Category: Background
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Time for a change
I have waffled on incessantly over the past three or four hundred years about how time seems to rush by in the blink of an eye. I’ve tried to control it, stop it, and on occasions speed it up for some reason, but I have never grasped the ultimate skill of time control. I will…
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Literae Antiquitas
A bit of a random post this evening… even more so than usual! To the left is an image of a part of an ancient document discovered sometime around 1930. It is written in Latin, but it is very easy to translate into English what is actually being said. The ancient text that it is…
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The Calm
The Gathering last night seemed to pass without incident. I wasn’t awakened by any screaming banshee or howling wolf, I’m very pleased to say. And it looks as though those who gathered have tidied up after themselves as well. You wouldn’t realise that such a gathering had actually occurred. Not all Saturday nights are like…
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Knee News, Nose News, No New News
Heavens to Murgatroyd! Last month, I wrote a little ode to my knee, that was causing just a tad of pain whenever I stood up or walked a few steps. I’m not in the habit of writing rhymes to my body parts, but for a few weeks after I had put fingers to keyboard for…
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One Minute Ramble: Busyness
Have you ever had a day where you have been so busy trying to get something done, nothing really gets done? I’ve had one of those days today. Time passed quickly, and I had so much to do I didn’t know where to start. I described it as being in a room and someone walks…