The icon doesn't fit the story I'm about to relate, really, but it's new and I like it, so we'll make do.

As I told theotherjay this morning to his amusement, I had a very bizarre nightmare last night. I dreamt that tonight, the seventh and final book of The American Bar Association was coming out, and we were all lined up in Powell's, waiting to get our ( Read more... )

SETTING: The CUS desk. An unusually busy Sunday-afternoon shift, with seniors milling around and panicking.

DRAMATIS PERSONAE:
Kate, a solitary T-Watcher manning the CUS help desk.
Disheveled Guy, an older student with a disheveled, outgrown beard, ratty blue sweatshirt, and various hemp bracelets.

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[Kate, sitting at her computer, ( Read more... )

At scazon's request, I retell the dream I had last night ( Read more... )

Blame digammagirl scazon for this one.
(Ok, fine, some of the blame is mine, too.)

( Pretty Pretty Augustine Princess! )

The Scene: This afternoon. Translating Augustine. A conversation online.

me: BEST Augustine line ever:
me: "And already I was marked with the sign of His cross and spiced with his salt..."
mustela: oh my goodness.
me: It's like God is saying, "Mmm, time to flavor the new converts!"
mustela: oh. I was going somewhere else.
me: ....wait, do I want to know?
mustela: ( Read more... )

• I questioned whether the word "orgy" derives from the greek οργη, anger, after reading a comment in an article by A.M. Eckstein about Polybius' views on the political implications of anger ( Read more... )

I'm in the middle of research for my Roman History paper on Polybius' and Livy's presentations of Hannibal, and I keep seeing references to a 1967 article published in the journal Eranos, titled "Before Zama. A Comparison between Polybios' and Livy's Descriptions of the Meeting between Hannibal and Scipio."

So, naturally, I searched JSTOR. ( Read more... )

You've never built Rube Goldberg machines like these..
Thank you, me_lucky_charms. I'm not sure what the end of each little run says- if someone does, I'd welcome a translation.

Really going back to work now, I swear.