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Mutterings and Musings

by ~MM~

Rated: 13+ · Book · Opinion · #2101544

Mutterings, musings and general brain flatulence.

Here be mushrooms

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Maid of the Mist Most Macabre

May 12, 2021 at 9:49pm
In response to "Murder in the Sun"

I loved Nathan Fillion as the detective novelist and crime fighter wannabe in castle. I watched the drama you'd like to be in and it can be entertaining. Why not? Crime fighting and beach time is a win-win.

NormaJean AKA MarilynMonroe

May 12, 2021 at 9:27pm
In response to "Murder in the Sun"

I must be out of the loop - I don't recognize any of the references you made. Tells you I don't watch regular TV much.

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PandaPaws Licensed VetTech

May 12, 2021 at 9:05pm
In response to "Murder in the Sun"

I love Nathan Fillion! Have you been watching The Rookie? He is absolutely wonderful but I wonder if he would be so much of little boy in man's clothing that he would be an ass?

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Kåre เลียม Enga

May 12, 2021 at 4:23pm
In response to "Murder in the Sun"

I notice that you didn't choose to be one of the victims... If you did you could change locations every week.

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Maid of the Mist Most Macabre

May 11, 2021 at 8:02pm
In response to "Behold! Beards!"

Those facial hair trends have 'cool' names, too. You mentioned Hipster, but there's The Lumberjack also. Some men are known as metrosexual. The fashion comes with a moniker. Yes, who decides what is and isn't cool? Often the fads seem ridiculous.

Kåre เลียม Enga

May 11, 2021 at 7:44pm
In response to "Behold! Beards!"

I look better with a short beard but for the last year and two months it hasn't mattered. I've gone between full bush and clean shaven. When my skin acts up I shave it off. It's been 19 months without a haircut. I could chop it off and have a friend trim it but... it doesn't matter.

It's interesting how at certain stages of life everything matters. I'm not in that stage at the moment.

QPdoll

May 11, 2021 at 7:21am
In response to "Bath Books"

I have never had a Bath as opposed to a bath. I only remember a couple of times I lit candles. These days I don't have baths, just showers. But they feel pretty good, too. I like the idea of your Baths and bath books.

Maid of the Mist Most Macabre

May 10, 2021 at 7:43pm
In response to "Bath Books"

I'm with you, reading induces relaxation and in turn calms me down. Fairy-cake novels are too sweet for me, but I like your moniker for romances.

Kåre เลียม Enga

May 10, 2021 at 6:34pm
In response to "Bath Books"

I was the one who mentioned it and although it received some positive feedback the suggestion was not put in place. It's one of the reasons I didn't join this month's challenge and may not bother in the future. I'm tired of prompts that trigger my traumas, although I did okay in March.

I took a hot soak and turned the lights off. Very relaxing, although a scented candle would've been better.

I have to use the bathtub downstairs which has no place to place anything. I don't dare take anything other than a used paperback ...

But yes, a long deep soak with a book.

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Kåre เลียม Enga

May 9, 2021 at 10:23pm
In response to "Bring Back Latin...?!"

Latin is okay but limited (helps with Romance and Celtic languages, less with Germanic and Slavic, used in certain fields). Chinese characters are much more useful and translate well into English in ways that Latin doesn't.

The US is so fortunate to have imigrants from every corner of the world. Many mono-lingual Americans would disagree but English while useful is not an easy language.

In Taiwan many people know and speak Mandarin but I prefer to say thank-you in Hokkien (do sia) or Hakka (si mu ni).

I think and dream in Spanish. It took a long time for that to happen.

March 16, 2021 at 5:10pm

#1006519

Fizzzzz

Challenge: What lesson do you remember most vividly from your childhood?

If the electric fence crackles, don't touch it.....

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March 16, 2021 at 5:09pm

#1006518

Games

Challenge: What’s your favorite board game or card game to play with friends?

Scrabble - but Best Beloved hates word games (Boggle is a swearword in his opinion), so I don't get to play it all that often except online. My sister and I used to play mahjong with our parents loads as kids, but I don't know anyone who plays now and most of my friends find it too intimidating to sit down and teach. Which is a real pity, because it was a huge part of my childhood (I'm white British, but somehow my parents were given a set back in the 80s) and I've still on the beautifully carved set we used to play with.

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March 16, 2021 at 5:08pm

#1006516

Words

Challenge: In your entry, make a list of your favorite words to say. Then describe why they are your favorites and include a pronunciation guide for your readers. Brownie points if you can use your words in a sentence.

I have a number of favourite words and funnily enough I was thinking about this very question a few days ago (as in before the prompt was posted, because I'm late in responding).

Surreptitious; adjective, meaning something being kept secret, in particular something that might not be approved of. Pronounced ser-rup-tish-us.
I love that surreptitious sounds secretive. You've got that shhhh sound in the middle and I find (for me) it conjures up both dark alleys and mysterious strangers and dead-drops, and yet also children whispering in pillow forts and sharing sweeties. Danger and innocence. Fear and excitement. Terror and giggles.
With a surreptitious motion, the mage twitched his fingers and the box disappeared.

Library; if I need to describe that here, the you're on the wrong website. And hopefully I don't need to give a pronunciation guide or explain myself. But hey, it's a damn good word; whether it's a book-nook in your own home, an e-reader in your backpack, a vaulted cavern lined with dusty scrolls, or the more pedestrian and still wonderful public library full of dogeared large print novels, a library is one of the most wondrous places on Earth.

That scene, that scene in Beauty & The Beast. You know the one, when he just gives her the most glorious library ever envisioned.

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