March 20th 2015 has the distinction of being a double Freaky Friday. I’m not talking about the 1976 movie where teen Jodie Foster and her mother Barbara Harris exchange bodies or the 2003 remake with Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis. FWIW I enjoyed the former and have never seen… Read more“Freaky Friday, connecting equinoxes, calendars, eclipses, and wall street”
Category: History
How did we get the Seven Wonders of the World?
Most of us have heard of the Seven Wonders of the World. They’ve even crept into common language. Have you ever heard someone refer to something amazing or incredible as the ‘Eighth Wonder of the World?’ I often use this turn of phrase when referring to the ostentatiously equipped newest… Read more“How did we get the Seven Wonders of the World?”
What’s the fascination with Atlantis?
The mystery of Atlantis begins with Plato’s dialogues Timaeus and Critias. He asserts that Atlantis was destroyed in a single day after a failed attempt to conquer Athens. His tale sparked a two thousand year search for the lost continent. Despite Plato’s militaristic potrayal of the Atlanteans, most references depict… Read more“What’s the fascination with Atlantis?”