To offset today’s other post, here’s something that’s less of a hot potato. :) As I get ready to graduate, I want to keep learning, to broaden my perspective …
The Archives: Classics
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In the spirit of my post a few days ago and as a variation on a theme by Rodgers and Hammerstein, I’d like to ask y’all what your favorite …
On either side the river lie
Long fields of barley and of rye,
That clothe the wold and meet the sky;
And through the field the road run by
To many-tower’d Camelot;
And up and …
Lately I’ve started reading Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead, which I’m liking a lot, A Tale of Two Cities (which I’ve never read, ashamed though I am to admit it — and …
5. Only one
You know it’s been cold when you think 23 degrees is warm. :) It has been warmer lately, especially during the day, and it’s lovely. Soon I’ll be …
6. Book lovin’
I decided that instead of doing homework tonight, I would spend a few delicious hours reading — something I haven’t been able to do as much of since school started. …
Out of curiosity, how many of you have read entire books online? (Etexts, eBooks, whatever you want to call them.) Where? Project Gutenberg? Elsewhere? Did …
I just remembered that I hadn’t posted today, so here I am. (Not that it really would have been that great a loss if I’d waited till tomorrow — …
As noted over at Lifehack.org, there’s a cool web app called DailyLit which breaks eBooks up into bite-sized chunks (each readable in five minutes or so) and sends …
Remember how I said I’d post about Elder Douglas L. Callister’s devotional address? The rebroadcast ended an hour ago (which is how long I’ve been working on this post …
My copy of Novum Testamentum: Graece et Latine came in the mail today. :) Mmm. I read the first chapter or so of Matthew over dinner, with …
While reading The Origin of Species, I got to thinking more about the existence of classics in any given field. By “classic,” I mean the seminal books that virtually …
Last night I watched The Inheritance, a Feature Films for Families movie based on the book by Louisa May Alcott. I liked it a lot. …
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.”
Thus begins Pride and Prejudice. Today I …
This morning I read Oliver DeMille’s Seven Reasons to Study the Classics over my toast and scrambled eggs. It’s really, really, really good. In fact, as I …
