I keep six honest serving-men(They taught me all I knew);Their names are What and Why and WhenAnd How and Where and Who.I send them over land and sea,I send them east and west;But after they have worked for me,I give them all a rest. I let them rest from nine till five,For I am busy … Continue reading “Six Honest Serving Men” – Poem
Author: DBreitenbeck
Saturday Flotsam: ‘Virginian’ and Male-Written Romances
1. Had bad insomnia this week, which seems to have messed with my immune system and my cold is back just as the last symptoms were fading away. At least it seems to be pretty mild in its new bid for mastery, so I'm hoping it won't get in the way of anything, but it's … Continue reading Saturday Flotsam: ‘Virginian’ and Male-Written Romances
Poem – “Incident of the French Camp”
You know, we French stormed Ratisbon: A mile or so awayOn a little mound, Napoleon Stood on our storming-day;With neck out-thrust, you fancy how, Legs wide, arms locked behind,As if to balance the prone brow Oppressive with its mind. Just as perhaps he mused "My plans That soar, to earth may fall,Let once my army-leader Lannes Waver at yonder … Continue reading Poem – “Incident of the French Camp”
Friday Flotsam: Hodge-Podge
1. Intellectual Key Stone: Wealth is not money; wealth is what you own or can produce. 2. In 1856, the anti-Catholic Know-Nothing Party only carried Maryland, which had been founded as a Catholic colony, when it ran Millard Fillmore, the first major Presidential Candidate to have had a meeting with the Pope. History is weird. … Continue reading Friday Flotsam: Hodge-Podge
Wednesday Politics: A Summary of My Political Views
It took me a while to settle on a political ‘name’ for myself that I liked. I'm not a Conservative, since most of what I would have wanted to conserve has already been destroyed (and I differ from most American Conservatives on a lot of points). I don’t like ‘Reactionary’ because it makes it sound … Continue reading Wednesday Politics: A Summary of My Political Views
Poem – “The Song of Quoodle”
They haven't got no noses,The fallen sons of Eve;Even the smell of rosesIs not what they supposes;But more than mind disclosesAnd more than men believe. They haven't got no noses,They cannot even tellWhen door and darkness closesThe park a Jew encloses,Where even the law of MosesWill let you steal a smell. The brilliant smell of … Continue reading Poem – “The Song of Quoodle”
Passing on an Appeal: Help Stop Game Destruction and Preserve Ownership
I almost never do things like this, but I think this is an exception. No, not the most important issue in the world (by a long shot), but it's one that actually has some meat. I'm not much of a gamer myself (just don't have the time right now), though I respect video games as … Continue reading Passing on an Appeal: Help Stop Game Destruction and Preserve Ownership
Friday Flotsam: More Economics and Some Dante
1. Slowly recovering from being sick last weekend. Fortunately, we had Thursday off this week. 2. Monday was a special review / writing mastery day, so for one of my classes, at the students' request, I recited all the Presidents for them (I'd previously mentioned that I knew them all and promised to demonstrate one … Continue reading Friday Flotsam: More Economics and Some Dante
Luther Martin Calls It
Luther Martin was the Attorney General of Maryland and was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention. He was in favor of strengthening the central government, but also of maintaining the sovereignty of the States, and he quit the Convention when he judged they'd gone too far and was one of the most out-spoken Anti-Federalists. From … Continue reading Luther Martin Calls It
Poem – “O Captain! My Captain!”
O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won,The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring; But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the … Continue reading Poem – “O Captain! My Captain!”
Serpent's Den 