July 2011
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“There is nothing more mysterious than a TV set left on in an empty room. It is...”
– Jean Baudrillard
America
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“There are Communists and Socialists and Conservatives and things,
There are...”
– “When We Were Very Silly,” a parody of A. A. Milne by J. B. Morton
(HT The Cigarette Smoking Blog | Christopher Robin Visits the Houses of Parliament)
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historyfan:
“Art, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere”
- G.K Chesteron.
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The War-song of Dinas Vawr
apoemaday:
by Thomas Love Peacock
The mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley sheep are fatter; We therefore deem’d it meeter To carry off the latter. We made an expedition; We met an host and quell’d it; We forced a strong position And kill’d the men who held it.
On Dyfed’s richest valley, Where herds of kine were browsing, We made a mighty sally, To furnish our carousing. Fierce warriors...
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“He began to devour romances and German tragedies, and, by the recommendation of...”
– Thomas Love Peacock, Nightmare Abbey (1818). (via emanationsoftheyellowsign) 