HexMachina

I'm sorry for what you experienced, and for how its still affecting you now. Opening up about it is the first step - I'd encourage you to find a professional to help you process it properly and deal with these anxieties. You'd be shocked how much its probably affecting you even when you don't realise it.

I will be renewing my Disney subscription for this!

When we are talking about 'larger' accusations, i.e. Those which make the news, either because of the nature of the crime or the identity of the accused/accuser, I think a lot of the blame for snap judgments lies on the fact that media outlets or individuals with a large social media presence are reporting on the story too soon, before they have a lot of facts. I know there have been times where I've read such articles and come away thinking, okay I know what this person is accused of but know nothing about whats alleged to have happened. Which is fine, to an extent. There are often valid reasons information is withheld. But until a cohesive story can be pulled together thats been verified I think it can be irresponsible for the media to run these stories. And I'm sure there are exceptions to that rule but in general, that is the attitude I try to take these days - not to make a snap judgment until I have the information to actually do so. Wh

maybe its just that I've been watching a lot of musicals lately but some of the shots looks so clearly like musical numbers that I thought it was fairly obvious. Like I say could just be my recent watches influencing my perception. I wonder how they will play it. The musical numbers being vivid imaginings? Events taking place in Harley/Jokers head? The trailer didn't excite me but I'm interested enough in the concept to go see it

Him and 99% of all pensioners in the UK. Its pretty common for fish and chip shoos, and also pubs, to have some kind of special deal on Fridays for their fish and chips, particularly for pensioners. I think the fish and chips on Friday stems from some kind of Catholic tradition of not eating meat on Fridays but no just a much more widespread social thing that people follow. Today I made a kedgeree. Haddock and cod is insanely expensive these days so I settled for smoked bass instead. Still a very good flavour, and I've got leftovers for tomorrow. I also don't add hard boiled eggs, instead I poach an egg to get the nice runny yolk that mixes with the spiced rice

They aren't really a thing over here. People buy chocolates for valentines I guess but from my experience they're just generic boxes of chocolates already on the market - Lindt/Lindor, Heroes, Ferrero Rocher, etc. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong. I'm just thinking of the "seasonal" aisle in supermarkets and the three times of the year I can think of where we get themed chocolate/sweets are Christmas, Easter and Hallowe'en. And the last one is usually crammed onto the end of the aisle since the Christmas stuff comes in beginning of September.

the latest kitchen novelty Edit: Actual question time, is an hour not a bit long for the chicken breast? Did it not dry out? Or did the onions, garlics, peppers, lime etc prevent that happening?

They is obviously the shadowy Council of trans overladies running the country behind the scenes.

I do this with Christmas chocolates

eagerly awaiting a release date. Wil pre-orders be available?

Minnie is a character (Octavia Spencer in the film) character and makes chocolate pies. I'll leave it there and you can come back to me later...

Saw that BBC has The Wiz on iPlayer so I watched that over Easter. I've been aware of The Wiz for some time but never had the opportunity to see it. I thought it was a really enjoyable adaptation of The Wizard of Oz, the original film of which I dislike (much, if I recall correctly, to @Veltigar's displeasure but hey, I can live with that). I really enjoyed the music and thought some of the performances were stand outs - Jackson as the Scarecrow being the big one. Having looked up the Wikipedia I see it was a critical and commercial flop but thats the way my taste tends to go I would love the see it on stage though

I'm not sure the joke was fully caught there Have you ever seen or read The Help? of course, the sign of great humour is having to explain yourself

not made by Minnie I hope....

back on the topic of covers, I've fallen into a "Kellyoke" hole listening to Kelly Clarkson cover songs on her talk show. Honestly, she's got such a great voice and such a good range. I never watched American Idol so didn't experience that part of her journey, but I recall her early stuff which was fine. But her latest album (which i think is actually the first she's done completely independent of her Idol contract) is fantastic and these covers....I'm going to have to go back and listen to her other stuf

UK trains (and also more localised transport like metros) are also routinely delayed, just FYI, sounds like you hit lucky when you used them! From what you describe I'd say we're probably about equivalent. I feel fortunate that I don't have to rely on public transport to get to work (I'm within walking distance, luckily)

I agree, I couldn't really care les about Royal affairs but the memes and the jokes have me engaged for the entertainment value

i like to have it on the side so I can have some bites dipped into the yolk and some with a bit of crunch from the toast

Delighting in my hobbit lifestyle today, I had garlic mushrooms on crusty granary bread, toasted, with a poached egg on the side. Twas quick, delicious, and I want it again

I've heard good things about Turkey for dental work

I've also found that things like that taste better reheated next day, which again may be bollocks but I can at least see some logic in allowing the flavours to develop

Instead of a Dark Lord, we would have a queen, not dark but beautiful and terrible as the dawn! Tempestuous as the sea, and stronger than the foundations of the earth! All shall love her and despair!

my neck of the woods (North East) it certainly seems like a road has just been resurfaced and then a matter of weeks later there's more roadworks. I can't say the visuals of the Council spending are great though, in the past 4 years one of the main city centre streets has been re-envisaged 3 or 4 times - "Lets pedestrianize! Lets add a cycle lane! Lets remove the cycle lane! Lets widen the road! Let's widen then pavement for outdoor seating! Lets take that away!" There's been works pretty much non stop for years at this point

Mushroom risotto. Which I "accidentally" allowed to catch on the bottom of the pan so I got some of those burnt crunchy bits. Ok, deliberately, but they are the best part, fight me on it!

this is really funny because there's so much music out there all of us could post. And of everything, a live performance of a cover of an 80s song is reposted within about 10 posts in this thread But, worth it, its an excellent cover