L. Marcus

That would have been a very different movie experience.

Cancer did the prospecting.

The further up the tree, the more privileges, yes.

To my mind, the cruelty is a by-product of the conservative or reactionary mind-set: the need for a clear social hierarchy. Kissing upwards and kicking downwards, if you will.

Stupid Arizona ...

Aa-aaw! And I was gonna treat him like a piñata. 

Whoah! When did Doonesbury get all political?

Gnap.

Almond paste 

Christopher Lee did record a metal album ...

Happy Simon Pegg Day!

More ritualistic, are they?

Execution rituals, eh?

"... Like the famous incident in 1882 when three McCoys stabbed Ellison Hatfield twenty-six times and then shot him to death. I guess they were really bad at stabbing."

... And what did you say then?

How would that work?

Upsets

1 hour ago, DShomshak said:

From The Economist: The bad news is that climate change is forecast to reduce the area where current favored coffee spe ies can grosw. The good news is that there are losts of other species of coffee, with other favored climate ranges. Agronomists are hard at work studying them, with an eye to replacing/supplementing coffea arabica and coffea robusta, or crossbreeding to create a hardier plant. Your morning cuppa joe can be saved -- BY SCIENCE!

 

https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2024/01/23/can-scientists-save-your-morning-cup-of-coffee

 

 

Dean Shomshak

But the tea? What about the tea?!

... Aaand nothing of value was lost. In my opinion, of course.

Rushes

... Huh.

Earthworms 

Unimpeded progress

However, in all the world there is only one Piteå. 

Britain rules OK