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December 24, 2009 05:56 PM EST --
The Hungarian folk tradition of the Bethlehem play (Betlehemes játék, betlehemezés) is a cross between a Christmas pageant and going caroling. It is a short nativity play, centered . . .
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December 23, 2009 10:59 PM EST --
Christmas tree, menorah, and inspiration by Macy's:
Caroling for a captive audience:
Security guard with a low . . .
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December 19, 2009 12:40 PM EST --
The following is a response to Slim from the December 13, 2009 episode of LYR entitled "Ch-ch-ch-changes!" published by Shira C. It's published here because the thread was closed before I could address . . .
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December 06, 2009 05:56 AM EST --
On Thursday I drove all the way to Hayward, to a small ethnic food store with a Southern and Eastern European flavor, to buy the Hungarian "St. Nick's bags" that I'd been buying there every December . . .
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November 30, 2009 04:22 AM EST --
Claimed by the Lake
Bench in lake provided by reality, Photobucketed (I hope the poor and clueless are allowed to verb with the fancy tech people).
(Effects used: . . .
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October 26, 2009 04:01 PM EDT --
I should have put something smart in the title so the smart people would turn up, but I couldn't figure out what it should be. In any case, it's probably something everyone has noticed long ago and I'm . . .
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October 21, 2009 11:44 PM EDT --
Since I know some of my friends are Battlestar Galactica fans, and some of the same people might not waste their time on "What's new on Gather" emails:
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?grpId=3659174697243100&articleId=281474977861884 . . .
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September 21, 2009 12:22 AM EDT --
I looked if there was a Gather article about the massive concert on Revolution Square in Havana, and of course there is--one of those AP crossposts with no one viewing it or commenting on it.
Here . . .
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August 23, 2009 01:39 PM EDT --
Following the endorsement of such prestigious Gather groups as TAFTA-OPOTI , Grammar Nazis of America, and the entire Gremlin population, among other notable and illustrious o rganizations . . .
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August 19, 2009 10:39 PM EDT --
I'm sure we'll be hearing a bit about the fall of the Berlin Wall later on this year as Germany celebrates the 20th anniversary of the event. But while most Americans are familiar with the iconic images--Reagan . . .
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August 02, 2009 06:41 PM EDT --
According to a resolution adopted by the Gypsy World Organization (Romani Union) at a congress held in Paris in 1971 , today and tomorrow (August 2 and 3) are the international days of commemoration . . .
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July 01, 2009 05:28 PM EDT --
(The following is a response to Charles Thiesen's Scamming for dollars article. I thought I'd go with the credible angle.)
Dear Mr. Thiesen,
I haven't been able to access a computer and . . .
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May 21, 2009 05:22 AM EDT --
In response to this.
Dear Sabrina:
A friend forwarded me a copy of your letter about what that school did to your daughter. I agree with you—it is outrageous!! . . .
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May 10, 2009 10:16 PM EDT --
For Mother's Day, or Mother's Night, or something.
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April 30, 2009 06:30 AM EDT --
Aino and the Sea
She’s not allowed out in the garden when the sun is high in the sky—it would burn her, Mother says. She watches from the window, peeping through the blinds, . . .
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April 24, 2009 04:50 AM EDT --
I took these about a month ago, and I thought perhaps I should share them before it's winter again. (Yep, I have a bunch of trees in pretty fall colors--I haven't gotten around to posting those . . .
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April 21, 2009 12:17 AM EDT --
The following is a response to this Saturday Writing Essential assignment.
The song I chose is "Dança da Solidão", written by Paulinho da Viola. In the video, it's performed by . . .
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April 12, 2009 03:43 PM EDT --
As you can see, I've reached the degree of laziness where I cheat even on the introductory paragraph, and simply copy everything you'd want to know about the resurrected post here.
I . . .
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April 10, 2009 04:55 PM EDT --
Yes, this is a survey, and yes, it's not the one I've been tagged for. I like to keep things unpredictable. There's also the part where this is really, really easy, since all I have to do . . .
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April 07, 2009 08:47 PM EDT --
After much procrastination and crossing of emails, Charles Thiesen and I have finally completed the Saturday Writing Essential Exercise from the previous week. As you can see, we took the task of . . .
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