Disclosure: this was a re-work of my undergraduate “thesis” which I ended up submitting when I (unsuccessfully) applied to PhD programs in 2020. Who are the gods? Are they like mankind, full of worry, hardship, and tragedy? Mankind, who in our minds, fixes upon the inconsequentialities of daily life— what should I eat for breakfast, […]
Continue reading →Here is a little poem I once submitted to the American Classical League’s journal, the Classical Outlook. Can’t imagine why it didn’t get published… The Latin poem: Mathematicae tres multiplice quattuor, eadem quattuor multiplice tres;cur illam amo ego non eademilla amat me? This was based on a meme I saw on tumblr that had a similar […]
Continue reading →Names are too confusing these days– trust me, as a teacher, I know. Is that “Bryce” with a Y or an I? How do you spell your name– Caitlin, Kaitlyn, Kaytlynn, Katelin, Cateline, or what? Is it Aiden or Aydin? Does Sara have an H on the end? Or do you spell it with a C? I’ll […]
Continue reading →This post obviously contains spoilers about games in the Mass Effect series. If you haven’t played them, close the window and go do that first. It’s been over two years since EA released BioWare’s third installment of the Mass Effect video game series, and about the same amount of time has passed since the Internet […]
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