Ever get into a debate with Joseph Thiebes and want to put a gun in his face?

At KTO it happened and made the front page of the Boston Phoenix

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TO Richard F Burton

I shall come and bring my friend (Simeon) Solomon.

Yours in the Cannibal faith,
A. C. Swinburne

Last night we wanted to make an Aviation which calls for Creme de Violette, unavailable for decades in the USA but now supposedly so. Of course no one in Salem has it, our standby in Peabody the big box Kappy's who one recently said was God's gift to the faithful, failed miserably, and with that gnosis we headed home to the internet. They did ( Read more... )

Last night Christene and I went to the Greenland Cafe on Washington St. We had gone food shopping and when we got home realized one of the ingredients we thought we had at home, we did but it had expired. Rather than go back out, and end up eating at 10PM we decided to get take out, which got upgraded to let's try the new Polish restaurant, which ( Read more... )

I just picked up the six volume set of Swinburne's Letters published by Yale. In it is a pen and ink self portrait of Swinburne from a letter in which he says this is what I look like now, destroy this letter immediately after reading or I will quarrel with you for ever. Thankfully she did not, as so much of his correspondence is still missing. I ( Read more... )

Facebook is really cool if you want to talk in simple aphorisms and be annoyed by countless scams and games. Just renewed my Livejournal subscription.

Saturday C and I went the Paper and Book Expo at the Shriner's Auditorium. The auditorium in Wilmington is a small arena where they hold conventions, the Shriner's Circus and Rodeos and other events. It is amazing what a group of people with  common purposes and goals can accomplish ( Read more... )

http://thephoenix.com/Boston/news/116864-first-debate-for-2012/

Friday March 11 6PM ( Read more... )

Hey Book Fags ( Read more... )