Wow ... my inbox is now officially empty of backlog (except for Latin course stuff) ... time for a jaunt down the midway ...

Father Foster's latest (this might be a repeat) -- In 1970 the Pope's own translator won a Latin competition in the Vatican by describing the Apollo moon landing. Listen as he bashfully shares with us some of his personal secrets as a linguist. Including the difficulties encountered in describing jet rocket engines!

Debra Hamel alerts us to some ClassCon in the New York Times Sunday Crossword ...

Speaking of Crosswords, Mary Harrsch has put up a new ancient-themed crossword at Roman Times ...

Laudator tells us what Emerson thought of Plutarch ...

About.com's N.S. Gill has a feature on Slave Revolts ...

Alun points out that a 'Pompeii vase recording' story that circulating (that I seem to have missed) is less-than-convincing ....

Explorator 8.42-43 has been posted ...

I've done a pile of updates to jobs, calls for papers, the calendar, etc. at Classics Central as well ...

Just posted the weekly version of our Ancient World on Television listings ...