Michael Hendry @Curculiunculus
Latin, Greek, & English literature, Textual Criticism. Retired teacher. For income, I index books, especially monographs on Classical Greek and Latin. Hire me! curculio.org Staunton, VA Joined August 2013-
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A conversation between a wealthy patron and Fritz Kreisler after one of his recitals. P: "Mr. Kreisler, I'd like you to play at one of my parties." K: "The fee will be $15,000." P: "Uh...fine; but you're NOT to mingle with my guests." K: "Splendid! Then it'll be $2500."
I LLOLed (the extra L is for 'literally').
He only told her that he thought it was time she went through her bookshelves and donated the ones she wasn't reading.
“God made everything out of nothing. But the nothingness shows through.” - Paul Valéry
My cartoon originals are available to buy from the Chris Beetles Gallery [email protected]
Getting your hopes up #WednesdayVibes #cartoon
I don't think enough of us have seriously considered the question of whether everybody else is just about fed up with our stupid bullshit
“I can’t believe I never learned this in school” I can, I sat next to you while the teacher said it six different ways and you played Neopets then complained you “didn’t get her teaching style”
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Seilern Entombment, 1425, by Robert Campin, who died OTD in 1444. Set new standard in the depiction of emotions as both angels & humans grieve.
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Christopher Rufo describes the Gaza War as a faraway "foreign conflict" that most Americans do not understand their Government's direct and decisive role in -- and he'd like to keep it that way, purely for the purpose of advancing Republican electoral interests. He also wishes to…
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No Mary is not about to spank Baby J! She is lovingly warming her cold hand before touching his tender skin. By Robert Campin, d. OTD in 1444.
The prophetic moment in WIttgenstein's life.
“I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.” Ludwig Wittgenstein, born 26th April 1889
Mi entusiasmo por el Prokofiev de Lazar Berman me ha hecho buscar más grabaciones suyas. Cualquiera que las escuche se da cuenta de que era un auténtico genio del piano. Este es el final de la Danza del fuego de El amor brujo, de Falla, en un concierto en Moscú en 1981.
Missed one 😄 Sorry not to make it.
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“Of all the poems in the history of the West, actual scripture aside, but including The Divine Comedy, Paradise Lost, and all the devotional lyrics ever written, God loves the Iliad the most.” Amen From Glenn Arbery’s essay “The Sacrifice of Achilles” in Why Literature Matters