Noble Dust

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Hopefully your plane won’t go down, and the diverse group of people around you all respond in different ways based on their own personal realities…

True that, Handy.

After having said that, I realize dry sherry isn’t exactly the most festive aperitif or digestif, but for those without a sweet tooth (like me), it co...

As one such, my basic rec is to explore the misunderstood world of sherry. Not that cream stuff, but the real thing: Manzanilla, Fino, Amontillado, Pa...

Sorry Jav. A good rule of thumb is that if you see me and @"Hanover" interacting at all, it’s probably a joke.

My buns are made with tears, existential dread and procrastination.

The buns may not have had enough yeast in them.

I know you are but what am I?

I was referring to the buns I’m currently baking in my own oven, but nine.

The buns are in the oven.

Send that idea to @"Hanover", not me or Jamal.

You did some micro stories. Just take that approach, elongate it to 500 words and you’re in.

We need that Plum Pie sequel dude.

They’ll be posted January 1st. But don’t give me too much grief if it’s on the 2nd. :joke:

I've been thinking of changing my name to Weiden in der Oberpfalz in order to keep with the German place name theme. Is that better?

My name is actually pronounced Noh-BLAY DoosTAY.

I read it as BAY-den. It could also be BAH-den.

Duck is common in the Chinatowns of NYC and I assume in other Chinatowns across the US. I just had peking duck at my company holiday lunch yesterday, ...

It's not the most flavorful to be fair. On a salad, though...hmmm. You imply you've had chipmunk. This is somehow concerning.

I guess Fred wasn't the smartest Corvus in the murder.

I'd like to try it at some point. I've had squirrel and venison here in the US, both of which were hunted by someone I knew. The squirrel tasted like ...

I've never had rabbit. What would you compare it to?

Please, don't hesitate to, er, contribute your droppings to our little garden of motivation..?

This beautiful metaphor would suggest that once you've written enough, you'll no longer have anything to say, in the best sense, and have no choice bu...

:up: I may attempt a more linear flowing approach and see where it takes me instead of having a grand concept, which doesn't seem to be getting me any...

Four so far; just the early birds. It would seem there's no in between them and us procrastinators...

:groan: I tried.

Sounds like a good starting place for your short story entry if you don’t have one yet.

While I agree the kitsch and commercialization suck, I will mention that there is such a thing as good Christmas music, but you have to look to old sc...

My friends and I used to explore the storm sewer system that ran underneath a park and a catholic school next door. Our parents certainly did not know...

I really need to start. Or come up with something else. Ugh. A hectic, unscheduled life does not help.

I realized None, or, most likely all Could, at times, sometimes, MAYBE, truncate in a way that was...smallishly... Bigoted. But not as stated in an al...

Agreed. :death: Giving oneself permission to be unproductive sounds wonderful, but not so wise when working a new job like myself. If one's job is to ...

Respectfully (a classic NYC phrase), I posit that Bella is either a non-native speaker in love with language, or AI.

:grimace: I was just listening to Jon Hassell yesterday, I swear. And I promise my short story will be sufficiently weird and not main stream. I promi...

I actually am a fan of Coldplay myself. But I consider them a "guilty pleasure" in the same way I enjoy American fast food everyone once and awhile; I...

To try what? To write a short story in the style of Dumas that doesn't suck? (not saying your stories suck!!) I thought I was too harsh in my response...

In conversations with friends, usually about music, I always say this. If you like Coldplay, that's fine, and don't be ashamed, but don't try to convi...

Sure, I wish more people liked my stories too. :razz: Overall I think the stories that have won have deserved their wins. But yeah, as an unpublished ...

He'd probably win, so I'm glad he's not here.

I might be remembering it wrong, but I'm pretty sure, about 6 months ago, when I went to buy a container of cardamom (ground) from my homey at the Syr...

In all honesty I actually think the reason a prompt would work is because the stories would be vastly different from one another despite beginning fro...

You're welcome.

Who?

Yeah for sure. I'm open to the idea. I wasn't totally into the non-contest thing, but if it was something like a prompt I could be into it. On the oth...

I hate to break it to you, but Cardamom is quite expensive. But worth it, I guess, if you feel so inclined. I've never added it to coffee but can't im...

I wonder if you could say what you're trying to say in language a five-year-old would understand. No worries if not. I do like the idea of a prompt (o...

Yes. It's still in my bag, but I will. Five shots is roughly 250mg of caffeine, so about 50mg more than I'm used to consuming, but I get it.

I despise Starblechs, but ironically, today I was in an inordinate hurry, and found a dumb glass bottle of Starblechs mocha chilled coffee drink thing...