We had sleep problems last week, so we’ve acquired quite a few items under this category:

I’d better mention this article (which most of rogueclassicism’s readers have probably already seen) on the ubiquity of alcohol in assorted Greek literature:

• The Tipsy Hero (NY Times)

Nice feature on Stephen Miller:

• Stephen G. Miller: A Classicist in Greece (Spero)

Art Spisak is now an associate provost at MSU:

• MSU names associate provost (News Leader)

What’s on Dan Garrison’s desk:

• From The Desk Of… Dan Garrison (Northwestern)

A feature on Valerio Manfredi:

• Tweaking history with doses of pathos (IHT)

I suppose it’s better than nothing:

• Technology allows Latin offerings at 2 Chicopee high schools (Republican)

Obvious opportunity for ClassCon:

• Understanding Catharsis (Blogcritics)

An update on that circumnavigation-of-Africa-in-a-Phoenician ship story:

• Phoenicia Expedition – Six months waiting for wind (Sail World)

A Celtic hoard found in the Netherlands might be of interest:

• Celtic Hoard Found in Netherlands (Numismaster)

Interesting piece on Linnaeus and all that:

• Why we give plants and animals Latin names (St Louis Today)

Touristy Thing on Pamphylia:

• The pride of pamphylia side, Aspendos and perge (Sunday’s Zaman)

An interesting looking exhibition/lecture series:

• Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors and Heroes Opens at The Burrell Collection (Art Daily)

Review of Pompeii and the Roman Villa:

• A Short Trip Into the Villas of Ancient Pompeii (Hoya)

Some folks in Sussex aren’t too happy with a proposed Roman museum site:

• Anger as £6.9m Roman museum gets go-ahead (Express)

More on that “Centurion” film in the works:

• BOND BABE TO FILM FLICK IN SCOTLAND (News of the World)

Too early to pass judgement on this one:

• 3rd ‘Lara Croft’ movie in the works (Entertainment News)

Latest on the Uderzo family dispute:

• Asterix creator depressed by family dispute (Reuters)

Last, and certainly least, is this week’s bit of ClassCon from the Spoof:

• Greek Dramatist Euripides succeeds in making woman vomit

Outside of that stuff, we should note that thehe Podcasting and the Classics session from the APA is now available on ITunes (and downloaded to my IPod) …

According to Variety, post alia:

Soderbergh has always wanted to make a sports film and sparked to the opportunity to reteam with Pitt. Soderbergh is looking to make the picture his next directing assignment.

He had been expected to next direct “Cleo,” a musical about the fatal romance between Egyptian queen Cleopatra and Roman general Marc Antony. Soderbergh had lined up his “Traffic” star Catherine Zeta-Jones to play the title character and had Hugh Jackman in his sights for Antony. Though he set his financing, Soderbergh decided to push back the film until next year after Jackman dropped out because of scheduling problems.

… the libations appear to be working …

• Soderbergh, Pitt roll with ‘Moneyball’