captainmacximus.bsky.social @captainmacximus.bsky.social · 20/09/2026“What a piece of work is a man, How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty, In form and moving how express and admirable, In action how like an Angel, In apprehension how like a god, The beauty of the world, The paragon of animals. And yet to me, what is this quintessence of dust?“ Hamlet 010
captainmacximus.bsky.social @captainmacximus.bsky.social · 16/09/2026“... that what has been longest known has been more considered, and what is most considered is best understood.” More from the good doctor Johnson’s Preface to Shakespeare. 010
captainmacximus.bsky.social @captainmacximus.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Currently reading Samuel Johnson’s Preface to Shakespeare. “The work of a correct and regular writer is a garden accurately formed and diligently planted, varied with shades, and scented with flowers.” 000
captainmacximus.bsky.social @captainmacximus.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Ambrose Bierce. The Devil’s Dictionary. A dictionary of poignant weirdness 000
captainmacximus.bsky.social @captainmacximus.bsky.social · 14/09/2026AI has ruined my confidence in ever using negative parallelism again in writing. How many of our rhetorical devices will it run into the ground? What meaning and craft in the language will endure when it is artificially blasted and sprayed over everything, everywhere, all the time? 000
captainmacximus.bsky.social @captainmacximus.bsky.social · 13/09/2026"Fused in unholy ways to the infernal machines leech to our soul’s skin" 000
captainmacximus.bsky.social @captainmacximus.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Scene from the kitchen sunlight on the blinds dust motes dancing - wave farewell to this life of grace 000
captainmacximus.bsky.social @captainmacximus.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Joe Henry and Mike Reid's latest collaboration is sublime music for those who feel a little contemplative. It's already quintessential autumn album for me. open.spotify.com/album/673BfV...open.spotify.comLife and Time - Album by Mike Reid | SpotifyMike Reid · album · 2025 · 12 songs 000