An interesting look at being a young, wealthy woman in ancient Rome (from here; HT: Christopher Rollston on Facebook):
Gender in history, Gender Issues, Roman
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the archives near Emmaus 
Companion video here:
http://ed.ted.com/lessons/a-glimpse-of-teenage-life-in-ancient-rome-ray-laurence
Brian, sorry to hear about your Giants last couple against American league Jays. Nasty 1st innings .. That said – this year I said I was going to follow the Astros and they are doing as you predicted!
Yeah, that was a couple bad games. Happens though.