Thinking of Sunshine ( and Rubinacci )
I’m sitting here in the middle of MidWest Snow-pocalypse 2011 trying my best to stay warm. I seriously have not seen a glimpse of everyone’s favorite star in two or three days, and while I love the gloomth provided by a blizzard that leave me homebound with a Maugham novel, pot of tea, and bottle of brandy, I would like to know the sun is still out there somewhere.
Form or Fancy – Lord Byron
While on break from school I have found myself reading even more than usual. It is a great irony that those who spend their entire lives reading actually spend the least amount of time reading purely for pleasure. It’s been too long since I’ve read a novel and not been preoccupied with what I might write an essay about. But, I digress.
Cakes and Ale – And Some Perspective Too
I’m currently reading, and quickly I might add, W Somerset Maugham’s great Cakes and Ale. A musing of our narrator, William Ashenden, quite caught my attention and got me thinking. I thought I would share and solicit opinions:
Some Wilde Advice
As you know by now (if you’ve been reading), I received a new copy of Wilde’s Dorian Gray for the holidays, which was as good an excuse as any to read it yet again. Somehow I never run out of these excuses.
The….Shirt Coat?
Doing research for my thesis this weekend I stumbled upon this crazy piece of turn-of-the-century tailoring. The accompanying headline touted a miraculous new “Shirt Coat” for wearing in the heat of summer. Well, if a coat and a shirt is too much, I guess making them one garment is the only logical conclusion, right?
