Author Archives: Uncomely and Broken

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About Uncomely and Broken

I am a classicist in Sewanee, Tennessee.

Lines Written in the Ashmolean Museum

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

Father and young sons Looking at Laocoön Museum torture  

Posted in Animals, Classics, Family, Oxford, Poetry | 2 Comments

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 →

Posted in Animals, Bible, Classics, Poetry, Rome, Sports & Games, Tennessee | 2 Comments

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 →

Posted in Birds, Classics, Italy, Poetry, Sewanee, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Education, Sewanee, Tennessee | 1 Comment

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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Posted in Astronomical, Boston, Classics, Language & Etymology, Mythology, Sports & Games | Enter your password to view comments.

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 →

Posted in Bible, Boston, Classics, Education, Oxford, Sewanee, Tennessee, Time | 1 Comment

Protected: Happy Evacuation Day!

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

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Posted in Boston, England, Family, Ireland, Military, Nautical, Poetry, Saints, Sewanee | Enter your password to view comments.

Protected: Guys as Grapes

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

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Quamvis Se Tyrio Superbus Ostro

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

Another translation from  the poetry of Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy (3.4 metrum), on the worthlessness of worldly office, if it it bestowed by worthless people. Quamvis se Tyrio superbus ostro Comeret et niveis lapillis, Invisus tamen omnibus vigebat Luxuriae Nero … Continue reading →

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