Social note: I have sought escape in the Prytania on more than one occasion, pulled by the attractions of some technicolored horrors, filmed abortions that were offenses against any criteria of taste and decency, reels and reels of perversion and blasphemy that stunned my disbelieving eyes, that shocked my virginal mind, and sealed my valve.
Zeno’s Conscience: quotes (26)
Complete freedom consists of being able to do what you like, provided you also do something you like less. True slavery is being condemned to abstinence: Tantalus, not Hercules.
Ken Hensley
The Routledge Handbook of Early Christian Philosophy: Philo of Alexandria
The about to be published The Routledge Handbook of Early Christian Philosophy has a free preview available, fortunately it’s the Philo of Alexandria entry.
A Confederacy of Dunces: quotes (26)
As I have told you in earlier installments, I was emulating the poet Milton by spending my youth in seclusion, meditation, and study in order to perfect my craft of writing as he did; my mother’s cataclysmic intemperance has has thrust me into the world in the most cavalier manner; my system is still in a state of flux. Therefore, I am still in the process of adapting myself to the tension of the working world.
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Zeno’s Conscience: quotes (25)
There I learned only that all four of his daughters had names beginning with A, a highly practical course, in his view, because in this way all the things on which that initial was embroidered could pass from one to the other without having to undergo any alteration. They were called (and I immediately learned those names by heart): Ada, Augusta, Alberta, and Anna.
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Nectar of the gods
Maple syrup is the gastronomic analog of pharmaceutical grade crack cocaine. But not just any maple syrup: I was educated in this by a Québécois chum of mine who sent me two items — Beurre d’érable and Tire à l’érable — that disappeared within days — neat, right out of the jars. This was recently followed with a bottle of Escuminac late harvest, a gift from someone else. Without doubt I will have to work my way through this producer’s other variants. I have the sense that I’m falling down the rabbit hole of maple syrup much like I have done in the past with single malts and some grand cru wines. The sweetness profile is not cloying or cheaply sugary, and has far more going on flavour-wise than most other sweets — resistance is futile even to those who claim not to have a sweet-tooth. If one knows what one is doing, this syrup is a very versatile cooking and baking ingredient.
The Best Of Rory Gallagher
If ever you wanted a convenient and reliable way to discover the wonderfully soulful guitarist Rory Gallagher, this is the collection to do it. Here is a review.
A Confederacy of Dunces: quotes (25)
Dear Reader,
Books are immortal sons defying their sires –Plato
I find, dear reader, that I have grown accustomed to the hectic pace of office life, an adjustment which I doubted I could make. Of course, it is true that in my brief career at Levy Pants, Limited, I have succeeded in initiating several work-saving methods. Those of you who are fellow office workers and find yourselves reading this incisive journal during a coffee break or such might take note of one or two of my innovations. I direct these observations to officers and tycoons, also.
I have taken to arriving at the office one hour later than I am expected. Therefore, I am far more rested and refreshed when I do arrive, and I avoid that first bleak hour of the working day during which my still sluggish senses and body make every chore a penance. I find that in arriving later, the work which I do perform is of a much higher quality.
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