“Writing a paper or grading?” is not an unusual question when people break out their laptops on certain transatlantic routes.

Congratulations! I was reminded on Saturday that I desperately need to get back to a talk I gave in 2012 and have wanted to turn into an article since

I'm willing to listen to that argument, yes.

I'm most excited about the new trade system and merchant republics, but the "timing, people, timing" of "you can now become pope" is pretty glorious (the entire religion expansion pack sounds excellent + hopefully Ch. VII starts doing something with the prominent non-Christian elements to match)

And if you need it in German, meet "verschlimmbessern."

English (play) - Wikipedia

I braved the traffic nightmare that is Denver’s Performing Arts Complex (they’ve been disimproving it the entire time I’ve lived here) to see Sanaz Toossi’s “English.” What a fantastic play.

Cursing and curse tablets in the Roman West | The Journal of Roman Studies | Cambridge Core
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So basically a version of a mudslide. Now I want one… (and no, I have no idea where it would come from)

I’m one of the seemingly very few people who doesn’t love Ariel Lawhon’s The Frozen River, but it is cool to see what she did with scant court records + Martha Ballard’s diary. I’m enjoying exploring the court docs on the excellent site devoted to background on Ballard.

It is rare to be able to pinpoint it as exactly as for The Wire.

More adventures with the new office computer: Copilot informs me “pasting just got easier.” Easier than a keyboard shortcut that’s been around since the black and white ages of computing?

I am so confused right now!

It's pre-2008, though :-)

Fortunately many people consider the last season past the show’s prime, which helps you ease out of it. I liked it a little better on rewatch, but still think they struggled with the wrap-up.

What a cool idea for a series!

I don’t know what your emails are about, but here it’s pure “The emails will continue until survey response rate improves.”

"Peanut wars" for "Punic Wars" is some inspired auto-transcription work.

As a Smithie, I'm feeling this hard. This leaves a giant, quirky hole.

This is also my university computer, which started talking to me to tell me it was ready for use after setup (read: spyware installation… I’ve been using it fine for about a week), so I really have no chance chasing the AI away.

The actual reason Caesar got stabbed…

Outlook AI just offered to summarize a 2-sentence email. How did I even live in the days before the robots?

An espresso cup speckled in different shades of brown on a wooden table.

I took the espresso cups when the house got sold and wish I'd taken more.

Oh oh, that’s the upcoming week…

I thought ChatGPT was all about flattering your ego rather than showing you what you don’t know…

I really must start a "Americans avoiding the metric system" collection because this sort of stuff is gold. Welcome home, Artemis II!

Integrity (Orion) capsule almost hitting the ocean.

Integrity (Orion) capsule right at splashdown.

Sploosh!

Out of? 5? 10? 100?

Happy last day of the Megalensia... unless you also currently have a paper on Cybele making you unhappy, in which case "grümpf!"

As we mourn the great Averil Cameron, I point you to her autobiographical talk from 2017: on being working class and female in Ancient History wcc-uk.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2017/05/22/s...

What a legend!