Romeo and Juliet

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Of Juliet, Split Personalities, and the Myth of Childhood

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As regular readers of this blog have noticed, no doubt, there hasn’t been much posted here lately. It’s not like I haven’t been writing. But it’s been stuff that has a chance of paying the bills. Google AdSenseLess doesn’t qualify. Good thing I never believed in it. I blog here ‘cause I choose to, not ‘cause I expect it to pay the rent. And I chose not to write any blow-by-[hair-torn-out-in-frustration]-blow accounts of my struggles to complete the latest scientific grant proposal.

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fearing the reaper

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I guess this will place me in the "when we die, we're gone" camp. Boring. Oh well.

Allusion is to Don't Fear the Reaper by Blue Öyster Cult.

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fearing the reaper

The preacher speaks of going home.
He visited:
he was an icicle on a mountainside,
choosing between the welcoming all and a rope.

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