@pflama

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"And so each venture is a new
beginning, a raid on the inarticulate"
el mismo que viste y calza
pflamaSep 22
Dorothy ParkerDec 25, 2024
I do not like my state of mind;
I’m bitter, querulous, unkind.
I hate my legs, I hate my hands,
I do not yearn for lovelier lands.
I dread the dawn’s recurrent light;
I hate to go to bed at night.
pflamaSep 22
Show threadDorothy ParkerJul 14, 2025
I snoot at simple, earnest folk.
I cannot take the gentlest joke.
I find no peace in paint or type.
My world is but a lot of tripe.
I’m disillusioned, empty-breasted.
For what I think, I’d be arrested.
pflamaSep 22
Show threadDorothy ParkerSep 14, 2025
I am not sick, I am not well.
My quondam dreams are shot to hell.
My soul is crushed, my spirit sore;
I do not like me any more.
I cavil, quarrel, grumble, grouse.
I ponder on the narrow house.
I shudder at the thought of men….
I’m due to fall in love again.
Show threadpflamaMay 18, 2025
@mattblaze loss of power, 2 dead already
Show threadpflamaMay 18, 2025
@rysiek reported loss of power
pflamaFeb 13, 2025
Project GutenbergFeb 13, 2025

"Yet each man kills the thing he loves
By each let this be heard.
Some do it with a bitter look,
Some with a flattering word.
The coward does it with a kiss,
The brave man with a sword!"

#OTD in 1898.

The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde was published by Leonard Smithers, under the name "C.3.3.", which stood for cell block C, landing 3, cell 3.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ballad_of_Reading_Gaol

Ballad of Reading Gaol at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/301

#books #literature #poetry

The Ballad of Reading Gaol - Wikipedia

pflamaJan 23, 2025
Show threadSamuel PepysJan 23, 2025
After choosing our gloves, we all went over to the Three Crane Tavern, and though the best room in the house, in such a narrow dogg-hole we were crammed, and I believe we were near forty, that it made me loathe my company and victuals; and a sorry poor dinner it was too.
Show threadpflamaJan 22, 2025
@mattblaze @ai6yr Let's just agree that "Gulf of Kukulcán" would be the best of all possible renamings.
pflamaJan 21, 2025
Terence TaoJan 21, 2025
As of today, the reports of the #PCAST committee I served on are no longer available on the whitehouse.gov web page. As a temporary solution, my former PCAST colleague, Eric Horvitz, has made them available on his page: https://www.erichorvitz.com/PCAST_reports_2020-2025.htm
PCAST Reports (2020-2025)

pflamaJan 17, 2025
Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) ⁠Jan 17, 2025
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