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April 16, 2004

Maximus Decimus Meridius

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Today's lesson in rhetoric and oratory is dedicated to a hero, Fabrizio Quattrocchi. Fratres!

Fratres! Three weeks from now I will be harvesting my crops. Imagine where you will be, and it will be so. Hold the line! Stay with me! If you find yourself alone, riding in green fields with the sun on your face, do not be troubled -- for you are in Elysium, and you're already dead! Brothers, what we do in Life echoes in Eternity....

Posted by Ghost of a flea at April 16, 2004 09:33 AM

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Elysium.....that where we will meet someday. Or are you already there? At times, I am ready...

Posted by: Tom Hood at June 28, 2004 03:05 AM

Scratch that....(supposed to say "that's")

I'm already there.....

Hood


Posted by: Tom Hood at June 28, 2004 03:08 AM

If you find yourself alone, riding through green fields with the sun on your face, do not be troubled, for you are in Elysium, and are already dead.

Posted by: Maximus Decimus Meridius at December 19, 2004 05:16 PM

Husband to a murdered wife ..father to murdered son..I will have my vengeance...

Posted by: Gwen Kimball at January 3, 2005 12:04 AM