A Fountain of Useless Knowledge Amidst A Cocktail of MDMAs

Jul 26, 2008 10:15

Last month I posted the etymology of ARENA. Interestingly, or at least it was to me, while I was in Spain last week an English friend of mine asked my Spanish friend what the Spanish word for sand was. She replied "arena" to which I jumped up and duly explained why...

The episode illustrates that no matter how inebriated or drugged up I may be, I am always on geekdom alert.

fiberfib, misc, festivals, language

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