Janet Gaynor was born Laura Augusta Gainor (some sources stated Gainer) in Germantown, Philadelphia.  Nicknamed "Lolly" as a child, she was the younger of two daughters born to Laura (Buhl) and Frank De Witt Gainor.  Frank Gainor worked as a theatrical painter and paperhanger.  When Gaynor was a toddler, her father began teaching her how to sing, dance, and perform acrobatics.  As a child in Philadelphia, she began acting in school plays.  After her parents divorced in 1914, Gaynor, her sister, and her mother moved to Chicago.  Shortly thereafter, her mother married electrician Harry C. Jones.  The family later moved to San Francisco.  After graduating from San Francisco Polytechnic High School in 1923, Gaynor spent the winter in Melbourne, Florida, where she did stage work.  Upon returning to San Francisco, Gaynor, her mother, and stepfather moved to Los Angeles, where she could pursue an acting career.  She was initially hesitant to do so and enrolled at Hollywood Secretarial School.  She supported herself by working in a shoe store and later as a theatre usher.  Her mother and stepfather continued to encourage her to become an actress and she began making the rounds to the studios (accompanied by her stepfather) to find film work.  In 1929, at 23 years old, Gaynor won the first Academy Award for Best Actress.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Gaynor   

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes is a 1978 American parody film produced by J. Stephen Peace and John DeBello, and directed by John DeBello based upon an original idea by Costa Dillon.  The film stars David Miller, George Wilson, Sharon Taylor, and Jack Riley.  The screenplay was written by Dillon, Peace, and DeBello. The film spoofs B movies and was made on a budget of less than $100,000.  The story involves tomatoes becoming sentient by unknown means and revolting against humanity.  Critical reception of Attack of the Killer Tomatoes was mostly negative.  The box office success of the film led to three sequels, all co-written by the same three writers and directed by DeBello.  Find adaptations, parodies, and spin-offs at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_of_the_Killer_Tomatoes    

Snow Beauties by Wilson A. Bentley  What magic is there in the rule of six that compels the snowflake to conform so rigidly to its laws?  Here is a gem bestrewn realm of nature possessing the charm of mystery, of the unknown, sure richly to reward the investigator.  For something over a quarter of a century I have been studying it and the work has proved to be wonderfully fascinating, for each favorable snowfall, during all these years has brought things that were new and beautiful to my hand.  I have never yet found a time when I could entertain an idea of relinquishing it.  The clouds, and the tiny liquid particles - water dust- of which they consist, play no part in true snow crystal formation. They coalesce only to form the amorphous - granular - varieties of the snow, or to coat true, mature crystals with granular material.  The true crystals, forming the bulk of the snowfall, are formed directly from the almost infinitely small and invisible molecules of water in solution within the air, and floating between the vastly larger cloud particles.  Most of the crystals are, of course, imperfect, made so especially during thick and heavy snowfalls, largely as a result of crowding and bunching during development, or to fracturing due to violent winds.  In general, the western quadrants of wide spread storms furnish the majority of the more perfect tabular shapes.  As a rule low clouds, if relatively warm, tend to produce the more rapidly growing open branching forms, and the inter mediate and upper clouds, if relatively much colder, the more solid, close columnar and tabular forms.  They form with in a very thin gaseous solvent, the air, and this allows the molecules of water an unexampled freedom of motion and adjustment while arranging themselves in crystal form.  Each of the six parts or segments of the crystals, while in process of growth, increases simultaneously outward, yet each one usually grows independently and by itself.  So each of the six parts may, for all practical purposes, be considered as being a separate crystal by itself, and the whole as being an aggregate of growing crystals.  https://snowflakebentley.com/snow-beauties  Thank you, Muse reader!   

Caulerpa lentillifera or sea grape is a species of ulvophyte green algae from coastal regions in the Asia-Pacific.  This seaweed is one of the favored species of edible Caulerpa due to its soft and succulent texture.  It is traditionally eaten in the cuisines of Southeast Asia, Oceania, and East Asia.  It was first commercially cultivated in the Philippines in the 1950s, followed by Japan in 1968.  Both countries remain the top consumers of C. lentillifera.  Its cultivation has since spread to other countries, including Vietnam, Taiwan, and China. C. lentillifera, along with C. racemosa, are also known as sea grapes or green caviar in English.   It is a siphonous macroalgae, meaning it is a giant single cell with multiple nuclei, and can grow to 30 cm in length.  Instead of leaves, the algae has bubbles that burst in the mouth, releasing an umami taste.  See pictures at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caulerpa_lentillifera   

These recipes call themselves the “best” chilis: 

https://www.spendwithpennies.com/the-best-chili-recipe/

https://sugarspunrun.com/best-chili-recipe/

https://www.thekitchn.com/chili-recipe-23610703   

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