A Wordsmith Bar Fight
An Oxford comma walks into a bar, where it spends the evening watching the television, getting drunk, and smoking cigars.
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Reading was one of the few things I could do this summer. I read books, 34 of them. (Some of the books I’ve blogged about previously.) By category: 27 works of fiction, 6 nonfiction, and one poetry collection. English was the original language of 33 of the books, 1 was an English translation of a
Froth and fluff
Nothing of substance, but offered as a bit of relief from the daily news and your omnipresent worries. MZ The clay tablets of the Illumination of Bel, originally stored in King Ashurbanipal’s personal library at Nineveh, contained the system of astrology as practiced by the Babylonians. Their influence was tremendous in the ancient world. A
Carl Jung said it this way
“As we all know, science begins with the stars, and mankind discovered in them the dominants of the unconscious, the ‘gods,’ as well as the curious psychological qualities of the zodiac: a complete projected theory of human character. Astrology is a primordial experience similar to alchemy.” Thought-provoking. MZ
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Fresh Reading (2 of 3 posts)
I’ve paid insufficient attention to contemporary fiction as I’ve aged out of the demographic. I recently chose to read a batch of new fiction because of recommendations and references; in many cases these were eye-opening lollapaloozas, elegant debuts, starred reviews, short list that, finalist this and winner of the prestigious other, often hilariously funny, flawlessly
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Fresh Reading (1 of 3 posts)
“I keep thinking I can see the virus blooming on the horizon like a sunrise. I realize the world will continue to turn, even with no people on it. Maybe it will go a little faster.” That was written many years pre-Covid 19. But kind of current, right? Scary, too. It’s from Carmen Maria Machado’s
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Margaret Atwood said …
If you’re not annoying somebody, you’re not really alive.
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A New Moon in Virgo September 17, 2020
Generally, projects begun on the day of a New Moon may be expected to be completed 30 days later, or at the conclusion of a Moon cycle. You can buy simple calendars which list the sign the Moon is in each day and employ a little astrological reasoning to help yourself from that bit of
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Sunday Funnies
September 13, 2020 Routines I recommend going on YouTube and looking up names of comedians from the past. And pick any of their appearances on the old “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.” A couple to get you started: Jonathan Winters, Rodney Dangerfield. They aren’t politically correct; in fact, often politically insensitive, they are a