Every year I'm reminded of the time I learned about Roman calendars

[conuly]

And their batshit, batshit counting down system with inclusive counting.

The 15th is the Ides of March, and the day before that is pridie Ides March, okay - and then the day before that is "three days before the Ides". Because thirteen, fourteen, fifteen makes three days. And they used that every time they wanted to find a date, counted backwards (inclusively!) from the next Kalends, Nones, or Ides.

It broke my brain then and I've never fully recovered.

****************************

An airport piano was filthy and out of tune. He fixed it during a layover.

I always love Calvin being Calvin

‘Let the waltz begin!’ Vienna’s ball season has 18th century roots, but teens now go online to dance

Welcome to my world of stewardess uniforms! 1891 different uniforms from 632 airlines

'It was chaos': The history of San Francisco's most unforgettable TV ad

Whale pee ‘funnel’ moves 4,000 tons of nitrogen a year, keeping ocean alive

What is the fish doorbell? How a livestream from the Netherlands is helping with migration

Dying dog sits in yard waiting for attention. Neighbors are lining up.

What Was the NY Wildcat Strike Like for Incarcerated People?

Musk Melts Down as Tesla Stock Price Plunges

EPA head says he'll roll back dozens of environmental regulations, including rules on climate change

National Fire Academy in Frederick County abruptly shuttered

A trade war could hit these communities hardest

Comments

[ethelmay]

That's why the Nicene Creed says "On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures." I remember being puzzled about that as a child (not in relation to the creed specifically, which I didn't meet with until later, but something else that talked about the third day). If you took a flight on Friday evening and it was delayed and you didn't get to your destination until Sunday morning, you would either call it a day and a half of travel (in terms of hours) or two days (in terms of it being two days later on the calendar from when you started). But it would be true that the first day on which you made some portion of the journey was Friday and the third day was Sunday. So, according to the story, Jesus was in the tomb ON three different days, but for only about a day and a half total.

(I just went down a rabbit hole of people arguing about whether Jesus saying that he would be in the earth for three days and three nights, like Jonah in the whale's belly, contradicts the Friday-Sunday business, and postulating various ways to get around that. Kind of fun if you like that sort of thing.)

[grav_ity]

OMG, I CHECKED BEFORE POSTING MY COMMENT AND WE WERE TYPING AT THE SAME TIME sorry for the double lecture.