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MISTER “can you get to a service station then I’ll meet you there” JERK

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ROT IN HELL WELSHY!!!

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Oh my bad

I got myself geared up ready to cut the grass but I only have three bags and I ain't bothering to get more until I go to work so I hope it rains to justify me not cutting the grass, and hopefully it's dry tomorrow

Thank god there was at least one comma in that sentence

Originally posted by walshy
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I put too much effort into getting that I need a lie down

Not an Oxford comma

Things Welshy doesn't know how to use: colons; semi-colons, commas, and Oxford commas.

I know how to use a rifle from the army... Just saying gun

Morning

yosk brosk

How goes the Scribbling? Hey man you reading anything good lately?

I'm on a big fantasy kick atm, I started reading The Black Company books by Glen Cook, which are really good — but right now I'm reading a recent book called Blackwing, by Ed McDonald. It's a dark fantasy with heavy dystopian elements and grey/grey morality. The prose is so good it's almost unfair... perfect balance of exposition, character, and plotting.

How about you Q-Meister?

OH NO SHIT I bought the first Black Company book a couple months ago but haven't cracked it open yet. I hear it's dope.

I just finished a book of essays called "We were eight years in power." It was really good - I usually struggle with nonfiction and find it really dry, but the writer's prose made the droll facts way more interesting.

Now I just started up "Brave New World." I've never read that one before, skipped it in high school because I was an edgy student who was too cool to do homework. So far, so good.

The Black Company is good stuff! It has an interesting style where it leaves out a lot of the 'action', focusing more on the narrator's interpretations of events and the people around him. I really enjoyed it, looking forward to reading the next few.

We Were Eight Years in Power sounds interesting — I find non-fiction collections easier to read than long, dry books.

Brave New World is essential at any age, I think it's a masterpiece. I only ended up reading it when I was 21 or 22 myself but it blew me away, especially the second half. It was also alarmingly prescient...

I've been meaning to double down on reading Serious Literature but this lockdown really knocked me for six, which sucks. I've still got 50% of Ulysses to finish.

Originally posted by Scribble
The Black Company is good stuff! It has an interesting style where it leaves out a lot of the 'action', focusing more on the narrator's interpretations of events and the people around him. I really enjoyed it, looking forward to reading the next few.

We Were Eight Years in Power sounds interesting — I find non-fiction collections easier to read than long, dry books.

Brave New World is essential at any age, I think it's a masterpiece. I only ended up reading it when I was 21 or 22 myself but it blew me away, especially the second half. It was also alarmingly prescient...

Yeah the writer is Ta-Nehisi Coates and he's incredibly talented. The essays themselves are plucked from each year of Obama's presidency, focusing on the black experience. Really eye opening stuff in a lot of ways.

Brave New World is off to a crackling start, I'm digging it big and I think I'll end up flying through it.

Originally posted by Scribble
I've been meaning to double down on reading Serious Literature but this lockdown really knocked me for six, which sucks. I've still got 50% of Ulysses to finish.

Knocked me for six, is that a popular saying? I like the way it sounds.

I know what you mean though, I thought with lockdown I'd be reading two books a week but nah