Sunday, January 20, 2013

We're Sorry, Mr. Poe!

     Yesterday was Edgar Allen Poe's birthday -- and I'll bet you didn't get him anything, either.

10 comments:

Bob said...

I used to follow "Poe Toaster Day" closely, until the 2nd generation Toaster discontinued the practice. The world's a little emptier without the Toaster. And, of course, no Toaster if Poe hadn't lived.

Eck! said...

its been many years,

Never more.

Eck!

Jeffro said...

Thanks for the link!

And just what do you get a man who has been dead for over 160 years?

Home on the Range said...

I'm just a Poe boy, nobody loves me.

Edgar

Roberta X said...

Jeffro: Three roses and a partially-consumed bottle of cognac was good enough for 70-some years.

rickn8or said...

Robert E. Lee's birthday also. But I don't suppose it gets celebrated much in The Great Frozen North.

Ken said...

I tried to find a cask of Amontillado, honest I did.

Roberta X said...

Oh, we remember, Rick. We remember.

Jess said...

I missed the event, so I'll have a sip of scotch in his honor.

Davidwhitewolf said...

Allan! Allan! Allan!

One of the cooler things about Theodore Roosevelt is that he was a Poe nut. He has a quote somewhere about the Dakota Badlands looking like Poe's stories felt, which is reason enough for me to put them on the bucket list for a visit.