From Dante’s infernal crimes forgiven:
After 700 years, Dante Alighieri, Italy’s most famous poet, will have his criminal record scrubbed clean.
Florence’s city council has approved a motion revoking a sentence on Dante from 1302 which stated that he would be executed if he stepped foot in the city again.
As mia_mcdavid wrote, we had a great time with colgaffneyis at Pioneer Village. We got home about 9PM last night.
I overslept a bit, and felt rather tired when I got up for work today. I was thinking: “No way I am riding my bicycle this morning. I will take the Escort.” But when I went to the garage I looked at the Escort, saw the My other car is a bicycle bumper sticker, and ended up taking out the bike instead for my trip to the Rosedale park-and-ride.
Irish Class, June 16, 2008
The big news is that Nick is leaving us in August. He got a job out east. It has been a great year, and we will miss him. However, he is a new Ph.D. in History, and we have to be happy that he has a job in his field.
From Nick’s class
page:
“….listen to a set of verbs and nouns that have an
initial mutation (usually lenition, but not always), recognize the root
word, and write down that root. “
There are many reasons I love this event, but one that immediately comes to mind is Pigasus Books, the most interesting seller I have found at any Ren Faire anywhere. Master James, who dresses at these events like a medieval scholar, has a great selection and a ready wit Warning: Philosophy ahead
In about 1/2 hour mia_mcdavid and I will be leaving for the weekend. We will be part of colgaffneyis show at the Olde World Renaissance Faire in Twig, Minnesota (near Duluth). Continue reading
See another episode of xkcd, though I think they should have said “herbs.”
See xkcd. Let your mouse hover over the comic….
Another bicycle ride to the bus stop on a beautiful morning. Rain is in the forecast, so the evening trip may be less pleasant. However, I am committed now.
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 