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Mar 26, 2026: Ørberg's Familia Rōmāna and its discontents As promised, here are some thoughts (this time in English!) about volume I, Familia Rōmāna, of Hans Ørberg’s famous Lingua Latīna Per Sē …
Mar 25, 2026: LLPSI PERLECTUS Perlēctus est! Lingua Latīna Per Sē Illūstrāta ab Hans Oerberg postrēmō lēgī. Etiam ā Pettersson “Fābula dē fūre audācissimō” hodiē lēcta …
Mar 24, 2026: Paenultimum capitulum Linguae Latīnae! Hodiē paenultimum capitulum LLPSI lēgī! Id est, capitulum XXXIV, “Dē arte poēticā”. Etiam fābulam maestam “Dē Croesī fīliō” …
Mar 23, 2026: Lēcta apud lītus Hodiē apud lītus “Fābula dē Polycratis fātō” ā Pettersson et Capitulum XXXIII “Exercitus Rōmānus” ē LLPSI et XXVI Fābulae …
Mar 21, 2026: Hodiē cum Legentibus lēgī “Fābula dē Arīone citharista” ā Pettersson atque Capitulum XXXII “Classis Rōmāna” ē LLPSI. Delphīnī …
Mar 20, 2026: Gradus nōnus tīrōnibus ē Legentibus perlēctus est Hodiē “Herculēs” fābulam scrīptam ā Pettersson atque Capitulum XXXI “Inter Pōcula” ē LLPSI lēgī. Nova mihi fābula mythica erat …
Mar 19, 2026: Legere Legentibus pergō Hodiē “Lāomedōn, rēx optimus” ā Pettersson et Capitulum XXX “Convīvium” ē LLPSI lēgī. Fābula ā Pettersson mihi placuit, ut …
Mar 18, 2026: Plūra ē Legentibus: Aliud Oerbergens et Reditus Polyphēmī Hodiē “Hospitium Cyclōpium” ā Pettersson et Capitulum XXIX “Nāvigāre Necesse Est” ē LLPSI lēcta sunt. Repetitiō vocābulōrum …
Mar 18, 2026: 🍿 Catching up on a few of the Oscar nominees recently: Frankenstein Song Sung Blue Blue Moon Sinners
Mar 17, 2026: the existence & the naming of the infinite Οἴονταί τινες, βασιλεῦ Γέλων, τοῦ ψάμμου τὸν ἀριθμὸν ἄπειρον εἶμεν τῷ πλήθει…. Ἐντί τινες δέ, οἳ αὐτὸν ἄπειρον μὲν εἶμεν οὐχ ὑπολαμβάνοντι, …
Mar 17, 2026: ē Legentibus: plūs gradūs nōnī tīrōnibus Hodiē fābulās ē Legentibus apud gradum nōnum tīrōnibus legere perrēxī. Fābulae quās hodiē lēgī dē diīs sunt, “Promētheus, Ignis, Īra” et …
Mar 16, 2026: Past the 75,000-word mark on Legentibus Hodiē fābula Aesōpī “Numquam Posthāc” apta ā Daniel Pettersson et Capitulum XXVII “Rēs Rūsticae” ē LLPSI lecta sunt. Quae ad …
Mar 13, 2026: 73,479 vocābula Latīna cum Legentibus adeō lēcta Trēs fābulās Latīnās hodiē cum Legentibus lēgī. Prīma ‘Dē Īrā Lupīnā’, nārrāta ā Daniel Pettersson, lēcta est. Haec erat fābula similis …
Mar 11, 2026: A nice chapter epigraph? τὰ δʼ ὑπεναντίως εἰρημένα οὕτω σκοπεῖν ὥσπερ οἱ ἐν τοῖς λόγοις ἔλεγχοι εἰ τὸ αὐτὸ καὶ πρὸς τὸ αὐτὸ καὶ ὡσαύτως, ὥστε καὶ αὐτὸν ἢ πρὸς ἃ αὐτὸς λέγει ἢ …
Mar 6, 2026: Γαλιλαίᾱθεν ἀνεγνώσθη Γαλιλαίᾱθεν ὑπὸ Σεῦμας Μακδόναλδ. ἀγαθὸν τὸ βιβλίον ἐστὶ τοῖς μαθηταῖς τοῖς ἀναγιγνώσκειν τὴν Καινὴν Διαθήκην ἐθέλουσιν. ἐν τοῖς πρώτοις …
Mar 4, 2026: ὁ ἐπὶ Τροίᾱν πόλεμος ἀνεγνώσθη σήμερον ὁ ἐπὶ Τροίᾱν πόλεμος ὑπὸ τοῦ Σεῦμας Μακδόναλδ. τοῦτο τὸ βιβλίον ἀρέσκει μοι. ἐνόησα ἁμαρτίᾱν τινὰ μῑκροτάτην, υἱος ἐπὶ τῇ ἐνενηκοστῇ …
Mar 2, 2026: The end of Legentibus beginner course, level 8 Hodiē quattuor fābulās lēgī ē Legentibus. Hārum duae erant fābulae vulgātae aptae ā Daniel Pettersson, “Ollula” ē Frātrum Grimmōrum librō …
Feb 18, 2026: Why write bad Latin? Anyone who is capable of reading the Latin on this blog will be able to make the same observation of its quality: it is not very good Latin. Apart …
Feb 17, 2026: Legentibus Beginner Course, level 8 Diē Veneris quattuor fābulās Latīne in Legentibus applicātiōne lēgī. Prīma fābula erat ‘Eques et Magus’, ē Gesta Rōmānōrum apta ā Daniel …
Feb 17, 2026: It’s as expected that Alpha schools have simply invented a new way to fail students, but I still find it interesting to see precisely how Alpha …
Feb 14, 2026: Learned today that GE Lessing (modern discoverer of Archimedes' Cattle Problem) serendipitously relates to underlying questions about faith, proof, …
Feb 13, 2026: ἀνεγνώσθη... σήμερον ἀνέγνων τοῦ ΛΟΓΟΥ τὸ ὄγδοον κεφάλαιον, τοῦτʼ ἐστιν «ἡ Εὐρώπη». «ἡ Εὐρώπη» ἐστὶ χρήσιμον «πινακικεφάλαιον», ὡς ὁ Πατρολογιστὴς λέγει, ἀλλὰ …
Feb 12, 2026: χαίρετε, ὦ πάντες! So excited to finally have my own website. Can’t wait to start contributing to the wild world of microblogging book reviews …
Aug 5, 2023: Captain Elliott, of Persuasion I have begun listening to Persuasion, the way that you might tear into whole-grain bread as soon as it has left the oven. A warm slice of bread is …
Apr 19, 2023: Book Review: Dava Sobel's Galileo's Daughter The title is misleading: this is not a review of Galileo’s Daughter. More precisely, it is a review of Alan Lightman’s review of …
Nov 11, 2022: Μοῖρα: The Session(s) Zero Finally, here's the introduction to the Fate Core rules, lightly adapted and containing some beginner-friendly Ancient Greek! The philosophy of the …
Nov 10, 2022: Technical Language and Hellenistic ἐξήγησις In the last week, I have binged nearly 50 episodes of Tea with BVP, and something about the way that BVP himself uses the words 'exercise', …
Nov 10, 2022: Ancient Greek 101 Vocabulary--Now in a Logical Sequence! My thesis is stressing me out a bit, so it may actually be some time before I take the time to make my Μοῖρα rules look presentable. This week, …
Nov 7, 2022: CI Curriculum for Ancient Greek: Zero to Hero! Yes, I realize that 'Zero to Hero' is beyond the acceptable level of cheesiness in naming conventions for university courses. As this curriculum …
Nov 7, 2022: Some Thoughts on Teaching Historical Languages As I've been working on an Ancient Greek curriculum project, I've come up with the following list of principles I'm trying to follow. Some of them are …
Apr 14, 2021: 'Objectivity and Impartiality: Epistemic Virtues in the Humanities', Lorraine Daston (2015) A lifetime of unfinished projects has taught me one good thing: how to start enthusiastically. Four days after arriving in St Andrews for my master's …
Feb 8, 2020: Clearing the Shelves, Part II: January's Fiction I felt justified in listing writing under “Skills” on my recently refurbished résumé. After all, I exercise my ability to put words on a …
Aug 7, 2018: Beach Reading Prior to this summer, I can’t remember spending a week at the beach in July. I arrived on the South Carolina coast during the second week of …
Jun 10, 2018: Clearing the Shelves, Part I I introduced this blog with a post on last year’s books, and–until I find a topic of interest that forces me to explain the title of my …
May 13, 2018: Last Year's Books For the first time in my life, I’ve kept a reasonably complete list of the books I’ve read. This has been a goal for …
Jun 20, 2014: The Bus Don't Go to Hogwarts* (Day 6) This morning Professor Armitage summoned us for an extra half class session. Normally we will have no class on Fridays, but the professor wished to …
Jun 19, 2014: No Place Like London I’ve been drinking plenty of tea while in England (at least a dozen cups since leaving the plane), but I’d yet to experience a full and …
Jun 18, 2014: Here Comes the Sun (Day 4) This afternoon I visited two famous addresses: 221B Baker Street and Abbey Road. [caption id=“attachment_89” align=“alignnone” …
Jun 17, 2014: I Ask to Be, or Not to Be (Day 3) Tonight I and my flatmate ate at my first pub, The Swan, where I had a very English meal of steak, chips, tomato, and ale. We chose the place for its …
Jun 16, 2014: Everything Is Awesome (Day 2) First full day in London, and first class this morning! Tomorrow night we see our first play, Hamlet. After our orientation and class at Winston House …
Jun 15, 2014: Leaving on a Jet Plane (Day 1) I used to think that planes were cool, and that the longer I could stay on them, the more fun I would have. I had ample opportunity to reconsider that …