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The Gnu’s Room is my favorite used bookstore in the world. Here is a kind notice of the store by the Opelika Observer.

The Gnu’s Room is my favorite used bookstore in the world. Here is a kind notice of the store by the Opelika Observer.

In honor of Omar Sharif here is his best scene, from Doctor Zhivago. https://youtu.be/1f-jzGNpUmo

Plutarch, Life of Nicias. I paused to stand up and take a short break when I got to the launch of the Sicilian Expedition. Then I flipped ahead and noticed that there were still 50+ pages to go, just of the Sicilian Expedition. Welp, this is going to be gruesome.

Plutarch, Parallel Lives. Lysander and Sulla.

To-day: Roman religion. It’s really weird, and almost everything you think you know about it is probably wrong.

Free Ross Ulbricht and all prisoners of the drug war.

Free Ross Ulbricht and all prisoners of the drug war.

Convert humidity into cooling.* This seems perfect for Alabama. * Anti-headline-clickbait: this will almost certainly not replace the use of air conditioners. It is estimated to cool things down by up to about 5 K (= 9° F). That only helps so much when it is 100° F or more outside. The advantage would be that it would allow an AC system on a thermostat to spend less time turned on.

Convert humidity into cooling.* This seems perfect for Alabama. * Anti-headline-clickbait: this will almost certainly not replace the use of air conditioners. It is estimated to cool things down by up to about 5 K (= 9° F). That only helps so much when it is 100° F or more outside. The advantage would be that it would allow an AC system on a thermostat to spend less time turned on.