h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I love Greek food.. unfortunately PC isn't adventurous so we're most likely going to get Chinese takeout or something..

On a really lazy day, KFC is also a safe hedge for us. Mind you, we don't have the ultimate fighting-ninja-chicken warrior living in our yard.

*giggles* she doesn't seem affected by us eating chicken as long as it's not her personally... admittedly the first time I ate chicken with her on the deck after she decided to move in I found myself more than slightly nauseated by her clucking while I ate one of her kind..

Hmmm, I suppose with your rather "city-fied" background, it would feel rather wrong at the time. Ah well, Chinese is always a good option for me as well, so I wish you a fine dinner. What-ever it proves to be.

Apparently PC took out a pork tenderloin with plans for it... though know knowing him he'll light the grill then conveniently disappear while I do something with it..

If that was my required material, and with today's heat, I'd try to slow-roast it, several hours, over our BBQ. Seasoned as we like it, a bit of water, maybe even red wine, to keep it drying. A crispy garden salad, and some baked corn or spuds.

But then, I'm a simple and generally lazy on hot days.

he bought it already marinated.. something I wish he wouldn't do.. they put all sorts of "stuff" in there.. and has informed me would be ideal with it.. imagine that..

Oh, ummm, and ... I haven't had a lot of luck with "other people's" ideas of marinades, 'perfectly seasoned', etc. I prefer to start with a nekkid piece of any meat or , and go from there.

I wish you luck. And an emergency jar of peanut butter on hand, ... just in case, ...

me too... pre-marinated is something I don't like either.. *shrugs*

One thing we can both rest easy about though. No one has yet tried to foist pink sparkly bunnies or ninja girls on us !!! Well, today, anyway.

That Jack simply IS a one of a kind.

Oh I don't know.. it might make a very interesting take on the book..

Indeed. And it sure as he!! lightened and brightened a journal, eh?

I can't recall if you've said, ... have you read da Vinci, or Angels, etc?

Yes.. I've read both as well as his two other novels.. and PC and I went to see the movie Saturday..

I only went about getting these two at the near insistence of a couple of folks. I've not looked for others. Good tales that make for a relaxing rainy-day read. But not quite what I'd make a serious effort to read a second time.

The movie, on the other hand, ... Some folks on here, who's opinions I have come to respect, seem to think it mostly exceeded the books in depth and quality. Making it pretty good, and not just because of names attached to it.

I thought it was a very good movie... one of precious few that come close to the source book..

That is one of the things I've heard. Which is a treat. So many books just cannot make it to a screen, ... Stephen King, John Irving, so many where a lot of the book IS what is going on within the characters. Not something they can 'express' ...

Now see there we differ.. as far as Stephen King goes, anyway.. I don't like his books as they all seem written for a movie or mini-series..

The thing about the Dan Brown books is I've noticed they are less about central characters and more about the mystery/quest, which makes them very fascinating. When I read Angels & Demons and Da Vinci Code I spent a lot of time online finding images and information on the clues to see what he was talking about. I found it very enjoyable.. that and how many authors could make a solid go of Fabonacci numbers..

Hmmm. Some of King's stuff really WAS made for the movies. I was thinking more of "The Shining" where all the true demons were in his head, or "Cujo", with similar madness in the mind of a rabid dog.

I read these books over the Christmas season, simply looking for a good read. And in that, I was satisfied, without taking much time to research the basis. I did, of course, look closer at "The Last Supper", but not much beyond that.

Once more, a clear difference between your personality, orientation and expectations, and mine. Variety does keep the world an interesting place, eh?

Indeed it does..

So in a different direction, ... how long this time before you, the and the chicken-from-heck are left to your own devices?