Isn't it lovely for you that you're able to think that? How precious.

Now THAT is an outrage.

Everything about Jared Leto's outfit makes me want to punch him in the face. Oh Jordan Catalano, what happened to you?

Herring en gelee is the stuff of my nightmares. Fair play to Martha on that one, there is NO angle or lighting that is ever going to make fish jello look delicious.

I wish them every success with their strike action. Commercial hauling is a hard job (and one that -all- of us depend upon) and independent contractors get the short end of the stick in just about every way (all the negatives of small business ownership with few of the benefits, and minimal job security) but that is…

Ditto. That's, like, half my list sorted all in one go.

Good luck! British bureaucracy is The Worst, especially when the wrong end is pointed at you.

I'm also an American in grad school in the UK, and while I've not had visa troubles to the extent of yours, I can totally empathize with how much the UKBA sucks balls (I like how they're trying to rebrand themselves as the 'Home Office' now as if that will make people forget how horrid they are). Was your university…

Well done. And also jealousy, because I'm on a sexytimes hiatus until— fuck, basically next year, when I live on the same continent as my husband again. (Also, I secretly miss one night stands like a house on fire. Being old is super boring sometimes).

She roasted a sugar pumpkin, then peeled it and cut it into large chunks (and then a vanilla bean and 2 cinnamon sticks). I can't see how it could possibly be anything but delicious (the destination cocktail involves cream and nutmeg— I think I may be skipping the turkey on TG and just drinking dinner instead).

I have never tried infusing liquor before, but my sister is visiting right now and she's in the middle of wizarding up a pumpkin/vanilla/cinnamon vodka for Thanksgiving cocktails and I am totally sold on the whole idea.

Speaking of lady detectives who have casual sex and are generally badass, I cannot recommend the French show Spiral (Engrenages) enough (and it's is on Netflix!). Laure Berthaud is one of my favorite antiheroes, and as a side benefit, she likes to rub up against completely gorgeous men.

That line really stood out to me, too. It's as if (metaphorically) she's been playing the same game for so long she's forgotten the original rules but is unwilling to stop.

Stolen?! Yikes, what a nightmare. I'm pretty diligent about backing up my files, but of course I hadn't done in a few days when I got the blue screen of death the other day. The OneNote stuff was nothing vital (mostly conference notes and little odds and bobs) but I'm so annoyed with myself for never backing it all…

I have (well, at least I think we have), although I wouldn't recommend our method. My husband and I had been married about 10.5 yrs (together for almost 15), and the cracks were really starting to show due to a few ongoing communication issues, when he accepted a job that took him back to the US while I (and our kids)…

Ugh, you guys, I'm so annoyed. My hard drive fried itself this week, which is not exactly the kind of stress in the final months of PhD dissertation writing. The lovely people at the computer shop were able to recover all of my files, so other than a day lost to reinstalling programs and a few gray hairs, I didn't…