Odeities

The odes, oddities, and O Deities of a world traveler

  • Did you know: Traditional Italian

    tomatoes, a staple of good Italian food, are from Central/South America? Also peppers and chocolate. What did people eat in the old world before?

  • Ode to Connections

    Ode to Connections

    Connections join the world. The joining of two things, to concepts, two roads, two lives. Each starts as its own self and gains experiences and character creating what it really is. Then, the meeting of each brings those experiences and characters together to forge anew a single entity moving forward into the unknown creating and…

  • Did you know: the Erudite

    the Academy at Athens by Rafael features Aristotle and Plato at its center and was commissioned for the living quarters of the Renaissance Popes?

  • Ode to Gadgets

    Ode to Gadgets

    I love gadgets. This is probably because I love tools, particularly versatile ones. They are one of the main things I am actually tempted by in stores, often when I don’t have any personal use for them. It would just be so neat to have a doohickey that can open a can of beans and…

  • Did you know: Cross-Quarters

    Halloween and Groundhog’s Day are cross-quarter dates? Half-way between Solstice and Equinox. May Day is the third, and 1st of August is the last (apparently named Lammas).

  • Ode to Songs with Weird or Elevated Diction

    Ode to Songs with Weird or Elevated Diction

    As a part of this post I have a challenge: Without using any references (This is on your honor. Be a decent human being.), see how many songs and either artists or shows you can name from the quotes below. They are in order of when I thought of them :P. Let me know your…

  • Did you know: Lux Invicta

    Christmas is on the first day the sun appears to move North on the horizon after the Winter Solstice (lit. sun stop)? Light returns to the universe(or at least the Northern Hemisphere) says the symbol even if the historical figure was more likely born in August or September.

  • Ode to Laughter

    Ode to Laughter

    (At the end of a night filled with laughter at discovering one’s own shadow and light) Laughter is the sound of joy. It is a release of emotions in the healthiest of ways. It is finding something that is not only good in the world but also brings you so much happiness that you have…