We do have candied ginger, as well as commercial minced ginger and ginger tea. Be warned, you might have to fight a little lion for the candied ginger.

Hm. I should probably not scrap with my host's children on my first visit somewhere . . .

What is the composition of your household?

This means nothing about you (aside from levels of awesomeness) and a good deal about me, I suspect.

After furiously brushing Tiny Wittgenstein off my shoulder for something like an hour, I can say thanks. I have a lot of what I traditionally term useless talents, even though this probably isn't true; they're just specialized.

My dream job would be as a radio voice that would be the anti-Rush Limbaugh. I have a ways to go before I can do that.

Perhaps, but it's not a bad ambition.