For some weeks I've been trying to think what exactly to say about the advent of the Eleventh Doctor. After watching Matt Smith's first full episode, 'The Eleventh Hour,' you see, the only thought in my head was PLEASE TO SHOW THE PRESIDENTRIX ANOTHER EPISODE RIGHT NAO. Thank you, sir. May I have another ( Read more... )

Believe it or not, my spring break took place over a week ago. And as with every school break since the beginning of time (five. whole. years.) I had this picture in my mind of what it was going to be like: perpetual soft gray afternoon light, long drifty days spent polishing the silver, outings to the zoo, cooking by candlelight, and - above all ( Read more... )

The other day I learned from Alton Brown that the word 'farce' comes from the Latin 'to stuff', and once referred to the old-timey practice of cooking to impress by stuffing different animals inside each other! Like, wrens stuffed inside lobsters, stuffed inside trout, stuffed inside ducks, stuffed inside warthogs! Well, I made that example up, but ( Read more... )