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Monthly Archives: December 2022
Happy New Year!
José Félix Ribas Brass En Vivo Vol. 1 (Dirigido por Carmelo Cacioppo) by Ensamble de Metales y Percusión José Félix Ribas
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Coca þola
I was looking up þola in Cleasby & Vigfusson this afternoon even though I was pretty sure I knew what it meant, which is a totally normal thing to do. They said it meant “endure”, as I expected, and connected … Continue reading
Posted in ancient art, Myth & Legend, words
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With humans like these, who needs chatbots?
An epic explosion of plagiarism and academic fraud–good to the last drop. (If the last drop has in fact dripped.)
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Tagged odium philologicum
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In Moria, in Khazad-dûm…
The Bridge of Khazad-dûm from Bakshi’s Lord of the Rings movie. If only the film had been as great as its background art.
Posted in art, fantasy, fantasy art
Tagged Lord of the Rings
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I Think, Therefore I Chat?
This brilliantly sums up my lack of wow at the Invasion of the Chatbots. [edited to add:] Here’s the discussion out of which the phrase arose. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33841672 It’s more narrowly directed at the chatbots’ inability to deal with actual fact … Continue reading
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Looking Forward
Gearing up to teach one of my favorite courses, “Medieval Legends”.
Fahrenheit 101
“You don’t have to burn books if the world starts to fill up with nonreaders, nonlearners, nonknowers.”–Ray Bradbury
Who’s Nest?
I was looking up the Old Norse word nestbaggi (“bag for provisions”) and wondering about the etymon of nest (“provisions”). Is it the same as English nest (like, where birds live)? I still don’t know; it looks doubtful. But apparently English … Continue reading
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State of the Onion
A kind of review, I guess. Executive summary: a fun satire of techbro billionaires and their self-built cults, set inside a movie about mystery stories and puzzles. It’s maybe half an hour too long, like practically every movie made nowadays. … Continue reading
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