On tattoos in Latin 29 Jan 2010 This is why I haven’t yet acted on my desire to have Linnaeus’ definition of Homo tattooed on my chest (that, and you’d never see the thing under all that fur)… “Quia ursus pusilli ingenii sum verba difficilia fastidio” Humor
Evolution Schadenfreude for AiG 7 Jun 200724 Nov 2022 Schadenfreude , n. Pleasure found in the misfortunes of Answers in Genesis, who employed a pornography actor to play Adam. Well, at least it makes sense – didn’t Adam and Eve fall because they had sex? I’m sure some Baptist told me that once… Read More
Evolution Out of the mouths of [mental] babes 2 Jun 2008 Creationism is being pushed legislatively in Texas again. But this line is priceless, from State Board of Education vice chairman, David Bradley (yes, you guessed, a Republican): Bradley said he doesn’t foresee any successful effort to remove the “strengths and weaknesses” requirement from the science standards. “There are issues in… Read More
Administrative Interregnum 21 Dec 2008 Because I have to hand back my laptop to my present employer, and my future employer won’t have a Mac for me before mid-January or later, I may not be able to post much for a while. I do have access to a desktop PC, but what can one really… Read More
It took me until I was 40 to get my ears pierced, so maybe I will get a tattoo when I’m 80. If I don’t use my chemical avatar, my quote of choice would likely be the dog-latin “sic biscuitus disintegrat”.
Ive managed to avoid getting Horrace’s line Cum prorepserunt primis animalia terris Mutum et turpe pecus. So far. But after looking at the pics. I think I can resist such a thought any further or just go for half man half biscuit on my forehead instead.
hmmm. so I can use my extensive grasp of terrible pig latin to arrive at demi buccellum demi homo if I want to impress and still keep the original sense of a dense well baked product.