When I went to the website with the spurious Shakespeare quote, I think I must have scrolled or something. I missed the actual first quote. It sounds more like a bad greeting card- there is no way that is Shakespeare! My apologies.
Sarah S. - Twelfth Night, 3.1.156. That is the source if I saw the correct quote - Love sought.... I just finished two papers on Twelfth Night, so I recognized it right away. I must now initiate brain dump to prepare for the semester that starts tomorrow.
Acorn squash with butter, brown sugar, nutmeg, ham, and pineapple. Mmmmmm. I've never had it with sausage - I'll try that.
J. Cheney - Oklahoma has its own special kind of ice storms. It also has its own kind of vehicular morons. I can say that with impunity - I was one for 27 years. Oklahoma also has very poor roads, so I recommend staying home. Are you in central OK? If so, stay off the I-240,I-35 clusterf--- of an interchange. That's deadly in optimal weather.
Xopher - The Blind Boys have been together 60-plus years, so who knows. The song is on "Spirit of the Century" which came out in 2000, but I heard the song years ago, too.
Xopher - I believe it is The Blind Boys of Alabama that have a recording of Amazing Grace a la House of the Rising Sun. I saw them perform it recently on TV - on Trio, possibly. I think I held my breath for the entire song. Yes, it's creepy, but it's amazing.
I need some advice- my seventeen-year-old brother is a budding writer. I'm planning on getting him some writing books for Xmas, but I'm not sure what to get. Suggestions?
Larry - from what I understand, persimmons are one of those fruits that really only ripen well on the tree. The only good persimmon I've ever had fallen off the tree right in front of me. My uncle assured me it was safe (he's a surgeon, so I believed him), so we ate it right there on the sidewalk. It was heavenly. I also selected the perfect specimen, years later, at a rather fancy grocery store. I ripened it per instruction, and promptly disposed of it. I don't know about adding them to recipes - I doubt I'll try. My baked goods are lousy enough without icky fruit added.
I've never had a Shiva ornament, but when I was about 7, I decided I would decorate my own little tree in an homage to my Jewish heritage. Mind you, I was raised Methodist in Oklahoma. I had a two-foot tall white tree decorated with little blue and silver dreidels and menorahs that I had made from cardboard and mylar wrapping. It raised many a redneck eyebrow.
Mistletoe miscellany on Yahoo news . . . timely and disturbing. No medicinal references, but it was apparently considered to be the semen of the gods. Eew. BTW, mistletoe is the state flower of my native Oklahoma. Yep, flower.
J Austin - I found my family's chess pie recipe - no buttermilk. I asked my grandmother who is the Queen of All Things Buttermilk, and she said you should be able to substitute buttermilk for the cream in a chess pie, but you'll probably need to adjust the butter amount and perhaps add an egg. She said this is what her grandmother did when she had more buttermilk than cream around the farm. I hope this helps!
J Austin - I think I have my great-great grandmother's buttermilk chess pie recipe around here somewhere. I'll look when I get home from class this afternoon.
Maybe you guys can help me - my tall, thin husband can only wear tall sizes. He does all right with LL Bean and Eddie Bauer, but he says he's tired of looking like a lumberjack. (his words- I like the look) Is there a resource any of you know of that sells tall men's clothing that is not also "big" men's clothing? We're talking 32in waist with a 36 to 37in inseam, and his arms are really long. He says he's tired of cold wrists.
Chip - I asked my husband, who is enlisted currently but has been selected for officer programs. The enlisted oath does not swear obedience directly to POTUS, mostly because enlisted personnel's orders do not come to them directly from POTUS. Like everything else in the military, it boils down to pecking order. They swear to obey the orders of the officers appointed over them, which technically includes POTUS as commander-in-chief. They typically take this oath immediately before shipping out of MEPS for training.
re: silicone mitts - they make great gifts for people with arthritis or reduced hand strength. My grandmother uses them to open jars - the non-slip pattern provides great traction. Also great for spastic candy-makers like myself. Cloth mitts provide little protection from flying melted sugar.
Leah Miller suggested the Oz series - I strongly second that. I loved the Oz series as a child, despite the fact that the movie terrified me. Damn flying monkeys. Lenora Rose's suggestion of A Wrinkle in Time is excellent as well. I'm getting some great ideas here for my daughter. She's only three, but I'm trying to develop a library for her over the next couple of years. I have a feeling that fantasy will be her thing - her favorite movies are Star Wars (the early ones) and the Dark Crystal. She's kinda odd - we couldn't be more proud!
Serge... I doubt it is common for a 7yr old to read the Potter books, but a very bright child with ample patience might be able to get through them. I was a very early reader, and moved on to teen-level material at 7yrs or so, but I now know that my understanding of the material was superficial at best. There is enough in the Potter books to entertain the 7yr old who can read them, and if he reads them again several years later, they will seem like new books! I agree that the LOTR movies might scare the Garanimals right off him. By the way, it's awesome that he enjoys reading at all!
Stefan, I assume you are speaking of Fleur de la Coeur. While she is swimming, she abruptly disappears. In the book, she is attacked by grindylows, the same creatures that attack Harry in the film. It is poorly explained in the film - Dumbledore only briefly mentions the grindylows.
The issue of "slumming" has gotten way out of hand. It really boils down to class. People with true class are never "slumming", regardless of their surroundings. People who would say they were "slumming" somewhere are likely to have been called "posers" by others present.
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