aeneid

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an epic poem written by the 1st century roman poet virgil, it describes the flight of trojan refugees following the destruction of their home city in the conclusion of the trojan war. the central character, a young royal named aeneas, leads his people west, hoping to find a place of sanctuary, finally finding it in alba longa.

the strong implication of the story is that aeneas and his band of trojan refugees will eventually be responsible for founding the city of rome, thus giving romans a more impressive and mythical pedigree (the story even attempts to explain the long rivalry between romans and carthaginians by having aeneas get up to hanky panky with a carthaginian woman with the somewhat stupid name of dido).

do you believe this story? you probably shouldn't.

list of hobbies

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general hobbies

3D printing
Acroyoga
Acting
Aerial silk
Airbrushing
Amateur radio
Animation
Aquascaping
Art
Astrology
Babysitting
Baking
Basketball
Baton twirling
Beatboxing
Beer tasting
Binge-watching
Blogging
Board/tabletop games
Book discussion clubs
Book restoration
Bowling
Brazilian jiu-jitsu
Breadmaking
Bullet journaling
Calligraphy
Candle making
Candy making
Car fixing & building
Card games
Cardistry
Ceramics
Chatting
Cheesemaking
Chess
Cleaning
Clothesmaking
Coffee roasting
Collecting
Coloring
Communication
Community activism
Computer programming
Confectionery
Conlanging
Construction
Cooking
Cosplaying
Couch surfing
Couponing
Craft
Creative writing
Crocheting
Cross-stitch
Crossword puzzles
Cryptography
Cue sports
Dance
Decorating
Digital arts
Dining
Diorama
Distro Hopping
Diving
Djembe
DJing
Do it yourself
Drama
Drawing
Drink mixing
Electronic games
Electronics
Embroidery
Engraving
Entertaining
Experimenting
Fantasy sports
Fashion
Fashion design
Feng shui decorating
Filmmaking
Fingerpainting
Fishfarming
Fishkeeping
Flower arranging
Fly tying
Foreign language learning
Furniture building
Gaming
Genealogy
Gingerbread house making
Giving advice
Glassblowing
Gardening
Gongfu tea
Graphic design
Gunsmithing
Gymnastics
Hacking
Hardware
Herp keeping
Home improvement
Homebrewing
Houseplant care
Hula hooping
Humor
Hydroponics
Ice skating
Inventing
Jewelry making
Jigsaw puzzles
Journaling
Juggling
Karaoke
Karate
Kendama
Knife making
Knitting
Knot tying
Kombucha brewing
Kung fu
Lace making
Lapidary
Leather crafting
Lego building
Livestreaming
Listening to music
Listening to podcasts
Lock picking
Machining
Macrame
Magic
Makeup
Manga
Massaging
Mazes
Mechanics
Meditation
Memory training
Metalworking
Miniature art
Minimalism
Model building
Model engineering
Music
Nail art
Needlepoint
Origami
Painting
Palmistry
Pen Spinning
Performance
Pet
Pet adoption & fostering
Pet sitting
Philately
Photography
Pilates
Planning
Plastic art
Playing musical instruments
Poetry
Poi
Pole dancing
Postcrossing
Pottery
Powerlifting
Practical jokes
Pressed flower craft
Proofreading and editing
Proverbs
Public speaking
Puppetry
Puzzles
Pyrography
Quilling
Quilting
Quizzes
Radio-controlled model playing
Rail transport modeling
Rapping
Reading
Recipe creation
Refinishing
Reiki
Reviewing Gadgets
Robot combat
Rubik's Cube
Scrapbooking
Scuba Diving
Sculpting
Sewing
Shoemaking
Singing
Sketching
Skipping rope
Slot car
Soapmaking
Social media
Spreadsheets
Sleeping
Stamp collecting
Stand-up comedy
Storytelling
Stripping
Sudoku
Table tennis playing
Talking
Tapestry
Tarot
Tatebanko
Tattooing
Taxidermy
Telling jokes
Thrifting
Upcycling
Video editing
Video game developing
Video gaming
Video making
VR Gaming
Wargaming
Watch making
Watching documentaries
Watching movies
Watching television
Wax sealing
Waxing
Weaving
Webtooning
Weight training
Welding
Whisky
Whittling
Wikipedia editing
Wine tasting
Winemaking
Witchcraft
Wood carving
Woodworking
Word searches
Worldbuilding
Writing
Writing music
Yo-yoing
Yoga
Zumba


Outdoors and Sports

Air sports
Airsoft
Amateur geology
Amusement park visiting
Archery
Auto detailing
Automobilism
Astronomy
Backpacking
Badminton
BASE jumping
Baseball
Basketball
Beachcombing
Beekeeping
Birdwatching
Blacksmithing
BMX
Board sports
Bodybuilding
Bonsai
Butterfly watching
Bus riding
Camping
Canoeing
Canyoning
Car riding
Car tuning
Caving
City trip
Climbing
Composting
Croquet
Cycling
Dandyism
Dog training
Dog walking
Dowsing
Driving
Farming
Fishing
Flag football
Flower growing
Flying
Flying disc
Flying model planes
Foraging
Fossicking
Freestyle football
Fruit picking
Gardening
Geocaching
Ghost hunting


Collection hobbies


Educational hobbies


Competitive hobbies


Observation hobbies






to be continued

beatnik

trustycoffeemug
(n.) a filthy, poorly-dressed, drugged up young person who spends his time reading incomprehensible stream-of-consciousness poetry in some dingy coffee shop basement.

they were a major source of parental alarm in the 50s and 60s until they were replaced by hippies

flood myth

jason
story of a worldwide event present in many independent accounts around the world. The fact that it is evidenced in so many cultures shows that they all ripped each other off

youth

the devils dictionary
The Period of Possibility, when Archimedes finds a fulcrum, Cassandra has a following and seven cities compete for the honor of endowing a living Homer.[hr
Youth is the true Saturnian Reign, the Golden Age on ea]th again, when figs are grown on thistles, and pigs betailed with whistles and, wearing silken bristles, live ever in clover, and cows fly over, delivering milk at every door, and Justice never is heard to snore, and every assassin is made a ghost and, howling, is cast into Baltimost!
—Polydore Smith
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)

slang

the devils dictionary
The grunt of the human hog (Pignoramus intolerabilis) with an audible memory. The speech of one who utters with his tongue what he thinks with his ear, and feels the pride of a creator in accomplishing the feat of a parrot. A means (under Providence) of setting up as a wit without a capital of sense.

(also: The Devil's Dictionary)

morning

the devils dictionary
n. The end of night and dawn of dejection. The morning was discovered by a Chaldean astronomer, who, finding his observation of the stars unaccountably interrupted, diligently sought the cause and found it. After several centuries of disputation, morning was generally accepted by the scientific as a reasonable cause of the interruption and a constantly recurrent natural phenomenon.

(also: The Devil's Dictionary)

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