"It was a delightful visit - perfect, in being much too short."
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This is a recipe I'm including mostly for its cultural and family associations. Pork pie isn't the healthiest food in the world, and not something you'd want to eat every day, but Tourtiere is a traditional French Canadian dish which my maternal relatives usually made for New Year's Day and special occasions.

Tourtiere1 lb minced pork ( Read more... )

Canada is the eighth least corrupt nation in the world, according to this report from Transparency International. We're tied with Australia & the Netherlands, and are well ahead in the running for next year's Most Annoyingly Self-Righteous Nation.
I'd feel better about it if I didn't suspect the PM had bribed the judges.

Happy birthday to ourownangels

(Angels doing The Wave, just for you:)

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People who claim old books have a distinctive, and wonderful, odour are vindicated by this research, which is attempting to analyze the smell of aging books in order to find ways to better preserve them ( Read more... )

Someone threw a pair of women's underpants over the fence into the back yard during the night. They're purple, if that's significant.

I was sent this by someone who knows about my pet grammatical peeve. Feel free to pass it along.
How To Use An Apostrophe.

A good Remembrance Day/Armistice Day to my LJ friends.


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By decree of ashmedai November is recipe month. ( I hear and obey. )

The subject is Scariest Movie Scenes.