Going back for more Black Water, “Enoch Soames: A Memory of the Eighteen-Nineties” ( https://www.fulltextarchive.com/book/Enoch-Soames/) is fun both as a story and as motivation for silly nonsense (cw: spoiler,: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1997/11/a-memory-of-the-nineteen-nineties/376995/)
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Enoch Soames by Max BeerbohmEnoch Soames A Memory of the Eighteen-nineties By MAX BEERBOHM When a book about the literature of the eighteen-nineties was given by Mr. Holbrook Jackson to the world, I looked eagerly in the index for Soames, Enoch. It was as I feared: he was not there. But everybody else was. Many writers whom I hadFull Text Archive (opens in a new tab) Figure 1. Link preview of https://www.fulltextarchive.com/book/Enoch-Soames/, "Enoch Soames by Max Beerbohm". A Memory of the Nineteen-NinetiesBeing a faithful account of the events of the designated day, when the man who had disappeared was expected briefly to returnThe Atlantic (opens in a new tab) Figure 2. Link preview of https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1997/11/a-memory-of-the-nineteen-nineties/376995/, "A Memory of the Nineteen-Nineties". Posted on Mastodon over three years agoon April 01, 2023 - 4:29 PM and archived here at /mastodon/2023/04/01/110124501622830999/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/mastodon/2023/04/01/110124501622830999/ in the Mastodon collection in both HTML and markdown. -
I’m sitting here watching this old jacques pepin video, he’s making a risotto milanese (with american brown rice), and he gets to the saffron and just whips out a tin that has an ounce of god damned saffron in it, lmao ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5vUuLh3ASQ)
Tender Oso Bucco Recipe from Jacques Pépin | KQEDJacques Pépin conjures an imaginative Italian menu for special guests featuring oso bucco, "whole bone" veal braised with vegetables and broth until it is te...YouTube (opens in a new tab) Figure 1. Link preview of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5vUuLh3ASQ, "Tender Oso Bucco Recipe from Jacques Pépin | KQED". 
Figure 2. screenshot of video, ECU an open tin of an ounce of god damned safron, which is the size of two decks of cards stacked, close captioned “I have one ounce of saffron here.” (if you haven’t made risotto m. recently, that’s about a hundred bucks worth of saffron. when I buy it at the grocery store I can get a hundredth of an ounce in a weird little bag for seven bucks)
Posted on Mastodon over three years agoon March 30, 2023 - 2:16 AM and archived here at /mastodon/2023/03/30/110109825002160788/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/mastodon/2023/03/30/110109825002160788/ in the Mastodon collection in both HTML and markdown. -
“centering" “voices” “communities” “most vulnerable” “advocates”, etc, while maybe not originally liberal nonsense, is now definitely liberal nonsense. Stop the nonsense!
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I could fix valencia street
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Https://youtu.be/R5mAuPg1ZZw damn, dude
Political Science (2002 Remaster)Provided to YouTube by Rhino/Warner RecordsPolitical Science (2002 Remaster) · Randy NewmanSail Away℗ 1972 Warner Records Inc. 2002 Remastered by Rhino Enter...YouTube (opens in a new tab) Figure 1. Link preview of https://youtu.be/R5mAuPg1ZZw, "Political Science (2002 Remaster)". Posted on Mastodon over three years agoon March 24, 2023 - 2:04 AM and archived here at /mastodon/2023/03/24/110075804665881404/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/mastodon/2023/03/24/110075804665881404/ in the Mastodon collection in both HTML and markdown. -
Scribbling “meteorologists" under “doctors” on the list of people I’m cool with but looking forward to hearing from less
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Oops, broke off the first cork screw, sending a second one in after it

Figure 1. ecu corked bottle of red wine with a bit of corkscrew protruding from the top left off the corn and a full corkscrew entering it from the top right. Posted on Mastodon over three years agoon March 20, 2023 - 12:56 AM and archived here at /mastodon/2023/03/20/110052888685231134/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/mastodon/2023/03/20/110052888685231134/ in the Mastodon collection in both HTML and markdown. -
Orchid a-comin’

Figure 1. orchid in a pot on a table, large flower bud the size of a small flower bud (about the size of a small grape). Posted on Mastodon over three years agoon March 19, 2023 - 2:52 AM and archived here at /mastodon/2023/03/19/110047679178322194/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/mastodon/2023/03/19/110047679178322194/ in the Mastodon collection in both HTML and markdown. -
Huh, never heard of a “clarihew” ( https://archive.org/details/biography00chesuoft/page/10) poem before: a sort of shitty limerick about a historical figure. Cute. Named after the author of a book of them.
Biography for beginners : being a collection of miscellaneous examples for the use of upper forms : Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet ArchiveInternet Archive (opens in a new tab) Figure 1. Link preview of https://archive.org/details/biography00chesuoft/page/10, "Biography for beginners : being a collection of miscellaneous examples for the use of upper forms : Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive". Terrible. 😂

Figure 2. a scan of a page the original book from the internet archiveMIGUEL DE CERVANTESThe people of Spain think CervantesEqual to half a dozen Dantes:An opinion resented most bitterly By the people of Italy. 
Figure 3. opposing page, with illustration that looks like a woodcut print or pen drawing of a stack of dantes glaring at a smug cervantes. Posted on Mastodon over three years agoon March 19, 2023 - 2:42 AM and archived here at /mastodon/2023/03/19/110047643534173076/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/mastodon/2023/03/19/110047643534173076/ in the Mastodon collection in both HTML and markdown. -
This Chico Freeman jazz tune, “The Search” ( https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-outside-within-mw0000090953) just came around on NTS Expansions ( https://www.nts.live/infinite-mixtapes/expansions) and made me put my book down and look it up. Cool line!
Chico Freeman: The Outside Wi... Tracks & Reviews | AllMusicThe Outside Within by Chico Freeman released in 1978. Find The Outside Within reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.AllMusic (opens in a new tab) Figure 1. Link preview of https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-outside-within-mw0000090953, "Chico Freeman: The Outside Wi... Tracks & Reviews | AllMusic". Expansions - Infinite Mixtapes | Listen on NTSJazz and its many mind-expanding variations.NTS Radio (opens in a new tab) Figure 2. Link preview of https://www.nts.live/infinite-mixtapes/expansions, "Expansions - Infinite Mixtapes | Listen on NTS". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8uwt7L-xVw
01 The Search Featuring Jack DeJohnette Cecil McBee John HicksEnjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.YouTube (opens in a new tab) Figure 3. Link preview of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8uwt7L-xVw, "01 The Search Featuring Jack DeJohnette Cecil McBee John Hicks". Posted on Mastodon over three years agoon March 19, 2023 - 1:39 AM and archived here at /mastodon/2023/03/19/110047392613915275/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/mastodon/2023/03/19/110047392613915275/ in the Mastodon collection in both HTML and markdown.