If you fry some cumin seeds in a bit of oil until they're toasted before adding the TJ's soup it's even tastier.

Lots of good advice already so I'm just adding my voice in support of you.

How fun! I haven't been able to get my MIL to watch because it's not traditional enough. Maybe she'll go for this episode.

She might enjoy In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex. It's about the true story that inspired Moby Dick and is being made into a movie. I haven't read it yet but it's sitting on my shelf after a trusted bookstore employee told me he loved it. (He and I are both Moby Dick fans.)

Maybe their future's so bright they gotta...never mind.

I reported 3 posts just to make whoever comes early in the morning aware. Hopefully their admin tools allow them to delete everything easily.

:grouphug: I don't have advice but I couldn't read and not send hugs.

Given what you've said here, I think she qualifies to be evaluated by a professional. Getting her to go along with it is another thing altogether though.

:laugh: I would have done the same.

Reporting back re: Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard. We have our copy! DS went to the bookstore with $20.00 and the book was $19.99 before tax. When it turned out he didn't have enough money, the employee gave him her discount and he was so appreciative. :001_wub: He loves to swim but is a little bummed he has to head to the pool instead of digging into the book right away.

Thanks for the reminder! We picked up the Greek Heroes book and that's been keeping DS busy because he's read all the other Riordan books. I'll check the store this afternoon.

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There's a reason it's called weed. :lol: That stuff grows wild all over the place. I think DH found some once near some train tracks in Indiana. Here's an article in the NY Times about finding it growing in a sidewalk crack in Brooklyn. I agree composting could lead to some interesting results.

I actually love silence as well and I can't work or read silently if there's music or videos or anything. This only worked because I was already reading aloud so I was interacting with others and discussing.

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This week I am reading Hamlet (both Lamb and Hinds versions) to the kids, wrapping up The Vicar of Wakefield, moving ahead with House of Leaves as my spooky read, and reading Bond's A String in the Harp. The latter was discussed in the previous thread so I looked into it, bought it for the kids, and promptly began reading it myself. Hopefully I'll get to finish it before they notice. ;)

If you're interested, here is a brief article and here is a longer one. Also, if you want to read a book with a different point of view, Boukreev wrote his own book as a sort of rebuttal before he died in an avalanche at Annapurna in 1997.

It's interesting you should say that because I think the people who worked on the events of this movie don't agree with Krakauer on his version of events and the success of "his version" has definitely caused some rifts in the Everest climbing community. Thanks for checking in. Each time I look at the radar I think of you.

Today we came across this web site for mixing ambient noises while you study or read. We had a great time reading Macbeth while listening to the tavern ambience. There are also other sounds inspired by games plus Harry Potter sounds and LotR/Hobbit sounds. Plus a lot more (inc Dr. Who for you fans) if you poke around.

Yes. Get as many well-written sentences and vocabulary words into her mind as possible!

One trick I heard is to get the audiobook of the first volume of a really good series and once they're hooked, buy them the subsequent books.

:grouphug: I would focus on re-kindling the love of learning. Once you have that, she can be a lifelong learner and fill in her own gaps, like we all are.

All Proustian, all the time! I also have Knausgaard sitting on my nightstand. I think I'll jump in in November. Feels like cold weather reading.

Just musing here about the effects of a lottery not on the pool of applicants, but the matriculants as well. The OP's link seems to be more about the rejected students that the accepted ones so I'm mulling while I eat lunch. I wonder how those in the matriculating class, not just those who applied and were rejected, might feel? Lucky? Not like they were the best of the best? Right now perhaps they feel they had an edge over other applicants, and who could blame them after all the hoops they jumped through? I guess it would depend on the personality of the student. Perhaps some would feel humble, others guilty, others deserving despite the randomness. Knowing myself, if I were selected through a lottery, I would feel guilty and wonder if someone more "deserving" lost out. Of course that happens with the process now as well, but the students who are accepted may take some comfort in feeling it was a competitive process and not a random one. Explicitly removing that comfort could have some interesting effects.