Do we think rum or bourbon for the eggnog loaf cake glaze?

Either would be tasty. Rum probably moreso.

Was Many Waters the one with Sandy and Dennis going back to Biblical times?

Yes.

Was Many Waters the one with Sandy and Dennis going back to Biblical times?

Yes. Which I recall as being kind of weird, but I haven't read it in ages. Or I haven't read it in ages, because it's weird.

Rum.

I woke up the baby cat (aka Pumpkin aka Little Girl) by accident and she woke with the most indelicate snort. She's a hoot.

I think the classical pianist was called "fingers".

Rum!

Yeah, Many Waters was pretty weird, although I liked that she gave Sandy & Denis (the otherwise "normal" Murray kids) an adventure too. I wouldn't really recommend it: I tend to believe the Wrinkle in Time series ends with A Swiftly Tilting Planet.

I really loved Ring of Endless Light and The Young Unicorns, and her journals like Summer of the Great Grandmother. L'Engle almost made me wish I were Episcopalian, you know?

Thanks for all the good wishes, folks. I really appreciate all the support from y'all--it's truly honestly made a difference this year.

I got two special birthday gifts today: my sister took my mother to her psych appointment, and spent all afternoon with my folks, and my siblings all teamed up to buy me a new bicycle.

I had given away my old road bike to my cousin's daughter last year, when she tried to ride down the Pacific coast on something with only ten gears. But my youngest brother is a bike guru, and he is building me a really nice bike with a carbon-fiber frame--it's probably much better bike than I could hope to use.

So I have a glass of wine and a picture of my new bike, and Castle on the television, which isn't too bad.

Happiest birthday thoughts, consuela. I hope that your next year is filled with all of the wonderful things you deserve.

I have a paper set to grade before I sleep. I also have a wedge of Delice De Gourmet Cheese. Which will win out?

Thanks, Kat.

Can you grade while nibbling cheese?

I hadn't even realised there were adult L'Engles. Where should one start?

I just realised I have *1* more thing to get for my sister for Christmas--I have to learn the Troy+Abed handshake thingy. This might kill me, though. I have high five anxiety, for fuck's sake. But she's really OCD about it, and I know she'd really like someone in real life to do it with. At least I know the episode to start off with.

I remember when Melrose Place spun off of 90210 it was interesting because they were just enough older to be my age, and it was one of the first times I watched TV characters my age since I left high school, so I could see what TV thought was my parallel.

I'm trying to work out who the FUCK parallels the new 90210...but I can't stay away, even though every pitfall is telegraphed like Samuel Morse having an orgasm.