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Author Archives: JE
What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?
Happy New Year to all on the Gregorian calendar. Happy Wednesday/Thursday to all. https://indiaandersonmusic.bandcamp.com/track/what-are-you-doing-new-years-eve
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Magnet of Dull
I watched Melville’s 1963 film L’aîné des Ferchaux (“The Elder Son of the Ferchaux Family”, also known as Magnet of Doom or An Honorable Young Man). It’s got some reputation as a road movie, and for the first half of … Continue reading
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Of Men and Mollusks
Came across this choice bit of abuse this afternoon: πλεύμονα αὐτὸν ἐκάλει καὶ ἀγράμματον καὶ ἀπατεῶνα καὶ πόρνον.—Diogenes Laertius 10.8 I render this as: “He <Epicurus> calls him <Democritus> a mollusk and an illiterate and a cheat and a whore.” … Continue reading
Posted in academia, Adventures in the Public Domain, books, history, language, words
Tagged Greek, insults, philosophy
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Et Thew, Brute?
Some discussion of thews and thewbilation in the Sword and Sorcery Tavern on Discord made me curious about the etymology of thew. I consulted my friend, the democratic AHD, and it hit me in the face with this. Did not … Continue reading
Posted in books, fantasy, language, Myth & Legend, sff, sword-and-sorcery, words
Tagged Homer
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Joys of Analogue Media
One of the long-lost pleasures of vinyl that I’m recently recovering is going through stacks of used LPs at record stores. These are thinner on the ground than they were in the 20th C, but when I find one I … Continue reading
Posted in books, fantasy art, Morlock, music, sff
Tagged Donald Westlake, EverythingIsBetterWithLatin!™, F&SF, paperbacks, Robert Campbell, Stephen Fabian, vinyl albums
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For the Record…
I finally replaced the turntable that broke a couple of moves ago, and have been enjoying long soaks in analogue sound. It’s fun to finally listen to the vinyl I’ve been buying to support bands over the last few years, … Continue reading
CW: Trumpolatry
Many things about Trumpism are disgusting, but there’s a specific kind of abject ecstacy in Trumpolatry that is really repulsive. “It’s like something from Tacitus,” I always think. Today I ran across the quote I’d been not-quite remembering. clamor vocesque … Continue reading
Posted in politics, Roman history, Rome, words
Tagged EverythingIsBetterWithLatin!™, Tacitus
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