Apologia Pro Literati Vita
Saturday, May 26, 2018

Garfield and Friends: Guess the Classical Theme

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Looney Tunes probably comes first to mind when people think of classical music used in cartoons, and with good reason, but the U.S. Acres ...

Catharsis at Home Depot

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So I'm suffering from a bad case of treppenwitz  today, after yesterday an obnoxious driver cut me off on the road after riding imperti...
Thursday, May 24, 2018

Advice to Myself: An Examination of Conscience

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When considering the causes of your actions, first consider their type so that you may consider more finely their nature. Did you act by ...
Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Thoughts on Homeschooling, Part II

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Continued from Part I From the introduction to  Paideia , by Werner Jaeger: Education in any human community (be it a family, a soci...
Friday, April 13, 2018

Quote: Gene Healy on the Imperiling Presidency

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from The Cult of the Presidency: America's Dangerous Devotion to Executive Power  by Gene Healy. p. 265 Over the course of the 20th...
Thursday, April 12, 2018

My UnTwitter

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How I use Twitter: "This looks interesting. It reminds me of something..." Spend time looking for the quote, image, etc. If n...
Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Mow Vergil, Mow Problems

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Forged by Vulcan himself, the Aeneas 500 cuts through grass, weeds, Greeks, Rutulians, and more! My wife and I often spend the duration...
Friday, April 6, 2018

Things I Don't Get: Beethoven in Smurfs for the ColecoVision

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Vienna, 1802. Ludwig van Beethoven takes a stroll through in country outside the city. The birds are singing as a soft, wispy cloud moment...
Monday, March 26, 2018

Dvorak, Go Where I Send Thee?

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The incorporation of folk forms of expression into works of higher art is an old tradition in Western music, and we find some of that tradi...
Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Thoughts on Homeschooling, Part I

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Parents usually surprise me by approving of my wife's and my intent to educate our children ourselves. Older folks and people without...
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