1 March 1625 in the Dutch reckoning was, in the English reckoning of the time, 19 February 1624.

Chad Bauman has offered a great model for the “make your own religion” exercise, and I will engage in repeated acts of “kleptomnesia” in appropriating his ideas.

Whales and sturgeons are royal fish.

[…] Ms. [LaWanda] Page revealed to the [white] girl that she is 55 years old. Then, before the girl could stammer her disbelief, Ms. Page quipped, Well, you know, Black don't crack!