William Henry Harrison Principle
Brevity is either elegant or awkward.

Much has been done/needs doing.
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Today’s word: Sei

I went on Spring Break and all I saw were some corner triglyphs. (And some lousy obelisks. They were limestone. I don't want to talk about it.)

[may retroactively add an account of London here]

[may retroactively add an account of Sicily here]

Spring Break:
Sicily 3/2-10
England 3/11-18

Some vacations I would pay to take.

"What did you do on your vacation, grandpa?"
"Killed a mugger."
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Today’s word: Vacanza

Giving up self-sacrifice for Lent.

This is not a good week to be one of my appliances.
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Today’s word: Pantaloni della notte

“Et fortasse cupressum scis simulare...”
I wish no one knew how well I draw a cypress.
“...Quid hoc...”
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Today’s word: Albero

“Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean...”

Returning back from Verona, I discover that I do not have my camera, though I know the exact location on the train where it must have fallen out. However, I am stonewalled by the Tiburtina customer assistance attendant, who refused to respond to my Italian or to what I had someone write out lest my pronunciation mangled the conditional. Despite the ticket office, the luggage department, the station’s bookstore, the Ostiense ticket office, and the trenitalia help line all sending me exactly to him, and despite him working in customer assistance, he would not take my request, nor even give me the office’s phone number.

At least I can take pride in bookstore workers internationally being overly nice and helpful.
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Today’s word: Odio

“In fair Verona, where we lay our scene...”

Between 5:30am yesterday and 5:30am today were the best 24 hours I have yet had in Italy. Gardens of obeliskine trees amid hedges and fountains beneath a hilltops rustic walkway to a breathtaking view at and over the treetops. A circumference of ruins. Balconies, battlegrounds, and battlements; theatrics, theatres, and amphitheatres. Roman jewels, Romeo & Juliet. The Arige makes the Arno look like the Tiber. Verona is a city laden with so much romance that I wish I had not seen it, so that I could experience its wonder on my honeymoon.

I went to be alone and found myself with people; there’s a lesson there.

“...There is no world without Verona walls...”
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Today’s word: Giardini

“I got one foot on the platform...”
David Carradine, Liam Neeson, George Carlin, and Jon Bon Jovi walk into a bar.
“...The other foot on the train...”
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Today’s word: Blu

George Washington is an aeteological mythic figure created early on in the republic to explain various customs and eponyms, such as the name of the capital city. In fact, most of the original Presidents of the United States are likely mythological, providing the country with a cosmogonical succession myth that gradually became absorbed into the state religion. Nevertheless, George Washington is historically significant in that he allows us to see how the people viewed an ideal leader. But regretfully, there is no evidence that he ever existed.
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Today’s word: Mito

It’s a swing-off.
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Today’s word: Dondolo

Oh, I know she’s not acting. But she’s not acting very well.
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Today’s word: Puttanesca

The Sunday New York Times crossword puzzle is easier than the Friday one.

Not only does it not make sense, but I don’t care.
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Today’s word: Cruciverba

Somewhere, someplace, Franco is crying.
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Today’s word: Endorfina

It’ll be okay. Call me when you’re ready. I understand.

If there is anything to this Vitamin C theory, then the basketful of oranges I could not help but consume at lunch should end this cold. Or at the very least counter the time spent in the rain.
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Today’s word: Arancia

Truth lies: A sigh will flirt;
Romance is curt.
Interpret the regret and blurt:
I never meant to hurt.
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Today’s words: Credo che questo sia stato un errore

(Friendship?) I have and make friends just fine.
“Don’t you want somebody to love...”
(Dating?) Well, ideally, but there’s a little distance to overcome.
“...Don’t you need somebody to love...”
(A Relationship?) I want to be someone for someone and someone to be for me.
“...Wouldn’t you love somebody to love...”
(Random Play?) Okay, fine, maybe I am desperate to be held...
“...You better find somebody to love...”
(Whatever I can get?) ...but sorry, I have standards. I get a choice.
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Today’s word: Malato

I live in the land of Cheap Pizza for Every Meal. It’s like heaven, only with more Catholics.

Abbot & Costello.
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Today’s word: Fetta