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"The fundamental problem with universal healthcare is that demand is infinite, but the resources to supply that demand are not.
How's that? I live in a country with "socialized" healthcare. I don't go to the doctor or dentist unless I..." [
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2 months ago
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"One of the best wines I ever had in my life was a Burgundy that had been sitting around for days, half-full, with just a cork in it.
Maybe you just don't like wine that much, or maybe the wine wasn't very good to begin with. A few hours of..." [
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2 months ago
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"Reading your post, I thought: yes, another article (who knows, maybe a book!) like Simon's 'Homicide'. I was vaguely disappointed when it turned out to be Simon's work after all. I'll just have to reread it then...." [
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2 months ago
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"Make the rar-rar-rar nasal and somewhat whiney and you'll hit it squarely. Make it loud. One thing that always strikes me is how Americans use their nasal cavities as a resonator, which makes them incredibly decibel effective...." [
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4 months ago
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"Tartare de boeuf aux huîtres: make a "tartare" of beef (very fresh, high quality beef) by dicing it very very small. Also slice the oysters in small pieces. Mix oysters with beef, grind fresh black pepper over it, add salt and a bit of..." [
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6 months ago
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"You only hate the canon? It gets a lot worse, SansPoint.
I studied literature once. I read books, big books, as a teenager and that seemed like a good enough reason at the time. Dostojevski. Tolstoi. Cervantes. Chaucer. Enjoyed those. In college,..." [
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8 months ago
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9 months ago
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10 months ago
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"Follow the story, by James B. Stewart is a decent introduction to reporting and feature writing, although I expect there's still quite some room for improvement in the "how to write the definitive feature article"-genre.
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11 months ago
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"Many parties in Flanders pushing for secession are unabashedly racist and anti-immigrant. They want to split so they can have their crazy enforced monoculture policies enacted. Since many people want to split for the reasons listed above, these..." [
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11 months ago
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"Le voyage n'est pas la carte.
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"Basic Pairings color/ texture pairings:
Heavy Reds- cheddar, parmesan, asiago, blue cheeses
Light Reds & Whites- gouda, edam, muenster- etc
Eh, no.
As someone mentioned, please drink white wine with your cheese. The tannins (the bitter..." [
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"Thanks for the info, mzurer. If it's well known that Saveur pays decently, that's another matter entirely, of course. But I still wouldn't start a story before I knew what I could invoice. And Saveur is still a terribly pretentious name - it also..." [
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"My standard answer to a premature "What do you pay?" was always "We don't pay anything until we hire you and you do the job."
Good luck to Saveur (he complains about "écrivains" but works for an American magazine..." [
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"At some point in my foolish youth, I thought hangovers didn't exist, because I didn't get them. Blackouts, yes, but a "hangover"? A myth surely.
Now, some twelve years later, I know they are very real. I have learned to respect their..." [
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