November 2009
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Nov 30th
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“Out in the street it seemed to Rieux that the night was full of whispers....”
– Albert Camus, The Plague
Nov 29th
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“Ignota navitas Occulta Mors”
– (“Birth unknown, death mysterious”) from the grave of Kaspar Hauser
Nov 28th
A Reader's Manifesto →
“People like Passaro, of course, tend to think that anyone indifferent to the latest “smart” authors must be vegetating in front of the television, or at best silently mouthing through a Tom Clancy thriller. The truth is that a lot of us are perfectly happy with literature written before we were born—and why shouldn’t we be? The notion that contemporary fiction possesses...
Nov 27th
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ListenThe Lovely Feathers - “Photo Corners”...
Nov 25th
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Nov 24th
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“…he now all at once, while he rode, encased himself, body and soul, in the...”
Nov 22nd
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Nov 22nd
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“C’est magnifique — mais ce n’est pas le guerre.”
– General Bosquet (observing the charge of the light brigade)
Nov 22nd
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“A damp heart must be a foul thing to be sure. But who ever heard of one?”
– Reveries of a Bachelor
Nov 20th
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“They say a Witch will sail in a Sieve — But I believe the Devil wou’d not...”
– William Congreve, Love for Love
Nov 18th
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Nov 17th
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Tech via vocabulary →
Nov 17th
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Nov 17th
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Nov 16th
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“Ashes always come after Blaze.”
– Reveries of a Bachelor
Nov 15th
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“A Nymph and a Swain to Apollo once pray’d, The Swain had been jilted, the...”
– William Congreve, Love for Love
Nov 10th
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“O see me no more,— for thou wert born amongst Rocks, suckl’d by Whales,...”
– William Congreve, Love for Love
Nov 10th
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“Valentine: …I lov’d a Woman, and lov’d her so long, that I...”
– William Congreve, Love for Love
Nov 10th
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Nov 10th
Herodotus was right →
Nov 9th
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Nov 8th
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“Besides, you are a Woman, you must never speak what you think: Your Words must...”
– William Congreve, Love for Love
Nov 7th
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“Well, if he be but as great a Sea-Beast, as she is a Land-Monster, we shall have...”
– William Congreve, Love for Love
Nov 7th
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Nov 6th
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Nov 5th
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“A loaf of bread and a clean collar; what does man want more?”
– Sherlock Holmes
Nov 4th
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ListenTiny Vipers - “Eyes Like Ours” Life On...
Nov 4th
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Nov 3rd
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“Fondlewife: Come, Sir, who are you, in the first place? And what are you?...”
– Congreve, The Old Batchelor
Nov 3rd
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Nov 3rd
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ListenCrime in Choir - “In search of plunder (bum...
Nov 2nd
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