pomegranate's New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=pomegranate2014-09-09T15:43:17ZA Ticket to Ride (fiction)http://everything2.com/user/pomegranate/writeups/A+Ticket+to+Ridepomegranatehttp://everything2.com/user/pomegranate2014-09-09T15:43:17Z2014-09-09T15:43:17Z<p><strong>A ticket to ride</strong></p>
<p>(Chapter from a <a href="/title/novel">novel</a>: all feedback gratefully received)</p>
<p> As she stepped out of the elevator and crossed the lobby, the smartly uniformed doorman nodded a greeting and deferentially held the heavy brass-framed outer door open for her. He let the door sigh closed behind him and preceded her along the covered walkway to the kerb where, with a minimum of fuss, he hailed a cruising <a href="/title/yellow+cab">yellow cab</a>.</p>
<p>'Where to, lady?'
<br>'JFK. I'm catching the eight o'clock flight to <a href="/title/Paris">Paris</a>. There's an extra hundred if you get there real fast.'
<br>'You're there, lady!'</p>
<p>She sank back in her seat and took in the early evening <a href="/title/Manhattan">Manhattan</a> traffic. It was raining and the city of lights decomposed into a kaleidoscope of primary colors on the beaded windows of the cab. Cocooned in the dark warmth, she allowed her mind to drift back to the events of the last hour.</p>
<p>It had all started with the 'phone call – like every other job. But the briefing had been<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…Red Mullet: A Gastronome in Marseille (fiction)http://everything2.com/user/pomegranate/writeups/Red+Mullet%253A+A+Gastronome+in+Marseillepomegranatehttp://everything2.com/user/pomegranate2012-08-20T23:36:48Z2012-08-20T23:36:48Z<p><big><big><strong>Red Mullet: A Gastronome in Marseille</strong></big></big></p>
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<p><i> <strong>Just a few words of <a href="/title/Some+have+considered+this+a+%2522disclaimer%2522%2526mdash%253Bthat+is+amusing%252C+since+it+is+the+virtual+opposite+of+that%2526mdash%253BI+very+much+%2522claim%2522+this%2521">introduction</a></strong>: this scene, from my current novel "Quantom Void" (<a href="/title/sic">sic</a>), is one of several in which I have used a slow, more introspective voice, to inject texture and add some syncopation to an otherwise fast-paced and taut thriller.</i></p>
<p><i>The action here takes place in <a href="/title/Marseille">Marseille</a>, in the south of <a href="/title/France">France</a>—a city which surely needs very little introduction to the movie buff, who will remember the inimitable <a href="/title/Gene+Hackman">Gene Hackman</a> as <a href="/title/%2522Pop%2522+Doyle">"Pop" Doyle</a> in the "<a href="/title/The+French+Connection">French Connection</a>". In some ways Marseille has changed some, but essentially it remains itself, it has after all been there for<!-- close unclosed tag --></i><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…Inspiration Behind an Alter Ego (essay)http://everything2.com/user/pomegranate/writeups/Inspiration+Behind+an+Alter+Egopomegranatehttp://everything2.com/user/pomegranate2012-06-11T00:02:49Z2012-06-11T00:02:49Z<p><big><big>Inspiration Behind an Alter Ego</big></big></p>
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<br>Τίποτα δεν είναι όπως έμπνευση για μένα, όπως τα φρούτα του ροδιού της. — <em>Erastis Frootas</em></p>
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<p>I have always been fascinated to observe and speculate on the virtual identities that are chosen by people on the Web. <em>Noms de plume</em>, aliases, <a href="/title/avatar">avatars</a> and nicknames certainly throw some light on a person's <em>gestalt</em>—they reflect the essence or shape of an individuals's complete perception. They often <a href="/title/encapsulate">encapsulate</a> succinctly their take on the world around them and their relationship with it. Even the clearly trivial and silly names, far from being random silliness, probably belie much of the<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…Hot, Fragrant Java: The Brew that Changed the World (essay)http://everything2.com/user/pomegranate/writeups/Hot%252C+Fragrant+Java%253A+The+Brew+that+Changed+the+Worldpomegranatehttp://everything2.com/user/pomegranate2012-06-07T01:02:54Z2012-06-07T01:02:54Z<p><big><big><strong><a href="/title/Java+Jingle">Hot, Fragrant Java</a></strong>: the brew that changed the world.</big></big></p>
<p><small><em>Comprising a rambling ode to the beverage, a nod to its part in history, and the <a href="/title/dulcis+in+fundo">answer</a> to all your questions.</em></small></p>
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<br>The perfect cup of steaming Java cannot be born from some dubious can of ready-ground coffee over which you have exercised very little influence. No—if you are really after the best, and enjoy tinkering as a relaxing activity while your mind is pursuing it's own machiavellian lucubrations on some arcane field of endeavor known to few... then read on friend: I will accompany you on a <a href="/title/This+is+an+unabashedly+long+and+meandering+article+and+not+suitable+for+the+attention+and+patience+challenged+tl%253Bnr+brigade.+It+is+for+those+of+us+who+enjoy+reading%252C+thinking%252C+and+savoring+the+process%2526mdash%253Bif+you+are+a+television+addict%252C+this+is+unlikely+to+be+your+cup+of...+coffee%2521">leisurely voyage</a> of<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…Java Jingle (idea)http://everything2.com/user/pomegranate/writeups/Java+Jinglepomegranatehttp://everything2.com/user/pomegranate2012-06-02T19:01:24Z2012-06-02T19:01:24Z<p><big><big><strong>Java Jingle</strong></big></big></p>
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<br><a href="/title/It+ain%2527t+for+wimpy+folk">C'est pas pour les gens fragiles</a>
<br><a href="/title/All+you+gotta+do+is+stoop">Y a qu'à se baisser</a>
<br><a href="/title/That%2527s+just+what%2527s+hard+to+do">Mais c'est ça qui est difficile</a></em></small></blockquote></p>
<p><small><em><!-- close inline tag into block --></em><!-- close inline tag into block --></small><blockquote><small><em><!-- reopen inline tag after block --><!-- reopen inline tag after block --><a href="/title/Summer+weather+sure+is+hot">Fait chaud l'été</a>
<br><a href="/title/The+hot+sun+weighs+a+ton">Le soleil pèse des tonnes</a>
<br><a href="/title/He+asks+to+be+carried+on+your+back">Y se fait porter</a>
<br><a href="/title/It%2527s+too+much+for+one+man+to+bear">Et c'est trop pour un seul homme</a></em></small></blockquote></p>
<p><small><em><!-- close inline tag into block --></em><!-- close inline tag into block --></small><blockquote><small><em><!-- reopen inline tag after block --><!-- reopen inline tag after block --><a href="/title/The+boss+can+say+jess+what+he+wants">Le patron dira ce qu'il voudra</a>
<br><a href="/title/My+weary+sleep+belongs+to+me">Mon sommeil est à moi</a></em></small></blockquote></p>
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<p><big>Some <a href="/title/Ode+to+a+Sugared+Almond">love</a> coffee, some love tea
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<br>In any land where <a href="/title/milk">milk</a> is milked from an animal for the purpose of human nutrition, some form of milk-based products have been developed in the culinary tradition. It is common to ascribe the creation of such preserved products as cheeses, yougurts, <a href="/title/junket">junkets</a> and the like to the need for some means of prolonging the viability of a substance so prone to spoiling as raw milk. There is a certain amount of truth in this, but I suspect that it is by no means the entire story.</p>
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