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About Uncomely and Broken

I am a classicist in Sewanee, Tennessee.

High Hosey

Posted on July 13, 2015 by Uncomely and Broken

The other day I asked my wife whether she had ever used the expression “high hosey,” as in “High hosey the front seat.” It means, in essence, to reserve or “call dibs on” something. Although she grew up in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Boston, England, Family, Language & Etymology | 7 Comments

Interview with Chrigel Glanzmann of Eluveitie

Posted on July 7, 2015 by Uncomely and Broken

Below is an exchange I had recently with Chrigel Glanzmann, the lead singer of Eluveitie, the Swiss folk metal band on whose work I’m writing I’ve written an essay (comparing it to Charles Gleyre’s “The Romans Going Under the Yoke”).  … Continue reading →

Posted in Classics, Education, Ireland, Italy, Language & Etymology, Military, Music, Rome, Trees & Flowers | Leave a comment

A Scandal in Bohemia

Posted on July 3, 2015 by Uncomely and Broken

Postscript, July 11.  So we went to the opening of Rent in Tullahoma last night. It was a big and exuberant show, with some very strong performances, especially the female leads. Afterwards, there were tears and hugs afterward, all very … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Drama, Education, Family, Italy, Music, Rome, Sewanee, Tennessee, The South | 1 Comment

Sight and Sounds of the Monteagle Flea Market, late June 2015

Posted on June 28, 2015 by Uncomely and Broken

The man selling homemade pork rinds is telling a customer, “Oh yeah, Obama’s got this country all screwed up. It’s gonna be World War Three.” I assume he’s talking about the Supreme a Court’s recent ruling on gay marriage, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Birds, Cartoons, Emblems, Family, Language & Etymology, Military, Music, Race, The South | Leave a comment

Sewanee Crite prints

Posted on June 28, 2015 by Uncomely and Broken

A few weeks ago, I made mention of some intaglio prints made by the African-American artist, Allan Crite, that depicted scenes from the Creed as imagined around Sewanee. In that post, I asked: I wonder, too, whether Crite’s original prints … Continue reading →

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Protected: Antigone in Columbia

Posted on June 27, 2015 by Uncomely and Broken

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Rebel’s Rest Archeological Site

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Uncomely and Broken

Last week, Jerry Smith had to cut our meeting short at Stirling’s, as he was due to give the VC a tour of the Rebel’s Rest site. “OK if I tag along?” I asked. He assented and we hopped into … Continue reading →

Posted in Sewanee | 4 Comments

Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Uncomely and Broken

I was toodling down Georgia Ave this morning on by bike when I heard bells suddenly starting to peel. Nothing unusual in that around Sewanee–to my right was the Breslin Tower, and beyond that the Shapard Tower of All Saints … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Sewanee | 1 Comment

Semel et Semper

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Uncomely and Broken

Above the door of Cleveland Hall in Sewanee is the following heraldic device: According to A General Armory of England, Scotland, and Ireland by John Burke and John Bernard Burke of London (as cited here), the Cleveland coat-of-arms is described as … Continue reading →

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“Talking, Talking, Talking”: Sewanee Senior Banquet Remarks 2015

Posted on April 26, 2015 by Uncomely and Broken

If you are like me, and you find yourself stuck at a large banquet with some after-dinner speaker about to offer grandiose “Remarks,” you probably console yourself with the thought that, Well, the sooner he begins speaking, the sooner he’ll … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Sewanee, Time | 1 Comment