Chess
Linguascelesta is busy endeavouring to improve his chess game currently, by playing lots of people at once. Click on the chessboard below to challenge him to a game!
The Circle for Latin Language
Linguascelesta studied Latin for seven years at school, and five years later is missing it terribly, and has decided to bring it all back into the present.
One of the things that Linguascelesta values most in life is the notion of "making things happen" - taking responsibility for what is around him, and changing it according to his will. So, a combination of undesired elements (no Latin, no Latin-speakers around, not living in Ancient Rome, etc) removed, a new more desireable situation has been created. How cool would it be to converse in Latin on a daily basis, with other like-minded people? Answer: very cool.
There have got to be other people who feel this way, thought Linguascelesta, so without further ado he created the "Circle for Latin Language" - it can be visited (and joined, if you have at least some ability in Latin - perfection is far from being a requisite, but at least some elementary ability is, as all posts must be in Latin) here:
The Devil You Know
A book project, mostly completed, but put on the back burner for the time being. The reason for this is severalfold, and includes:
1) Being more excited about other current projects, such as the Circle for Latin Language (see above).
2) Avoiding treading on the toes of friends and associates (half of whom decided to release a book at the same time).
So, it's still definitely in the pipeline, but has no definite release date as of yet.
For those who are curious, though, it should be mentioned that this is a book of 69 short essays about varied things, as varied as the Antichrist and the proper making of tea, and is not - as some errantly thought it to be, despite public statements to the contrary - a book about Satanism. The map is not the territory, and sometimes aesthetics can be borrowed without overlapping content. Certainly the essays have a Satanic slant through a fair few of them, but this is only natural considering the religious views of the author.
When it is released, chances are it will be published privately, disseminated on Amazon at a low price, and quite probably made available for free as an eBook on this website, with readers simply encouraged to buy a hard copy if they enjoyed it. "The Devil You Know" was never intended to be a business venture, and the author does not equate the value of his thoughts with a nominal commercial asking price. Sure, he'll turn a profit, but the main aim of the publication of TDYK was always going to be pure and simple dissemination of ideas.
Interested parties can read a little more about this project at its promotional MySpace page:
The Mancunian
This is actually one of Linguascelesta's oldest current projects, and yet in another way is nevertheless breaking news. Why?
Linguascelesta has never before publicly admitted to being the somewhat shadowy figure known locally simply as "The Mancunian". Nothing identifying has ever been given away on The Mancunian's little site, and if you ask The Mancunian directly if this is true, chances are The Mancunian will deny it.
The Mancunian is basically a platform for rallying Mancunian pride, that is to say the pride held by citizens of what is popularly known as the "Republik of Mancunia" - Manchester viewing itself as a practically independent city-state, which is of course the way Manchester should be, and one day actually will be, under Linguascelesta's benign rule.
Functionally and ostensibly, the role of The Mancunian persona is to promote Mancunian interests, business, artists, etc. A network of Mancunians connected by a common pride.
The Mancunian functions primarily from that modern bastion of digital networking, MySpace. The Mancunian has been known to pop up here and there elsewhere, however, and has had a fair hand in organising things such as the Great Manchester Pillowfight and, perhaps more importantly (and certainly more headline-grabbingly) the "Save Affleck's Palace" online campaign, via MySpace, PetitionSpot, and a letter-writing campaign. The Mancunian got into the papers a few times for that, though naturally the journalist had no idea of the man behind it all, Linguascelesta.
Interested parties can take a peep at The Mancunian's primary online presence, here:
Bauer
Bauer is a marvelous band. No, Linguascelesta is not an accomplished musician, nor a music producer, nor anything of that nature. However, he is Bauer's self-appointed "guardian angel", and has been for some years.
When Linguascelesta first knew Bauer, they weren't called Bauer yet, and were playing support slots on a tiny stage by the toilets in Night'n'Day café in Manchester's "Northern Quarter". However, he did recognise talent and potential, and took on the threefold roll of fan, friend, and pimp.
Firstly by word of mouth, and once upon a time by dissemination of freely burned CDs long before they signed their first record deal, Linguascelesta pimped this sonorous foursome all he could.
Nowadays, they've had several proper releases, a couple of top music videos, got into the charts, been on the radio (locally, nationally, internationally), been on TV (channel M - not quite MTV, but getting there), and have a ridiculous number of fans attached to their MySpace page. While he may not exactly take credit for all this success of theirs, he is proud to have assisted along the way.
Since Linguascelesta is somewhat busier than he used to be, the main thing he does for Bauer these days is maintain and administrate the messageboard he made for them and their fans, which can be accessed by following the appropriate link from their main website:
Linguascelesta's Labyrinth
Linguascelesta launched his Labyrinth on Halloween 2006, offering a $666 prize for the first person to complete it.
It is still, as yet, unsolved. Yes, this means the prize is still up for grabs!
The start of the Labyrinth can be found here:
