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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Bread And Circuses... Multi-Tasking

Panem et circenses...

Give them bread and circuses - date eis panem et circenses - bread to fill their insatiable bellies and circuses to fill their insatiable...

give them to satisfy the insatiable...

the multi-tasking of that which cannot be satisfied, the thousand egos of our amusements and entertainments when each newsworthy event becomes a new attraction and another ego split off from the bedrock of our souls.

we are ancient Romans of Bizarro World, where Alugilac  ("Caligula" spelled backwards!) wishes that we have a thousand several necks instead of the axe-worthy one neck...

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