April 27, 2010
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There’s an article at Asylum going around all about assorted ‘bad predictions’ … one has a bit o’ classcon: “Using Twitter for literate communication is about as likely as firing up a CB radio and hearing some guy recite ‘The Iliad.’” — Bruce Sterling, a science-fiction writer and journalist, told The New York Times. via…
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ante diem v kalendas maias ludi Florales … a.k.a. Floralia (day 1) — a festival originally ordered in response to an interpretation of the Sybilline books in 238 B.C., it fell into desuetude only to be revived in 173 B.C.; it was a general festival of drinking and other merriment in honour of Flora, who presided…
rogue classicism 