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South Park Cat Tales: #1
Beautiful cats, aren't they? Both very interesting breeds; I once had an Abyssian/Ocicat mix--we had to give her to a good family living where she could be outdoors/indoors. A boyfriend had a Bombay who was as talkative as a Siamese, and with that sleek black fur and round gold eyes--Stella also looks like quite a character :)— October 18, 2009 4:56 a.m.
got paranormal activity?
tetragrammaton [te-truh-gram-uh-ton] –noun the Hebrew word for God, consisting of the four letters yod, he, vav, and he, transliterated consonantally usually as YHVH, now pronounced as Adonai or Elohim in substitution for the original pronunciation forbidden since the 2nd or 3rd century b.c. Compare 'Yahweh.' Origin: 1350–1400; ME < Gk tetragrámmaton, n. use of neut. of tetragrámmatos having four letters, equiv. to tetra- tetra- + grammat- (s. of grámma) letter + -os adj. suffix c.1400, from Gk. (to) tetragrammaton "(the word) of four letters," from tetra- "four" + gramma (gen. grammatos) "letter, something written." The Hebrew divine name, transliterated as YHWH, usually vocalized in English as "Jehovah" or "Yahweh." Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper— October 18, 2009 3:53 a.m.
South Park Cat Tales: #1
Adam: “Alo was an amazing looking cat. If I could show you a picture, I would.” I think I might actually have done something technical here! Stella, star stenographer: http://www.writerscafe.org/uploads/stories/378686… Alo and Stella: http://www.writerscafe.org/photos/Adam/23496/— October 18, 2009 3:48 a.m.
A Man Can't Just Sit Around
"Bobby thumbed a diesel down, just before it rained, and rode us all the way to New Orleans..." Janis Joplin Yes, riding the rails with bundle and stick isn't just a boy's dream of adventure. I used to watch those old Swedish Pippi Longstocking films, and dream of taking off in any number of ways, like fastening a bunch of balloons to the bedposts, and air-sailing in bed to India! Sure, we'd have been caught, but what a time we might have had! :)— October 18, 2009 3:28 a.m.
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Wow, AG--at least one good thing happened in April, around *29* years ago :) The author of the Columbia Dispatch article asks earnestly, if grammatically incorrectly: "Is there's something about the month of April?" To which T.S. Eliot replies: "April is the cruelest month..."— October 18, 2009 3:21 a.m.
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The story of the Virgin of Guadalupe reminds me of Bernadette Soubirous and the Lady of Lourdes. Very similar narrative, except that this one uses the metaphor of the spring appearing out of the ground, and of course, the blooming garden on the spot where the apparition first manifested to Bernadette: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_lady_of_lourdes— October 18, 2009 3:08 a.m.
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"nan, your auntie's house had 20 bedrooms in ONE WING? Holy smokes. That's beyond a mansion. Who are you, nanners, a Vanderbilt or something?" ...or perhaps a Winchester, as in Sarah? :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Winchester— October 18, 2009 2:40 a.m.
A Man Can't Just Sit Around
"knowing he would be grounded for a couple of years..." [AUDIBLE GROAN] Bah dum-dump. Wahh wahh wahhnnnhhh. :) refried, your suspicions about the father ARE very well grounded--apparently, this family had a reality show! Media whores! "He went up to the Angeles National Forest and put a bullet in his heart. He was forty-four." I'm so sorry to hear this about Larry Walters, and wonder what drove him to such an act. I do remember the original story, and was intrigued and amazed by the photos of him sitting calmly in a lawn chair 10k feet in the air. I agree--a man can't just sit around :)— October 18, 2009 2:29 a.m.
Our Date With Hate!
PS: Forgot to add that education was the goal of 99.9% of demonstration activity I participated in or witnessed at UCSD or NYU. Of course you will always have a few looky-loos and hangers-on who don't really know why they are there, and just like the excitement or energy of the group, but this is just a side product of a useful, productive demonstration. With PACs and student organizations, education is THE key activity, not protest, and is articulated more often in other kinds of exercises, such as fundraising, and informal or formal discussion/presentation sessions, often with speakers engaged for the occasion.— October 18, 2009 2:16 a.m.
Our Date With Hate!
Just wanted to extend some kudos to you, russl, for taking the time to demonstrate. Admittedly, I haven't done any for quite a while, though I did have something to do with initial plans for an organized protest or two at UCSD, including one against Newt Gingrich as the speaker for my graduation ceremony (ick). As for the issue of 15 minutes of fame, I find that to be a cynical, limited, and not very useful view of what counter-protesting or protesting is all about. Of course media attention is by definition essential to the goal of any kind of protest that comes to mind, but the issues are paramount, and of passionate interest--or organizers and core participants would not bother, would they?— October 18, 2009 2:11 a.m.