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I was walking in the middle of UCSD when a girl walked up to me with a clipboard. I usually have radars to avoid those people, but I hid the instance with a small smile towards her. ”I hate to… more →
Philosophiae Agonistes:
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philagon wrote 1 year ago: I was walking in the middle of UCSD when a girl walked up to me with a clipboard. I usually have ra … more →
For Yellowbelly, part 1
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philagon wrote 1 year ago: An impassioned mime of his own daily whims, at daliances eager to comply in a pounce or jab, neglige … more →
Obama is Latin for what?
philagon wrote 1 year ago: A few days ago, Maureen Dowd, the eternally irritable op-ed columnist for the NY Times wrote a piece … more →
If Plato hated Lawyers' stinking guts, then so do I! Part 2
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philagon wrote 1 year ago: The defense lawyer followed up with, “Do you believe there are limits to science?” Mostl … more →
If Plato hated lawyers' stinking guts, then so do I! Part 1
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philagon wrote 1 year ago: In between my summer session class and this Fall quarter I was summoned for jury duty. As hundreds … more →
Point & click- gun, mouse or remote?
philagon wrote 1 year ago: For Chemistry class we had to buy a $37 remote control. The device allows the student to anonymousl … more →
Update: The professor was a baglady.
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philagon wrote 1 year ago: At my next class after the baglady intrusion, I entered the classroom to find the baglady teaching i … more →
I drink reclining on my spear
philagon wrote 1 year ago: Here are some poems I translated from Archilochus, a lyric poet from the 7th century B.C. who hailed … more →
The professor was a baglady, by jove!
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philagon wrote 1 year ago: Luckily not my professor. In the waining minutes of my Lyric Greek class, a head cracked open the d … more →
Textbook Underworld and the stalking girl
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philagon wrote 1 year ago: I saved some 30 dollars by buying my Chem book from a girl who was standing in the bookstore for 40 … more →
Observing my pet teacher, captive.
philagon wrote 1 year ago: Today was the first day of classes for fall- besides what I could talk about I find the desire to ta … more →
An Autumn of knowledge
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philagon wrote 1 year ago: or my fall schedule. Chemistry 6A- The first class in the chemistry sequence for science majors. I … more →
He who arrives first laughs last (at himself)
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philagon wrote 1 year ago: Sitting. Waiting. Sitting, looking- still nobody has come into the classroom. I think to myself, … more →
University faculty moving towards the middle, away from radical 60's
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philagon wrote 1 year ago: In a survey of academics across the nation, a majority of university professors are now over 50 year … more →
Summer Latin study
philagon wrote 1 year ago: With all the contributions the Romans gave to Western culture, I am a little disappointed that when … more →
Why English stripped naked for me
philagon wrote 1 year ago: With a few quarters of Greek and Latin completed, but more owing to Latin, I have been uncovering th … more →
Homer's return calculated via astronomical cues in Odyssey
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philagon wrote 1 year ago: A couple of Scientists believe they may have pinpointed the day Homer came back after wandering for … more →
Discovered: The most practical job for a philosophy major
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philagon wrote 1 year ago: While reading Truehoop, a blog on ESPN.com about the NBA, I came across a post getting a professiona … more →
Like an arising monster
philagon wrote 1 year ago: …with teeth made of candy corn, plunging your metabolism into energetic spasms …with bag … more →
