Back home; news from Sarah

Our cruise to Mexico was lovely! We spent a lot of time relaxing and eating far too much food (this happens on cruises). I'm off to Dallas in a few days for the annual STC Conference.

For those of you who aren't following this blog religiously (aka "virtually everyone"), Sarah is my dearly beloved eldest stepdaughter. She's using her new Ph.D. to teach Classics at Georgetown this year. She posted the following on Facebook yesterday that merits sharing with y'all:

How do I respond to a student who, in a debate over Ajax and Ulysses' claims on the armor of Achilles, refers to Ulysses as a "hippy liberal." Maybe--spend a little less time listening to talk radio?

Back home; news from Sarah

Pictures from the cruise

I posted the pix from the cruise here.  I spent yesterday morning providing captions as well, so you'll have some idea of what you're looking at.  There are lots of pix of baby sloths from the Aviarios Sloth Sanctuary in Costa Rica.

Pictures from the cruise

The vacation was great!

We had a great time on the 10-day cruise through the Southern Caribbean.  We are home now, a bit tired and definitely tanned.

There's a song that the Flying Karamazovs would sing that I've always liked at this time of year. If it's not obvious in print, the tune is "Sentimental Journey."

We would like to wish you 'Merry Christmas'
But we're not all Christians here.
Hanukkah would raise the same objections.
What's the theme this time of year?

New Year, we might wish you "Happy New Year!"
But it's not the start of Jew Year,
Or of the Chinese....
It's hard as heck to be politically correct.

Have yourselves a really merry Solstice.
For all the others, it's the cause.
Have yourselves a really swinging Solstice.
Ritually sacrifice a Santa Claus!

The vacation was great!