Scrounger62

Your description of the bloodstain on the floor at the lighthouse reminded me suddenly Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh. The bloodstain there is supposed to belong to David Rizzio - Mary, Queen of Scot's private secretary. Pretty graphic in both cases. I mean, I've seen it, but does it belong to him? I don't know. Now watch, I'll have a nightmare wherein he comes to haunt me.

I have made some killer sangria in my time. Try some white sangria.

Midsomer is the best! Okay, one of the best

I was taught that Fitz was used when the child was recognized by his father. But you might be right. I'm thinking of Henry VIII's son Henry Fitzroy. Maybe both are true.

Grasshopper learned from a monk, no?

Why is he a FitzDarien? I thought Atreus was recognized by Darien as his son. I'm also supposed to be a Fitz. My grandfather dropped the Fitz and used a simple F before his last name. My father dropped it entirely. Not surprising that everyone knew what the Fitz meant then

Ordinary people led by corrupt leaders. How about that?

Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown

My parents were confronted w the same when we lived for a few years in the Philippines during the Viet Nam war.

As a former Catholic and one-time acolyte, I approve this message!

Please sir, may I have some more?

And that behavior worsens with each day in a geometric progression.

As someone raised in the Catholic Church, I agree. Having left it, the hypocrisy is more evident.

Damn! Jack is gorgeous! I'd definitely do him!