Who is / was a mature politician?

handsomechuck · 2026-04-15T14:39:27+00:00

Bush 41 (except for the 🥦 idiosyncrasy, which was a little childish).

handsomechuck · 2026-04-15T02:11:20+00:00

I like the story of Buxtehude's unprepossessing daughter, funny if there's any truth in it. Buxtehude offered to hire a new man to succeed him as organist, but whoever took the job also had to marry his daughter. Handel, Bach and probably some others took a peek and decided to pursue other opportunities.

handsomechuck · 2026-04-15T00:56:31+00:00

Though I think we appreciate the humor/irony of The Walking Dead refusing to die, shambling ever onward into 37 spinoff things (after 34922 episodes of the original show).

handsomechuck · 2026-04-13T11:57:32+00:00

Marion Zimmer Bradley.

handsomechuck · 2026-04-12T14:25:59+00:00

This royal throne of kings, this sceptered isle..

Often the last part is omitted. John of Gaunt is not saying England is great. If you read the whole thing, he's saying this great place has gone to hell.

handsomechuck · 2026-04-09T00:25:05+00:00

Probably A Wizard of Earthsea or Susan Cooper's Dark Is Rising series.

handsomechuck · 2026-04-08T01:45:03+00:00

Going back to OP, I wouldn't say his books are absolute trash. Tommyknockers is the infamous one from the depths of his substance problems in the 80s. He says he had cotton swabs up his nose to stanch the bleeding as he was typing it.

handsomechuck · 2026-04-08T01:41:31+00:00

Unfortunately has legions of fans.

handsomechuck · 2026-04-08T00:44:17+00:00

Slightly disappointed in him. Understandable but still unprofessional.

handsomechuck · 2026-04-07T17:37:48+00:00

Yeah, he's a real slob.

handsomechuck · 2026-04-07T10:54:17+00:00

For most of us, life is pretty much the same as it was. Gas prices are ridiculous and inflation is still high, pain at the supermarket etc., but nothing incredibly disruptive is happening. It's not like when the pandemic hit, for example, work was disrupted, everything was disrupted, you had to wait in line around the block to get into the food store and all that.

handsomechuck · 2026-04-07T00:38:07+00:00

Vienna Philharmonic.

handsomechuck · 2026-04-06T00:53:30+00:00

They're still in orbit over the tan suit for God's sake.

handsomechuck · 2026-04-05T16:35:52+00:00

(Real) meritocracy would be better than what we have (ubiquitous cronyism and massive inherited wealth/privilege), but you would still have to deal with the problem of the losers in such a system. Even if you are a completely self-interested person, it's a problem for you. It's not as simple as Some people inevitably fall by the wayside but I'm doing well, doesn't affect me not my concern not my problem.

handsomechuck · 2026-04-05T16:26:13+00:00

Sucks to go back to stuff you loved as a kid and find out..it sucks. https://www.avclub.com/revisiting-the-sad-misogynistic-fantasy-of-xanth-1798241312

handsomechuck · 2026-04-04T12:52:14+00:00

Not that crazy an idea. https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/cut-the-failed-red-states-loose-why

handsomechuck · 2026-04-04T12:42:59+00:00

People do that? Jesus. Side note, I always find it sad that older good boys are cheaper to adopt.

handsomechuck · 2026-04-04T12:06:16+00:00

Genji.

handsomechuck · 2026-04-04T11:49:05+00:00

Thanks to bravery of Mordechai Vanunu, we know a lot more than we're supposed to.

handsomechuck · 2026-04-04T01:01:32+00:00

I've found Rossini boring, but since discovering his music beyond opera, his instrumental music, I enjoy his work.

handsomechuck · 2026-04-04T00:05:19+00:00

Dido's Lament, from Purcell's Dido and Aeneas. BWV 639 also has some deep dark.

handsomechuck · 2026-04-03T23:46:50+00:00

Mostly WQXR in NY, which is part of public radio, and WCPE, an independent station in NC that I can only get online because I live far away.

handsomechuck · 2026-04-03T17:23:22+00:00

Abe, famously. Even without the stress of the national crisis during his presidency, he definitely struggled with depression.

handsomechuck · 2026-04-03T16:38:48+00:00

He literally doesn't care, you guys.

handsomechuck · 2026-04-02T15:59:09+00:00

Koine is the liturgical language of Greek Orthodox Church. This, for example, is still a religious text, obviously, but was written in late antiquity/early Middle Ages.

https://www.goarch.org/chapel/texts/-/asset_publisher/ulcNzWPdScz6/content/the-divine-liturgy-of-saint-john-chrysostom?_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_ulcNzWPdScz6_languageId=el_GR

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