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You know a few years ago, astronomers got sick of people laughing whenever they brought up Uranus, so they started pronouncing it Urineous but then realized it had even less dignity so they just started pronouncing it Ouranos instead and grumbled about how the name made a lot more sense when Uranus was just a greek god?
Well, I got news for you fuckers
Uranus NEVER had dignity
‘Sisyphus’ acrylic and oil on canvas 123x91cm
Condemned to push a large rock up on a steep hill, only to find it rolling back on nearing the summit....
A rock comprising an aggregate of personal neuroses; personal health, financial, career, state sanctions and curtailed liberties. We all carry our own....
Say it with me folks
Merfolk are not fish
Merfolk are NOT mammals!
MERFLOK ARE NOT HALF-FISH/HALF-MAMMAL!!!!!!
Merfolk:
can breathe both air and water as long as their skin stays moist.
are born with tails, but lose them and gain legs at 40 years of age.
are known to vocalize
MERFOLK ARE AMPHIBIANS PEOPLE!
WAKE THE FUCK UP!
My book arrived from Amazon !!! Still can't believe it was 54p I'm so excited !!
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Milo just went over the 200,000 hit mark, which is pretty cool. By far the most popular section of this sprawling mess is the Boston Qualifier Questionnaire, which, if you’re a runner, is worth checking out. But in this post, I thought I’d highlight the 20 most popular posts on that aren’t related to the Boston Marathon. Its an odd mix. Here they are in reverse order: 20 — Book Nerds: Richard…
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I bought this from the second hand shop late at night and quite frankly, I can't wait to start it
UH SO
I HAVE FIVE TINY FISH THAT I NAMED AFTER THE RIVERS OF THE UNDERWORLD
AND APPARENTLY ONE DIED AND THE OTHER FISH ATE ITS CORPSE
I’M GONNA SAY THAT ONE WAS LETHE...SO I CAN FORGET THAT THIS EVER HAPPENED.... o.0
Elena Ferrante: “I imagined the Bay of Naples filled with sirens who spoke in Greek as in a lovely story by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa.”
Q. There are many, many classical references in your work, not least the names Elena, or Helen, and Leda. Why the interest in the classical world? What about it speaks to you?
A. I studied classics. You’ve recognized the traces of it in my works and I’m pleased by that, but I hardly notice it myself. I recognize my education more in stories that I wrote as exercises and that fortunately have never seen the light of day. I have to say that I’ve never seen the classical world as an ancient world. Instead I feel its closeness, and I think I’ve learned many things from the Greek and Latin classics about how to put words together. As a girl I wanted to make that world my own, and I practiced with translations that tried to remove the lofty tones that I had been taught to use in school. But at the same time I imagined the Bay of Naples filled with sirens who spoke in Greek as in a lovely story by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. Naples is a city in which many worlds coexist. The Greek, Latin and Eastern worlds; medieval, modern and contemporary Europe; even the United States, are all side by side, neighbors, especially in the dialect and also in the historical stratification of the city.
Excerpted from Ferrante's Q & A with Rachel Donadio on the New York Times site. The story that inspired the young Ferrante has been newly translated by Stephen Twilley as "The Professor and the Siren."
Illustration: Johann Greuter after Giovanni Ianfranco, 1646, Mermaids and Mermen in bay of Naples.
