tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post169506009708742644..comments2024-03-28T11:30:46.101-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: Leaving the roostOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-43576769400435687092014-08-13T05:31:41.212-04:002014-08-13T05:31:41.212-04:00What a story! Roast rooster for dinner. I concur...What a story! Roast rooster for dinner. I concur. Either that or a good fence. Shouldn't he be cooped up with the chickens anyway? <br /><br />I'd be annoyed at being woken up at dawn by a cock-a-doodle do -- or is that different in Icelandic?<br /><br />By the way, "The Silence of the Sea," got a very good review at Crimepieces. Interesting discussion follows.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-42256248873381313102014-08-08T12:16:13.821-04:002014-08-08T12:16:13.821-04:00I seem to have replied to the wrong blog. And to ...I seem to have replied to the wrong blog. And to have mixed up two of them. And this morning I did not even have sugar much less any recreational drug. Sorry. My computer screen is jumping all over the place.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12558260338780425291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-83894260168367589052014-08-08T12:11:00.963-04:002014-08-08T12:11:00.963-04:00I do not know the answer to the growing epidemic o...I do not know the answer to the growing epidemic of drug abuse in the United States. Having worked in a residential drug rehab (I ran the college program), I have seen so many families destroyed by their youngster's drug use. In a short period of time, six young people ran away from the program and had a last weekend fling before returning for treatment. I went to five wakes in a short period of time.<br /><br />I know people who have lost a child from recreational drug use. I know others who know someone. . . . Six granddaughters have brought back stories from college that for me are almost unbelievable. <br /><br />A recent edition of a medical-health newsletter from Berkeley spells out what is known about marijuana, what is only speculated about, what studies have been done and what they reveal, what studies need to be done. It seems a quite objective, but the bottom line seems to be "don't use it."<br /><br />But seeing the incidence of obesity among the young and not-so-young in the U.S., I do agree about sugar as a drug. And one the food companies sell actively to young people.<br /><br />So I guess I will stop quipping to my husband when I am tired and say, "I need a sugar fix."<br /><br />Sorry for the diatribe about marijuana. I do like chicken soup. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12558260338780425291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-73332995900620320562014-08-06T19:23:04.455-04:002014-08-06T19:23:04.455-04:00Chicken soup sounds good for the fall - regarding ...Chicken soup sounds good for the fall - regarding the whale beer, I have the last two bottles in the country waiting for Annamaria, Jeff, Stan and Michael in November. Maybe I can serve it with the soup.Yrsa Sigurdardottirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05889410114439001207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-2745137506495556612014-08-06T19:10:20.790-04:002014-08-06T19:10:20.790-04:00Whale beer? I suppose Iceland eats fish corn, too...Whale beer? I suppose Iceland eats fish corn, too, instead of popped corn.<br /><br />And I was thinking Chicken Soup rather than Roast Chicken, as roosters can be tough and chewy, you know...Everett Kaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371555243187874414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-50250905776066315812014-08-06T17:43:36.249-04:002014-08-06T17:43:36.249-04:00We have a cat and I cannot tell you how happy I am...We have a cat and I cannot tell you how happy I am that it has now in its advanced age finally stopped bringing home dead birds and mice - once one so big it could have been a rat. The rat/supersized mouse wasn't dead but paralyzed from the neck down and I would rather not have to type out the story of how me and my son put it out of its misery. It involved me telling him what to do - him trying to do the doing but not being able to because it was such an appalling task. I can tell you later over whale beer. But my cat has never smothered animals, much less babies. Maybe cats did this in the old days since it is a global belief. Here we are told it has to do with them seeking the warmth of the baby's breath. Rather creepy.Yrsa Sigurdardottirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05889410114439001207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-64869633398642197562014-08-06T16:36:07.669-04:002014-08-06T16:36:07.669-04:00Yrsa, To my knowledge, my grandmother, who was bor...Yrsa, To my knowledge, my grandmother, who was born near Monte Casino--between Rome and Naples, never visited Iceland. She was brought to the USA at the age of three and remained in the country for the rest of her life. Yet she told me that cats will smother babies when they are sleeping and that they would come after me in particular if I did not do exactly as she told me. Given the disproportionate number of cat lovers among American mystery fans, I am loath to say what this upbringing did to my feeling about cats. Chicken and eggs, however, are among my favorites. As is this charming tale of wild life in Iceland!!!! Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-46860397403670830292014-08-06T16:00:02.679-04:002014-08-06T16:00:02.679-04:00Cara - you should be a negotiator. This is certain...Cara - you should be a negotiator. This is certainly a win-win suggestion :-)Yrsa Sigurdardottirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05889410114439001207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-29494427473907996702014-08-06T15:52:20.402-04:002014-08-06T15:52:20.402-04:00I think the rooster needs to say sorry by getting ...I think the rooster needs to say sorry by getting cozy with the hen and giving you eggs.Cara Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14592098418515886674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-75776198923723691262014-08-06T15:36:49.808-04:002014-08-06T15:36:49.808-04:00You and my grandson think the same. He has been ru...You and my grandson think the same. He has been running around with a butterfly net, intent on catching the rooster. He has placed candy along the sidewalk in the hopes of enticing the bird into a trap. When he catches the rooster (not if) he says he is going to take it to the grocery store and have them turn it into chicken. Once they have done that he is going to sell it to them. I guess there have been worse plans, I have just never heard of them.Yrsa Sigurdardottirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05889410114439001207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-77401158681364671212014-08-06T15:22:55.799-04:002014-08-06T15:22:55.799-04:00Two words to settle the looming Icelandic hysteria...Two words to settle the looming Icelandic hysteria: Roast Chicken.<br /><br />Once again, you had me laughing throughout, Yrsa mou. Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.com