Hook was not his true name. To reveal who he really was would even at this date set the country in a blaze; but as those who read between the lines must already have guessed, he had been at a famous public school; and its traditions still clung to him like garments, with which indeed they are largely concerned. Thus it was offensive to him even now ( Read more... )

"The Church says the Earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow on the moon, and I have more faith in a shadow than in the Church." -- Robert Green Ingersoll

Total lunar eclipse tonight (well, tomorrow morning, if you want to be technical):

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/9282371.html

I was at a grocery store earlier today, and I overheard a snippet of conversation between two men:

"Now, I know it was controversial, but I remember that play ( Read more... )

"I don't know you very well, you know, but I wanted to ask you - how'd you get Diane Court to go out with you?"
"I called her up."
"But how come it worked? I mean, like, what are you?"
"I'm Lloyd Dobler."
"This is great. This gives me hope. Thanks."

Chi Hsing-tzu was raising a fighting cock for his lord. After ten days, the lord asked, "Is he ready?" Chi answered, "No, sir, he is still vain and flushed with rage ( Read more... )

"I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead;
I lift my lids and all is born again.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)
The stars go waltzing out in blue and red,
And arbitrary blackness gallops in:
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.
I dreamed that you bewitched me into bed
And sung me moon-struck, kissed me quite insane.
(I think I made ( Read more... )

Without context or commentary -- from hetaera15:
"Kate is not made out of bacon!"

Pray for Peace
Pray to whoever you kneel down to:
Jesus nailed to his wooden or marble or plastic cross,
his suffering face bent to kiss you,
Buddha still under the Bo tree in scorching heat,
Yahweh, Allah, raise your arms to Mary
that she may lay her palm on our brows,
to Shekinhah, Queen of Heaven and Earth,
to Inanna in her stripped descent.
Hawk ( Read more... )

I don't usually go in for this sort of thing -- posting lyrics, answering quizzes, or taking part in any LJ meme-spreading, really -- but after treebyleaf posted this game ("Resurrected from alt.gothic-- answers must be in the form of ( Read more... )

So I've been reading 'Tis the season, a Christmas weblog by sisters Meg and Anna. I've been keeping up with it because it's usually laugh-out-loud funny, as they've been answering questions from their readers "involving ettiquette, botulism, family and social trauma, economic depression and all sorts of other miseries."
But I just ran across this ( Read more... )