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Monday Meme #47 — Geralt of Rivia on Monsters

Monday Meme #47 — Geralt of Rivia on Monsters

Geralt of Rivia is the protagonist of a series of fantasy stories and novels by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. He is a witcher, a monster hunter often perceived as a monster himself. Geralt is still best known in the English-speaking world as

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Monday Meme #43 — With All Due Respect

Monday Meme #43 — With All Due Respect

The most memorable quotes perfectly capture a thought you’ve often had but never quite knew how to express.  This one, from the Star Trek: New Frontier book series, fits that category for me.  If memory serves, Admiral Jellico was all too frequently on the receiving

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Monday Meme #25 — The Litany Against Fun

Monday Meme #25 — The Litany Against Fun

From the great parody novel, National Lampoon’s Doon.  The art is from the first edition of the book, and was created by the gifted fantasy/science fiction artist Doug Beekman.

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Monday Meme #3 — One Man’s Family

Monday Meme #3 — One Man’s Family
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Quote For the Moment

“I cannot say that I think you are very generous to the ladies; for, whilst you are proclaiming peace and good-will to men, emancipating all nations, you insist upon retaining an absolute power over wives…arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken; and, notwithstanding all your wise laws and maxims, we have it in our power, not only to free ourselves, but to subdue our masters, and without violence, throw both your natural and legal authority at our feet.”Abigail Adams
writing to her husband John in April 1776

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From the Blog

  • It Is Time For a Change. A Rededication.
    I have lived the last six years of my professional life trying to serve two masters, pursue two paths, to eat my cake and still have it. I’ve been advised many times this is a fool’s errand, that it will never work, that it is a waste of time and energy. And yet, I have
  • Monday Meme #51 — Intellectuals in America
      This is the final Monday Meme in the series.  I’m shifting my focus to a more fully realized webcomic series, which I call Musings In Grayscale.  The first comic in the series will be published October 15 and future installments will appear twice a month, on the 1st and 15th. Thanks for sharing this
  • Opening line of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
    Monday Meme #50 — Harry Potter
    My penultimate Monday Meme honors the way the whole Harry Potter phenomenon got started: the opening line of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, published just 20 years ago.

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