I’ve Been Baking (:

great tv recommendations: stag  ↳ "What happens over the next 72 hours will change us as men. We will be defined by our time in these hills, on these heaths. And when we get home, we will say - to people that we trust and without giving away too many details - that we saw off our friend in style. That this was the stag to end all stags!“

Giovanni da Udine (1487-1561) - Dettaglio del finto pergolato con festoni di frutta e fiori che incornicia le Storie di Amore e Psiche, ciclo realizzato da Raffaello e aiuti nella Loggia di Psiche, Villa Farnesina, Roma.

Tra i tanti capricci realizzati da Giovanni si notano una serie di composizioni basate su zucchine, cetrioli ed altre verdure lungiformi, che prendono la forma di falli e che si pongono quali elementi apotropaici di fertilità e di buon augurio. Il più notevole, ricordato anche dal Vasari, è il capriccio posto sopra Mercurio ed indicato dalla stessa divinità.

“…sopra la figura di un Mercurio che vola ha finto per Priapo una zucca attraversata da villucchi, che ha per testicoli due petroncioni, e vicino al fiore di quella ha finto una ciocca di fichi brugiotti grossi, dentro a uno dei quali, aperto e troppo fatto, entra la punta della zucca col fiore, il quale capriccio è espresso con tanta grazia, che più non si piò alcuno immaginare”

Giorgio Vasari, vita di Giovanni da Udine.

Today we bring to you perennial fan-favorite Terry Jeffords!

Terry Jeffords is one of the main characters of Brooklyn 99, a Mike Schur and Andy Samberg project which aired on Fox in 2013, which moved to NBC for its final seasons from 2019 - 2021. Portrayed by Terry Crews, Jeffords is first the sergeant then lieutenant of the eponymous 99th precinct, and has variable roles throughout the series’ tenure, most often filling the niche of mother hen adjacent to Captain Holt’s stern father figure.

Given of course that he is played by Terry Crews, we can be assured that this man is beefcake central. Although it is often hidden under tasteful pastel shirts and ties patterned en vogue, Jeffords’ physique is remarked upon at least once per episode, with the occasional episode centering around his stature. In one notable instance, he is unable to perform a undercover operation and must train Jake Peralta in his workout routine so that he may take his place – what actually takes place is a montage of Peralta desperately working to make up the lack in his physical prowess before giving up. This happens multiple times throughout the series. In another instance, Peralta takes a running leap at Terry, causing him to drop his coffee in favor of catching Peralta. When asked if it was any effort at all to hold up a grown man, Jeffords replies that it’s about the same as holding a couple of grapes. Indeed, the entire precinct knows what’s up with Sergeant Jeffords – and if it were not clear to the audience, we have regular reminders from Gina, for whom it is a running gag to attempt to get Terry to remove his shirt. Queen Gina speaking for all of us, as usual.

Now if you have been following this blog for a while, you will know that one thing that we value just as much as having the skill to make one’s pecs dance (which we see Terry do onscreen multiple times), it is a family man, and Terry’s a family man to a T. His introduction to the series and the first major character arc that he goes through has to do with the anxiety he feels as a new parent of twin baby girls - what would they and his lovely wife do if he were to fall in the line of duty? He overcomes this anxiety with the help of Gina and Captain Holt (and much departmental mandated therapy), but his love and respect for his wife and daughters shine through in every episode thereafter, and quite often carry over into all of his other relationships with the team. Terry could easily be played off as the stereotypical aggressive black man, but the show’s narrative emphasizes that Terry’s heart is as big as his muscles, and that he values his wife and all of the women in his life just as much as he does the yogurt in his fridge.

And it is clear that his comrades value him all the same. This author would hesitate to call a married and devoted man a slut (although we do learn that he and his wife conceived their children to Beyonce, so mad respect for that game), but we do know that Terry is a major Chad, having earned the respect of everyone in the 99 - indeed his team’s reliance on his opinion of them often leads to some comedic miscommunications, such as when Amy and Gina discover that Terry is writing a childrens’ book for his twins and that the two female leads are inspired by them. They bicker and argue over what this means until Terry delivers a rousing speech in the elevator about how they should come to trust and respect themselves a little bit more (which veers into charmingly awkward territory as the elevator ride only commences when Terry has finished). And Jake, main character that he is, has never had a bad thing to say about Terry that he hasn’t immediately corrected.

If Terry is to have a flaw in himbodom, impeccable specimen that he is, it is that he is too intelligent. It would be easy to write it off as simply detective-savvy - the man is the sergeant of a major precinct in the largest local police organization in the world, after all - but we see demonstrated time and again that not only is Terry a genuinely intelligent man with a lot to offer in many academic pursuits, he’s actually a huge-ass nerd. A notable instance is the case he insists on solving for the protection of a JRRT-GRRM-esque author that Terry has idolized since his childhood, using the book’s lore and the author’s own professional history to solve the case. Indeed, resident bookworm Amy indicates in one episode that if anyone in the precinct were to solve a particularly hard word-puzzle, it would be either her or Terry. Bold words from someone with more than a dozen organizational binders.

This author’s ambivalence cannot be overstated when we say with certainty: that man is not a himbo.

Total Himbo Score: 21

(Allora, amo tantissimo la pagina fb #cartoorin, e ho voluto provare anche io a mischiare i film d’animazione con alcuni dei luoghi più belli della mia regione natia.  Hope you like it 💙)

Cravat-a-licious! This is a word that exists out there, right? It has to…

Disney pls

Behind the scenes A Room With a View (1985)

Which Juliette binoche films would you reccomend ?

ugh, pretty much her entire filmography is on spot but here we go: I first saw her in the unbearable lightness of being (1988); she’s exceptional in it, pure Juliette, pure brilliance, she made a perfect Teresa. I love the work of Philip Kaufman, I think he can never go wrong – I’d definitely recommend the film whether you’re familiar w Kundera’s novel or not. then i’d go with les enfants du siècle (1999) for it’s a period drama & it’s terribly underrated; again, her portrayal of George Sand is extraordinary to say the least & it spoke volumes about her potential as an actress. chocolat (2000) is another favourite of mine; it supremely just does it on all levels for me–makes me feel nostalgic over & over again. it’s lovely, lovely & she was so exquisite in it. however, when it comes to her best performances:  trois couleurs: bleu (1993) directed by kieslowki is sublime; best film out of the entire trilogy plus it just shows that Juliette clicked so much w her head director–I believe he brought out the best in her acting & what they achieved together is transcending aka this one’s poetry in motion, you can’t miss it, it’s moving and 100% raw. les amants du pont-neuf (1991) is nice; I was first introduced to the work of Carax w that one and although I came to love mauvais sang (1986) a lot more, still, this is good work and Juliette is kind of beating herself in her own game acting wise. top favourite of mine is also copie conforme (2010); it’s subtle, it’s Cannes at its best & it’s a tricky film; requires a lot of patience but communicates its images so efficiently. elles (2011) is my guilty pleasure, I won’t expand on it but I was head over heels when I first saw it so yeah…and words and pictures (2013) – ahh so, so, amazing…she co-stars w Clive Owen and the thing works because it’s just not overdone, it’s very American at the core of it but it still works Idk. 1.000 times goodnight (2013) – I’d recommend it any day for the cinematography is glorious and number one is camille claudel 1915 (2013) – to this day I haven’t seen a biography film which spoke more to my heart. wholly and unequivocably. I still can’t get my head around how superb it is and how majestic Juliette is in it.

Detail of Shirin, Queen of the Sassanian Empire, bathing. The hooves of the horse of King Khosrow can be seen at the top right. From the Kashmir Manuscript, 1791.

Shirin was the wife of Khosrow II, the shahanshah, or King of Kings, of the Sassanian (Persian) Empire. Her exact cultural/ethnic origins are debated; some sources say she was Roman (at her time that was the Byzantine Empire who considered themselves Roman) and others say she was Aramean, a non-Persian from the areas of Assyria and Babylonia.

What is known is that she was a Christian and Khosrow was Zoroastrian and that such a relationship was considered forbidden. Through all the turmoil in their lives, Shirin and Khosrow remained together. During that time she was able to gain support for the Christian minority in the empire.

Her and Khosrow’s lives and romance are retold, with fictional elements, in the Persian epic poem Shahnameh, the romance Khosrow and Shirin by the famed poet Nizami Ganjavi, and even in One Thousand and One Nights. 

~Hasmonean

Rations for various RPG Races

[[ Source. Original creator: wats6831. Additional information and images linked under each one. ]]

Universal:

Homemade artisan herb bread, home grown and dried apples and prunes, uncured beef sausage, munster cheese. Made a small bag from cheesecloth and tied it closed.

Discussion thread here.

Dwarf:

Garlic chicken livers, smoked and peppered cheese, spiced pork sausages, hard tack, dried vegetables, dried wild mushrooms.

Discussion thread here.

Elf:

Top left to right: Evereskan Honey Comb, Elven Travel Bread (Amaretto Liquer Cake with custom swirls), Lurien Spring Cheese (goat cheese with garlic, salt, spices and shallots), Delimbyr Vale Smoked Silverfin (Salmon), Honey Spiced Lichen (Kale Chips), and Silverwood Pine Nuts.

Discussion thread here.

Halfling:

From upper left: “Honeytack” Hard tack honey cakes, beef sausage, pork sausage mini links, mini whole wheat toast, cranberry cheddar cheese mini wedge, mini pickles, pumpkin and sunflower seeds, lower right is my homemade “travel cake” muesli with raisins, golden prunes, honey, eggs and cream.

Discussion thread here.

Half-Orc:

Wrapped in cheesecloth and tied in burlap package. Forest strider drumsticks, molasses sweet wheat bread “black strap”, aged Munster, hard boiled eggs, mixed wild nuts.

Discussion thread here.

Orc:

Orcs aren’t known for their great cuisine. Orcs prefer foods that are readily available (whatever can be had by raiding), and portable with little preparation, though they have a few racial delicacies. Toughs strips of lean meat, bones scavenged from recent kills, and dark coarse bread make up the bulk of common orc rations.Fire roasted rothe femur (marrow is a rare treat) [beef femur], Strips of dried meat (of unknown origin) [homemade goose jerky], foraged nuts, only edible by orcs….nut cracker tusks [brazil nuts], coarse black bread, made with whatever grains can be pillaged [black sesame bread], Pungent peppers [Habanero peppers stuffed with smoked fish and olives].

More images here. Discussion thread here.

Gnome:

Pan fried Delimbyr smelt, spiced goat cheese (paprika crusted hand pressed Fontina), Gnome shortbread (savory pistachio), glass travel jar filled with Secomber Red (wine), hard boiled quail eggs packed in rolled oats (to keep safe), dried figs from Calimshan, and Southwood smoked goat sausage (blood sausage).

More images here. Discussion thread here.

Lizardfolk:

Lizardfolk are known to be omnivores, forage for a surprising variety of foods found within the confines of their marshy environs, in this case the Lizard Marsh near Daggerford. Fresh caught boiled Delimbyr Crayfish on wild chives, coastal carrageen moss entrapping estuary brine shrimp (irish moss, dried brine shrimp), Brackish-Berries (blackberries), Blackened Dart-Frog legs (frog legs) on spring sprouts (clover sprouts), roasted bog bugs on a stick!

More images here. Discussion thread here.

Drow:

From top left: Menzoberranzan black truffle rothe cheese (Black Knight Tilsit), Donigarten Moss Snails (Escargot in shallot butter sauce), Blind cave fish caviar in mushroom caps (Lumpfish caviar), faerzress infused duck egg imported from the surface Realms (Century egg), Black velvet ear fungus (Auricularia Black Fungus Mushroom).

More images here. Discussion thread here.