When in Rome

re: 12 Grapes at New Years tradition.

Posted by When in Rome on 1/1/26 at 4:14 pm to Giantkiller

I grew up with it in a Spanish household, so we have continued the tradition (along with black eyed peas and cabbage) in our family.

re: Merry Christmas ! New hardcore History podcast episode just dropped

Posted by When in Rome on 12/22/25 at 4:04 pm to Lawyered

AWESOME, I have been waiting for this

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re: I've been noticing a lot of crazy deals on chips, sugary drinks, and cereals...

Posted by When in Rome on 12/16/25 at 12:46 pm to theliontamer

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6 bags of Doritos for the price of 3. Who tf is buying 6 bags of doritos?

re: Is having kids worth it?

Posted by When in Rome on 12/10/25 at 8:32 am to Deuces

1000% yes

re: Favorite obscure Christmas songs 2025

Posted by When in Rome on 12/6/25 at 9:08 am to meeple

This song cracks me up every year :lol:

re: Warn your wives/significant others - "Facebook hoax" may be true

Posted by When in Rome on 12/4/25 at 9:04 am to Hotgin

:bow:

re: Christmas Gift Ideas

Posted by When in Rome on 12/2/25 at 9:01 pm to LsuTigahHomie

There are lots of nice gift guides out there on the internets

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re: Waymos don’t care about your police standoff

Posted by When in Rome on 12/1/25 at 10:36 pm to SallysHuman

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Dude on the ground..

He was this meme

re: Lonesome Dove is unbearable. I get no joy from this conclusion.

Posted by When in Rome on 11/21/25 at 10:47 am to Pettifogger

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Still can’t believe they scratched the perfect closing line for the mini series

Do tell...I haven't seen the mini series yet.

re: Lonesome Dove is unbearable. I get no joy from this conclusion.

Posted by When in Rome on 11/20/25 at 7:21 pm to DmitriKaramazov

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I loved Lonesome Dove. Wonderful story with memorable characters and several tense scenes that have stayed with me long after I finished the novel. By the way, I loved Blood Meridian as well

This is a good take

re: 59% of wetlands could be open for development in Louisiana under new EPA proposal

Posted by When in Rome on 11/20/25 at 2:10 pm to kingbob

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POTUS on WOTUS at SCOTUS

re: 59% of wetlands could be open for development in Louisiana under new EPA proposal

Posted by When in Rome on 11/20/25 at 1:38 pm to member12

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The public will have 45 days to submit a comment on the proposed WOTUS rules once they are officially published in the Federal Register on Thursday. The EPA will then consider whether any comment warrants revisions in the proposed regulations, which would be incorporated into the final version. The Trump administration has not laid out a timeline for putting the new rules into effect.

I wonder what POTUS thinks about WOTUS. If it becomes contentious with certain environmental groups, could WOTUS be decided by SCOTUS?

re: UPS plane crashes in Louisville?

Posted by When in Rome on 11/20/25 at 10:43 am to forkedintheroad

Preliminary NTSB report is out

re: Lonesome Dove is unbearable. I get no joy from this conclusion.

Posted by When in Rome on 11/19/25 at 3:56 pm to shinerfan

I equally disagree with both you and the OP

re: Lonesome Dove Saga - Read in published order or in chronological order?

Posted by When in Rome on 11/19/25 at 6:17 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt

100%! It was so good! I couldn’t put it down. I am tempted to read the other books in the series simply because I’d love to “spend more time with” the characters, despite the fact that they may be disappointing stories compared to LD. Idk!

re: Lonesome Dove Saga - Read in published order or in chronological order?

Posted by When in Rome on 11/18/25 at 7:14 pm to The Godfather

I finished Lonesome Dove today. It was a triumph! :bow: now to figure out my next book…

re: Lonesome Dove is unbearable. I get no joy from this conclusion.

Posted by When in Rome on 11/18/25 at 6:59 pm to Earnest_P

I wish July Johnson had grown as a person over the course of the story, after having endured so much. He just kind of…stayed the same. That’s nitpicky though. I loved the story overall.

re: Lonesome Dove is unbearable. I get no joy from this conclusion.

Posted by When in Rome on 11/18/25 at 5:37 pm to SidetrackSilvera

I am chuckling because I finished reading Lonesome Dove today and came to this board to start a thread about how much I enjoyed it.

Like you, I came to read it after Cormac McCarthy left me thirsty for more post Blood Meridian and Border trilogy. I think they just have two different styles. I think they each accomplished different goals and made me think about different things.