"I never truckled; I never took off the hat to Fashion and held it out for pennies. By God, I told them the truth. They liked it or they didn't like it. What had that to do with me? I told them the truth; I knew it for the truth then, and I know it for the truth now." Frank Norris.
Not much of a surprise, then, was it? Your objections to bullfighting are perhaps fodder for another posting. Catriona's a big fan of Ferdinand - she's on her second copy!
Posted by: stephen | April 16, 2005 at 03:17 AM
My inner European was Irish. Given that all of my outer European relatives are Irish this did not come as a total surprise, but I was hoping something exotic like Lemko or Sorb.
Posted by: akaky | April 17, 2005 at 02:27 PM