Two neat bits of trivia

first from tacit, re the theme from Battlestar Galactica:

What I didn't know, though, is that the lyrics are in Sanskrit. Specifically, they are the Gayatri mantra (Sanskrit: गायत्री), an ancient Hindu hymn:

ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः ।
तत् सवितुर्वरेण्यं ।
भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि ।
धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात् ॥

Transliterated, it reads:

oṃ bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ
tát savitúr váreniyaṃ
bhárgo devásya dhīmahi
dhíyo yó naḥ pracodáyāt

It's a mantra that appears in the Ŗg Veda, and it's the second most important mantra in Hindusim.

This just makes an amazing theme even cooler. I never get tired of listening to it, seriously.

Also, this from polymexina:

whore, n. [hohr, hōr]
-Today's word can be traced all the way back to the prehistoric Indo-European root ka- 'like, desire.' Interestingly, this word seems to have split into several different meanings. For the first, the word evolved into a younger Indo-European root karo which in turn led to Latin carus 'dear' and Old Irish cara 'friend.' From this we get English caress, charity, and cherish, all of which have (or can be have) very wholesome and endearing definitions. The second path created another later Indo-European root, kamo, which eventually became Sanskrit kamah 'love' that we are all familiar with from the Kamasutra. Finally, at least for this discussion, the third route is the one in which today's word developed. From prehistoric Indo-European ka came proto-Germanic khoraz/horaz, the feminine form of which was khoron/horon. Eventually this became Middle Dutch hoere, Old High German huora, Old Norse hora, Gothic hors, and Old English hore. As a side note, except for the Old English word which meant 'whore, prostitute, harlot,' the other cognates had the definition of an adulteress. Old English hore was in use prior to 1100 C.E. and continued on into Middle English. It was not until 1535 that there is record of the spelling changing to whore, and as of yet there is not much evidence as to why the change occurred. -- From word ancestry

This sort of reminds me a bit of the etymology* of the word cunt, which kinda followed a similar path. I'd look it up, but I don't really have time this morning.

I had a wicked good evening last night and got to see athene and lordaerith and fuck-i-forget-her-livejournal-handle-but-she's-awesome, lol for the first time in aeons... I'll write it up a bit later, but it was full of ice cream and yay.

But right now, oh hell, I'm running late for work, lol.




*I originally wrote "entomology." Which is a bad mistake to make, lol. "Bugs? In my vagina??" It's more likely than you think....

Random thought for today

Is there a secret dimensional pocket somewhere where all the hair ties eventually go to die? I bought a package of headbands a couple of months ago because my dreads in the front are at that fabulous length where they're too short to tuck behind my ears and long enough to get in my way up front, and I'm down to one already. Damned if I know what happened to all of them, it was a ten-pack. And it's very likely that I'll have to replace them sometime this week because my hair is at the length where I'm constantly annoyed by it. But this has been a problem all my life - I swear, I've checked all the usual hiding places, and I'm convinced that all the scrunchies, clips, ties and bands just vanish after a while...

In other annoying news

I have a bug bite on the second knuckle of my left index finger which has made the whole joint swell and be difficult to flex. It's itchy and makes typing wicked difficult. Grr.

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YAY: Quesadillas at Bueno with athene et al.

BOO: INR = 1.7. Up with the rat poison and back in next week for a recheck. And maybe something involving vodka tonight.

Tweets for Today

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• 09:11 is wondering why she woke up with "Shaving Cream" and "Pico and Sepulveda" stuck in her head.

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