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I'm still practicing my Latin pretty much every day, though I don't know if I've actually progressed. I am going over the same basic stuff. Over and over. And practicing reading out loud. The other day, I was watching a movie and some very simple ecclesiastical Latin was spoken in a church, and I realized I'd understood all of it without translating it in my head. And I rejoiced.
So here's what I did today. I recorded my sick self reciting Catullus's ad Cornelium. Here's the text, if you'd like to read along (more here).
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Edit: Overheard while Amelia was not exactly sober: "She washed her hair with the essence of spinach in order to be less like a chiapet. But it hurts."
So here's what I did today. I recorded my sick self reciting Catullus's ad Cornelium. Here's the text, if you'd like to read along (more here).
Cui dono lepidum novum libellumLinks? Ok.
arida modo pumice expolitum?
Corneli, tibi: namque tu solebas
meas esse aliquid putare nugas.
Iam tum, cum ausus es unus Italorum
omne aevum tribus explicare cartis...
Doctis, Iuppiter, et laboriosis!
Quare habe tibi quidquid hoc libelli—
qualecumque, quod, o patrona virgo,
plus uno maneat perenne saeclo!
Australia Bans Small Breasts as “Child Pornography”: Just call me Lolita.
The Ridiculously Cute Side of Winter Science: So cute I died over and over again (thanks,
tailchaser).Young Blood Reverses Signs of Aging in Old Mice: Erzebet Bathory was right?
Lawmaker wants to ban "Ex-Lax" fish: The fish that makes you poop.
Lil Wayne’s Got Diamond Teeth: If I woke up to seeing him making this face at close range, I would scream. I might even pee.
Henrietta Lacks’ ‘Immortal’ Cells: "Journalist Rebecca Skloot’s new book investigates how a poor black tobacco farmer had a groundbreaking impact on modern medicine."
TR Special: The 10 Most Mind-Shatteringly Awful Fan Fiction Fridays of 2009: Wow (thanks,
shbe).The last abortionist: Fascinating and illuminating article on the only late-term abortionist left in the US.
"Caligula" director to make 3D porn film: "Veteran erotic film director Tinto Brass, best known for his 1979 release 'Caligula,' said Thursday he would produce what he called the world's first-ever 3D pornographic production."
"That's What She Said" Joke Made Every Time Archaeology Professor Refers to Bone: "The first incident occurred in early November. Holding up a digit-sized bone during lecture, Rogers remarked to the class on its durability. 'It's extremely hard,' he noted, 'and so large it doesn't even fit into one hand.' Rogers recalls that he then heard a student cry out, 'That's what she said!' and the classroom dissolved into giggles" (thanks,
elanya).Big Pussy: SFW.
School Outlaws "Sexual Bending": Also says everyone must have both feet on the floor at all times while dancing. Oy.
Edit: Overheard while Amelia was not exactly sober: "She washed her hair with the essence of spinach in order to be less like a chiapet. But it hurts."
