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DarkJade – 2013… First Quarter Update
DarkJade – 2013… First Quarter Update With just a few days left in March, 2013… It’s hard to believe that we’re already a 1/4 of the way into the Year… Wow, Right?… more →
The Written Word
Postscript on Gregory Nagy’s “The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours”
wrote 16 hours ago: Here and here, I complained about the poor quality of Gregory Nagy’s “MOOC” online course on the Anc … more →
Madeline Miller's The Song of Achilles
wrote 1 day ago: Madeline Miller’s debut novel, The Song of Achilles, offers a fresh take on the story of Homer … more →
My Favorite Mullethead
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wrote 2 days ago: This little tike, my #2 grandson, was two when this picture was taken of him in 1990. He’s no … more →
Podcast & iTunes U Round-Up #1
wrote 2 days ago: As usual, I am years behind everyone else when it comes to media and technology, but! About a year a … more →
Words and Pictures.
wrote 1 week ago: I really got into doing these recently, might even do some more. So we have some Shakespeare in the … more →
excerpt from Iliad
wrote 1 week ago: Image by Charles Garabedian “stampedes of massive stallions dragged their empty chariot … more →
New Yorker on MOOCs
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wrote 1 week ago: In a recent post in my series on the problem on MOOCs, I mentioned how bizarre the multiple choice q … more →
May 2013 Reads
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wrote 1 week ago: Woops, a little late to get this up… we’ve had a lot going on the last few weeks … more →
On Robots
wrote 1 week ago: They scale mountains, explore oceans, roam galaxies and build cars. They also shoot hoops and retrie … more →
5 Literary Heroes--Who are Jerks!
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wrote 1 week ago: Sometimes when I read a classic I’m surprised how different the book can be from my earlier se … more →
Ex Libris: A Lover's quarrel
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wrote 2 weeks ago: This post is, in part, a response to my co-editor Win Bassett’s piece on giving books away. I have t … more →
Helen's Odyssey: A Sequel to The Iliad
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wrote 2 weeks ago: An ambitious endeavor to put it mildly, as well as a fantastic story. As anyone interested in the Cl … more →
The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller
wrote 2 weeks ago: The Song of Achilles is a retelling of the Trojan War and the childhood of Achilles from the perspec … more →
Diagnostical Skepticism
wrote 2 weeks ago: Hot on the heels of the Odysseus in America post comes this item from Anesthesiology News: Sing, O M … more →
I've stood upon Achilles' tomb, And heard Troy doubted: time will doubt of Rome... Byron
wrote 2 weeks ago: Stereograph showing man standing on column slabs in front of two mounds. Storied remnants of one tim … more →
Homer's Iliad
wrote 2 weeks ago: “Sing, goddess, the anger of Peleus’ son Achilles” The Iliad is an ancient Greek epic poem attribute … more →
The Ancient City of Troy
wrote 2 weeks ago: Trojan Horse from movie Troy After a fabulous time in Istanbul we got a rental car and drove from Eu … more →
A reading from Homer
wrote 2 weeks ago: Hexameters written in papyrus. Heroes immortalized by a blind poet. Nobody can escape from this powe … more →
empty the dog: a shaggy-dog parable
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wrote 3 weeks ago: A limited copyright is hereby granted to any reader who wishes to print a copy of the image so as no … more →
