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Linguarum Magister

Whimsical Intellectual

About Me


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70% General American English
15% Dixie
10% Yankee
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern What Kind of American English Do You Speak?
If You Were Born in 2893...
Your Name Would Be: Vor Uaro
And You Would Be: The Destroyer of Earth If You Were Born in 2893
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Anthony Marcus Miles
Birthday: August 5, 1976
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Current Location: Tahoe (soon San Francisco)
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5'5"
Right Handed or Left Handed: Left Handed
Your Heritage: English, Danish, Scots, and German
The Shoes You Wore Today: Tennis Shoes
Your Weakness: Not sure - I know I have them
Your Fears: Heights
Your Perfect Pizza: Tomato and Anchovies
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: I don't jinx my own goals.
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: ttyl - probably not overused, though
Thoughts First Waking Up: I wish Amy were here
Your Best Physical Feature: Eyes
Your Bedtime: Variable
Your Most Missed Memory: If it's missing, how would I know?
Pepsi or Coke: Root Beer
MacDonalds or Burger King: In-n-Out
Single or Group Dates: Single
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Sun-made Ice Tea
Chocolate or Vanilla: Vanilla
Cappuccino or Coffee: Coffee
Do you Smoke: No
Do you Swear: Rarely
Do you Sing: Yes
Do you Shower Daily: Yes
Have you Been in Love: Been?
Do you want to go to College: Been there, done that.
Do you want to get Married: Yes
Do you belive in yourself: Yes
Do you get Motion Sickness: Not in the car!
Do you think you are Attractive: Yes
Are you a Health Freak: No
Do you get along with your Parents: Yes
Do you like Thunderstorms: Usually
Do you play an Instrument: No
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: Yes
In the past month have you Smoked: No
In the past month have you been on Drugs: No
In the past month have you gone on a Date: Yes
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: Yes
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: No
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: Yes
In the past month have you been on Stage: No
In the past month have you been Dumped: No
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: No
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: No
Ever been Drunk: Yes
Ever been called a Tease: Yes
Ever been Beaten up: Yes
Ever Shoplifted: No
How do you want to Die: Saved
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: I already am.
What country would you most like to Visit: Syria
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: None
Favourite Hair Color: Black
Short or Long Hair: Doesn't Matter
Height: 5'2"
Weight: I haven't asked
Best Clothing Style: Depends on the girl, doesn't it
Number of Drugs I have taken: Absent coffee, none.
Number of CDs I own: 10
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Number of things in my Past I Regret: Few
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My Interests

NEWFOUNDLANDI like Languages: Any, but particularly Latin, Greek, Russian, German, English, Sanskrit, French; bought a pamphlet on Washoe; working on Spanish (for business purposes) and Danish (heritage language)
Linguistics: Phonology, Etymology, Neurolinguistics, Grammar;
Religion: Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Zoroastrianism; Mythology;
History: Any, espcially Hawaiian, Dutch, Russian, European, of War, Roman, English, American;
Science Fiction; Fantasy; Literature: English Literature (Prose & Poetry), Shakespeare, Russian Lit (especially short stories);
Science: ASTRONOMY, Archaeology, Palanology, Biblical Archaeology, Underwater Archaeology, Geology, Zoology, Anthropology, Biology, Quantum Physics;
Cultures: Navajo, Japanese, Khoisan.

I'd like to meet:

(celebrities) Princess Victoria of Sweden, Judy Blume,
(as friends) people to have fun with in the Bay Area; intelligent people. If you do things like Commonwealth Club and City Arts and Lectures, I will enjoy chatting with you.
anyone interesting, really.
In the dark ages, how would Marcus Miles die?

You would be hanged for stealing some food. Everybody has to eat - but conversely, everyone also has to die.

'How would you die in the dark ages?' at QuizGalaxy.com
You Belong in Paris
You enjoy all that life has to offer, and you can appreciate the fine tastes and sites of Paris.
You're the perfect person to wander the streets of Paris aimlessly, enjoying architecture and a crepe. What European City Do You Belong In?
You Are 40% Open Minded
You aren't exactly open minded, but you have been known to occasionally change your mind.
You're tolerant enough to get along with others who are very different...
But you may be quietly judgmental of things or people you think are wrong.
You take your own values pretty seriously, and it would take a lot to change them. How Open Minded Are You?
You Are 40% Weird
Normal enough to know that you're weird...
But too damn weird to do anything about it! How Weird Are You? Your results:
You are Spider-Man
Spider-Man 95% Superman 90% Robin 65% Hulk 65% Supergirl 55% The Flash 50% Green Lantern 50% Wonder Woman 45% Batman 30% Catwoman 30% Iron Man 30% You are intelligent, witty,
a bit geeky and have great
power and responsibility.
Click here to take the Superhero Personality Test

Music:

I like Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Sea Chanties, Sinatra, Classic Rock, Jazz.I don't like Rap, and only occassionally Hip-Hop.

Movies:

Harry Potter 5, Blood Diamond, Kinky Boots, TransformersI like anything with Bogie, Bergman, or either Hepburn; Brat Pack movies; Molly Ringwald; Lord of the Rings; Chronicles of Narnia; X-Men; disaster movies; Audrey Tautou; The Incredibles; Ice Age; The Princess Bride; Jennifer Garner; O Brother Where Art Thou; Indiana Jones; Fifth Element; Lord of the Rings; the first Matrix; Kevin Smith; Back to the Future; Terry Gilliam; Eric Idle; Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind; Bruce Almighty; Sliding Doors; The Butterfly Effect; American Beauty; But I'm A Cheerleader!; Reese Witherspoon; Pleasantville; vintage Disney; Spiderman 1-2, Thirteen; Hard Candy, Tnak You for Smoking, American Dreamz.The latest movies I've seen are Pirates II and Talladega Nights.I also found interesting the Magdalene Sisters, Born Into Brothels, Man of the Century, The Virgin Suicides, Kinsey.

Television:

Strangers with Candy
Law & Order: SVU!
I'm excited about the new Doctor Who series. I watch both Family Guy and the Simpsons and sometimes South Park. Grey's Anatomy, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, the History channel, Mythbusters, Farscape, Seinfeld, Frasier, Disney, Smallville, Arrested Development, JLU, Teen Titans, Saved by the Bell, She's A Small Wonder. Most stuff on TV is not worth watching.

Books:

LORD DUNSANY! STEHEN BAXTER! HAL CLEMENT! I like The Chronicles of Narnia, Stapledon's The Star Maker, the Bible, Lucretius' De Rerum Natura, the Bible, The Iliad, The Odyssey, The Aeneid, Jane Austen, most Bronte, Mervyn Peake (a once-read that's worth it), Tolkien, Asimov, Clarke, Terry Pratchett, Edith Wharton, E. Nesbit, Hemingway, George Orwell, Aldous Huxley, Iain Banks, Asimov, Heinlein, Stephen Fry, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Oryx and Crake, Naomi Kritzer, The Princess Bride, Bill Bryson, Lemony Snicket, Douglas Adams, Madeleine L'Engle, J.D. Salinger, Lord of the Flies, Lewis Caroll, Judy Bloom, Harry Potter, Ann of Green Gables, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Rudyard Kipling, Philip Pullman.Lord Dunsany is amazing!I'm neutral on the Da Vinci Code.I do not like Dickens or Baudelaire.

Heroes:

Mr. Rogers, Saint Anthony of the Desert, Emperor Claudius, Emperor Augustus, Judy Blume, Lord Dunsany, the translators of the KJV.

My Blog

1 Samuel, the Early Chapters

I’ve been following a schedule of Bible readings, since that’s the only way I’ll do it consistently. I’ve reached the beginning of  1 Samuel, and two things struck me. The...
Posted by Linguarum Magister on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:16:00 PST

Epiphany Update

I've been neglecting here of late, so I'll fill you in. In mid-December, I went to LA to meet Amy's parents. Then I returned, headed up to Tahoe in anticipation of madness of the holiday season - most...
Posted by Linguarum Magister on Sat, 05 Jan 2008 09:46:00 PST

Scout Canoe Trip 2007

This past weekend, I went on a canoe trip with Troop 14. I arose early on Saturday morning, but, unbeknownst to me, the ungodly hours at which our pre-trip rendezvous had been set initially had been c...
Posted by Linguarum Magister on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:49:00 PST

Saturday Road Trip

Today, after a rough start and much discussion, Mom, Dad, and I decided to take a road trip up to Sierraville and places beyond. So we drove to Truckee and across the overpass - I'm against overpasse...
Posted by Linguarum Magister on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 08:51:00 PST

Smoke on the Lake

Although I remain safe from forest fire, the numerous examples nearby are clogging the air with soot and ash, so much so that my Mom, who has asthma, is suffering badly. When we went to church this mo...
Posted by Linguarum Magister on Sun, 08 Jul 2007 02:00:00 PST

Benedict's Rules on Latin Mass

Aliis alterum displicet. Nulla concordia igitur de decreto Sancti Patris de missa Latina. Sed mihi, opinor, solum quae mutandum ille mutavit. Constituit ut non solum missa permissa si turba fidelium i...
Posted by Linguarum Magister on Sat, 07 Jul 2007 02:35:00 PST

JCL and Beyond!

I finally discovered where the Jewish Community Library was. Since I am not a creep, I don't walk into high schools, however hilarious the dramata of freshmen and sophomores seems to me. I checked out...
Posted by Linguarum Magister on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 04:36:00 PST

Bridge to Terebithia

I went with Joan to see Bridge to Terebithia. I loved the book as a kid, possibly because running around in the woods is what I did in the summer. I also experienced some tragedies, albeit not so mort...
Posted by Linguarum Magister on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 09:11:00 PST

Rose

  (There is no category suitable for Theatre) I went to Naomi Newman's play _Rose_ with my Dad. It was spectacular, but it was also the last night of a rescheduled run, so none of you can see it....
Posted by Linguarum Magister on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:50:00 PST

Red Are The Words of the Lord

I'm reading Misquoting Jesus, by Bart Ehrmann. It's a good book, covering the history of textual criticism. 
Posted by Linguarum Magister on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 05:50:00 PST