Polarity

(SBS) What The Romans Ate - Eating History: Italy Found this documentary on YouTube containing quite a bit of information on Roman food. I've uploaded it to Google Drive as well (currently processing), in case anybody wants to download it or the YouTube link is blocked in their country. It may also happen to answer a question posed by Ann Reardon's video in the above post concerning the rising agent. Though the video I've linked concerns bread, the suggested rising agent was fermented grape must. I'm no baker and I'm conjecturing here, but perhaps balsamic vinegar would've been a more appropriate substitute? Perhaps that was the role of the Passum, though I suspect that is less acidic?

Since I can still vote I'm presuming this is still open and so shall voice my thoughts... I'm currently noticing the strain that the present light theme incurs on tired eyes. I voted for dark; I just mean darker, but not necessarily dark. Come to think of it, a historical 'feel' might be nice. Don't know how specific of an idea you're looking for, but I was thinking something along the lines of Roman bricks or HBO's Rome.

I used to RP on a couple different forums (mostly organised crime/Mafia-related) nearly a decade or so ago; I'd long since stopped writing recreationally, but have been wanting to get started again. With a life-long love of history, and a particular fascination with antiquity, a Roman-inspired forum role-play seemed a good match; thus, one evening I simply typed "Roman Forum RP" in to Google and this site was the fifth (and inadvertently first) result. The site and the story appealed and so I signed up.

The video was unfortunately country blocked for me on Youtube, so I've uploaded it as unlisted on my Youtube channel in the hope it might avoid the censors. I'm also hosting it on my Google Drive that I'll be dedicating to any forum activities, but I don't know if I can embed a video from Google Drive on the forum - If somebody knows how, please let me know. I'll just provide the link directly below this paragraph for convenience. Google Drive / (HBO) Rome - Slavery in Rome Should anyone encounter a blocked video like that, you can send me the link and I'll try to find a workaround - like hosting it on my Youtube channel or Google Drive for you to watch or download at your leisure. If it makes the thread cleaner, feel free to steal my Youtube copy for the OP - should it survive the censors.

You've just given me plenty of new music, some real gems in there. Puzzle Muteson and The Deep Dark Woods to name but two. Quite a lot I've never heard before, but my musical repertoire often doesn't extend beyond 1989.

I had an online friend years ago who was ethnically Bangladeshi and a big fan of "traditional" Mongolian throat singing. I couldn't stand it, it just sounded like a death knell. The HU do quite nicely in that song to westernise it for my delicate ears - I wouldn't of gave my buddy nearly so much shtick every time he linked it in TeamSpeak. My taste in music is defined by one word, "Rock" - Punk in particular, but also classic, folk, pop or otherwise. Billy Bragg has always been a favourite of mine and a "must listen" if you enjoy wordplay and irony in the lyrics of your songs. The themes can be repetitive, but tend to be fairly universal.