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haha sherri - it's the number 13 in some wierd windows font. i had fun with ms paint yesterday. i did an anime self-portrait too: but it didn't look so good shrunk down and converted to jpeg. (it was a slow day yesterday). but i liked the background so i played around with it a little.

seems i had the name of my favorite tea wrong - it's messmer - http://www.messmer.de/messmer_e/home_e.html

sometimes - usually if you ask for tea, at least in georgia - you say you want "sweet tea" or "unsweet tea" - a lot of places have unsweet tea on hand. unless it's a really tiny mom and pop operation - then all you get is sweet tea.

hmm - i'll have to check whole foods for the brand then - that's typically where i get the Messner's.

i think i've had honest tea before. it was quite good for bottled.

if it's something i'll use a lot, definitely hardback, and preferable spiral bound. laminated and i'd be in heaven.

i've never tried their bagged teas, but i always get the mango flavored bottled tea. it's good stuff. matter of fact i will be having soem with lunch today. i find if i buy loose tea, it will wind up sitting for a year or more. (hmm..much like my lipton tea bags). rickster - can you get the Taylor's of Harrogate line int he US?

i'm gonna have to see it when it comes out here. I saw the trailers at the Art Cinema here a couple weeks back.

that's the animated one right? so it was good?

hey there....i was thinking about bagged teas last night. (my life isn't particularly stressful) i typically don't buy loose tea, and i use my tea strainer for tisanes, and not traditional tea. in any case...what are your favorites? what tea bags do you keep around on a regular basis? i typically have lipton on hand. of course i like my tea, like my coffee, strong as it possibly can be, and usually i need 2 lipton bags per cup to do that. I've tried twinings - 2 bags per cup as well. One brand i really like is Messner (did i spell that right?) those are one-bag brews - i'm not sure why they are stronger, or brew darker, but i like them. they hold up to cream well too. I haven't tried any traditional brews form them, but i noticed this with a cherry flavored black tea, and with a grapefruit flavored green tea (to die for, i must add). how about you? what are your bagged tea experiences?

they don't call them curiously strong for nothin'! unfortuantely we don't have trader joe's here. i've checked whole foods int he past and no dice.

hmmm...perhaps i should check world market here on my side of town. maybe they've got some. thanks! i hope i find them, as i said, i've been wanting to try them for sooo long.

i've yet to see these elusive confections. after having heard of them and keeping an eye out for the last 6 months.

yeah, gold leaf definitely takes a steady-hand day. what are you thinking about putting it on?

"shalom y'all." (that tickles me when i hear it)

very delicate choices there beans - I love it! hey jaymes? do y'all make your peppermint bark with a dark chocolate layer as well, or just the white chocolate?

sounds like this needs to be replicated by an SSB with a stopwatch and time lapse photography tools.

i think bourdain about summed it up.

hey now..some of the best bbq joints i've ever been in sport many of the aforementioned characteristics.

i want dan to be my husband. or at least my baby daddy.

i wholly agree with what extramsg said.

wouldn't quitting in order to conform to societal pressure be more of a sign of weakness? (not saying you're weak - just making a point)

*lol* i thought that's what kiddie menus were for!

there are people who gather with their friends at mcdonalds for dinner?

tea with cream, or plain tea? when i've got tummy issues tea and toast are old standbys. (usually with cream). if i've got congestion issues it's tea with lemon. i've never noticed any nausea one way or the other, but i have also been raised with tea from when i was a kid. black coffee on the other hand, will give me agita in a heartbeat.