CoTT 2 House of Cards

[Marty]

7 minutes ago, dughlas said:

He lives in Ireland, for them it's all about the green ...

Well, there are (at least) Forty Shades of Green.

 

 

[Marty]

7 minutes ago, Story Reader said:

Yep even their drinks are green!

Only in places like America, on Paddy's day.

They even poison their rivers with green dye on that day.

[Sherye Story Reader]

1 minute ago, Marty said:

Only in places like America, on Paddy's day.

They even poison their rivers with green dye on that day.

Hey we would not do that with our rivers! It would not be good for the river dwellers that live in them. And I love Paddy's Day, not only is one of my ancestors Irish, but my Aunt (favorite) was born on that day!

[Marty]

11 minutes ago, Story Reader said:

I love Paddy's Day, not only is one of my ancestors Irish, but my Aunt (favorite) was born on that day!

As was my Mam.  

She'd have been 99 on Paddy's day this year. My one regret is that I won't be able to meet up with my six siblings at her graveside in England this year on Paddy's day, something we have done every year since her death in 2004.

I'll just have to place my trust in the Great Cod in the Sea that we'll be back to some sort of normality in 2022, and we'll all be able to meet up to celebrate her life on her one hundredth birthday.

[Valkyrie]

58 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

That is correct but it still only has 95% efficacy so you could still get it

95% efficacy is very good.  Nothing is 100%.  

[Marty]

It's just after 1:00am here. So I think it's time I got my beauty sleep.

Goodnight all!

But before I go, I'll just drop the following here for you all to listen to. 

And maybe I should dedicate it to young Albert.

If only to partly apologise to him, as he didn't seem too happy when I dedicated Neil Young's Old Man to him a number of nights back...

 

 

[clochette]

I'm obsessed with this song since I heard it a couple of days ago. He has a nice deep (and sexy) voice

 

Edited January 27, 2021 by clochette

[Sherye Story Reader]

Never blame a writer for saying what is on their mind. We all know that all writers have a vivid imagination and they say what comes to their minds whether it is to hurt, sadden, make you cry, make you smile, or even shock you! I know cause I have a writers imagination at times! lol

Oh also, never get upset with a person with a vivid imagination cause that person might be you! lol

[Headstall]

1 hour ago, dughlas said:

I don't think that's correct. The two currently available vaccines require two shots but Johnson & Johnson is developing a vaccine that only requires one shot. We should hear more about that vaccine within the next week. However none of them use the actual virus,  they were developed using mRNA that triggers the immune response. Using mRNA techniques is common in a number of medical applications and is the reason they could develope vaccines so quickly.

That's exactly right. Way too many conspiracy theories... it's safe and effective, and the only way to protect ourselves. I want all of us to be safe and protected.  

[Headstall]

1 hour ago, Marty said:

So I was lied to?

You just can't trust anybody these days. 

Another conspiracy theory.  

[Albert1434]

58 minutes ago, Marty said:

It's just after 1:00am here. So I think it's time I got my beauty sleep.

Goodnight all!

But before I go, I'll just drop the following here for you all to listen to. 

And maybe I should dedicate it to young Albert.

If only to partly apologise to him, as he didn't seem too happy when I dedicated Neil Young's Old Man to him a number of nights back...

 

 

Don't dedicate it to me I don't like Bob Dylan

Edited January 27, 2021 by Albert1434

[Bucket1]

Only because I promised Albert...  

Spoiler

 

[Sherye Story Reader]

2 minutes ago, Bucket1 said:

Only because I promised Albert...  

  Reveal hidden contents

 

Sexy! I think! lol

[Albert1434]

First of all It National Chocolate cake day!

And we got at least a foot of snow!

[Albert1434]

Aloha All

[Marty]

11 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

Don't dedicate it to me I don't like Bob Dylan

So how about Rod Stewart's interpretation of the song?

Personally I prefer this version of it.

Perhaps that's just because of the video accompanying it...

[Page Scrawler]

I was reading a book called "Here the Whole Time", by Vitor Martin. It's an English translation of a novel originally published in... Brazilian Portuguese, I think? It was cute the first time I read it, but now that I read it a second time, I can see the cracks in the story. Felipe, an overweight young man, is forced to play host to his longtime crush, Caio, over Spring Break. There are several issues with the writing, and it's not just the shallow characters or plot. 

Brazil doesn't have "Spring Break" as we know it in the U.S.. The closest thing is Easter Vacation, which is two weeks long and ends with the holiday. In the book, the characters celebrate Carnival during this "Spring Break" period. But Carnival starts on a Friday and ends on Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday is seven weeks before Easter, which means, as far as the story is concerned, Spring Break is five weeks off-target.

Brazil also has one of the highest rates of trans homicide. Considering their environment, I'm surprised that more people wouldn't react negatively to the main characters. There are a few punks who pick on Felipe, but this seems to be more of a "fat" issue than a "gay" issue.

Aside from one use of the word "Brazil", and two instances of the word "Carnival" (as far as I can recall), there's really no indication that the story is even in Brazil. No cultural references or vibrant scenes. No mention of the music or dancing, no sign of the floats or bright, vivid costumes one usually associates with Carnival. It could be set in literally any town in the Midwestern U.S..

I'm not sure if it was like this originally, or if it was "tailored" for an English-speaking audience, but either way, I give it 2/5 stars. 

Edited February 10, 2021 by Page Scrawler

[Marty]

12 hours ago, clochette said:

I'm obsessed with this song since I heard it a couple of days ago. He has a nice deep (and sexy) voice

 

I love sea shanties. I remember we used to sing (chant?) them when I was at primary school in England.

But, whilst this one could become a bit of an earworm for me, I'm not sure whether I'd be really happy to have a sea shanty about whaling stuck in my head...

Here's a little backstory about the writing of the shanty, and the relevance of the word Wellerman:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soon_May_the_Wellerman_Come

 

 

[Marty]

21 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

First of all It National Chocolate cake day!

And we got at least a foot of snow!

Does that mean I was a day early with my chocolate cake yesterday?

And you could maybe just think of the snow as a blanket of white chocolate...

But I'd advise you not to eat any yellow snow!

 

 

 

[Marty]

24 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Aloha All

Greetings, young Albert!

[Albert1434]

And no Marty don't eat yellow snow from right there where the Husky go!

Frank Zappa

[Marty]

22 minutes ago, Page Scrawler said:

I was reading a book called "Here the Whole Time", by Vitor Martin. It's an English translation of a novel originally published in... Brazilian Portuguese, I think? It was cute the first time I read it, but now that I read it a second time, I can see the cracks in the story. Felipe, an overweight young man, is forced to play host to his longtime crush, Caio, over Spring Break. There are several issues with the writing, and it's not just the shallow characters or plot. 

Brazil doesn't have "Spring Break" as we know it in the U.S.. The closest thing is Easter Vacation, which is two weeks long and ends with the holiday. In the book, the characters celebrate Carnival during this "Spring Break" period. But Carnival starts on a Friday and ends on Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday is seven weeks before Easter, which means, as far as the story is concerned, Spring Break  five months off-target.

Brazil also has one of the highest rates of trans homicide. Considering their environment, I'm surprised that more people wouldn't react negatively to the main characters. There are a few punks who pick on Felipe, but this seems to be more of a "fat" issue than a "gay" issue.

Aside from one use of the word "Brazil", and two instances of the word "Carnival" (as far as I can recall), there's really no indication that the story is even in Brazil. No cultural references or vibrant scenes. No mention of the music or dancing, no sign of the floats or bright, vivid costumes one usually associates with Carnival. It could be set in literally any town in the Midwestern U.S..

I'm not sure if it was like this originally, or if it was "tailored" for an English-speaking audience, but either way, I give it 2/5 stars. 

Thanks for the interesting synopsis and critique, Page.

[Albert1434]

 

[Marty]

10 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

And no Marty don't eat yellow snow from right there where the Husky go!

Frank Zappa

Fortunately we don't have huskies around these parts!

Maybe because we don't tend to get much snow.

Spoiler

 

 

[Albert1434]

They said we could get 5 feet of snow😲

Edited January 27, 2021 by Albert1434