Connectedness

Many ideas people have occur at the same time or in close proximity.  Perhaps, this suggests a collective conscience.  For instance, Alexander Graham Bell is credited for patenting the telephone, but at the about same time he applied a German, Johann Philipp Reis, also applied for the same patent.  It was such a short period of time that perhaps the German may have received the patent if perhaps he spent less time warming his lunch, or his wife hadn’t nagged him to take out the garbage sooner rather than later.  Who was first?  And, more importantly; does it matter?  I understand that patents and ideas are very important to business, yet it seems absurd to give a financial monopoly to an inventor, when it was really two or more that had the idea at the same time.  These sorts of things end up in courts, but when it comes to who is first, I wonder if there is usually or even occasionally justice.

Friday and Norse Deities: Frig or Freya

Recently, my wife spilled some coffee, and out of her mouth comes Frig. This is most likely her Germanic background coming out where Frig was a Norse deity that some people swear by. I too have done it through saying Friggin’ at times in my life. I also have a very weak Germanic background, which also may be of use when considering that I have used that word. This concept of taking a deity’s name in vein is commonly known in Christian circles, where swearing or cussing in Jesus’ name is forbidden because the New Testament says that Jesus is Lord, and thus to profane the name Jesus is to take the Lord’s name in vain, which I might add is also a commandment though I like the Jews, such that I don’t believe that Jesus was or is Lord. Perhaps, this is where the saying Fuck comes from, as Faulk, the way it was pronounced, was a crusader who became King of Jerusalem. Tying Frig into Friday is not a very gross step when you consider that Frig is the name of a Norse deity, and likewise that people swear in her name is no doubt where we get out word Friday from, where the English language actually stems from proto-Germanic origins. Likewise, that Frig is where we get Friday should come as no surprise if the other days of the week are concerned. For example, Wednesday stems from the Norse God Woden, and Thursday, stems from the Norse God Thor, and Saturday stems from the words Sabbath, where Saturn’s day actually refers to Jacob’s day, where it is such that the Israelites, the descendents of Jacob, observe their Sabbath or Shabbat on Saturday.