A short Roman Sword defines my name. My favorite color is moreno and I like to wallow in the shadows. I love roses and growing them in gardens and harvesting them. However, too soon they wilt and only the memory lingers. But I'm free to pluck that memory when I want. I consider myself a member of the illiterati. I have much to say, but little to back it up. Pretty typical of the basic Professor of Ancient Cultures, don't you think? My proclivities are not mainstream and my politics are con...