Note About My First Name

The boy's name Basil \b(a)sil\ is pronounced BAZ-el. It is of Greek origin, and the meaning of Basil is "royal, kingly". From the Greek name Basileios, derived from "basileus", meaning "king". Saint Basil (fourth century) of Caesarea was called "the Great" and regarded as one of the Fathers of the Eastern Church. Also the name of several early saints martyred in the East. Brought to England by the Crusaders, having been common in the eastern Mediterranean. More often used in Britain and Europe than in America. Also the name of a common herb. In Arabic, the name means "brave". British actor Basil Rathbone played Sherlock Holmes in 14 films in the 1940s. Basile is French; Basilius is German; Basilio is Italian and Spanish.

Basil has 23 variant forms: Basile, Basilic, Basilides, Basileios, Basilie, Basilio, Basilius, Bazeel, Bazeelius, Bazil, Bazyli, Vasile, Vasileos, Vasili, Vasilije, Vasilios, Vasilis, Vasilius, Vasilus, Vasily, Vassilij, Vassily and Wassily.

Baby names that sound like Basil are Beasly, Beaslie, Bosly and Pazel.

Basil is a somewhat common first name for men (#668 out of 1220) and an even more common last name for both men and women (#13855 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

It's Better To Be With No PC And TV Sometimes.

Without television and computer it is sometimes much better ... Thanks to my activity journalism, editing, and science a few days ago I lived a couple of days without TV and PC. Went to the kitchen, did reading, writing, thinking ... We give progress too much. Sometimes we need to abandon the things of progress to go into a search for harmony. Rest is almost always the best medicine. It is a pity that we forget about it.

Nonsense On Behalf Of Stephen Hawking

Another scientist is encroaching on the sacred things. This time it is a famous British astrophysicist Stephen Hawking. He contends that the universe have appeared as a self-developed thing by the laws of physics, and hasn’t been created by God. However, Mr Hawking operates mutually exclusive ideas in his speeches and writings: "universe has created itself using the laws of physics", "modern M-theory implies the existence of parallel worlds and multiple physical powers, yet unknown to modern science." The scientist offers a pseudoscientific cocktail of physics and the occult. What can I say? Western scientists are clearly fed too much ...