Today's limited-use 16th-century Italian pickup line is...

[quislibet]

"Queen of Armenia and of my heart..."
(O dell’Armenia e del mio cor regina)
- from Moderata Fonte's Floridoro, stanza 33

(the stanza in full, in translation:
"Even though I am not worthy of such a favor, Queen of Armenia and of my heart, and even though being only a modest and mortal knight I try to exalt a divine beauty, yet accept my ready and loyal will which adores and kneels only in front of your greatness, and grant that for you I may vanquish the Greeks now, I who desires later even to vanquish the gods in heaven.")


German word of the day, used by my boss in a letter to the author of an article about the Floridoro, in reference to this passage:

Himmelstürmer

... which will now be the name of my German speed metal band, if I had one, and if the name is not already in use.

(My industrial band will, of course, still have the name Schallgeschwindigkeit.)

Comments

[quislibet.livejournal.com]

Perhaps "Der masturbatorische Imperativ" should be an album title rather than a band name, just so I don't have too many projects going in order to use up all of the good names.


That Q.M. He's wacky.

[subatomicsatan.livejournal.com]

Perhaps "Der masturbatorische Imperativ" should be an album title rather than a band name, just so I don't have too many projects going in order to use up all of the good names.

good idea. but an album from which project?

That Q.M. He's wacky.

indeed. and he finds all sorts of interesting and disturbing links.