He looks as if he knew a great deal that can never be any use to him

[sovay]

Signs of Incipient Geekdom #1381: A friend signs an e-mail "SC" and your first thought is, "Who signs an e-mail 'scilicet'?"

I suppose it should follow without saying that I spent this afternoon researching Roman laws on citizenship and resident aliens for no project of my own, except that someone asked me a question to which I did not know the answer and I was curious. The process turned out to involve rather more Cicero than I had bargained for. Why does no one ever ask me questions that involve rather more Anakreon, or Lucan, or even Lykophron?

Miniver coughed, and called it fate,
And kept on drinking.

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[clarionj.livejournal.com]

lol--and will you actually end up creating something from all of this? I can't imagine not getting a tale out of it. I'm thinking of an entire story done up in oxymorons, revealing hidden connections as the plot twists itself right back to the start.

It's funny. You tell this with such assured detail that I'll end up relating it as fact to someone one day, telling about a vacation resort that was also a nunnery, somewhere in Africa--I won't remember the name, but I'll know they should be vigilant about a few odd things while visiting--a chipmunk infestation and Sophists grinning on the roadside.