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| Comments on Tuesday 14 May 2002: |
| My Raven lady was reading Fast Food Nation the other day, and announced with disgust that the majority of fast food additives are made in 'flavour plants' off the New Jersey Turnpike. Some of you may recall my griping a while back about the rain in Baltimore being foul. New Jersey's air and rain are to Baltimore's air and rain what Baltimore's are to distilled water and perfectly untainted air. Which is to say, New Jersey positively reeks. Thus, you can see why one might be disgusted to discover that this foulness probably derives from chemical treatments for food. In my usual devil-advocating way, I suggested that the foul stench in the air in New Jersey is composed of the things they take out of the food additives. Everything you eat that hasn't been processed in New Jersey contains all the foul toxins that they pump into the New Jersey air. Of course, I don't believe that's the case; fast food all tastes of foul meat-additives to me. [02:25] |
| goinstadi |
| speaking of writting.. your counter is still up... is there a reason for it? |
| RavenBlack |
| Mm, there'll be progress on G-Men one day. Or if there isn't, there'll be progress on Ravens Of The Storm (now a collaborative work) instead. Possibly even both. |
| mvo |
| The book is a bit unfocused, i.m.h.o. For instance, it argues that fast food is based upon poor quality meat _but_ also argues that school kitchens serve real poor meat because the fast food industry purchases the better quality meat. And it argues that the nice taste of McDonald's fries is pure chemical trickery _but_ also recognizes that this allows McD to use vegetable oil rather than animal fast for frying, which is healthier but gives the same taste. Despite the lack of fucus, the bottom line is sound: You shouldn't base your diet upon fast food. Which is not much of a surprise, except -- possibly -- to Americans. |
| RavenBlack |
| Ha, the "nice taste" of McDonalds fries. Ha. |
| Fox West |
| Do tell more about this Ravens Of The Storm project. I have fond memories of the name... |
| RavenBlack |
| It's pretty much a generic fantasy, but with all the features that fantasy things should have and rarely do (eg. a plot that doesn't revolve around a talisman of some sort, heroes who aren't pathetic, and bad-guys who have proper motives and also aren't pathetic). RotS is possibly just a working title. The initial vague draft opening had the two main characters both named Raven, but now they have new names, because the small usable value of shared-name was outweighed by it being awkward to write and probably just as awkward to read. But the working title still works reasonably, since the hero-couple are still mercenaries. RotS could be *their* working title too. |
| Fox West |
| Well that seems like a foregone conclusion, their working title being RotS. All the best mercenaries work under that banner, as I'm sure many will agree. |
| Kevan |
| That must make it very difficult to distinguish them in the phonebook. |
| Alice is stuck in Wonderland |
| New Jersey does not reek. It sucks as a place to live but it smells a million times cleaner than New York. |