Wednesday, December 16 2009
sisterspock: jesuismarah: spiels: juliasegal

sisterspock:

jesuismarah:

spiels:

juliasegal

Filed ↓ star wars french
Tuesday, December 15 2009
“Joni Mitchell… I love her, and true love lasts a lifetime.” (from Love Actually)

“Joni Mitchell… I love her, and true love lasts a lifetime.” (from Love Actually)

Filed ↓ joni mitchell
Tuesday, December 15 2009

eush:

ipengui:

Mr. Darcy: Derbyshire’s Freestyle Disco Champion

I’ve just started watching the third series of That Mitchell and Webb Look, in my ever-expanding quest to not write my paper.

“Oh Caroline will you PLEASE SHUT THE FUCK UP!”

“Perhaps Mr Darcy, you would be good enough to favor us with a brief exhibition of your freestyle disco prowess?”

Filed ↓ pride and prejudice lulz
Tuesday, December 15 2009
If you took a walk by a Swiss lake in the 1930s—the peak time for the writing of Latin grammar books—you could hardly fail to bump into knots of bespectacled millionaires swapping gags about ablative absolutes and rogue gerundives. Here, footling around in a rowing boat in the shallows of Lake Geneva, was Benjamin Hall Kennedy, the original writer of the Primer, in deep conversation over cognate accusatives with the man who revised it in 1930, Sir James Mountford. There was Liddell, deep in conversation over a glühwein with Scott about the correct Greek word for the most terrible of Athenian punishments—”to stuff a radish up the fundament” (raphanidosis, by the way).

Harry Mount, Carpe Diem: How to Become a Latin Lover (via niconarsi) (via eush)

I think I need to read this book.

Filed ↓ classics lulz greek latin
Saturday, December 12 2009
Dissatisfied with his lot, the young man gave himself up to drink, which, however, had not made him forget his Homer; for on the evening that he entered the shop he recited to us about a hundred lines of the poet, observing the rhythmic cadence of the verses. Although I did not understand a syllable, the melodious sound of the words made a deep impression upon me, and I wept bitter tears over my unhappy fate. Three times over did I get him to repeat to me those divine verses, rewarding his trouble with three glasses of whiskey, which I bought with the few pence that made up my whole fortune. From that moment I never ceased to pray God that by His grace I might yet have the happiness of learning Greek.

Heinrich Schliemann may have been an unscrupulous archaeologist and a douchebag, but you can’t deny his passion for his chosen field. (via) (via eush)

“…Happiness of learning Greek.” I wish I felt that way.

Greek Final exam: Sunday the 20th, 7:45 AM.

Filed ↓ greek classics
Saturday, December 12 2009
midnight-radio: itsfullofstars:rymdhiss:spacethebeyond: 8 The core of the spectacular globular cluster Omega Centauri glitters with the combined light of 2 million stars. The entire cluster contains 10 million stars, and is among the biggest and most massive of some 200 globular clusters orbiting the Milky Way Galaxy. Omega Centauri lies 17,000 light-years from Earth. Image acquired in June of 2002. (NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team, STScI/AURA) More (see this on Google Sky) #

midnight-radio:

itsfullofstars:rymdhiss:spacethebeyond:

8 The core of the spectacular globular cluster Omega Centauri glitters with the combined light of 2 million stars. The entire cluster contains 10 million stars, and is among the biggest and most massive of some 200 globular clusters orbiting the Milky Way Galaxy. Omega Centauri lies 17,000 light-years from Earth. Image acquired in June of 2002. (NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team, STScI/AURA) More (see this on Google Sky) #

Filed ↓ astronomy
Saturday, December 12 2009
rowanboat: fystfanart: this gorgeous picture is made even better by being called: “Not the hell your whale” Oh my god. This is beautiful. And I love it.

rowanboat:

fystfanart:

this gorgeous picture is made even better by being called: “Not the hell your whale”

Oh my god.

This is beautiful. And I love it.

Filed ↓ star trek spock fanart
Friday, December 11 2009

Natalie Portman to star in and produce "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies"

sisterspock:

fairphantom:

(via deadgrotty)

APPROVE.

Filed ↓ pride and prejudice and zombies
Friday, December 11 2009

NASA discover Spock's planet Vulcan

Space scientists have discovered that the home planet of Star Trek’s Mr Spock may really exist - or at least something very like it. They used a powerful telescope to find evidence for rocky worlds around the very star which his home world Vulcan supposedly orbits in the hit TV and movie series…

Filed ↓ astronomy star trek vulcan
Friday, December 11 2009

on the intricacies of translating ‘οἱ κακοδαίμονες’ in reference to Christians in Lucian’s De morte Peregrini

  • prof: It could be neutral, like ‘unfortunate ones’, but it really depends on the context…anyone have any suggestions?
  • me: ‘Poor bastards’?
  • prof: I like it.
Filed ↓ greek lulz