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De Casseres and Lovecraft

May 25, 2015 by Curtis Leave a Comment
Benjamin De Casseres & H. P. Lovecraft

I have written before about my obsession with Benjamin De Casseres. I lay the blame for this obsession squarely at Mythgard‘s feet, as I first discovered him through a 1936 pamphlet he wrote titled “The Individual against Moloch” while researching the paper I went on to present on Moloch at Mythmoot II. And I blame the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Literature Tagged: books, De Casseres, history, literature, Lovecraft

Jacobean counter-arguments on the benefits of tobacco

May 8, 2012 by Curtis Leave a Comment
James I of England, by Daniel Mytens

While looking up some info for a new project I’m working on with my friend Dave, I ran across an unexpectedly funny (in a “oh no he didn’t just write that” kind of way) treatise by King James VI of Scotland and I of England — that is, the guy who authorized the creation of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Liberty Tagged: government, history, humor, laws

Words, words, words

March 26, 2012 by Curtis Leave a Comment
Words

I ran across a few posts today about words, each of which was intriguing in its own way: 1. Screenwriter John August(Big Fish, Charlie’s Angels, Go, to name a few) observed the growing use of “dialog” over “dialogue”. The former spelling originated as a technology term — specifically in context of a “dialog box” or … [Read more…]

Posted in: Language Tagged: history, language

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