Through a fairly circuitous route, I put a Hollywood writer in touch with DS yesterday. Said writer needed some help with a translation of Homer and a guide to pronouncing ancient Greek. As it turns out, DS had written a graduate school paper on this particular passage of the Iliad & was enthusiastic and quick with a response to the writer.
So DS’s translation and pronunciation of Homer are going to be in the season premiere of a TV show next fall! (I can’t say which ‘cause it’s still super secret. I’ll fill y’all in when I can.)
AND! as a thank-you, the TV show will feature a character sometime next season named after DS!
Pica: Very cool.
PS: vinh, do you have a source for this?
vinh: San Francisco in Ruins, 1906 - Click to embiggen I am thoroughly impressed with the airship in the upper left.
And you thought it wasa only in Japan that you couldget weird stuff in vending machines. This photo is from Rome, where thongs and plastic joke teeth are conveniently dispensed side-by-side.
“Girl. I know your job history may have slightly warped your view of what is actually considered clothing, but I’m pretty sure this was last seen on a showgirl in Atlantic City’s famous Ancient Greece-themed revue, Topless Acropolis.”
Ha. Topless Acropolis. If the academic job market gets really bad, I’m going to pad my CV with something about being the archaeological consultant for such an Ancient Greece-themed revue.
Oh jeez. Is that Zahi Hawass’ hat?
President Barack Obama jokingly shows off the hat he was given during his tour of the Pyramids and Sphinx in Egypt on June 4, 2009. (Official White House photo by Pete Souza) via apsies somethingchanged
Betty Ford
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Some of you might call this putting a meme in a meme. Or “being meta.”
But nerds like me call it “intertextuality.”
There’s a dissertation in Internet meme intertextuality. For reals.
(Image via the colossal timesuck that is knowyourmeme.com)
