S02 EP33: New Year's Day Used to Be March 25th
Bayou-Picayune
#33: Did you know that before 1752 New Year's Day in England and its colonies was March 25th, not January 1st?
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S02 EP32: Who Dat
Bayou-Picayune
#32: Did you know the phrase “Who Dat” was first used by Herman Melville in his 1851 novel “Moby-Dick?”
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S02 EP31: I Play Center Linebacker
Bayou-Picayune
#31: When I was twelve, we moved from California to Louisiana. In California, I played baseball. I lived baseball. But in Louisiana there was no baseball.
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S02 EP30: I step off the top of a football stadium
Bayou-Picayune
#30: When I walk, my head is down, and I scour the ground for nickels, dimes and quarters. It’s a poor boy habit I developed when I was twelve, but that tendency to look down before I make a step almost resulted in my death when I took a dare and stepped off the top of a football stadium.
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S02 EP29: Jesus Lied
Bayou-Picayune
#29: With my title — “Jesus Lied” — many Christians will probably presume this is yet another attack on their religious beliefs, while non-Christians will think this affirms what they already believe — that Jesus, if there was such a person, was merely a man and not God.
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S02 EP28: The Curse of the Frog
Bayou-Picayune
#28: When I was in high school, I knew a boy who went by the nickname “Bwana” because he loved outdoor critters. He used to keep a pet snake, and every morning some of us boys would watch when it was feeding time.
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S02 EP27: Money Games: How to Force the NFL to Play Their Stars
Bayou-Picayune
When a company tries to sell at full price, a diluted version of its own product customers tend to react strongly. Sometimes even petitioning their elected representatives to exert regulatory pressure on the company.
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S02 EP26: A Confession: My role in last century’s tulipomania
Bayou-Picayune
#26: This is, I guess, a confession of sorts about the role I played in last century’s video game fad. The years in question were 1978-1981.
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S02 EP25: The roll of the dice
Bayou-Picayune
#25: Did you know it was Galileo (1564-1642) who first figured out the percentages for each roll of the dice?
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S02 EP24: The Tattle Tail Priest
Bayou-Picayune
#24: Bleach. The smell of bleach and pine. A lot of what I do in the classroom, when it's not grammar, when it's not composition, is intuitive.
info_outline#33: Did you know that before 1752 New Year's Day in England and its colonies was March 25th, not January 1st? Podcast show transcription available here: https://www.davidpierson.net/podcast-new-years-day-used-to-be-march-25th/