Tag Archives: greek
Nancy Drew Dossier: Resorting To Danger
Resorting To Danger, by Her Interactive, is the second in the Nancy Drew Dossier series, following Lights, Camera, Curses!. This time, Nancy is investigating a series of bombs at the Redondo, a rejuvenation clinic for the stars. The bombs are … Continue reading
Geek Jack-O-Lanterns
This Weburbanist list of geek pumpkins includes a Death Star jack-o-lantern, Mario, and ends with Stick and my classics pumpkins from 2004!!! The photos of really artistic carvings make my Minoan octopus and Stick’s Greek helmet look not-so-good, but we … Continue reading
Met Road Trip
It’s not just me. Stick, Hugo and Diana love Dunkin’ Donuts too. Our destination. Most people don’t know this, but the ancient Greeks actually invented the thong. Unfortunately, they used copper, so it never really caught on. Even the pharoahs … Continue reading
Spokeo Beta
I finally got onto a social networker before Kristin. I signed up with Spokeo, a new combination blog/RSS reader and profile network. Unlike MySpace, Spokeo seems to have users who are out of their teens. You don’t have to declare … Continue reading
Wal-Mart luxuries
Yantai has a new attraction — a Wal-Mart! It opened on June 15th. Normally I wouldn’t shop at a Wal-Mart (and by “normally” I mean back in my old life when I was too good for KFC too), but the … Continue reading
Stercus Fit
Today we had a pop vocab and translation quiz in Latin and I was brilliant! Ok, maybe not quite brilliant, because my translation involved “herd of bulls” and I don’t really think bulls run in herds. But for almost two … Continue reading
Ten Things I Hate About You
In the spirit of Why I Hate My Husband, here is a list of things I don’t like about Stick. 1) He cannot pass a Comcast van without him intrrupting himself (or me!) to shout “CaaaAAAAaaable guy!” 2) He sings … Continue reading
Still More Reasons to hate Troy
Iliad Essay for Harris’ Class I have two copies of The Iliad. My first one is a paperback version of the Robert Fagles translation. I’ve written all over it. In my freshman year, I started by identifying the Achaeans as … Continue reading
A Visit to the Blinking Doctor
Today I went to the optometrist. I’ve done this about once a year, since before I knew that “eye doctor” was two words. (which was YEARS before I realized the same is true about “Tappan Zee”) I’ve had glasses since … Continue reading
Who’s On First For Classicists
“Do you want to go to Elektra with me?” I asked Stick, “It’s at HCC,” “Sure,” Stick said. “What’s the lecture about?” “You took Greek drama, you know what it’s about!” “No, I never heard about a lecture at HCC!” … Continue reading
