Tag Archives: Greek

Parthenon marbles

Anyone who has had a decent art history course knows why these pieces are significant both in the context of Greek/classical history and to art history in general. I was very very glad I got to see these masterpieces in person, despite the fact they were not in Greece.
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Grab a seat at the table

Fresh cut flowers from my mother’s garden, including fragrant daffodils and (my favorite) hinodoxa.
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Update from a busy July: Hogwarts Square, ArtBea(s)t, and a tourist trip to Nantucket and Old Ironsides

Twice in a row, I’m apologizing for infrequent posts. For better or worse, things have been pretty busy since I got back from vacation. So I don’t bore you all to tears with minute details of my goings-on, I’ll summarize with the aid of four pictures:
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(American) feminism’s irrelevance in contemporary J-rock/J-music

This blog’s been quiet for a few days, longer than I’d meant. I do apologize—while trying to get things organized for my upcoming vacation, the work’s been piling up.
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The internets! It knows me!

The flickr greeting I received today was both unintentionally quite funny and a bit unnerving at the same time: click to enlarge the picture Reaction #1 (too-cool-for-this neo-geek-hipster wanna-be snark): O RLY? Reaction #2 (cripplingly self-conscious): is my greek so bad that flickr assumes i don’t even know how to say hello? Reaction I should [...]
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