anatomy
continuing with eye month, let’s take a look at simple eyes. simple eyes are any light receptor that contains only one lens. the name is slightly counter-intuitive because simple eyes can be quite complex, in and of themselves. for example, human eyes are simple eyes because they contain only
anatomy
in the array of sensory receptors added to the many creatures upon this earth, none is more fascinating to me than the eye. its job is to capture light waves (back to waves again…) and translate them into electrical signals that can be interpreted by the brain (or whatever thing
fauna
remember that post about action dogs? remember how hard it was to think about those trusted friends giving their lives for their buddies and having that poem read over their graves? we love dogs! we don’t like them or tolerate them — we LOVE them. so, being the regular humans
trivia
i was recently alerted to this fancy little wikipedia page: Wikipedia:Unusual articles it is a curated and constantly changing list of some of the most unique and strange articles wikipedia has to offer — otherwise know as a most delightful playground for a mind like mine. here are some examples:
etymology
ossify OS-uh-fahy | Latin: os = bone to become rigid or inflexible in habits, attitudes, opinions, etc.; to convert into or cause to harden like bone “Continue to read, young one, lest your mind ossify” raconteuse rak-uhn-TOOZ | French: raconteur from raconter = to tell a woman skilled at interestingly relating stories and anecdotes
physics
water is one of the most wonderful and miraculous substances on this planet. we need it to live, we sit by it and swim in it on our vacations, and we use it in multiple forms for multiple purposes. for example, when we sit by water on vacation and our
humans
in the wake of Moxy Fruvous‘ lead singer‘s recent trial, i was intrigued by the potential difference between a verdict of not guilty and an acquittal, should there be a difference. in a criminal case, whether a judge or jury trial, a variety of findings can result — these are:
history
if you intend to travel from one place to another, you have a lot of options at your disposal. usually, you can whip out your phone and punch your destination into whichever map-app you use. sometimes, you wander around a forest using the sun, the slope, and the moss as
music
things create waves — all things. basically, when mass moves, it expels energy which travels in waves, whether those are visible or audible or neither depends on the frequency. go to the beach — listen to and see the rhythmic, crashing sound of the water against the shore. throw a rock in
etymology
trivia etymology tri-vium (Latin | ‘three’ ‘road/way’) | the place where three roads meet; a split/fork in a road; a commonplace why is there an ‘r’ in ‘mrs’? master -> mr -> mister mistress -> mrs -> missus why ‘won’t’ instead of ‘willn’t’? in
history
it’s big, it’s blue, and it’s really cold but what else is cool about it, and why the awful name? in ancient times, there were 5 recognized planets (‘sky wanderers’): Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. these were noted because they were visible to the naked eye
history
Since it was so humbly requested, we will look at capital letters today. Capital lettering, or majuscule writing, is one of the two letter cases used in the English language, the other being lower-case, minuscule, or small letters. Generally, the beginning of sentences and the beginning of proper nouns are