Author Archives: Uncomely and Broken

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About Uncomely and Broken

I am a classicist in Sewanee, Tennessee.

Remarks on Hitchens Discussion Panel

Posted on April 27, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

Introduction to Faculty Panel on Christopher Hitchens’ “The Moral Necessity of Atheism” Tuesday, Feb 17, 2004 Women’s Center Living Room The “How, Then, Shall We Live?” Series I first came across Christopher Hitchens’ work when I began to subscribe in … Continue reading →

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One Piece of Silver

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

A Tyrian shekel from the James H. Rives Collection of Coins in the Archives of the University of the South.  Silver coins of this type, minted between 125 and 18 BC, were used to pay the Temple tax in Jerusalem … Continue reading →

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Lines Written in the Ashmolean Museum

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

Father and young sons Looking at Laocoön Museum torture  

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Everybody Needs the Gospel and Everybody Loves Sausage

Posted on April 12, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

So, this past weekend, the Classical Association of the Middle West and South conference was sharing space at the Waco Convention Center with the Predator & Wild Hog Expo and the Modern Sporting Arms Expo. It made for an unlikely … Continue reading →

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Introduction for Charles Martin

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

Introduction to the Stacy Allen Haines Memorial Lecture Convocation Hall, University of the South Sewanee, Tennessee April 9, 2014 Perhaps it is true, as Auden says in memory of Yeats, that “poetry makes nothing happen,” but all I know is … Continue reading →

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Corporal Punishment in Franklin County Schools

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

The following note was sent to my Franklin County School Board colleagues. Dear Colleagues, I want to make sure that, in connection with our annual review of Section Six Policies in April, we pull Policy 6.31o4, on corporal punishment, out … Continue reading →

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Protected: Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

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Posted in Bible, Classics, Emblems, England, Italy, Military, Poetry, Rome, Statues & Monuments, Time | Enter your password to view comments.

Protected: Skyhook

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

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Two Ways About It

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

This is a talk I was asked to give for new student orientation way back in 2005 here at Sewanee. Two Ways About It New Student Orientation Talk Guerry Auditorium Sunday, August 21, 2005 Good afternoon. Let me be among … Continue reading →

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Protected: Happy Evacuation Day!

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

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