It is the Ides of March. You should beware.
Here is an explanation of what the Term Ides of March means.
(Above–The Death of Caesar. This work was painted in 1798 by Vincenzo Camuccini.)
What books can you read to learn about the events surrounding the rise of Julius Caesar and the fall of the Roman Republic?
I can suggest three.
A classic is The Roman Revolution by Sir Ronald Syme. This book was published in 1939 and has stood the test of time.
A more recent title is Rubicon–The Last Years of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland. This book was published in ...
A Fun Confetti Dress for Spring
Just recently the sun decided to pay us a visit in Seattle – the first such visit in many months. Those of you who blessed to lively in sunnier climates may not fully appreciate the joy and anticipation that a few clear, cloudless days can bring. Spring is just around the corner, and is one of my favorite seasons (along with fall) for crossdressing. The weather is warm enough to wear fun skirts, strappy heels and breezy sundresses. The cloying heat of summer has not yet arrived to bring sweat stains and force frequent ...
This is really neat. It clearly shows what people are worried about and what they are thinking.
From 538:
Gallup did something pretty cool in connection with their latest health care survey, which was to provide the verbatim responses (.xls) of the rationales given by people who would tell their Congressman to vote for or against the current health care bills, respectively.
I ran the responses through Wordle, a word-cloud generating tool, omitting certain words that were parts of speech or were otherwise nongermane.
Here are the words that were used most frequently by the 45 percent of the country who ...
So sweet! The very talented - and extra-nice - Remittance Girl just guest-posted my story, "Last Tango in Paris, Texas" from my new Coming Together Presents M.Christian collection. A tantalizing taste follows ... and click here for the rest of the story on Remittance Girl's fantastic blog. You know the El Rio? Down on Cortez? Well, I’m not surprised; I’d be surprised if you did. It’s not exactly what you’d call a memorable ‘establishment’. Nothing, really, but a cinder block bunker in the middle of a red-dust parking lot. Hell, you wouldn’t even know it ...
I still can't get over the fact that I actually have a collection of science fiction, fantasy and such out there - or that the book is out from the very-great folks at Renaissance ebooks/Futures-Past! Check out this announcement they've sent out about Love Without Gun Control: Futures-Past Publisher Jean Marie Stine announces the publication of M. Christian's e-book collection Love Without Gun Control & Other Fantasy, Horror and Science Fiction Stories. The collection features "the cream of Christian's fantasy, horror, and science fiction stories. Only M. Christian ...
As everybody knows by now representative Eric Massa resigned on Monday. The reasons for his resignation have changed over the week. Initially, he was resigning because of health reasons. Then the Dems were pushing him out over his healthcare vote (he voted against it). As the week unfolded, more and more allegations of sexual inappropriateness and groping with male staffers have come to light. Republicans saw this as an opening and immediately tried to blame Nancy Pelosi and stated that she knew more than she let on and tried to cover it up. ...