Such a beautiful image to see us through this late winter reboot! Thank you!

If walls could blush, I would. I’m in a committed relationship with the Lobby Door, but flattered nonetheless!

Me too! Hopefully it will be soon.

In this poem, Yuan Mei evokes the heroic spirit of past dynasties and their tenuous tie to the present, especially with the ending lines about Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty almost 2,000 years before: “Only now there is still a clear moon,/ It once illuminated the passing of King Gao/ and his thousands of horses.”

I must note that this catchy parody of Taylor Swift owes about 70% of its appeal to the musicial talents of the target of the parody. In this way, parody is a form of tribute, even as it pokes fun.

Thanks! It sounds like he felt he had to put his emotions somewhere, and I can cope; even with negative feelings about TS…

It might not seem like it, but to a linguist or etymologist, right, recht, derecho, and droit are all the same word, or at least all related to the same root, Latin “dīrēctum” which according to one of my favorite books, the Oxford English Dictionary, meant: “straightened, straight, right, direct n.; as noun, a straight or right line; in late Latin right, legal right, law”, from the root rego/regere, to guide, govern, from the Proto-Indo-European word hrege, to stretch or direct. A cognate in old Persian, rastaa, meant straight, right, or true. IOW, the associations are very old! And because etymology is an inexact science, it will likely remain a little mysterious.

Another word for “overthinker” is curious, a demeanor we try to encourage in education.

Maybe try something non-modern (Roman History) or non-Western (African Diaspora & The World). I’ve also heard good things about the new core fusion classes like Geographies of Empire and Making The Modern World.

Making us wait is kind of his thing, though, isn’t it?

Friends make it all seem easier and brighter. Thank you as well, friend!

Depends on the situation, but if you can really derail your opponent or set yourself up better it can totally be worth it.