July 2012
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Tip o’ the pileus to the folks at History of the Ancient World (fellow Canucks!) for pointing us to this press release from the University of Reading which we completely missed: Feck! Codswallop! Most of us swear at some point during our lives but we adapt our bad language to different audiences so as not…
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I have long been plotting that we should be ensuring that all our meetings are well-stocked with Pliny the Elder beer, Bloody Caesars, and the like and I think we can now ensure that we have an official cigar, via the Torano folks (who haven’t listed it on their website as of this bloggin) ……
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pridie kalendas sextiles ¶ 30 B.C. ~ Battle of Alexandria … initial success by Antony, but eventually Octavian prevails ¶ 1556 — death of Ignatius of Loyola
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audio video disco: Martin Amis and Satire.
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American Philological Association: APA Blog : LOU BOLCHAZY, June 7, 1937—July 28, 2012.