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| Definition: | (adjective) Uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting. |
| Synonyms: | chantlike, intoned |
| Usage: | The art of his reading was supposed to lie in rolling out the words, quite independently of their meaning, in a loud and singsong voice alternating between a despairing wail and a tender murmur. |
  Michael Malloy: The Man Who Would Not DieIn New York City in 1933, five men took out three life-insurance policies on an alcoholic vagrant named Michael Malloy in the hopes of hastening his death and receiving the payout. One of the men owned a speakeasy and gave Malloy unlimited credit, but the vagrant drank all day without effect. He even survived when they replaced his liquor with various poisons, fed him carpet tacks and metal shavings, attempted to freeze him to death, and hit him with a car. What finally killed Michael Malloy? More... Discuss |
 Priest Attempts to Assassinate the Pope in Portugal (1982)Almost a year to the day after Pope John Paul II was shot by a Turkish gunman, a priest named Juan María Fernández y Krohn attacked the pontiff with a bayonet. It was long thought that the would-be assassin was restrained before he could wound the pope, but a former aide now claims that the pope was indeed injured. During his trial, Krohn accused the pope of being a secret communist agent in league with the USSR. How long was his prison sentence? More... Discuss |
 Gustav I of Sweden (1496?)Considered the father of modern Sweden, Gustav I was king of Sweden and founder of the Vasa dynasty. A senator's son, he became a leader in the rebellion against the Danes, who controlled most of Sweden. In 1523—having won Sweden's independence—he was elected king. He was an autocratic ruler and built a strong monarchy and an efficient administration. Aside from his temper, he was known for his love of music and sly wit. How did being beaten with a baking implement supposedly save his life? More... Discuss |
 You had no right to be born; for you make no use of life. Instead of living for, in, and with yourself, as a reasonable being ought, you seek only to fasten your feebleness on some other person's strength.Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855) Discuss |
4 comments:
Did you ever see David Lynch's Angriest Dog In The World strips - same sorta style you might like 'em
http://www.davidlynch.de/angry.html
you mean no one dreams of being an office drone working in a glorified veal pen, spending the day in a stupified haze, waiting for the hammer to strike you dead and mercifully put you out of your misery?
i guess i was misinformed.
It's NEVER too late to change !!!!. Follow your dream's and kiss the office good bye (i hear there's good career opertunities in porn :-). I threw i few fucks into it and walked out of the office three years ago , Never went back !!!.
Carl.
mondo - hard to read, but they look like they good be good... see what you mean.
Cheers Nazz... funny that eh??!
Carl - I always admired you doing what you did... is it really 3 years ago? Glad it worked out for ya.
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