Jamal

Fifteen years, nine months, and six days. Now, jam feels like a special treat.

I don’t think that had occurred to me, even though for a few months I took the dogs for a walk around a plum orchard every day and picked plums off th...

I believe it, though it was the peaches and plums I was into, and that was a period of my life when I didn’t eat jam.

That works. Used to hang about around there. Good fruit.

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On the US website of Bonne Maman, it says But Wikipedia says Can these both be true?

I’m guessing toasted almond, butterscotch, or golden wheat. I’d like to use the phrase “burnt umber” but that’s a different colour entirely.

The beige walls and the flooring are very tasteful.

Bacon, burgers, and … French marmalade?

Porat. Gone, yes.

I never posted in the Shoutbox on old PF, nor did I pay any attention to the short story competitions. At the time it was philosophical discussion or ...

If I’m to have any anointed or divine status, I see myself as a low-level demiurge, but a bit more benevolent than that of the Gnostics. Following the...

I’m at around page 750 and while I do love it and think I’ll probably read it again, it’s so overwhelmingly maximalist and sometimes repetitive (almos...

Me too, and much more than I like David Bowie.

That's enough videos thanks. This isn't a platform for your campaign; it's a discussion.

Difficult to deny that one's love of sausages doesn't imply that the voice of reason appeals to the eardrum rather than the intellect.

Thank you 180, much appreciated.

I almost never agreed with you in the past, but congratulations all the same. :grin:

Interesting. I’m guessing that gocho comes from Basque and that’s why pig breeders use cerdo, the proper Spanish word.

Not sure.

So what’s the difference between gocho and cerdo?

Yes, and “Q”, I believe, though I’m mildly worried it might be impolite to dwell on Shawn’s former identities.

Sorry for being obnoxious by the way.

Your flame burned brightly while it lasted, and we’ll always remember that.

I’ve been calling him BC for ten years. I’ll have to think of another nickname now.

It’s my own fault. I’ve been cruising for a bruising.

And here was I thinking I was less popular than you.

Appreciate it :heart:

I don’t know what T Ball is, but…dare I say…I’m the only one who got a score as high as 92%? @"Benkei" got more upvotes for his masterful “Astronauts”...

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Monteverdi. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=U5VSMke1fs0

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That’s definitely some foot for thought. :up:

You mean what’s with the feet? A poetry thing. Different terminology from music. Or else, the feet indicate the dance steps.

Annoying a New Yorker is like shooting fish in a barrel and should be avoided in favour of more challenging sport.

Don’t expect to make incendiary remarks without causing a firestorm of controversy.

I didn’t say or imply that you weren’t. I was primarily responding to TC, but I wanted to include you because you were part of the conversation, and b...

They’re both rhythmic in their own ways. Yaba daba doo is four eighth notes, then a quarter note, then a quarter note rest. Yaba daba dingbat doo shif...

Hm, looks familiar.

It didn’t strike me as a work of yours, because I see your work as more sensuous and emotive, but among the writers I thought were taking part, I sett...

I’ve heard of those things. In my mind I associate them with the American South. I didn’t know they were associated with New Year, and I’m guessing th...

Was anyone else surprised by who the authors were? I certainly wasn’t expecting “Gentle Reader”—one of my favourites—to be by @"unenlightened". I thou...

Not really. There was an extreme dearth of gravy, which made chewing on the dry bits wretchedly vexatious. Don’t tell my mother-in-law I said that.

I ate a rabbit for lunch yesterday. Is that good or bad?

Well done and good luck for 2023. Right now I’m back in Moscow and last night there was not one grape to be seen. I did my best to have 12 vodka shots...

I didn’t see this question before. I think there is a popular belief that meaningful art has to be heavy, philosophical, and difficult. People foolish...

I think what’s cool about it is that it does have the flavour of one of those fables, even without the moral being obvious. As you may know, I’m perso...

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Well, much as it pains me to admit it, I did find these reactions very pleasing: