Alexander Hamilton

A testimonial on Hamilton’s reasoning prowess.

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Hamilton was regarded as one of the premier lawyers of the early republic and was certainly preeminent in New York. Judge Ambrose Spencer, who watched many legal titans pace his courtroom, pronounced Hamilton “the greatest man this country ever produced.... In power of reasoning, Hamilton was the equal of Daniel Webster and more than this could be said of no man. In creative power, Hamilton was infinitely Webster’s superior.” A no less glowing encomium came from Joseph Story, a later Supreme Court justice: “I have heard Samuel Dexter, John Marshall, and Chancellor Robert R. Livingston say that Hamilton’s reach of thought was so far beyond theirs that by his side they were schoolboys - rush tapers before the sun at noonday.”

-- Ron Chernow, “Alexander Hamilton”

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February Drizzle

It has finally started to drizzle. It failed to rain overnight. I didn't need to get the cats inside, but they actually seem alright so long as I let them have the big room. I'm glad it makes them happy; I hope it continues to do so. I also hope we get some decent rain before the day is done. The forecast calls for rain all day, but I'm afraid we aren't going to get more than this sporadic drizzle. We are very dry out there. Though, I do dread the opening of the mowing season - all the more so with that gerry-rigged blade.

Drizzly in February, eh? February drizzle. Remember?

Ten years ago at this time, we were playing our first computer games. The Internet was still a very new thing for us, having been on it for only a couple of months. I was heavily into KaZaa and WinMX, downloading all the rape-porn I could find. And, if I recall correctly, I was steeling my nerve to try that website I learned about from literotica.com: Blurty. With the turning of the month, on March first, I will finally make the dive. It will be a wild and thrilling ride. I will finally be able to talk with people and have some real conversations and get personal. My last hurrah.

Ron Jeremy

“I came very close to death. I guess I have a very, very strong will to live.”

-- Ron Jeremy

After suffering a near-fatal heart attack, the porn legend has obviously rebounded. It's always nice to get some good news in this crazy world. He promises to eat better and take good care of his health. Let's hope so!

Daimon says, "Only the good die young, eh, Ronny?"

Monk chuckles, "The mileage on that dick! He has lived enough for a hundred men."

"Compliance"

"Compliance"
the movie about those prank calls
getting fast-food workers to strip
and suck.

Pretty riveting.

They gave us the tits,
no bush or even ass,
better than nothing.

What a surprise and a treat to see that it was available for free viewing on the Prime account!

But I'm kinda horny for more,
wanna finish.

xnxx?

Lisa Marie Presley at Midlife

Lisa Marie Presley, at 45 years of age, looks like she has really gotten her life on track. It's not that she was running on the ragged edge of life like a lot of the rich & famous, but she seems to have found herself.

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On February 1, Lisa Marie Presley turned 45, a significant milestone for several reasons. One, Elvis’s only legitimate offspring has managed to live three years longer than her poor, doomed daddy. Two, she has finally found her musical niche. Her much-lauded 2012 Americana release, Storm & Grace, is the album of her career. And three, in middle age, Presley appears to have broken with the Church of Scientology, of which she was once a most devoted member.

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If Lisa Marie has, indeed, left the church, she likely now shares her father’s view of it. In the early 1970s, the spiritual and ever-searching Elvis looked into Scientology, visiting its west coast center and briefly dating actress Peggy Lipton, a Scientology practitioner. But he ultimately dismissed the philosophy as cultish and money grubbing. “He stayed away from Scientology like it was a cobra,” the late Lamar Fike, a member of Elvis’s famed group of pals, the Memphis Mafia, said to me in the 1990s. “He’d shit a brick to see how far Lisa’s gotten into it.”

-- ONTD

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Having said all of that, though, I cannot honestly say that I am impressed with her new musical direction. At least it seems more artful and soulful rather than manufactured for pop-culture and pop-music. I just won't be a fan, but remain simply as an interested onlooker.

( Storm and Grace )

The Onion on the Joys of Sexual Objectification

"The Onion" has a hot little piece on the wonders of a charming girl growing up and becoming a hot sex object.

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'Irreversible'

Monk says, "Whoa, 'Irreversible' is now airing for free on Amazon Prime!"

Pi says, "So what? Haven't you seen the only scene you really care about a hundred times?"

Monk nods, "True, but it would be interesting to finally see what that scene was a part of. And did I mention it's free?!"

Daily Fun

Leaping Puma (Steve Tracy Photography)

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