So, I was having this really long conversation with Nishesh Mehta last night, and we were looking up watches. He wants to buy a watch, but not something that everyone has. I suggested Russian watches, and we went online and found out that Russian watches are extremely cool. Don’t agree?

What do you say now?
And the best part is, these watches aren’t too expensive at all, compared to the Tissots and Tags of the world. The irritating bit is sourcing them, but we’re working on that, and hopefully, we’ll be able to get ourselves some cool watches soon.
I was just thinking about five-pointed stars, and the difference between them and six-pointed stars. You know, the sorts you doodle when you’re bored in class. I’ve always been partial to five-pointed stars myself, ever since I was a kid. They just flow more easily from my pen. Six-pointed stars are easy too, all you have to do is draw two triangles that are rotated 180 degrees with respect to each other, one of top of the other. But somehow, six-pointed stars have never felt right to me. I had a friend who also loved five pointed stars, but we never did figure out why. So, thanks to being at home (I’m supposed to be studying, but sigh..), and with the Internet humming along, I thought I’d look them up.
And boy o boy, I never did know that, for example “OUR authorities for representing the pentagram or the five-pointed star as the microcosm, and the six-pointed double triangle as the macrocosm, are all the best known Western Kabalists—mediæval and modern. Éliphas Lévi (Abbé Constant) and, we believe, Kunrath, one of the greatest occultists of the past ages, give their reasons for it”
I mean, whaaa?? I was just talking about doodles, thank you very much. I don’t need to be told that “If the colinear edges are joined together a pentagram is produced, which is the simplest of the unicursal star polygons, and a symbol of mystical and magical significance.”
So I gave up on the internet, and thought about it myself. And the explanation that I have is simple: To draw a five pointed star, you don’t have to lift up the pen from the paper. A six pointed one, on the other hand, requires that. So, when you’re just filling the back pages of a notebook with stars, it’s just easier to draw five-pointed stars. And of course, a star has so many meanings. If you, like me, read Doctor Who way back when and then moved to Asimov and Clarke, stars bring to mind long afternoons spent reading about far away places and fantastic tales. Three Laws, odysseys, and the TARDIS. Stars also stand for excellence, so the more stars the better.
Stars on erasers.
Speaking of stars, did anyone see Nadal get hammered by Robin Soderling? Nadal’s had never been beaten, but the big Swede cared not for that, and his big serve and forehand definitely had Nadal seeing stars. He was comprehensively outplayed, and this makes this year’s French Open extremely interesting indeed. Roger is playing right now, and he’s a set down, so I think he’s on his way out too. Hmmm.. let’s see what happens, but for now, I’m off to study some Math.
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