Banished Kent
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To plainness honor’s bound when majesty falls to folly. Serve where you stand. John Adam’s Top Guy.
This statement from Lear as his daughters questioned why he needed any knights is a powerful observation and is relevant today: “O, reason not the need! Our basest beggars Are in the poorest thing superfluous. Allow not nature more than nature needs,
Keynes has suggested that the right of this scene from the Bayeux Tapestry depicts the upper floor of the church at Bosham. Symptomatic of the secularization of minsters in late ASE, upper floors are known from written sources to also have existed in churches at Calne and Wilton.
Whether the words were his own or not, the death-prayer of Ealdorman Byrhtnoth in "The Battle of Maldon" nevertheless testifies to the longevity in Britain of an interesting belief regarding the soul's journey after death which was more fully expounded by earlier insular writers.
Although early medieval sources often focus on greater figures like kings and archbishops, I have always been fascinated by the lesser. Some of these we know by a single reference like the thegn Lilla who threw himself on an assassin's blade in order to save the life of his king.
Older poasters are returning to us in our time of need. Please follow this good friend and powerful historian
Although early medieval sources often focus on greater figures like kings and archbishops, I have always been fascinated by the lesser. Some of these we know by a single reference like the thegn Lilla who threw himself on an assassin's blade in order to save the life of his king.
“Do you think I want to block him? A mutual who stood beside me in the moggings? Who retweeted posts, MY posts? Do you not see it? The only things that keeps this little Twitter world together are hard work, discipline—” “Anon, the man failed to like one tweet.” “For God’s…
“Cubicles... You fear to move into those desks. The accountants cut too greedily and too cheap. You know what they installed in the blank walls of huddle-rooms…Open Workspace….”
“Everyone gets everything he wants. I wanted a promotion, and for my sins, they gave me one. Brought it up to me like DoorDash. It was a real cushy position, and when it was over, I never wanted another.”
“Anon, I followed you back as my friend, not to criticize nor comment on my posts.” “Shall I mute you then, until you are in a more harmonious frame of mind?”
“Look for white pills, but do not trust to cope. Nothing ever happens in these lands.”
When I say “I’ve got a lot on my plate right now” this is what I mean:
Just canceled all my meetings by saying "I've got a lot on my plate right now"
Read new article from my good friend involving Tocqueville:
How exactly do SSRIs exchange greatness for mediocrity? Head over to @mansworldmag_ to read the whole article. Thanks to @mansworldmag_ and @Babygravy9 for publishing! mansworldmag.online/the-democracy-… 9/9
How exactly do SSRIs exchange greatness for mediocrity? Head over to @mansworldmag_ to read the whole article. Thanks to @mansworldmag_ and @Babygravy9 for publishing! mansworldmag.online/the-democracy-… 9/9
📄 New Essay Anti-depressants and democracy. The Democracy Pill by Henry Bolingbroke. mansworldmag.online/the-democracy-…
I have a new article out with @Babygravy9 's @mansworldmag_ today on SSRIs and democracies. I use Tocqueville to demonstrate the spiritual nature of the democratic soul, then turn to SSRIs as a democratizing force. Thread of quotes from the article. Link at the end. 1/9
“I would block you manlet, should you post another blackpill on the timeline”
“Look for white pills, but do not trust to cope. Nothing ever happens in these lands.”
“We could have been Canada” “HAIL GEORGE WASHINGTON! HAIL THOMAS JEFFERSON! HAIL JOHN ADAMS! HAIL BENJAMIN FRANKLIN!”
Was the American Revolution such a good idea? nyer.cm/RafU1FD
“Look for white pills, but do not trust to cope. Nothing ever happens in these lands.”
“I knew a manager once who said: ‘Cubicles smile at us all. All a man can do is smile back’….” “I wonder, did your manager smile at his own cubicle?”
