l.p. - luminous pondering - hmm...

So maybe you're under quarantine right now  and feeling bummed out... blasé beyond belief...  irremediably bored to death?  (Bad choice of, ah, expression to use here;  at this particular time... Mea Culpa!  But hey - it's not like COVID-19  is an instant death sentence ~ it is not !  Odds are you'll get through it -  if you even get it; which you might not!  OKAY - let's move on ... )  You could sing the  INDOORS SONG,  for instance:  Think about it - no one will hear you sing along!  ... if you do not do anything stupid like video  capture it and share it on social media!  You may also want to go out for a walk -  oh yes, you can still do that!  As long as you remain distant and unreachable  at all times - from anyone you may encounter!  (Don't want to brag here... but *I* have  always been a Master at social distancing  ---...

WWWTF...?!?  YOU MEAN TO SAY...  This infernal, wretched thing  has been taking over our very lives,  all of our free time, all of our ability  to effectively communicate with one another  for three decades now...???  THAT'S AN ENTIRE LIFETIME - FOR SOME!!! ...yeah, yeah, yeah...  FELIZ ANIVERSARIO, INTERNET...!!!  MALVADO! 

Never mind that Asinine Americans forgot aaaaaaall about it - never mind it is said to be ''What History Forgot'' --- I, the Luminous Pundit should not have... normally would not have... simply ''forgotten'' anything - anything at all - just like... that! Naaaahh ...! Granted, I do have much more on my mind than just the less-than-300 years-old INFANT HISTORY of ''America'' --- I have TRUE HISTORY on my mind - always! The rich, millennia-old history of Europa --- all the way back to ancient history, ancient civilizations --- Atlantis! And more... much more! It is understandable, therefore, that one such as I -with a myriad of higher interests, facts and traditions to keep in mind, always- would tend to... forget certain mere... footnotes, or anecdotes of history - especially as it pertains to American history! That's what guys such as this AHC guy here (teacher for 18 years - isn't it at least twenty, by now? Duh!) are t...

La prise de la Bastille...  La Révolution!  LA GUILLOTINE!  A great day to celebrate... hein?  Vous pensez ça, vraiment... les Français?   VRAIMENT?!? NOT!  Certainly not when one remembers  what truly transpired on that day... And, when you truly think about it,  what was obtained that day?  Liberté? POUR QUI - POUR QUOI?  Égalité? HA! PAS DU TOUT!  FRATERNITÉ?!?  Don't make me laugh!!!  Maudits Français - hypocrites!!  Tous des têtes de Macrons - va!  Forget your old adage/maxime/slogan... GO WITH  THIS BLOODY ONE INSTEAD:

... I mean, REALLY?  Everything under the sun,  everyone and their most distant cousin;    ALL seem to have "their day" set in stone  --- i.e. on the social calendar, these days...  Haven't we gone too far now... Hmm?  For the record -and right off the bat-  the only "goths" that we will ever acknowledge  in these luminous parts here are  the Visigoths  and the Ostrogoths   --- capisce?  (This in spite of what they did to ROMA!  A barbaric twist on Veni, Vedi... Vinci, eh?  Well - we forgive... but we don't forget!  Don Luciano will *never* forget...!!!  But... Hmm... that is another story.)  Modern Goths are...  just not the same thing at all.  Whereas the Ostrogoth was rough and tough  (to the point of fighting off its brother barbarians!)   the Metrogoth (my invention - adore it) is weak.  Extremely weak, actual...