draculina

Linda,

Dostoevsky on Smerdyakov, not Smerdyakon.

Smerdyakov was a character in Dostoevsky’s novel, The Brother Karamazov. He was continually trying to copy the intellectually superior but spiritually empty Ivan Karamazov, and his pathetic attempts at sounding intelligent held a mirror up to Ivan. It was like Ivan was being ridiculed by…[Read more]

who#s mowgli, arc??

I thought Mowgli was Sabu, from the Jungle Book (the pre-Disney version)

The ouija board was used by the American Poet James Merrill (son of the banking firm of Merrill Lynch) and his lover, David Jackson, from 1955 to Merrill’s death from AIDS in 1995. Merrill’s vast wealth enabled the two of them to use the board around the world, but especially in Stonington, Connecticut, and in Greece, two of Merrill’s favourite…[Read more]

The ouija board was used by the American Poet James Merrill (son of the banking firm of Merrill Lynch) and his lover, David Jackson, from 1955 to Merrill’s death from AIDS in 1995. Merrill’s vast wealth enabled the two of them to use the board around the world, but especially in Stonington, Connecticut, and in Greece, two of Merrill’s favourite…[Read more]

“How can such a man live?”

Dostoevsky on the dreadful Smerdyakov.

” ‘umble, sir, very umble’ “, the unspeakable Uriah Heep

“How can such a man live?”

Dostoevsky

books, Mr q

I actually read them

it was 12 years ago..I doubt it.

I was deeply moved by this poem

my mother said I never should….

but I did

Not necessarily…

could be radio-type traces of someone who once existed, but now dead?/

Still, “there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of in your philosophy, Horatio”

Even so, I have phoned the mental health services to see if drac can be sectioned as a possessed woman who sees ghosts yet insists she is not mental.…[Read more]

lot of newcomers

Linda,

let’s assume somenoe hacked into your account. It happens to the best of us. I don’t think Martin can do anything about it.

You can ‘like’ a photo posted in April without being around in April. You could have ‘liked’ them a couple of weeks ago and forgotten about it?

But let’s assume it’s happened, let’s assume that someone hacked…[Read more]

If you’re being bullied,the worst reaction is to respond thoughtlessly, or to panic. Take your time, think of how the bully or bullies will respond. Each case is different.

I saw Emmylou Harris in concert in the mid 1970s