Astronomical pub sign question............

~ * A Brief History
Of Writing Instruments * ~

[or Tyhme ...

BEWARE that Hawk ~ !]

~ * A Brief History
Of Writing Instruments * ~

~ Introduction A Brief History of Writing Instruments
The Stick
The Stylus
The Quill
The History of the Fountain Pen
The Battle of the Ballpoint Pens

~ Complementary Accouterments
The Alphabet
The Printing Press ~ Johannes Gutenberg

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!BEWARE!

Sign
Says ...

!DEADE people WALKNG!

~ * PRISONERS BEHAVE THEMSELVES
WHEN EXECUTED * ~

What choice do they have ~ ?
The choice to walk down that hall with dignity,

Or fight and lose,
Be humiliated one last time on earth ...

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!BEWARE!

Sign
Says ...

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~ * ~ A Sign, A Boarded Shingle
Hung Out TO Dry ~ * ~

~ The Alt.ASTRO Joint ~
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~ ~ ~ * An Astronomical
Watering Hole

West of Amsterdam, Equal Proximity
To Haarlem, Holland * ~
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!Tavern Door!

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"The Stars,
Leading Luminaries, and Noir Lights"
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Yes ~
A Morning Wood Roadside Semi ~ OTIC
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* Dogging Arts * Fogging Minds * It's a Star *
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"Having thus concluded a frugal meal and donned my nightcap, with the
serene hope of enjoying it till noon the next day, I placed my head
upon the pillow, and through the aid of a capital conscience, fell into
a profound slumber forthwith.

But when were the hopes of humanity fulfilled? I could not have
completed my third snore when there came a furious ringing at the
street-door bell, and then an impatient thumping at the knocker, which
awakened me at once. In a minute afterward, and while I was still
rubbing my eyes, my wife thrust in my face a note, from my old friend,
Doctor Ponnonner. It ran thus:~

'Come to me, by all means, my dear good friend, as soon as you
receive this. Come and help us to rejoice. At last, by long persevering
diplomacy, I have gained the assent of the Directors of the City
Museum, to my examination of the Mummy~ you know the one I mean. I have
permission to unswathe it, and open it, if desirable. A few friends
only will be present~ you, of course. The Mummy is now at my house, and
we shall begin to unroll it at eleven to-night. ~Yours ever,

Ponnonner.'"

~ EA Poe,

Quoted message said:

From "Some Words with a Mummy"

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DROMIO OF EPHESUS

I'll serve you, sir, five hundred at the rate.

OF EPHESUS

To what end did I bid thee hie thee home?

DROMIO OF EPHESUS

To a rope's-end, sir; and to that end am I returned.

OF EPHESUS

And to that end, sir, I will welcome you.

Beating him

Officer

Good sir, be patient.

DROMIO OF EPHESUS

Nay, 'tis for me to be patient; I am in adversity.

~ Shakespeare,

Quoted message said:

From "A Comedy of Errors"

Act 4. Scene 4

A Brush With Death ~

"Perhaps one of the more noteworthy trends
Of our time is the occupation of buildings
Accompanied by the taking of hostages.

The perpetrators of these deeds are generally motivated
By political grievance, social injustice,
And the deeply felt desire to see how they look
On TV. They are a bold lot ~ reckless
And driven ~ true champions of equal time."

~ Fran Lebowitz,

Quoted message said:

From "Metropolitan Life"

[p. 135]

Meanwhile ~
Jean-Paul Sartre at 100: Still troubling us today

Ronald Aronson
International Herald Tribune
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2005

"Sartre made clear that the whole truth lies with both sides taken
together. And then, in works like his biography of Gustave Flaubert, he
went on to demonstrate precisely how an individual creates himself from
what his social class and family situation have made him to be. Like no
one else, he gave their due both to freedom and to determinism. Like no
one else, he sought to understand exactly what it means to be
responsible."

http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2005/06/21/news/edaronson.php

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Xyzzy

Lovers secret letters ...

"... how letters may be cast out and read,
On a wall that is far distant ...
.... lovers that are far asunder,
May so hold commerce one with another"

~ Giambattista della Porta
From "Natural Magick"
(1537-1615)

"Reflecting in silence upon my forlorn condition,
I at length concluded that as things could not
Become worse ~ and as the life of man
Is but a continued round of changes, they must, of necessity,
Take a turn in my favor at some future day.
I found relief in this vague and indefinite hope ..."

~ Charles Ball

Quoted message said:

From "Fifty Years In Chains:

Or, The Life of an American Slave"

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I am a grandpa.:>😉
Irish now..... I am....
Folly!

Biking the year thru.