Warning: This curation list may cause an insatiable desire to join The Unmentionables and improve your writing - reader beware.

The best of The Unmentionables content (28/9/17) - curated with love.

(Huge thanks to @enchantedspirit for becoming our group curator - be sure to give her a follow and some love!)

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The Curator's Choices

@aedroberts brings an intriguing perspective to this piece on the value of your Steemit account. It's one you may not have considered. It's one a lot of Steemians may not have considered, in my experiences around the platform.

But by not treating your Steemit account like an asset -- or better still, a business -- you're seriously undercutting its potential ... and costing yourself dearly. Learn why he says this ... and how you can do it better. It's a lesson worth taking to heart.

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Do You Respect Your Business?
Do You Respect Yourself?
@aedroberts

This essay from @tremendospercy is the latest entry in an impressive work of scholarship. As I wrote before, this series unfolds like a documentary in text, built partly of history, partly of archaeology, it explores the ancient world. This installment deals with the underground City of Derinkuyu in Cappadocia, Turkey. If the very idea of that intrigues you, step inside,

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When does a myth become truth Pt7
The Underground City of Derinkuyu
Cappadocia - Turkey
@tremendospercy

With leadership comes power, responsibilities ... and problems. @adamtilsley offers thoughts on what to do when those latter things show up. This spontaneous video delivers food for thought ... and reasons to watch it several times. Now more than ever in this interconnected world, people are still people. And where people gather, problems soon follow.

A lesson in leadership
@adamtilsley

I know you're used to seeing articles and pictures in this list. This isn't either of those. Instead, it's a charming musical interlude that still has me wondering... how on earth does he do that background trill while he's playing. I've watched this thing three times. I still don't get it.

Steemit Openmic Week 52
Spanish Romance
@perennial

I told you last time @holbein81 is drinking his way around the world -- sort of. Actually, he's drinking all kinds of different beers from around the world and reviewing them. Yesterday it was Western Australia. Today it's Belgium. Who know where he'll be staggering next. Since I ratted him out last time, he won't tell me. You'll have to follow his blog to find out. You could do worse. Just sayin'.

Beer versus Beer
Belgium
@holbein81

Croatia's got talent!! Duro -- who hides out under the identity @awakentolife -- proves it by going through his refrigerator, pulling out some vegetables I'd normally throw in the trash, and turns them into a beautiful risotto for dinner. Now it's possible this one caught my eye because I was so ready for lunch when I saw it.

But no kidding. Would you imagine a guy (a guy!!) could turn a battered eggplant, one zucchini and some very suspicious looking carrots into a lunch that looks like this? But then again, Croatia's a poor country. They've had a hard time. Maybe the people there will eat anything.

My amazing friend Lena Vegan Living Challenge submission
The days when your cooking imagination kicks in,
and you are lazy to go to grocery store.
@awakentolife

With freedom comes responsibility. @richhersey argues that's no less true for free speech than for any of the others. How you present your ideas can have just as much impact on your audience as the ideas themselves.

If you want to convince someone of your position, rather than just squall insults and call him names, how you talk to him can make a difference. People are more apt to give you a fair hearing if you're not belligerent or condescending. No one responds well to being harangued and belittled.

Yes, you may have "freedom of speech" guaranteed in the Constitution, but nobody has the obligation to listen. Figure out how you want to come across before you start to speak. It makes a difference.

Free Speech is a right,
but abuse it and you may lose it.
@richhersey

I still hadn't had lunch when I came across this one. It felt like a conspiracy. More great photos and some exotic-looking seafood, a Chinese dish to engage both the eyes and the imagination. On an empty stomach, this felt really cruel. The pictures tell you why.

11 Photography
Breakfast, Tea and Dinner
@zord189

I keep saying I'm not much for poetry. The Steemian writers keep proving me wrong. Hmmm. Maybe I'm more high-brow than I thought!

When You Don't Know Who You Are
@fitzgibbon

Panda's Pick

People who know this stuff tell me this guy makes sense. I'll have to take their word for it. Perhaps you speak his language. Or vice versa.

Here is where bitcoin's price is headed
@selfishinvesting

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