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Ides Of March

March 14, 2024 – 7:06 pm

Julius Caesar returned from the Conquest of Gaul loaded with plunder i.e. gold and slaves. He paid off the debt of every Roman, thereby freeing the hoi polloi from the tyranny of the upper classes. The Senators feared the Dictator’ rising popularity and accused Caesar of seeking the title of King. Caesar rejected their claim, […]

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Jane Birkin on Proust

January 23, 2024 – 4:19 am

My mother was right. When you’ve got nothing left, all you can do is get into silk underwear and start reading Proust. – Jane Birkin Personally I wasn’t able to read past the opening line of A LA RECHERCHE DU TEMPS PERDU. “For a long time I used to go to bed early.” I never […]

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Beauty as a Beast

March 15, 2023 – 7:58 am

Lady Caroline Blackwood “A mermaid who dines upon the bones of her winded lovers.” Robert Lowell husband/poet

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Queer Quote – Matthew Parris

June 13, 2021 – 7:11 am

“It must have been one in the morning. Clapham Common was still, quiet, cold and very dark. But against the lights of the houses, I could see the silhouettes, some moving, some motionless. I could see the glow of a cigarette in someone’s hand, under the trees.” Matthew Parris – British Member of Parliament

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Quote of the Day

December 18, 2020 – 9:50 am

The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball. ~Doug Larson I threw snowballs during each snowstorm in New York this year. My age is only a date. In my head I’m 15.

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