Sunny San Diego, located in Southern California is the home of the hottest design firm Рever. The proof is in the pudding.  In order to understand the greatness of the hottest firm in the area, one must understand РWhat is California?

Aside from being the land of some of the most interesting people outside of West Virgina – California is known as being as hot as an oven.¬† Don’t believe me?¬† Where do you think the origin of the name came from smarty pants?¬† Well, before I give you the goods, I must first spew some propaganda.

Skybox Creative is not only the hottest design firm, but now, with the hottest SEO firm in California, if not the world.¬† Sure, we have clients from all over the North America.¬† Sure we have put out the craziest designs in the history of crazy… but mostly we are the hottest firm because we happen to have the sexiest lizard of all time!

Father of The Styx

Actually, he is only on order right now, and we are going to need a name for him – so if you are coming to the 2 year anniversary party/mixer on Sept. 24th – You will have an opportunity to name it for the low donation of $1 per shot, which will be donated to the WWF (not wrestling!) Learn more about the Madagascar Outreach.

The Nosy Be Chameleon is from Madagascar; this is the only place in the world where panther chameleons are found in the wild.  It is also home to other animals that are not found anywhere else.  The problem is that the forest is being burned down at an alarming rate.  The only way to protect an area now is to discover a new species in the area to be protected.

Anyways, I digress.¬† Now that you have suffered through my babble – I will give you what you came here to learn…¬† What is the meaning of California.¬† According to Wikipedia:

Some suggest that the word California may signify that a place is “hot as an oven” (cali > hot, fornia > oven). It may be derived from calor de forn, Catalan for hot furnace, expression attributed to the explorer Gaspar de Portol√†, or it may come from calida fornax, Latin for hot furnace.

Another possible source may be kali forno, an indigenous phrase meaning “high mountains”. There is no agreement among scholars.

A theory that directly links the name California to a Vedic myth has also been suggested. In Hindu mythology, the sage Kapila is said to have burnt King Sagar’s 60,000 sons to the ground on being accused of abducting their horse. This incident is said to have taken place at “Kapilaaranya” – derived from Kapila Aranya or Kapila’s Forest. The link between the Paatala-loka (literally underworld) which is where the horse allegedly ran off to and the situation of America on the earth directly opposite to India, or in other words “beneath” it, has been noted by proponents of this derivation of “California”. The existence of an Ash Mountain Park in California and a Horse Island in Alaska seem to consolidate this possibility, although few authorities have voiced any opinions regarding the Kapilaaranya/California mystery.
Hope this helps your next game of Trivia with the fam!

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