August 26, 2011

Tip o’ the Pileus

Since I say the phrase so much in these ‘pages’, it seems appropriate to point out a photo of an “iridescent pileus cloud’ which was the Astronomy Picture of the Day a couple days ago: via: Astronomy Picture of the Day (August 24, 2011) Of course, it clearly gets its name from the fact that…

Cheesy Claims About the Romans

Image via Wikipedia Okay … this is a strange item of TV hype for a Food Network show which (the hype) is being picked up by all sorts of papers in southeast Asia right now … the incipit from the Indian version of Yahoo: Food writer Troy Johnson has revealed that cheese is not only…

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem vii kalendas septembres

ante diem vii kalendas septembres 55 B.C. — Julius Caesar invades Britain, but doesn’t stick around very long 1875 — Birth of John Buchan, 1st Baron of Tweedsmuir and Governor-General of Canada … and author of a decent biography of Augustus