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About Uncomely and Broken

I am a classicist in Sewanee, Tennessee.

go figure

Posted on January 23, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

“People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.”–Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations  

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Goodbye, dogwood

Posted on January 12, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

A sad tale. In order to bring in fiber optic cable, quite a few trees in town have needed to be removed, including our beloved dogwood by the roadside. In its time, the dogwood had held up Christmas lights in … Continue reading →

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Victoria in Tennessee

Posted on August 25, 2019 by Uncomely and Broken

This is the Bethel Church in Victoria, Tennessee, located off Old Highway 28. The image above is taken from this Flickr page, which lists this comment from Tim Holloway in 2013: A man named John Frater built this church for … Continue reading →

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Protected: Thud & Blunder (1964)

Posted on August 18, 2019 by Uncomely and Broken

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“Et in Arcadia Ego” bench in Abbo’s Alley

Posted on August 14, 2019 by Uncomely and Broken

Given by Friends and Classmate to Celebrate Our Friendship with Thomas Carleton Ward C ’69 August 3, 1947- June 30, 1997 Quick Bring a Beaker of Wine So That I May Wet My Mind And Say Something Clever From Mary … Continue reading →

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Protected: USA Today: “Grundy Worst County in TN”

Posted on August 10, 2019 by Uncomely and Broken

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German POWs and Dixie Highway

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Uncomely and Broken

Sewanee Purple (April 16, 1918) 3

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Antigone in Sewanee 1894

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Uncomely and Broken

An update, April 2023: Willis Wilkinson Memminger, who played Antigone in the production, was the grandson of Christopher Memminger, the Confederate Secretary of the Treasury. Here he is on the CSA $5 bill, via Wikipedia: Various Notices on the Sewanee … Continue reading →

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Abbo’s Alley & German POWS

Posted on August 7, 2019 by Uncomely and Broken

That some of Abbo’s Alley was laid out during WWII by German POWs is something I’ve often heard, but seen little documentary evidence. Below is what I’ve found. New York Times July 1, 1984, Section 10, Page 25: To the Editor: Thanks very much … Continue reading →

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“Thoroughly Useless Nation”: Mommsen on the Irish

Posted on August 5, 2019 by Uncomely and Broken

From Theodor Mommsen (trans. William P. Dickson) History of Rome, Vol. 4 (London 1867), Book 5, Chapter 7, pp. 286-87 (link here) Mind you, an edition of this work won a goddam Nobel Prize for Literature in 1902 In the mighty … Continue reading →

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