A later specimen of the cheating housewives spam had a site that was still active, so I was able to go find out the scoop. It turns out Some married Woman feel they need more than they are getting at home. The Internet is great way to meet local woman who are looking for discreet […]
The iTrip (as well, no doubt, as similar devices) is illegal in England. Around here, you have to amplify the signal to be greater than 10mW (ERP) before you’re a pirate.
While looking up the use of another fantastical food product obtained at Big Lots!, obleas, I found that they are eaten with cajeta– a previous BL score! Excellent!
The BBC hosts a web chat with Tony Head. Ripper may still happen, maybe as a one-shot instead of a series, but "the world needs Joss Whedon to do some movies and that’s what he’s doing." In other news, Tony hosts True Horror on Discovery UK. No idea whether or when it’ll hit our shores.
Ursula LeGuin tells us "[h]ow the Sci-Fi Channel wrecked my books."
Adapted from Bernat patterns for knitting for the troops in WWII, an assortment of practical protective clothing. A few others, mixed in with some general patterns. And bless their boots, the Red Cross has ressurected some of their patterns, too! More misc wartime patterns. Article on wartime knitting.
The Frugal Housewife mentions (in 1830) using peach leaves to flavor a pudding– this is certainly the first I have heard of this flavoring. Some half-hearted googling turns up some other mentions, most quite old, of flavoring with peach leaves. It sounds like they may taste of almonds. A contemporary herbal mentions the leaves as […]
Bad news: lectured by patron upset about the “gay agenda” the library is pushing (his evidence: Gay Bingo poster in copy room next to many other posters and the fact that we own “books like Daddy’s Roommate“) Good news: it’s the same guy who did the same lecture at me before, but previously he complained […]
I can’t find any evidence the collective has run across John Scalzi before, but he seems to be pretty funny.
It’s a headline just begging for a cheap joke (and who am I to refuse?): Op can boost size of micro-penis. I’ll leave most of the examination of societal attitudes alone, but I at least have to mention the equating of "proper" urination with "standing up." It also seems like there would be implications for […]