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Cafe brunches. They were just consistently excellent. Vancouver isn’t at all bad at them either but I’m perplexed that a) apparently...

The Robin Hood mythology peaked with "Maid Marian and her Merry Men", in the late '80s.

How did you find the kiwiburgers vs ones back home? Our styles are different .

I think the pub burgers in NZ were pretty similar to those in the UK - they were well executed with good beef and brioche buns, not...

Robin of Sherwood had a much more evil take on Richard. It wouldn’t be inconsistent with the actual historical record for Eleanor to...

I came here to say the same Thing. Also the best Prince John.

No love for the donut or ramen burgers? No, me neither. I don’t have a favourite burger but I do like testing burgers at new places...

Fry bread base, venison, worchestershire sauce, beefsteak tomato, red onion, coleslaw, tomato relish Or fry bread, paua (abalone), onion

The whole discussion about book length - my personal stance is that it depends on the book, if it can hold my attention for 1000 pages...

Minor case in point - just read Alchemised by SenLinYu, which is a pretty solid entry at 1030 pages. And while it is lovingly written...

Loved Libertarian Walks Into A Bear, it’s so educational about American libertarianism (and also bears).

My reading is so haphazard these days, I've almost quit noticing if I've finished something. (Which I haven't, at least not since John...

Yeah, the Thomas Aquinas fandom is certainly something. True. Probably. I try to allow room for exceptions to my pessimism. There are...

Yes, the powers scale up rapidly, especially over the generations and with the invention of amplifier CE equipment, as well as the...

Sounds worth a read! I’m reminded of Julian May’s Galactic Milieu series, which are prequels to her Saga of Pliocene Exile, and...