Jack the Ripper documentaries

I don’t know why it is I love Jack the Ripper movies, but I’m glued to them. Even bad ones. I like From Hell way more than I should. Johnny Depp plus Jack the Ripper? Thumbs up.

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1914 translation by H. Rackham

More translation of Cicero. I’m not sure why I’m too lazy to delete this. Probably because I like that pic of Patton.

On the other hand, we denounce with righteous indignation and dislike men who are so beguiled and demoralized by the charms of pleasure of the moment, so blinded by desire, that they cannot foresee the pain and trouble that are bound to ensue; and equal blame belongs to those who fail in their duty through weakness of will, which is the same as saying through shrinking from toil and pain. These cases are perfectly simple and easy to distinguish. In a free hour, when our power of choice is untrammelled and when nothing prevents our being able to do what we like best, every pleasure is to be welcomed and every pain avoided. Read more

Section 1.10.33 of “de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum”

Section 1.10.33 of “de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum”, written by Cicero in 45 BC

At vero eos et accusamus et iusto odio dignissimos ducimus qui blanditiis praesentium voluptatum deleniti atque corrupti quos dolores et quas molestias excepturi sint occaecati cupiditate non provident, similique sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollitia animi, id est laborum et dolorum fuga.

Et harum quidem rerum facilis est et expedita distinctio.

Nam libero tempore, cum soluta nobis est eligendi optio cumque nihil impedit quo minus id quod maxime placeat facere possimus, omnis voluptas assumenda est, omnis dolor repellendus. Temporibus autem quibusdam et aut officiis debitis aut rerum necessitatibus saepe eveniet ut et voluptates repudiandae sint et molestiae non recusandae. Itaque earum rerum hic tenetur a sapiente delectus, ut aut reiciendis voluptatibus maiores alias consequatur aut perferendis doloribus asperiores repellat. Read more

Cicero discusses Transformers/Beast Wars (translation by H. Rackham)

I believe this is Cicero explaining the first generation Transformers line and Beast Wars: Read more

Lincoln ill with flu

…or gunshot wound. I forget which.

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