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Pictures From Florida

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 15:27:00 -0600

The pictures below are from our visit to Florida last April or May, I can't remember which... Anyway, I really liked these in particular, so I decided to post them. Enjoy.

Sir Richard

The Break With Rome

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:06:00 -0500

Opposition to the church in Parliament and the City was growing in volume, but these early rumblings of a Reformation had been silenced by the then unmovable power of Wolsey. Now, that Wolsey was dead, everything was different and the Reformation was able to start. In order for it to begin, the House of Commons first got together lawyers who were Members of the Lawyers in the House. The lawyers, surprisingly, got together the papers in record time. When the Probate Bill was shown to the lords, the Archbishop of Canterbury ‘in particular’ and the other bishops in general frowned at the bill. For example, Fischer, the Bishop of Rochester, warned the lords about the coming of the social revolution. He pointed to the National Czech Revolt led by John Huss, saying: “You can see the bills that come daily from the commons house; do you see what it did to the Czech Republic, how it plummeted after it got rid of the church? Is that what you want to happen to England? I think it is lacking in faith!”

When the House of Commons heard what had been said, they put together a group of Members and made sure that there was a representative among them. They then sent the group to the king with a complaint. King Henry then summoned Fischer and asked him to explain what he had meant; Fischer simply shuffled his feet and then said that he had meant that the Czechs were lacking in faith not the Commons. This lame excuse, however, was not enough to make the House of Commons content. The death in August of the old Archbishop Warham, principal opponent to Henry’s divorce, opened further possibilities and problems. For one, could Henry depend on the French neutrality? He decided to discuss these matters in person with the King of France. So he went to Boulogne with a few friends, including Anne Boleyn, for a personal discussion with Francis I. He returned reassured that he could depend on the French neutrality.

Sir Richard

My Album

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:03:00 -0500

Hey guys! Sorry I haven't written in a while, but I have been doing SOMETHING... ...MY ALBUM! To find it simply scroll until you see the place on the sidebar called 'links'. In that section there should be a link called 'My Albums'. Click on that, and you've found it!

Sir Richard

An Imaginary Circus and What Happened There

Tue, 6 Oct 2009 15:46:00 -0500

In school I have to study a book called The Roar On The Other Side, it's a really fun book, and every other week I have to pick a project to do. In this week I picked a project called BRIC-A-BRAC WORDS. In this you have to get the dictionary(we used The American Heritage Dictionary) and randomly pick a word that sounds interesting to you, not paying any attention to the meaning. You then collect 10 to 12 words and apply them to a poem that is 8 to 12 lines, we tried it and this is what we came up with:

An Imaginary Circus and What Happened There

The Arabesque Acrobats pirouetted perspicuously across the stage.
The cockerspaniel decided to wear knickerbockers to the circus.
A volcano spit Vespertinal Rocks, hitting the Circus Director on the head.
Flinkites stopped mid-air.
Sloganeer snakes slithered across the ring.
A Sloganeer pounced upon a niggling mouse.
The Cartulary collapsed.
The Lassitude Lassoers lassoed a loose tooth.
Glockenspiel gave a sigh of relief when all was calm again.

If you find this interesting, and would like to know how to do this with your own family or with a group, here is my procedure: Pick someone to go first (no arguing, please) then have them randomly pick a interesting (and perferably long) word that seems to go well with the theme that you picked. (We picked a circus) You then write it down. After this is finished, give the dictionary to the person on their right and have them repeat the procedure. After you have the desired amount of words, go to the person who picked a word second and ask them to make a sentence using the word that the first person picked. Keep this up, asking each person in turn to make a sentence with the word that the person before them had picked. Put them together make a poem, and it is finished!

I highly reccomend this book!

Sir Richard

Exurge Domine

Wed, 9 Sep 2009 16:56:00 -0500

On Monday, 25th of April 1588, before the sun came up, a seven companies of soldiers, armed with arquesbus and muskets lined Lisbon’s squares. The companies were made up of the strongest and smartest, they had been taken from the ships on boats the night before. But they had been standing around for most of the night. Unless they differed from the other soldiers they were grumbling and stamping their boots on the pavement and asking each other why they were there.

Before six o’ clock they were called to attention, the palace gates opened and a noble procession emerged. At the head of the procession was, on horseback, the Cardinal Archduke, Viceroy in Portugal of King Philip of Spain. On his right hand rode the Duke of Medina Sedonia, Captain of the High Seas and commander-in-chief of the fleet. Behind them were commanders whose names that year, not only in Spanish history but in English history too: Juan Martinez de Recalde, a veteran of many fights at sea; Don Pedro and Don Diego de Valdes, both cousins, but bitter enemies. Don Miguel de Oquendo, another revered sea fighter; Don Alonzo de Leyva, a cavalry soldier of Milan, appointed by the king to take command if any misfortune befell the duke.