Sean🍁

A better listing of rules I try to follow daily.

Servī sunt et dominī sunt et omnes pecūniae servī sunt.

Salvete omnes! Haven't been posting much. Too much politics on here lately, which is understandable, but draining. Studies in Latin are taking up most of my time. I wish you all the best today! ☺️ Omnes vivere beata volunt, sed saepe ad pervidendum vitam efficat caligant.

“That to expect bad people not to injure others is crazy. It's to ask the impossible. And to let them behave like that to other people but expect them to exempt you is arrogant - - the act of a tyrant.” - Marcus Aurelius

📸 Random Photo of the Day: In case you've ever wondered, this is what the Great Sphinx of Giza looks like from behind. 👀

Learning Latin has really reminded me that the Romans were quite brutal at times. "Corpus miserī rēgis in viā iacābat et Rōmānī caput in urbem portābant" 😬 The body of the miserable king was lying in the road and the Romans were carrying the head into the city

Woo hoo! I was accepted into my philosophy class for the winter!😀

The end of the turkey leftovers is nigh! Turkey rice soup.

“Associate with people who are likely to improve you.” – Seneca #stoic #philosophy #wisdom

This entire animation is made from felt, moved millimeter by millimeter and shot frame by frame for every second you see.

As relevant today as it was 2000 years ago. "When a government becomes powerful it is destructive, extravagant and violent; it is an usurer which takes bread from innocent mouths and deprives honorable men of their substance, for votes with which to perpetuate itself." - Cicero

There is so much to be angry at and I just don't have it in me anymore to carry that anger. Be kind in this world. If not for what it does for others, than be kind for what it does for you. I wish you all a lovely weekend! 😊

Rough week. Two of my wife's friends died just days apart. 😔 Appreciate the people around you. They may not be always be there.

A kinetic sculpture, moving with wind but balanced by science. Original post

Casey "Remrov" Vormer is a Canadian artist and autism advocate famous for his photorealistic pencil drawings of wildlife and cityscapes. This giraffe took him over 150 hours to draw by hand. [📹 remrov_artist] Original post

Qui habitat in ananasa sub mare? Spongiae Bobus! Bracae Quadra!

Bird bones are nearly hollow, yet wing muscles can weigh 30% of their body. That's how flight actually works.

“God save me from fools with a little philosophy—no one is more difficult to reach.” – Epictetus #stoic #philosophy #wisdom

It's been a busy September! Since starting introductory Latin, I have come to realize how poorly I retained knowledge of my English grammar from middle school. Latīnum linguam nōn bene sciō, sed scīre volō.

Good morning everyone and happy Sunday! It's been humbling to return to the university I worked at for so many years, only now as a student. So many bright minds and me, the dim bulb covered in cobwebs, straining to illuminate the darkness of my own mind. 🙂 Memento te esse hominem.

One flick of the wrist and cooking turns into a show. Years of practice hiding behind that easy flip.

Welcome to all the new people following me! You have really hit the Jackpot if old white guys spouting philosophy quotes and occasional Latin are your thing. Well done! Salvete amici novi!

As I suspected, I was the oldest guy in the Latin class. I should have cracked a joke about it being my native language. 😁

It hasn't escaped me that most of the people of antiquity I admire, the Stoics, were old white men. Their stories and writings survived whereas Stoic women such as Porcia Catonis we know of mostly through secondhand sources. What survives points to a remarkable person.

Water rolling in over a salt flat in Turkmenistan: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatis...

Ugh, I narrowly avoided two accidents yesterday while driving. Only one of which was conceivably my fault. 😖 I really don't have the temperament for city driving anymore.

Unlike many old men in hats, mine is not red and hopefully invokes less anger.

It's hard to stay engaged with a world that feels like it has lost its mind. Today however my new hat arrives and surely this is the harbinger for a new era of global sanity. If not, than at least it will keep the rain off my head.

Cardinals, gibbons and wolves sing duets with siblings and packmates to bond, mark territory and stay in sync, while helping young animals learn complex sounds through imitation.

Good morning everyone! Hello to all the new people who followed via starter pack! 🙂 May you all have a great Thursday!

Salve et bonum mane omnibus! A definite chill in the air. Fall is almost here.

Good morning all! September is my favorite 'mensis falso nominatus' and I start Latin next week. I look forward to being the Grandpa in the class. It won't be weird at all.. 😐😬

The worst part about living through this dystopian chaotic era is that it has become extremely difficult to give a crap about living a mundane ordinary life. This is what I tell myself when I look at my unmowed lawn. 😐

Upbuilding and constructive instead of tearing down and destructive. I like this much better. IG: @wainwrightbookbinding

Everyday I discover "easy" things that are hard and "hard" things that are easy and I am reminded that these are labels. The world is as we find it, what we do with that is our choice. "Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine." - Alan Turing

I have used Linux for 30 years, and to this day I have yet to have suspend work correctly on any laptop I have installed. After all this time I still wind up having to put workarounds in place. 🫩

Report: Tim Curry's death to be investigated by suspicious group of eccentrics gathering at his house

In 2017, Ísafjörður, Iceland, installed a three-dimensional optical illusion crosswalk. The stripes appear like suspended blocks and aim to attract drivers’ attention, encouraging them to slow down near the pedestrian crossing.

I don't fear AI. I fear the people who are pushing AI and misleading us all about what it is and what it can do. “A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand.” - Seneca

When first pulled from the vat, the yarn appears yellowish, but rapidly oxidizes and turns vibrant blue upon contact with the air. The dye bath uses natural fermented indigo leaves mixed with Iye, water, and other organic materials. IG: @rongtianye Hirose-machi, Japan

This is what knowing your physics well means Original post

Last night in Newfoundland. Fantastic day driving through Gros Morne park!

Amazing picture. Art within art. 💞

Tree Kangaroo: A species of kangaroo that has adapted to life in the trees of the tropical rainforests of New Guinea and Australia .😍

From now on whenever I participate in an online survey and they ask me why I chose a number on a scaled response. My answer will be 'I chose randomly' Stick that in your analysis!