Daily Archives: January 11, 2025

The Message

Posted on January 11, 2025 by JE

Remembered belatedly that I have a Medium account. I have to say, I’m making quite a splash over there. I may be more than Medium. Possibly Extra Large.

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Canticle or CANicle?

Posted on January 11, 2025 by JE

As a kid, I was very creeped out by this Bantam cover of Miller’s A Canticle for Leibowitz when I found it on my parents’ bookshelf. I was already reading sf, but somehow that didn’t seem to apply to this … Continue reading →

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More Like Un-ergy

Posted on January 11, 2025 by JE

“To assert dignity is to lose it.” Nero Wolfe in Stout’s The League of Frightened Men. One might say the same thing about “masculine energy”.

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Garum + Chili = ?

Posted on January 11, 2025 by JE

I was trying to figure out why you couldn’t say this in Latin, then thought, “Well, it could only improve garum”, and finally realized: oh, they mean cocina latina. Some of these keywords for Bluesky feeds are deeply ambiguous. (“Conan” … Continue reading →

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Hamlet Is…

Posted on January 11, 2025 by JE

“Hamlet isn’t just Hamlet. Oh no, no, no–oh, no. Hamlet is me. Hamlet is Bosnia. Hamlet is this desk. Hamlet is the air. Hamlet is my grandmother. “ —A Midwinter’s Tale (1995) This is really just a test to see … Continue reading →

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