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Booty bump!

I've been to so many classics lectures, but that one definitely beat almost all of them in terms of boringness. I heard a great one once on Greek colonialism, though, and the guy super randomly started talking about Israel for a split second and I kept scanning the audience for a response and nobody said anything. Then there was the time that I had to sit through a lecture on ancient brickwork. ZzzZZzzzz

I once heard a two hour lecture on portable sundials. It was so boring that I thought I was gonna pass out. At the end of the lecture, some old guy asked, "Well, how do they work?" and the lecturer said, "We don't know." I was like, kill me now!

By March 3rd can mean anything, though. It can mean now or it can mean March 2nd. Either way, Tim O'Keefe, the guy who sent us the email, seems open to answering questions if anyone wants to email him and ask. I suspect we'll be hearing back from very many schools this week, though.

Holy shit! Congratulations!!

But Och! I backward cast my e'e, On prospects drear! An' forward, tho' I canna see, I guess an' fear!

Who cares about anything anymore, guys? Umberto Eco is dead. This hit me hard, guys.

We should look him up and spam him back! That'll show him...

I'm two degrees of separation from Heidegger. AMA

Anyone else here getting emails from "Matt Giles, Admissions"? Because I really don't want to become a leader in health administration...

Do they release MAs before PhDs? I thought it was normally the other way around.

Toronto is breaking my heart

Tannhäuser Overture for bad days, bro:

Hello, enemy...

On a good note, you're gonna get accepted into all the schools in early April.

Schopenhauer...Wagner...

Isn't it true that Mike Huckabee kind of looks like Hitler? e: Someone said something about Hitler being cute. But this is directed at the whole board.

Oh, you're he guy we were supposed to hang out with yesterday? Small world.

Oh! Do me! Do me! I wanna know how long it takes to find me.

I'll re-read it tomorrow and let you know whether I think you're talking shit. But, useful and tragic shit, nonetheless. Perhaps a better and more holistic approach than trying to be "right". I, for one, am particularly well versed in the art of Lully. I do highly appreciate that you got that WWED tattoo. Pretty kickass.

Damn right it does. But we have to use it in the pursuit of the good and the beautiful. For example, we may allow all the John Ford movies, and Bergman, and Fellini selectively. We do not allow Gone With the Wind or Argo, etc. But we allow mimesis insofar is it's within the confines of paideia and if it makes the world a better place. And I get to choose what makes the world a better place because I have techne.

Yeah, I guess you're right. Plato is pretty great. I don't mean to say that I don't like them or they aren't super, but comparatively, they're not my favorites. Euthyphro is just too much of a dweeb for me to not get insanely annoyed. Same goes for Ion. I prefer it when Socrates has a better sparing partner, if you will. Structurally, I also haven't found what makes the Euthyphro a stunning dialogue. I can see that in the Crito, for sure, but I'm still at a loss when thinking about the importance of the Euthyphro. But obvs, you're allowed to love it as much as you need to. So long as you don't not love Plato, we can still be best friends.

I say this as a total Plato devotee, but you might be the only person in the world to list the Euthyphro and the Crito as favorites. I read them in English and in Greek, and will likely read them again and again, but... favorites? Nah. Especially the Euthyphro. The guy's a dweeb.

Guys, I went to the Met yesterday and took a picture of the admissions committee in real life.