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“Is it better for a man to have chosen evil than to have good imposed upon him?” ~ Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange

For this year’s Boo-jolais Wine Celebration as put on by the Alliance for Positive Health there was a monster theme. While some are going for the literal – werewolves, beasts, and inhuman creatures of monstrous animus – I’m more of a literary fan via Kubrick cinema, and in that hyper-specific field there is no one more monster-like than Alex Defarge from ‘A Clockwork Orange’. This look is a perennial classic, and this isn’t my first time donning bowler and codpiece.

As for the Boo-jolais Monster Ball, the cause and the organization behind it are always worthy if you’re looking to donate. Check out their site and all the good work they do here, and maybe I’ll see you there next year…

“We can destroy what we have written, but we cannot unwrite it.” ~ Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange

“The important thing is moral choice. Evil has to exist along with good, in order that moral choice may operate. Life is sustained by the grinding opposition of moral entities.” ~ Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange

“It is as inhuman to be totally good as it is to be totally evil.” ~ Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange

“It’s funny how the colors of the real world only seem really real when you watch them on a screen.” ~ Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange

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