Do you remember the Cyclops of Greek mythology? A cyclops (pron.: /ˈsaɪklɒps/; Greek: Κύκλωψ, Kuklōps; plural cyclopes /saɪˈkloʊpiːz/; Greek: Κύκλωπες, Kuklōpes), in Greek mythology and later Roman mythology, was a member of a primordial race of giants, each with a single eye in the middle of his forehead.The name is widely thought to mean “circle-eyed”. It is upon Homer’s account that Euripides and Virgil based their accounts of the mythical… Read More Cyclops!
No, I’m not talking about people. I’m actually talking about the number of musical services I’m doing just this weekend. I just finished playing the Vigil Mass with Benediction for Advent II, then I’ll play two Sunday morning services — one the monthly communion service at Nuuanu Congregational Church, the other the High Mass for… Read More A quartet plus one
This is the time of year where you summarize the year in terms of numbers. For example, I received these notifications from Duolingo, the foreign language app, about my progress in learning Spanish. As you can see by the above, I have an unbroken streak of 1955 days — as of November 30, 2024 when… Read More The year in numbers