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I'm glad that things on the Gulf Coast seem to be going better than expected; still holding my breath that that trend continues.

Vancouver was absolutely wonderful, and so was

geebee_x's wedding. I'll have a post up about that as soon as I've retrieved our pictures; for now, a preview:

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Blueberry soup is marvelous and easy to make.* Buy a quart of blueberries from your local farmers' market (they are *very* in season right now in the Northeast :) ). Set half of them aside. Pop the rest in a pot, cover with water, toss in a cinnamon stick, bring to a boil. While the water is boiling, slice up a smallish citrus fruit crosswise, rind and all, and put the slices into your soup. Once the water's come to a boil, turn the heat down so that the soup is just simmering, and let the soup cook for 20-30 minutes. Strain out the solids, pour in the remaining uncooked blueberries, plop a scoop of yogurt or creme fraiche in the middle, and devour.

* By which I mean thank god for easy recipes, I have so royally screwed up everything else I've tried to cook this week more complex than scrambled eggs with squash blossoms.

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laurel has posted her fall TV grid, which reminds me that it's time to redo my season passes. Dates inserted because TiVo only publishes its schedule 10-14 days ahead of time, so this is a reminder that I need to redo my passes closer to the premiere dates (like next weekend). And not forget additional potentials like Victory Garden and Tim Gunn's Guide to Style.

Monday, 8-9:30, Tuesday, 9-10: Dancing with the Stars. No one specific is grabbing me yet, but I'm amused by the variety. Lance Bass. Rocco di Spirito. Misty May-Treanor. Hooboy. 9/22

Monday, 8:30-9: How I Met Your Mother. Oh, Ted. Oh, Robin/Barney. 9/22

Tuesday, 8-9: House. This is hyounpark's show; he likes the snark and gore more than I do. House just reminds me too much of Simon Cowell, and I hate his guts. 9/16

Wednesday, 8-9: Pushing Daisies. I am ecstatic this is back! I love how the characters interact. I adore Ned's earnest moroseness. I wish I looked as cute as Chuck and Olive do in dresses. 10/1

Wednesday, 8-9: Knight Rider. A friend is on the writing staff. I don't know a damned thing about the original, though. hyounpark is looking at me disapprovingly. "That's where David Hasselhoff made his name! Talking Car!" 9/24

Thursday, 9-9:30: The Office. Though I'm admittedly behind on last season. 9/25

Sunday, 8-9: The Amazing Race. BEEKEEPING ORGANIC BLUEBERRY FARMERS. (I predict they'll last about as long as the married lesbian ministers, le sigh, but I'll love 'em while they're there.) 9/28

desh has an interesting post up about the upcoming Jewish and Muslim holidays, and the coinciding months (this cycle) of Elul and Ramadan. On the fannish side of things, this means that both

eid_fic and

daysofawesome are active
again, and I'm looking forward to the fics and icons and vids and other fanworks that will be created for them. :)

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Thank you for the recipe. We may try it tonight :) In return, here's one for (uncooked) strawberry soup:

1 quart strawberries
1 cup milk/cream
3/4 cup sugar
cinnamon, citrus rind/juice, etc to taste

Throw 'er in a blender. Chill.

;)

Oooh, yummy! I'm sad strawberry season is over here, but we're still getting flooded in the markets with California berries; might snag some of them while they're still around.

Yell if you ever want easy recipes. I'm literally full of them.

(I should write a cookbook)

You guys are gorgeous!

Aww, thank you! *blush*

Dammit, why did House have to move to 8pm ET this summer, just AFTER I started getting into NCIS?

Also, hahahahaha

daysofawesome! LJ will never cease to amaze.

(Also also, thanks for mentioning the post, though did you also mean to link to it?)

*facepalm* Oops, I did. Fixing. ;)

And I see

bitty has offered a potential solution for House - can you set a VCR or DVR for the Friday night? (or possibly have a Shabbos goy do so? ;) ) Not entirely sure how you observe Shabbat.

As an alternate option, I might go all TiVo-happy-promotey on you - dual-tuner TiVo is a wonderful thing, especially for shows that have moments you might want to watch again, or pause.

As another alternate option, does your TV/VCR setup have the ability to record one channel while watching another?

And there's also

megillahfic and

purimgifts for that season ... ;) I could've sworn there was one (or, knowing fandom, several) for Chanukah too, but not finding it ATM. Oh well.

Yeah, I usually DVR whatever House comes on (including Friday nights). If what

bitty said holds true for this year too, then that's one solution, though I don't know if I can wait 10 days for new episodes!!!

Also, my DVR is a ReplayTV, which (aside from being single-tuner and non-HD) is the best possible DVR ever made. There's a 30-second skip button, there's auto commercial skip, and there's freaking internet sharing of shows straight from the DVR! (This was before the MPAA and the networks started cracking down on this stuff.) So I might just go on the ReplayTV sharing site and request House from someone every week.

I-internet sharing of shows straight from the DVR? Oh, man. *drool* Sounds like that's even better than dual tuner, as long as you have the patience to find someone sharing the second or third show broadcasting during a certain hour of TV (this fall, *coughMONDAY8-10cough*).

house is repeated on (USA?) teh following week's friday at 11 p.m.

or at least it was last season, which was the only way i could watch both it and tuesday night television.

eid_fic? I'm... not sure how I feel about that.

I'd love to hear more about that, if you're willing.

Part of it is surprise at the notion. Part of it is that making fasting, or the feast that follows, the theme for fics... I'm afraid will trivialize the experience and focus on superficial features, thereby missing the point entirely. (Or what I think is the point, at least. Deliberately placing significant restrictions on my daylight thoughts and activities, and the mindscape that results from that effort.)

I'm with

amaebi, if you'd like. :)

If it helps (and IIRC), it was started to draw attention to the minority of Muslim characters in fictional media, and to encourage fandom writers to respectfully explore those characters and their respective culture(s) by writing about them. Especially given that so many of these characters are seen as mere background for the Christian (and overwhelmingly white) main characters, and are often mere tokens in an attempt to claim onscreen diversity, and fandom's favorite activity is trying to fill in the blanks, it encourages me to see writers, both those who are Muslim, and those who want to explore Muslim characters, doing so in a visible way. As a non-Muslim, obviously I can't assert that everyone participating is going about it intelligently and open-mindedly and respectfully, but from what I've seen, this is the tone being encouraged.

- That is a wicked cute picture!
- The blueberry soup sounds yummy. I have to try.

ETA: HIMYM woot! Major fan!

The soup is fanTAStic. I forgot to mention the chill time, but I did sample it when warm, and it's lovely then too. But when it's 90 degrees out, I could live off this soup for days.

And thank you! :D

And TED YOU CRAZY LOON WHAT ARE YOU DOING.

Is it bad that I thought David Hasselhoff "made his name" with Baywatch?

THANK YOU, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT.

(and his chest kinda scared me when I caught Baywatch reruns. *ggl*)

!@T#^!@$#^*!@$#^*%!@$#*!#

both SVU and without a trace are up against eli stone.

*wail*

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don't have a thinky religion-culture icon yet, this is the closest i've got ATM. :)

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