Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) is one of the most famous baroque composers of all time. Born on March 4th in Venice, he was baptized immediately after birth due to his poor health. Growing up, Vivaldi was afflicted by “stretezza di petto,” or a “tightness of the chest.” Not known at that […]
“Directed by 40 Specially Trained Ecuadorian Mountain Llamas, 6 Venezuelan Red Llamas, 142 Mexican Whooping Llamas, 14 North Chilean Guanacos (Closely Related to the Llama), Reg Llama of Brixton, 76000 Battery Llamas From ‘Llama-Fresh’ Farms Ltd. Near Paraguay, and Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones”, Monty Python and the Holy Grail […]
Anyone who has a dog has probably seen them sleeping. In fact, most dogs nap for about 50% of the day, and they lie around awake but doing nothing for another 30% of their time. Usually they sleep motionless and do not make any noise other than heavy breathing and […]
Math lovers widely celebrate March 14 as Pi Day. Written as 3/14, the date matches the first three digits of pi—the constant ratio between a circle’s circumference and its diameter. One can go even further on that day, celebrating by the minute (3/14, 1:59) or the second (3/14, 1:59:26) to […]
January and February are the birthday months in my family, with each kid’s birthday exactly two weeks apart. Like many families, we have numerous birthday traditions, including choosing a special “birthday cereal” in the morning, a fox cake that my little brother asks for almost every single year, and going […]