Another quick aside, this time for the definite quote of the day, as Danny explains the real secret of art for art’s sake in an interview: Once you learn to be poor, you can do anything and no one can stop you. —Danny Michel (Or, as Terence put it “Pecuniam in loco negligere maximum est lucrum“.) Read more →
Day: April 16, 2007
An aside on puns and headlines
While looking at the Wikipedia entry for one of my favourite Latin phrases, sic transit gloria mundi, I found a link to a New York Daily News story mentioning what has to be the all-time greatest headline pun that actually ever saw print. (Some of the ones in Fletch were pretty good, too, but they don’t count.) Apparently there was… Read more →
Proud and Unrepentant: Part 2
Well, while my first thought is of Brust, when the urge hit me to seek out some Lucifer literature this weekend, I knew I wouldn’t be buying yet another copy of his novel. It would be tricky to justify given I alread own two copies. Instead, I turned to Milton himself. While it is certainly true that a little bit… Read more →
