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Here you have a man who desired to be king of the Roman people, and who accomplished his purpose. Whoever says that this desire was right, is mad; for he approves of the destruction of laws and of liberty, and deems their foul and detestable suppression glorious.

 

-- Cicero

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From: xxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2020 7:21 PM
To: yyyyyyyyyyy
Subject: RE: (Virtual) lunch week of 12/14

 

I’ll be on Discord (zzzzzzzzz) at 11:30 on Thursday.  We’ll see how it works.  I miss our conversations.

 

xxxx

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From:  ((Cancer))

 

I'll be here.  Or there.  Or something.  Maybe I'll even wear pants.

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Let the globe, if nothing else, say this is true:
That even as we grieved, we grew
That even as we hurt, we hoped
That even as we tired, we tried
That we’ll forever be tied together, victorious
Not because we will never again know defeat
but because we will never again sow division

 

-Amanda Gorman, "The Hill We Climb"

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Her poem was wonderful, and her reading was brilliant.  One bobble...just one.  In a 5 minute recitation, on the most important stage she'll ever see.

 

And I'm not a fan of rap in general but her use of rap's internal rhymes and rhythms was also incredible.  

https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/20/politics/amanda-gorman-inaugural-poem-transcript/index.html

 

Absolutely worth watching.

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"Are you okay?  What's with all the sneezing?"

 

"It's okay, I just got soap down the back of my throat when I was washing out my nose."

 

"Washing... out your nose?"

 

"Yes, but the soap went the wrong way."

 

"You put soap?  In your nose?  On purpose?"

 

"It was the Himalayan salt soap."

 

"The specific type of soap is kind of irrelevant here, don't you think?"

 

"Don't judge."

 

"...No, I think I get to judge this time.  Who puts soap in their nose?"

 

"Well what am I supposed to wash my nose out with?"

 

"How about water?  Or, I don't know, nothing?"

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