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“Like a dog’s walking on his hind legs: it is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all.”

Apropos Dr. Johnson (as recounted in Boswell’s Life):  Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody, played on antique computer peripherals:

As we try to remember our BASIC, we might wish a brooding Happy Birthday to Charlotte Bronte, author (as “Currer Bell”) of Jane Eyre; she was born on this date in 1816…  and was the only one of the three novelistic Bronte sisters to live past 31.

Charlotte Bronte

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April 21, 2009 at 1:01 am

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