—Okay, so he's James Bond. Who the hell are you? —Culpa. Felix Culpa.

The three faces of Wyatt.

"Curt Flood sued the game. He asked for changes in baseball’s reserve clause & $1.4 million in damages. His lawyers & union chief Marvin Miller warned his chances of winning were slim. “If you go ahead with this, forget any idea of ever being the first black manager. Or even a

What do you mean, the pass was "indefensible"? He scored a TD, didn't he?

learning from White v William Bluett (1853) that “I’ll give you $5 if you shut the fuck up” is not a legally binding contract

"Rocky and His Friends" won no Emmys last night? None? Through tattered clothes small vices do appear. Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks. Arm it in rags, a pygmy’s straw does pierce it.

"Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty," says Leviticus. "That's right," say the lawyers and the judges, and they nod in pious assent.

It's my problem, not Neil's, that when I read "Neapolitan," I think of chocolate/strawberry/vanilla-striped ice cream.

Clowns With crowns, Eunuchs In tunics. —The Reader's Digest Condensed Gibbon

In 1975, two people tried to kill Gerald Ford in less than three weeks. Amazingly, Ford didn't try to rile up the country, inflame America's anger - or try to fundraise off it. But that's back when we expected more of our national leaders. theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…

Several sad, bitter, and vitriolic tweets had me thinking about Trump this morning, and then there was this:

It is not true that TikTok USA argued in court that it is completely independent of China, which does not control its content, but that it would block anyone who said Taiwan was an independent nation.

I am hoping that "grumpy dwarfgoby," a layman's name for the Sueviota aethon, catches on as the popular nickname for DJT. It's only an inch long, and the physical resemblance is striking. (I learned about it from a tweet by Popular Science.)

In Memoriam: Jimi Hendrix (November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970). Tea For Two: The Last Photos Of Jimi Hendrix Alive, By Monika Dannemann - Flashbak buff.ly/4ernJ5T

Today's lesson from Gibbon: it is unremarkable that the reputation of Diocletian was not spotless: he was by birth a Dalmatian.

I have so often excoriated the foolish phrase "free gift," that it seems only fair to acknowledge that I've encountered it twice in Gibbon, ch. 14.

—Why does Frost call the withered hag (once the picture pride of Hollywood) "Abishag"? —Abishag was a Shunammite, she was a very fair damsel, and she cherished the king; but he knew her not. —You call that an explanation?

There appear to be no Classics Illustrated versions of The Sound and the Fury, Finnegans Wake, In Search of Lost Time, The Prelude, or 'Tis Pity She's a Whore. Major lacunae here.

A proposition which requires no debate.