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Christopher Marlowe and His World

Posted on March 6, 2021 by Brian H. Gill

I’d started writing about soliloquies in Marlowe’s “Dr. Faustus….” That reminded me of film noir and the Gunpowder Plot. So today I’ll be discussing Christopher Marlowe, but mostly his era: Elizabethan England. Along with European politics and whatever else comes … Continue reading →

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Ash Wednesday 2021: Sprinkles, Social Media and Me

Posted on February 17, 2021 by Brian H. Gill

Today is Ash Wednesday. The COVID-19 pandemic is still in progress, so this one will be a bit different. I’ll still get ash on my head. But instead of getting a thumb-drawn cross on my forehead, I’ll get a sprinkling … Continue reading →

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Social Media, Security and Assumptions

Posted on February 6, 2021 by Brian H. Gill

I logged in to my Twitter account yesterday. It was the first time in months that I’d been able to log in. I could spin my experience as Twitter, Big Media, the Pixie-Leprechaun Cabal or whoever suppressing The Truth. But … Continue reading →

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People Who Need People — and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Posted on January 24, 2021 by Brian H. Gill

A song from the Sixties has been on my brain’s Top 40 Golden Oldie Earworm list for the last week or so: “People, People who need people, Are the luckiest people in the world….” (“People;” Jule Styne, lyrics by Bob … Continue reading →

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