TASTING LIFE TWICE Vox 2008-05-03T18:59:01Z Crystal http://crystallyn.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00c2251cb0cff219/tags/ancient/ *cynosure* lazy blogging=lots of linking=hours of your life lost tag:vox.com,2008-05-03:asset-6a00c2251cb0cff21900f48cf46d9f0003 2008-05-03T13:15:21Z 2008-05-03T18:59:01Z Crystal http://crystallyn.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Mentos and Coke Record Don't Mess with Boba Fett Candy by Joshua Hoffine

I'm not sure why I never have anything to say anymore, on either of my blogs. I'm usually spewing some drivel or another so you might think it would end up here, but well, I have to chalk it up to laziness. At least with a list like this it pro...

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Ancient Roman Makeup

One of the best things about writing on the subject of ancient Rome is that I'm in a constant state of learning and research. Today, in learning a bit more about the Roman poet Ovid's life, I discovered that he wrote an early primer to helping wo...

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Aesop's Fables (Oxford World's Classics) The Lion in Love

I've previously talked about how I'm creating a master booklist that should keep me busy for many many years. I'm still working on it...mostly I need to add 20-21st century books at this point. I've published the list thus far and will continue to...

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The Epic of Gilgamesh (Penguin Classics)

I just finished the first book on the Great Books List that I decided to plow through as a new path to some form of literary enlightenment. The Epic of Gilgamesh is a poem that tells the story of a hero-king who is 2/3 God and 1/3 man (curious how...

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