HAIL PELICUS! Requiem aeternam dona eis, et lux perpetua luceat eis Eternal rest give to them, and let perpetual light shine upon them. To An Athlete Dying Young A.E. Houseman The time you won your town the race We chaired you through the market-place; Man and boy stood cheering by, ...
Nov
2015
HAIL PELICUS! Adult Swim We have started getting to the pointy end of the World Cup (don’t ask me why a cup has a pointy end) and kiddie time in the pools is over: it’s time for Adult Swim. For all of their bluster and pompousness, England...
Nov
2015
HAIL PELICUS! Is The Cup Half Empty Or Half Full? “There are, it has been said, two types of people in the world. There are those who, when presented with a glass that is exactly half full, say: this glass is half full. And then there are...
Oct
2015
HAIL PELICUS! The Pelican Days Of Summer Yes, here we are at the end of the Pelican days of summer, when the long, hot, lazy summer days seem to stretch into forever and 7s rules the land. Obscene orange and pink sunsets cast an eerie light on...
Sep
2015
HAIL PELICUS! Summertime And The Livin’s Easy Yes, summer is here. It has been a few weeks since our last Hail Pelicus and yours truly has spent the time herding llamas in the Andes. That, and working on my repertoire of “yo mama” jokes. Have you ever...
Jul
2015