RIP

Sir Clement Freud dies at 84.

May light perpetual and joy eternal shine upon him.

Stoicism in action

For some, ekpyrosis is the Stoic philosophical theory of conflagration, the process through which the universe was supposed to be periodically consumed by fire and then reborn.

For others, it is an Austrian power metal band.

With their own philosophy section.

This has cheered me up nearly as much as tonight's Late Junction, which has contained the soothing sounds of both the accordian and a bagpipe trio as a background for me as I whittle my Latinfest talk.

Ah, how apt. The current track is entitled "I'm Going to Drink all the Whiskey that I Can".