2.28.2009
SUPERSTITION: march
tonight marks the 28th and last evening in february.
tomorrow we enter the month named for the roman god of war- whose 25th day was, until 1752 considered the beginning of the year for great britain and its commonwealth countries.
with this month's gemstones representing courage, march may bring the courageous start to a 'new year' so many of us are looking forward to.
white rabbit.
tomorrow we enter the month named for the roman god of war- whose 25th day was, until 1752 considered the beginning of the year for great britain and its commonwealth countries.
with this month's gemstones representing courage, march may bring the courageous start to a 'new year' so many of us are looking forward to.
white rabbit.
2.27.2009
FICTION: 'we need to talk about kevin'
a novel
'we need to talk about kevin'
the tale of a brutal school massacre that leaves 7 students and 2 teachers dead as recounted by a mother who always knew the truth about her troubled son.
*hint-stay away from amazon.com, the summary there gives the whole book away*
'we need to talk about kevin'
the tale of a brutal school massacre that leaves 7 students and 2 teachers dead as recounted by a mother who always knew the truth about her troubled son.
*hint-stay away from amazon.com, the summary there gives the whole book away*
FACT: area codes
at a party the other night, i was finally enlightened as to the origins of the seemingly random allocation of numerical area codes.
i've oft wondered- "how are these area codes decided upon? why the haphazard designation of one number in one location and a completely unrelated number in a location next door?"
turns out- it's all because of old rotary phones!
in 1947, the most important and populace locations were given the easiest to dial codes, hence nyc w. 212, la w. 213, chicago w. 312 etc.
feel sorry for my fellow canadians in pei- nobody was going through the trouble of dialing 902 back in the rotary phone days.
i've oft wondered- "how are these area codes decided upon? why the haphazard designation of one number in one location and a completely unrelated number in a location next door?"
turns out- it's all because of old rotary phones!
in 1947, the most important and populace locations were given the easiest to dial codes, hence nyc w. 212, la w. 213, chicago w. 312 etc.
feel sorry for my fellow canadians in pei- nobody was going through the trouble of dialing 902 back in the rotary phone days.
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