13 hours ago by stephen frost

Mike's Billiards I think the fondest pre-reading memory of Boccaccio I have is as I stood outside a billiards-room in Amherst, having been reintroduced to Will after some years, and while I’m trying to decide if anyone realizes that I’m only pretending to smoke a cigarette, he’s trying to make a poi ...

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2 days ago by Sharon Parker

By Sharon Parker ~ Arty Didact Our observation of Saint Valentine's Day as a celebration of love and romance has been traced to Chaucer's long story poem, The Parlement of Fowls, in which he describes a fanciful gathering of birds to choose their mates on this saint's day. Why Feb. 14? Scholars say ...

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4 days ago by papercutgirl

Being ill makes you reassess a few things in your life. Firstly, you begin to notice that actually your bedroom is really, seriously, bloody cold all of the time. Secondly, you become aware that you live with people whose sleeping habits are bizarre in the extreme. Three o’clock session of washing-u ...

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11 days ago by citizenkid

So it’s almost Valentines Day! Hooray for those little cinnamon heart candies! I couldn’t remember much about what exactly Valentine’s Day is beyond the admittedly fun exchange of cards when I was in Grade 2… so I went to Wikipedia, of course. It is traditionally a day on which lovers express their ...

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14 days ago by AndrElly

La nostra latitanza dal blog si fa sentire. Ci manca molto scrivere post, visitare gli amici, scambiare opinioni (intelligenti o meno,) con persone interessanti. La nostra assenza da queste pagine digitali però ha un nome ed un cognome. Bogart “Bogie” Chaucer. Bogart come Humprey Bogart. Quell’attor ...

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15 days ago by Earl the Squirrel

No doubt I've missed a few but here, off the top of my head, listed in ascending order of obvious stupidity, are the nine most asinine things I've heard poet wannabes utter: "It's all just a matter of taste!" See also "Different strokes for different folks" and "De gustibus non est disputandum." How ...

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16 days ago by Bethany

Chanticleer and the Fox by Barbara Cooney Chanticleer and the Fox Adapted from Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Nun's Priest's Tale" from The Canterbury Tales Illustrated by: Barbara Cooney Published: 1958 Pages: 31 Illustrations: every page has full page illustrations (see below for more details) Text Densi ...

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18 days ago by Czaykowska

Był tam ów RYCERZ – człek zacny niezmiernie – Co od swej pierwszej wyprawy strzegł wiernie Cnót kurtuazji rycerskiej przygody, Prawdę był cenił, honor i swobody, Brał w pana swego wojnach udział czynny; W krajach odległych bywał, jak nikt inny Znał chrześcijańskie i pogańskie włości. Wszędzie gdzie ...

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18 days ago by Jessica

Seriously all I can think about as I start this post is an over used phrase by Charles Dickens in one of my favourite novels of all time: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” But in all truth, I cannot decide whether I am surviving the time until this semester is over or absolutely ...

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24 days ago by Alastair Chadwin

Came across an odd little piece on-line earlier today* which states with some firmness that in order to become a writer it is first necessary to join the USA military. * http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/01/why-every-writer-should-join-the-us-military-part-i#more I feel I have to differ. While I have an ...

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