1. Children of Dune icons. alexandral has made some beautiful Children of Dune icons here. Funny though, I said to Nora the other day that I thought that James McAvoy was rather beauteous and she went: "Ewww!" Just goes to show that everyone has different opinions.

2. Baguettes. The Canadian keeps laughing at me because I am rather batty about ( Read more... )

I've written about baguettes before, how much I like them and how much I dislike the way they become all dry.

The thing is, I noticed tonight that when I go into a shop, they have the baguette lying there in the open air in a basket or on a shelf. It's been sitting like that all day and it's fine. Why is it that after I take it home, even if I ( Read more... )

Dear Internet: O why must you be so slow? Is this painful lagginess the residual effect of the Taiwanese earthquakes or is there some other reason? The inability to upload or download anything while merely inconvenient right now could become Extremely Distressing when that whole Season Hiatus thing finishes up. In particular, if you impede my ( Read more... )