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hey won't be bringing any Screech, Scott. We used to get it as a novelty for any family that had not tried it. No one wants it around, and we can all agree as a family that it is awful.
Yeah, there's a reason that I picked the smiley I did, eh. 😉
Condolences to you and your mother's family on the loss of your aunt. Sounds like a tough holiday ahead. I once lost an uncle on Christmas Eve. Not our best Christmas ever, needless to say.🙁
I am reading the first volume of Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories, a three-volume biography of the poet, author, and songwriter by Canadian journalist Michael Posner. It's an interesting format with Posner alternating his writing with quotes from the myriad interviews he did with friends, family, and associates of Cohen. And, of course, Lenny himself. Still in the early chapters but it has some of the best coverage of Cohen's upbringing and his family's, especially his grandfather's, significant role in Westmount, the part of Montreal where he grew up that I have seen in a bio. Leonard's own first novel, The Favorite Game, is heavily autobiographical and Posner does point out when a person he is quoting or talking about had a corresponding character in the novel.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand good morning, y'all! Coffee is an Ethiopian dark. Teas are Red Rose and Earl Grey. Hot water is on for hot chocolate or other teas. Marshmallows and other add-ons like milk, cream, and sugar are all stocked up.
Have a nice one! Kind of grey and icky here right now.
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This looks like an interesting challenge. 😎
Very. I have to start over but not because of this clarification. Basically, the idea I had was already at 600 words and I hadn't even got to the meat of the plot. Will save it for a longer story someday.
Looks like I haven't posted any of Tommy Johansson's Christmas songs yet. Tommy is a Swedish guitarist, vocalist, and producer (and all-round amazing musician) currently best known as the guitarist for Sabaton, though he is also the vocalist and guitarist for Majestica, his own band. Anyhow, he is currently doing a musical Advent calendar thing on his solo Youtube channel. A seasonal song, sometimes traditional, sometimes modern, for each day leading up to Christmas.
A couple examples:
This one is an original. Majestica did a metal musical version of A Christmas Carol a couple years ago and this is from that album.
And a traditional favorite with a bit of metal seasoning.
Yay hay it's pancake day! Ape is slinging yummy blueberry flaplacks. There's real Canadian maple syrup and pancake syrup on tap. Coffee pot is full and there's some nice Assam and Russian Caravan teas.
I was laid up with a migraine yesterday so not much progress on my comp entry yet, but fear not. One is planned. Just need to feel like writing.
Ugh. Two World Cup quarterfinals decided by penalties, with Croatia and Argentina advancing. Today we have Morocco-Portugal and England-France. I am running 50-50 in my quarter final picks so far. I picked Croatia but not Argentina. For today, my picks are Portugal and England. Let's see how I do.
Since the comp page hasn't gone up yet, I'll just drop the link to the announcement thread here again as a reminder that there is new comp happening here. I'm starting my story shortly.
Got some dark roast Costa Rican in the coffee pot. Teas are Irish Breakfast and Russian Caravan. Hot water is on tap for other teas and hot chocolate.
And here we go again. Brazil lost to Croatia in penalties, now Netherlands - Argentina has gone to penalties. This is the one offputting thing with soccer at the top level. Too many bloody games decided on penalties.
Have fun in California, verbs. Wish I was joining you two down there.
Oh no. Sad to hear, Gil. I am hearing about too many beloved pets taking their leave of the world these days.😢
Good afternoon. Throwing on a pot coffee and Red Rose tea. Hot water is ready for other hot beverages.
Meditating on the comp pictures but don't have a plan yet
With 2022 being the year we, sadly, lost Vangelis, I've been doing a listen through of the three albums he did with Jon Anderson of Yes under the name Jon & Vangelis. I think I owned all three on vinyl and/or cassette at one point. Some incredible music. This is from Short Stories (1980).
Some evil person brought McCafe muffins to work so I am well past my sugar quota already. Oh well, it's only going to get worse as December wears on. The brib...er...gifts from suppliers have started rolling in.
At least there's diabetic-friendly cookies in this place. snarfs a pecan divine
Are they bringing a bottle of screech? ,🤪
And sorry to hear about your grandmother's situation. Scammers are scum. There's no two ways about it. The bigger the scammer, the scummier, too. I saw that in Germany, it is going to take 5 hours to read out all the charges against executives of a fraudulent company that went under.😲
Good morning. There's some dark roast Nicaraguan coffee in the coffee pot. Put some Scottish Breakfast and Green (for etairay and later me) in the teapots. Hot water is on tap for other hot beverages.
Later, alligators.
As I try to yank myself back into the world of reading, I am starting a short novel that's been on my radar for a while (actually it might be a novella, forget how long it actually is). Nothing But Blackened Teeth is a horror story set in a creepy old Japanese mansion. A wealthy young man gets a permit to hold a wedding for some friends in the mansion where terrible things (like people being buried alive) happened. The author is Cassandra Khaw (they/them), a Malaysian-born writer who has put out several acclaimed horror and dark fantasy pieces as well as writing for the videogame industry.
