Pertinax was an honest bureaucrat who briefly became emperor of Rome. He made the fatal mistake of trying to clean up the government, and was murdered after 68 days in office.
Good on him for having a go, anyway.
As an adjective, pertinax means 'holding on right through [to the end]' or, if you prefer, 'slow learner'.
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* Real Life Intrusion!
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I've recently had my first book 'properly' published (as opposed to self-published).
"Asperger Meets Girl" (formerly "Sex Tips for Sad Bastards").
Here is a link to the publisher's website.
http://www.jkp.com/catalogue/book.php/isbn/9781843106302
I would like to thank those half-bakers (they know who they are) who have provided moral support to this project.
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Participating member of the Ooolongftangftangbank profile scheme.
In the offing:
emotional divestment
law, chaos and the frontal cortex
cortical hypocrisy emulator
inopportunism
emotional orienteering
gypsymoth contrastare
completely hatstand
Tendentious Query Language
See also
www.thesadbastard.com/faq.php
or
pertinax at thesadbastard dot com