Noble Dust

In those days, a strange wanderer named @"Agustino" fell in with them. And lo, he created mayhem and havoc wherever they might go, until he mysterious...

This morning I had left over fries diced up and re-fried, topped with provolone and ketchup. Unhealthy but tasty.

Isn't "cerdo" a suggestion of being overweight?

My favorite Guthrie Govan video is this in which Hans Zimmer awkwardly watches him solo and doesn't know what to do with his hands: https://www.youtub...

Wow, I'm ashamed of how far behind I am on this thread. Some wiki rabbit trail today put me back on to this obscure English early modern composer. The...

For some reason that made me think of this, the greatest youtube short of all time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKDs8dTnMg8

*doo

Let's play "How many of @"Shawn"'s names can you remember?" Question Posty McPosterface Wallows (?) Shawn

Now you know how I felt when @"T Clark" tried to become Clarky.

Try as he might to distance himself from his moniker, it just can’t be done.

Just like in T Ball, we were all winners this time around.

@"BC" All of that effort on the part of myself, @"T Clark", and @"Shawn" and you just switch to initials?

I'm perfectly capable of discerning the musical cadences of both phrases, thank you. In fact, I don't find a quarter note rest to be present nor neede...

Nonsense. The emphasis of the phrase is on "doo", with a slight emphasis on "dingbat". It's quite aesthetic when you know how to pronounce it.

One of my favorite sayings is “yaba daba dingbat doo.”

I'll consider it.

Communication requires an understanding of how words are being used, but the idea of unchanging dictionary definitions of words is certainly not the s...

@"Vera Mont" Thinking "aloud" some more here, I think I would equate "dire speed" to my comnents on a "solemn leap" (using Jamal's better adjective). ...

@"Vera Mont" re: word choices, as someone with a songwriting and poetry background rather than a fiction background, I like to play with words and use...

More options: Bob Flood Dick Deluge Lamaj Gentle Conformist

By the way, I'm thinking of changing my handle to Lewd Jewel.

There's a subtlety to my art, BC.

Don't worry, I'm picking on everyone.

clarky must be theistrob

All of the above.

This is very good feedback, thank you. If I'm getting nit-picky, I imagine the two of them around the 10-11 year old range. This may or may not be imp...

I find this very disturbing.

I had the thought that this ending reminded me weirdly of the last lines of a poem I had written years ago. I was going to leave it be, but now that I...

I think I read this one on limited sleep, as when I re-read it now I find I like it a lot. I really like the economy of language, and there's a really...

Nice work; I really thought I was reading this one in @"180 Proof"'s idiolect, but he (and you) continue to prove more slippery than I imagined. For m...

One interesting note about these 200 world micro stories is the question of just what exactly to say in a limited medium. For my two entries, this and...

I worried about this, but was trying to focus on action verbs here. My initial draft was way less direct, so when I edited I tried to keep to a simple...

I might have been able to at that age. :smile: Fair enough; I would appreciate any specifics. It wasn't designed to be a children's story; just a stor...

Welcome back!

I agree.

Ahem, Tintin’s dog is named Snowy, or Milou in the original French.

Merry Christmas Clarky.

I like the story and the setup, but the tense keeps changing at random. There's also some misplaced sentence subjects, like: The men are the subject h...

:chin:

I would just get the jumbo pack from Walmart and call it a day.

:up: I liked it! Succinct. No words wasted, which is definitely an important aspect of these micro stories. I liked the bird names (Titmouse and Swift...

That's a Protestant Christian saying.

I find that hard to believe.

I think I'm missing something.

I’ve been found out after all these years.

I think so too.

Have done. I think I just need to invest in some really good paprika.

:groan: I need to get into paprika. My co worker was just raving to me about his Spanish paprika. The generic stuff I've always bought has always seem...

Damn right. Sounds great. No doubt influenced by your Spanish surroundings. I've been busy so the culinary excursions have been few. I plan on making ...

I didn't notice anything.