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Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Hil R. - Feb 11, 2013 3:32:03 pm PST #10865 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

How much more?

I know that Vietnam celebrates it.


§ ita § - Feb 11, 2013 3:42:14 pm PST #10866 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Wikipedia deems:

  • Chinese New Year
  • Japanese New Year
  • Korean New Year
  • Mongolian New Year
  • Tibetan New Year
  • Vietnamese New Year

I was asking because I was confused by "the" lunar new year, since there's no reason every lunar calendar would start on the same day, but Wikipedia says those are the new year's days that fall on the same day as the Chinese one. There are other lunar new year's days (including Jewish, Burmese, etc) that are on other days.


DavidS - Feb 11, 2013 4:03:43 pm PST #10867 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

but Wikipedia says those are the new year's days that fall on the same day as the Chinese one

Those would be the cultures which largely comprise the Asian population in San Francisco. Hence the day off, I guess.


-t - Feb 11, 2013 4:22:28 pm PST #10868 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

My sister was out celebrating Tibetan New Year with the Shambhala Center most of the day.

It's Rosh Chodesh Adar, which could be considered a Jewish holiday if you have a really generous definition of holiday. Probably hard to justify taking off from work for it.

Also, happy Lundi Gras.


Steph L. - Feb 11, 2013 4:24:23 pm PST #10869 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

happy Lundi Gras.

Or, as I like to think of it, Paczki Eve.


sumi - Feb 11, 2013 4:30:57 pm PST #10870 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!

Watching the Toy Group and they talked about Pomeranians having been bred down from sled dogs - so I googled Pomeranians in snow and found this. Enjoy.


sumi - Feb 11, 2013 4:32:49 pm PST #10871 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!

Norwegian Lundehunds are one of the new breeds this year. They're known for being polydactyl.


-t - Feb 11, 2013 4:33:41 pm PST #10872 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Or, as I like to think of it, Paczki Eve.

Oooh, good subtitle for Lundi Gras in Leningrad. Or part of a tagline.


billytea - Feb 11, 2013 5:18:56 pm PST #10873 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Norwegian Lundehunds are one of the new breeds this year. They're known for being polydactyl.

I read that as saying that they're known for being pterodactyls. Which would be quite awesome.


Kat - Feb 11, 2013 5:19:48 pm PST #10874 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Oh Sue, sorry for the travel suckiness.

YAY for ita's nurse! Non-hands reiki apparently works according to my decidely not-woo-woo skeptical yoga instructor (yes. that really is a good descriptor for her. She spends a lot of time cursing in yoga class).

In other news, I wore foundation for the first time this school year and my first group of kids told me I looked really white and the next group said I looked sick. AWESOME.

Grace has surgery tomorrow and she's a ball of stress around it. Poor noodle.