{"id":3792,"date":"2009-06-17T17:36:51","date_gmt":"2009-06-17T22:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=3792"},"modified":"2011-07-07T12:32:44","modified_gmt":"2011-07-07T16:32:44","slug":"mad-plaid-and-dangerous-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/mad-plaid-and-dangerous-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Mad, Plaid and Dangerous to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>British <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Lord-Byron-Oxford-Worlds-Classics\/dp\/019953733X\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1245213061&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\">poet<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Gordon_Byron,_6th_Baron_Byron\" target=\"_blank\">Lord Byron<\/a> (1788\u20131824) was famously described by one lover, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lady_Caroline_Lamb\" target=\"_blank\">Lady Caroline Lamb<\/a>, as &#8220;mad, bad, and dangerous to know.&#8221; Do you think that phrase just rolled off her tongue in a &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eureka_(word)\" target=\"_blank\">Eureka<\/a>!&#8221; moment? Or did she secretly test out several options before hitting the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bartlett%27s\" target=\"_blank\">Bartlett&#8217;s<\/a> jackpot?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>From the desk of Lady Caroline Lamb<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">Lord Byron is a jackhole.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">He&#8217;s a total whackjob.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">WTF did I ever see in that guy?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">He&#8217;s sleeping with his <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Augusta_Leigh\" target=\"_blank\">half-sister<\/a>, but you didn&#8217;t hear that from me.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li>He&#8217;s mad, bad, and dangerous to know. &#8212; YES!! YES!!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you want to get to know Lord Byron&#8217;s writing, you can buy his major works <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Lord-Byron-Oxford-Worlds-Classics\/dp\/019953733X\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1245213061&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\">here <\/a>or just get his masterpiece, the satiric, epic poem Don Juan, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Juan-Lord-George-Gordon-Byron\/dp\/0140424520\/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1245213061&amp;sr=8-11\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. For those who are curious about his wild and crazy life, there&#8217;s a biography <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Life-Lord-Byron-John-Galt\/dp\/0554326043\/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1245213608&amp;sr=8-5\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. In addition, one of Angelina Jolie&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0001538\/\" target=\"_blank\">ex-husbands<\/a> starred in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Byron-Jonny-Lee-Miller\/dp\/B000T28Q00\/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;s=dvd&amp;qid=1245213348&amp;sr=8-3\" target=\"_blank\">2007 biopic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4987\" style=\"width: 343px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lord_byron\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4987\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4987 \" title=\"lordbyron\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/lordbyron.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/lordbyron.jpg 416w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/lordbyron-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4987\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lord Byron<\/p><\/div>\n<p>But, before you go off to Amazon to get all literary on my ass, I must tell you that I&#8217;m mad about this patchwork plaid jacket. I may also be dangerous to know.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 442px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" src=\"http:\/\/i40.tinypic.com\/2w65sf5.jpg\" alt=\"Image and video hosting by TinyPic\" width=\"432\" height=\"576\" border=\"0\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Isn&#39;t it Byronic?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I also do my best to follow Lord Byron&#8217;s diet advice:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;A woman should never be seen eating or drinking, unless it be lobster salad and Champagne, the only true feminine and becoming viands.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What?! It sounds good to me! <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British poet Lord Byron (1788\u20131824) was famously described by one lover, Lady Caroline Lamb, as &#8220;mad, bad, and dangerous to know.&#8221; Do you think that phrase just rolled off her tongue in a &#8220;Eureka!&#8221; moment? Or did she secretly test out several options before hitting the Bartlett&#8217;s jackpot? 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