The Spirit of the Midwest

Chicagoan, city lover, (midwestern) coastal elite, uncle

[The Spirit of the Midwest @ChiPencilPshr]

@heatherpedia @Eric_Erins My Spanish host mom used to make fun of me for eating dinner at ~7:30

[Zach @zjfrank13]

I would like to brag that I never hated Anne Hathaway even when it was popular to do so

[The Spirit of the Midwest @ChiPencilPshr]

By far my worst characteristic as a partner is that I have quite little sympathy for my boyfriend when his anxieties get raised by something I think is stupid and undeserving of the response. Like, just don’t do that, it’s fine

[The Spirit of the Midwest @ChiPencilPshr]

@AlexDemSoc_161 ¡Felicitaciones, mi amigo español! ❤️

[The Spirit of the Midwest @ChiPencilPshr]

@rizzbolt Go Blue, is all I’ll say

[The Spirit of the Midwest @ChiPencilPshr]

@rizzbolt 😲

[The Spirit of the Midwest @ChiPencilPshr]

@politburito Yeah, that was brutal, LMAO

[The Spirit of the Midwest @ChiPencilPshr]

Watched the preview for The Shards. Extremely excited for it!

[The Spirit of the Midwest @ChiPencilPshr]

@other_st_nick @sam_ash 🙏🏼

[The Spirit of the Midwest @ChiPencilPshr]

@sam_ash @other_st_nick RETWEET, NEED TO KNOW

[Andrea 🇮🇹🇪🇺🤝🏻🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸 @ClassicalSocdem]

2008 Euro Cup: PSOE🌹
2010 World Cup: PSOE🌹
2023 Nations League: PSOE🌹
2024 Euro Cup: PSOE🌹
2026 World Cup: PSOE🌹

[The Spirit of the Midwest @ChiPencilPshr]

Erm. The Greeks definitely thought of the Persians as being whiter than Greeks.

[East Med Badman 🏝📿 🇬🇷🇵🇸 @DIAS]

If casting non-Greeks in an ancient Greek story, these are the peoples Greek authors did and did not consistently describe as physically distinct from Greeks.

🔴 Consistently described as physically distinct

🟢 No inherited physical distinction described

⚪ Insufficient evidence

[The Spirit of the Midwest @ChiPencilPshr]

@nise_yoshimi @PinstripeBungle I re-read Odyssey like 8 months ago (after reading Iliad for the first time) and have been on a Greek history kick, albeit not from ancient writers. The ancient stuff’s still on my list!

[A-100 gecs @PinstripeBungle]

nolan odyssey wasn't even an especially transcendent cinema experience for me but I love how everybody is talking and riffing about it. I opened facebook to message my old high school teacher who taught me the iliad. love a cultural event love a text. don't we love a shared text.

[The Spirit of the Midwest @ChiPencilPshr]

It’s a little on the nose that the bisexual “is the man” in this relationship

[The Spirit of the Midwest @ChiPencilPshr]

I’m a big believer that to up the amount you read, it’s not necessarily about sitting down and reading for hours on end. Rather, it’s about taking little chunks of time to read instead of scroll/what have you. For example, reading while my boyfriend puts his face on is perfect.

[yoshimi battles video game addiction @nise_yoshimi]

dying in the Iliad you get a six line narrative about how you were the prettiest nicest most lovely boy who Diomedes master of the war cry ever spilt in half. dying in the odyssey you get a one line mention of how Odysseus was like "damn" when Scylla ate your whole head off

[The Spirit of the Midwest @ChiPencilPshr]

My parents technically upsized, but it’s a lake house and it now has the capacity to host all of the kids and our families/partners so it was a rational decision

[Andrew Kaczynski @KFILE]

Fascinating WSJ story showing that many Booomers are not only not downsizing their homes, they're instead upsizing and getting large ones. Empty-nest baby boomers own 28% of U.S. homes with three bedrooms compared with 16% for millennials with children.

https://t.co/RXhHleMFAA

[The Spirit of the Midwest @ChiPencilPshr]

She was one of my favorite casting decisions in the movie!

[Film Updates @FilmUpdates]

Samantha Morton on the reactions to her performance in ‘THE ODYSSEY’:

“I’ve had ups and downs in my career — you work for a bit and then you’re not working for a bit. You are criticized for your physicality. It’s a tricky game. Even meeting [Christopher Nolan] was enough; everything else is very special, very personal. It validates the fact that I’m good at what I do and I care. I’m very grateful and I take it very seriously.”

(https://t.co/Cmcp7pQKLH)