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A standard Greek dictionary (which they insist upon calling “lexicon” for no good reason) is the Greek-English Lexicon by Liddell & Scott. Apparently Liddell & Scott is published in three editions: a small/pocket/travel size, the standard student desk reference edition, and a massive über-dictionary (although not the most über-dictionary; a “one to rule them all, [...]

There’s almost nothing I love so much as book shopping. Every year UT Press has a book sale where they sell some of the titles and also have a large clearance sale on “hurt” books. I’ve gone almost every year for a while (I didn’t make it out last year). Anyway, here is this year’s [...]

How dumb am I? I bought a slew of new books just before I move next week! Half Price Books is really quite dangerous for a book addict like myself. Oh well. Here’s my haul: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (vol. I & II) by Gibbon The New College Latin & English [...]

‘The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism,’ by John C. Bogle: Mistrust Funds: “The founder of Vanguard lobs an attack at business as usual on Wall Street.” (Via NYT > Books.) If anyone gets to read it before me, let me know how it is. I’ve heard more than one person say something along the [...]

Snooping fears plague new iTunes: “Apple faces criticism over changes to its iTunes software that some fear could compromise privacy.” (Via BBC News.) I think it’s increasingly likely that we’re going to see services such as these in the future from all sorts of companies. Hyper-personalized services are the future, as information pass-back from users [...]

Ana Marie Cox receives her first NY Times book review, and it’s very positive: ‘Dog Days,’ by Ana Marie Cox – The New York Times Book Review – New York Times: “Review by CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY | Published: January 8, 2006 | Ana Marie Cox burst onto the scene in 2004 when her political blog, Wonkette [...]

That’s a fair question. Demsothenes was an Attic orator from the period just prior to that of Alexander the Great. Wikipedia describes him as “generally considered the greatest of the Attic orators.” The name ties in a little to my interest in Classics, which I’d like to study more at school if I can manage [...]