Some books

Ah, summer.  Booksbooksbooks. 

Just finished Throne of Fire by Rick 'I write books' Riordan.  Yea, ok, it's not technicaly in my perview, but when you've got a middle-school-teacher-wife who tells you that there is a Roman ghost in it named 'Claudius Iratus' (aka Mad Claude), one must.  Better than Red Pyramid, that is for sure, but still not Lightning Thief or Last Olympian.  Still, an enjoyable diversion.

Come to think of it, all three books on the coffee table are Egyptian.  Ah!  The audiobook on my iPod is too!  Cleopatra by Schiff is so far pretty darn good.  It will fit in well to the Latin 3 curriculum next year (what? you honestly think any of us stop working?).

The end approaches...

Ok, so as an indicator of how far off the rails the end of the year sends your teachers...  I offer the following exchange between myself and Mr. Kass:

McC: Gratis.
Kass: De nada.
McC: Minme!  Dixi "Gratis," non "Gracias!"  Non sum barbarus Hispania.
Kass: No hablo Latin.  Mi Espanol es asi asi, que Ingles es perfecto!
McC: Duellum.  Cannae aurora et ero "hablo" te...  (A duel.  Cannons at dawn and I will "hablo" you...)
Kass: I have no idea what that means.