I think the word "bundlers" is interesting. It reminds me of what Wall Street did with "tranches." They bundled them and sold them. You think anybody out at Clooney's is selling tranches?
Actually, if I was really one of those gay rich bundlers I would never show up ever.
I would be walled off somewhere and not have anything to do with them.
Just send the check and be real anonymous. The transactions would take place by my business manager.
Very mysterious. And totally anti social.
No one would see me or hear me but my presence is felt because I am a really fucking rich fag.
And I would have another disguise. I would be a breeder and shower of rare clumber spaniels but at the shows no one would know I am the rich fag bundler.
That looks like an afterthought. Sorry! I typed it into the box and then one of the extra kids needed me to answer something, and there I was, all distracted again.
Kronos and Rhea were Zeus' parents. Kronos had been foretold to have a son who would be more powerful than he. Since he had deposed his own father, Ouranos, and castrated him, he did what any reasonable father would do: He ate his children as they were born.
But with Zeus, Rhea wrapped a boulder in swaddling clothes, and gave that to Kronos (who apparently didn't chew his food). Zeus was shuttled off to a wet nurse, Amalthea (sometimes represented as a goat, and from whom we get the "Cornucopia") until he was old enough to kick Kronos' ass.
The resultant war, The Titanomachy, pitted the Olympians against the Titans, and resulted in most of the Titans being imprisoned in Tartarus, with some exceptions being Prometheus and Cyclopes, who fought on the side of the Olympians.
Some traditions have it that Man sprung from the split blood of the Titans, while others say Prometheus fashioned man from clay.
(Yeah, I'm into it. Wanna make something out of it?)
Thanks Blake, I do recall learning about the gods, but forgot so much of it. The last time I watched or read anything about them was when watching the Disney animated film, Hercules, lol.
It is fascinating though, will have to read up on them!
I think Disney's Hercules is under-rated, actually. It's truer to the stories than, say, Clash of the Titans (either version) or (gods help us) The Immortals.
I've been reading The War That Killed Achilles which is a very interesting analysis of Homer's Iliad. Where and how it deviated from the tradition, the character Homer created, and theories as to why.
It's a light read, really. Makes me wanna re-read The Iliad.
I read the Iliad wayyyy back in high school, I think maybe I'll retread it too. Then proceed on to the War That Killed Achilles, thanks you just gave me a project!
Chose wisely among the various translations when it comes to reading the Iliad or the Odyssey or any of the other classics. I found the work of Robert Fagles easy to understand and nicely written. Others, not so much.
When I get some free time I want to start reading the work of Aeschylus.
Ciao!
ReplyDeleteVa bene!
Mamma mia!
ReplyDeleteWait. Is that Swedish?
Voga!
ReplyDelete...rhymes with yoga. Just don't get bent out of shape.
ReplyDeleteGuardare fuori per i paparazzi!
ReplyDeleteLa Dolce Vita!!
ReplyDeleteYou guys know what I want to be really bad?
ReplyDeleteI want to be one of Obama's one in six filthy rich fag bundlers.
I would be so bitchy when calling other fag bundlers.
I would be like Hi Jonathan and Conran how was Mikinos? Fab, now fork over 10 million queens.
tits.
And then we would all have "brunch" at David Geffen's in Malibu....with Cher and Madonna natch.
ReplyDeleteNo Chaz though please.
Fagottini con salsiccia!
ReplyDeleteVery exciting!
ReplyDeleteFrutti di mare al finocchio!
ReplyDeleteSweetness.
ReplyDeleteAnd at brunch we would be all bitchy and talk about people.
ReplyDeleteAnd when Cher went to the lou we would all go off on Chaz.
tits.
And when Madonna went to the lou we would all go off on how horrible her latest album is.
ReplyDeletetits.
And then we would all do each other...minus Cher and Madonna.
ReplyDeleteAnd Geffen could only watch, because he's old.
I think the word "bundlers" is interesting. It reminds me of what Wall Street did with "tranches." They bundled them and sold them. You think anybody out at Clooney's is selling tranches?
ReplyDeleteI have no idea what y'all are saying but...keep saying it. *swoon*
ReplyDeleteAnd congrats, Trooper!
Actually, if I was really one of those gay rich bundlers I would never show up ever.
ReplyDeleteI would be walled off somewhere and not have anything to do with them.
Just send the check and be real anonymous. The transactions would take place by my business manager.
Very mysterious. And totally anti social.
No one would see me or hear me but my presence is felt because I am a really fucking rich fag.
And I would have another disguise. I would be a breeder and shower of rare clumber spaniels but at the shows no one would know I am the rich fag bundler.
bundle bundle.
So I guess Travolta's 8 inch hog would be johnson non grata? What about Tommy Cruise?
ReplyDeleteAt Titus's party there'd be insalata buttato for everyone.
ReplyDeleteWow! The Clooney donorati have become the bonorati in people's minds.
ReplyDeleteBonorati has double entrendre in Cher's case, in case you missed it.
Buono.
ReplyDeleteEither way, they're glitterati.
Vidal Sassoon was a god with the shears.
ReplyDeleteThe sheep were very very afraid.
ReplyDelete"sore afraid"
ReplyDeleteThat's a better, more Biblical allusion (since Allie brought up God).
Allie brought up God
ReplyDeleteShe's that old?
So what are you saying, I'm a Goddess, like the chick who was the moher of Zeus, who was that? Athena?
ReplyDeleteMother, not mohair, where's that sheep and my shears?
ReplyDeleteChickenlittle, on fire! Awesome!
ReplyDelete: )
Congrats, Trooper and Lisa!
ReplyDeleteThat looks like an afterthought. Sorry! I typed it into the box and then one of the extra kids needed me to answer something, and there I was, all distracted again.
ReplyDeleteI am truly glad for you.
Allie,
ReplyDeleteKronos and Rhea were Zeus' parents. Kronos had been foretold to have a son who would be more powerful than he. Since he had deposed his own father, Ouranos, and castrated him, he did what any reasonable father would do: He ate his children as they were born.
But with Zeus, Rhea wrapped a boulder in swaddling clothes, and gave that to Kronos (who apparently didn't chew his food). Zeus was shuttled off to a wet nurse, Amalthea (sometimes represented as a goat, and from whom we get the "Cornucopia") until he was old enough to kick Kronos' ass.
The resultant war, The Titanomachy, pitted the Olympians against the Titans, and resulted in most of the Titans being imprisoned in Tartarus, with some exceptions being Prometheus and Cyclopes, who fought on the side of the Olympians.
Some traditions have it that Man sprung from the split blood of the Titans, while others say Prometheus fashioned man from clay.
(Yeah, I'm into it. Wanna make something out of it?)
Thanks Blake, I do recall learning about the gods, but forgot so much of it. The last time I watched or read anything about them was when watching the Disney animated film, Hercules, lol.
ReplyDeleteIt is fascinating though, will have to read up on them!
I think Disney's Hercules is under-rated, actually. It's truer to the stories than, say, Clash of the Titans (either version) or (gods help us) The Immortals.
ReplyDeleteI've been reading The War That Killed Achilles which is a very interesting analysis of Homer's Iliad. Where and how it deviated from the tradition, the character Homer created, and theories as to why.
It's a light read, really. Makes me wanna re-read The Iliad.
I read the Iliad wayyyy back in high school, I think maybe I'll retread it too. Then proceed on to the War That Killed Achilles, thanks you just gave me a project!
ReplyDeleteAh, my pleasure, Allie.
ReplyDeleteThe Iliad is online for free, of course. But you can download it and save the scourge of being online.
Regarding Blake's 12:32:
ReplyDeleteExcellent in every way. Thank you!
Chose wisely among the various translations when it comes to reading the Iliad or the Odyssey or any of the other classics. I found the work of Robert Fagles easy to understand and nicely written. Others, not so much.
ReplyDeleteWhen I get some free time I want to start reading the work of Aeschylus.