- @grrlinterrupted
you have reminded me that I need to get paracetamol when I next go shopping though in reply to grrlinterrupted -> - @mstorijo I saw Crazy For You a while back and really enjoyed it
in reply to mstorijo -> - @mstorijo Can't do that Sunday in reply to mstorijo ->
- My mum is talking about moving to London so she can get free public transport when she hits 60. I declined to move with her. ->
- As exciting as it is to have all the channels on digital, the reception is FAR WORSE than we had on analogue. WHY IS DIGITAL SO RUBBISH? ->
- Whenever our neighbour uses his lawnmower? We lose all reception. That's not right. Not looking forward to the switchover ->
- @mstorijo He gets really excited for each new release but no one else seems to care? in reply to mstorijo ->
- @Andy_Hogan PFFFT It better improve in April or I will be having WORDS. >:| in reply to Andy_Hogan ->
- @grrlinterrupted There are adult only screenings advertised at my local cinema. As well as a marathon, I think. Wasn't paying attention in reply to grrlinterrupted ->
- Mixed Britannia, 1910-1939 http://t.co/5xCOe0o6 <- Actually really excited about watching this. Almost makes up for NHS's Mixed-Other box ->
- @simonpegg Have you seen The Barefoot Executive? I think it might have been one of his first roles in reply to simonpegg ->
- @grrlinterrupted Rachie, Rachie, Rachie!!! You watching the Mixed Britannia thingy? The 1st 10 mins have been really interesting ->
- @krazycat :D:D:D:D in reply to krazycat ->
- @mstorijo but the last film was odd-numbered AND good! what was Madge's last odd number album like? in reply to mstorijo ->
- @krazycat I have to admit, my first thought when I saw the picture, was that it went in a different place and thought BUT WHY? in reply to krazycat ->
- @grrlinterrupted IT WAS REALLY GOOD iplaaayer it :D:D in reply to grrlinterrupted ->
- @grrlinterrupted in reply to grrlinterrupted ->
- @SaveDWC I still have trouble with the idea that I've paid for 2 pints of lager and a packet of crisps and Lee Nelson's Well Good Show :/ in reply to SaveDWC ->
- @sebpatrick Har is my mum's name. in reply to sebpatrick ->
- The guy dying in NCIS looks like someone who used to be on Coronation Street ->
Daily Archives: October 7, 2011
Food That Lies #1: Olives
Look at them. The lying toads.
SO. I like to eat many different foods. The list of foods that I do like to eat is vast and varied. There are however, some foods that I don’t like to eat. This list, when laid out, can be a bit surprising considering the things that I am willing to eat and enjoy.
Sensibly my main issue with nearly all of these foods is the taste. I don’t like the taste. This makes sense.
The other issue I have with some of these foods is that they looks SO TASTY AND APPETISING. So tasty. And yet they are not.
Basically, I don’t like food that looks like it should taste good.
First up? Olives. Now, I like olive oil. Olive oil is great. It’s nice to cook with. It’s nice to dip bread into and eat. It’s nice to drizzle over my vegetables or fish.
Olives though? EUGH. And yet? They look so good, round and shiny and perfect. Even the texture is good (and texture is important with food). I don’t even mind the smell.
However, when I bite into one and the flavour spreads across my tongue? MASSIVE FAIL. And I want to like them so badly.
Originally published at half girl, half robot. You can comment here or there.
My pinboard bookmarks for September 29th through October 7th
These are my links for September 29th through October 7th:
- We all love good Foodporn… : More Bits & Bytes –
tags: food recipe london - Personal Fanon – When Bookmarks Were In Mustache Land –
tags: delicious fandom pinboard fic omgmyspleen - Behind the Name: Meaning of Names, Baby Name Meanings – the etymology and history of first names
tags: history language names reference - Liverpool and it’s Chinese Children – At the end of the Second World War hundreds of Chinese seamen married to women in Liverpool were forced out of the UK. They left behind them their wives and their children. Few of the women were ever to see their men again. The children grew up never knowing their fathers.
tags: thedisappeared disappeared chinese eurasian mixed mixedrace britain british worldwartwo ww2 - Mixed Britannia – Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences| London South Bank University – Over the past few decades, people and couples from mixed racial backgrounds in Britain have become increasingly visible in the public eye, and there is still a tendency to herald their presence as part of a new multicultural phenomenon – what has been dubbed the rise of 'Beige' or 'Brown Britain.'
Yet, mixed race people and couples have a long presence in Britain, as evidenced not only by the prolific debates about the implications of interracial relationships and 'mulattoes' and 'half-caste' children in the late-eighteenth and early-twentieth centuries but also, as we increasingly see, through their own accounts.
tags: mixedrace mixed ethnicity britain multiethnic multicultural
Tweets for 2011-10-05
- @canada_bear Heh, I <3 Greek/Roman myths slightly more I suspect, but possibly because I've been to Greece and Italy in reply to canada_bear ->
- @canada_bear I don't have much hope for visiting Norway any time soon though, my mum only like hot places
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Daily Digest for October 7th
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