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

Ode to International Travel

International travel teaches you the most. You must step outside of your comfort zone to travel away from the familiar. You must change your mindset to being the stranger in a strange land. You must acknowledge that what you fundamentally believe may not be what others do. You must find energy to go out and…
Did you know: problems with leapyears

the year Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon was 465 days long?
Ode to Breakfast Burritos

Breakfast burritos are the convenient alternative to preparation. They combine the core of a fancy breakfast with eggs, cheese, potatoes, and usually a breakfast meat, yet they are inherently portable. Each of these items are simple in their preparation, but they take a lot of time. However, breakfast burritos are most often a purchase of…
Did you know: Spring New Year

the original new year in the Roman State was March 1st? Hence, Septem-ber would actually be the seventh month. Octo-, Novem-, Decem- it all makes sense!
In which I turn off my scooter with a Swiss Army knife

During the course of my master’s degree, I would spend an extra weekend a month going into the mountains with my professor or classmates to help catch birds. This required a number of people to set up nets and retrieve whatever bird was unfortunate enough to fly lower than a few meters from the ground…
Did you know: Stealing Days

the reason February has fewer days than most months is because an extra day was added to August to make it the same length as July? Augustus just couldn’t be outdone by Julius.
Ode to Chicken Noodle Soup

Chicken noodle soup is convalescence. It is a delicious soup on its own, yet it is one of the best ways to conquer a cold. It is one of the family recipes that are held in high esteem both because of the taste and advantage when we are sick and because it is one of…
Did you know: Latin Night

Latin has six words for various portions of the night including gallicinium (the time of roosters’ crowing)?