Title of the Blog

It's kind of a pain in the ass to be original sometimes. To make it more difficult, you need to be witty and/or funny. If the synapses aren't giving me anything then I'll often revert to random searches on the www or sometimes just plain, old randomness. In this case, I gotta say I'm happy with the results. The title of the blog comes from the etymological root of the word "culture," as found on the awesome website www.etymonline.com.

culture

1440, "the tilling of land," from L. cultura, from pp. stem of colere "tend, guard, cultivate, till". The figurative sense of "cultivation through education" is first attested 1510. Meaning "the intellectual side of civilization" is from 1805; that of "collective customs and achievements of a people" is from 1867. Slang culture vulture is from 1947. Culture shock first recorded 1940.

"For without culture or holiness, which are always the gift of a very few, a man may renounce wealth or any other external thing, but he cannot renounce hatred, envy, jealousy, revenge. Culture is the sanctity of the intellect." [William Butler Yeats]