Noble Dust

Ah shit, time to get back to editing. :grimace: I do agree with you and @"hypericin" for the most part, although analyzing ambiguity is necessarily an...

:chin: Why thank you. For some reason that small moment and my interpretation of it come to my mind often, maybe in part because I have a bit of a cru...

I read them to meet guideline 7. :chin:

It sort of reminds me of when a female friend of mine met one of my male friends. Afterwards she described him as a "cool guy", but her body language ...

This to me sounds like a non-American notion of something an American would say.

Paltry. You have to love the work.

I believe we're hiring for next round...

Hey thanks! I didn’t realize you were on there. And those might be my favorites as well, nice. :party:

:monkey:

The buns are nearly baked. Just a drizzle of maple syrup to add.

Thank you, my fragile ego needs the support of as many people as possible.

Now it's a popularity contest. :rage: Try as you might, you can't remove the competition. :naughty:

As per the rule quoted, unfortunately this disqualifies you. This is a philosophy forum, verbose loquaciousness is a requirement.

I've received two.

That's what my uncle Fred told me at T-Give.

True, @"Jamal" is back.

No one is winning this year, buddy-boy.

I'd like to read a story not in the Hanoverian style so as to throw us off the sent. Maybe something in a Noble-Dustian style. We could swap. You writ...

Bodacious T-Give, champ.

Any buns in the oven on this T-Give Eve?

Be sure to read the guidelines in the OP; your question is covered there:

:up: :eyes:

Not even in China in this case.

Fred needs to going easier on you; she can't expect you to be wildly creative with her random grocery hauls every single night. Today I had spicy rice...

That most people in 2024 have their own private computers or phones, which makes singing in and out pointless. In my experience, those interested in p...

I'm with @"Baden" and @"Jamal" re: visibility. I doubt we'd have very many new members joining a philosophy forum solely to participate in a short fic...

I like having my life changed, therefore I must try it indeed.

Cool. I make stir fries where I add cornstarch to the sauce to thicken it, but I just add the sauce to everything at the end and let it cook down for ...

Looks good. What is "velveting"? I could google it but I'm trying to be more social, and less dependent on instant gratification.

To clarify, a roll is a cheap bread item. I guess the word in reference to bread has different meanings in the US, but in NYC a sandwich is served on ...

Breakfast was a western omelette with American cheese on a roll. I don't know why I've never ordered this from a bodega. For context, bodegas are esse...

Don’t worry, my story won’t make anyone feel good.

Change the belief, change the reality. :chin:

@"Baden" @"javi2541997" Authorial Speculation thread starting half-way through, i.e. December 22nd, sounds good to me. While I largely agree with you,...

Didn't you say that last time?

I had a hunch this thread would be revived after the election.

And I wouldn't mind receiving a big package of real tomatoes if it were possible. Not at all.

Sadly I don't; theoretically you can still get them before frost I think, so they may still be around. They're really expensive though. What you might...

Eggs look good. Seasoned on the other side? I made vegetable soup with ground turkey. It turned out pretty well. No real secrets or tips. Other than s...

It's more worth commenting on than most of the mental detritus strewn about this place.

And the mome-wraths outgrabe.

It's almost like a third of my life or something, so weird.

@"kazan" Didn't he become a monk or something? Not joking.

But do you agree that how a man treats tomatoes can tell you a lot about that man's character? This is the important point.

None of this addresses the elephant on the plate (?). Whole grape tomatoes. I estimate a person with average knife skills could halve the 17 grape tom...

:flower: Glad to know it helped. There was talk of doing it this December. I'm not sure if I'll be able to help or not but I'm hoping it will happen. ...

Looks good, but non-halved grape tomatoes is unhinged. One can learn a lot about a person from how they treat tomatoes.

Thanks y'all. Forgot about those. Nice poem, Baden. I'm about to go to bed but will read this thread soon (hopefully).

Your post I quoted is a belief of yours. Is it subject to its own rules?

Thanks, and thanks for the reply. I'm not sure how much of it I'll get to. What I'm trying to get at is that what I'm calling "core beliefs" seem to e...