Well, he just lost the Northeast...

[orichalcum]

Breaking new ground in hedging, Bill Richardson claims to be both a Red Sox and a Yankees fan.

I'd like to have more support for Richardson. He's got lots of foreign policy and governmental experience and seems like a nice guy and is from a minority background. But the man seems to have extraordinarily low charisma for a trained diplomat.

I also still remain confused about the depth of Hillary Clinton's support, given that I have a hard time locating hard-core Clinton fans.

Lots of grading to do. Amusingly, my class's Wikipedia articles have already changed the Google results for a variety of my own common research topics.

Meanwhile, my students remain confused about Constantine's family tree. Not that I blame them - what possessed him to name his sons Constantine, Constantius (II, after his father), and Constans? Even in Latin it's not much better.

The Romans needed more names. If I ever have a time machine, after I do the important things I'll give the Romans an extra two dozen first names and the Welsh and Czechs some real vowels.

Comments

[a-dodecahedron.livejournal.com]

They do say the Yankees' attitude is "Bow before the glory of Rome." :-)

[orichalcum.livejournal.com]

And so they should. :) Besides, the Greens had professional cooks who gave their fans lavish banquets after the races. Where are my lavish banquets, George Steinbrunner?

[a-dodecahedron.livejournal.com]

Even better than hot dogs!

Who were the Greens? A team? A group that sponsored racers?

[orichalcum.livejournal.com]

So, all over the Roman Empire, there were four teams, two main ones, the Blues and Greens, and two lesser ones, the Reds and Whites. If you did well on the Blue chariot racing team in Podunkopolis, your contract might get bought by the Green or Red (or Blue) team in Cosmopolis, and you'd switch loyalties. Blues and Whites would generally work together, as would Greens and Reds. Within a city, the teams served not just as factions of fans but as de facto clubs and political associations, patronizing dancers and chefs as well as chariot racers. So, essentially, the sponsor group, but also the racers themselves.