I'm not sure if you can have an ormolu dithyramb, Valentina, and the only connection they have is that both words* popped into my rubbish-tip mind whilst brewing a pot of loose-leaf Darjeeling.
"Ormolu", it transpires, is the gold-plating of knick-knacks that are left around to impress the neighbours. Useless to Conrad - he has no neighbours.
"Dithyramb" is a wild bacchanalia in honour of Dionysus. Imagine a rave fuelled by wine not drugs, two and a half thousand years ago. Yeah, right - drink, dancing, no contraceptives - what could possibly go wrong?
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| Dancing or unarmed combat? - only you can decide. Respect the chap eating two kebabs simultaneously. |
A few blogs ago I warned about the imminent rise of Skynet and it's hideous Terminator armies. I only see further evidence of Hom. Sap. about to be crushed beneath the metallic heels of our robot overlords, to wi:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24400101
Self-flying aircraft, memory metals - I tell you, dear reader, we ought to start buying in all the plasma rifles we can get. Phased ones, of course, 40 watt preferably.
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| "Still trying to fight the future, Conrad? And yes, we are watching you ..." |
Ice Cream Theme
Last time I made Avocado and Coconut it was rather bland and not sweet enough. This time I intend to use three avodadoes and more sugar, and probably more vodka, too - the last batch was too hard. Then we shall see! I've been wondering about making a toffee-swirl type but am unsure how hot caramel will affect the custard base. Suck it and see, I suppose.
So - Tanks?
Here we have the F1 of tanks, the CVRT Scorpion
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| Seen on rear: DON'T TAILGATE |
* I just put this in to see if you were still paying attention. You are. Have a biscuit.
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