It's A True Mythconception...

I got about 7 emails so far of folks telling me that they remembered it was "Hercules" being the son of Zeus from the Greek myths they've read in school(mostly, high school)

I remembered that myself during high school. That is why when I read Edith Hamilton's books in college, I felt betrayed (and corrected. LOL) by the text books of high schools.

Somebody should pay for this mythconception....

Anyways, thanks for the emails. I've enjoyed reading the little anecdotes. :-)

speaking of Greeks....

I have been craving Gyros (pronounced, Yee-roh)...

I am thinking about writing about my experience in Greece years ago. That was one of the bestest places that I'd ever visited....I even got to see Poseidon, well, sorta...

I've also have been thinking a lot about Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Alexander the Great today. How they have helped shaped this western world...

interestingly enough, talked to a friend today who is starting to read "The Odessey" and got into quite a bit of interesting conversation with him. I might just dust off the ole Odessey and Illiad for a refresher read.

Which reminds me, at the end of the Illiad, a clue was left and Virgil took advantage of that and wrote the "Aeneid".

long story short. Basically, when the Greeks defeated the trojans, Aeneas escaped from Troy and through trials and tribulations eventually became the father of the Romans.

I love it when a writer can take a cue and run with his imagination and creating a whole another book.

Which reminds me a bit of Mark Twain. He was definitely a brilliant man.

I still love this adapted poetry he did of Bromely's:

Conductor, when you receive a fare,
Punch in the presence of the passenjare!
A blue trip slip for an eight-cent fare,
A buff trip slip for a six-cent fare,
A pink trip slip for a three-cent fare,
Punch in the presence of the passenjare!

Punch brothers! Punch with care!
Punch in the presence of the passenjare

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which has been translated to French Fries:

Ayant ete paye, le conducteur,
Percera an pleine vue du voyageur,
Quand il recoit trols sous un coupon vert. &c.

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what cracked me up is when I found the Latin Version of this...

Pungite, fratres, pungite,
Pungite, cum amore,
Pungite pro vectore,
Diligentissime pungite.

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From Twain, my mind shifts to the diaries of Samuel Pepys.

ole Sam served under King Charles II during the restoration period and apparently was one of the best diary keepers of his time.

Lots of juicy gossips and Charles II's affairs to the black plague was written in this diary.

Maybe one day I'll do a condensed version of it plagued with Malapropism/relatism and do it some injustice. LOL

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Speaking of Sam. I am in the mood to watch some "Cheers"....

I am using Cheers detergent, btw. No relation to "Cheers" on TV.

As soon as I just hear the "Cheers" theme song, I already know that I was going to be relaxed and laugh....

So, play it again, Sam...

Actually, "Wings" is just as fun to watch as "Cheers"

Somebody has recommended me to watch "Curb your enthusiasm" and I think I might give that a try eventually...

well, this truly was a rambling rant, it started no where and went no where....means absolutely nothing to nobody, even me...LOLOLOLOL

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well, eventually, I think I will write and put my own thoughts on the writers that I've mentioned...maybe even throw in "Gilgamesh" just make it interesting. And how they have shaped my way of thinking (and my friends think I was born with a naturally WARPED brain).

Little do my friends know, my brain was shaped by these philosophers/literary behemoths that imbrued my thinking and has now made me a stinker...