Baptism by fire. 
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Diplomatic free entry. 
Eyes wide open.
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One of the other taverns in town was The Rosemary Inn. 
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It is now someoneās house.
Muse & Amuse
muse is used to mean "to think about something carefully or thoroughly
Interesting trivia. When you put an A in front of a word it means the opposite. Common examples:
- typical \to atypical (not typical)
- moral \to amoral (without morals, not related to morals)
- symmetrical \to asymmetrical (not symmetrical)
Therefore, amuse (A-Muse), while it is often used to mean to entertain or enjoyā¦ Even watching TV or browsing video shorts or somethingā¦āamusingā yourself literally means to ānot thinkāā¦
āAre you not amused?!ā
To which I would argue it is a pretty relevant description and why they have defined a lot of younger Gen Z and Gen Alpha content as ābrain rotā ā¦ For those who donāt know, brain rot is just an endless stream of absurd, low-effort, and fast-paced content found across social media. Itās the highly viral, context-less memes and short videos that are so trivial they feel like theyāre making you lose brain cells, but many people canāt stop watching. Hence the applicable use of āamusingā since there is no thinking involved.
I would ask @peepeep to elaborate on what his muse is, but taking us down that rabbit hole could be dangerous
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I donāt have a muse. The diaphanous gowns get caught in the sprocket.
What was your wife wearing when she set the hook?
I donāt know, but the āhookā was mutual. We met at college in an early morning psychology rat lab (I always joke that she dug me out of a rat lab) and we both positioned ourselves to become lab partners (which helped me make sure Iād never accidentally sleep through that class ). Within a couple of weeks she asked me out to the upcoming girlsā choice dance. We were basically inseparable ever since.
Iām not sure what counts as setting the hook (when we met? When she asked me out? The dance? When we planned and talked about getting married? When I officially proposed? When we got married? If I had to guess when we met, she was probably just wearing flip-flops, jeans, and a T-shirt. 
If I could keep my same memories and redo my life over again, Iād not even bother caring about dating or any other girls until I could meet her again in that rat lab. 
ā¦That, and Iād buy a lot of Apple stock early on like Buffet, and Amazon stock when everyone said it was going to fail, then mine Bitcoin in early 2009 and then buy a bunch more early on. Yeah, that covers most of the basics. But my wife? Pure gold. No mistake there. Choosing her was an even better choice than I ever knew or realized. Though I could certainly do without at least one of her brothers who exhibits overly strong covert-antagonistic narcissistic personality disorder and dishonesty and delusions that can be a struggle to put up with. But knowing what we know now, we would just avoid any and all business dealings with him. There are certainly plenty of things Iād do differently if I relived everything, but picking my wife is definitely not one of the things Iād change.
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That makes me happy. Thanks for sharing, my friend.
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Barlo Schnarbengoff
Thatās it. Thatās all I got.
An odd name with no backstory behind it.
Fabula rasa, so to say.
Go Bar Go.
Yeah.
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I know itās word of the day but considering such a topic has gone so long I figured it was fitting to throw in here, phase vs word,
vox poluli, vox dei!
Nothing else is fitting with the fact that people make recommendations and this particular company listens. Within reason of course 
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Bene habet, rana fabulosa.
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Rana in ventre duo in manu valet
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That seems like something @Antonius would say (and his Latinesque sobriquet would tend to reinforce this, I think).
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Maybe Corsican? āA frog in the belly is worth two in the hand.ā
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