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.
(n.) the parts of the body used for reproduction. considered the "kramer" of organs, as they are usually kind of gross to look at but yet hold a strange fascination
(1874 – 1937) Italian engineer who helped develop radio transmission.
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general hobbies
Outdoors and Sports
Collection hobbies
Educational hobbies
Competitive hobbies
Observation hobbies
to be continued
Outdoors and Sports
Collection hobbies
Educational hobbies
Competitive hobbies
Observation hobbies
to be continued
(n.) individual who commits unholy acts of tomfoolery
writing or other creative work viewed by publishers as something to fill books with.
(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
they were a major source of parental alarm in the 50s and 60s until they were replaced by hippies
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
Disable comments in a video about freedom of speech.
(n.)(also: problem)
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
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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
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One of the two things mainly conducive to success, especially in politics. The other is Pull.
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.
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(1856 – 1939) An Austrian neurologist who founded psychoanalysis, which involved the investigation of the subconscious, dreams and human mind.
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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.
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(n.) a room above your house, for storing old things and providing a sporting hiding place for menacing intruders
(n.) speaking back and forth to other people.
Despite the frustratingly complex rules involved, it's not usually considered a sport, possibly because nobody bothers remembering how to score.
Despite the frustratingly complex rules involved, it's not usually considered a sport, possibly because nobody bothers remembering how to score.
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