Probably not all that stout... looks like it's just puffed up to stay warm

Looking forward to having you as a neighbor!

And I'm waiting for someone to correct my saying Vanya instead of Nenya 🫢

Or was that the Chekhov/Tolkien mashup we didn't know we needed?

"I have a comment and a question. The comment is just to clarify: of course, as everyone knows, that inscription is not in Elvish, it's the Black Speech of Mordor." Scott never forgave me.

2) At the start of an absolutely fabulous talk about three new RING genes his group had discovered and named Narya, Vilya, and Vanya after the three Elven rings in LOTR, Scott showed the inscription from the One Ring and described it as being in Elvish. After the talk, I raised my hand...

Two Scott stories that stick in my head, both from talks at Meiosis Gordon conferences. 1) After mentioning something about Gregor Mendel's son, a pause, then "Mendel was a great geneticist but terrible monk"

Oh no! This is very sad news.

Spatchcock for the win!

Hmmmm, that's surprising that the Galangal syrup ended up tasting cheesy. Couldn't have been the added rutabaga, so...? 🤔