If everyone could record a salient point or two explaining why they are most plausibly "Frederick the Younger", that would be great. Here's mine:
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<li> My Catholic upbringing allows me to "get" the Opus Dei reference. Ooops, sorry, that's wrong, it's because I read that secular fundamentalist rag <i>The New York Times</i>.
<li> I read Shakespeare, once, in ninth grade. Other than that, I've only seen "Twelfth Night" performed about 50 times.
<li> Middle inital "G" actually stands for Frederick.
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Each remind me of how awful life can be for other people.
"To defend his purity, St. Francis of Assisi rolled in the snow, St. Benedict threw himself into a thornbush, St. Bernard plunged into an icy pond... You... what have you done?"
-excerpt from The Way
1. I've read The Da Vinci Code
2. I majored in English Literature, with concentrations in Shakespeare & the romantic poets
3. I do actually live in Europe
4. I think Frederick is a sexy name (although Federico is even sexier)
1. I have a copy of "The Way"
2. I started a thread on 'liberation theology'
3. I set a trap and didn't know what I caught-- it's a smokescreen
4. I'm a librarian-- I have a degree in reference books
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<i>"Hardcore Stricken Fagan at the Wad caused dance party Total Kenobi."</i> Rory_Stark
1. I took Shakespeare three times in college, even passed it once.
2. Used to play a card game called 'St. Francis of Assissi.'
3. I'm way into fiction.
4. I'm confirmed Catholic.
Peace be with you, and I hope you avoid the inarticulate evil impulses of your bodies today.
Especially you, BQ.
Particularly because of the abstract cautionary side-commentary to BQ.
Power of belief though, I can will this knowledge onto myself.
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<i>"Hardcore Stricken Fagan at the Wad caused dance party Total Kenobi."</i> Rory_Stark