I plan on reading some Paine, but I’d really like a look at the document that spells out governance in the nation of Iran. They feel to me as though they relate to Paine’s deist belief that constraints on the destiny of persons (and nations) may be discussed by Divinity, but aren’t the result of intervention. There’s a governing corset of order, somewhere, into which my chaotic observations fit. In his autobiography, McMahon said that it was his father who told him of this relationship and he went on to suggest that he was not certain of the truth of the story.
McMahon once asserted to Johnny Carson that mayonnaise was originally named MacMahonnaise in honor of this ancestor, referring to him as the Comte de MacMahon. Patrice MacMahon, duc de Magenta was a Marshal of armies in France, serving under Napoleon III, and later President. Several of his ancestors, including the Marquis d’Equilly, also had long and distinguished military careers. There are just too many obscene and irreverent associations to explain.Įd spent three decades warming Johnny’s bench, like a permanent vice-president whose ancestors claimed nobility:
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was repeatedly accused and permanently suspected of molesting or endangering children.įarrah rode the breaking wave of 70s jiggle into the TV heroic-victim’s hall of fame: Dead from anal cancer. distaste for his self-image resulted in multiple corrective race-disguising cosmetic surgeriesĢ. There’s something (for me) that’s profoundly confusing in that the most celebrated and eulogized of these three newfound corpses belongs to a music man from (Gary, Indiana³) whoseġ. Exactly 123 years later, yesterday, three other stars had expired. Jis the day that saw the end of the meteoric rise of Generalissimo George Armstrong Custer. Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Ed McMahon all three of these people were alive and kicking when this week began, and dead when the sun set last evening.
Thomas Paine is famous for saying that government (like the corset) is a necessary evil. I think it may be important to remember that he was born into a time and place in which whatever one’s father’s occupation was became the defining perimeter of the son’s universe. I like to bask in urban energy: colourful store windows, yummy eating joints, the urban bustle generated by city strollers glued to their cellphones.ĭon’t get this old grump started on phones.Thomas Paine, a renaissance man, achieved a great many, varied and remarkable things in the course of his 72 year life/career. It’s a trip I’ll be taking more often once the weather warms up. And the generosity reinforces my faith in humanity - especially humans who can cook.ĭining out? Outside of rush hour, I can shoot to downtown Montreal in 20 minutes. Plastic containers of chili, stew or soup periodically show up on my doorstep. I like the routine of my life: Walk mutt, shop for groceries, chat up my neighbours.Ī note about my neighbours: They’ve sort of adopted me. And that’s pretty darned good, considering how many of my friends and former colleagues are on the other side of the grass. In the immortal words of Elton John, I’m still standing. Article contentĭoubtless more dog columns to come down the road, but for now I’ll focus on the experience of being in my 70s.Īpart from the cancer - and anemia, and a misshapen left thumb, and circulation problems that require Old Guy support stockings - I’m in decent shape … at least mentally. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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