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Author Archives: JE
Actis Temporibus
For a few years I’ve had a Latin version of “Auld Lang Syne” on my Latin-for-the-holidays handout, but I’ve never been crazy about it. For one thing, it erases the repetitions in the original. For another, references to drinking have … Continue reading
Posted in academia, Adventures in the Public Domain, Christmas, language, music, writing
Tagged EverythingIsBetterWithLatin!™, Latin
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Fair or Unfair?
In the course of an ultimately frustrating and pointless conversation online today, I found myself thinking of the multiple meanings of fair in English–at once, “light-skinned/light-haired”, “beautiful”, and “just, even-handed”. The meanings are so different that I wondered if they … Continue reading
Posted in art, fantasy art, language, politics, words
Tagged EverythingIsBetterWithLatin!™, Greek, Old English
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The Shadow Nose
I’m reading Ǫrvar Odds saga at odd moments when I should be working, lately. I was looking up útnes which C&V (un)helpfully gloss as “an outer ness”. The AHD more helpfully told me that a ness is a cape or … Continue reading
Ear Ye! Ear Ye!
Typo of the day resulted from a cut-and-paste error. It started its journey as Dear editors and ended up as ear editors. Ear editors: some kind of digital plastic surgeon, I guess? “Have you run this lobe past the ear … Continue reading
Posted in Typo of the Day, writing
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Wearing the Mask
I’m rereading Seneca’s De Beneficiis, using Kaster’s shiny new OCT edition, and came across this crunchy line: hanc personam induisti: agenda est.—Seneca, De Beneficiis 2.17.2“You’ve put on this mask; you have to act out the part.” Seneca’s line is almost … Continue reading
Posted in ancient art, art, language, Rome, sff
Tagged EverythingIsBetterWithLatin!™, masks, theater
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Creepypasta
Seen on Bluesky: Gustaw Gwozdecki’s “Evening Melancholy”, c.1905. I didn’t know it on sight, but somehow it felt familiar. I wonder if I saw it a long time ago and it re-surfaced from my subconscious when I needed a creepy … Continue reading
Posted in art, fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, writing
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Age of Aequarius
A Happy Equinox to my fellow Tellurians. To all visitors: proceed at your own risk. Earth is a little weird these days. https://claudionuez.bandcamp.com/track/equinox-coltrane-2
The End of the Beginning
By the power vested in me, I declare this rough draft COMPLETE. Now to knock off some of the rough edges. I will need my largest and most abrasive rasp.
Posted in fantasy, Myth & Legend, sword-and-sorcery, writing
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Vale!
Whenever I see a news item about Romney, I think it’s about the English artist who did such great drawings of Orpheus and Eurydice. I am always disappointed. This is made even worse by the fact that the artist’s first … Continue reading