Ron

I can't add anything to the flamboyant additions already included above.

Ha-ha-ha... snort!

In a recent essay I attempted to convey the importance of surveying, but, I say, my essay failed to garner much enthusiasm and so I will assay my essay to achieve a better outcome.

It was a diabolical debacle Jerry found himself in, even the twists had turns and there appeared to be no way out.

I managed to cabbage some cabbage from my neighbor's garden on the sly.

@Zombie The Pepsi chaser is an acquired taste, I’m sure. 😝

Site emojis have been behaving whimsically.

Way back on November 1, 2013, I said that digital audio is the future of music. Fast forward to today and what a different world. You can get excellent quality music from more than one source nowadays. I use Tidal Audio which uses the MQA format and I can't tell the difference from a streamed source and the same thing on CD. When you stream the full Master Quality file it is much better than CD and at times even better than SACD sourced music. What a time for digital audio! Several years ago I went to a hotel in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to listen to a Jazz band. The band leader was the brother in-law of a co-worker of my former partner. How's that for an introduction? The band leader is Rudresh Mahanthappa and the band was playing from their recently released Samdhi and one of my favorite songs is Playing With Stones. This piece is quite exciting. I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I did just now through the Tidal digital music service. And even though it wasn't given the full Master treatment this song sounded maybe just a bit better than CD quality. Good stuff. Edit to add: I have a signed CD.

I was already eleven years old when you were born, and while your code name may not be anything "special" in your view, that still makes you a young whipper-snapper as far as I'm concerned. Oh, and I am Ron... so, nothing special indeed.

Somehow this does make everything better. Did you find a replacement for the tube socks?

I bet Chucky’s boys do feel insecure. After all they could fall out of those action pants at any moment.

I've had the first book since it came out on Kindle though the title was correct the book inside was something else entirely. After some time the mistake was rectified but by then I was on to something else. Then the series came out -- I am so impressed by it that I don't feel the need to read the books any time soon. Fortunately, this allows me to read other books in the meantime.

Kudos @Carlos Hazday for your volunteer efforts on the behalf of gay authors and the readers. Well done, I say.

"We don't do nice things for people because THEY are nice. We do them because WE are nice." - Alan in Aurora Ohio The above quote was from a reply to Ask Amy, an advice column, referring to the many questions from readers who feel their kindness is met with ungratefulness. I thought it was a good quote to bring this thread back to life after a brief hiatus.

I'm guessing this thread is somewhat akin to actual depression. With help depression might disappear for good, or for a time, but it all too often returns. So who cares if someone resurrects a old thread when depression is such a dangerous condition.

It depends on what kind of bush your talking about. I mean is it like a two in the wild situation, or a Double Minute gum sort of situation?

He was a handsome man and he could sing, too.

This is from Sam Smith's newest release Love Goes. I enjoyed this quite a lot and I find that I'm enjoying others here as well. In the first song on this release he admonishes those that disagree with his view and actual existence to "load the gun" and I sincerely hope that idea isn't followed up on by those who don't agree.

I think we now need an Eww reaction emoji. Just sayin'.

I find him this distracting... Remove it immediately!

My sister, her teenage daughter and her two older sons and their wives are going to stand behind closed doors (yes, the bathroom will be needed) in her apartment, and the young kids (five of them) all dressed up for the occasion will go trick-or-treating from door-to-door inside. This will happen in Ohio. I think it's a great idea and it sounds like fun!

I am enjoying Erasures newest release The Neon. I've listened to this release several times now on Tidal Audio in fully rendered Master Quality Audio (MQA) on my stereo gear (also on headphones) and it's a gem.

Those clowns are just out of this world...

Absolutely! I hit the laugh reaction for the first post because I thought it was a delightful way of getting people to join in with their own interpretations, just as in the picture prompts we used to get, as I chose to do. Anyway, I thought that was your idea?!

Once upon a time there was a tree that grew strong and it's bough thick and tall. The tree's branches grew long and thick and children swung from a rope tied to the largest of them. A full canopy of leaves provided shelter from the sun and life was happy and good in the shade. Then one day, as quick as lightning flashes, the tree turned wizened and old and the children heard harsh noises whispered among it's shriveled leaves. One dark day, the tree now curmudgeonly and spiteful, it dropped the branch from which the children joyfully used to swing. Now the tree rests -- tired, watchful and waiting.