Dr. Peter Weller
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In finance, probably. Why did you go back, man?
In finance, probably. Why did you go back, man?
In finance, probably. Why did you go back, man?
Oh, sure, when Peter Willer asks, you're going back. They wanted me to take a course, despite the fact that I spoke these languages by this time. They wanted me to take a course in German. I took it a night. I took a night course online. There you go. And qualified for UCLA.
Oh, sure, when Peter Willer asks, you're going back. They wanted me to take a course, despite the fact that I spoke these languages by this time. They wanted me to take a course in German. I took it a night. I took a night course online. There you go. And qualified for UCLA.
Oh, sure, when Peter Willer asks, you're going back. They wanted me to take a course, despite the fact that I spoke these languages by this time. They wanted me to take a course in German. I took it a night. I took a night course online. There you go. And qualified for UCLA.
Okay, so like my friend Michael, Bram Ball, who is my Latin teacher, my sister-in-law teacher at Catalina Conspiracy, who's now tenured at Tulane, is still a great friend and a funny teacher, man. is actually a Hellenist. How did he learn Greek? He did some of this, did some of this, did some of that. And you've got to do the Jane Bulker thing, man.
Okay, so like my friend Michael, Bram Ball, who is my Latin teacher, my sister-in-law teacher at Catalina Conspiracy, who's now tenured at Tulane, is still a great friend and a funny teacher, man. is actually a Hellenist. How did he learn Greek? He did some of this, did some of this, did some of that. And you've got to do the Jane Bulker thing, man.
Okay, so like my friend Michael, Bram Ball, who is my Latin teacher, my sister-in-law teacher at Catalina Conspiracy, who's now tenured at Tulane, is still a great friend and a funny teacher, man. is actually a Hellenist. How did he learn Greek? He did some of this, did some of this, did some of that. And you've got to do the Jane Bulker thing, man.
You've got to take the course. And then you finally end up taking the course. And by the way, if you want to know Greek and you want to become a Hellenist or a Latinist, That's not difficult, man. That is not difficult. Okay.
You've got to take the course. And then you finally end up taking the course. And by the way, if you want to know Greek and you want to become a Hellenist or a Latinist, That's not difficult, man. That is not difficult. Okay.
You've got to take the course. And then you finally end up taking the course. And by the way, if you want to know Greek and you want to become a Hellenist or a Latinist, That's not difficult, man. That is not difficult. Okay.
That's also true. These are, look, here's where the predicate goes. Here's where the subject goes. Those are those languages. Grammar, yeah. They're not filled with idiomatic expressions like, you know, get your butt off the rock so I can, like, you know. Yeah, that's true. Ground my spirit. There's not a whole lot of that in it. You've got to do it. Also, you've got to read Edgar Watts' book.
That's also true. These are, look, here's where the predicate goes. Here's where the subject goes. Those are those languages. Grammar, yeah. They're not filled with idiomatic expressions like, you know, get your butt off the rock so I can, like, you know. Yeah, that's true. Ground my spirit. There's not a whole lot of that in it. You've got to do it. Also, you've got to read Edgar Watts' book.
That's also true. These are, look, here's where the predicate goes. Here's where the subject goes. Those are those languages. Grammar, yeah. They're not filled with idiomatic expressions like, you know, get your butt off the rock so I can, like, you know. Yeah, that's true. Ground my spirit. There's not a whole lot of that in it. You've got to do it. Also, you've got to read Edgar Watts' book.
I talked about it on the phone. Mortal Republic. The guy from UC San Diego wrote this. He wrote the most accessible book about the first century B.C. that I've yet read. And it's really saddeningly accessible. Saddeningly? Well, because the thing is that he doesn't structure it. I mean, he's a great scholar, Watts. Yeah. Right. But he's not structuring...
I talked about it on the phone. Mortal Republic. The guy from UC San Diego wrote this. He wrote the most accessible book about the first century B.C. that I've yet read. And it's really saddeningly accessible. Saddeningly? Well, because the thing is that he doesn't structure it. I mean, he's a great scholar, Watts. Yeah. Right. But he's not structuring...
I talked about it on the phone. Mortal Republic. The guy from UC San Diego wrote this. He wrote the most accessible book about the first century B.C. that I've yet read. And it's really saddeningly accessible. Saddeningly? Well, because the thing is that he doesn't structure it. I mean, he's a great scholar, Watts. Yeah. Right. But he's not structuring...
the fall of the Republic in the ozone of academia, which is what I had to read it in. And then I had to go like, wait a minute, I got to go back to Cicero. I got to say, did he really screw this up this bad? Was his ego really that big? I mean, was Mark Anthony truly that much of a stud? I think he was, yeah. Oh, he was.
the fall of the Republic in the ozone of academia, which is what I had to read it in. And then I had to go like, wait a minute, I got to go back to Cicero. I got to say, did he really screw this up this bad? Was his ego really that big? I mean, was Mark Anthony truly that much of a stud? I think he was, yeah. Oh, he was.