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   WoodEye said, 16 days ago

   Break into it slowly, eat blood oranges.

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   big G 3469 said, 16 days ago

   Maybe he’ll become like “Vincent the Vegetable Vampire” the first & only Vegan Vampire in existence!

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   Johanan Rakkav said, 16 days ago

   Perhaps “the blood of grapes” will drown your sorrows.

   That’s red wine, silly, RED WINE. :))

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   Sisyphos said, 16 days ago

   A vegetarian vampire is Unnatural!

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   LadyThornewood said, 16 days ago

   You should introduce yourself to Bunnicula. Beware! The Celery Stalks at Midnight!

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   Burgundy2 said, 16 days ago

   ROFL, Lady Thornewood

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   Dypak said, 15 days ago

   Steve Remembers - from yesterday
   Greebo, you got it in one, outstanding! I had Vimes for a loooong time, but no one ever noticed. Or if they did they didnt mention it.

   I teach American History and use the Melville poems when I do the Civil War. There are some excellent poems out there, written by soldiers, which show the horror and stark beauty of battle. I think McCrea and Melville rank right up there with Kipling in this regard.

   I read Billy Budd last year. Real tough book to read. I enjoyed it, but to be honest was grateful that it was not very long.

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   Just plain Steve said, 14 days ago

   Dypak - I thought I had commented on Vimes here a few months ago when we “came out of the closet” to explain Discworld to Justin! I note that the “reformed vampire” in the current arc is very Discworldy too!

   It’s been a long time since I read “Billy Budd.” I don’t recall how difficult it was - though I don’t usually persevere very hard! Poems – I like what I’ve read of Whitman, and Magee’s “High Flight” (another Canadian!) can’t think of any other military poets I know off hand.

   Better quit before we bore the neighbors!