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    Mudlarks

    Tragedy struck Pimlico racecourse Saturday when a jockey sustained serious injury and two thoroughbreds were destroyed as a result of inclement track conditions before the thirteenth race, known as the Preakness was run. Considered the easiest leg of the Triple Crown series which also comprise...
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    Poetry

    thus one can use in poetry names of Greek shepards one can attempt to catch the colour of the morning sky write of love and also once again in dead earnest offer to the betrayed world a rose Zbigniew Herbert, Five Men
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    Moscow

    Any Moscow restaurant recommends would be appreciated. ...someplace quiet and elegant, yet offering sufficient privacy? ...candlelight with Vivaldi playing softly in the background.......;)
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    GIBSON & BARNES A2

    G&B Air Corps A2 Mark 43; Russet, 3oz Italian horsehide 42R SH Shoulder seam-shoulder seam straight across: 19.5" CB Center back base of collar-bottom waist band:25.5" SL Sleeve top of shoulder seam to cuff end:25" CH Chest armpit seam-armpit seam straight across: 24.5" Mint/New...
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    POETRY

    The camera's eye Does not lie, But it cannot show The life within, The life of a runner, Of yours or mine, That race which is neither Fast nor slow, For nothing can ever Happen twice, That story which moves Like music when Begotten notes New notes beget, Making the flowing Of Time a growing...
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    NFL 2007

    Chicago 20/Houston 19 Da' Bears are back! A squeeker; missed 1st half, but top gun position seems settled on G; :eusa_clap
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    Becoming Jane

    I know, a simplistic third-rate Austen biopic pastiche chick flick... But I love Jane Austen, and Anne Hathaway is a knockout. I must see this. :)
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    Paris

    If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you. Paris is a moveable feast. Ernest Hemingway, 1950 I had my fling with Paris as a GI Bill expat; although it ended before long, her memory tugs at my heart...
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    Farewell

    Dear Fellow Loungers: Due to new personal and professional commitments, I will be away from the Lounge for some time, but I hope to return when occasion permits. It has been a distinct privilege and great pleasure to have made your acquaintance over this past year. :) Regards, Harp
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    To all of you guys and gals with Ph. D's, Ed. D's, Ed. S's, etc.

    If you can pick up a doctorate on scholarship, take it! If you're a bit burned out right now, fly to Vegas for a week's R&R! ;)
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    BBC "Custer's Plan"

    Custer divided his command, and was consequently destroyed by an equally mobile and numerically superior enemy force. Sitting Bull had a plan.
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    Yank Knights

    Just heard about a new book by Alex Kershaw titled, The Few: The American "Knights of the Air" Who Risked Everything to Fight in the Battle of Britain.The author was recently interviewed on Chicago radio, but I missed the broadcast. Will visit my local bookstore tomorrow, sounds like a good...
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    Artful Dodgers?; Hollywood and WWII Draft

    Last Saturday nite's lash for Notre Dame at a local pub occasioned some banter about whether Errol Flynn had dodged the Second World War. This led to a more general discussion of the Hollwood crowd: who went, who stayed, and whom had most probably dodged WWII. John Wayne, hands down lost...
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    Casino Royale

    The 007 franchise lost me back when Sean Connery left the role of James Bond; however, the new kid on the block, Daniel Craig seems a credible heir to his legacy. Any other opinions out there?
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    SOLD: Flight Suits A2

    SOLD: excellent condition Flight Suits civil A2, Black, 42R Just purchased Ebay #190012767639, $150, but a tad too small for me $100 flies it your way; post free for FL members! Thanks for looking, HARP

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