I seem to be on a punctuation symbol mood lately in my posts, so here is another ( Read more... )

I have always wondered why the abbreviation for the English system of weight unit "pound" was "lb ( Read more... )

The other day, my wife was asking me about what a talent is. My guess is that most of you would answer to yourselves, "It is a natural gift or ability." But she obviously knows that; she was asking rather about what a "talent" referred to in the Parable of the Talents found in the Gospel of Matthew. I explained that a talent was a unit of currency ( Read more... )

…feeling too lazy to post something new… ;)

(why this seems humorous to me…)

(Also note mood.)