It Is the Very Model of a Modern Serendipity*

1. Jen's dad is visiting.
2. He wants to make the family recipe anise cookies.
3. The milk we bought this morning is already soured.
4. To return the opened boxes of milk (the corner of the box is cut off for pouring) without major spillage, a portion of the soured milk must be poured out.
5. The cookie recipe calls for soured milk.
   

*with apologies to Gilbert & Sullivan:



(once upon a time -- when I was a kid -- I could sing that whole thing)

Well, That Was Different....

We just watched the latest Doctor Who episode, "The Waters of Mars", and, as I said to Jen about halfway through the show, it was a different kind of episode. I won't give any spoilers, but if you've seen it and want to talk about it, you can find a link to my email address over on the right --->

In other developments, we drove around a bit this afternoon, mostly because I wanted to take a photo from a certain spot, but also to see if we could spy any "For Rent" signs that would lead us to TOTH. We didn't find any such thing, nor was I able to get the photo I wanted. I did get this, though:


Mayhap we'll try again on both counts (well, we'll definitely be trying more on TOTH).

Random Observation

When writing (or editing) book four of a series, why would you include vast swaths of material from the previous three volumes?

It's an imperfect world, is what it is....