Read it here , here and here . 1) Good quotes The juicy bits are all from the reign of Elagabalus: In a magnificent temple raised on the Palatine Mount, the sacrifices of the god of Elagabalus were celebrated with every circumstance of cost and solemnity. The richest wines, the most extraordinary victims, and the rarest aromatics, were profusely consumed on his altar. Around the altar a chorus...

The winner of last week's Tuesday Feline Picspam Caption Contest was treize64 , with "I know you were just writing something and Imma let you finish, but that scene you wrote and your editor made you cut was, like, one of the best scenes of all time. Just sayin'," proving that a percentage of this blog's readers are pop culture addicts. Not really all that much of a surprise... Congrats...

It is the heart that kills us in the end Just one more old broken bone that cannot mend. That was a fairly ambitious weekend. Saturday, the Jeff and I went for a hike out in Middletown (chilly!) and then decided to lunch at the Half Moon Cafe--where we fortuitously ran into treize64 , who is so totally one of the Bright Young People who is bent on saving the world it makes my heart hurt...