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Black Swan
Abord the Yorikke!
Hard to imagine him gardening for money to spend at the track. :cool:
But again!
But again!
That's a great article. Bukowski at some of his most honest and heartfelt. You get a great sense of how he deals with his male relationships, and how the filter we all deal with provides a disjoint from how we feel and how we act. At our best we leave that at the bottom of the crapper, but we have a survival instinct that gets marred by bullshit and pain.We con ourselves all the time, and Bukowski lays out the regret and fallacy of our surface motivations.
Black Swan
Abord the Yorikke!
Boy, am I glad that I 'm not stone. I am still at the bottom of the crapper. I need puppets to understand what you are saying. o_0o
Rekrab
Usually wrong.
Maybe it's already mentioned above, or in a different thread, but didn't Buk call himself "_______ Sweetmeat" in a story?
I'm not sure what that means, Black Swan, but I sure like the way it sounds. Puppet translators! Don't anyone tell Thomas Ligotti about this; I want to write that story myself.
I'm not sure what that means, Black Swan, but I sure like the way it sounds. Puppet translators! Don't anyone tell Thomas Ligotti about this; I want to write that story myself.
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Clarance Hiram Sweetmeat was in "The Day it Snowed in LA".
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<non sequitur> As you may know, Ulysses S. Grant was actually named Hiram Ulysses Grant. The name Ulysses S. Grant was a typo and the "S" did not stand for anything, just like in Harry S Truman's name... </non sequitur>
I am sometimes distracted by shiny things...
I am sometimes distracted by shiny things...
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from wikipedia, the only source for truth (except for the bible, of course and only the verses that prove your point, not the ones that disprove your point or contradict your point:wb:)
Jesus H. Christ is an example of slang serving as a profanity.[1]
The expression dates to at least the late 19th century, although according to Mark Twain it was already old in 1850.[2][need quotation to verify]
Using the name of Jesus Christ as an oath has been common for many centuries, but the precise origins of the letter H in the expression Jesus H. Christ are obscure. While many explanations have been proposed, some serious and some not, the most widely accepted derivation is from the divine monogram of Christian symbolism. The symbol, derived from the first three letters of the Greek name of Jesus (ΙησοÏÏ‚), is transliterated iota-eta-sigma: IHS, ΙΗϹ (with lunate sigma), JHS or JHC. Since the transliteration IHS gave rise to the backronym Iesus Hominum Salvator (Latin for "Jesus, savior of men"), it is plausible that JHC similarly led to Jesus Harnaldo Christ,[3] Harold coming from the mispronunciation of the word "hallowed" of the Lord's Prayer: "Our Father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name." The H has also been said to stand for "Holy."
Jesus H. Christ is an example of slang serving as a profanity.[1]
The expression dates to at least the late 19th century, although according to Mark Twain it was already old in 1850.[2][need quotation to verify]
Using the name of Jesus Christ as an oath has been common for many centuries, but the precise origins of the letter H in the expression Jesus H. Christ are obscure. While many explanations have been proposed, some serious and some not, the most widely accepted derivation is from the divine monogram of Christian symbolism. The symbol, derived from the first three letters of the Greek name of Jesus (ΙησοÏÏ‚), is transliterated iota-eta-sigma: IHS, ΙΗϹ (with lunate sigma), JHS or JHC. Since the transliteration IHS gave rise to the backronym Iesus Hominum Salvator (Latin for "Jesus, savior of men"), it is plausible that JHC similarly led to Jesus Harnaldo Christ,[3] Harold coming from the mispronunciation of the word "hallowed" of the Lord's Prayer: "Our Father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name." The H has also been said to stand for "Holy."
mjp
Founding member
We should ask a priest. We used to have one here, whatever happened to him?
Oh well, I guess we'll have to ask Reverend Sister Go-Go.
Oh well, I guess we'll have to ask Reverend Sister Go-Go.
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PhillyDave
“The essential doesn't change.” Beckett
Do they even have belly dancers in Canada? Going tomorrow. I'll look into that and get back to you.
how dare you.
mjp
Founding member
I just saw the posting by Buk Fan with all of the pseudonyms. That is really fantastic. I'll have to re-read Hollywood. Too bad for me it's buried in one of my boxes that although they are labeled I'm too damn tired to keep up with life let alone dig through my big pile of boxes. I dream of the day when I can get out of this cottage and move into a bigger place where I can actually put my books onto a book shelf for God's sake. But again, thanks for that list of names. This website is awesome.
20 years almost after this post i see neeli is still around.