Noble Dust

Which change? I just edited out some stuff I felt unnecessary myself.

Oh no, did you think it would infinitely scale to TPF?

I guess "little" is relative, eh?

At the least, here: I would say, "As part of the goal of these writings, I you the author ] will attempt to answer some of these questions, etc.".

Edit, if that came out harsh, I just meant "isn't there a way to do that?"

Can't you vacillate between first person plural and singular by distinguishing when you're talking to your audience as "we" and when you're referencin...

I think first person plural makes sense in the initial stages where you're talking to "us" about our collective philosophical issues, but when you get...

My favorite out of the choices.

A few more thoughts: I didn't even think of almost all senses being involved in the visitations. Thanks for pointing that out. I think I was trying to...

I might be wrong, but I'm pretty sure tl;dr has evolved to mean "here's a short summary"...

I don’t think I’ve ever used that emoji in my life.

And these visitations could be interpreted as higher forms of consciousness, yes, that's implicit, but I hope it's open-ended enough to be interpreted...

I'd say you're not too far off. I certainly didn't consciously think it through to that extent before writing it. The whole concept for this story act...

Great critical feedback, thank you. I agree, and want to work on toning down the flowery language. With less of it, the good bits will hit harder, I s...

I'm glad it read that way; that was the goal. :ok: Thanks, glad someone picked up on that! This was actually the first sentence of the story I wrote:

Can you expand on that? I know you already did, but still not sure I follow, but I'm curious to know more. :up: That was part of the intention, I woul...

This wasn't intentional. :lol: I didn't really think too hard about that; I was just having it climb over her. I needed it to progress in some way.

Such a celeb. :roll:

I also just saw this and feel mildly offended but also very put in my place:

I love this phrase. I think this could become a meme. BC, you could become a star.

@"180 Proof" One thing about this story that really stuck with me is that I immediately put myself in the break room of a job from 10 years ago as I r...

You are very right. "Dirty water dogs" are a big deal here in NY. People say the NY water affects the bagels and the pizza too. I dunno if I buy it, b...

:yikes:

:chin:

The weird thing is that the only reason I bought a drip machine is that my old dad makes great coffee out of a drip machine. I just saw him for Christ...

I just need to stop lying to myself; I spent the $20 on the drip machine but I secretly hate it. I just need to cough up the $30 on a brand new Aeropr...

All I know is I noticed a difference in the taste when I upgraded. Again, I'm sounding like the coffee hipster I claimed to not be. Not at all. I had ...

Yeah, that's basically it. At the risk of going back on what I said, though, a few things I've noticed is that a burr grinder is the best type of grin...

Oh my word, the coffee culture here is insane. So much so that I learned about it, joined in, and am already out. I still buy whole beans and grind th...

At any rate, I'm perpetually bored with my breakfast options (and I need low maintenance breakfasts), so you've put porridge/oatmeal/cream of wheat ba...

In the US we just call porridge "oatmeal", presumably because we're too uncreative to use anything other than oats. Except for "Cream of Wheat", which...

Splurging on a lavish meal is underrated.

One of the most interesting new albums I've heard recently. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgqBYkjZ8vs

Thanks, and thanks for the vote! I'm convinced you wrote Felice, in which case, well done to you as well. Although if I'm wrong, I probably liked whic...

A contest. :lol:

Is this confirmed?

I liked that one, so I'm very curious of the author.

:yikes: I should also mention the basic visitations concept was jangling around in my brain for maybe two months...and is based on a basic thought tha...

Thanks, that's good to hear. I had to go back and edit at the last minute because I realized the only glimpse of her inner world (other than the visit...

I figured...I was on a time crunch with Visitations. I would like to flesh it out more and make Laura more interesting/believable.

Thanks; congrats on Plum Pie, I voted for it. Excellent stuff.

I wrote Visitations. Thanks for the votes! Looking forward to responding to the comments on it soon. So @"jamalrob" wrote Plum Pie?! Holy shit.

Interesting. I found Oscar a little clunky, which for me doesn't track with 180's Good Soup, which was well written albeit a bit long.

Aha! Good to know. I don't know any of them well on here, but I'll be curious to see how they may fit in. :up:

Maybe I have my math all wrong :groan:

The whole album is a spiritual trip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8BOGKiJWyw

Or perhaps @"180 Proof" is our winner with Plum? I just found the style so different than Good Stew last time.

Last time around @"Baden" made a list of authors before we began the guessing game. Might be a little late, but it could be fun to see that? No worrie...

Bahhh Wa-wa-wa-w

:up: If you're convincing me you're not The Christmas That Was Not, then I have no clue what you wrote. I don't even know if @"hypericin" participated...