January 2012
2 posts
From: Dutton, Thomas. Editor’s Letter. The Dramatic Censor 1:1 (4 Jan. 1800): 4.
In this state of abject degeneracy, the propriety and indeed necessity, of erecting a critical tribunal for the reformation of the Stage, will be disputed by no lover of legitimate drama, and unvitiated taste. The nature of the evil demands a remedy, which shall meet the complaint in its fullest extent. This the...
From: Dutton, Thomas. Editor’s Letter. The Dramatic Censor 1:1 (4 Jan. 1800): 4.
In this state of abject degeneracy, the propriety and indeed necessity, of erecting a critical tribunal for the reformation of the Stage, will be disputed by no lover of legitimate drama, and unvitiated taste. The nature of the evil demands a remedy, which shall meet the complaint in its fullest extent. This the...
November 2011
1 post
When's it a baby?
Today, I breathe a sigh of relief for the people of Mississippi; Amendment 26, or the ‘Fetal Personhood Amendment,’ as it’s being called, did not pass. The amendment sought to grant human rights to—I don’t even know what to call them, as ‘fetus’ seems, to me, to suggest something fetus-y, so I’ll go with—fertilized eggs. That anyone would think...
September 2009
1 post
“The hearts of the young are enclosed in a crystal case. It is this that breaks...”
– Rosamund Lehman, The Ballad and the Source
August 2009
2 posts
“If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them to...”
– Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms
July 2009
1 post
“This is the real world. We’re grown-ups. And Yogi Bear will steal your...”
June 2009
3 posts
Sometimes I'm pretty sure Sean's real dad is Oscar...
Ashley says:
artifice be damned!
Dr. Seanhatten - people are just people like you. says:
yes. i loathe all artmade objects.
except those which enhance the beauty of nature.
Ashley says:
that is a pregnant statement, sir.
pregnant with triplets. and i will hold you to it at a future time.
Dr. Seanhatten - people are just people like you. says:
and well you should. when one knocks up a statement, particularly when one sires triplets, one ought to be held accountable.
May 2009
1 post
