Recent content by MsWhatsit

I think they all taste like Robitussin cough syrup, based on Booker's convulsive reaction after drinking them. (OK, fine, also because his hands are deforming into octopus tentacles, or whatever. But I choose to think it's because he just really hates Robitussin, like all right-thinking people.)

The Boy of Silence that everyone is talking about in Bioshock not only made me jump on my first playthrough, it also made me jump on my second playthrough, and that was actually even after watching the gameplay video that someone linked in this thread. *headdesk*

Woman here. 1. Bioshock Infinite 2. Fallout: New Vegas 3. Planetside 2 Most important for me is a nice mix of action and story. Satisfying shooty blam blam parts + satisfying story = win for me. I realize that Planetside 2 is all shooty blam and no story, but sometimes you just need to...

Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson. Worth it for the "Captain Crunch" section alone. I don't love all of Stephenson's newer stuff, but IMO Cryptonomicon is a masterpiece. I am surprised that you said no fantasy and no series, but yet you list The Lord of the Rings as one of the books you've...

I let them go. Taking the higher road, and all of that.

I was in a roll-over car accident and survived with only a scratch to my knee. That was pretty memorable. I was also once in a grocery store when it was robbed by two masked, armed men. Sounds like a cliche, but they really did yell, "Hit the deck!" and waved their guns in the air during the...

When you used lye in the cast-iron pan, you probably stripped the seasoning off the pan. Lye (in the form of oven cleaner) is a very commonly-suggested way to strip cast-iron pans for the purpose of reseasoning. A cast-iron pan that has been stripped of seasoning is very susceptible to rust...