John Dugan
@sicsicsinefine.bsky.social
Classicist, Buffalonian, Boston native, US and Irish citizen. Posts mostly about my dog, travel, food, drink, and unwise fitness activities. aetate iam adfectus, sed tamen exercitatione robustus.
Roquefort brightens any day.
November 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Roquefort brightens any day.
Snoozing with Shack.
November 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Snoozing with Shack.
Friday night Negroni.
November 14, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Friday night Negroni.
Sammy shedding the autumn chill
October 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Sammy shedding the autumn chill
I wonder what stage of societal collapse this headline signals.
October 19, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I wonder what stage of societal collapse this headline signals.
Anise pick me up.
October 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Anise pick me up.
Having a wonderful time at Hopkins at the “Oratory and Rhetoric
in the Generation before Cicero” conference. And met this very cool Etruscan duck decanter.
in the Generation before Cicero” conference. And met this very cool Etruscan duck decanter.
September 20, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Having a wonderful time at Hopkins at the “Oratory and Rhetoric
in the Generation before Cicero” conference. And met this very cool Etruscan duck decanter.
in the Generation before Cicero” conference. And met this very cool Etruscan duck decanter.
My girl is distraught over Roman Anthony’s injury.
September 4, 2025 at 1:04 AM
My girl is distraught over Roman Anthony’s injury.
Very excited to be part of this stellar lineup. Congrats to Matt Roller for organizing this conference.
August 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Very excited to be part of this stellar lineup. Congrats to Matt Roller for organizing this conference.
That place wrecked me like the Green charioteer.
July 7, 2025 at 12:31 AM
That place wrecked me like the Green charioteer.
Yes, I will take any plausible excuse to post a pic of the Lyon tablet. (For the uninitiated: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyon_Ta...)
July 6, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Yes, I will take any plausible excuse to post a pic of the Lyon tablet. (For the uninitiated: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyon_Ta...)
So comforting to be getting political messages from notionally apolitical governmental agencies. I sure will trust what they might say about the solvency of the SSA.
July 4, 2025 at 11:35 AM
So comforting to be getting political messages from notionally apolitical governmental agencies. I sure will trust what they might say about the solvency of the SSA.
106 years ago *today*, Eamon de Valera appeared before 60,000 Boston supporters at Fenway Park. The surviving photos are insane.
June 29, 2025 at 8:37 PM
106 years ago *today*, Eamon de Valera appeared before 60,000 Boston supporters at Fenway Park. The surviving photos are insane.
Gutters cleaned. I figured an Italian Greyhound was a good choice. (2.5 oz. grapefruit juice; 1.5 gin; 1 Aperol; .5 simple syrup; top with grapefruit soda). Looks a lot better than sprouted maple helicopters in a mucky gutter.
June 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Gutters cleaned. I figured an Italian Greyhound was a good choice. (2.5 oz. grapefruit juice; 1.5 gin; 1 Aperol; .5 simple syrup; top with grapefruit soda). Looks a lot better than sprouted maple helicopters in a mucky gutter.
Jaren Duran hiding from Craig Breslow, and looking like the Praxias votive from the Acropolis museum.
June 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Jaren Duran hiding from Craig Breslow, and looking like the Praxias votive from the Acropolis museum.
Buffalo Niagara Squ.
June 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Buffalo Niagara Squ.
Spotted across from the university library. I imagine the vacuous title was itself AI generated.
June 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Spotted across from the university library. I imagine the vacuous title was itself AI generated.
Roman Anthony is making the trek from Worcester to Landsdowne St. Batting fifth tonight. Finally.
June 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Roman Anthony is making the trek from Worcester to Landsdowne St. Batting fifth tonight. Finally.
False Indigo. Really!
June 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
False Indigo. Really!
I love this black figure sushi chef (avant la lettre) from Vulci. Now in Berlin. Attic. 510 - 500 BC. The dogs!
June 4, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I love this black figure sushi chef (avant la lettre) from Vulci. Now in Berlin. Attic. 510 - 500 BC. The dogs!
Penguin’s design department remains undefeated.
May 31, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Penguin’s design department remains undefeated.
Czeching out for the weekend. Cheers, ragazzi.
May 30, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Czeching out for the weekend. Cheers, ragazzi.
I think I may have discovered the distillation of German no-nonsense forthrightness at Berlin’s Neue Museum (home now but still processing a marvelous trip).
May 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I think I may have discovered the distillation of German no-nonsense forthrightness at Berlin’s Neue Museum (home now but still processing a marvelous trip).