Monday, September 17, 2007

τοις δέ στρατιώταις παρήγγειλεν αριστοποιεϊσθαι ως εν Αδου δειπνησομένοις

As with Thermopylae and Leonidas, my parents head to Greece to defend against the Persians! I'm sure Xerxes will be there to meet them. I was so worried that they wouldn't take this trip on account of me, but it finally happened! They're going with a few couples and they'll get to spend 10 days on a boat. I'm just very happy for them. They deserve it!

Bon Voyage!

-m-

PS... There's a building on roughly Michigan Ave and Illinois in downtown Chicago that has stones from famous pieces of architecture from around the world. What is the stone from West Virginia? yes... there is one...

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm thinking either Harper's Ferry or the burned-down capitol.

-Jon

Mike said...

You got the place that it was taken from, Harper's Ferry, but which famous building? Mom used to sing us to sleep about guy it is named for.

Mike said...

The following was said about him and his rebels:

"Let America know and ponder on this: there is something more frightening than Cain killing Abel, and that is Washington killing Spartacus."

-Victor Hugo-

Mike said...

Well??? You have to give us all the satisfaction...