Showing posts with label Ides of March. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ides of March. Show all posts

Friday, March 15, 2013

Friday Funnies--Ancient Style!

Because Caesar was such a "cut-up," on the Ides of March, I decided to go punning...

1.  It's a little known fact that Julius Caesar did NOT die from stab wounds but, rather, from envy.

Caesar and Brutus were master harpists and were often seen in fierce competition. However, Brutus was more skilled as a composer, giving
him an advantage. Caesar began to lose the battle against the brilliance of Brutus.

Caesar could surpass Brutus only in arpeggios. However, to Caesar's
dismay he saw that Brutus had produced a masterful practice
composition designed to improve his own arpeggios.

That was the straw that broke Caesar's spirit.

He died shortly thereafter, saying to Brutus with his dying breath, "Etude, Brutus?" (By Scot Nelson)



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3.   Caesar sends Brutus to bring him 12 apples. Brutus returns with the
apples and Caesar counts them but finds only 10 apples. He turns to
Brutus and angrily says: "Ate two, Brutus?"



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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

A Bloody Good Chance to Win an ARC of my Novel!

"The Ides of March? Yeah, not a good day for me."
The Ides of March is all about murder, mayhem and misery--for Julius Caesar anyway. But today, the Ides could mean a bloody good deal for you.

"Tweet me to win!"
My publisher, Arthur A. Levine, is giving away three advanced reading copies (ARCs) of my novel, Cleopatra's Moon. Although you won't meet the great man himself in the novel (it takes place years after Caesar's murder), we do met Cleopatra Selene's half-brother, Caesarion, the only blood son of the great Caesar, as well as his adopted son, Octavian.

What do you have to do to win an ARC? Follow @AALBooks and then re-tweet the post from yesterday, which said:  “Beware the Ides of March! And RT for a chance to win an ARC of @valvearshecter’s CLEOPATRA’S MOON, 3/14-3/15! ” between now and 11:59 pm EDT on March 15, 2011.

You've got until nearly midnight tonight! So get a-tweetin'!