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The Age of Austerity not Posterity

 I’ve never been interested in politics or economics before- maybe I’m just getting old. The age has dawned on me where I am no longer willing to sit back passively and accept what happens at face value simply because I … Continue reading

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TASTE: Wine Review -Wine Men of Gotham

Reblogged from theravenousepicurean: Gotham is known to modern culture as the fictional city in which writer Bill Finger’s comic character Batman fights crime.  The name was chosen by a random turn of the New York telephone book.  While random for … Continue reading

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HISTORY-W.B. Yeats: lrish love

Reblogged from theravenousepicurean: She was his Helen of Troy; their tumultuous relationship would span almost twenty years.  The characters in what would be an interesting play are Irish poet William Butler Yeats and politicial activist Maude Gonne. They met in … Continue reading

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TASTE: Wine- Apothic

Reblogged from theravenousepicurean: Grape: Blend Region: California Date Bottled: 2010 Price Range: $15-20   The bold black and red label of Apothic, a Californian red wine blend of Syrah, Zinfandel and Merlot is in accordance with its rich purple contents.  Those … Continue reading

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HISTORY: Epicurus

Reblogged from theravenousepicurean: The agora, or marketplace, is alive with voices of farmers selling their produce.  Men argue over politics, philosophy and the current state of Athens. The name of Socrates, and his student Plato, dead less than half a … Continue reading

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