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Monthly Archives: August 2011
Citing the Classics
[These comments were first written in late 1993] summum crede nefas animam praeferre pudori et propter vitam vivendi perdere causas. Believe it the highest evil to rank existence before honor and, for the sake of life, to lose the reasons … Continue reading
Posted in ANCIENT & MODERN
Tagged 'ancient greek', 'citing classics', 'misleading citations', juvenal, latin
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CLOCKERS
CLOCKERS Year: 1995 Genre: Crime Director: Spike Lee Cinematography: Malik Sayeed Editor: Sam Pollard Music: Terence Blanchard Screenplay: Spike Lee Richard Price Running Time: 128 minutes Major Actors: Mekhi Phifer – Strike Delroy Lindo – Rodney Isaiah Washington IV – … Continue reading
On Plurals and Gender and Other Grammatical Aliens
ON PLURALS AND GENDER AND OTHER GRAMMATICAL ALIENS A personal confession is very much in order: when I am not being a nose-sniffing supercilious grammar snob there stalks dark and deadly within the cavernous crevices of my murky mind a … Continue reading
Posted in GALLIMAUFRY, LANGUAGE
Tagged 'grammatical gender', 'plurals of greek words', 'plurals of latin words', language, plurals, words
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Look to the Octopus
LOOK TO THE OCTOPUS πουλύπου ὀργὴν ἴσχε πολυπλόκου, ὃς ποτὶ πέτρηι, τῆι προσομιλήσηι, τοῖος ἰδεῖν ἐφάνη. νῦν μὲν τῆιδ’ ἐφέπου, τοτὲ δ’ ἀλλοῖος χρόα γίνου. κρέσσων τοι σοφίη γίνεται ἀτροπίης. Maintain the profile of a slick octopus, which gives the … Continue reading
Posted in ANCIENT & MODERN
Tagged 'literary symbol', 'octopus as symbol', 'ontological idealism', octopus, odysseus, plato, theognis
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Body Heat
BODY HEAT Year: 1981 Genre: Noir Director: Lawrence Kasdan Cinematography: Richard H. Kline Editor: Carol Littleton Music: John Barry Screenplay: Lawrence Kasdan Major Actors: Kathleen Turner – Matty Walker Richard Crenna – Edmund Walker William Hurt – Ned Racine J. … Continue reading
Editorial Cartoon – Terrorism
I drew this one over thirty years ago when I was starting to get seriously interested in ‘doing’ art instead of just ‘looking’ at it. But, sadly, this one is even more timely today than then. [If you click on … Continue reading
El Aguador by Velázquez
Look at this painting: Look at the painting in this link. It is a special favorite of mine. (you can resize the graphic by clicking on it, putting the pointer over one of the corner circles, and – when the … Continue reading
Posted in ART
Tagged 'ages of man', 'art criticism', 'art symbolism', 'water carrier', 'water of life', aguador, art, velazques, Velázquez
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At Rome every day there is a clearance sale
老虎 laohu Romae omnia venalia esse. At Rome every day there is a clearance sale. Sallust, “Bellum Iugurthinum” 8 Originally written in 1992 A former wiseguy turned sting operator for Azscam, has written a book called “What’s In It For … Continue reading
Posted in ANCIENT & MODERN
Tagged 'corruption in rome', 'political corruption', sallust
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