quote of the day ‘I’m all in favor of an empire that is large, that is based on conquering, and that has room for quirky nerds.’ –Peter Brown, 9/19/04 Continue Reading →
nursery rhymes for old people today we introduced our greek class to the fact that, in greek nouns of the first declension, etas turn into alphas after epsilon, iota and rho (or, r Continue Reading →
classics from a different culture it was recently Rosh Hashana. Thus, here is merriam-webster’s word-of-the-day for 16 september: shofar SHOH-far noun : a ram’s-horn trumpet blown by Continue Reading →
