Wherein the Babylonian solution to nocturnal teeth-grinding is a week of skull-snogging. I grind my teeth: stuck in traffic, difficulty on a project, my favorite team playing poorly…all day long, grind grind grind. My tendency to grind my teeth in my sleep necessitates wearing a night guard, which of course has rough pits over the … Read More
Babylonian
Happy Ear-Dragging New Year
Wherein the Babylonians guarantee a happy new year by dragging the king by his ears and slapping him until he cries. We celebrate the coming of a new year in a wide variety of ways: gathering with friends, drinking, watching fireworks and, most significantly, singing Auld Lang Syne (and perhaps drunkenly arguing over the words … Read More