The end of the year seems like as appropriate a time as any to take a deep dive into how and why our calendar got to be the way it is. And while you may have some of these facts scrambling around in the dusty recesses of your brain somewhere, I promise you’ve never seen them so lithely illustrated.
My one quibble: the quick dismissal of the Mayan calendar apocalypse theory tacked on at the end. A LITTLE TOO CONVENIENT IF YOU ASK ME. Clearly NASA is behind this. [Jeremiah Warren via The Daily What]
Antonia
Saturday, December 31, 2011 at 3:44 PMI’d prefer to refer to dates as being either AD or BC as I dislike the politically-correct BCE immensely.
Matt S
Sunday, January 1, 2012 at 4:52 AMits isnt politically correct, it allows people to not have to pander to christianity whenever they use dates…..rather liberating really
Mitch
Sunday, January 1, 2012 at 10:37 AMWhat are your thoughts on the days of the week being named after ancient gods?
Wait a minute!
Monday, January 2, 2012 at 12:18 AMBoom! +1
Kendal
Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at 7:44 AMNo mention of the calendar dog?