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June 16, 2013bourbon

Bourbon does for me what the piece of cake did for Proust

My chum Lenore Ealy I know to be a fan of Bourbon. She very kindly left me some Eagle Rare Single Barrel to polish off. I thought it very smooth but a bit on the sweet side for me – a damn good effort though. She told me of a piece she’d recently written on bourbon so…

May 3, 2013A Confederacy of Dunces

A Confederacy of Dunces – quotes and extracts – 10

“Ignatius, what’s all this trash on the floor?” “That is my worldview that you see. It still must be incorporated into a whole, so be careful where you step.” “And all the shutters closed. Ignatius! It’s still light outside.” “My being is not without its Proustian elements,” Ignatius said from the bed, to which he…