https://simanaitissays.com/2026/04/28/a-hunger-and-lust-for-words/Simanaitis Saysen2026-04-28T13:05:00+00:00A HUNGER (AND LUST) FOR WORDS"Eat Drink and Be Merry" Sam Bilton "History Extra", "The Merry Wives of Windsor" "stewed prunes and hot meat", Elizabethan censorship: blasphemy/political not sexual, "The Annotated Shakespeare" A.L. Rowse (veney = bout), Mrs. Grimbly seemed to avoid "Merry Wives", "Twelfth Night" "no more cakes and ale", Elizabethan "ale" = "social gathering" ("bride-ale"), "Merry Wives of Windsor" "Let the sky rain potatoes" (likely sweet potatoes at the time), Elizabethan potatoes = aphrodiasiac, Elizabethan stewed prunes protected against syphilishttps://simanaitissays.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/lede-2.jpeg?w=150https://simanaitissays.com/2026/04/27/rfk-jr-the-next-one-outta-here-part-2/Simanaitis Saysen2026-04-27T13:05:00+00:00RFK JR.—THE NEXT ONE OUTTA HERE! PART 2"RFK Jr. Says Trump Has 'Different Way' of Calculating Percentages" Whisnant and Gooding "Newsweek", RFK Jr. on arithmetic/Medicaid/transgender care/health and human services, RFK Jr.'s "Gold-Standard" Science (see also Trump's "Golden Age"), "HHS Rejects Publication of Study Showing Covid-19 Vaccines Prevent Hospitalization ER Visits" Brenda Goodman "CNN", RFK Jr. at Congress Sheryl Gay Stollberg "The New York Times", RFK Jr.: HHS approves vaccines/he doesn'thttps://simanaitissays.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ap26112565490440.jpg.webp?w=150