bulfrog4
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« on: January 20, 2010, 11:52:56 AM » |
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New to this board and unfamilliar with certain procedures, may I invite anyone to read this partial chapter on plant akaloids and psychoactive drugs. This is to be but one chapter in a book of general trivia and it is only 2/3 complete. It can be found in my web space at the following link: http://www.members.toast.net/bulfrog4/dir2/Crazy Plants.docIn MS Word format to preserve the pictures. Any constructive criticism would be welcome... |
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« Last Edit: January 20, 2010, 12:35:21 PM by bulfrog4 »
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"Imagination is more important than knowledge" - sign hanging in Einstein's office @ Princeton
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« Reply #16 on: January 24, 2010, 06:03:22 PM » |
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or my name ain't whatever y'all wanna call me.
spaghetti toes? |
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Would it have been worth while,
To have bitten off the matter with a smile,
To have squeezed the universe into a ball
To roll it toward some overwhelming question
To say: "I am Lazarus, come from the dead,
Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all"
T.S. Eliot
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Nick
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« Reply #17 on: January 24, 2010, 06:18:25 PM » |
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Phew! That is certainly an improvement over the Rumplestiltskin moniker. |
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« Last Edit: January 25, 2010, 07:08:21 PM by Nick »
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A story derives from the writer's perceptive observation and careful report of scene and from structural discipline.
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« Reply #18 on: January 24, 2010, 06:27:34 PM » |
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Holy Crap!, Bul- I just scrolled (and I mean scrolled) through your second installment. Man! You are one busy guy. I can see why you ain't got no time to crit other peoples posts. Uhh, how did you find Mary, anyway? |
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A story derives from the writer's perceptive observation and careful report of scene and from structural discipline.
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Father Luke
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« Reply #19 on: January 25, 2010, 11:27:21 AM » |
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Man, I simply do not have the hang of this quote function.
Keep givin' it a go, Nick- you'll tumble the trick of it soon enough.
'Sides, ain't no one keepin' score.
Clicking the button that looks like this might help...  |
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"The castigation of fools is, of course, an ancient and honorable task of writers and, unless very poorly done, an enterprise that will usually entertain those who behold it." ~ Richard Mitchell |
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« Reply #20 on: January 25, 2010, 12:51:34 PM » |
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Man, I simply do not have the hang of this quote function.
Keep givin' it a go, Nick- you'll tumble the trick of it soon enough.
'Sides, ain't no one keepin' score.
Clicking the button that looks like this might help... (Image removed from quote.)Thanks Holy crap, it worked. |
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« Last Edit: January 25, 2010, 12:53:44 PM by Nick »
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A story derives from the writer's perceptive observation and careful report of scene and from structural discipline.
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« Reply #21 on: January 25, 2010, 04:10:41 PM » |
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Sana Rafig says "I am not sure what you are exactly looking for in terms of a critique"
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Nick mentions a 5-minute attention span.
It's probably an issue of injecting more numerous and entertaining footnotes than of reducing the vocabulary to a more sophomoric level?
Depends on who you're writin' for, Bul. Sana is way academic and can float through reams of print. A street slug like me needs a simple giggle now and then to keep ADD from kickin' in. Incidently, was lookin' at you on walkabout in the southwest. What do you suppose them injuns was usin' for toilet paper back then? Yeah, yeah- it might seem like I'm yankin' ya but I'm sincere in my inquiry. Practical aspects about living interest me big time. (Always thought the Karankawas were quite resourceful when it came to eatin'.) |
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A story derives from the writer's perceptive observation and careful report of scene and from structural discipline.
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« Reply #22 on: January 25, 2010, 07:06:47 PM » |
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Sana
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« Reply #23 on: January 25, 2010, 08:18:06 PM » |
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I had some professors grading my paper and writing G instead of Q. I am the G man?! yo G what's good? ok that's gangsta lol. |
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« Last Edit: January 25, 2010, 08:21:34 PM by Sana Rafiq »
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Would it have been worth while,
To have bitten off the matter with a smile,
To have squeezed the universe into a ball
To roll it toward some overwhelming question
To say: "I am Lazarus, come from the dead,
Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all"
T.S. Eliot
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Father Luke
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« Reply #24 on: January 25, 2010, 08:59:30 PM » |
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« Reply #25 on: January 26, 2010, 05:09:02 AM » |
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Just last week lady asked me had I seen this. One channel tv at my shack hadn't shown it. Thanks for bringin' me up to speed, Padre. |
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bulfrog4
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« Reply #26 on: January 26, 2010, 12:49:29 PM » |
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Incidently, was lookin' at you on walkabout in the southwest. What do you suppose them injuns was usin' for toilet paper back then?
Yeah, yeah- it might seem like I'm yankin' ya but I'm sincere in my inquiry. Practical aspects about living interest me big time.
(Always thought the Karankawas were quite resourceful when it came to eatin'.)
Many 'Injuns' were fond of the common mullein weed for that purpose...   Crazy Plants.doc...... 6,283 words Nomads in the more arid regions of the southwest however had to make due with choya cactus, or something similar... . |
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« Reply #27 on: January 26, 2010, 04:27:52 PM » |
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Thanks, Bul-I knew you would know this. When I retire to the Philippines this plant angle may help keep me from becoming irritated. So how you feelin' 'bout givin' opinions on some of the efforts y'all read around here? |
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A story derives from the writer's perceptive observation and careful report of scene and from structural discipline.
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« Reply #28 on: January 26, 2010, 08:10:27 PM » |
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So how you feelin' 'bout givin' opinions on some of the efforts y'all read around here?
Fine:
No response, no encouragement, no criticism, no hiccups, no farts, no soap, no cussing, no comments, no compliments.
Very well. . . How many critiques have you posted on the works of others? There is no delicate way to say this, I'm afraid. Having so said that, I'm sure the person will be offended and call me a cunt. Watch. |
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« Reply #29 on: January 27, 2010, 05:12:31 PM » |
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Would it have been worth while,
To have bitten off the matter with a smile,
To have squeezed the universe into a ball
To roll it toward some overwhelming question
To say: "I am Lazarus, come from the dead,
Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all"
T.S. Eliot
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bulfrog4
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« Reply #30 on: January 27, 2010, 06:23:23 PM » |
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So how you feelin' 'bout givin' opinions on some of the efforts y'all read around here?
Heck. Who am I. I'm certainly no literary authority. Besides, I'm fairly certain that writers here would not appreciate my opinion. Opinions are like rectums - everybody's got one. Here is an opinion some here might not embrace. I don't care for potty-mouth. I hear it, I think it and I use it myself every day. I don't however, care to read it. A little bit of cussing or foul language is OK - if it helps develop a character or a scene. A little bit goes a long way though. If I want to read dirty language then all I have to do is to visit a "Port -a-Potty" outhouse at the nearest construction site. Ideally, literature (the written word) should aspire to a loftier plateau. One of Granny's old truisms was: "cussing is just a limited mind trying to express itself". The older (hopefully wiser) I get, the more I agree. I have another 'bone to pick' (opinion) with writing in the first person... |
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