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ten years before the flood: Fever Dream
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Tuesday, June 23, 2015. You are surprised, Sir, at these sentiments from a Catholic.". Isa very.peculiar book. It was written in the early 1800s by Charles Maturin, an Irish Anglican curate who had some very florid axes to grind against Catholicism. Who was actually a spy of the abbot (? And that manuscript contains the tale of another poor soul, who, like Monçada and Stanton and several others down through the years, was tempted by this mysterious Melmoth the Wanderer who, we eventually learn, was greed...
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ten years before the flood: stories are interesting in that way
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Monday, June 22, 2015. Stories are interesting in that way. The idea of the one-on-one showdown – which doesn’t really make much sense when you think about it in terms of practical combat: it’s much better to sneak up behind someone and shoot them in the back – became a genre tradition, that honourable guys, even bad guys, would prefer to face their enemy that way. The whole thing is a delight, and thought-provoking, and the two of them bounce ideas around in the best of ways. View my complete profile.
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ten years before the flood: November 2014
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Sunday, November 30, 2014. Jasper Lest I Grieve. The Inimitable Kate pointed out this Robert Browning poem to me in light of that post. With the picture of Julian II in it. I think it rather perfectly matches, myself. The Bishop Orders His Tomb at Saint Praxed's Church. VANITY, saith the preacher, vanity! Draw round my bed: is Anselm keeping back? Nephews—sons mine … ah God, I know not! She, men would have to be your mother once,. Old Gandolf envied me, so fair she was! Life, how and what is it? The odd ...
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Reading Rambo: December 2014
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Tuesday, December 30, 2014. Medieval Women by Eileen Power: The medieval ages weren't a great time to be a woman. I've been eyeing the extremely short Medieval Women. By Eileen Power for a few years, and lo, it is finally finished. Eileen Power has her own Wikipedia page. Which is a collection of her lectures published after her death (and aw, was edited by her husband). 1 Medieval ideas about women. 3 The working woman in town and country. 4 The education of women. WHY should you care about this? During...
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Reading Rambo: March 2015
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015. Villette continues: "Good-night, Dr. John; you are good, you are beautiful; but you are not mine" and other words a 16-year-old can relate to. Thisis a bonnet-grec. If you search "smoking cap" you will find a vast assortment of vaguely similar and horrifying hats. This is what M. Paul wears basically all the time. I feel like their relationship is one step from this song conversation. I'm not gay, I just like standing really close to girls. And make out with them sometimes.".
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Reading Rambo: The Hallowed Ones & The Outside by Laura Bickle: AMISH VAMPIRE NOVELS, PREPARE YOURSELF
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Tuesday, August 4, 2015. The Hallowed Ones and The Outside by Laura Bickle: AMISH VAMPIRE NOVELS, PREPARE YOURSELF. Hands down, the best thing about these two books is you get to say you're reading an Amish vampire novel. Who doesn't want more information after hearing those. And its follow-up The Outside. Concern an Amish girl named Katie who slowly realizes THAT THE WORLD IS TURNING INTO VAMPIRES. Why? How does she find this out? Katie, the.spiritually confused vampire decapitator.". And then Elders ar...
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Reading Rambo: August 2015
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Monday, August 31, 2015. It's Hard to Finish Books, Y'Know? It's the last day of August, so let's look at what I've been reading and not finishing for the last couple months:. Empire of Sin: A Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans. This is what I'm currently devoting the most time to, and I'm pretty into it. I can tell you about some major shit that went down in New Orleans at the turn of the century. Also there were prostitutes. A whole lotta prostitutes. Remember how I super...
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Reading Rambo: The Roman Empire: A lot of stuff happened there probably I guess
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Thursday, July 23, 2015. The Roman Empire: A lot of stuff happened there probably I guess. Should I know more shit about the Romans? I should probably know more shit about the Romans. It was just never emphasized. In my education. I've picked up most of what I know through osmosis, but I still have no idea about any emperors except "Nero and Caligula were bad, but maybe Nero wasn't that bad, but wait, he probably was." And Hadrian had a wall named after him. Hadrian was an emperor, right? And you have al...
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Reading Rambo: May 2015
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Friday, May 29, 2015. Los Angeles: City of Angels and Also Delicious Taco Trucks. And finally met Megs of longtime book blog frienddom. For those of you wondering, Megs is a slender and delightful person who will drive you up, up! Into the Hollywood Hills to look at the outside of a building for 30 seconds. She will also not judge you for eating two everything bagels in a row while watching Netflix. THANKS, MEGS. I'M at Midway. Wait." Steph and I met through a Yahoo Group about Cheers. I was very proud.
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Reading Rambo: How Jesus Became God: Bart Ehrman, I don't TRUST you
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Wednesday, July 22, 2015. How Jesus Became God: Bart Ehrman, I don't TRUST you. Bart Ehrman is an agnostic author who writes a lot. About early Christianity, usually with intended-to-provoke titles like Misquoting Jesus. My church book group has been going strong for maybe four years now. We started off reading about the Gnostic Gospels, and since then we've done Karen Armstrong's Case for God. Which I suggested and did not read); Prophetic Jesus, Prophetic Church. Read, loved). And now this! So there're...
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