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Sweet Tea is an Abomination

Speaking as one who has lived in both the North and the South, I can honestly say sweat tea is an unholy abomination. Unfortunately, the further one goes South the more likely it is you'll get sweetened tea if you do not specifically order unsweetened tea. In some heathen lands of the South, there are actually places that don't even sell unsweetened tea.

Iced tea is ideally made by placing 5 bags of black tea inside a 1 gallon glass (not plastic!) jar and set out in the sunshine until the jar is dark. It should then be taken inside, tea bags removed and refrigerated. It should be served with no more than 3 one inch cubes of ices per 8oz glass. As Jeri mentions, a slice of lemon in a glass of iced tea is acceptable; however no, I repeat NO sweeteners are acceptable.

Hot tea can have a single spoon of honey added to it, if one is sick with a sore throat. Or the faint of heart can add a small amount of milk, but only if they put the milk in the cup before the tea (reversing the order curdles the milk).

In response to Sweet Tea is an Abomination by Shawn Powers.

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Temp Catâ„¢ Requires a Name

From the look on the Temp Cat â„¢'s face, I'd say he should be named for a villain of some sort. My first choice would have been Ming The Merciless, but I want to win a free book and that's already been suggested (darn you JD Blackwell!). So my suggestions are:

1. Adelei Niska
2. Professor James Moriarty
3. Count Orlok
4. Arnold Zeck
5. Macavity

In response to Temp Catâ„¢ Requires a Name by John Scalzi.

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Borne Ultimatum

First movie had little to no shaky cam. Second movie had enough to annoy me and trigger my wife's motion sickness. I guess I'll be renting the third movie some day when the wife's not around then. Thanks for the warning Les!

In response to SEB 30 Second Movie Reviews: "The Borne Ultimatum." by Les.

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E.T. in the Sky

Looks more like E.T. reaching out his finger to "phone home" than what you linked to.

In response to A Somewhat Omnious Cloud Shape Today of All Days by John Scalzi.

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Add-ons to Things That Would Be Cool

2) Yum!
7) Hmmm, a slice of key-lime with a long, tall glass of iced tea sounds good.
Get a herd of sheep and have them nibble the grass to the appropriate height. That way you never pay for gas on the tractor again and the sheep also fertilize the lawn as they mow it.
10-a) For Rosie (the Jetson's robot) to be real and mine. No more dishes or laundry for me, yeah baby!
10-b) For Mr. Scalzi to finish his sequel to The Android's Dream.
10-c) Cures for [insert any/all diseases that killed people you loved here].
10-d) A mental time machine allowing me to download all of the knowledge I have today (or at any point in the future) into my younger self. Knowing what I know now, I would have paid considerable more attention in high school and probably would have enjoyed school a lot more.
10-e) A decent resort hotel on one of Saturn's moons which anybody could afford to visit (even middle-class schmoes). Seriously, what could be cooler than waking up with a view of Saturn's rings coming up over the horizon?

In response to Things That Would Be Cool: A List.

Note to self: Hey self! You need to seriously work on proof reading your comments before putting them out there for other people to read. Seriously when you make grammatical mistakes like some of the ones in this comment over at the Whatever; you make us look stoopid.

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