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derspatchel. We have been together for two years, engaged for one, and married for three months. That timeline continues to amaze me when I look at it. We will celebrate tonight, as is the custom, at the Friendly Toast.
According to the flyers we've been seeing around Davis Square, on Saturday March 15th—the Ides of March—the Somerville Arts Council is sponsoring a reenactment of the assassination of Julius Caesar in Union Square. Of course this is the sort of thing a person wants to attend, especially if a person brings olives and bread and the nearest contemporary equivalent to garum and sits around watching the stabbing with snacks. (Apparently there will be interactive events. We're hoping they include offering bystanders the chance to step up and take a whack, although that may not work unless Caesar is a piñata. Which is such an appealing idea I might be disappointed now if he's not.)
This year, the evening of the Ides is also the beginning of Purim. I believe there is an obvious next step. It involves graggers. Let Cassius' name be blotted out!
(I suspect we should not drink until we can't tell the difference between Cinna the conspirator and Cinna the poet, because that deck is stacked to begin with.)
Happy March! It's snowing!
derspatchel. We have been together for two years, engaged for one, and married for three months. That timeline continues to amaze me when I look at it. We will celebrate tonight, as is the custom, at the Friendly Toast.According to the flyers we've been seeing around Davis Square, on Saturday March 15th—the Ides of March—the Somerville Arts Council is sponsoring a reenactment of the assassination of Julius Caesar in Union Square. Of course this is the sort of thing a person wants to attend, especially if a person brings olives and bread and the nearest contemporary equivalent to garum and sits around watching the stabbing with snacks. (Apparently there will be interactive events. We're hoping they include offering bystanders the chance to step up and take a whack, although that may not work unless Caesar is a piñata. Which is such an appealing idea I might be disappointed now if he's not.)
This year, the evening of the Ides is also the beginning of Purim. I believe there is an obvious next step. It involves graggers. Let Cassius' name be blotted out!
(I suspect we should not drink until we can't tell the difference between Cinna the conspirator and Cinna the poet, because that deck is stacked to begin with.)
Happy March! It's snowing!
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According to the flyers we've been seeing around Davis Square, on Saturday March 15th—the Ides of March—the Somerville Arts Council is sponsoring a reenactment of the assassination of Julius Caesar in Union Square.
It's a shame I'm otherwise occupied in the afternoon--that sounds like fun. I should at least make the attempt to go to the event in Andover on Friday night. If that works, my Saturday will be blissfully free.
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Thank you!
I should at least make the attempt to go to the event in Andover on Friday night. If that works, my Saturday will be blissfully free.
Would be very cool if you wanted to hang out in Union Square and watch some reenacting.
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I wonder if Byron ever sat around thinking "I am Poet the Sinner."
(And then there's the import from our world into Gor who defends herself with "I was an English major and poetess"...)
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Yes! That would be awesome.
A pity I'm spending that whole day on a bus...
the difference between Cinna the conspirator and Cinna the poet
I had to look this up. The Cinna family really was quite complicated, wasn't it?
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Where are you going to be at the end of it?
The Cinna family really was quite complicated, wasn't it?
ALL FAMILIES WHERE EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME THREE NAMES ARE NOT HELPING. I AM TOTALLY LOOKING AT YOU, CAECILII METELLI. LOOKING AT YOU VERY HARD.
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I can't tell if you win this thread or I should stab you.
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Also, now I will have Kate Beaton's version of Cinna the poet's poetry in my head for the rest of the day.
(TEAR HIM FOR HIS BAD VERSE)
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"BRUTUS. SHUT UP. YOU'RE GOING TO DIE."
Thank you!
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since lead lined drinking goblets are passe, One Must Make Do..
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And no silphium, either. We'll do what we can.
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Thank you!
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(I suspect we should not drink until we can't tell the difference between Cinna the conspirator and Cinna the poet, because that deck is stacked to begin with.)
This made me laugh a lot. Remind me at some point to tell you about the parody of Julius Ceasar I was in when I was 10?
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Thank you! We had a good time at the Toast and even survived walking there from Lechmere in below-freezing winds.
Remind me at some point to tell you about the parody of Julius Caesar I was in when I was 10?
Please do!
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Hee. Thank you!
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That event sounds delightful. What is the nearest contemporary equivalent to garum?
ETA: And I really hope Caesar will be a piñata. An he's not, 'twill be a slightly duller world.
Hope all goes well with the snow! It's merely miserably cold here, but it's been that way for a while now.
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Thank you!
And out will gush sestertii, sententiae on ribbons, live nightingales, and honeyed sweets.
. . . that would be so cool.
I suspect they will not have stuffed dormice, either, although as concessions go I would buy the hell out of those.
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Thank you!
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You know, if he's not a piñata, we should maybe make that be a Readercon activity. I, for one, would enjoy helping to make a papier mâché Caesar.
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I will endeavor to bring a camera! Or at least a person who owns one!
You know, if he's not a piñata, we should maybe make that be a Readercon activity. I, for one, would enjoy helping to make a papier mâché Caesar.
Now that everyone's talked about, we should really make it happen. Live nightingales (see
OH MY GOD WE COULD USE CHOCOLATE MICE FROM BURDICK'S. THAT WOULD TOTALLY SOLVE THE DORMOUSE PROBLEM. THIS MUST COME TO PASS.
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I suspect we should not drink until we can't tell the difference between Cinna the conspirator and Cinna the poet, because that deck is stacked to begin with
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I very much want to celebrate The Ides of Purim now. I can even tie in Pi Day(s) (a friend thinks since it is 3.14159... that we should celebrate on March 14th and 15th) on the grounds that one needs to use round pieces of dough to make hamentaschen triangles, so mathematically it fits.
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I think that is an excellent elaboration.
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Also happy (belated) anniversary! That is a good thing!
~Sor
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Thank you! Happy Ides of Purim!