Seen in Vienna, May 2008.

Libertas (the real one) is the Roman goddess of liberty.

libertas (me) is a new media journalist. And by "journalist" we mean "journalism technician," or what one of my colleagues calls "nerd in the newsroom."

"Beauty is truth, truth beauty," - that is all
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.

"There's nothing we Brits like more than a grisly murder and a nice cup of tea."
— Daphne Moon, Frasier (season two, episode 13)

"Try not the pass!" the old man said.
"Dark low'rs the tempest overhead!"
The roaring torrent was deep and wide,
and loud that clarion voice replied:
     "Excelsior!"

now i am become death, the destroyer of worlds kthxbai

Reading List:

• Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip -- Confessions of a Cynical Waiter by Steve Dublanica (done!)
• Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (reading)
• Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (haven't started)
• The Interesting Bits: The History You Might Have Missed by Justin Pollard (done!)
• Well Enough Alone: A Cultural History of My Hypochondria by Jennifer Traig (done!)
• The Cult of the Amateur: How Today's Internet is Killing Our Culture by Andrew Keen (done + noded!)
• One Perfect Day: The Selling of the American Wedding by Rebecca Mead (done + noded!)