docoflove1974

I did it--as a conscious move--when I applied for, and then left for, doctorate programs. I had spent all my life in California, outside of a trip to Hawaii for a week and 4 days in Columbus, Ohio (and several trips to Nevada, which really don't count). I wanted to live somewhere else in this huge country of mine...and so I did. I didn't know a soul in Austin, Texas...and I don't regret a second of my decision!

One of these days, I want to take a 2-week long trip to NYC, just to catch a handful of plays, both on and off Broadway. I am starting to find the time to see some in San Francisco (ACT has been hugely popular and active for many, many years here), but there's nothing like seeing one in NYC...or so I've been told!

Works for me! lol

Damn straight. :salute:

So does Pryor even consider the fact that the Huns were pressing on various Germanic (and other) tribes?? IIRC, it was the Vandals, who ran into the Gothic territories, who ran into the Saxon and Angle territories, etc., but I could be wrong on the exact order and/or tribes. Attila and his gang were pushing several peoples out of their normal territories, which created a need for people to pick up stakes and settle elsewhere.

Well, he's a Hebe...a hook nose...100% kosher...or was that just Brian?

Sounds like a wonderful way to spend a breakfast. For many of us, yes! Welcome, Faustus!

Not fair! Eh, well, my signature trumps all If I recall correctly, at least one of the Python boys has a degree in history, so the fact that they borrowed (heavily or otherwise) from a historical source such as Josephus is not surprising. That, and the movie was/is freaking awesome.

Sounds almost similar to the SE Asian fish sauce (nam pla)...salty, fishy...and yet, I can't have pho or many other Thai and Vietnamese dishes without it!

Is it much better than saying that the Celts (or Germanic tribes) were nothing but blood-thirsty barbarians who preferred to be barely clothed and smeared with dirt? It's all rubbish in my opinion...being overly positive or overly negative about a group of people doesn't exactly promote the group fairly. Either way, it's a pile of manure.

Ugh...stupid double post...sorry!

Good luck to you, VTC, both with this blog and your book!

That's an attempt at phonetic representation...it's phonetic representation for American speakers, I guess. True linguistic phonetic representation is different. Honestly, it probably helps some people pronounce them, as they have been pronouncing them poorly all along!

Sounds very interesting! The reduction is easy enough to reproduce...I would imagine that one would take wine and reduce to the desired amount. As for the herbs, are they available commercially?

Defrutum...I know that's usually a jelly (see the recent wine threads)...but is that what you're referring to, Pertinax? If so, where does one get it? And what are rue and asafoetida resin? I love cooking up pearl barley in chicken stock, and then keeping it in the fridge. Makes an outstanding salad--put some vinaigrette on it and throw in some chopped tomatoes, green onions, olives, feta or goat cheese, perhaps some bell peppers, and it's wonderful! I do the same with Israeli cous cous. Also, if I want to make a veggie soup a bit more hearty, I cook in a handful of pearl barley...adds a wonderful nuttiness to the soup.

Ninjas? That, or GO has been entering our realm and sneaking off with our messages...

With a bottle or few or wine, I would suspect. Perhaps a pony keg or growler of local brew. Either way, dude, have a great day! And rest of the weekend!

Thanks, all!

It's why it's my signature here...and I think one of the more poignant quotes (and entire scenes) from the film. My dad has almost completely given up on many documentaries on the History Channel because there is still a thread of "one good [whatever]" and I can't say that I blame him. It gets better, and then gets worse. You'd think that with all of the primary sources that we have, and continue to find, that "Hollywood" (as a concept, not just what comes out of La-La-Land) would change their ways. I guess it's all about what sells...or what they think sells.

Frame??? This puppy will be mounted on a slab o' wood (maybe marble or granite)! Actually, I'm prolly going to wait until I move out. That way, I can get the diploma and the UNRV map done at the same time.

Good ol' Wheelock's...standard textbook, good source.

Innit puuuuuuuuuurdy!? (BTW, to borrow the British expressions...I'm bleeding on Cloud 9, but and completely knackered...but am enjoying some champers to celebrate nonetheless!) (I can't upload the damned picture, for some stupid reason, but it's in the Gallery: click here)

South Central Kansas...does that mean that you're more of the Jayhawk persuasion, or of the Wildcat ilk? BTW: HOOK 'EM HORNS!!!

Wonderful! Congrats, LW!

Well, I applaud your efforts...and if I had the time, and the full-time tenure-track employment, I probably would do the same. But I have to say that this group of students over the summer had a large number of 'foreign-raised' students, mostly from Asia (of 40 students, 11 from Asia, one from Central Europe). The Asian students honestly did fine...they either wrote that they went to "South America" or looked at a map at some point. It was the American-raised students who pretty much failed that topic. And when I talked to some of them privately, they don't recall the last time they looked at a map...they just never thought of it as being 'necessary' in life. Perhaps I find this deplorable because in my family, with my dad's big interest in history and geography, we were raised to learn and (somewhat) enjoy the wonders of those subjects. And while my brothers do not dive head-long into history and geography nearly as much as I do, they can still discuss the 'basics' of Europe and Asia, at the very least. Furthermore, if they're so moved...they look at a map!!! When I lived in Texas, there were several people who knew that California was on the coast...just which coast, they couldn't figure out which coast. Seriously...with as much TV being set in California...ugh, I give up.