> > > debt owed to Johnson by Wilde has been well
> > > documented.
> > No wonder... I can see where the two would have gotten along.
> 
> Dr. Johnson, though perhaps not gay, was not
> straight either, and if Wilde, who was of
> course flamboyantly gay, had lived in that
> earlier time, they might have been a good 
> influence on each other.
> 
Or a bad one; I can just see the two of them egging each other on. 

> > really nice church thrift in a very high-income old line church down there. 
> > Before Covid anyway.
> 
> I used to stay at a Hampton Inn that was a
> walk across the bridge from the Atheneum, of
> which I was sort of fond. The neighborhoods
> were okay, and the population density not 
> unmanageable. I still prefer Manhattan,
> though, even though the Atheneum was free
> or cheap, and the hotel less than half what
> a similar one in New York would ring up at,

There used to be some nice places down there, but obviously I'd sleep in my
own bed. That's even cheaper.  
 
> > > do with mung beans.
> > I'd take a crack at it. 
> 
> If you fail, you can just say you munged it up.

Bean known to happen.
 
> > > Ants climbing trees
> > I've eaten this at least once. It was fun and tasted pretty good.
> 
> There are two schools of Ants climbing trees: the
> soft version, which I posted, and the hard version,
> which looks more like ants climbing trees. I've
> made both and used to prefer the crunchy type, but
> now the ordinary one has acquired its appeal as well,
> not least foolproofness and ease.

No deep-frying of bean threads.  That's probably best down in a restaurant
kitchen. Or outdoors.