Wednesday, December 17, 2008
When in Rome, Party Like the Romans Do
Today is the first day of Saturnalia, the ancient Roman midwinter festival of wackiness, when the low became high and high became low for a week (until December 23rd). That's why Daria gets an emperor's golden wreath today. It is also a day marked in a Daria story having to do with her diary. Do you know that not a single Daria story makes use of Saturnalia? What have we become to have missed this?
This is also Wright Brothers Day, commemorating the 105th anniversary of the Wright Brothers first heavier-than-air powered flight at Kitty Hawk, during which no one served salted peanuts. Thanks to them, Daria and her father got a rare chance to bond on a passenger jet in the episode "Of Human Bonding," but they blew it. Of course.
Wouter offers some Sandi wallpaper for your computer on PPMB. Thank'ee kindly!
This is also Wright Brothers Day, commemorating the 105th anniversary of the Wright Brothers first heavier-than-air powered flight at Kitty Hawk, during which no one served salted peanuts. Thanks to them, Daria and her father got a rare chance to bond on a passenger jet in the episode "Of Human Bonding," but they blew it. Of course.
Wouter offers some Sandi wallpaper for your computer on PPMB. Thank'ee kindly!
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3 comments:
Have you seen the sitcom Big Bang Theory? The Christmas one this year is a Saturnalia miracle!
Bah, heavier than air flight. Give me dirigibles any day.
Sheldon is hilarious! I laughed and laughed!
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