The interesting and tumultuous year of 2018 has finally come to an end. It was a challenging year for Arlys and me, but we got through it. During the year we posted 118 articles here at Steampunk Desperado, over half of them being reviews of books, movies or TV shows. We also began our YouTube […]
A year ago at this time, I noted that 2017 was a weird year and 2018 would be even weirder. I was right, wasn’t I? It was a challenging year here at the Desperado household, but we have persevered. I predict that 2019 will provide us a respite from some of the craziness, at least […]
Today is the 199th anniversary of the birth of England’s celebrated Queen Victoria, who reigned over the British Empire from 1837 to 1901. This was an official holiday for many years in the United Kingdom, though it’s been superseded by Commonwealth Day, which is celebrated in March. It’s still a holiday in Canada, though like […]
To all our favorite mothers, young and not-so-young, we wish you the very happiest Mother’s Day. The world could not go on without you!
Today is Easter in most of the world, celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus according to the Christian tradition. Even for those of us who aren’t particularly religious, Easter is an important American cultural tradition, a celebration of life and renewal. That’s why the holiday got melded with the ancient pagan fertility rituals associated with the […]
Spring has Sprung The grass has riz I wonder where the flowers is? – Anonymous This time of year is the Vernal Equinox, which is marked by the day when the sun is directly above the Earth’s equator. Officially that happened yesterday, as the darn thing moves forward and back from year to year, but […]
Some people say that there’s a ratio to find circumference But it’s a number that never stops, oh no. Some people want try find all the digits How long is it? I’d like to know So here we go… again 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923 etc. etc. Pi wasn’t found in a minute The Egyptians thought that it was […]
