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William Glennon
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Retired teacher of languages, mostly dead (the languages, not the teacher...)

SW Maine - pronouns hic/ille/is/αύτος

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August 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
it is my unfortunate duty to report that history is rhyming again.
Hey, History, knock it off! I'm m too old for this shit.
July 10, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Healthy turnout in Portland. Hard to tell because Lincoln Park has lots of trees. No smaller than Hand Off, certainly. Still lots coming on.
June 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Seen in Nashville:
April 21, 2025 at 2:39 AM
March 29, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Quick -- name one Wannsee Conference attendee not named "Eichmann".

First table read of Project 2025:
November 14, 2024 at 12:08 AM
November 9, 2024 at 7:41 PM
The geography of 'potato' in German
November 5, 2024 at 4:02 AM
I'll just leave this here....
October 26, 2024 at 10:14 PM
October 19, 2024 at 9:17 PM
October 16, 2024 at 3:44 AM
A story as old as time. Or at least as old as 2003
October 12, 2024 at 9:43 PM
St Francis of Assissi. 4 October
'Snow White' recycles his iconography

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October 7, 2024 at 3:14 AM
We've re-invented the three-decker...

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October 4, 2024 at 3:57 PM
First table read of Project 2025
October 2, 2024 at 11:46 PM
I have one - and discovered a coterie of my students who had one too!

But then, I grew up in a family where the World Almanac and Book of Facts was a beloved Christmas present.

(It helped that it was a freebie with a subscription to one of the local dailies)

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August 24, 2024 at 4:01 AM
Didn't find "Swallows and Amazons" till I was long grown up.
Grew up a literal stone's throw from Boston harbor (Quincy Bay) but we never had a boat...
August 24, 2024 at 3:52 AM
Mais où sont les rosbifs d'antan?
August 19, 2024 at 10:03 PM
Booked my honeymoon hotel online.
Used this:

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August 9, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Project 2025 first table read:
August 2, 2024 at 8:01 PM
July 9, 2024 at 3:04 PM
We must Go to the People with more and better agitprop.
June 29, 2024 at 6:34 PM
The people for whom it will always be 1968 are dying off, to be replaced by people for whom it will always be 2016.

Such is the circle of life.
June 29, 2024 at 6:32 PM
June 18, 2024 at 4:07 PM
June 16, 2024 at 2:46 PM