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Jun 30, 2016 03:25AM
Thanks for the comments on chicken wings. I remain to be convinced, altho Mymymble's effusion does persuade me that she, at least, genuinely likes them
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HJ wrote: "I think I'm right in saying that we don't really"do" wings in the UK. To me they're annoying bits of bone and scraggy skin with very little meat. In fact, I have wondered whether some clever marketing person realised that they had all these wings left over and decided to make a feature of them so that they could be sold rather than wasted...."They are breaded or battered and deep fried then served with various flavors of dipping sauce. The chickens raised for foodservice in the US get quite large, over 10 lbs so the wings DO have meat on them.
I've read A Flirty Dozen - Gay Erotic Romance Box Set and found bewildering that this collection doesn't have any review and not even a rating at the moment. Now it has mine. It is a collection of great tales. I also loved the Britishness of them, the solid writing, the humour. Warmly recommended.I've also read and loved
: I had read the blurb and meant to buy it, and then I couldn't find anymore which book was it. Recently Alex published a selection of old covers so I could find again the book.
Antonella wrote: "I've read A Flirty Dozen - Gay Erotic Romance Box Set and found bewildering that this collection doesn't have any review and not even a rating at the moment. Now it has mine. It is ..."It's a great collection! I read and rated this version: A Flirty Dozen.
KC wrote: "It's a great collection! I read and rated this version: A Flirty Dozen."Oh, thank you. There are 18 ratings there, which is better...
Antonella wrote: "I've read A Flirty Dozen - Gay Erotic Romance Box Set and found bewildering that this collection doesn't have any review and not even a rating at the moment. Now it has mine. It is ..."I loved Too Many Fairy Princes :)
Antonella wrote: "Michael Nava writes:Now available: an excerpt from Chapter 1 from Lay Your Sleeping Head and the return of Henry Rios.
http://bit.ly/lyshch1
Feel free to share."
Thank you, anew Henry? best news in ever!
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http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2016/06/...
Assuming this is the article you were talking about, here's the link.
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I need to find time to get to it. Knowing what I know of Ann/LA Witt, and reading some of her work, I'd..."
I have to say that -- in my college years -- I did find sex shops both funny and desperate. And possibly they are. But what I better understand now -- and I really didn't (or was afraid I was wrong about this) is that there really is no "normal" when it comes to sexual practices. Granted, I understood that normal for a South Sea Islander would not be normal for a US Citizen, but what I failed to grasp was that there was no real normal for US Citizens either. Or that normal changed based on any number of factors.
Which is to say, I questioned all of what I had been taught, even challenged it academically, but was still guilty about my doubts and my challenges. :-D
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The Thoroughbre..."
After the death of Farley's daughter, the series takes a dark turn. Just a heads up.
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This gives me the chance to ask something which I've always wondered. This is a genuine que..."
Well, I think you're absolutely right as to the marketing of chicken wings.
So why wings? They are small enough to marinade well (is that a real verb?) and also cook up crispy. So yes, there are bones to contend with, but the wings are tiny and flavorful and crunchy.
The SO is particularly devoted to them and every couple of birthdays he insists on a "wing ding" whereupon we cook mountains of chicken wings in various marinades and serve them to family and friends who try to look dignified pulling tiny bones our of their mouths. :-D
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I need to find time to get to it. Knowing what I know of Ann/LA Witt, and reading some o..."
So true. One of my favorite tv shows as a teen had a character who made the comment "there is no such thing as normal." I think of that a lot, in a lot of contexts.
I think "normal" is usually meant to mean "majority", but especially with sex, there is no majority. I highly doubt it anyway.
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Good to know.
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I need to find time to get to it. Knowing what I know of Ann/LA Witt, and r..."
I doubt it too, given to how uncomfortable most grown ups are about talking sex. And I hasten to add, I am one of them. I'm not going to go into any details on my own sex life, though I've got no problem speaking theoretically--or addressing the long ago and distant past.
Quite an informal and totally unscientific survey I've done for the past years have shown me that parents dont talk to their kids about sex. Well few of them talk to their daughters mostly because they have to because of their periods but talk sex to their teenage sons? No. Not at all. Not about sex, not about responsible behaviour in sex, nothing. I find it quite sad actually. So even though I find it very uncomfortable talking to my children about sex, I do. (It's a lot easier talking to other teenagers than your own actually). Because if we don't educate our children on sex and responsibility who's gonna do it?
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It's a temporary thing -- the inevitable culmination of the trend in marketing and promotion of "platform." And it's exacerbated by the fact that authordom is now everybody's default Plan B, so many, many people charge into a writing career without knowing anything about writing OR publishing, but feeling confident that because they ARE a thing -- former FBI agent, for example -- success will be guaranteed writing about FBI agents.
And I have read a number of such books by former FBI agents. And oh my yes they do get the details of protocol correct, they are impressively detailed in procedure and jargonl and what-not. But they can't tell an interesting story to save their lives (or their writing careers).
Because being a thing is not enough. Whether that thing is a teacher or a cop or a trans person or a man or a teenager.
Even if there was such a thing as a universal experience of being A Woman -- and that is highly doubtful (as we can see from our own widely varied experiences in this teeny tiny group on GR) the ability to effectively communicate an interesting and meaningful story about being A Woman is not inherent to any woman.
Love of reading does not automatically translate into ability to write. The desire to tell a story is not synonymous with the potential to do so. Passion and desire are not enough. But we live in a world where people are constantly reassured that it IS enough. That wanting a thing is the same as being guaranteed of achieving it.
And when that doesn't come true -- and it mostly doesn't -- there is a lot of frustration and anger and feeling cheated.
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For some reason dog stories are in general WAY sadder than horse stories.
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LOL
Mymymble wrote: "Isn't it The Little Death majorly rewrote?"Yes, indeed.
That's also the reason I didn't dare to tackle it till now.
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It's the sad truth. And boys need that conversation almost more than girls. If more of them got it we'd likely have less sexual assault in the world. One would hope anyway.
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This reminds me of an article I just read about a few recent college graduates who had gotten internships in this company. They wanted to change the dress code and had seen a woman wearing shoes that didn't match the current code, so they thought they could write up a proposal, sign a petition, send it to management, and at least have a conversation about changing the code. lol. Instead, they were quickly told to pack their things and leave. Apparently the woman who didn't follow the code had been in the military and had a bit of a disability and was told she could wear whatever she needed to be comfortable on her feet for the job.
It's crazy how people grow up thinking they just have to want something and they can get it. No. The world doesn't work that way. Palm, meet forehead. lol.
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Yes! Why is that I wonder? Have we just not reached that point where more dogs survive the story than don't? I'm immediately reminded of gay characters and how most of them used to not survive their fictional stories too. Hmmm...
Ame wrote: "Quite an informal and totally unscientific survey I've done for the past years have shown me that parents dont talk to their kids about sex. Well few of them talk to their daughters mostly because ..."I did it in the car with my kids, I recall. Then they can't get away and they had the option to look hard through the opposite window so they didn't have to look at me :)
I didn't go into specifics, they have good education in school, and I figured they already knew about the technical aspects, but I gave the whole " be responsible, use protection and never do anything you or the other person don't feel comfortable with" speech.
Ame wrote: "KC wrote: "Read Santino Hassell's Sutphin Boulevard and Sunset Park and will probably start today First and First. Sutphin Boulevard is very good, bu..."Just finished Santino's First and First. Wow. So intense. I thought it the best of the three too, though i really liked the humor and bit of lightness in Sunset Park. But First and First, yes, just perfect. Now i need something...completely different. And light. :-)
KC wrote: "Ame wrote: "KC wrote: "Read Santino Hassell's Sutphin Boulevard and Sunset Park and will probably start today First and First. Sutphin Boulevard is v..."Yes, I too think it's the best one. Very intense but very good.
There'll be 4th book out very soon. Sequel to Sunset Park. Sounds bit angsty actually.
Potstickers! I'd totally eat those for breakfast, and any other time. I have some in my freezer...hmmm, it's almost dinner time. :)
Potstickers, I had to google them, but these I could eat any time! Now would be heaven. But I will not whine, I have a Butterbrot :-)
Sabine wrote: "Potstickers, I had to google them, but these I could eat any time! Now would be heaven. But I will not whine, I have a Butterbrot :-)"So, I had to Google Butterbrot. Butterbrot or potstickers would be good about now.
I am reading Sweet Little Lies by Jill Shalvis. It's the beginning of a new series. She's one of my go-to contemporary het romance authors. Although she doesn't write LGBT (that I know of), she does include some in her books as side characters. This book has a MtF trans as a bakery owner.
I read Bodies in Space by Shukyou the other day and it is delightful. It's about a guy who's on the Autism spectrum who is in love with his best friend. It's lovely, and free.
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Jordan wrote: "Started I Am Malala this afternoon. So far it's very riveting!"I saw a documentary about Malala a few months ago. She is a truly inspirational and courageous young woman.
Alison wrote: "I read Bodies in Space by Shukyou the other day and it is delightful. It's about a guy who's on the Autism spectrum who is in love with his best friend. It's lovely, and free."All what Shukyou wrote is good to excellent. And everything is for free.
A favourite of mine is so werd ich dich auf meinem Blute tragen, 5 stars in my opinion, but basically all others are 4 solid stars.
Antonella wrote: "Alison wrote: "I read Bodies in Space by Shukyou the other day and it is delightful. It's about a guy who's on the Autism spectrum who is in love with his best friend. It's lovely, ..."Cool. I'll check out that one. This was the first thing I've read by Shukyou and I really liked it, so I'll definitely read more. Thanks. :)
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Yes, indeed.
That's also the reason I didn't dare to tackle it till now."
And what do you think of it?
I want to support Nava, but I will support him in his new writing efforts. Not reworking the books that were already, in my opinion, finished.
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I think you're quite right about that. This genre has always been a bit...informal. ;-)
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Yes. Also it doesn't help when you still have this old guard male bastion -- I don't want to say they encourage rape, but they do perhaps all too often excuse what is technically assault or physical coercion as boyish hijinks.
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I saw that too. And as a former Evil Corporate Overlord I have to admit I'd have let them all go as well.
One or two challenging the dress code, I'd have taken aside and explained the facts of life. A petition put together by interns -- who are there on sufferance anyway -- sends the wrong message in a corporate environment.
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I believe that is a topic that will be addressed in Curtis Evan's upcoming book. I can't wait to read it.
I always think though that is a sign of real progress that so many writers now are happy to assign tragic fates to gay characters -- because they have no background in gay lit, they don't realize that happy endings are still quite a privilege for gay characters. :-D
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I started that one as well. I think he has an amusing authorial voice.
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Me too! The other day I ate cold potstickers for breakfast. But wings would've been better. Imo, wings are the best part of the..."
I love potstickers!
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I have an Asian friend for whom eating soup for breakfast is perfectly norma..."
Yes! I do both those things too!
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I saw a documentary about Malala a few months ago. She is a truly inspirational and courageous young woman."
Yes. Now there is a role model for girls.
Josh wrote: "I love potstickers! ..."I don't have a good source for good potstickers. Around here they're mostly foodservice frozen and bleh.
Give me homemade tamales! :) PORK!
Josh wrote: "Antonella wrote: "Mymymble wrote: "Isn't it The Little Death majorly rewrote?"Yes, indeed.
That's also the reason I didn't dare to tackle it till now."
And what do you think of it?"
Uh, still not exactly keen on reading it.
But maybe it will be different when a whole new book is there?
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Sometimes, when times are more difficult, I appreciate to read something lighter and have found (thank you Haldis) Hottie Scotty and Mr. Porter. It was a good read, not too fluffy.
Jordan Castillo Price made the new cover art for the rerelease of Painting In The Rain next week. The book is now available for preorder.Here an interview to JCP about making covers and snippet of the book.
Disclaimer: none of them paid me ;-)
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Here an interview to JCP about making cove..."
Thanks for these links! The book looks really good! It's sad to say that this summer I'll be reading my first Dev Bentham book, though I've been meaning to read her work for a long time now. I've added this one to my TBR list. :-)
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