Funny things from yesterday:

[My number theory professor on a proof of the prime number theorem] "Well, the theorem's true, and the proof is in a book, so I'm sure the proof is true, but..."

[My Byzantine empire professor on Crete] "So Muslim raiders from Spain, from the civil wars in Spain, established a super piracy base there."

It's the anniversary of the Easter Rising. I'll post some musings after class.