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About Uncomely and Broken

I am a classicist in Sewanee, Tennessee.

Protected: The Belle on the Bill

Posted on March 21, 2015 by Uncomely and Broken

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Posted in Animals, Birds, Emblems, England, Family, Ireland, Nautical, Numismatics, Poetry, The South | Enter your password to view comments.

Rear-View

Posted on February 8, 2015 by Uncomely and Broken

Dr. Christopher M.  McDonough, At the request of the PROVINCETOWN ARTS magazine I have been asked to  write a review of the recent biography of Tennessee Williams by John Lahr, TENNESSEE WILLIAMS, Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh, For this review, … Continue reading →

Posted in Boston, Classics, Sewanee, Statues & Monuments, Tennessee | 2 Comments

At Armfield’s Grave

Posted on February 7, 2015 by Uncomely and Broken

This morning I went to the Beersheba Springs Assembly for the Posse Retreat, which had as its focus “Crime and Punishment.”  This was a great event, with many good conversations, impressive facilitating, lots to laugh and think about.  After lunch, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cemeteries & Funerals, Education, Sewanee, Slavery, Statues & Monuments, The South | 1 Comment

An Ancient Source for the Winking Pizza Chef

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Uncomely and Broken

According to a piece on pizza box art on the CBS News website today, “The caricature of a smiling mustachioed chef has been a popular feature of pizza boxes for decades. Sources say it dates back to the 1950s, to a … Continue reading →

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The Butt-Millet Fountain, A Memorial Hidden in Plain Sight

Posted on January 31, 2015 by Uncomely and Broken

I have written before about Major Archibald Butt, a notable alumnus of Sewanee who died heroically aboard the Titanic.  That’s him to the right, together with President Taft, from a stained glass window in All Saints’ Chapel which commemorates the … Continue reading →

Posted in Cemeteries & Funerals, Military, Nautical, Sewanee, Statues & Monuments, Tennessee | 6 Comments

Protected: Ave atque Vale, Treebeard

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: Inde Ira et Lacrimae

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Uncomely and Broken

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Orwell against mistreatment of prisoners

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

My last post concernted St. George as an avenger for justice, and in this month, as we process the Senate’s release of the Torture Report, another English George with similar convictions comes to mind. From an unpublished letter of George Orwell … Continue reading →

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“My Friend George”

Posted on December 20, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

Lou Reed, I read in the Times, will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next April. Various questions arise, of course, chief among which are, Isn’t he already in there? (yes, as a member of the … Continue reading →

Posted in England, Music | 5 Comments

The Eroticism of the Gettysburg Address

Posted on December 20, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

The androgyne of Aristophanes’ speech in Plato’s Republic is a deeply comic myth on the nature of eros, one that has been put to music in Hedwig and the Angry Inch (see below). I have long wondered whether the strange … Continue reading →

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