#sound advice

[ladykiller-san]

[nordleuchten]

do not let party spirit and personal Hatreds Be Carried farther than the proper Balance in a wise, virtuous Commonwealth! that you May Have Nothing to do with the deceases, nor Even with the Medicines—my whole Heart is in the wishes I form for the Continuation of your political, social personal freedom, dignity, and Happiness!

The Marquis de La Fayette to Alexander Hamilton, February 10, 1801

“To Alexander Hamilton from Marquis de Lafayette, 10 February 1801,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-25-02-0177. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 25, July 1800 – April 1802, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1977, pp. 332–336.] (03/26/2024)

[benthesoldiersjeanshorts]

[spiced-wine-fic]

[mejcinta]

Sound advice.

[nerevar-quote-and-star]

Brynjolf: It's quick, it's easy, and it's free: pouring river water in your socks.

Brand-Shei: Why would I do that?

Brynjolf: It's quick, it's easy, and it's free.

[lor210]

Hear me out here for a second. Learn to relax. Turn those notifications off on your phone. I turned mine off a few years ago and it's been great. The only time my phone notifies me unexpectedly is when I get a text message or call through my phone and not an app. If I want to know what's going on in social media, I can check at my leisure instead of doing it whenever my phone pings at me. I know people that will stop mid-sentence to check their phone when it sends a notification and they will be visibly stressed if they can't. It's unhealthy to let these apps reprogram your brain to react this way. There is research out there showing that it can change your brain chemistry, heart rate, and stress hormone levels. It's not worth it. I'm going to enjoy my time and I hope you do too.

#control your apps don't let them control you

[gayemoji]

[hxroic-wxlls]

“ Always remember, paisanos; whenever life gives you a wall that seems a little too tall to climb, just noclip through it. “

[numahachi]

[fidelio316]

Can’t see a flaw in these.

[fearthecoldblood]

gehrman says:

if you’re being attacked by a beast, lay down on the ground. the five second rule will prevent it from eating you for fear that you were set upon by bacteria.

[atthefishhouses]

Note 106 You do not have to save the things that kill you. 

Christina Sharpe - Ordinary Notes (2023)

[hope-to-hell]

[ninjasmudge]

I am by no means an expert on writing but I think something that's helped me a lot when I get stuck on something is to rethink the idea, try to figure out where or why I got stuck and if I can't figure it out save the basic idea for later and delete that part from the story (Temperately or permanently it depends on why I got stuck). I hear so much of that you shouldn't erase anything when you write and that's not true, erase what you want. it's your story and if that idea isn't working don't use.

Often I've found the reason I get stuck is because I'm trying to force the characters into an unnatural situation and I need to take a step back and rediscover the character's I'm writing so I delete entire chapters some times if I can't figure out where to go from there.

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[aristocraticvision]

Chapter 45: The Council (Pt. 2)

Pompey paused before continuing, his voice low and confident.

“As you know, the pirate raid on Ostia was a disaster of truly epic proportion,” Pompey said, his face serious. “Ten biremes, twelve triremes and nearly twenty barges fully loaded with grain were sunk or stolen. Plus, two praetors, ready to depart for various provinces of Rome to serve their year of service, were kidnapped, and are now being ransomed. The pirates struck quickly, decisively and without warning, leaving no doubt that they are not only a powerful force upon Our Sea, but an organized one, as well.”

The group nodded as the general continued.

“Yet even before this attack, I had long been studying the pirate problem, and had devised a plan for ridding Our Sea of the scourge of piracy once and for all time,” he said. “A plan that is as ambitious and bold in nature as it is far-reaching in scope.”

“My plan is to divide Our Sea into segments, assigning each to a legate charged with ridding it of any and all pirate activity,” Pompey said. “These legates will be under the control of a supreme commander with unlimited imperium at sea and on land within 50 miles of the coast, allowing him to more effectively drive the pirate menace from every inch of Our Sea.”

“And, of course, that commander would be you,” Cicero said, plainly.

“Of course,” Palicanus confirmed. “Who else could it be?”

“Oh, I quite agree,” Cicero replied quickly. “Yet you must realize what resistance this plan will encounter in the senate? Especially among the boni, who will fight tooth and nail to prevent giving Magnus another special commision. They’ll say that this command is nothing more than a stepping stone toward his true objective, which is to replace Lucullus as commander of the eastern legions.”

“Mmm,” Pompey grunted. Obviously that was precisely his objective. “But between you and Caesar, I daresay you should be able to come up with a way around them.”

“I simply don’t know if that will be possible,” Cicero said, uncomfortably.

“Well, maybe you shouldn’t be here at all, then,” Gabinius said, casting a cold glare at Cicero. “It occurs to me that you’re on their side, not ours.”

Cicero opened his mouth to speak, but Caesar beat him to it.

“No, Gabinius,” he said. “Cicero is right. Getting around resistance in the senate will be nearly impossible. Which is why we have to go around the senate.”

“How?” Pompey asked, interested.

“As a tribune, Gabinius can present a law to the plebeian assembly assigning the command to you,” Caesar said, matter-of-factly. “You’re tremendously popular among the knights, and most will vote to place you in command if only to spite the aristocrats in the senate.”

“Good, good!” Pompey said.

“It won’t work,” Cicero said, frustrated. “You know as well as I do that Catulus and his boni colleagues have their own pets among the tribunate – they’ll simply have their man veto Gabinius’ law, and we’ll be right back where we started.”

“Then what do YOU recommend,” Gabinius said, his distaste for Cicero plain.

Cicero paused, then stood.

“I think Caesar is on the right track, but simply too blatant in his proposed execution,” he said, his mind working furiously. “Indeed, Gabinius should present a law establishing the supreme command. However, Pompey’s name should not be connected with it in the slightest!”

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