Noble Dust

While I know what you mean, there's something about cold shredded cheese on top of a hot dish that's incomprehensibly enticing. I don't know where tha...

I think the statement is shout-said in a vaguely southern drawl and is a combination of sounds and grunts that almost resembles a comprehensible sente...

I...it...because...that's... Is it a bastardization of a Chicago dog? I can't identify my emotions right now. Chili and Giardiniera feels like a sin p...

:party: The world would look different if this idea and its fractaling implications were broadly understood.

@"Hanover"'s explanation is, as always, simpler and more to the point.

Aha, well a can of tuna is usually 5 ounces here, which is 147.868 milliliters, or whatever it is you use. A cup is 8 ounces, which is 236.588 millili...

After a fourth of a can of tuna and one waffle, you lose your appetite and you're good to go for the rest of the day.

people sing the praises of coffee and cigarettes, but what about coffee and seafood? They don’t know what they’re missing.

At my new job, people aren't very forthcoming. I have to dig for info. I'm kind of burnt out on that whole digging thing.

Are the English people the English people?

Earnestly, @"Jamal": Thank you for this. Jokingly: "it's all cool". What the hell kind of phrase is that?

British (is that the biggest umbrella? Can't remember) humor, I cannot read. I can hear it, though. Btw, I don't know your geographical location, but ...

Aha; my memory is famously bad. Let's all put it behind us, eh? And by us I mean me. Sorry mate, for being a dick. I said it before. Feel like we're s...

I'm currently reading Ocarle Night by Paul Auster. I seem to remember @"Jamal" being an Auster fan, but not of this one. So far so good, but it's my f...

Perhaps man-made IP violations are simply aberrations of the mind-math matrix of reality that birthed them. :brow: :cheer: :cheer:

Because of the reputation you've devised for yourself, I can't tell if this is a heartbreakingly beautiful prose poem about the inner and outer worlds...

As we say in NYC, 'preciate you. Yes. But isn't this a sort of mystical state of union? As you can see from my perception of what you said above, I'm ...

Here's a thought that just popped into my head. As a typical forum member who thinks about philosophical things, and as someone who has creative disci...

:up: Let me know what you think.

Sure, but I think it’s a valid criticism to point out the meaninglessness of a platitude. One can “mean well” and just say “sorry to hear that”, or, a...

Oh, and most importantly, I was asleep during morning rush hours when it happened, but I didn't see any signs of water damage outside my building. But...

Thanks. I doubt many people dealing with depression would be comforted when told to "conquer" it, although I get the image of "crawl"ing as being emot...

Things are actually going pretty well, but that has nothing to do with depression. I'm moving up the wine professional ladder, yes. Overall, I'm feeli...

Just the usual crippling depression, ennui, etc. :party: I start a new job in a few weeks, so I might be not around even more.

My best friend growing up was Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s third cousin. What makes this funny is I'm not joking.

I once worked at a wine shop in Brooklyn. The manager put a life size cardboard cutout of Darth Vader in the window of the shop with someone else’s fa...

Uh huh. Uh. Yeah. So is Tarzan Slam really a thing? It pops up everywhere on the list.

I'm very curious about the rare "80%-100% Other" counties.

Fun fact: I used to work with one of Dick Van Dyke’s grandsons.

100% chance this doesn’t not count as a double negative.

Interesting. I’ll check that out. Because my friends and I are idiots this will inevitably turn into a competition and it already has; everyone (out o...

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That crust looks great. Some friends and I are planning on having a pizza making party soon, but everyone is too busy. I tried making dough once but f...

Agreed here. @"Mikie" there's a lot of assumptions in your OP. I would counter that most people don't think of themselves as special. If you think we ...

I think if you're going to keep posting drafts, it would make more sense to post them as they happen. Or even post them on a third party site. Especia...

I also heard it will ruin you. Curious.

Struggle is inevitable. For every time we sit down and feel a flow state come, we tend to sit down five times over and not feel the flow state.

I try to make eye contact with Fred but he looks away, knowing full well my intent. I look up at @"Hanover" but he's weeping into his cradled hands. I...

I also wonder about your experience of reading English poetry as a non-native speaker. You seem to have a sophisticated sensitivity to English poetry,...

That wasn't my intention, but, again, I'm open to interpretations. I like it. Color is very important in this poem, which is surprising even to me. I ...

This is interesting because it doesn't read that way. It's easily the tightest and most succinct story this time around.

This is cool, I'm glad you experienced it that way. If only I could figure out why they have bird names. :razz:

Yeah, this is a problem.

Yes, this was the funnest part of writing the end; the challenge of writing a first person present tense narrative that expresses the devolving state ...

Any thoughts on how this could be done? Out of curiosity; like I said, I think I'd like to work on this more and get rid of the twist ending, despite ...

This is good info, thanks. I'm truly a dilettante. See above. I don't know why they have bird names. I'd like to work on this more and figure out a re...

Thank you. :pray:

I didn't make any edits once the story was posted.

I should clarify that I'm not a fan of purposefully "meaningless" art anymore than it's opposite; allegory. So this is somewhere in between. I'm not t...

I like your interpretation. I'll call it the "correct" one. :razz: