tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post4354603016966987601..comments2024-03-29T04:38:14.302-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: The IDES Are ComingLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-843031665223495632013-03-17T01:09:53.343-04:002013-03-17T01:09:53.343-04:00I keep nagging my Facebook friend Matt McNeil to w...I keep nagging my Facebook friend Matt McNeil to write these down in more permanent form! Think of his stories of his Oklahoma/Arkansas upbringing as being Flannery O'Connor on acid... Jeff Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00316081079528920123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-32779253204008930802013-03-16T10:53:30.865-04:002013-03-16T10:53:30.865-04:00"Of course the Ides of March are evil, Jerry ..."Of course the Ides of March are evil, Jerry Lee McNeil was born on that day!"<br /><br />Jeff, that would make a great opening line for a storyR.T. Lawtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15523486296396710227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-11702917815775472372013-03-16T00:26:48.031-04:002013-03-16T00:26:48.031-04:00Exactly right, Dixon! ;-)Exactly right, Dixon! ;-)Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-61447709388951694132013-03-15T23:28:44.013-04:002013-03-15T23:28:44.013-04:00Theres an Ellery Queen story "The ides of Mic...Theres an Ellery Queen story "The ides of Michael mangoon" set on the old tax day of March 15. A period piece now. And a facebook friend of mine posted about his late father being born on the day, his great aunt said "Of course the Ides of March are evil, Jerry Lee McNeil was born on that day!" Jeff Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00316081079528920123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-72878512111567163542013-03-15T13:39:22.040-04:002013-03-15T13:39:22.040-04:00You kill me, buddy! This is great. The ides, cro...You kill me, buddy! This is great. The ides, crossing the Rubicon, taxes, et al. <br /><br /><i>“Got no idea what high school guidance counselor recommended that up-to-your-elbows messy career to the Etruscan”</i> Perhaps it was something he just started digging into as a young boy. lol<br /><br />Leigh, how kind of you to remember that my daughter was born on the ides of May. lol<br /><br /> --DixDixon Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11220791609338404147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-88511356560553393832013-03-15T12:48:44.314-04:002013-03-15T12:48:44.314-04:00Good piece, but it seems to me that you could find...Good piece, but it seems to me that you could find at least as many unlucky events for any given date. I wonder which day has the MOST disasters associated?<br /><br />Isaac Asimov wrote a Black Widowers story that hung on a detail you mention in your column. About Latin students, if I recall correctly.<br /><br />And in Rex Stout's And Be A Villain Archie talks about March 15th requiring Wolfe to pay his federal taxes and quarterly self-employment taxes. "This great nation took him for a ride. Two rides. The Rides of March."<br /><br />FInally (my, he does go on), when my familly visited Rome a few years ago we saw Teatro Argentina which has the ruins of four temples, and learned that it is right next to the Forum of Pompey where Caesar had his bad toga day. Now there is a cat shelter there and when we were there a very scholarly woman was giving lectures about the temples. All donations went to the cats. So I suspect March 15th is a good day for Rome's felines.Robert Loprestihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08844889305615182897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-84440054569766759532013-03-15T08:16:32.530-04:002013-03-15T08:16:32.530-04:00RT, when I taught JULIUS CAESAR, we made a big dea...RT, when I taught JULIUS CAESAR, we made a big deal out of the Ides of March, but I didn't know half (probably even a quarter) of these facts. A great read!Fran Rizerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08655783035179620991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-68375115994379402942013-03-15T00:34:33.814-04:002013-03-15T00:34:33.814-04:00Quite a collection! Thank you, RT.
And… the Ides ...Quite a collection! Thank you, RT.<br /><br />And… the Ides is also the birthday of special person.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.com