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“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

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"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 Balance on French History is Hard to Get Correctly

Good evening, my friend, dear reader of this present post! Happy Monday of a new week! The month of April 2026 reaches its final days, hopefully those will proceed nicely. How are you? Hopefully your werkend went well and with no incidents? Those can be disruptive and bothersome. My own set of days went okay overall. I did receive an important document this Friday, which was the results of my neuropsychological evaluation. As it turns out, I have an IQ above average! It caught me by surprise and I am so happy to see it! My own is at 110, and though this is not exactly what would be called "geniality" territory, that is quite functional and then some, therefore I am happy, on that end. The test flagged exactly what is going on in my head, the result is not entirely positive, and this is not that it can be fixed or cured, it is frustrating how that is not the case with brain issues and quirks, just mitigated and dealt with. I do not have ADHD, but I do have OCD, in a level high...

In Which the Store is called Divagation for a Reason: The Second Death of the Stillborn Brazilian City, and the Evil of forced Convivence

In Which Life is not SimCity: Washington Square and the Austrian Connection

In Which I chat about Sleepiness while Writing, Drawing and its wins and Woes, and etecetera...

In Which we Open March 2026 with Hope! A better future for Iran is at hand?

In Which we Wrap up February and I think of my upcoming appointments with the doctors...

In Which the Divagation Store reaches the 900 posts Milestone! Reflection on Why...

In Which I talk about city streets and how details matter

In Which we have the tone for 2026 more defined: Dialogue of the Jane Jacobs

In Which I don't want to say All Is Lost. It is not.

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

In Which I start February with a loose map in mind