Random Thoughts

[monster]

All Saints' day is also know as all Hallow's day which is where the word Halloween comes from.....

[xoxoxoBruce]

Yes, but ASD is November 1st, and Halloween is October 31st, so ASD does follow Halloween?

[Clodfobble]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Yes, but ASD is November 1st, and Halloween is October 31st, so ASD does follow Halloween?

It's a chicken-and-the-egg kind of question. Halloween is an eve like Christmas Eve--Christmas could in theory exist without a Christmas Eve, but a Christmas Eve with out a Christmas after it wouldn't be an eve after all. Chronologically you are right, it's one then the other, but ASD is sort of assumed to be more important and "exist" first, even if it happens second.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by BigV

not a queue, a circle

And it travels anti-clockwise

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

It's a chicken-and-the-egg kind of question. Halloween is an eve like Christmas Eve--Christmas could in theory exist without a Christmas Eve, but a Christmas Eve with out a Christmas after it wouldn't be an eve after all. Chronologically you are right, it's one then the other, but ASD is sort of assumed to be more important and "exist" first, even if it happens second.

I understand Samhain is a couple thousand years old whereas the church didn't move ASD to Nov 1st until around 736AD, allegedly to stomp out Samhain by telling pagans they could be Christian and still party. The previous eve was when all the fun really was so that evolved into Halloween, although unlike when I was a youth, today most activity for children is before evening, and adults on the nearest weekend.

So ASD and Samhain are on Nov 1st, with Halloween on Oct 31st. Halloween evolved from Samhain which is older then ASD, and is the day before. Therefore Halloween comes first on the calendar and chronologically.

[BigV]

not a queue, a circle

[Clodfobble]

Nice.

[xoxoxoBruce]

I know my computer will jump a hour ahead on it's own tonight, but I can't remember if my new clock does or not. I think it does but I'd have to dig the booklet out and read the tiny print(I know what file drawer it's in), or wait till morning and see... and drink some more tonight. I'll put it to a vote, all in favor of waiting till morning say hell yeah. Hell yeah. The hell yeahs have it. If it doesn't reset, I hope messing with it doesn't make me late for church. I have to leave time to find one on the internet first. Hmm... maybe I shouldn't drink more.

[BigV]

Hell yeah!

[Gravdigr]

I have to turn my phone off and back on for the change to take effect. There's no provision for changing/resetting the time on my phone.

[xoxoxoBruce]

By the way, the Hell Yeahs were right, the clock fixed itself.

[DanaC]

I really should go to bed. It's a quarter to four in the morning.

My brother and I decided to commemorate the death of the baby Jesus with some mushroom tea. It was fun. We were down at mum's house, 'cause my youngest niece is having a birthday party and my brother and sis-in-law didn't to cramp her style by being there.

I got back at about 12:30 and disappeared into the youtube vortex.

So now I really should go to bed.

[Gravdigr]

I think some flight attendants need to to be reintroduced to reality.

By having the everloving shit stomped out of them.

The guy who stood up for the woman with the stroller on American Airlines? I wish that guy had just stomped, and stomped on that flight attendant. Fucking glorified waiter.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Would you like a denim jacket with fake mud that doesn't wash off?

[BigV]

or flake off onto the rich corinthian leather of your expensive car or couch.

Poser.

eta:

Who the fuck gets covered in mud that way? I'm no "Dexter", but that patter is only seen on Nickelodeon, and usually in green goo.

Poser.

[BigV]

other random thought... more a hopeful one.. I'm through 2008-2015, mostly done with 2016, and have part of 2017 in the books.. big thread update coming.

Yay!