Florentine Disappointments
Added 2022-09-26 14:59:00 +0000 UTCOn one hand, a guy in my apartment building was singing opera to himself last night, so that was pretty great. On the other hand, a writing gig I had lined up in the U.K. for tomorrow has fallen through for infuriating bureaucratic reasons I could have dodged if theyβd given me a heads up say three weeks ago.
Had a bit of a swear to myself, and then reminded myself that I have a pretty lucky life with lots of hard and interesting work, and this opportunity, cool though it might have been, is not make or break, life or death, career or bust. (Thanks mainly to YOU, you gorgeous gang of discerning humans who support me here on Patreon. What ought the collective noun for a group of Alice Fraser aficionados be?)
Disappointment aside, the Salon this week will be at 11am U.K. time on wednesday. This is 8pm Sydney time or your local equivalent. Itβs a bit early for the US people but we are recording the gargle at normal salon time. I will send through the link closer to the time.
There will also be another writers meeting on Sunday. At 1pm U.K. time, but weβll sort that out later.
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Long time follower/listener via The Bugle, first time Patreon...could we be Frasels (though now I write it, I want it to be more Frazzels, like the crisps).
2022-09-29 01:31:44 +0000 UTCJust The Flamboyance and donβt explain π
2022-09-27 22:19:29 +0000 UTCI was thinking it should be tea related like lis-tea-ners or tealights or something better
2022-09-27 22:17:47 +0000 UTCRob, you gave me the worst idea: βa flock of creamy titsβ.
mangochutney
2022-09-27 04:43:54 +0000 UTCPerfect. We may be a flamboyance, but clearly we're supportive AF.
2022-09-27 04:42:56 +0000 UTCYour supporters should be known as the Alice Band.
Richard Dunn
2022-09-26 21:55:52 +0000 UTC"A flamboyance of Fraser's flamingos" sounds just about right indeed!
2022-09-26 16:54:58 +0000 UTCIn other random facts about groups of birds, I just learned earlier today that there are a few terms for groups of puffins including a colony, a puffinry, a circus, a gathering and, perhaps the most peculiar, an improbability.
Jeff Watts
2022-09-26 15:12:08 +0000 UTCπ that was literally my first thought as well. A flamboyance isn't bad, actually.
Jeff Watts
2022-09-26 15:10:44 +0000 UTCHaha, I was thinking the same :) I looked up the collective noun to describe a gathering of flamingos. It's called a βflamboyanceβ
Bart Holthuijsen
2022-09-26 15:05:48 +0000 UTCAre we not a flock? On the subject mentioned many moons ago about disturbing religious iconography (Christian crucifix for instance) you need to go into the duomo and have a lot at the ceiling in the cupola. Truly horrific
2022-09-26 15:05:30 +0000 UTC> What ought the collective noun for a group of Alice Fraser aficionados be? Fraser's Flamingoes? *ducks*
Eric Logan
2022-09-26 15:01:01 +0000 UTC
