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The Rakish Life: February 2009
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Rake, n.: 1. A fashionable or stylish man of dissolute or promiscuous habits. Saturday, February 21, 2009. The Vanity Of Death. Here are a few rules to follow:. 2 When selecting a dirge to be played during the funeral rite, choose the saddest song available. Here are a few off the top of my head that are sure to have everyone in the church sobbing hysterically. Chopin's Piano Sonata No.2, 3rd movement. Tchaikovsky's Meditation de Souvenir d'un lieu cher. From Gaspard de la Nuit. I Go To Sleep. 3 There ha...
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The Rakish Life: The Miracle of Life
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Rake, n.: 1. A fashionable or stylish man of dissolute or promiscuous habits. Monday, July 19, 2010. The Miracle of Life. I will tell you: Ailis became pregnant, and was dismissed from service immediately. 1 If She Works For You, Or For Your Father or Grand-Uncle. 2 If Conception Occurs During a Chance Meeting, or One-Time Liaison. 3 If You Think She Is Faking, Or Is Having A Hysterical Pregnancy. How to counter the gambit of the spurious seedling? There may be some huffiness from her parents, especially...
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The Rakish Life: January 2009
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Rake, n.: 1. A fashionable or stylish man of dissolute or promiscuous habits. Friday, January 16, 2009. Tobacciana pt. 1. If you consider yourself a rake, you must use tobacco in one of its many forms. A rake must cultivate a Devil-may-care attitude towards life itself and tobacco, along with alcohol, are the two most visible methods of doing so. Although there are several ways to consume this glorious leaf, today's article will focus on cigarettes. When flush, the rake should take it upon himself to spe...
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The Rakish Life: On Fatherhood
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Rake, n.: 1. A fashionable or stylish man of dissolute or promiscuous habits. Sunday, March 14, 2010. The Rake's lifestyle, while at times glamorous and fantastic, is not without its hazards. Secret disease. And paralyzing substance dependency. Are commonplace and should be expected. However, for the most devout aspiring cads, there is one stumbling block that has the potential to financially cripple and truly reveal the heartless nature of the rake; I am referring, of course, to Fatherhood. I could writ...
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The Rakish Life: "Let him drink, and forget his poverty and remember his misery no more."
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Rake, n.: 1. A fashionable or stylish man of dissolute or promiscuous habits. Thursday, July 1, 2010. Let him drink, and forget his poverty and remember his misery no more.". Summer, with all her charms and temptations, is again upon us. It is beautiful days like today – breezy, sun-drenched, 19º* - that always enkindle in me only one sort of emotion: the blackest depression imaginable. What could possibly be the problem? What a disturbingly accurate description! ºRé, of course. I find the subtleties...
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The Rakish Life: When It Rains, It Pours
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Rake, n.: 1. A fashionable or stylish man of dissolute or promiscuous habits. Friday, October 8, 2010. When It Rains, It Pours. Allow me to apologize for the prolonged lapse in our correspondence. The end of the summer is always a difficult and exhausting time for Alisdair and me. As the weather turns, our considerable passions compel us to devote la plupart. 1 Would a Rose by any other name smell as sweet? And take time to jog my memory between luncheon with Leslie (tall, blonde, thin) and supper with S...
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The Rakish Life: June 2009
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Rake, n.: 1. A fashionable or stylish man of dissolute or promiscuous habits. Tuesday, June 9, 2009. Unfortunately, I have never been any damn good at tightropes. One night about a week later, while at my local lounge, I became acquainted with a young redhead whose milky white skin was so alluring that I couldn’t resist. By the time we had finished acquainting ourselves somewhere in the wee hours, my back was criss-crossed by angry, ghastly, bleeding scratches. Ah, the wounds of love! She soon found a mo...
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The Rakish Life: Vox Populi Results p. II
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Rake, n.: 1. A fashionable or stylish man of dissolute or promiscuous habits. Thursday, March 11, 2010. Vox Populi Results p. II. Results of Poll: 2 March - 9 March 2010. If Gaspard is scheduled to take the 4:15 express train out of Gare de Nord towards Brussels and Alisdair is scheduled to take a 3:30 express out of Berlin Hauptbahnhof, also towards Brussels, who will arrive first, and how many drinks will he have had? Gaspard, having had 15 drinks: 4 (8%). Alisdair, after downing 22 drinks: 7 (14%).
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The Rakish Life: Hospes nullus tam in amici hospitium devorti potest, quin ubi triduum continuum fuerit jam odiosus siet.
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Rake, n.: 1. A fashionable or stylish man of dissolute or promiscuous habits. Tuesday, June 8, 2010. Hospes nullus tam in amici hospitium devorti potest, quin ubi triduum continuum fuerit jam odiosus siet. Rather, then, you will be required to convene your salon in a more private setting. Therein lies the problem - if your quarters are as squalid as A's or as cramped as mine, you will not be quick to extend any invitations. So what to do? Simply use the home of another! Next, in one of the most sinister ...
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The Rakish Life: March 2009
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Rake, n.: 1. A fashionable or stylish man of dissolute or promiscuous habits. Sunday, March 29, 2009. Health, Pt. 1. We are now nine days past the vernal equinox, and though the weather has for the most part insisted on remaining cold and dreary, I have already felt a few of the first breaths of spring spreading over the land. Ah, printemps! Hippocrates tell us that the diseases of spring are maniacal, melancholic, and. Epileptic disorders, bloody flux, quinsy, coryza, hoarseness, cough, leprosy,. Learni...
