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a sex way
the premise of the book im reading is a college jock is struck by lightning and it makes guys start smelling irresistibly good to him bc @kdcaseywrites.bsky.social is a bad influence
reacting to all this with ever more daring feats of escape
i mean escapism
i mean reading really trashy books
Adonis says trans rights
“I am feeling much better now. Toad,” said Frog. “I do not think I need a story anymore.”
“Then you get out of bed and let me get into it,” said Toad, “because now I feel terrible.”
Ms Rachel talking to Deiver Henao, a 9yo in an immigration detention center
www.instagram.com/reel/DVzUzoz...
What a world
The political culture of the contemporary GOP is indistinguishable from that of the school shooter community
i was addressing the op's quote
they won't and aren't
every jew in the world could be gone and the rich would still exploit the poor and you'd have to invent us as an explanation
ugh i knew thats what i was forgetting
it would indeed be a lot simpler if "jew" was shorthand for "the evil rich" but it aint, sorry
"antisemitism is class politics for idiots" strikes again
pliny has a lot of garlic based remedies that i Do Not recommend
my only beef with them is the ubiquity making people meaner to fat people (you could just take a drug to not be disgusting anymore!!)
no columella did not pliny
where are you getting the caucasus
this is for my book!!!
this is for my book its not procrastination
one of the french stories is that salsa mahonesa was a spoil of war from the seven years' war occupation of menorca in 1756!
im writing about the swedish festive sandwich cake Smörgåstårta while a) the world burns and b) im on book deadline and just going a bit nuts over here
there is (it's when you start crying in frustration)
its possible im doing too much research for this sandwich essay
if only i read catalan
yolks***
ive read that but
ive also read carême, escoffier, and the 1938 larousse gastronomie on the subject and while these are not historical works directly, they each define it as a mother sauce but are like 🤷🏻not sure where it comes from
the people (me) need primary sources!!
scholars debate but there's pretty strong evidence he's talking about elephant garlic. which is milder and also foamier than normal garlic and botanically closer to a leek BUT looks like garlic on steroids (and he mentions it as a type of garlic)
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
A Foam Of Surprising Size
i can't take bayonnaise seriously though, no offense to bayonne, france or bayonne, nj
pliny elsewhere has "60 remedies using garlic" and it's absolutely bonkers