Fondamenta degli Ormesini. Gli ormesini erano certi drappi di seta originari da Ormus in Asia. A Venezia al tempo della Serenissima era proibito qualsiasi tipo di stoffa foresta eccetto le “canevazze” da Napoli e gli “ormesini” da Firenze.
“ormesin, tessuto legero de seda, che vegneva da l’Oriente e che i tessitori venessiani che gaveva inparà a imitar a eà … [continue]
You’ve been tearing it up, kicking ass, taking names, busting moves, and shaking that grove thing all week long. At long last the weekend has come, time to hang up your sword and doff your armor, you’ll not need such aggressive accoutrement where you’re headed.
The bright neon glow of the tavern calls to … [continue]
Poor Jeremiah Wright! What did he ever do to deserve such derision and popularity? If things keep going in this direction the Obama campaign may ask him to tone it down so that people remember who is running for President. We all remember fondly the brilliant marketing jujitsu that Oprah Winfrey executed while simultaneously bringing attention to … [continue]
A possible breakthrough in the Bin-Laden search has been made by way of following the guy whose been delivering his numerous video recordings. When top CIA executive Dickey Thump was asked why this tactic was never used before, Mr. Thump responded, “the delivery guy just seemed so nice it was hard to believe that he was actually evil.” When … [continue]
Sometimes when you combine two things you get a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. It’s from this principle that a great many of the things that make life tolerable arise. Combine chocolate and peanut butter, sororities and tequila, or tag teams and wrestling and you get something so far improved upon its component parts … [continue]
Receiving Me? announces its newest staff member: the honorable Maestro Andrea Agguzzi. Maestro Aguzzi will be covering the topics of photography, music, and aikido from the “Italian perspective”. However, as he will be writing exclusively in the Italian language, we at Receiving Me? can’t really pledge that he will stick to these subjects. We just hope that … [continue]
“The Dream of the Sad Minstrel” suona il Maestro Angelo Barricelli
Musiche di Fausto Bottai
E’ sera. Un menestrello triste sogna, sogna una antica citta’, citta’ di mercanti, di spezie, dove l’acqua scorre nei canali al posto delle strade. Ma il menestrello sa che lui e’ un sogno, il sogno del chitarrista che suona la musica a lui dedicata, che e’ il … [continue]
I like a really sharp knife. The model I favor at the moment is an ancient black blade called Oud Zwart Blad. The history of this knife is fraught with legend. A team of highly trained blind geishas smelted and hand purified the iron ore of an asteroid hurled to the earth by an angry Jimmy Page. The pig iron … [continue]
As we sit here in a bar playing hooky from our day job, we started thinking about NCAA tournament etiquette. When it comes to tourney time there are some rules of behavior that one must conform to. Otherwise people will find you gauche and uncouth and other old-timey words that mean “jackass”. We here at Athletic Support have drawn up a short … [continue]
Reports have been confirmed that Stephen King’s application to join the Receiving Me? lineup has been denied. Mr. King needed a majority vote from the four person staff, but only managed to glean two votes (from founders Bernard Bygott and Leslie Fox). Unfortunately for Mr. King, staff writer Richard P. did not attend the meeting, due to what … [continue]
