Meter for the Masses Ever wondered why that pesky, seemingly arbitrary, hiatus appears? Ever come across the term diastole (normally defined as artificial lengthening of a Continue Reading →
Bad Movie Latin! I just watched the Punisher with my dad on his sweet new widescreen hi-def TV, and noticed an odd bit of Latin.The main character talks about his mili Continue Reading →
Quoth Samuel Johnson, “Human experience, which is constantly contradicting theory, is the great test of truth.” (Dedicated to the legacy of Jacques Derrida.) Continue Reading →