Posted by Journeyman on January 6, 2004, at 23:12:08
In reply to Re: here it is . . . » Journeyman, posted by reluctant on January 6, 2004, at 21:47:47
Yes, I work in the English Dept. of a college near DC. Grew up in central Maine though, so the Ayuh dialect is my first language.
Trifle is about as close to a national dessert as England comes. To get a sense of what it's like, though my own version is quite different, head for the cookbook section and see if there's a copy of Nigella Lawson's 'How to be a Domestic Goddess.' See pages 148-153. Personally, I don't find her recipes all that good flavorful, but the photographs are arresting and her writing is sumptuous.
So what was the humor connection? Monty Python? Benny Hill? Jasper Carrot? The Two Ronnies? The Black Adder? One Foot in the Grave? I've been a bit of an Anglophile for a while now...went to college there for four years.
Glad to hear you're pleased with your potential therapist. I hope that works out for you.
My therapist is Buddhist too. I was surprised lately when I took an online test designed to find compatibility between individually held beliefs and the 10 major religions/denominations in the US. Despite (or perhaps because of) being raised a Christian, it came in dead last on the list. Universal Unitarianism was at the top, followed by neopaganism (for my environmental bent, I guess) and Buddhism. Have been dabbling into some of the Dalai Lama's writings the last year, along with Steven Levine's 'Who Dies?' - He's a Buddhist counselor who works with the terminally ill. It was my Dad's death last year that pushed me in that direction and it's shaped/reflected my shifting beliefs in a very helpful way.
Congratulations are in order for your successful meeting with the crushee this evening. And to think you didn't even try to escape by hiding behind the self-help stack! Anyone who gets to talk to you is lucky -r; you're a rare soul.
I enjoy the chats with you. It took reading all of one of your postings to sense you're a kindred spirit. I'm also glad you tipped me off to this board. I was beginning to have some misgivings about posting on the Lex site while discussing recipe swapping. (That's not to say that food hasn't always been my primary medication)
Richard
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