1. Yesterday, Abby reminded me of something brilliant, one of my favorite things in the world: The “German” episode of Fawlty Towers. If you’ve never seen it, I definitely recommend it (YouTube has the entire episode in pieces, but the best third can be seen here). We watched this clip in the “Britain in 20th Century Europe” course I took at Winchester, as a sort of commentary on Britain’s relationship with Germany and the rest of Europe during that period. I remembered thinking that it must only have seemed ridiculously funny in the context of our typical history class, which consisted of an extremely dry, monotone lecture, pre-typed and read out loud to the class, followed by uncomfortable group discussion where I was nearly always lost. A weather bulletin would have been amusing in comparison. But after re-watching, I’m convinced that this is hilarious, even when compared to other hilarious British comedies.
2. Speaking of Abby, did anybody notice she’s a blogger now? Link’s on the right with the rest now, at the very top due to her alphabetical advantage. So let’s all leave her lots of comments.
3. Speaking of links on the right, did I mention that I’m loving my new BlueHost hosting, combined with WordPress blogging? While I sort of miss the 100% creative control over layout, I’m getting to brush up on my CSS skills (I have relied on html-only for far longer than I care to admit), and simple maintenance (such as adding links to the sidebar) is actually painless. No ftp involved. I’m loving it.
4. My latest hobby / obsession is with making quiche. French baking is so fascinating, not only because of the rich flavors, but because it puts such an incredible focus on texture. Hopefully this weekend, I’m going to try playing around with some different flavor combinations (portabella pineapple quiche? No?), but let’s be honest: eventually, I’ll lose interest, as with the other baked goods I’ve obsessed over at some point or another. In other food news, I have been in a salmon mood lately, and I really like this recipe as a light, late-summer quick meal.
Listening to: Jason Mraz – The Dynamo of Volition