In my Youtube collection yesterday I forgot Bobby Bittman as Caesar:
… horrible, horrible punnery … it is the episode where it gets interrupted by a Russian broadcast; Caesar resumes briefly at 4:30 or so …
Month: March 2010
Classicist Downfall
Kommers, 14, battled it out with Pranav Sivakumar, a fifth-grader from Hough Street Elementary School. Kommers took the win in round 24 when she correctly spelled “palpable.” Sivakumar misspelled “classicist” in round 23.
… kind of reminds of the time when one of Nancy Pelosi’s staffers referred to Victor Davis Hansen as a ‘Classist’ …
via Lake Bluff speller returning to nationals in June | News Sun.
Citanda: Latin Keeps Class Enrapt
Looking at Pamela Koleszar’s classes at Boonville High (I would be willing to bet this is the first time ‘enrapt’ has appeared in a headline ):
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xvii kalendas apriles
ante diem xvii kalendas apriles
- Festival of Mars continues (day 16)
- 37 A.D. — death of the emperor Tiberius at Misenum
- 284 A.D. — martyrdom of Hilarius and companions
- 1900 — Arthur Evans purchases the land around Knossos
Citanda: Boris Johnson Launches ‘Classics for Schools’ | Heritage Key
Following up on Boris’ blast in the Guardian yesterday:
rogueclassicism 