Daily Dose of Curiosity
A while back I was food shopping and I came across a chartreuse-haired wonder with dramatic black highlights and a don’t-****-with-me aura. She was elevated above the masses on some sort of platform boots, and her long green talons were wrapped around an orange like the Evil Queen clutching a poisoned apple. She raised the … Read more
The Romans had names that described points in the month. Ostensibly these names came into existence during the Roman lunar calendar. The Ides of a lunar month would be the full moon. Although we believe these terms to originate on their lunar calendar, we have no record of a Roman lunar calendar. The Romans followed … Read more
In the US dates are expressed MM-DD-YY. Looking at just the month and day and using a period as a separate we get 03.14 which is a rough approximation for the value of the irrational number π (PI). The pronunciation of the number π sounds identical to the word Pie. So, that’s why March 3 … Read more
The soul is a tangible but invisible object. Is soul really so? Yes, it is like that. The soul is not just an abstract theological idea but something concrete as well. But, the concrete object cannot be detached, traded, divided, or transplanted. It cannot be passed on to someone else. Yet it is like a … Read more