Re: What I'm listening to

Don <g@crcomp.net> wrote:

BCFD 36 wrote:

Currently, I am listening to "The Stars, Like Dust" by Asimov (of
course). I do this while I am doing various chores and yard work around
the house and don't need to give full attention to the chore. It is
interesting enough, but not great, IMHO. In fact, Wikipedia says that he
said it was "his least favorite novel". I had not read it before and I
found this surprising. But I love the title. The first time I saw the
Milky Way whilst camping at Lassen National Part, I was reminded of this
title. When you are up at 8000+ feet and the air is calm and clear, the
stars ARE like dust.
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I am currently rereading Glen Cook's "She is the Darkness". I am
enjoying it more than I did the first time.

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Did you ever hear the story about Saul Alinsky's influence on Hillary
Clinton and Barack Obama? If not you can giggle it.
    Saul supposedly said something along the lines of "The very first
radical known to man who rebelled against the establishment and did
it so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom -- Lucifer."
    Although the modern words may belong to Saul, the sentiment
doesn't. It dates back millennia to the start of Gnosticism.
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_The Hidden Life is Best! - Francis Bacon and the Gnostic English Empire_
talks about such topics (but not Clinton and Obama specifically). There's
free audio available at <https://thehiddenlifeisbest.com/episodes>
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Long story short, all of the free episodic excerpts were recently heard
by me.

One more thing...

Bacon was a brilliant phrase maker. Below is but a few of the hundreds
of phrases coined by Bacon. _The Hidden Life is Best_ host speculates
how Western audiences may unknowingly parrot Bacon far more than
they themselves realize.

Forwarded from another Shakespeare scholar, Kelly Albertine:

    Original mind control  ..

    William Shakespeare's influence on the English language is
    immense, with many phrases he coined still in common use
    today. Here are 25 popular phrases that originate from
    Shakespeare's plays:

     1. "Break the ice" (The Taming of the Shrew) - to commence
        a project or initiate a friendship.
     2. "The be all and end all" (Macbeth) - the central or most
        important element.
     3. "Fair play" (The Tempest) - adherence to rules or
        standards of fairness.
     4. "In a pickle" (The Tempest) - to be in a difficult situation.
     5. "Love is blind" (The Merchant of Venice) - love does not
        see imperfections.
     6. "Wild-goose chase" (Romeo and Juliet) - a futile search
        or pursuit.
     7. "Heart of gold" (Henry V) - a very kind or generous nature.
     8. "Such stuff as dreams are made on" (The Tempest) - the
        ephemeral nature of human life and pursuits.
     9. "Wear my heart on my sleeve" (Othello) - to openly
        display one's emotions.
    10. "Dead as a doornail" (Henry VI) - absolutely dead
        or unusable.
    11. "Green-eyed monster" (Othello) - jealousy.
    12. "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" (Romeo and
        Juliet) - what matters is what something is, not what it
        is called.
    13. "All that glitters is not gold" (The Merchant of Venice) -
        appearances can be deceptive.
    14. "Bated breath" (The Merchant of Venice) - in great
        suspense; very anxiously.
    15. "Brave new world" (The Tempest) - a new and hopeful period
        in history.
    16. "Full circle" (King Lear) - returning to the original
        position or state of affairs.
    17. "Good riddance" (Troilus and Cressida) - an expression of
        relief at being free of a troublesome or unwanted person
        or thing.
    18. "It was Greek to me" (Julius Caesar) - something that
        cannot be understood; incomprehensible.
    19. "Kill with kindness" (The Taming of the Shrew) - to
        overwhelm or harm someone by excessive kindness.
    20. "Knock knock! Who’s there?" (Macbeth) - the phrase used
        in the famous knock-knock jokes originated from this play.
    21. "Laughing stock" (The Merry Wives of Windsor) - a person
        subjected to general mockery or ridicule.
    22. "Naked truth" (Love’s Labour's Lost) - the plain or
        unembellished truth.
    23. "Set your teeth on edge" (Henry IV) - to cause someone to
        feel intense irritation or discomfort.
    24. "Star-crossed lovers" (Romeo and Juliet) - lovers whose
        relationship is doomed to fail.
    25. "There’s the rub" (Hamlet) - a phrase indicating a problem
        or obstacle.

    These phrases show Shakespeare's lasting impact on the way we
    express ideas and emotions in English.

Danke,

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