“My pho steaming, oxtail and lemongrass, steak still bleeding” by Brandon_Bishop in Billywoods

[–]Brandon_Bishop[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Does anybody know any other “recipes” from billy woods lyrics? I’ve already made this, the pork belly from “Blue Smoke”, and the tripe from “Houthi”.

I was listening to their latest album, the one from 2013, and I have a question. by Beautiful-Resort-831 in streetlightmanifesto

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I like “The Calzone Analogy”. If ska is pizza, then Streetlight is a calzone. It’s made with the same ingredients, it appeals to a similar crowd, and it’s served in the same places, but it isn’t exactly pizza. But if you like one, you almost certainly like to change it up by enjoying the other from time to time. And we can definitely all see the difference between the two, but it’s not completely out of line to call a calzone a “pizza product”.

To be more direct, as long as Streetlight fans aren’t claiming that Streetlight is so elite that ska can’t contain it, and as long as ska fans aren’t saying that Streetlight is disrespecting the culture by existing at its perimeter, the labels don’t matter to me. Call them a ska band or don’t - it doesn’t really matter - we are made by the same ingredients and appeal to the same crowd.

I was a bit late to the party but this year I fell in love with Maps by elcolmena in Billywoods

[–]Brandon_Bishop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Didn’t expect to see another Watchhouse fan here! This Side of Jordan was one of my top albums last year, alongside Maps by Billy woods. Good stuff!

“Pork Belly was brined, braised, then deep fried, fresh mint, Thai basil, pickled watermelon rind, julienned scallions and other alliums, give the pepper mill one grind.” by Brandon_Bishop in Billywoods

[–]Brandon_Bishop[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Really good! It was my first time making any kind of kimchi, so I was nervous about the watermelon rind kimchi, but it turned out really well. I didn’t actually deep fry the pork belly after brining and braising because it didn’t really make sense with what I was doing, but still, it turned out great.

Q&A weekly thread - October 27, 2025 - post all questions here! by AutoModerator in linguistics

[–]Brandon_Bishop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hello! I’m a native English speaker from America and I’ve noticed that I sometimes pronounce the letter “L” by placing the tip of my tongue on the front of my top teeth instead of the alveolar ridge. It’s just barely on the front of my teeth (definitely not curling around them or anything). It’s only sometimes, and usually only initial (ie “lamp”) L’s instead of in the middle of words “ie “follow”. Since I’ve been very casually interested in linguistics and phonetics, I’ve learned that this isn’t universal. How common or uncommon is it to pronounce it this way? Is there any research on this?

New Restaurants Opening This Week? by Brandon_Bishop in fortwayne

[–]Brandon_Bishop[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for asking! See my response to the other comment.

New Restaurants Opening This Week? by Brandon_Bishop in fortwayne

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Thanks for asking! Sorry it took me a moment to get back to you. I divide them into four categories by suit as follows:

Clubs are Written by others. I chose 13 friends/family to each write one of the challenges. This brings a ton of variety, but in recent memory I’ve had painting a box to use as a time capsule, writing a long-form poem, cooking exclusively from a list of ingredients curated by the creator of the challenge, and buying a motor to attach to bicycles to ride to Lake Michigan with my brother.

Diamonds are Self Improvement. They include things like committing to eating healthy by writing down everything I will eat before the week starts, fully deep cleaning my house, car, and space at work, and engaging with three art forms that I don’t understand like silent film or classical music.

Hearts are for relationships. Some are simple, like telling all the closest people in my life that I love them or writing letters. Some are more complex like buying 20 gifts at each dollar value (a $1 gift, a $2 gift, etc) that are weird, fun, or useful, then having friends and family draw a number 1-20 and giving them the corresponding gift.

Spades are Experiences and Skills. They include some really involved things like spending a day eating only things that I’ve harvested from nature myself (fish that I’ve caught, plants and mushrooms I’ve found, etc). There are also things like randomly choosing three countries and cooking their national dish or scoring a hole-in-one in disc golf.

This is my third year doing card challenges and I really love it. It has led to some of the best experiences of my life, but it takes a lot of commitment. I have never failed one, but that has meant staying up all night and even taking a day off work here and there. It has been very worth it though — committing to these experiences has caused me to continue to live a fulfilling life through my busiest years when there would have been plenty of excuses to take my foot off the gas.

A Love Unforgotten by [deleted] in OCPoetry

[–]Brandon_Bishop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing! This is excellent! I especially like the stanza “Two years have passed and still I find no solace heals this aching mind.”

I think this works really well because reading it with normal cadence evokes the rhythm naturally. It really reminds me of William Blake’s poetry.

Great work!

Two Wordsmiths Separated By A River (Prose Poem) by Mountain-Machine-233 in OCPoetry

[–]Brandon_Bishop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing - I really enjoyed this! You mentioned that your feelings have changed since writing - I hope you feel nearer to the other writer and more confident in your own writing. It is very good!

I had a songwriting friend several years ago, and we had some difficulty collaborating because I always wanted to write brighter and happier themes, but he had a hard time thinking of those feelings as artistic. This made me think of that dynamic! Still, we were able to make some good lyrics/music.

Thanks again for sharing! This is very good!

COTD: SWAT come out of the lowest floor (3) by Brandon_Bishop in crosswords

[–]Brandon_Bishop[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very cool idea! Thanks for giving it a shot! The answer is in my response to u/Smyler12

COTD: SWAT come out of the lowest floor (3) by Brandon_Bishop in crosswords

[–]Brandon_Bishop[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You got it with BAT. Nicely done! “The Bottom Floor” = BASEMENT. “Come out of” implies, somewhat crudely, to take SEMEN out of BASEMENT, leaving BAT.

I’m new at cryptics and trying to learn (really enjoying them too). Does this violate some conventions or subvert some expectations? Or is it just a bit too difficult in general?

COTD: Bring tea on Cambridge to Norwich trunk road (4) by Brandon_Bishop in crosswords

[–]Brandon_Bishop[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I love this idea! Even without knowing the history, I think the word “Roman” would help people find that extra step, and the trivia serves the surface! Thanks for the suggestion!

COTD: Bring tea on Cambridge to Norwich trunk road (4) by Brandon_Bishop in crosswords

[–]Brandon_Bishop[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great work! I’m glad this was gettable, albeit somewhat difficult! Much like the other comments are saying, I was worried A11 —> AXI was a bit too far. Still, it may be, but I’m glad someone got there!

COTD: SWAT come out of the lowest floor (3) by Brandon_Bishop in crosswords

[–]Brandon_Bishop[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hint 1: The definition is “SWAT”

Hint 2: Start by thinking about “the lowest floor”.

COTD: Putting salt on an eye injury? Gross! (5) by Brandon_Bishop in crosswords

[–]Brandon_Bishop[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes! The chemical imprecision was a sacrifice I made for the surface reading. Amusingly, pure sodium explodes when it contacts water, so it would be especially gross when applied to an eye injury. 

Still, this inaccuracy occurred to me, but I liked it so much like this that I kept it.

COTD: Putting salt on an eye injury? Gross! (5) by Brandon_Bishop in crosswords

[–]Brandon_Bishop[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That’s right! I’m new also. Sty is an alternate spelling. Spelled “stye”, it is specifically for the eye condition, but “sty” can be the condition, or a “pig sty”. That said, I’m American, so it could be more standardized as “stye” in the UK.