I disagree. I think the conversation between the orcs Gorbag and Shagrat in LotR supports the whole idea of orcs having wills of their own and some measure of independence. They talk about the Nazgul and Sauron himself making mistakes. Gorbag even suggests they “set up somewhere on our own with a few trusty lads,…

How about, “From whence came this?” :D

How about Amber Ruffin to take over The Daily Show? I’ve liked her on Late Night. I should watch some of her current show, but I just haven’t made time to do it.

In truth, even if you take the same coffee from a K-Cup and make it in a french press or pour-over filter instead of the machine, it will taste twice as good.

Eh, my local one can’t get much slower. Potato cakes with their 3 pepper sauce was great.

Cheers to this idea! I was one who only ate oatmeal with a lot of butter and sugar. It took me a bit, but I finally trained my taste buds to actually like plain oatmeal with nuts and dried fruit in it. The fruit provides just enough sweetness. I usually save the (fresh or frozen if I can’t get fresh) blueberries and…

And also Saturday is International Coffee Day!

Me? I have a lot of trees on about 3 acres. For 10 years or so I’ve let the back 1/3 grow up, and scattered some native wildflower and plant seeds there. Much of the rest of my lawn is a combination of fescue, white clover, and an increasing amount of native sweet-scented flat-sedge, which is considered a weed by…

While we’re talking about alliums, I want to make an argument for eating more field garlic, commonly called “wild onion.” A couple of years ago I tried cooking with some I pulled up in the yard, and it has a really nice flavor. It would go great in a dip. It’s probably only the bulbs you want, as the greens are a bit…

While I love good kettle chips, for eating with onion dip is the only time I go with Lays, either Wavy or Ruffles. “Regular” Lays chips have no flavor, IMO, but I really like the texture of Wavy ones with onion dip.

Me, and I do also subscribe to Netflix DVDs. Until fairly recently, there really were a lot of things that weren’t available to stream anywhere at any price. There are still a few things, and not all obscure, either. Once I clear out my queue, though, I am planning on dropping the disc plan.

Clearly you don’t know me, where I live, or what my yard is like. Enjoy your assumptions!

As BouvOnTheMove mentioned, I tried that in my front yard one year, and it took multiple years for grass to completely grow back in. :(

Better yet, if you have a good mulching mower, don’t rake your leaves at all. A couple of passes over them with the mower, and they essentially disappear and contribute their nutrients back into your yard.

Aw, man, this is my local processor, and the best in the area. Note that this was all precooked or smoked ready-to-eat products, so regular uncooked bacon and other meats aren’t included. Which is fortunate, because their bacon is excellent!

We had a cat like that once! He was just crazy for cantaloupe. We only ever gave him a few bites, but like you say, it seemed like he’d prefer it over anything else.

Tolkien did describe hobbits this way [emphasis mine]: “...their feet grow natural leathery soles and thick warm brown hair like the stuff on their heads (which is curly); have long clever brown fingers....”

I could really confuse some future owner of our house. I installed laminate where the decorative layer is real wood. No repeating patterns.

There’s a traditional Georgian dish called khachapuri that is essentially this.