quidquididest:ablative-of-whatevers-convenient:And the award for the best profile picture of a Class
quidquididest:ablative-of-whatevers-convenient:And the award for the best profile picture of a Classics professor goes to:FRANCIS CAIRNS, FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITYOmg this is Cairns? I respect your work and your chainsaw.Ok, I know OP’s post was from a long while ago, but I just remembered my favorite Cairns story:Back in 2005/2006 or so, books were going missing from the Classics library in Dodd Hall. It got so bad they replaced the old fashioned key locks with a swipe card system so they could track who was going in and out.Anyway, one day Cairns discovered one of his books being sold on eBay. A signed copy, no less! Of the book that wasn’t officially published yet. And the only signed copy was the one he donated to the Classics library.They tracked the thief down via their eBay username and it turned out to be a disgruntled religious studies grad student (the two departments shared the library space).Long story short, Cairns solved the book thief mystery because he was Googling himself. -- source link
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