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Honoré de Balzac – The Human Comedy: Books That Killed Their Authors #8

The Icarian Posted on September 9, 2025 by adminSeptember 10, 2025

Honoré de Balzac: Books That Killed Their Authors In the case of Honoré de Balzac it wasn’t just one book that killed him. It was ALL of his books. Born 20 May 1799 in Tours, France, Honoré de Balzac is … Continue reading →

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  • James Cudziol - Artist/Painter. Buy his art.
  • Ivan Goldman - Author. Buy his books.
  • Paul Horn - Artist/Cartoonist/Author (Not The Jazz Guy). Buy his stuff.
  • Llewellyn Ludlow - Artist/Surfer. Buy his art.
  • Sharleen K. Nelson - Writer/Author/Photographer. Buy her books.
  • Laura Preble - Author. Buy her books.
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Previously

  • Louisa May Alcott – Jo’s Boys and How They Turned Out: Books That Killed Their Author September 8, 2026
  • “Cadillac Desert”: 40 Years On – Still On The Road To A Reckoning September 2, 2026
  • 50 Books I Read After Watching “The American Revolution” Documentary June 30, 2026
  • Harry Partch – The Outsider Who Refused To Come In June 23, 2026
  • America Getting Screwed By The Screwworm June 18, 2026
  • THE CARE & FEEDING OF YOU – FINAL TALE FROM THE NURSING HOME June 7, 2026
  • THAT NDE NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE & ME June 7, 2026
  • Diné Culture YÁ’ÁT’ÉÉH, PEOPLE June 6, 2026
  • CHAPTER THREE. MEDICAL CRASH AND BURN June 6, 2026
  • Emotional Support Chickens, Theft! Cluck Yeah, A NURSING HOME TALE June 6, 2026
  • MATT & ANTHONY A NURSING HOME TALE June 6, 2026
  • MARIA & WHY, A NURSING HOME TALE June 6, 2026
  • THE NURSING HOME CONFESSIONAL, A NURSING HOME TALE June 6, 2026
  • STILL HERE! A NURSING HOME TALE June 5, 2026
  • Dying… Or Not. How People Die. Better Days June 5, 2026
  • Made It Through Long Covid-19! A Bed In Roswell June 5, 2026
  • Death On The Covid-19 Quarantine Ward, El Paso – 2020-08-25 June 4, 2026
  • COVID-19 In El Paso The Plague 08/02/20 June 4, 2026
  • Karen Strickholm: A Will To Live When Health Issues Take Everything June 4, 2026
  • Martin Robison Delany: An Extraordinary, Sometimes Contradictory, Figure May 24, 2026
  • Harriet Beecher Stowe – Uncle Tom’s Cabin: Books That Killed Their Authors May 24, 2026
  • The Dog: Childhood Trauma And Our Nation’s Government Sponsored Cruelty May 11, 2026
  • The Dubious Triumph Of Perception As Reality April 27, 2026
  • Honoré de Balzac On Coffee – A Terrible And Cruel Method February 19, 2026
  • Miller And Goebbels: A One-Sided Love Story October 29, 2025

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Sen. Kelly’s Make AI Work for Americans Act makes some odd choices.
“The bill puts a price on ‘computational processing,’ then defines a unit of that processing as 10 kilobytes of binary data.”
https://news.bloombergtax.com/tax-insights-and-commentary/kellys-ai-tax-bill-struggles-to-link-tech-with-economic-harms

6 October 2026 @ 12:01 pm

We can still win this, Schlittler just has to have 24 strikeouts nbd.

6 October 2026 @ 12:32 am

Really takes a hard turn at the end there.

4 October 2026 @ 2:44 pm

What a stupid way to lose game 1.

4 October 2026 @ 1:11 am

Why do these announcers keep referring to Cole as a former ace?

4 October 2026 @ 12:11 am

The commercials during baseball just keep getting weirder.

3 October 2026 @ 11:30 pm

Chatted with Peyton Rhodes at Bloomberg for her piece about challenges to the NYC pied-à-terre tax. I compared it favorably against Rhode Island’s similar levy in terms of its likelihood to survive.
https://news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-report/options-abound-for-nyc-owners-looking-to-oppose-pied-a-terre-tax

30 September 2026 @ 2:23 pm

Oh there’s gonna be gambling insurance soon isn’t there.

30 September 2026 @ 2:29 am

The US nearing a deal to secure potash is some serious 19th century nonsense. This should be an announcement made by William Seward.
https://news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-report/trump-says-potash-deal-with-belarus-in-works-amid-canada-fight

21 September 2026 @ 3:29 pm

“A network of roughly 200 registered agents has emerged over the past 25 years, pulling out-of-state drivers into Montana’s lenient vehicle rules.”
https://news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-report-state/utah-takes-montana-license-plate-fight-to-80-000-vehicle-owners

8 September 2026 @ 3:25 pm

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