Monday, August 27th, 2018
Fall Semester Begins
It’s not very autumnal yet, but it’ll get there.
Archive for Vidiocy
Monday, August 22nd, 2016
Summer’s End
Just a pro forma post to keep this blog from falling into utter desuetude.
Have a good Fall!
Tuesday, February 9th, 2016
This Is The City
How dead is this blog? Not entirely!
Here’s a tour of downtown Rome in 320 A.D.
Monday, August 24th, 2015
Happy Volcano Day!
In memory of the eruption of Vesuvius on April 24, 79 A.D., and in celebration of the first day of classes here at BGSU for Fall Semester, here’s this.
Monday, August 20th, 2012
Hic tamen vivit.
Since this mostly dormant blog is mostly used for musical markers of the semesters passing: here’s Carl Orff’s Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi–the Latin lyrics with English translation.
And here’s an alternate English version.
Sunday, January 8th, 2012
In Medias Res…
Starting the middle of the academic year at the beginning of the calendar year always seems weird to me. But weird isn’t bad, so I’m getting ready to (as Ellison and Horace recommend) “begin in the middle and later learn the beginning. The end will take care of itself.”
Monday, August 22nd, 2011
This Is It!
The last tractor has been pulled (no, that’s not a euphemism), temperatures in the Great Black Swamp are slated to peak below 80º F today and it’s the first day of classes. On with the show!
P.S.
I said it elsewhere–I’ve been saying it everywhere–but: congratulations to Lou Anders on his well-deserved Hugo for Best Editor, Long Form.