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27 Dec 2008, 10:19 am
. * 1660: Thomas Urquhart, Scottish aristocrat, polymath and first translator of Rabelais into English, is said to have died laughing upon hearing that Charles II had taken the throne. * 1671: François Vatel, chef to Louis XIV, committed suicide because his seafood order was late and he couldn’t stand the shame of a postponed meal. [read post]
14 Nov 2008, 12:15 am
No, because Thomas Harris wouldn’t write Manhunter and introduce Hannibal to the world for another 20 years). [read post]
9 Jun 2008, 9:11 am
Thomas Eakins is liney, John Singer Sargent is not; Andrew Wyeth is liney and Edward Hopper not. [read post]
19 May 2008, 12:46 am
Hundreds of letters were sent over 20 years' time to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter, among others. [read post]
6 Nov 2007, 1:08 pm
After all the talk surrounding his silence, I expected that his comments to be nothing shy of Homeric. [read post]
1 Oct 2007, 12:43 pm
Banks County Includes the city of Homer. [read post]
24 Feb 2007, 8:48 am
We're big fans of Judge Berzon, but even Homer nods. [read post]
15 Feb 2007, 7:52 am
The classical world, western civilization from the dawn of written history to the fall of the Roman Empire [1] in 476 A.D., [2] was dependant on the arteries of transportation that crisscrossed Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. [read post]
26 Oct 2006, 11:38 am
IN THE MAIL: Thomas Homer-Dixon's book on disasters and preparedness from a lefty perspective, The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization. [read post]
26 Jun 2005, 1:39 pm
The Pleiades were important in ancient Mesopotamia.[3] The rising and setting of the Pleiades were significant astronomical and agrarian markers for the ancient Greeks (see the works of Hesiod, and Homer). [read post]