Melville Birthday
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Herman Melville
1 Aug 1819 - 28 Sept 1891
...and so the universal thump is passed round, and all hands should rub each other's shoulder-blades, and be content.
Beckett Birthday
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Remembering Samuel Beckett
...on the anniversary of his birth (April 13, 1906).
He saw clearly.
Canada, take me!
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Dear Canada,
You: friendly, open, good sense of humour; a modern democracy with a realistic view of its place in the world.
Me: single 50-something male, healthy, fit, university-educated, courteous, self-sufficient; trapped south of the 49th Parallel by a cruel accident of birth -- a Canadian with a Yank's passport.
Help me immigrate, with a job offer or a marriage proposal. We belong together!
Fichi ricoperti di ciocolato
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Rum-soaked figs, covered with chocolate.
An evolving recipe, based on those found on Italian sites. Very easy. 
Ingredients:
33 oz. (approx) dried figs (Mission figs work well; Calimyrna are OK, but large)
12-oz. bag of Ghirardelli "60% Cacao Bittersweet Chips"
1/2 stick (2 oz.) unsalted butter
1/4 cup milk
1 liter dark rum
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