You guys, thank you for the birthday wishes! I've actually threadsucked and read each and every one of them (see what you made me do? I can't remember when was the last time I did that for Natter). It was so much fun.
Also, and not just in honor of her new job, even though it gives me an opportunity to congratulate her, a mini-meara:
is it wrong for a Gentile to want to know her Jewish b'date? No? General date is June 14, 1969.
javachik, why would it be wrong? Your Jewish birthday is the 28 of the month Sivan.
How late does it occur on the Western calendar? That is, when it moves around, would it ever move around enough to land on Emmett (9/23) or Matilda's (9/26) birthday?
Oh, you asked exactly in the right time! My very next birthday falls on Emmett's! It's a bit silly, how pleased I am about this.
Also, speaking of birthdays, according to the Buffista Calendar, today is Lyra Jane's birthday. I didn't see posts from her in forever, but I hope the well-wishes find their way to her, somehow.
Also, in writing "today" I mean the today of here, and the general date, of course. Even though it's not today yet in several timezones, like the board's. Those timezones things are confusing even without throwing in the other calendars and the-day-starts-from-the-evening-before-or-in-midnight and so forth. Hmm.
I don't know whether or not Keira Knightly is anorexic or just thin. I vote for the latter, because that's one less person with a horrible disease.
Either way, sweetie, don't do this. Work with and not against your body.
Slightly related question: I need some cheap men's wifebeaters. Does Ross carry stuff like that? I'm not near a Target/Walmart/Kmart and department stores give me the hives.
Slightly related question: I need some cheap men's wifebeaters. Does Ross carry stuff like that? I'm not near a Target/Walmart/Kmart and department stores give me the hives.
I think so, but you could also order it from Target online.
My very next birthday falls on Emmett's! It's a bit silly, how pleased I am about this.
Cool! Next year you will share your birthday not only with Emmett, but John Coltrane (great jazz musician), Ray Charles (great soul singer), and Bruce Springsteen (great rock musician). Also Euripedes and Ani DiFranco.
How can anyone know for sure what Euripides' birthday was? That was at least 3 Western calendars ago (and also I suspect lunar, like Nilly's.)
Signed, woke up with my geek on.
There could be an International Celebrate Euripides Birthday Holiday (Traditional) among playwrights or something, I suppose. Or if his birth coincided with some eclipse or other well-dated phenomenon. Otherwise, what flea said. :-)
Now I'm going to have to check Wikipedia, you know. First thing in the morning, too.
:: harumphs ::
Aha! According to Wikipedia:
According to legend, Euripides was born in Salamís on September 23 480 BC, the day of the Persian War's greatest naval battle.
That doesn't mean their 9/23 was the same as ours (not surely) but if you observe the one occasion, you might as well observe the other.
I refreshed my memory on the Athenian Calendar, and yeah, not so much like ours: [link]
Also, since Sept. 23 is the traditional date of the battle of Salamis (in 480, the year Euripides was traditionally born), it's probably a concretion of famousness. (The year he was born is disputed, there's not really much known for sure about his life.)
However, not to take away from Yay Sept. 23 Emmett Nilly next year goodness!
I just found out I share my birthday with Jackie Chan. How cool.
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