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Monthly Archives: March 2010
Englishing de la Rochefoucauld (Laziness)
Maxim 54. Of all our passions, laziness is the most unacknowledged. It is both the most eager and the most malignant motive of all, though its violence cannot be felt and the damage it causes is profoundly hidden. If we … Continue reading
Posted in Musings, Prose, Quotations, Translation
Tagged de La Rochefoucauld, indolence, laziness, maxims, Translation
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The Scholar Fly
The Scholar Fly* At night, debating with his feet, he swears he wears six shoes. Behind his compound specs, his eyes are pink from booze, and unread footnotes tease him like a stoppered bottle. His face has yellowed from too … Continue reading
Posted in My Poetry, Poetry
Tagged alcohol, Aristotle, rhyming verse, satire, scholarship
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Drag Queens (Independence Day)
Posted in Photos
Tagged drag, drag queens, Fire Island Pines, Independence, July Fourth
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