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OK, not really overtly gay-themed, but anyway. Coming across this bit of dialog on IMDB Quotes reminds me -- time to watch this one yet again! Jean Brodie: [after Miss Mackay has read a supposedly incriminating letter, written by Sandy and Jenny] There's very little for me to say, Miss Mackay in the face of your extraordinary prejudice and hostility. Miss Mackay: Miss Brodie, I am not asking you to say anything. I am asking... demanding... that you put your signature, your own signature, on a letter of resignation which I have prepared for you. Jean Brodie: I will not resign. Miss Mackay: If you will not resign, you will force me to dismiss you. Jean Brodie: I will not resign and you will not dismiss me, Miss Mackay. You will not use the excuse of that pathetic, that humorous document to blackmail me! Mr. Lowther, you are a witness to this. Miss Mackay has made totally unsupported accusations against my name and yours. If she has one authentic shred of evidence, just one, let her bring it forth! Otherwise, if one more word of this outrageous calumny reaches my ears, I shall sue! I shall take Miss Mackay to the public courts and I shall sue the trustees of Marcia Blaine, if they support her. I will not stand quietly by and allow myself to be crucified by a woman whose fetid frustration has overcome her judgment! If scandal is to your taste, Miss Mackay, I shall give you a feast! Miss Mackay: Miss Brodie! Jean Brodie: I am a teacher! I am a teacher, first, last, always! Do you imagine that for one instant I will let that be taken from me without a fight? I have dedicated, sacrificed my life to this profession. And I will not stand by like an inky little slacker and watch you rob me of it and for what? For what reason? For jealousy! Because I have the gift of claiming girls for my own. It is true I am a strong influence on my girls. I am proud of it! I influence them to be aware of all the possibilities of life... of beauty, honor, courage. I do not, Miss Mackay, influence them to look for slime where it does not exist! I am going. When my class convenes, my pupils will find me composed and prepared to reveal to them the succession of the Stuarts. And on Sunday, I will go to Cramond to visit Mr. Lowther. We are accustomed, bachelor and spinster, to spend our Sundays together in sailing and walking the beaches and in the pursuit of music. Mr. Lowther is teaching me to play the mandolin. Good day, Miss Mackay.

Want company ? I can blow you while you drive !

Shouldn't that be " a settin'"? Will inform you when it gets cold enough for ham and beans. It is served with fresh sweet onions and corn bread. Best regards, RA1

Leftover Pizza? Does that even exist? Not in my universe. The other suggestions are worthwhile and appreciated. I find that I use the convection small oven as much as possible instead of the std oven unless whatever I am cooking won't fit in the convection small oven. The other cooking appliance that I find that I can't do without is the slow cooker and it has its place for some things, especially soups.

Missouri ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional, state judge rules http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/oct/03/missouri-ban-same-sex-marriage-unconstitutional-state-judge-rules

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XKRj-T4l-e8

I only know the movie; never read the novel, just from laziness. Rent the movie! A young(ish) Maggie Smith plays Jean. She is divine.

Positively delightful. Being one of very little formal education, unfortunately I have never read this. It is never too late, even at my age. Would you suggest the novel or the movie adaptation?

As am I, RA1. Last week I watched some irresponsible congresscritter (oxy-moron?) stooging for the cameras during a Secret Service hearing. He repeatedly attacked the service for not instantly gunning down every idiot who jumped the fence. By the way, Ms. Pierson, the witness under examination, looked every bit as hapless as she is portrayed in the media.

My favorite living artist, after Johns. Robert Gober opens at MoMA: sober, haunting and genuinely affecting One of the most powerful and puzzling US artists of the 1980s finally receives a retrospective worthy of his intimate work http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/oct/03/robert-gober-moma-retrospective-review-sculpture-art

My ex never tried to rinse ME with Clorox. That will be hito asking that, some enchanted evening!

Yeah kinda, but I hope your hands will be on the wheel. I dont wanna DIE for cock !

A man and his dog wash up on an island inhabited only by a flock of sheep. Time passes and eventually the man starts thinking about the sheep in a certain way but whenever he tries to approach them, the dog scares them off. After months of this, a beautiful woman washes up onto shore. The man meets her and says: "Could you watch my dog for an hour?"

Too true! (Actually been getting AARP crap mail for several years now, but still.)

A slow cooker is wonderful for my ham and beans recipe but also good for stews, etc. My biggest problem is that it cooks better when full and I end up with more than I can possibly eat. So, you all come on down. Best regards, RA1

I bought the B&D a couple of years ago. I use it constantly. It does tend to heat faster than the oven, so you have adjust times etc. for it to really work the way you want, but it is amazing. Now a pork roast, that just sounds delectable.

What is touted to be the scariest, creepiest and most bizarre season of American Horror Story returns to FX this Wednesday 10/8. If the trailers are any indication, or if Clowns scare you, they aint whistling Dixie about the Creep factor. Two-headed humans, bearded ladies, lobster claw boy, 3-boob babes ..... they got it all. Are you looking forward to the New season as much as I am ? http://perezhilton.com/category/american-horror-story?from=starseeker_top_perezhilton#.VC8fd8-3JmY

I apologize in advance.

Another "trick" for reheating small portions without the soggies or other pathologies of microwaving is to get a countertop convection oven. I bought the $45 Black & Decker model pictured below a few months ago, and it easily handles 4 out of every 5 things I would previously have heated up the big oven for, or else put into the microwave with less than yummy outcome. Not only reheating, but baking/roasting of any fish, fowl or meat that will fit. It is high and deep enough to accommodate a medium-size whole chicken, boned leg of lamb, big salmon fillet, etc. Bakes cake well too, no hot spots -- not something I expected. Broils pretty nicely also. And toasts of course. Be careful to avoid some models, such as KitchenAid's current countertop convection oven model. I used to swear by all things KitchenAid but last year bought one of those, found it was no good at all, promptly returned for refund. Afterward I Googled for consumer reviews of same, and found many posts accurately reporting that model's "floppy toast" and other shortcomings. From that I learned the general habit of glancing at online consumer reviews before buying something. If 8 of 10 register the same complaint, there is likely good reason.