tracking names in the SCA

Ok, the latest Neatnew by Marylaine Block had this in it:

Baby Name Wizard
http://babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html
Track the popularity of given names across time, either by typing in a
name, for a graphic depiction of its decade-by-decade use, or by moving
your arrow down the screen through an alphabetical listing that notes each
name's peak year.

Now, imagine if we did this for the SCA college of heralds records. :)

(Why, yes, I am a SCA sociology geek. I'd love to see a graphical representation of different lineages in the SCA, too: for instance, fighter lineages with video clips of each one so you could compare them, a&s lineages with pictures/documentation, service lineages with SCA resumes. I once had a herald friend who like the idea and thought about doing it. When he's old and cranky perhaps someone will suggest he do the SCA Name Wizard.)

grilled mushrooms

Last night I tried grilled mushooms in my toaster oven (under the broiler).
I had a package of baby Bellas. I washed them, cut off the ends, and put them gills down on a rack in the tray. When I checked them about 5 minutes later, I decided to turn them gills up and was happier with that.
I put butter, salt and pepper on them when they were done, then added some verjuice. They weren't bad. But I looked back at the Rumpolt suggestions, and saw:
" Take Redling Mushrooms/ peel and wash them off/ salt and pepper them/ lay them on a Grill/ and roast (fry)/ baste with Butter/ and give warm on a Plate/ strew them with Pepper and Salt/ thus it is also good and well tasting."

I think adding pepper and salt before cooking, plus basting with butter, would improve the flavor.

banned books meme

I was going to use the list that's going around, but it had #58 missing (though looking for it got me to some cute baby pictures)
Instead I used the Top banned books 1990-1999 from the ALA website
Bold the ones you've read... ( Read more... )