That's not how I remember it from when it was assigned in my high school.

"Let's do it to them before they do it to us."

I've been down that rabbit hole too. I've also seen that they dubbed in "de Gaulle" over "Weygand" because he was better known in the US. Either makes enough sense to be going on with.

How do I get my letter of transit signed by General de Gaulle?

We enjoyed it. Good performances, twisty enough plots.

A wizard did it.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVgV...

The Circus of Dr. Lao, by Charles G. Finney. Dazzling short novel in a Bierce-Mencken voice about a traveling circus full of mythological animals and magical people/creatures/creatures who might be people coming to a small AZ town. One of the inspirations for Something Wicked This Way Comes.

I guess you didn't have any easy jobs left.

"It reminds me of a string of wet sponges; it reminds me of tattered washing on the line; it reminds me of stale bean soup, of college yells, of dogs barking idiotically through endless nights."

My recurring risotto experience is spending the last 15-20 minutes thinking "OK, that's got to be enough liquid" and no it isn't keep stirring young man. (I'm 68, but even so. The risotto always wins.)

A favorite risotto recipe (not applicable to your evening) suggests serving risotto at a dinner party when there is someone joining who needs a task (or to be away from others), and that person gets to stir for an hour while adding stock by the thimble

Thinking about family at thanksgiving

. . . and pretty soon it'll be like one of those vicious things! Where will it end, Daria? Where will it end?

NY Jets head coach

Eureka!

"Good night, Westley. Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning."

I'm so sorry for your loss. My dog will be getting extra hugs today.