I'll be as gentle on you as tearless baby shampoo

Today's unintentionally hilarious footnote, courtesy of the editor of the Penguin Herodotus:
Mardonius' actions were "an attempt to pacify the Ionians and leave them friendly in the rear."
*snort*
Vandiver was appalled when we explained why we were cracking up. She is frequently appalled with us.

In other news, Dana thinks my translations in class have been fine, so I'm not going to drop Greek. Maybe he's confusing me with someone else again.

I am feeling rather better about things.