Poppy Blooming. Nuria Martinez Marquez.

'Lilla Weneda' illustration by Michael Elwiro Andrioli inspired by Juliusz Slowacki 's Romantic tragedy Lilla Weneda, 1879.

Noting the volatility of various retirement products and the long-term uncertainty of global markets, financial advisor Michael Reynolds recommended Tuesday that investors always keep one bullet in the chamber, just in case. “Even if you’re a more conservative investor who keeps most of your savings in bonds and money market accounts, it just makes a lot of sense to have a round locked and loaded at all times in the event of a major financial market disruption,” said Reynolds, who stressed the importance of maxing out yearly IRA contributions and regularly cleaning and oiling the barrel.

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Terrace of a Cafe on Montmartre "La Guinguette" (1886) by Vincent van Gogh

Letters to Milena, Franz Kafka

Found the origin (source?) of the bottom image

Joy Sullivan, from “These Days People Are Really Selling Me On California”, Instructions for Traveling West

French, Spanish : I call myself: me llamo, je m'appelle; self-determined identity

Russian: they call me: меня зовут; other-determined identity

English: my name is: an inchoate hell where even the most basic causal links are veiled, if not absent entirely

“Life begins at ejaculation on the small of one’s back. Who are we to play God? We must let gravity take its course. Semen is a living, squirming thing, and any wipe-down after a completed sexual act amounts to homicide.” Ivey added that anyone found to have handed women a towel to mop up the semen would be prosecuted as an accessory to murder.

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Eugène Lepoittevin (1806–1870) - “Innocence”

from the series ‘Les Diables de Lithographies’, 1832

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