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Man, call a beekeeper. If I were any closer, I'd come get them myself.

Gag me with a spoon. . .

Here is a pic of me after my 100 mile Century ride in Yosemite Valley. I rode 100 miles in 12 hours on a beautiful May day in 1989 atop my 54" 1885 Rudge Light Roadster. It was made in Coventry, England and I purchased it it 1987 from a fellow club member in Concord, Mass. I have ridden it at ...

From what I understand, two of the most virulent strands this year were not included in this years batch of vaccine. Just part of the crap shoot that is part of developing flu vaccine, I guess. We're getting hit hard here, too.

Mark

Hey Chas, and everyone, There's a great essay in the beginning of the King Arthur Baking Companion about measuring flour, i.e. sifted, not sifted, etc. Depending on how you measure it out a cup of flour can be anywhere between 4 and 6 ounces by weight. Most recipes are written for 4 - 4.5 oz cups. A...

Darn, how'd all the chocolate get all over my keyboard?

Mark

Yes, but here a Milky Way is a 3 Musketeers with caramel. So. . . what do you call that over there?

Mark

That balloon jump makes me very, very uncomfortable. I have this height thing, and that's. . . well, that's just so wrong.

Mark

All The Pretty Horses, brilliant. Can one really enjoy a Cormac McCarthy book? I thought the Road was one of the best books written in the past decade, yet I can't really recommend it to anyone. It's too damn depressing. Still, it's good. . . hmmmm.

Mark

I won my dorm Trivial Pursuit contest after "accidently" ingesting a quarter ounce of magic mushrooms. What can I say, it was a long time ago, and I should have known bette, yada yada yada.

Mark

8 oz. hot water
1 Tbs Honey
1 lemon slice
10 cloves poked into the lemon
1 lrg. shot Irish whiskey

mix in a mug

Sherlock Holmes

Inspector Morse

Harry Dresdan

Should be a good show, shame that Patrick won't be there, but still.


On a side note, when I first read the thread title I thought it said "Cthulhu" instead of Chulrua. Now that would be a show!

Wow! I actually get a touch of vertigo looking at a couple of those. They are spectacular.

Mark

Bloomfield wrote:Yankees.

pffff