Return of the meme: 997 (evil rhubarb)

We have now reached the time of year where the alarm wakes me up before the sun. Ugh. Let's get this bread.

There should be a third path for misunderstanding Nihilism.

Pretty much.

I can't decide for post 1000 if I should do a Star Trek dump, a LOTR dump, or a Desert Mood dump. What do you all want to see?

More like, "I really should play these sometime" and then clicks Skyrim.

Me, whenever there's a flame war or a great controversy within Orthodoxy on the internet.

This has @sisipherr energy.

At that time, a terrible parasite known as Phylloxera was killing Grape vines. Scientists figured out they could graft the Grape vines onto rootstock sourced from wild grapevines and cultivated American Grape varietals from Missouri and Texas, which were resistant to this parasite... which came originally from North America in the first place. Whoops.

This time period is also when we get the so-called "French-American Hybrid" grape varietals, like Chambourcin, Chancellor, and Chardonnel, as another answer to the crisis, but eventually the French (especially the French) decided they weren't "pure" enough so they tore most of them out over there.... they're still an important part of American winemaking, especially East of the Rockies.

This has been your standard mini infodump within one of my posts.

I like the scent of rose and Lavender.

Taking out eyes was a pretty common punishment in Byzantium. They, uh, kinda made it into an art form: one of the ways they did it was sticking your head over a red-hot bronze bowl of vinegar. The fumes would do it.

Also "captain Autism co-morbid with ADHD"

Diocletian memes are so niche, and I absolutely love them. Especially relating to the Diocletian persecution, and this checks both boxes.

Mood.

I know a couple that actually DOES this, and I am so jealous.

Also, their four year old for similar reasons is obsessed with cannons. He once asked me what my favorite type of cannon shot was, the last time I visited.

(This child is my godson, I should mention)

Mood.

And memes. Especially Nonsense memes.

This is, uh, exceedingly specific.

@danat101 should totally do a sexy Ms. Frizzle cosplay. Or, hell, a regular cosplay with all these dresses.

Me, trying to find a new place to live right now.

Poor kid.

This explains so much about England.

At this point I've given up trying to make plans for anything.

Pippin tax!

Today's message from Pippin:

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