Timelies all!
Happy Birthday Daniel!
Happy Anniversary Jilli and Pete!
Waiting for trick-or-treaters to show up...
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Sheryl - Oct 31, 2011 1:12:22 pm PDT #4027 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
amyth - Oct 31, 2011 1:15:32 pm PDT #4028 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Apparently I am a Very Bad Pagan for getting married on Samhain. Pffft, whatever.
Oh, please.
Strix - Oct 31, 2011 1:15:39 pm PDT #4029 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Well, techincally, Cashemere, yeah. It's all about fertility, growth and new beginnings. Samhain is technically about the death of the old year and the onset of winter, and ya know, the veils between the living and dead worlds being so thin as to allow wandering.
But it's a perfectly appropo time for Jilli and Pete. I don't think there's any "tainting" going on. After all, getting married on May Day or Midsummer's doesn't guarantee a happy marriage.
Signed, Former Pagan, Current Pragmatist.
Anne W. - Oct 31, 2011 1:16:38 pm PDT #4030 of 30001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Apparently I am a Very Bad Pagan for getting married on Samhain. Pffft, whatever.
I think in every walk of life, there are people who go about looking for an excuse to be offended/feel superior.
tommyrot - Oct 31, 2011 1:17:46 pm PDT #4031 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I think that every day of the year would be offensive to someone if you got married that day.
Calli - Oct 31, 2011 1:22:09 pm PDT #4032 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I was buying candy at 5:15 today. I figured I had my best shot at not eating it all if it wasn't here too long.
Apparently I am a Very Bad Pagan for getting married on Samhain. Pffft, whatever.
What's wrong with new beginnings on what's essentially pagan New Year?
amyth - Oct 31, 2011 1:25:47 pm PDT #4033 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Calli, have you ever gotten a trick-or-treater here at The Compound? Because I never have. I always thought it was because of the busy-road-no-sidewalk thing. And with the bad weather, I figured we'd definitely not get any. If we do, I'm hiding, because I don't have anything. OOPS.
JenP - Oct 31, 2011 1:27:50 pm PDT #4034 of 30001
Pffft, whatever.
Exactly.
This is not a trick or treating house. It's tucked behind the church, off the road. Sad now.
If I live in an apartment complex next, I'm totally going to plan a thing where people can opt in to get tick-or-treat visits from the kids in the complex.
Hil R. - Oct 31, 2011 1:27:59 pm PDT #4035 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I just got a trick-or-treater who looked older than me. He did not have any kids with him.
le nubian - Oct 31, 2011 1:30:54 pm PDT #4036 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
the poor boy from Rochester who was depressed about moving to a new school and how hard it was to make friends
He was throwing up every lunch! I think the child was clinically depressed. I am surprised that his parents didn't have him see someone. He was in really bad shape.