DrBob

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[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Can you educamate me? What is supposed to be the difference?

[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 days ago

You bet. Samhain is midway between Mabon (equinox) and Yule (solstice) so it was widely observed among Celtic and Germanic peoples.

[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 20 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Samhain is one of the festivals that mark the wheel of the year. It's the third harvest festival when gourds and root vegetables were harvested.

As a cross-quarter festival it is a thin time when the boundary between our world and the other world is easily crossed.

You might be visited by your relatives who passed so you would light their way with lanterns made with gourds and turnips. You'd set a place at the table for them as well.

All of this devil bullshit is the church demonizing Celtic traditions.

[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I am Joe's colon.

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I remember reading this story in Reader's Digest back in the 1970s or 80s. An oldie but a goodie.

[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'm GenX and I remember smoking in grocery stores, movie theatres, offices, buses, airplanes...everywhere. People used to smoke while eating.

I knew people who'd smoke 2 packs a day, and one guy who'd smoke 3 (basically a cigarette in his hand every minute of the day, sometimes with a second one burning in the ashtray). Having a puff while you're out drinking doesn't even count as smoking in comparison.

[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago

Father and son are Eskimo brothers.

[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You may have had terrible potatoes. Homegrown potatoes are anything but bland or tasteless.

[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hopefully the freak within it.

[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I died in bed. I would never have guessed.

 

Cozy, human scaled user interfaces.

 

All I want to do is not get media played when I don't want it. And I already block ads. But this #$&@ thing blocks the x that would close the media.

 

"His leg is caught in a veritable bear trap in his Iran war...He needs you to lose because that's the only way he knows he's won."

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In the old days almost everyone skated to classical music which was almost always in the public domain.

A few years ago the rules shifted to allow skating to music with lyrics, which opened the door to contemporary tunes.

That change has come with a host of issues including broadcast rights if the performance is televised, or differing rights depending on the country of performance. A routine can be peformed in some competitions in some places but not others.

 

I ate so many cookies I wasn't hungry. I'm sure there will be regrets - I might need a Tums before bed.

 

I don't know if this is what your after, but I flew into Denver today. I ate a takeout burrito in my hotel room while watching tv. I'm going to be in bed by 8.

 

The US 2nd circuit has ruled that auditors opinions aren't relevant in cases of investor fraud because the statements are too vague for people to rely on. Whut?

Wall Street Journal article here for those who have access.

Here is a professor's blog entry for a barrier free commentary on the importance of the case.

 

I am finally going to join the '90s and set up a blog. The audience is mostly students to show how the academic stuff blends with real world professional practice. I'm an adjunct so I have a foot in both worlds.

I have my domain names (parked for years) and free webhosting through my university - but the university doesn't provide any development tools. All of the recommended tools I've run across (weebly, wix, webflow etc.) either want to host the page, manage the domain name, or require a fee to link the page to my host. I'm simply looking for a low cost site builder where I can edit my files and move them to my webspace.

Any recommendations for a WSYWIG style editor? I'd be happy to not have to learn any actual coding, but will if I have to.

The last time I did any of this I was manually tagging static pages in notepad (lol).

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