‘Jehan, you are on a very slippery, downward path; know wither you are going?’ ‘To the tavern,’ said Jehan. ‘The tavern leads to the pillory.’ ‘Tis a lantern like any other, and ‘twas perhaps the one with which Diogenes found his man.’ ‘The gallows is a balance which has a man at one end andContinue reading “RKS French Literature: The Pillory to the Tavern then the Gallows (Victor Hugo)”
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RKS French Literature: Captain Phoebus de Chateaupers: Of Noble Birth but of Vulgar Tastes (Victor Hugo)
…the prospect of an approaching marriage grew less attractive to him each day. Besides, he was of fickle disposition, and if the truth must be told, rather vulgar in his tastes. Although of noble birth, he had contracted, under his officer’s accoutrements, more than one of the habits of the common soldier. He delighted inContinue reading “RKS French Literature: Captain Phoebus de Chateaupers: Of Noble Birth but of Vulgar Tastes (Victor Hugo)”
I AM FINALLY BACK HOME IN TORONTO: I AM FINALLY BACK HOME IN TORONTO
I AM FINALLY BACK HOME IN TORONTO We had a brief en route stop at the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario. The senior commanding officer gave a “rousing speech” about “the incredible bravery of Rory Dylan Stephen” as so said the Kingston Whig Standard. Photo ops and being patted (how archaic) on the headContinue reading “I AM FINALLY BACK HOME IN TORONTO: I AM FINALLY BACK HOME IN TORONTO”
“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: DINNER WITH THE PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA: BEING USED YET AGAIN
DINNER WITH THE PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA: BEING USED YET AGAIN Being somewhat sick and tired of limousines all of us took Ottawa Transit to the Prime Minister’s residence. Bedraggled and besieged Prime Minster of Canada Thomas Bankboy battling the aggression and hot tornadic air of President Orville Grump of the United States. Annexation. Tariffs.Continue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: DINNER WITH THE PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA: BEING USED YET AGAIN”
“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: WE ARRIVE SAFELY IN OTTAWA: TODAY DEBRIEFING WITH CSIS: TOMORROW DINNER WITH THE PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA
WE ARRIVE SAFELY IN OTTAWA: TODAY DEBRIEFING WITH CSIS: TOMORROW DINNER WITH THE PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA We arrived in Ottawa just past midnight. We experienced severe turbulence over Murmansk causing poor Raffles to puke up a storm. Poor guy has never been on a plane. I could have kissed the tarmac as we leftContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: WE ARRIVE SAFELY IN OTTAWA: TODAY DEBRIEFING WITH CSIS: TOMORROW DINNER WITH THE PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA”
“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: OH NO THE TWO BUDWEISER SWILLING, HAMBURGER AND KETCHUP MEN FROM THE EASTERN & ORIENTAL EXPRESS!
OH NO THE TWO BUDWEISER SWILLING, HAMBURGER AND KETCHUP MEN FROM THE EASTERN & ORIENTAL EXPRESS! There is no better way to start the day with chicken congee which both Raffles and I devoured with gusto. Raffles is a gregarious Westie as I know him but interacting with Bob and Fay he is a shyContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: OH NO THE TWO BUDWEISER SWILLING, HAMBURGER AND KETCHUP MEN FROM THE EASTERN & ORIENTAL EXPRESS!”
RKS French Literature: Quasimodo Generally Hated (Victor Hugo)
We have already shown that Quasimodo was generally hated – for more than one good reason, it is true. There was hardly a spectator among the crowd but either had or thought he had some cause or complaint against the malevolent hunchback of Notre-Dame. The joy at seeing him appear thus in the pillory hadContinue reading “RKS French Literature: Quasimodo Generally Hated (Victor Hugo)”
RKS French Literature: Quasimodo and the Bells of Notre Dame (Victor Hugo)
This was the only speech that he could hear, the only sound that broke for him the universal silence. He expanded in it, like a bird in the sunshine. All at once the frenzy of the bell would seize him, his look became wild – he lay in wait for the great bell as aContinue reading “RKS French Literature: Quasimodo and the Bells of Notre Dame (Victor Hugo)”
“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: OUR MEETING WITH THE CHINESE DEPUTY SECRETARY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND THE CANADIAN AMBASSADOR TO CHINA
OUR MEETING WITH THE CHINESE DEPUTY SECRETARY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND THE CANADIAN AMBASSADOR TO CHINA At 10:00 hours a large black limousine arrived at our hotel, the Chosin Reservoir Memorial Veterans’ Hotel and whisked us to a nondescript building where our meeting with the Deputy Director of Foreign Affairs, his assistants and Mr. WonContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: OUR MEETING WITH THE CHINESE DEPUTY SECRETARY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND THE CANADIAN AMBASSADOR TO CHINA”
RKS French Literature: Quasimodo and Notre Dame Cathedral as One (Victor Hugo)
Thus it was that his being, gradually unfolding, took its mould from the cathedral – living there – sleeping there – scarcely ever going out of it – receiving every hour its mysterious impress – he came at length to resemble it, to be fashioned like it, to make an integral part of it. HeContinue reading “RKS French Literature: Quasimodo and Notre Dame Cathedral as One (Victor Hugo)”
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