ian lasch

yes yes yes and it only gets more impressive tbh

culinary class wars is just a really well designed and interesting cooking competition show which has some really huge names. the blank menu for you is just brilliant and heartfelt, and i do not want to say anything more to avoid spoiling it.

they are both korean cooking shows, but both really compelling in their own wildly different ways

since you mention some reality tv downthread, i want to make sure that you have seen both culinary class wars and the blank menu for you, because they are both amazing

a man in captain america 's uniform says i understood that reference Alt: captain america says "i understood that reference"

just finished reading foner this week

They should invent a way out that isn't through

it is a classic and also the name of the dog will come in handy for so many crossword puzzles

this is what comes of rebranding the department of defense into the department of wario

plus more time for poasting

why orwell? because freud.

i am not merely trying to be cynical when i say that the only point i can see is that nothing aids demonization like invoking literal demons

laissez les zmanim tovim roulez

my friends and i played touch football with jimmy eat world in the parking lot after a show at cats cradle in carrboro

every etiquette expert ever:

i went to high school with the son of an episcopal rector and i still did not truly understand what the episcopal church was. i thought it might have been a cult. and i was umc!

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John Swinton is giving the Giffords later this month. These represent a really interesting and exciting turn in his work.

wow ian sounds like *someone* isn't thinking very positively

and they keep saying things like, "people will come back when we add a few hip new brands." no we want the shelves fully stocked with dei please and thank you

fr i was hoping he would be able to live out his days with jack kennedy at a retirement community

still only the second most embarrassing thing for him after being named for the meal that is a combination of brunch and dinner

it is (no joke) because they built an offshore wind farm near his golf course in scotland

the irony is that the move to home services only really took off once it was demonstrated that it saved states money, so this isn't just a cut to convenience but will in actuality be a more drastic net cut to services on the whole.

just incomprehensible to me that a corporation can fumble the bag so badly and yet so obviously, and still steadfastly refuse to actually address the root cause of the problem. an all-timer on the cowardice index.

some people really straight up failing the omelas test

should have gone with 'new testament (done) wright' imho

this is why westminster john knox had him write the whole of the new testament 'for everyone' series

there is no specific guidance on when to use a penitential order vs. beginning worship in the usual way, but historic practice might be a different thing. regardless, use of a penitential order is frequently common during lent, but not required.

Something else I noticed. Videogames create stronger feelings of nostalgia than almost anything else, because they are the only places you can visit that are still exactly the same as they were at the time.

i do not know why but i feel like this should be called shrunday

That it may please thee to make wars to cease in all the world; to give to all nations unity, peace, and concord; and to bestow freedom upon all peoples,

We beesech thee to hear us, good Lord. 🕯️