Harold Johnson. Maine (from away!). Bookseller. Pilgrim. Word Guy. Skeptic. History & Archaeology. Tolkien. Trek. Italy. Old English. Used to make YouTubes, now I make typos. 19th C antiquarian — Sideburns included! 🏺📖🧙🏻♂️
Stori3d Past
Tree-lined cemetery avenue on a foggy evening.
In a "West Wing" President Bartlett found out that a leader he was personally meeting with was about to launch a deadly terrorist attack. He knew that to stop it he had to have the leader assassinated. But how could he kill someone in cold blod, he asked Leo.
"Because you won" was Leo's answer.
It was the perfect answer. The *only* right thing to do was to do the morally repugnant thing. Any president worth their salt would have had to do it. It just was just Bartlett's luck that he was president.
Every leader has to make morally repugnant decisions sometimes. The good ones will care.
Empanadas, margarita, and DS9 "In the Pale Moonlight." That's my Friday sorted.
"Don't follow the lights."
"My intentions were good. In the beginning, that seemed like enough."
"I lied. I cheated. I bribed men to cover the crimes of other men. I am an accessory to murder. But the most damning thing of all... I think I can live with it. And if I had to do it all over again. I would."
"Computer, erase that entire personal log."
Best line.
Sneak peek of the latest project. A super-rare salesman copy of a Victorian family Bible. Just sample pages inside, plus two different exterior options & a view of what the spine would look like. $7.75 basic, $13 for the deluxe!
