Sunday, February 20, 2005
Next September one of the Classics professors is taking students to a tiny seminar in a tiny town somewhere, for which I must compose a paper if I am to attend. As I am in the technology class at the moment she suggested I limit myself to the field of engineering. I settled upon water systems and am now uncertain about whether I ought to pursue Roman plumbing in its cities or the network of aqueducts connected throughout the empire. For either I ought to augment the paper with a working model, though I do not suppose I may use lead if I choose to mold piping.
Whilst pursuing this research effort on the Internet I diverted my attention momentarily to other areas philological, visiting the web sites of a few magazines/journals and the classical department for the University of Virginia, which itself did not appeal to me, but did provide a useful reading source list that I intend to utilize as well this afternoon.
My place of employment this past week began offering Chinese stir fry- the night before last I received the first burn as I reached across one of the pans to add vegetables to another one. Unfortunately, the burn did not boil and the scar will likely be minimal. It mightily disappoints me.
[Lauree Frances Keith concluded this diatribe at 11:30 AM]