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  1. Bryaxsis  - I LOVE the first wall painting. If I had the energy I had in my youth I would attempt to copy that onto my bathrom wall. In fact, long time ago I did actually paint a mural on my bathrom wall, a Roman maiden standing with a bowl of fruit behind the toilet, and to her left was a scene of the Grand Canal in Venice. :lol:  All in beautiful shades of burnt sienna, yellow ochre, blues, ect. My friends admired it so much, and it remained there for many years until I remodeled the room six years ago and painted over it. No photo of it was ever taken which upset my one friend very much. He was hurt that I painted over it. too funny.

     

    Metella, it may not be what your are looking for but I found a site on Etsy that sold the most amazing shower curtains. They are expensive but the person photo copied some very interesting and beautiful scenes onto the curtain. I will try to look for the site and post back here. I had one bookmarked for a long time - it had The Three Graces on it I think, but I couldn't justify the cost. :(


  2. I was so hoping someone would bring this up. I was baffled as well and thought they just added Julius for kicks or it was "some guy" who happened to be named Julius Ceasar. I had heard on a documentary  that Julius Ceaser was indeed part of the army that hunted down Spartacus.  Thanks for your info, as it makes more sense to me.


  3. OK - Finished. I didn't post individual comments about the last four books, because there were no big surprises. The quality of the Falco books has been ramping up throughout the series, and these four: See Delphi and Die, Saturnalia, Alexandria and Nemesis, didn't buck the trend at all. Fluent writing, good characterisation, exciting plot, and the final book ending strongly, certainly not abruptly as if the author just stopped bringing new books out.

     

    The next thing a Falcophile will be anitcipating is Ides of April, (to be published 11 April 2013 in the UK and June 2013 in the USA), first of a new series centred on Falco's adopted daughter Flavia Albia.

     

    I await it with eager anticipation!

     

    Me too.

     

    Nemesis had a pretty exciting ending did it not? "Falcophile" - I like that.


  4. 2000BC: Here, eat this root

    1000AD: That root is heathen! Here, say this prayer.

    1865AD: That prayer is superstition! Here, drink this potion.

    1935AD: That potion is snake oil! Here, swallow this pill.

    1975AD: That pill is ineffective! Here, take this antibiotic.

    2000AD: That antibiotic is poison! Here, eat this root.


  5. Addendum:

     

    For those of you not able to receive UK TV stations like Channel 4 on your TVs, try www.tvcatchup.com. I'd be interested to know if you're able gain access. I've used the iPhone App abroad, but it may know that I'm a UK resident/TV Licence Fee payer.

     

    I bookmarked that site, Ghost, will see if I can watch the programming. Hope so!

     

    Nope. Not available for my country. :(


  6. Addendum:

     

    For those of you not able to receive UK TV stations like Channel 4 on your TVs, try www.tvcatchup.com. I'd be interested to know if you're able gain access. I've used the iPhone App abroad, but it may know that I'm a UK resident/TV Licence Fee payer.

     

    I bookmarked that site, Ghost, will see if I can watch the programming. Hope so!


  7. As promised. Photos from the play tonight. For high school kids, they did an amazing job with dialog and songs. However I had a completely different image of what Pseudolus should look like! (he's the one in the purple striped pants) :D No chariot chase, just an awful lot of running around the stage and through the theater aisles. Most disappointing was the fact that the audience turn out was very small, being a Sunday matin


  8. Don't be too surte I vivdly remember being involved in a school production years back that managed to get the 'impression' of a moving wagon over on stage - you just have to suspend a lot of disbelief;)

     

     

     

    :D :D :D And just how were you "involved"? pray tell - which character did you portray or perhaps you had the interesting job of set design? cool.


  9. A local high school is presenting "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To the Forum" as their musical this year. This school has an excellent drama club and always provides great entertainment for being only high school students. A friend of mine is in charge of the choreography. Anyhow, buying tickets for this Sunday's matinee. Too bad the chariot chase scene from the movie can't be done on a high school stage. Cracks me up. :lol:

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