Weekend of 18th of Thrimidge

I've just about finished Star Trek Enterprise, and I have a good bit to say about it.  Star Trek is certainly something I could spend time on and get several posts out of, but it is something I've talked about often enough outside of the blog.  So maybe just 1 post about it later this week, maybe two if it starts looking like too much of a wall of text.  I have to say that I dispute the general consensus that both Season 3 and 4 are good.  I think its more of a range, but there's a catch 22 with saying these are good; I'll talk about it in the post later this week.

Last week's post about books is not the last of that either.  I have two posts on such, but I'm not sure how I'll present them, or if they'll come this week.  I have a list of "Potential Shared Fantasy Candidates", which is the series I am considering for me and my girl to read at around the same time.  We both keep long lists of books we "need" to read, and so always have a lot on our plate for reading, so I was looking for "classic" and perhaps easier to fly through series.  I also have a list of "One Shot" Fantasy novels that I actually think a few of you may want to look through.  They are less of a time commitment and a way to introduce you to authors that have done larger projects.

You know, for all the talk about Teenagers not realizing their own mortality, they sure seemed to scatter like Charles Manson was chasing them when that jumping spider appeared on the porch during the cookout Sunday.  Jumping spiders are cute, and while this was a rather large example of a jumping spider, it was harmless.  I eventually caught it in my hands and brought it out to the field and let it go.  It was obviously a very smart one to have gotten so large, and it woulda been a shame to have it smashed because of some people's irrational fear of spiders.  Jumping spiders are probably the least harmful outside of "Grand Daddy Long Legs"... though admittedly those are said to be more crab than arachnid.

I continued making popovers.  Really I think I may use them as pancake substitutes for a few Sundays.  They are really good, but also a lot better for you healthwise.  Then, they are very versatile.  I can use jelly in them, butter works too, and actually sausage and gravy.  They are super simple to make as long as you do it all correctly without skipping steps, and maybe don't deserve their sketchy reputation.  I can easily see people saying "oh, well eggs strait out of the fridge will be ok" or "I'm sure I can just put the butter in the pan, it'll be hot by the time I pour the stuff in".   I have to say, I do want to experiment with flavoring them as they cook... I know the toad in the hole variation, but I'm wondering about cheese too.