Something I learned today.

[Félix]

*runs to get video camera*

[Sally, la reina]

Ooop, too late. I fell asleep in the syntax.

[Félix]

I guess they're like poppies.

[Sally, la reina]

*squeals with delight*

[Cosmic Sher]

Whew! I just had a flash of the green wicked witch from Wizard of Oz hovering over the field of poppies where D. & the misfit 3 were running, saying (evilly of course) "Poppies... poppies..."

Although, my opinion is, that brat Dorothy deserved it for stealing her sister's shoes. ;)

[Richard]

Your comment suggests, Sher, that you have already harvested your poppies.

[Sally, la reina]

I don't think Dorothy was the Wicked Witch of the East's sister.

[Félix]

Sally, be careful not to step in those metaphors over there.

[Richard]

And mind those puns and needles.

[Sally, la reina]

*straps on cliché-wading boots, wields wand of alliterative allusions with amazing dexterity and prowess*

[Richard]

Go, Grammar!

[Cosmic Sher]

Yep. Whole mess 'o poppies... I likes 'em roasted with a little hint of sea salt. :D Heee! Hee-hee-hee-heeeeee!

BTW, Elphaba is the Wicked Witch of the West, Nessarose was her sister, the Wicked Witch of the East. Just for clarification.

[Sally, la reina]

Sure, sure, but you said Dorothy stole her sister's shoes. Was the "her" in there not referring to Dorothy, but Nessarose?

[Sally, la reina]

Oh, pronouns, you tricky part of speech, you.

[Sarah]

Cosmic Sher seems to have misplaced a pronoun. Has anyone seen it?

[Richard]

I happened upon it.

[Richard]

I've started using this quaint expression in bed, too.

As in: "I'm happening!" he cried, to his wife's great joy and relief.

[Sally, la reina]

:/ oh good lord.

[Sarah]

How did we end up in Richard's bedroom? How do we escape?

[Richard]

I blame Dorothy.

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Sarah Pi wrote: "How did we end up in Richard's bedroom? How do we escape?"

Cover your eyes and click your heels together and chant please let the madness end.

[Richard]

Kinky, Jim.

[Sally, la reina]

Tell me when its over:

[Leslie]

Bees are amazing.

I learned something important on Thursday. I was coughing and I couldn't stop and I had my iced tea and was drinking it from a straw. But it wasn't helping.
Doug, the man who heads our writers group, said the tannin from the tea was irritating, and that staws aireate (no idea on spelling) the drink, especially since they often are full of tiny holes so small we can't see. So he gave me a bottle of water and I stopped coughing.
So now I know--no tea, no straws when I have a coughing fit, which is not infrequent.

[Nuri]

Corn is a big deal.

Also, there is a Professor on campus for whom I am dying to serve as a lab slave work as an unpaid undergrad even though he specializes in mycology (microbial, though, so it's not COMPLETELY different from my interests... sort of), which I am mostly indifferent toward, because he is a man of inspiring ethics, and he gives speeches like this one. What a shame that I didn't think twice about this until now!! Why didn't I pay closer attention?! I was a freshman when they were doing that BP stuff.

Mostly I am gushing.

Science is amazing again! I mean, it was always amazing, but it can play so hard to get. Especially in the chemistries, I can find it difficult to relate to.... ANYWAY. Here is to hoping someone in his lab needs an undergrad.

[Leslie]

Good luck Nools!!

[Nuri]

Thanks, Leslie!
I may have a shot, as long as it's for an unpaid position....

Because I also learned a little more today on exactly how significantly my school is effed, thanks to California's collapsing economy and the recent slew of budget cuts....

[Leslie]

My daughter's upset too, some of her favorite teachers have to leave and go to other schools if they want to keep their jobs. It's crummy.

[Usako]

I learned blood type diets are a fascinating read even though I won't practice it: http://www.dadamo.com/

[Leslie]

When you said bloodtype diets I thought VAMPIRES!!

Yuck!

[RandomAnthony]

Margaritas and Margherita pizza are not related.

[Félix]

Randomanthony wrote: "Margaritas and Margherita pizza are not related."

But that doesn't mean you can't have both at the same time.

[Sarah]

One could theoretically make a margherita margarita. I'm not sure I'd recommend it. It might taste kind of like pizza beer, which I have not tasted.

[RandomAnthony]

Pizza beer is a great example of something that I imagine has a sum that is less than its proverbial parts.

I might get drunk tonight. We're doing a bonfire. I rode another twenty miles this morning and I'll probably not work out tomorrow. The stars are aligned.

[Félix]

Now, pizza and beer ... okay. But pizza beer ... nah.

[Heidi]

I'm sure the yeast in the beer would make for great pizza crusts. In fact, I'm 99.9% positive it would make great pizza crusts.

[Jaime]

When my mom bought a bread machine she made a beer bread so beer pizza crust would probably be really good.

[Sally, la reina]

Mmmmm, beer bread. It's good with cheddar cheese soup.

[Sally, la reina]

Cheese!

[Félix]

Only took 147 comments!

[Sarah]

Beer bread is my favorite. Also beer pancakes.

[Sally, la reina]

I like beer brats.

[Félix]

I am a beer brat.

[RandomAnthony]

Beer bread and cheddar cheese soup and beer soup all are more fall/winter things for me. I'm not ready.

A festival near us this weekend is doing Strawberry brats, Sally.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/ozwash/4...

[Sally, la reina]

Ooooooooooo!

Speaking of strawberries, I HAVE THREE on my little potted strawberry plant!

[Heidi]

Sally wrote: "Ooooooooooo!

Speaking of strawberries, I HAVE THREE on my little potted strawberry plant!"

PICTURE.

[Sally, la reina]

[Félix]

Are they June-bearing strawberries?

[Sally, la reina]

I think they're ever bearing?

[Félix]

Ah, good. More berries!