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Today, 12:52 AM

Sancho replied to a thread The Great Metaphor Thread in General Literature

Haha! I like ‘em all. And that second one kinda has a metaphor within a simile, eh? I mean the vegetarian is fishing the caterpillar out of the...

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04-24-2024, 11:21 AM

Sancho replied to a thread The Great Metaphor Thread in General Literature

A most excellent Grateful Dead simile: Found today in a story in The Atlantic by Tommy Tomlinson: Why a Dog’s Death Hits So Hard I loved...

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04-20-2024, 04:30 PM

Sancho replied to a thread From The Sports Desk in General Literature

Haha! I’m gonna need one of those book bags. I actually met John Waters once, sounds like something he’d say. Hey, have you read The Boys In The...

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04-19-2024, 10:45 AM

Sancho replied to a thread From The Sports Desk in General Literature

Naw, man,not pretentious, you did the work. But hey, you gotta research degree!? Holy moly. Now it seems like I'm the guy at a dinner party,...

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04-18-2024, 04:21 PM

Sancho replied to a thread From The Sports Desk in General Literature

No way, man. Newman was the MVP. I remember a good article in Outside Magazine about the benefits of an impact workout. The writer looked at...

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04-17-2024, 06:58 PM

Sancho replied to a thread From The Sports Desk in General Literature

Oh yeah, I'm a big believer in swimming for health and flexibility. Evidently so is Kramer: I can't say that I recommend swimming in the East...

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04-17-2024, 09:43 AM

Sancho replied to a thread From The Sports Desk in General Literature

Dem bums! I got on an elevator the other day with guy who was wearing a Brooklyn Dodgers ball cap. Another guy takes a look at the ‘B’ on his cap and...

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04-16-2024, 11:05 AM

Sancho replied to a thread The Great Metaphor Thread in General Literature

I like this metaphor from my current read, The Moor’s Account: The context is this: a young man is speaking with his father about his future....

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04-16-2024, 10:32 AM

Sancho replied to a thread Westerns (literary genre) in General Literature

I think by the 70s the cop shows had pretty much subsumed the cowboy shows. Both genres more or less followed the same formula. Movies too. The man...

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04-15-2024, 01:58 PM

Sancho replied to a thread From The Sports Desk in General Literature

Also, bounty, bah-hahahaha, I gotta get one of those bed covers!

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04-15-2024, 01:55 PM

Sancho replied to a thread From The Sports Desk in General Literature

I found this from The Atlantic. It’s concerning the physiological limitations of the human body and the demands for ever more speed in major league...

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04-07-2024, 01:15 PM

Sancho replied to a thread What’cha Reading? in General Literature

Hey, I read Marley and Me a while back. Enjoyed it. At the time we had a dog named Molly, so for me the book was Molly and Me. Gotta say, I...

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04-07-2024, 01:07 PM

Sancho replied to a thread From The Sports Desk in General Literature

Agreed. I caught a little of the Paris - Roubaix this morning.

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04-06-2024, 07:34 PM

Sancho replied to a thread From The Sports Desk in General Literature

I could stand to learn a little more Japanese. I’ve going there recently. I only know a handful of words, but I use all of them with every local I...

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04-06-2024, 12:38 PM

Sancho replied to a thread What’cha Reading? in General Literature

Ya know, I think that’s a valid defense for murder in some states: Judge — Why’d you do it? Defendant — He killed my dog, your honor. Judge —...

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04-06-2024, 12:38 PM

Sancho replied to a thread From The Sports Desk in General Literature

Domo arigato.

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04-05-2024, 12:56 AM

Sancho replied to a thread From The Sports Desk in General Literature

Yeech! Brutal. Collarbones and ribs snapping like twigs in Basque Country. Meanwhile in L.A. a young pitching/batting phenom looses 4.5 mil in a...

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04-04-2024, 05:32 PM

Steven Hunley started a thread [B]Cracker Steve the Somali Pirate[/B] in Short Story Sharing

Cracker Steve the Somali Pirate Steve was unemployed and spent his days at the library reading books illustrated by Andrew Wyeth. Of these, the...

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04-04-2024, 10:29 AM

Sancho replied to a thread What’cha Reading? in General Literature

***SPOILER ALERT*** The psycho killer, the bone collector, I more-or-less figured out. He was playing the cops with a specific target in mind —...

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03-31-2024, 06:08 PM

Sancho replied to a thread From The Sports Desk in General Literature

Gotta be a beast to ride in those conditions (and on those cobbles). You know, come to think of it, I don’t think anybody has ever eaten Cracker...

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03-31-2024, 06:02 PM

Sancho replied to a thread The Great Metaphor Thread in General Literature

I came across this simile in the book I’m currently reading, The Hunter by Tana French. I thought it was artful. Trey (Teresa) is a boyish girl...

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03-31-2024, 01:34 PM

Hawkman replied to a thread The Mating Call of the Panty Python in Personal Poetry

Hi tailor, Glad you enjoyed it. Just a bit of fun. Live and be well - H

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03-30-2024, 05:27 PM

Sancho replied to a thread From The Sports Desk in General Literature

Baseball is back. Woo-Hoo… So buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jacks I don’t care if I never get back

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03-30-2024, 05:23 PM

Sancho replied to a thread What’cha Reading? in General Literature

I enjoyed The Bone Collector. Thanks for the rec. I particularly liked the science-y stuff. The twist/hook at the end seemed highly improbable, but...

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03-29-2024, 05:59 PM

Sancho replied to a thread What’cha Reading? in General Literature

Currently reading The Hunter, by Tana French. I’ve read all her books, starting with In The Woods. Most of them are detective novels set in...

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03-29-2024, 05:46 PM

Sancho replied to a thread From The Sports Desk in General Literature

Haha! Oh man, I needed that.

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03-29-2024, 05:45 PM

Sancho replied to a thread The Great Metaphor Thread in General Literature

Good one, Danik. I like hearing that sort of thing from another language/culture. It sounds similar to what we do when we “whitewash” something....

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03-28-2024, 11:10 PM

Sancho replied to a thread From The Sports Desk in General Literature

Ouch! That'll leave a mark.

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03-28-2024, 11:09 PM

Sancho replied to a thread The Great Metaphor Thread in General Literature

Well, I enjoyed the Deaver book, The Bone Collector. I liked the science. Also he did a nice job building the characters. Here's a science-y metaphor...

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PoeticPassions - 02-08-2017 07:11 AM View Conversation

Yes! Though I don't visit the site regularly.
PoeticPassions - 01-19-2017 05:54 AM View Conversation

I have no idea if you still visit this site... I have been gone for a few years... not sure how many even... Back now. Where are you!?
DocHeart - 08-25-2014 04:52 AM View Conversation

Hey Jack! Still knocking around... Busy being a corporate prostitute. I used to spend my nights writing poetry and short stories and miserably failing at writing a novel, but now I spend them writing up proposals and drawing up storyboards and filling in cells in XLS spreadsheets.

Like Odysseus, however, I will one day return to my Ithaca, having defeated the Cyclops and Circe and the Lotus Eaters and every other mother along the way. My dog will see me, wag its tail for the last time, and die. My Penelope will crack open a bottle of wine made from Ionian grapes and roll me a 30cm joint.

Be well, friend!
DocHeart - 06-03-2014 04:40 AM View Conversation

My dear Jack, always good to hear from you!

Was it Bukowski that said a writer needs his misery? I think I've been too happy to write anything for a long time. Thankfully, that is coming to an end.
AuntShecky - 12-18-2013 07:43 PM View Conversation

Why? Because you're way too cool, or what yer ol' Beatnik auntie used to call "hip."
Jerrybaldy - 08-31-2013 06:30 PM View Conversation

Jack. Post a poem..
qimissung - 05-03-2013 11:55 AM View Conversation

D'oh!

Would you consider voting in the "Don't know much about history" poetry contest? Many thanks!

http://www.online-literature.com/for...-about-history
qimissung - 05-03-2013 12:26 AM View Conversation

Hi Jack of Hearts, would you consider voting? (and how are you?)

http://www.online-literature.com/for...earchid=209664
qimissung - 12-12-2012 01:29 AM View Conversation

Would you care to vote (please, please, please)?

http://www.online-literature.com/for...Poetry-Contest

Also, there's a Christmas Ghost story in General Writing, if you're interested.
Scheherazade - 11-21-2012 08:47 AM View Conversation

Would you like to vote in our Short Story Competition Final?

http://www.online-literature.com/for...33#post1185033

Many thanks.

Scher