Wotcher peeps,
Quick Christmas video.
Enjoy.
David
Showing posts with label David Moore Holds Forth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label David Moore Holds Forth. Show all posts
Vlog Post: Mo Mo, Mo Mo (There's No Limits!)
Wotcher chaps,
Quickie before I head off for the weekend. Check out the Mo!
Cheers,
David
Quickie before I head off for the weekend. Check out the Mo!
Cheers,
David
Shiny... (and Happy Wednesday!)
Afternoon, all.
Odin has decided to honour His day by sending us His book, freshly sent by the printers. Pretty...
Which has also started a bit of a Twitter conversation about the origin of this most auspicious of days. So your editor has been doing a bit of reading...
Interestingly, the majority of north-European and Germanic languages call this day "Odin's Day" (or Oðinn/Woden/Wotan or whatever you call him), including English (Wednes = Woden's), while German, Icelandic (which I'll admit surprised the Hell outta me), and a load of eastern-European languages call it, roughly, "Midweek" or "Centre-day." French, Spanish and a load of south-European languages, meanwhile, call it "Mercury's Day."
Fair enough, you may think. Northern Europeans have Germanic ancestors, while southern Europeans have Roman ancestors.
But check it out. There's a direct correlation:
So what's the connection between Mercury the Swift, nipping about and taking the piss, the original cheeky chappy of Roman myth, and Odin the Gallows God, the somberest, meanest mo-fo in the Germanic pantheon?
They're both psychopomps. That is, both are considered responsible for the souls of the dead.
Some medieval scholar comparing the two religions decided that the Germans basically worshipped the same gods as the Greeks and Romans (which everyone believed all the way back to Tacitus, to be fair), and the Germans had just gotten confused and put Mercury in charge and consigned Jupiter to second-string. Somewhere along the line, this got enshrined in the two week-naming schemes. Probably by the Church, I dunno.
Cool, huh?
The really weird punchline is that the English week preserves the Roman god Saturn on the day the French (and pretty much everyone else's) week honours the Sabbath (Samedi is apparently "Sabbath-Day"). So with our four German gods, we get one Roman god, on a day the Romans don't even remember him any more...
Anyway, just thought I'd share that with you.
David
Odin has decided to honour His day by sending us His book, freshly sent by the printers. Pretty...
Which has also started a bit of a Twitter conversation about the origin of this most auspicious of days. So your editor has been doing a bit of reading...
Interestingly, the majority of north-European and Germanic languages call this day "Odin's Day" (or Oðinn/Woden/Wotan or whatever you call him), including English (Wednes = Woden's), while German, Icelandic (which I'll admit surprised the Hell outta me), and a load of eastern-European languages call it, roughly, "Midweek" or "Centre-day." French, Spanish and a load of south-European languages, meanwhile, call it "Mercury's Day."
Fair enough, you may think. Northern Europeans have Germanic ancestors, while southern Europeans have Roman ancestors.
But check it out. There's a direct correlation:
Tuesday (after Tiw/Tyr, the Germanic god of war) is to Mardi (after Mars, the Roman god of war)
as Thursday (after Thunor/Thor, the Germanic god of thunder) is to Jeudi (after Jove, the Roman god of thunder)
and Friday (after Friga/Frigga, the Germanic goddess of fertility) is to Vendredi (after Venus, the Roman goddess of fertility).
So what's the connection between Mercury the Swift, nipping about and taking the piss, the original cheeky chappy of Roman myth, and Odin the Gallows God, the somberest, meanest mo-fo in the Germanic pantheon?
They're both psychopomps. That is, both are considered responsible for the souls of the dead.
Some medieval scholar comparing the two religions decided that the Germans basically worshipped the same gods as the Greeks and Romans (which everyone believed all the way back to Tacitus, to be fair), and the Germans had just gotten confused and put Mercury in charge and consigned Jupiter to second-string. Somewhere along the line, this got enshrined in the two week-naming schemes. Probably by the Church, I dunno.
Cool, huh?
The really weird punchline is that the English week preserves the Roman god Saturn on the day the French (and pretty much everyone else's) week honours the Sabbath (Samedi is apparently "Sabbath-Day"). So with our four German gods, we get one Roman god, on a day the Romans don't even remember him any more...
Anyway, just thought I'd share that with you.
David
Mid-November Vlog: David Got No Beard!
Wotcher chaps and chapinas,
Your sixth (bi-)weekly vlog now comes blasting into your screen a little later than usual. Enjoy.
Cheers,
David
Your sixth (bi-)weekly vlog now comes blasting into your screen a little later than usual. Enjoy.
Cheers,
David
New Vlog Post: Pumpkin Night!
Wotcher all,
As promised, it's pumpkins today.
Slightly longer than usual - I think it weighs in at about six minutes - partly because of the time I spend travelling through time to show you my pumpkins.
Through. Time.
That's what I go through for you.
Cheers,
David
As promised, it's pumpkins today.
Slightly longer than usual - I think it weighs in at about six minutes - partly because of the time I spend travelling through time to show you my pumpkins.
Through. Time.
That's what I go through for you.
Cheers,
David
Your Regularly Scheduled Vlog Post
Hi all,
This is your regularly-scheduled fourth weekly vlog post.
It's entitled, for reasons that will become abundantly clear, Working From Home:
Cheers,
David
This is your regularly-scheduled fourth weekly vlog post.
It's entitled, for reasons that will become abundantly clear, Working From Home:
Cheers,
David
BONUS Vlog Post!
Hey all,
If you've been reading the Twitter feed, you'll know Solaris just hit 700 followers.
Now, it's traditional on Twitter to make a fuss about reaching 100-follower milestones, and we've done so in the past by giving away free books to our 500th and 600th follower.
This seemed arbitrary and unfair, however (although this does not preclude us doing it again in future), so we have decided to instead create a bonus vlog for all to enjoy.
See you for tomorrow's regularly scheduled vlog.
Cheers,
David
If you've been reading the Twitter feed, you'll know Solaris just hit 700 followers.
Now, it's traditional on Twitter to make a fuss about reaching 100-follower milestones, and we've done so in the past by giving away free books to our 500th and 600th follower.
This seemed arbitrary and unfair, however (although this does not preclude us doing it again in future), so we have decided to instead create a bonus vlog for all to enjoy.
See you for tomorrow's regularly scheduled vlog.
Cheers,
David
New Vlog Post: The Subtitles Machine
Hey all,
So here's the third weekly vlog (in three weeks!).
This time, my subtitles machine decided it would do a better job of vlogging than I would, so I told it to go ahead.
Honestly, the way technology turns on you these days...
David
So here's the third weekly vlog (in three weeks!).
This time, my subtitles machine decided it would do a better job of vlogging than I would, so I told it to go ahead.
Honestly, the way technology turns on you these days...
David
Vlog Part Deux: Learn with Dave
Wotcher all.
Second Vlog done! Woot!
Now with a new educational function!
Enjoy.
David
Second Vlog done! Woot!
Now with a new educational function!
Enjoy.
David
New Vlog Post: Meet the Mascots...
Wotcher all,
After some positive feedback on the FantasyCon vlogs, here is a vlog I dun in the office:
Enjoy.
David
After some positive feedback on the FantasyCon vlogs, here is a vlog I dun in the office:
Enjoy.
David
Check Me The Hell Out
Hey all,
Harry Markov at Temple Library Reviews has made the ground-breaking choice to interview Solaris's own David Moore. (Well, yes, but I couldn't say "Solaris's own me," now could I?)
Check it out here. Hope you enjoy.
Cheers,
David
Harry Markov at Temple Library Reviews has made the ground-breaking choice to interview Solaris's own David Moore. (Well, yes, but I couldn't say "Solaris's own me," now could I?)
Check it out here. Hope you enjoy.
Cheers,
David
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