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The Etymology of February and Wednesday
We can blame both spellings on the Romans! February is fairly clear: Februa is thought to be a Sabine word (maybe we could blame them for italics, too), meaning “purifications”; Februarius mensis...
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How To Boost Your Focus
I’m probably the most organised person I know; I’m not OCD about it, I just work better when things are organised. Writing a book means that I accumulate bits and pieces of information, research...
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Vague Exactitude
Recently I asked my Facebook connections if they could help me with a Latin phrase; the phrase has to do with the computation of days in the Julian calendar (calends, ides, nones, etc.). Here is my...
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The Third Place
We humans are social beings; we crave, in varying degrees and in varying times, social interaction. For extroverts that comes more frequently than for introverts; but at some point in time we all want...
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Digital Echo Chambers
This article is longer than my usual blog, but please bear with me; the issues below affect all of us, and they are important to become aware of; after all, you can only keep an eye on something you...
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