That my grandmother’s house was going to explode at any time.

I HAD HER!

Notorious? I’m guessing that refers to this article about the Irish king? While I don’t agree with her conclusions, and I wouldn’t publish it in a journal... it’s an interesting Tumblr read.

If you want a rich dose of both fabulous historical representations of PoC in medieval images, and a smart author responding to idiot tweets about how there shouldn’t be PoC at the rennfaire, please enjoy Medieval PoC.

“Who taught them complicated agriculture techniques?”

Oooh, I never knew that.

Cow-headed god, falcon-headed god, jackal-headed god, White Guy -headed god.

Seriously, you’re gonna do this without Sekmet? The angry cat goddess who comes down to wreck mankind’s shit up. She is only stopped when Ra invents beer and colors it red so she thinks it’s blood, and she gets drunks and falls asleep.

No, just in Iceland.

I ate shrimp* while wearing poly-blend men’s trousers. I think that gets me a three-fer.

I just saw Crimson Peak, and now I NEED more elaborately costumed horror. Got any suggestions?

There are exactly two ways to eat cauliflower:

There is no way to talk about California cheese without sounding like you’re ordering medical pot, is there?

My impress-people-recipe: A brie wedge (or goat cheese log) from TJs, wrapped in puff pastry to be placed in the oven till brown and gooey, and then topped with the TJs cranberry chutney (if in season).

Ooh, I think I’ve had that.... Related, I’m taking a trip through England, Brussels, Netherlands and Denmark in a month. I’m gonna eat nothing but cheese the whole time.

Let’s put a little fig jam on that. Rrrrrrrawr.

Favorite cheeses, Jezzies? Mine is Manchego, or any aged cheese with the little crunchie salt bits in it. Today I learned those are called tyroline clusters or CHEESE CRYSTALS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheese_cr….

Important announcement: these are Target-exclusive, so save yourself a search and just go there. They are also apparently different than last year’s dreadful Pumpkin Spice M&Ms. Lattes make everything better.

The pumpkin spice latte ones are different. They’re also a Target exclusive, which is why you can’t find them elsewhere.