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Dan R. Arman
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The next Kamatari and Minoru book is coming soon!
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Kamatari and Minoru Hates Bones and Ash is almost here and Minoru is bringing his salty chocolate balls for your enjoyment this month. No, not the balls you were probably thinking of. We’re talking about a dessert truffle made from dark chocolate, Himalayan pink salt, and agave nectar. In the book, Minoru helps make them to soothe a savage beast on his property. I made them for my fa Read more of this blog post »
Kamatari and Minoru Hates Bones and Ash is almost here and Minoru is bringing his salty chocolate balls for your enjoyment this month. No, not the balls you were probably thinking of. We’re talking about a dessert truffle made from dark chocolate, Himalayan pink salt, and agave nectar. In the book, Minoru helps make them to soothe a savage beast on his property. I made them for my fa Read more of this blog post »
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“The man wore a wide brim hat and his stubble was thicker than I remembered, but the swagger and the wool poncho were unmistakable. He sauntered over to the bar and squinted at me over the cigarillo that seemed to be permanently clenched between his teeth. I folded my arms and squinted back in response to his tough-guy act.
“Of all the bars and all the gin joints in all the towns of Orloins, why do you keep coming to mine?” I hissed. “What are you doing here, Yojimbo?”
“I was about to ask the same of you,’ he removed the cigarillo and pointed to my skirt with the lit end. “And in that outfit? I hardly expect that most soldiers in the king’s army’d be caught wearing a dress.”
― The Maiden's Thorn
“Of all the bars and all the gin joints in all the towns of Orloins, why do you keep coming to mine?” I hissed. “What are you doing here, Yojimbo?”
“I was about to ask the same of you,’ he removed the cigarillo and pointed to my skirt with the lit end. “And in that outfit? I hardly expect that most soldiers in the king’s army’d be caught wearing a dress.”
― The Maiden's Thorn
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“The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money.
Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. Those were the kind of boots Vimes always bought, and wore until the soles were so thin that he could tell where he was in Ankh-Morpork on a foggy night by the feel of the cobbles.
But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that'd still be keeping his feet dry in ten years' time, while the poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet.
This was the Captain Samuel Vimes 'Boots' theory of socioeconomic unfairness.”
― Men at Arms: The Play
Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. Those were the kind of boots Vimes always bought, and wore until the soles were so thin that he could tell where he was in Ankh-Morpork on a foggy night by the feel of the cobbles.
But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that'd still be keeping his feet dry in ten years' time, while the poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet.
This was the Captain Samuel Vimes 'Boots' theory of socioeconomic unfairness.”
― Men at Arms: The Play
“The man wore a wide brim hat and his stubble was thicker than I remembered, but the swagger and the wool poncho were unmistakable. He sauntered over to the bar and squinted at me over the cigarillo that seemed to be permanently clenched between his teeth. I folded my arms and squinted back in response to his tough-guy act.
“Of all the bars and all the gin joints in all the towns of Orloins, why do you keep coming to mine?” I hissed. “What are you doing here, Yojimbo?”
“I was about to ask the same of you,’ he removed the cigarillo and pointed to my skirt with the lit end. “And in that outfit? I hardly expect that most soldiers in the king’s army’d be caught wearing a dress.”
― The Maiden's Thorn
“Of all the bars and all the gin joints in all the towns of Orloins, why do you keep coming to mine?” I hissed. “What are you doing here, Yojimbo?”
“I was about to ask the same of you,’ he removed the cigarillo and pointed to my skirt with the lit end. “And in that outfit? I hardly expect that most soldiers in the king’s army’d be caught wearing a dress.”
― The Maiden's Thorn
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