The passage below is from Gulliver’s Travels, Dean Jonathan Swift, Chapter 4. Amazingly out of copyright. [Shorely shum mishtake? Ed.]
One Morning, about a Fortnight after I had obtained my Liberty, Reldresal, Principal Secretary (as they style him) of private Affairs, came to my House, attended only by one Servant. He ordered his Coach to [...]
Of True Believers and Convenient Ends
January 7th, 2008 · 10 Comments · Books, humour
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Stumbling Aloud
January 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Four pillars
Recently Stumbled across these sites and liked them.
Montana Skies, a cello-guitar fusion duet, covering songs ranging from Summertime thru Malaguena to House of The Rising Sun; I particularly liked Gringo Flamenco, which seems to be an original. i’ve VodPodded the last one for your convenience.
And then there’s Pablo Lobato from Argentina, who draws caricatures [...]
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Does the blogosphere have a January Effect? And a welcome to new readers
January 7th, 2008 · 22 Comments · Four pillars
I’ve been blogging for a while now, and I’ve been delighted with the response. I average around a thousand RSS reader-based subscribers (according to Feedburner), tend to have around 300 unique IP addresses visit me daily (according to ClustrMaps) and get around 7 comments a post. [The IP addresses sometimes understate what is happening, given [...]
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