I wish you all a Happy International Women's Day.

Or at least I wish it to the women here. In any case, women tend to be the unsung heroes of history. This place is, after all, deadmentalking. And so, I just wish to take a moment to tip my hat to you all in reverence, especially for having to put up with men (me excluded ( Read more... )

Deadfriends, I just read today that Ethel Merman once said of me "That girl's got problems. Being heard isn't one of them." and I laughed... well, it wouldn't be polite to tell you what happens when I laugh that hard. And really, that's kind of a compliment comin' from ol' "Heavy Metal Ethel" herself, y'know ( Read more... )

I must admit despite Mrs. Hamilton's amusing little issues, I have been bored lately. Then I came across this:
Next! on LITERARY DEATHMATCH! Fitzgerald versus Wilde in... the CAGE ( Read more... )

Two nights ago, while Alexander and I were having some wonderful tea engaged in conversation in our bedchamber, the door opened. Another one of our children saw us, if you will, in the act. Not William this time, I think the whole thing went over the little one's head and he has not said anything about it. No, this was his elder seven-year-old ( Read more... )

So today makes it our one year anniversary. Congratulations to orangutan for putting up with us for an entire year, and to the 453 undead and typists-- let the party begin!

Good day to you all.

For those of you unfamiliar with me, I am James Madison, co-author the of Federalist papers, author of the Bill of Rights, defender of the sepearation of church and state, negociator of the Louisiana Purchase, rector of the University of Virginia, being the only founder who was not an unbearable egomaniac, and oh yes, I almost ( Read more... )

First of all, I do hope everyone had a good Lupercalia. It was not much celebrated in Alexandria, but one must keep one's ties to old Rome . . .

Secondly, I note that our own colonelburr appears to have lost his historical distinction of being the only sitting Vice President of the United States to discharge a firearm into someone during his term of office ( Read more... )

It has come to my attention that this august community is nearing its first anniversity; a mysteriously backdated post aside, the first entry was on the 22nd of February, 2005.

The question arises: what ought to be done to celebrate it? Wine? Song? Hookers?

So I have arrived, on this arid plain of words, among you. (I am accustomed to wishing "good health" on my correspondents; is there an appropriate post-death equivalent?) In the world I was called Peter Abelard, and for the benefit of those of you born before me, I am a Christian and a philosopher. It may benefit you to know, though I do not say ( Read more... )

Greetings ( Read more... )