Smelling Bottles

How far did Maria go, Miles wondered. She had heard about the smelling bottles and how La Montessori had encouraged the children to collect rose petals. But was rose petal scent strong enough to turn Benito’s head in her direction? Or was he just trying to get onto the bandwagon of her popularity? But she had written soliciting his help to create a new world for new citizens. And he agreed for he wanted to give a friendlier face to his brand of fascism while she wanted more national recognition. Enter the rose petals, and the children, always the children.

The cult leader had once been a child star.

Well, like every child is a star in the eyes of its parents, Engelbert‘s education was supported by priests because his parents were too poor to do so, most likely contributing to his own wish to become a man of the cloth, although he finally studied law. He stood up to all and sundry and showed them that he was the boss until sundry retaliated with bullets and his martyrdom made him the leader of the cult.

Things were much easier in the 90s. The shoes were more comfortable, too. Even the block-heeled ones. We were hoping we could trust the information on this new internet, but if anyone could edit entries, well anything goes. They were going to launch it in 2000, but the concept of a free-as-in-freedom online encyclopedia was already proposed by Richard Stallman in 1998. His concept specifically included the idea that no central organization should control editing. So do you like how they call you a war criminal, Enver? See also „İsmail Enver, better known as Enver Pasha, was an Ottoman military officer, revolutionary, and convicted war criminal who formed one-third of the dictatorial triumvirate known as the “Three Pashas” in the Ottoman Empire.“

„So what,“ Enver said. “We all get remembered the way the writer decides. Another reason to be in charge of the writers. We have it today. Forces looking after their own interests, aligning mouthpieces to get the news out as they want it out…“