Oh yay god is saying bye to mee :3

Marmalade Loaf

Ingredients:

1 cup strong black tea (not herbal)

2 cups mixed dried fruit

1 ½ cups brown sugar

1 egg

4 tbsp orange, lemon, or lime marmalade

4 cups flour

Salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon to taste

Soak the dried fruit and sugar in tea; cover and let stand overnight. The next morning, stir in the egg and marmalade and mix thoroughly.

Sift the flour and spices together and add to marmalade mixture.

Pour into greased and lined 9x5" loaf pan. Bake at 350 F for 1 to 1 ¼ hours.

Makes 1 loaf.

[Recipe Source: Celtic Folklore Cooking, Joanne Asala, Llewellyn Publications, 1998.]

Death of the Author is a term coined by Roland Barthes for his essay of the same name in 1967.

In brief: death of the author is the concept that analysis of a work of art should not be focused on the artist's intent; the artist's intended reading of their own work is just A reading and no more valid than anyone else's.

A good straightforward example of this in practice is the response to Andy Weir and Project Hail Mary. Weir is adamant that his work contains no politics but I would say that PHM is pretty clearly a story about climate change.

"The hat is customizable," he said, struggling with the velcro patch on the front. "If I need it, I have an ICE one too. I pick based off the business i walk into."

"Customizable is an important hat descriptor," I said. "what can I get you?"

"You wouldn't believe how offended people get these days," he said. "And I'm supposed to do something about it if you're offended? You chose to be offended!"

"We all have hundreds of thousands of decisions everyday," I said. I thickened my accent. "That's what my stepdad always said. But I can make one easier - we have a delicious Ethiopian roast available."

"Like if I told you you have a bull ring," he said, "because bulls have rings in their noses. Is that offensive?"

I laughed. "I've heard that before."

"It's a joke, but people get offended. Maybe you're offended."

I looked at him. I smiled. "You aren't trying to offend me though, right?"

Of course he was. I was being friendly and the friendlier I was, the faster he switched topics. He was saying anything inflammatory he could think of to see if I'd take the bait. After about 20 minutes of my redirecting and deescalating, he settled into a more normal interaction. He took up too much of my time showing me a product I'd feigned mild interest in to get him to stop talking about getting accused of inappropriate behavior at work. When we finally disengaged, he spent 10 minutes trying to catch my eye again. When he failed, he left.

There's this new breed of customer who insists on trying to incite political conversation through their clothing and, when that doesnt work, their snide little comments. If I owned my own business, maybe I would have given the guy the fight he wanted. But I work for a corporation and I love paying my bills so I deescalated.

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Luckily the oncoming driver saw this as well, turned on his warnings and pulled up to block her from other drivers.