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Compassion Divine1 comment

Steve Wiggins wrote 21 hours ago: A very generous relative graced this holiday season with the gift of the first season of Star Trek, … more →

Tags: animals, Creationism, Deities, Egypt, Popular Culture, Posts, Religious Origins, creationists, Egyptians

Re-envisioning the FM website, becoming soldiers in the war for American's future21 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 6 days ago: Summary:  The FM website has changed in recent months.  This is an annoucement of that change.  This … more →

Tags: america, Internal, Allan Bloom, anger, Aristotle, last man, Max Weber, Nicomachean Ethics, Nietzsche

Socrates in Kansas3 comments

santitafarella wrote 1 week ago: This Kansas song seems to me packed to the brim with Western literary and religious allusions, from … more →

Tags: Poetry, Literature, Life, Socrates, Philosophy, Metaphor, greek mythology, Kansas, Icarus

Word to the WISE: Keep Your Eye Open and other Mech Monday Tales

worldsasmyth wrote 1 week ago: Despite the delay from a rocket booster steering engine on the 11th, the Wide-field Infrared Survey … more →

Tags: Literary, technology, Science, NASA, Google, Reuters, ABC News, NOOK, Verizon

Adjacent Islands1 comment

lisaoflongbourn wrote 3 weeks ago: I was watching a movie with my brothers last night, and the scene was one of those notorious “ … more →

Tags: Life, Correspondence, Movies, sense and sensibility, Jane Austen, dictionary, madagascar, Greek, Brothers

Metaphorically speaking, of course.5 comments

strandsofocean wrote 3 weeks ago: This has been circulating around the internet for a while, but I thought I’d share  for those … more →

Tags: General, English class, The-Odyssey, Circe, Sexy Women, Draw with Me, Animation

Elegant Spanish Whites

berkeleywine wrote 3 weeks ago: An interesting shift is taking place amongst Spanish wine drinkers in the USA. White wines are growi … more →

Tags: Spain, Sparkling Wine, white wine, aforado, Albarino, Augustí Torelló Mata, cava, emilio rojo, l'hereu de nit

Reading the Western Classics #2

Monsieur S wrote 1 month ago: Well, I just finished reading The Odyssey last night.  As you probably already know, the same author … more →

Tags: Christian classical education, christian liberal arts, Classical Education, The-Odyssey, Homer

Valduero (and more) on sale

berkeleywine wrote 1 month ago: A long time importer friend of the Spanish Table here in California has called it quits and moved to … more →

Tags: Fortified Wine, red wine, Spain, white wine, Ithaca, Pedro Ximenez, Penelope, Priorat, priorato

Lachrymose: Astrological Tears2 comments

erisian wrote 1 month ago: He had me in tears today, my lovely astrologer. They bubbled up, out of nowhere, and flowed down my … more →

Tags: Astrology, Sun, Mars, Asteroids, psyche, Trans-Neptunians

Timothy Thornton wrote 1 month ago: “If “the concept of resistance is critical of thought’s claim to totality”, … more →

Tags: Poetry, Prose, J H Prynne, Kevin Nolan, Hegel, Adorno, his weasel words, Autolycan tricksters, lyrical subjectivity

Quotable: the Odyssey

wallyfrost wrote 1 month ago: From The Odyssey (Samuel Bulter trans.), which I’m listening to as a LibriVox audio book. Kink … more →

Tags: Reading Log, Kink, Quotable, Odyssey, Samuel Butler, Circe, Sword, unman

Viñedos de Ithaca "Akyles" Priorat 2007

tomdelorme wrote 1 month ago: I learned late yesterday that Silvia Puig was pouring her wines at a dinner at Tallula in Northern V … more →

Tags: Spain, recommended, Value Pick, Priorat, Viñedos de Ithaca, Joseph Puig, Silvia Puig, vinos unico, Akyles

A being in search of meaning

frabjousdays wrote 1 month ago: I like this clip in so many ways I won’t try to write something about it. So there. … more →

Tags: Sports, Cycling, craig mclean, Homer, track cycling, Scotland

Viñedos de Ithaca Odysseus Garnacha Blanca Priorat 20084 comments

tomdelorme wrote 1 month ago: The father and daughter team of Joseph and Silvia Puig named their winery Odysseus in honor of the G … more →

Tags: Spain, recommended, Priorat, Viñedos de Ithaca, garnacha blanca, Joseph Puig, Silvia Puig, vinos unico

WORD OF THE DAY

Sandra Parks wrote 2 months ago: Ok this is such a pretty word.  Let me see your sentences.  Leave a comment using the word in a sent … more →

Tags: Education, husband, Word, Day, Penelope, Mother, Greek, Beautiful, mythology

Graduate School inspires me!

thelanguageandlibrarylover wrote 2 months ago: “The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all.” -Emperor of … more →

Tags: writing, Graduate School, adversity, Inspiration, mulan, Beowulf

Attention fellow sheep: let's open our eyes and see the walls of our pen23 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 2 months ago: These are self-explanatory, and would arouse rage in any but the most domesticated of subjects. Thes … more →

Tags: america, Our Military, Aristotle, government communications headquarters, James Bamford, london internet exchange, matthew aid, MITRE Corporation, National Security Agency

Album Review: St. Vincent - Actor1 comment

callmemarge wrote 2 months ago: I don’t know if you’ve ever read the Odyssey by Homer. It got this part where Odysseus h … more →

Tags: Music, recommended, Album Review, Releases, Video, st, Vincent, album, Actor


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