Day 48 (10/12 - Mon)

One great thing about going to conferences is that you just never know what you're going to find. I always love a good discovery -- and I sure made one at this weekend's Illinois Classics Conference! They had a book exchange room, where people could bring whatever old books they wanted and then other people can buy them for whatever they think they're worth, with all money given in this fashion going towards a scholarship fund or something good like that. Well, among the teeming miscellany piled upon the table were four little books -- magazine-lets, really -- published in the late 80's for kids, with comic-book style stories, bits on then-current pop culture (e.g. a story on the Jackson Five, one on deep-sea diving, a write-up on Robin Williams' acting career), and little games like crosswords and such. And it's ALL IN LATIN. No lie. Don't believe me? Check this Western comic strip out:



Just about the greatest thing EVER.

I'm definitely going to try to add the phrase "Fregisti scopletum meum!" into my daily speech.
Totally awesome. (et utile?)