Teabag - Agriculture

Idiom - omelette

Floe - Aloe

We missed our son's grad, but so did he. He got sick the day before we were headed up and was worried it might be C-19 so didn't go. Fortunately caught us in time for us to change plans.

Scarfs a mortarboard to have with some English Breakfast tea.

Email. Faster, more reliable, and with my arthritic fingers, writing is even more of a chore than it used to be and if I am going to type it anyhow, might as well use email.

Email or PM on social media?

What happens when you crossbreed symphonic metal with black metal? Apparently, Norwegian band Dimmu Borgir (who, oddly, take their name from a place in Iceland), who are described as "symphonic black metal".

You know, if someone had told me even 5 years ago that I would be listening to and enjoying something like this, I'd have said they were nuts. Something seems to have really changed in my musical inclinations.

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Anyone sick of me talking a out this dumb tadpole story has got to realize it's worse having to work on the damn thing every day.

Someday it will grow up into a big, happy frog story.😋

Good morning. I might finally have a comp story worked out. Not one of the old ideas I was looking at but something new. Dark fantasy, I would say, but maybe with a touch of humour. We'll see what happens as I write.

There's some Jamaican Blue Mountain in the coffee pot. Teas are English Breakfast and something new, a masala chai. Iced tea and lemonade are in the fridge. Sodas are stocked up.

Have a good one and, as always, later alligators.

Still pancakes available if you want 'em. With real Canadian maple syrup even.

And to drink with those, we have some nice Costa Rican dark roast coffee. For the tea crowd, there's Earl Grey and Red Rose. Cold drinks are freshened up in the fridge.

Had another idea for the comp during a period of wakefulness last night. Outlined it this morning and I am less than enthused, but I have an inkling of an ending unlike some other options. One of my old ideas has gone back to the Under Review folder. I would need to cut out a plot element that I think I want to keep for it to go here.

Nothing but sun for the coming week. Going to be summer-y by the end of May, too, it looks like. Does that make me happy? A little, I guess. Might be too hot by next weekend though. Might have to finally switch from furnace to AC.

There's a nice pot of Ethiopian coffee waiting. I've also put out pots of Scottish Breakfast and Lemon teas. Fresh unsweet iced tea and lemonade are in the fridge.

And it's a pancake Sunday.

Oddly, while I listened to a lot of Vangelis back in the day, I never listened to Aphrodite's Child until after his death. Found a nice set of them.

Yeah, yeah, Melissa Bonny again, this time as a guest herself with Danish band Pyramaze. Nice power ballad. Need to look into this band more. Lead singer is pretty good (though per Wiki he is their third, haven't heard his predecessors).

Oh, and I am juggling two ideas, both ones that I keep coming back around to and never quite get finished. Different settings, different monsters, but likely both on point if I play things right.

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I'm in. I have no idea with what, but this one looks FUN! And Ping has resurfaced, like the mighty Godzilla emerging from the sea.

But does Ping have atomic breath?

(Answer: Probably, but a bit of Listerine helps 😜)

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It DOES have a monster, but sadly no myth.

Make one up. From one point of view, that's what Tolkien did with the Silmarillion.

Good morning. Kind of grey and wet where I am. And I am a bit grey myself. Feels like a migraine looming.

Anyhow, I am here to put on some hot inspiration for those daring to write about myths and monsters and whatever else folks are putting down in bits and bytes these days. Coffee is a Jamaican Blue Mountain. Teas are Assam and English Breakfast. The pitchers of iced tea and lemonade are washed and refilled.

Have a nice weekend.

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Now I gotta make godzilla all cuddly now when he meets a cute animal...lol

There's always Minilla (Godzilla's son from the 60s-70s era of Godzilla movies). That's about the hardest they ever hit the cute button in a Godzilla movie.

nepotism - smoosh

Repeat after me: I will not try to pet the police dogs while they are working.

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yay a new contest .. don't know much about the subject but I'll give it some thought

Oh come on, a cute little animal meeting a mosnter should work. Just look up Godzilla Meets Bambi.

On second thought, don't. Just take my word for it. Really. 😳

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Bingo!

Whoa, you got Ping out of hiding! That alone is worth it.

Takes a Zoomie Kitty and a couple random cookies.

Sighs

After my enthusiasm in the comp thread, I can speak my true feelings here. With only a month to the deadline, I am not sure that I pull this one off. My mood and interest in writing are the pits right now. I have a long weekend happening and I will need that just to get an idea together. I love this topic and really want to be in for it, but the timing isn't great. Don't count me out, but if this becomes a slog instead of something I enjoy, I will have to consider passing.

Just so happens, the very much on topic YouTube series Monstrum dropped a new video this week that got me thinking. So this is timely. 😊

And Storied, the channel it is on, would be good research and inspiration material in general. Besides Monstrum, there's another ongoing series called Fate & Fabled about mythology in general.

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I’m betting Ape is psyched!

Ape likes topic. Ape will definitely be taking a shot at this.

Hill - Hilt

Ether - Ermine

Well, this year it's Iceland. Would like to visit Oz eventually, too, though.

Savoury or sweet?

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Hoo boy, are the Mets sucking right now.

Well, you and Leafs fans can get together to commisserate. They made it past the first round of playoffs, a rare event, then blew their second round series.

Zeppelin - indignation

Charlotte Wessels is the former lead singer of Dutch symphonic metal band Delain, now a solo artist with two fantastic albums out. Zora Cock leads the band Blackbriar. Zora's band is currently doing some shows with Charlotte on her solo tour, so the two singers teamed up for a duet cover of Ghost's "Mary on a Cross". This is the studio version, but they are doing the song live in their concerts, too.

Curl - Hurl

Coffee is on. Teapots are filled to the tippy top with Earl Grey and English Breakfast. Cold beverages (unsweet iced tea and lemonade) are in the fridge along with sodas.

Good morning!! I want to write but I must work!! And I must find something to write!! I am kind of flailing right now!!

(Why am I making everything a dramatic exclamation?!?!?)

Caribbean, though I wouldn't mind trying a river cruise sometime to see.

Regular cruise or a "themed" cruise (e.g. a cruise with a favorite band, as many lines do now)?

This week, we have a list of 35 print magazines (yes, paper still exists) that take a variety of genres in fiction, non-fiction, and poetry.

https://authorspublish.com/35-magazines-that-publish-in-print/

And from last week, 52 literary journals and magazines with a genre focussed. A lot are speculative fiction (horror, sf, fantasy) but there's a smattering of other genres.

https://authorspublish.com/52-literary-journals-and-magazines-open-to-genre-work/