The Shattered Prayer

Yesterday I walked into KK’s room. She was watching some reality show on TV, and a man walks in on his girlfriend who is kissing another woman. I looked at KK questioningly, and she just shrugged and said, “She’s biological”.

As long as we’re all clear on that.

So, it being Sunday an’all, and not a very good day for TV, I found myself watching the History Channel. I can see why Richard enjoys history so much. I watched a show about Stalin’s plan to create an army of monkey-men.

What I don’t understand is why Richard would rather read about pilgrims than about armies of monkey-men.

Yup, today is Steffimas. The anniversary of the nativity of Stefficus. Happy birfday steff!

These are snippets from conversations I overheard on the subway.

All of them involve numbers in some way.

Che correctly pointed out that I have been reading about the Bubonic Plague. Just a little light reading about a happy topic to whittle the hours away on the train as I go to and from work. But the thing is, I’ve moved on from the plague and am now some 300 years earlier in time, reading about the Bayeaux Tapestry which depicts the 1066 invasion of England by William the Bastard. More light reading for those long train rides. But I’m sure people would rather hear about the Plague than the Tapestry, so if you’d like to hear more, why please pray continue.

On birthdays we usually do the “this day in history thing” here at SP, but I think we already know all the stuff that happened on Richard’s birthday. Instead, I want to express my appreciation for Richard.

I’ve just finished Queen Isabella by Alison Weir. In the book, Weir attempts to liberate Isabella from what she sees as her unjust sobriquet “The She-Wolf of France.” Instead of a manipulative scheming murderess, under Weir’s hand, Isabella becomes a victim, a woman tossed around and used by the powerful men around her. Personally, I prefer the She-Wolf version myself, even if it means she’s guilty of sticking a hot poker up Edward II’s ass.

But the book got me thinking about the sobriquets and epitheta necessaria that we have added to various Royalty from William the Conqueror to Ivan the Terrible. I present now, for your enjoyment, some of my favorite epithets and sobriquets.

I hope everyone had a happy Tahitimas! Its been awfully quiet around here for the holidays. Thats mainly because R the P has been down here, so hasn’t been posting, and also because I’ve been not only doing holiday crap, but have also been doing some extra work to raise money to renew our hosting. .