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[ab_grp]

+1! More wishes for a Happy Canada Day, Parasaurolophus.  Do you do anything in particular to celebrate?

Nope. When I was a kid we went to see the fireworks on St. Jean (June 24), and only occasionally went to see them on Canada Day. Since it's moving day in Québec (the day when everyone's lease ends and starts), there was a lot of moving of friends, family members, etc. for a solid chunk of my teenaged and adult years. So I never got into the habit.

I ritually moved some books from old shelves to the new one, though. So there's that!

It is interesting to hear about those celebrations.  I feel like I know very little other than the basic outline.  Well, I hope you enjoyed the ritual! We will probably be doing something similar for July 4th this year.  Plus ritually turning the sprinklers on to try to prevent the house from burning down due to neighbor fire works during extreme fire season.  I guess that's the main ritual for us.

[mamselle]

I could probably just look it up, but isn't the liturgical celebration of St. John's day either June 15th (midpoint of the month) or the 21st (equinox-related date)?

So how did it shift to the 24th?

Or is it a Monday-holiday sort of thing?

M.

[Parasaurolophus]

Banned my first spammer in a good long while today. I think it's been months, actually.

[mamselle]

May the feeling of doing such a good deed stay with you!

Thanks for all you and the other mods do.

M.

[Parasaurolophus]

I recently intervened on a friend's FB feed to help him out in an argument by confirming some facts which I'm pretty well-placed to know. I've known him for almost twenty years now.

The response is hilarious, but also pretty (darkly) telling:

Friend's "Friend" (FF): "This is me throwing the bullshit flag. Look at that, she thinks anyone asked her opinion."
Friend (F): "who are you talking about? Who's "she"?"
FF: "[Parasaurolophus] is she and I was done this conversation days ago."
F: "k, first. He's a guy...so...."
FF: "First off Naaa, she not..."

*facepalm*

[writingprof]

I recently intervened on a friend's FB feed to help him out in an argument by confirming some facts which I'm pretty well-placed to know. I've known him for almost twenty years now.

The response is hilarious, but also pretty (darkly) telling:

Friend's "Friend" (FF): "This is me throwing the bullshit flag. Look at that, she thinks anyone asked her opinion."
Friend (F): "who are you talking about? Who's "she"?"
FF: "[Parasaurolophus] is she and I was done this conversation days ago."
F: "k, first. He's a guy...so...."
FF: "First off Naaa, she not..."

*facepalm*

At least "Friend" didn't call you a Karen.

[Economizer]

An a/c unit in my apartment had been replaced. There was a bit of construction work involved and I had stayed in to monitor re security. As I sat, my eyes became focused on a single outlet appliance plug. The face of the cover was off and the plug was out of the socket. What I saw was that the socket and its generally uncovered area gave the appearance of THE GRINCH! So that must have been the inspiration for the Seuss character. So, some good is sitting alone in your room!

[evil_physics_witchcraft]

For the love of all that is holy (and not)... put. all. classes. online.

Teaching ftf 1/4 of a class at a time, ONCE a week, is absolutely ludicrous.

[ergative]

The following drink is really very good:

1. Espresso (from an Italian espresso maker)
2. Sweetened condensed milk
3. Shredded sweetened coconut (or dessicated, for less sweetness)
4. Hot foamy milk

The coconut floats to the top, so you get a sweet coffeeful mouthful and then something interesting to chew on--like boba, but without the awful squishiness.

[mamselle]

An a/c unit in my apartment had been replaced. There was a bit of construction work involved and I had stayed in to monitor re security. As I sat, my eyes became focused on a single outlet appliance plug. The face of the cover was off and the plug was out of the socket. What I saw was that the socket and its generally uncovered area gave the appearance of THE GRINCH! So that must have been the inspiration for the Seuss character. So, some good is sitting alone in your room!

I think the research has shown that Dr. Giesel's characters came from this strand of work:

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utrecht_Psalter

Here's a close-up:

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utrecht_Psalter#/media/File:Utrecht_Psalter_(cropped).jpg

M.

[apl68]

Nothing quite like medieval art.  Some of it has a lot of energy!

[Parasaurolophus]

It's raining extremely hard, so I decided to try working outside on the covered porch/lanai, using the teak chairs and tables we got a few weeks ago and which I finally finished restoring last week.

It's pretty glorious, actually, even though the view of the ocean and mountains is completely obscured.

[Parasaurolophus]

Oh, so 2020 might bring an asteroid strike the day before the US election, too. And another (larger, but farther out) on election day itself. What a year!

[aside]

It's not about comfort level with risk, it's about risk.

[ab_grp]

We were just sitting out on the back patio after lunch when some huge racket came from down the street.  We turned in time to watch a small dust devil throw a bunch of stuff around at a site where a house is being built.  It left before I had time to get the video going.  That was a first for me!