Your majesty, that outfit is the dog's bollocks.

Feb 07, 2005 17:51

God I love Russian writing!

The opening paragraph of Mikhail Bulgakov's The White GuardGreat and terrible was the year of Our Lord 1918, of the Revolution the second. Its summer abundant with warmth and sun, its winter with snow, highest in its heaven stood two stars: the shepherds' star, eventide Venus; and Mars -- quivering, red ( Read more... )

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fnordess February 8 2005, 19:37:06 UTC
Homer to the Patriotism editor of Reading Digest:

"Ooh, I love your magazine. My favorite section is `How To Increase Your Word Power'. That thing is really, really.. really.... good."

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