Removing 2 Inches From The Island Would Be The Least Weird Thing In The Latter Half Of Lost.

I’m writing scenes which are good, and I don’t know where they are going to fit in the book. But it’s what I call ‘The Valley Filled With Clouds’ technique. You’re at the edge of the valley, and there is a church steeple, and there is a tree, and there is a rocky outcrop, but the rest of it is mist. But you know that because they exist, there must be ways of getting from one to the other that you cannot see. And so you start the journey. And when I write, I write a draft entirely for myself, just to walk the valley and find out what the book is going to be all about.

-- Terry Pratchett - A Slip Of The Keyboard: Collected Non-fiction

Got to reblog the duck.

I'm a little late but I've been thinking about the Ides of March and how it could be commemorated IRL, in a "remember that politicians are just humans" way. I was wondering if anyone had similar ideas.

Personally, I'd commemorate with a sort of game. You gather a bunch of people and one of them, typically one with the most authority, is elected as Caesar. You can have props like the laurel crown, or just a random crown and staff or something.

Caesar then gets to give each other player a dare to do, and if the players can't or refuse to do it, they get a slap or a spank. But then, once everyone was dared, Caesar receives a dare from each other player.

Tally up how many times Caesar refused or failed a dare, then add the number of times someone else did and got slapped. That's how many times Caesar gets slapped or spanked by the players.

Of course, this is supposed to be in good fun so there should be no dangerous dares and no slapping too hard. Instead of slapping you could also bonk the person with something like a foam noodle or a cardboard tube, or stab them with one of those prop knives that retract into the blade.

I guess one could also make a kinky version, I won't judge.

Anyway, that's how I would celebrate the Ides of March! I was wondering if anyone else had ideas!

This depends on if the person is encouraging it positively or negatively IMO.

Language is supposed to enable communication so introducing a language barrier with friends seems like a way to distance yourself from them.

I can see this easily going wrong, but it could be a great opportunity to share a passion.

she's a hero. she should dump her west brit "friends" and become friends with me instead

"it's all in your head" correct! unfortunately I am also in there

Classical war poster. I don't know what a "fuck boy" is.

I Want YOU For the Skeleton War! Cmon! Let us get hiring!

Favorite bird genre has got to be 'that's literally just a dinosaur'

Groove-Billed Ani

Hoatzin

Pheasant Coucal

If you pigeon fanciers like Columbo, then can they help find a murder? There's these crows, you see and - well, I don't know where they are.

𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞

A pigeon-fancier.

So cool to see this on my dash.

‘The Grey Havens’ by Alan Lee