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To learn the ins and outs of Egyptian bread, I make a trip to Los Angeles to visit Seamus Blackley, a computer programmer and self-described “gastro-Egyptologist.”
“Being in Aerosmith," Brad Whitford has said, "was like walking into a dogfight and both dogs bite you.”
― They Just Seem a Little Weird
― They Just Seem a Little Weird
“He entertained himself by slipping increasingly outrageous puns into the copy, which culminated in a headline about a dachshund race that read, “All Wieners in the Long Run.”
― Priestdaddy: A Memoir
― Priestdaddy: A Memoir
“Violators of the edict were threatened with eternal damnation and a fine of 10 ducats.”
― The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
― The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
“They knew that you breathed and you slept and you worked, but they didn’t know that you read. Such a thing was beyond comprehension. They thought that in your spare time you sat and gazed into space, or looked at Peg’s Paper or the Crimson Circle. You could almost see them reporting you to their friends. ‘Margaret’s a good cook, but unfortunately she reads. Books, you know.”
― Below Stairs
― Below Stairs
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