Alex Amiot

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@GudimJason Trees in nice neat rows. I'm feel like I'm in the Red River Valley. ❤️

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@Thejagtbot Ivan on Rome. Ivan on the problem of evil. Ivan on the inquisition. Ivan on associated guilt. I love that guy! Better do Greek though.

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@LarsWalker7 Very good, Lars. I don't know Johnson's writing, but I've been steeped in all three Napoleons lately. The man, his son, and then his nephew. His nephew's megalomania was an echo of Napoleon's, but his usurpation, governance, and exploits are all a parody in the end.

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@arkneeland Start with tinted aviators and a turtle neck. You'll get there eventually.

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@GudimJason Saw one a few days ago near Devil's Lake.

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@wademobley Give my regards to Mr. Bultitude.

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@jeremynelson77 Nice! Graupel.

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Malchus served God through the high priest and got his ear cut off when arresting the Son of God.

Code of Hammurabi: "If a man’s slave strike a man’s son, they shall cut off his ear."

By ancient law (though not Mosaic), Malchus deserved to lose an ear. Jesus healed him. #mercy

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My favorite musician in my favorite place. Merry Christmas!
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@wademobley I have a 1 Thessalonians 1:2-4 attitude toward that young man.

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Current audiobook: Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky.

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@GudimJason Trajan's column is *chef's kiss*

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I found this in storage today. @LarsWalker7, I had no idea you hit a ground-rule inside-the-park home run in ‘92. Way to go!

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@GudimJason

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In Tolstoy’s “War and Peace,” a briefly-bereaved father finds that he was not bereaved after all. The story climaxes after a drawn-out ruination that he inadvertently affects on the lives of his son and his betrothed.

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Tolstoy’s “War and Peace” was nothing like I expected. My son asked what it was about when I was halfway through. I said, “family dynamics.”

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In Victor Hugo’s “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” a long-bereaved mother finds she wasn’t bereaved after all. The story climaxes after sudden ruination that she inadvertently affects on the lives of her daughter and herself.

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Quixote trades truth for madness and chivalry and love; Anna trades truth for passion and is maddened by the unsatisfying pursuit of the assurance of love.

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Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina” is less fun than Cervantes’ “Don Quixote,” but more down to earth (an earth marked by broken and painful realities).