Literary Exploration discussion

Here you can discuss anything you want to. Crochet, cooking, cats, African Swallows. Go for it.

European swallows are better

Thanks. I think this was long overdue.
...I just realized I have taken part in most of the discussions mentioned above. Sorry! -.-"

Hahaha, you're so badass, Marlene. XD thanks for pointing this thread out to me, though! Never would have seen it otherwise. (well, probably in a few months :p)

African Swallows vs European Swallows:

http://style.org/unladenswallow/

Melki wrote: "African Swallows vs European Swallows:

http://style.org/unladenswallow/"

Classic

Speaking of animals, or Animal Planet in particular, I've been vastly disappointed with the programing.

I want to see some of the shows from years past, like The Jeff Corwin Experience. The shows now have no character at all.

Now it's all reality stuff. It's tough to swallow. (had to throw that in there).

Thoughts?

Same with most documentary channels/stations I've found. These days I don't even bother with the tv... It's a waste (of time, money, room). ARTE, a German station, and BBC are the only two I can still moderately respect. It's a real shame, because I remember loving The History Channel and VH1 and tons other documentaries as a kid. That was some good stuff!

That's true. The Travel Channel, History Channel have seriously diminished. Pretty much the channels have leveled themselves on the same plane as E Television.

What is television? :P The only shows I ever watch now I download. I don't watch actual TV.

I tried to watch the superbowl and remembered why I hate TV. Sooooooooooo many ads; urgh!

I missed out on watching Superbowl this year :( Next year though I'll get to join the festivities, though I've already been banned from nachos and beer on the couch.

Kim wrote: "I missed out on watching Superbowl this year :( Next year though I'll get to join the festivities, though I've already been banned from nachos and beer on the couch."

how do you watch the superbowl without them?

Knowledge Lost wrote: "how do you watch the superbowl without them?"

By not telling her where I am going :P

Kim wrote: "What is television? :P The only shows I ever watch now I download. I don't watch actual TV."

Ya know, this is the best way to go. I've been doing it for years and can only recommend as well! Something about it not being scheduled and you pick what you watch, when, makes everything so much more palatable. (though I still agree that everything on tv sucks to a high degree).

Just read that swallows article last night. Now I really want facts and figures for the African type!

I want a pet squirrel

*fetches you an extra from the Willy Wonka set* You be a good boy now, Kim!

I could crotchet you one, if that helps. xD

You better include some crochet'd nuts too then!

No problem! The only problem might be sending it to Kim... I wonder if crotcheted squirrels with nuts would pass the control. :D

So, girls, how was last Monday?? Brownies all yummy?

Well they are more than amazing!! I made some last week and apperantly they were sooo good that I just had to bring more today, I guess that brownie-project was a success!:) ( Even though it sounds like itI don´t mean to brag about my brownie-skills:) Thank you so much for the recipe:)

Yay! I'm so glad!!

Looks like I really have to try them soon... :)

You should have snuck into her class!

Crochet squirrel! With brownies. Must go to Germany.

♥Xeni♥ wrote: "You should have snuck into her class!"

I should have...sorry next time you´ll get some :)

Hahahhaa! Sure ;)

I'll be makin lemon strawberry muffins in honor of my birthday on Friday for school. Yummy yummy pants!

Ooooh lemon strawberry? sounds like an interesting combination!

Recently I've become a huge fan of banana & white choc chip muffins because they contain banana so they must be healthy (......) and still full of chocolately goodness.

Happy Birthday for Friday Xeni!! :D

Thanks! And if I was a banana fan, I'd totally try that!

Then have fun on the "birthday-muffin-party". ;)

Found this while looking for some other stuff. Fellow Germans (or those who know a bit) will perhaps appreciate xD (Sad ending,t hough!)


Advent, Advent, my English brennt

I am sleeping very well in my quietsching Bettgestell.
But today in dieser Nacht,
is that Schei eil zamgekracht.
So I hope that dir das not passiert and that my Englisch better wird.

When the snow falls wunderbar
And the children happy are,
When the Glatteis on the street,
And we all a Gluehwein need,
Then you know, es ist soweit:
She is here, the Weihnachtszeit.


Every Parkhaus is besetzt,
Weil die people fahren jetzt
All to Kaufhof, Mediamarkt,
Kriegen nearly Herzinfarkt.
Shopping hirnverbrannte things
And the Christmasglocke rings.


Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas,
Hear the music, see the lights,
Frohe Weihnacht, Frohe Weihnacht,
Merry Christmas allerseits ...


Mother in the kitchen bakes
Schoko-, Nuss- and Mandelkeks
Daddy in the Nebenraum
Schmcks a Riesen-Weihnachtsbaum
He is hanging auf the balls,
Then he from the Leiter falls ...


Finally the Kinderlein
To the Zimmer kommen rein
And es sings the family
Schauerlich: "Oh, Chistmastree!"
And then jeder in the house
Is packing die Geschenke aus.


Merry Christmas, merry Christmas,
Hear the music, see the lights,
Frohe Weihnacht, Frohe Weihnacht,
Merry Christmas allerseits ...


Mama finds unter the Tanne
Eine brandnew Teflon-Pfanne,
Papa gets a Schlips and Socken,
Everybody does frohlocken.
President speaks in TiVi,
All around is Harmonie.
Bis mother in the kitchen runs:
Im Ofen burns the Weihnachtsgans.


And so comes die Feuerwehr
With Tat, tata daher,
And they bring a long, long Schlauch
And a long, long Leiter auch.
And they cry - "Wasser marsch!",
Christmas das is now im Arsch ...


Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas,
Hear the music, see the lights,
Frohe Weihnacht, Frohe Weihnacht,
Merry Christmas allerseits...

xD
I absolutely LOVE this poem! We read it in German one day. Or something like that.

Too sad only Germans (or people who speak it) get the joke...

Yeah! xD My dad sent it to me for Christmas 2 years ago... love archived emails sometimes!

haha I love it :) really cheering me up since I am working on an essay about the Narnia movies! I mean I enjoy it really I do..but right now I am just frustrated with technical problems and finishing sentences that don´t quite fit! Argh so thank for the poem :)

you're very welcome :D gl on the essay!

Xeni how did the muffins turn out? Hope you're having a fab day :)

I just built a new bookshelf. I have to admit, that I'm getting pretty good at it... ^^

Philippa wrote: "Xeni how did the muffins turn out? Hope you're having a fab day :)"

Ah, they sucked big time. Lemon is always rather tricky to bake with, I find, due to the acidity probably. I have yet to get a really great lemon cake or muffin recipe. :( But I keep trying!

Marlene wrote: "I just built a new bookshelf. I have to admit, that I'm getting pretty good at it... ^^"

Ikea? :P

Would a lemon-cream roll work? I have a great recipe there!

And yes, it is an Ikea-shelf. Three of my six shelves are from Ikea so far. ;)

Kim wrote: "What is television? :P The only shows I ever watch now I download. I don't watch actual TV."

I'm the same way...but if we all do this, who's going to pay to produce the content? Any thoughts out there on new and better forms of funding for filmed entertainment?? Or will we reach a point where we all realize none of it is worth paying for an television will simply fade away...lol

Even cinemas are not that often visited. I have to know; my uncle owns one. But I think it's totally different to watching TV! I don't get it.

But you're right about the download-thing. The good thing about it is that you can choose when to watch what. Sometimes I just don't have the time to watch TV - but when I have there's only rubbish.

Marlene wrote: "Even cinemas are not that often visited. I have to know; my uncle owns one. But I think it's totally different to watching TV! I don't get it.

But you're right about the download-thing. The good t..."

I wouldn't object to a pay-per view system where I could just pay a dollar to watch an HBO show I liked. But I've no interest in committing to a cable package where it's 99.9% garbage. I'd actually feel morally bad about contributing to the support of most of the programming out there. And so, for now, I pirate.

It's similar to how I feel about music. I don't like buying music via record company conduits given the tiny percentage --but I'd gladly pay an artist directly for access to their work. So I'm a pirate until better systems of compensation get devised...

Marlene wrote: "Even cinemas are not that often visited. I have to know; my uncle owns one. But I think it's totally different to watching TV! I don't get it."

You're right in that it's different. The reason I don't watch TV is that the programming here in Australia is pretty crap. We don't get a lot of good shows and the ones we do are weeks, months or sometimes years behind.

Cinema is a different thing altogether. I love going but the problem there is cost. One adult ticket here is currently $15.50 (~€12). And I don't really go by myself. So with my fiancee it's now over $30. And cinema is about experience. One of those experiences is the food. So you have to get a popcorn. That means you need a drink as well because popcorn is so dry. Now the cost is over $50. Just to see 1 movie. It's not worth it most of the time.

*grin*
You don't have that problem, when your uncle OWNS two cinemas! ;)

So, I guess since the $640 million Mega Millions was won, now we dejectedly go back to trying to win the measly $7 million each week.

Measly, yes...measly....

*Daydreams about the amount of books 7$ million would buy* :)

Too much WoW and Red Bull equals being up way too late

Franky wrote: "So, I guess since the $640 million Mega Millions was won, now we dejectedly go back to trying to win the measly $7 million each week."

Haha... I wouldn't want to win the $640 million pot- I'd rather win the $7 million... more anonymous that way- and $7 million is still more than I'll ever earn...

Right there. What you could do with seven million...
I'd probably publish a book and fulfill a wish of mine: Go into a bookshop and order my complete to-read list, which would be about 100 books. Just to see the faces of the people there. ^^
But I'm just daydreaming.