A Piratical Song

Yarr!  It be that time o' tha year again, when pirates be on tha prowl.  Here be a piratical song fer a freebootin' fellow ta be singin' as he be terrorisin' tha landlubbers!

Precis ab 'Arcano': Ter'el, the Elven God of Wisdom

Starting up a new series of Latin translations, wherein I'll be translating all of the "God Prayers" from Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura.  Mostly, it's an excuse to practise my Latin grammar - those prayers can be rather... difficult, at times.

Anyway, here's Ter'el's prayer in English and Latin:

Offer to him
Who cannot see
Nor hear
Your soul, made of trees.

Li'tani he seeks
To touch, to burn
For his eyes are dark
And his ears are blunt
And wasted.

Wisdom comes
To the bringer of gifts
And eyes that see far
From he
Who sees nothing.

Anima, arboreus
Ad caecus
Et surdus
Offer.

Litani quaesit
Contingere, incendere
Quia oculi opaci
Et aures obtusae
Reiculaeque.

Ad portatus doni
Sapientia venit
Et oculi longituens
Ab se
Nullituens.

What Would You Do for a Klondike Bar?

I meant to post this up ages ago.  You know, in the middle of summer, not August.  August is an awful month - there's just nothing I can say about it.  It's the dullest month of the year, and that's a fact.  But you know what?  Ice cream makes even August better.  Especially Klondike bars.

Prayers to the Roman Gods: Pluto

Poor Pluto.  First Disney makes him into a villain, then he loses his planet.  He just gets no respect.  I bet he cries himself to sleep every night, with his gold pajamas and all.

The Seven Wonders: The Lighthouse of Alexandria

And so begins a new series!  I'm still working on the Roman gods, but I had this idea and thought it would be interesting, so I'm doing it at the same time.

I don't plan on all of this series ending with some pithy moral; it'll be more like telling a story about the wonders.  But that last line worked particularly well, I think.

Prayers to the Roman Gods: Juno

Juno, protector of women!  I felt rather weird writing this one - I'm hardly in her domain, am I?  Still, I do hope it came out well.

Prayers to the Roman Gods: Bacchus

Honestly, I prefer my Hymn to Bacchus to this.  Much easier to sing when drinking, in my opinion.