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C.S. Lewis, letter to his father (December 4,1915): There is also a 'Greek Literature' by Gilbert Murray, the bad verse-translator, which I have read with dire anger, as he degrades Homer from a poet into a 'question' and prefers that...
Poland's Second World War produced more than its fair share of stories that sound made up. There's a bear who hauled artillery shells at Monte Cassino, and then there's Krystyna Skarbek, a countess from Warsaw who skied across a mountain...
Dear Constant Reader, I hope those of you who had a holiday weekend last week enjoyed it! If you are using any kind of electronics, bring all the cords. Whether it’s a projector for your class, a black light for your act, a video camera...
Good news for readers of Nadezhda Khvoshchinskaya! A cluster of articles about her, compiled by Aleksei Vdovin, is out in Novoe literaturnoe obozrenie: First up is A. Kim’s translation of Hilde Hoogenboom’s “‘Я раб действительности’:...
Anthropic's Claude is named after Claude Shannon.I've read a couple of biographies on him, and one of my favorite things I've learned about that period is how magical Bell Labs was.Specifically, the cafeteria.The Bell Labs cafeteria at...
Our review of The Rage of Party: How Whig Versus Tory Made Modern Britain, by George Owers, first published in September 2025. This lively account of the origins of party politics in English (and then British) history is enormously...
Words: Chris ArnsbyBruno Brookes: “Good evening. Welcome to another sizzling Top of the Pops. All hot stuff on the show tonight. Later on we’ve got Bryan Adams for you. INXS, Billy Bragg, and Bros to name a few. First of all at number...
Sara and Nora are on a trip now to Iceland, London and Paris. A few picture of this are here, along with some classics (standards?). Airport drop-off. The bags were sized to fit for flying Iceland Air as they are fairly strict about...
I hope other cities are seeing a similar trend to that of Minneapolis — we’re seeing a revival of independent physical video rental shops (the latest being a cafe/rental experiment called Saturn Video). So far three have entered the...
The doll world is poised for an explosion of big summer releases. Mattel is rolling out their Moonspell Magic Monster High line and their KPop Demon Hunter dolls, MGA launched their Mirror Mi girls (who look like shrunken-headed Rainbow...
A talk about work on loop braids and string figures.
BREAKING BARRIERS: Madison Shipman to make Blue Jays history with Sportsnet broadcast debut. She will be the first woman to act as analyst on a Sportsnet TV broadcast for a Toronto Blue Jays regular season game.
Cat head in a slice of bread! Not the most original idea, but it is a cute idea nonetheless! Today’s drawing is this slice of bread with the head of a cute cat stuck inside of it. And a tiny bow to finish it off! Made entirely in Krita. ^_^
Good thing my fingers don’t need to read the keys to do their job.
We are settled into our routine in the Madison, Wisconsin area for the summer. We lived thirty minutes north of Madison for thirty years, and it was a frequent destination for breweries, restaurants and music. Summer is the best time of...