Odeities

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

  • Did you know: Dolphin Names

    dolphins have names? They use unique sequences of whistles and clicks to signal individuals.

  • Ode to Scrambling

    Ode to Scrambling

    Scrambling over rocks is my favorite physical activity. It requires quick thinking, coordination, judgement, strategy, arms, legs, and eyes. The pace of it varies from slow, extremely deliberate moves from one rock to the next to breakneck speed hops across the tops of rocks. There are very many different modes of movement than normal and…

  • Did you know: bird cones

    birds have 4 kinds of cones? We only have three. They can see in the ultraviolet.

  • Did you know: molecule curls

    rhodopsin starts to trigger visual stimulation when photons break a bond causing the molecule to unfurl?

  • Ode to Shade

    Ode to Shade

    Shade brings relief. It is much like sunglasses in that it makes it so I don’t have to quint and therefore do not get as grumpy. Or rather, sunglasses are a small amount of portable shade. Shade also lessens the heat of the sun. It makes a hot day more comfortable, or in the case…

  • Did you know: Basque Thinking

    Basque speakers look in different directions when thinking than speakers of any other language?

  • Ode to Campsuds

    Ode to Campsuds

    Campsuds are the most efficient cleaner. It takes a miniscule amount of campsuds to get both spume and efficient cleaning. I used barely 3oz. of campsuds for an entire month. You can use campsuds as soap, shampoo, dish soap, laundry detergent, etc. campsuds are actually efficient cleaners in that they make you feel clean as…

  • Did you know: c-h-r-i-s-t-m-a-s

    Did you know Japanese does not have consonants at the end of any syllable? Thus, Christmas becomes ku-ri-si-ma-su. Hawaiian does it too! Ka-li-ki-ma-ka.