Happy Lupercalia everyone. Flog your women for fertility all day for free!

Let it be known to those whose habit it is to admire the disregard of authority, that there may be great men even under bad emperors, and that obedience and submission, when joined to activity and vigor, may attain a glory which most men reach only by a perilous career, utterly useless to the state, and closed by an ostentatious death.
-- Tacitus ( Read more... )

Hooray for the weekend after seven straight. They cut our hours yet again. I thought more business meant more hours. Odd how that doesn't seem to be the case sometimes. Our assistant manager will be working part of the nights with us. He says he's doing it because things aren't getting done to his satisfaction. I think it's a good idea. Now ( Read more... )

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I'm sad. I bought Battle Line for ninvampiress and me to play, because it seemed pretty simple and easy going. After reading the rules, I've decided that the game just sucks. It's pretty much gin rummy with hoplites. meh. I also bought the abridged rule set for the Great Battles of History line of games, to go along with Caesar - Conquest of Gaul which I ( Read more... )

Today is the anniversary of the day Caius Iulius Caesar was treacherously murdered in the Forum days before he could embark on his Parthian and/or Dacian campaigns by those he called friend and son.

Several years ago I picked up a copy of Romans Without Laurels by Indro Montanelli at a used book store, and just now got around to reading it. I wish I had read it when I bought it. It would have made a very good introduction to Roman history. It covers most major events and players from before the founding to the fall, giving enough detail ( Read more... )

Woohoo for 9-day weekends. I won't exactly call it a vacation, since I'm not going anywhere, but at least I don't have to go to work. We're going to spend the time looking at houses, sleeping, and frolicking together. We found a couple of houses yesterday we liked. Don't get excited; we're just renting until we build our credit up enough to buy ( Read more... )

Hi. Iced tea rules. Work sucks. My wife ate most of my chocolate Christmas bear, but I didn't want most of it anyway. Inventory is tonight. Two of the crew have never been through one, so we have to deal with that. Hooray. I hate inventory ( Read more... )

It's amazing how much better I feel after sleeping 50% of a three-day weekend ( Read more... )