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Protected: Julius Caesar, the Hulk, and other Illeists

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Uncomely and Broken

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Catching Up With Brother Benedict

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Uncomely and Broken

Postscript, October 30, 2016. “The Basilica of St. Benedict is destroyed, flattened by most recent earthquake.” From the Twitter account of the monks of Norcia. A tragic day. Postscript, August 24, 2016. The 6.2 earthquake in central Italy last night … Continue reading →

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Belly Laugh, Belated

Posted on February 10, 2016 by Uncomely and Broken

It’s good to know that something I once wrote about Ovid to be amusing can provoke a chuckle two decades later: https://www.tumblr.com/bellonanj73/44798945768/lucusantiquus-for-your-bowels-sake-ovid

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Protected: Floridiana, December 2015

Posted on January 1, 2016 by Uncomely and Broken

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Dido Nix et Trojanus

Posted on November 30, 2015 by Uncomely and Broken

In an even more spectacular and embarrassing fiasco than the election, Nixon played Aeneas in a reenactment of Virgil’s Aeneid, which the school ambitiously staged on the two thousandth anniversary of the birth of Rome’s greatest poet. Nixon had an … Continue reading →

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Fulminating at Job

Posted on November 6, 2015 by Uncomely and Broken

Class assignment for Book of Job: “On Friday, we will spend the class thinking about God’s response from the whirlwind. In fact, I am going to ask you to imagine yourself as God— the all-powerful and all-knowing creator of the … Continue reading →

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Protected: Arabic letters as Rorschach test

Posted on November 4, 2015 by Uncomely and Broken

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Solinus review

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Uncomely and Broken

Bryn Mawr Classical Review published my review of Kai Brodersen’s edited collection, Solinus: New Studies. The editor and a few others have been in touch with kind remarks. http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2015/2015-10-04.html

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Dead Armadillo

Posted on September 26, 2015 by Uncomely and Broken

It was easier to see in the morning than it had been last night, when I swerved a little to avoid hitting it, the face-up dead armadillo on the street. The dogs and I walked by early today, and it … Continue reading →

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Protestants and Pyramid

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Uncomely and Broken

The pyramid of Cestius, built in the first century, is the first thing you see when you get off the bus at Porta San Paolo in Testaccio. Crossing the cobblestone street, you go down the road to the right to … Continue reading →

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