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Quote of the moment Vol.2

“We have had no good comic operas of late, because the real world has been more comic than any possible opera.” – Illustrated London News, Jan. 17, 1931 G. K. Chesterton

Highlighted Quotes That Caught my Attention At The Moment

"I am the last monarch of the old world. As Emperor, it is my duty to protect my peoples from their politicians" -Franz Joseph, Emperor of Austria-Hungary

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In Which I go to town to see Marty Supreme: quite a movie!

Good morning, my dear friend, dear reader of this post, you fine lady, you fine gentleman! Cheers! How are you? Hope you are okay? It has been a week that went by faster than one would expect! I was wanting to write a post earlier than now, and I had a draft, but it was getting too big, and too many threads of thinking going into it, and it would be far out of the scope of a blog post to cover all that I was loosely writing about, it was too big and tiresome to read, too hard to find a finishing line, so I did what I don't usually do and scrapped the whole post, not an easy nor a decision I took lightly, but it was needed, or else the post would just keep dragging on. That said, I am okay. Monday I was pretty melancholic, so this Tuesday I could go to the movies, for the first time since The Phoenician Scheme, which was a good excuse to get out of the house, though the movie disappointed.  I went to the movies, got my ice cream, then popcorn, and also bought a bottle of eau de toil...

In Which We Wrap Up 2023, and glimpse at 2024

In Which we have the Garden of Hopes and the bag of Joy

In Which I recap some of 2023... A harsh year

In Which Anxiety cannot wash away my love for Christmas... But still Anxiety came to the attack.

In which we have a happy Christmas eve, and the legacy of Catherine II

In Which I write about Catherine's Hero's Journey...

In Which I dream with a Wintery Christmas

In Which I celebrate Mr. Knightingale, and count my blessings...

In Which I confront my troublemaker brain.

In Which I finish the audiobook, and plans for Christmas, and etc...

In Which the Audiobook gets good

In Which we have two books, and other talks

In Which dear friend Charles reads the Parnassian Poem, and some plans for the carefree days of Christmas Time

In Which I say Happy December... A small lament and plans for my Victoria 3 gameplay