The year of the Horse

[ChiDragon]

The year of the horse is coming. Have we pick out the horse yet?

[Apech]

I’ve been through the desert on a horse with no name

It felt good to be out of the rain

In the desert you can remember your name

‘Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain
 

[Gerard]

Here's my pick:

 

[Wordless]

Aww stupid image link didn't work..... oh well...

Joke link instead: https://umamusume.com/

Edited Friday at 12:15 AM by Wordless

[Cobie]

I’m calling to the rescue pls  @liminal_luke and partner.  
 

 

Edited Friday at 12:18 AM by Cobie

[Cobie]

 

19 minutes ago, Gerard said:

Here's my pick:

 

That sounds so funny to Dutch ears. 

[liminal_luke]

58 minutes ago, Cobie said:

I’m calling to the rescue pls  @liminal_luke and partner.  
 

 

 

Thanks for the vote of confidence Cobie!  I´m not sure how much rescuing I´ll be up for though in the Year of the Horse; thinking of taking 2026 off.  In lieu of a rescue, would you accept some dubious neidan advice (please see my contributions to the new subforum!) or an ironic personal anecdote? Those things are definitely on the docket.  

Edited Friday at 01:15 AM by liminal_luke

[Cobie]

 

10 hours ago, liminal_luke said:

... thinking of taking 2026 off. 

 

Sound idea. I kind of decided, when I was young, to take 'this-whole-life' off. 

 

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... neidan advice (please see my contributions to the new subforum!)

 

While no doubt your advice will be sound, I have decided not to read the neidan subforum. 

 

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or an ironic personal anecdote? ...

 

Now those are always worth reading. 

 

 

 

Edited Friday at 11:43 AM by Cobie

[Taomeow]

[Sanity Check]

[liminal_luke]

A horse poem by Sherman Alexie...

 

The Year of Horses, Wild

 

My sister swears that a herd of wild
horses lives on the rez. She swears
there are two or three hundred mares,
stallions, and colts. What is the proof?

She says that Indian hunters have seen
the epic trails in the dirt and grass 
made by hundreds of hooves. So, I say,
nobody has actually seen the horses?

No, she says, but a myth about wild
horses is just as real as the wild itself.
She says that everything, at its best,
is a wild horse. The earth is a wild

horse, she says, and so is the sky. She
says you're a wild horse and so am I.

 

-- Sherman Alexie

[Apech]

 

[Taomeow]

 

[Apech]

 

[Nungali]

On 1/2/2026 at 9:26 AM, Apech said:

I’ve been through the desert on a horse with no name

It felt good to be out of the rain

In the desert you can remember your name

‘Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain
 

 

So .....  Chi Dragon  does not go to  the desert  ? 

[ChiDragon]

On 1/2/2026 at 3:29 AM, Cobie said:

Sound idea. I kind of decided, when I was young, to take 'this-whole-life' off. 

Aren't lucky you didn't!?

I tried that too, but didn't have the courage!

 

On 1/2/2026 at 3:29 AM, Cobie said:

..... I have decided not to read the neidan subforum. 

How come this time you become so wise? 

[ChiDragon]

1 hour ago, Nungali said:

 

So .....  Chi Dragon  does not go to  the desert  ? 

Up in the mountain is a better place for seclusion!