Noble Dust

Oh, there's bad music! And how! And how is it established? Well, a standard has to maintained, despite the constantly changing musical landscape. And ...

Glad you dig! No need to refrain from having opinions; we all have 'em. This shit is literally insane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps2owKAzTDM

Or how much monetary value does it have? I'd say not $400,000. I of course recognize that the fine arts world exists almost as a cartel at this point,...

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Only 15 votes so far. The poll closes tomorrow? Last round we had 28 votes. Let's go, people! Where's our cheerleader @"Hanover"? Who's on track to wi...

I've only ugly-cried twice so far this listen through: https://youtu.be/Mn8x0QbN4f8

I like both elements; I'm not super competitive, but I think a little healthy competition is great motivation to write. And of course the commentary a...

:up: One of the most underrated 90's rock bands: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-AKI951poE

Interesting to read about people's creative processes. Both this time and last time around I actually more or less began with an ending in mind, and t...

Finally some snow in NYC. :chin:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyUNbrgLezI :chin:

Not a big Bloom fan, but I'll check it out. Are you saying you're using his sense of "misreading", or do you have your own sense of it?

Your use of "misreadings" provoked the thought.

No work exists in a vacuum, though. The audience's experience of the work is something like 50% of the work itself. A five course meal is nothing if i...

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So why begin with Gibran?

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Correct.

You're trying to dice an onion with a spoon.

That doesn't answer my question.

:groan: My dad has an entire basement room full of old books..

Not only did I find the quote more interesting than your OP, I find your OP weird in that you begin with a cherry picked phrase from a mystical poet a...

Ah. So the poetry and meaning of the Gibran quote is irrelevant to the thread?

So how do you derive L from the Gibran quote? I'm not seeing it.

Eh? Does L = love?

I didn't think so. :smile: Just pontificating about the experience of words. Yeah, it sounds great to be able to quickly dive into different words or ...

For sure. For me, I find that if I don't know a word, my subconscious files it away, and sometimes, when the word comes up again, I look it up and wha...

I mean "old man streak" as a positive trait, by the way, in this context. There's actually something therapeutic about occasionally arriving at the re...

Or, in your terms: Incorrect. Start again.

Gibran's quote is the onion and logic is the spoon.

You're trying to dice an onion with a spoon.

Sounds like a more focused reading process. :chin:

Sounds great. Unfortunately, despite being a millennial, I have an old man streak and only read by buying used physical copies of books. :groan: the c...

Looking forward. Hoping @"Amity" will return to chat more with us authors once all is revealed. :worry: :pray:

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No.

Oh we're sophisticated alright, you have us to thank for Wendy's, Cincinnati Chili and Polish Boys...

As an extremely sophisticated person from Ohio, I can confirm we would call that a casserole. And to be honest, I would try it, it sounds kind of amaz...

What in the world is that?

It's all about the right ingredients. I'm fortunate in that there's a Thai grocery half an hour away from me. They have everything.

I'm assuming you're not a Bible-thumping creationist? Did you look into this website? From their "about" section: https://www.allaboutscience.org/abou...

Damn, that sounds awesome. I'll have to give it a shot sometime. Personally my recent cooking obsession has been Thai curries.

Hmm, I've never attempted to cook it myself; seems intimidating. Did you retain much moisture in the meat? When you say 30% crispiness, are you saying...

I had no idea so I googled it and came up with this old article about the exact spot I got the dish from. The author says That checks out, I would say...

I recently had Chinese country style duck for the first time. Life changing stuff. The skin is not crispy like with Peking Duck, but the meat is insan...

I dunno, it has a poetic ring to it?

You should use that as the prompt for your next story.

The condescension burns like acid. :groan:

:rofl: Whoops! Recalculating...recalculating...stand by...