Tully Williams

Notes From the Peanut Gallery:

Sundry observations from someone not famous nor known in academia.

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@MarkHertling Inspire and lead with your actions: be the change you want to see in the world and never ask of anyone else what you have not done or will do.

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@AntigoneJournal Fun fact, since writing this my daughter has taken a serious interest in the classics. As she learns more, she loves quizing me! ... She's even considering it as a major in college.

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@simon_schama @RoryStewartUK "... a grotesque mistake." - well put.

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@AntigoneJournal Even as an amateur enthusiast of the Classics, I feel compelled to learn at least some Greek and Latin. … Please don’t test me. ... I particularly like the books with the original text on the facing page.

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@CosmicSkeptic uh? ... There are plenty of questions an atheist can not answer. What does that prove? ... Or disprove? I for one am an atheist and there are many things I don't know the answer to. ... non sequitur

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@DannyDrinksWine I'm more interested in the chord he played.

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@bobrey2009 For such an ostensibly and vociferous supporter of free speech, wouldn’t it have made sense for you to be the first person to support Beard’s right of free speech even if you disagreed with it? ... I smell me a hypocrite.

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@simon_schama Don't you really mean "the grift that keeps on grifting"?

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@CoffeewClassics L'Etranger

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@AntigoneJournal You'll know your Psyche is trying to hide something from you when you start dreaming in Greek.

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@wmarybeard To boot, and only an excessively wealthy person would be interested in bringing back such a tradition.

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@simon_schama The lamentations of cultural identity crisis is of one of the oldest themes in human culture. ... If an ancient Athenian could talk today, you would hear the same thing.

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@Vikings Don't worry Vikings faithful, once the games become meaningless, they will look like world-beaters again! ... I say this as a long suffering Vikings fan who has seen many seasons come and go. .. Ugh

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@simon_schama @BeschlossDC This is further proof Dorothy Parker was right: you can lead a whore to culture but you can make her think.

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@BarefootDwarf @MarkHertling Moreover, Putin (like Hitler before) used bogus ethnic strife (I.e., Austria, Czechoslovak and Poland) to justify invasion. … Just noting ironic (?) historical coincidences.

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@BarefootDwarf @MarkHertling Yes, I realize it’s not the same thing but similar in effect: the US is granting aid to help it better fight. But, in reverse this this time. … cheers

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@AntigoneJournal @MechaNonPlacet We can tweak this sentiment/argument to ring a little truer with: "We are what we read".

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@AntigoneJournal "The Birth of Tragedy" (Die Geburt der Tragödie aus dem Geiste der Musik) ~ Friedrich Nietzche

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@rowenamezzo ... Berlioz: bombastic