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Created by games inventor and teacher Joli Quentin Kansil, the Intercalian Perpetual Calendar is designed for practicality in that each month begins on Sunday and ends on Saturday. Thus, any date in any month always falls on the same day. For example, the 23rd of February — or March or November — always falls on Friday. Likewise, each year begins on Sunday and ends on Saturday so the calendar is perpetual in that it never needs to be replaced from year to year.
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The
world has rockets, computers, radios, skyscrapers, and miracle medicines,
but it is still plagued with the same archaic spelling from centuries
ago. Isn’t it time that the spelling of words in English caught
up with the advances of modern times? There is no rational reason
for spelling ‘though’ with six letters when two can do the
job admirably. The main thrust behind reform spelling systems has
been to have one symbol for one sound so that there are no inconsistencies
and no silent letters. With reformed spelling all words are spelled
exactly as they are sounded, students learn to read much faster, and
20% of paper costs are saved as most words are spelled with fewer
letters.
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Besides inventions, JQK has been a teacher and professor in Hawaii, Vietnam and Thailand. He is also a crossword puzzle constructor and writer of two books. Finally he is the Editor of "The Official Rules of Card Games" published by the U.S. Playing Card Company (338 pages).
It
is at $8.50 post paid from:
U.S.
Playing Card Company
P.O. Box 12126
Cincinnati, OH 45212