 am PDT #26746 of 30001
It is difficult to apply lotion when an orange and black and white cat is flinging herself at you. I have fur now.
Also, typing.
OK, market time!
Sheryl - Jun 22, 2013 4:09:18 am PDT #26747 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
On to day 2 of Conterpoint.
sarameg - Jun 22, 2013 4:27:52 am PDT #26748 of 30001
Grilled portobello & onion with spinach and garlic aioli on a ciabatta. NOM. Seriously nom. Also the first cherries. And strawberries. And asparagus still. And spinach and shiitakes. Aaaand that was $40. Spent a little more this week.
sarameg - Jun 22, 2013 4:36:53 am PDT #26749 of 30001
Also, my saturday morning walk, in pictures: [link]
-t - Jun 22, 2013 4:47:23 am PDT #26750 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
What a good idea! That's cool, sarameg. I love those murals.
This morning's popsicle started off a little bitter, but now it seems fine. I wonder if I actually did anything different with the recipe - I made these a couple weeks ago, but I don't remember changing anything.
Jesse - Jun 22, 2013 4:56:40 am PDT #26751 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Nice pictures, Sara.
I never heard my 87-year-old mother use it or her mother, both born and raised in Tennessee.
I also need to point out that Paula Deen is 66. She came up during the Civil Rights movement. So I guess we know where she and hers stand.
Laura - Jun 22, 2013 5:14:06 am PDT #26752 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Fireflies! I forget they even exist until I go to the Adirondacks in the summer. Enchanting. Of course we caught the slowpokes when we were kids.
I don't know what to think about the Paula Deen thing. I never heard anyone use racist terms until I moved to the South in my 20s. It always shocks me when I encounter it. We are products of our environment in many ways.
When I stub my toe I say 'ouch' when friends might use another expletive. I didn't even curse in labor! Our use of language in traumatic and dramatic situations is pretty core and hard to change.
In the example about her being robbed at gunpoint, I would likely refer to the gunman as a jerk or creep, other people I know would call him an asshole, Paula went for the N-word.
I do believe our cultural norms can be changed if we believe that they are wrong. What Paula believes, I really don't know. The one thing I know for sure is that her food preferences and mine are polar opposites. I suspect many other opinions are opposed as well.
Trudy Booth - Jun 22, 2013 5:49:37 am PDT #26753 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I don't know what to think about the Paula Deen thing. I never heard anyone use racist terms until I moved to the South in my 20s. It always shocks me when I encounter it. We are products of our environment in many ways.
Yeah. I know there is racism in the north and that its no joke. But the casual use of slurs and tacit "agreement" that we can bitch about "them" when "they" aren't around isn't something I much experienced until I was in the south.
askye - Jun 22, 2013 6:19:14 am PDT #26754 of 30001
Thrive to spite them
Where my brother and Mom and nephew live are "Blue Ghosts" - fireflies that have a blue glow. They don't blink on and off as quickly and they sort of hover near the ground. It's only during a short window of time and in a very small area. I haven't seen them but they sound cool.