Mmm. Wife soup. I must've done good.

Wash ,'War Stories'


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.


Beverly - Nov 12, 2012 1:09:57 pm PST #564 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

Happy Birthday, Jess!

And Happy Anniversary, Teacups!

Lucky dog, Dana.


§ ita § - Nov 12, 2012 1:10:47 pm PST #565 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

And, yes, have to vote no on the Rishi ecommerce (is that word dead yet?) experience. Don't bounce me back out to where I need to add the CC info again because of a "wrong" phone number. Firstly, I don't want to tell you my number. Secondly, this is the second time you're having me enter it anyway. It's still the same as it was, even if I can't read field prompts on subsequent pages.


Typo Boy - Nov 12, 2012 1:23:50 pm PST #566 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

Don't know about naming conventions, but i know older Jews who don't like to celebrate Birthdays because that might attract the evil eye. They don't like compliments for themselves or for people they care about for the same reason. Of course Jewish naming tradition is to name the kid after dead people. Naming after someone living is bad luck. (If a name happens to be coincidentally the same as someone living that is fine as long as the intent was to name after someone dead, usually a dead relative. ) Don't encounter this much among the young or middle aged. Usually over 70 and actually not that common there. Much more common when you get to 80 and above. Althougha lot of middle aged Jews I know say canahurrah (sorry don't know the right spelling,but that is not it) when any good fortune is mentioned, and "knock on wood" or when potential bad fortune is mentioned.


Hil R. - Nov 12, 2012 1:35:18 pm PST #567 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Of course Jewish naming tradition is to name the kid after dead people. Naming after someone living is bad luck.

The way that I've heard this tradition explained is that it might confuse the Angel of Death, and when the Angel of Death comes to take the older person, he might accidentally take the baby instead, if the baby and the older person have the same name. You don't need to worry about that if the older person is already dead.

It seems like the Angel of Death is easily confused by names. There's also a tradition of changing someone's name if they're close to death, because if they have a different name, then the Angel of Death won't be able to find them.

I'm pretty sure that most of these traditions are just Ashkenazic. And I know that German Jews are more OK with giving someone the same name as a living person than Eastern European Jews are. German Jews who came to the US would frequently imitate the "American" traditions and name the first son after the father, while Eastern European Jews who came to the US would almost never do that.


meara - Nov 12, 2012 1:44:42 pm PST #568 of 30001

Just had annual review. Very complimentary, but that doesn't really help all that much, y'know? I'm glad my boss has lots of confidence in me, but that doesn't help get the work done...

(ETA: I should say, much better than that they give me too much work and then berate me for not finishing it! Could be much worse)


§ ita § - Nov 12, 2012 1:51:04 pm PST #569 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Hopefully my sister remembers what the hell I'm half remembering about the naming crap.

I just called to activate my replacement credit card, and I'm happily entering my CC# and stuff, and it hands me over to a person. I'm thinking something's wrong, but when I asked her "Why human?" she said "Oh, if a person's available they turn it over to us, for the personal touch."

I did mention that some customers are actually trying to avoid being touched, but I doubt Citibank will be taking me up on that.


shrift - Nov 12, 2012 1:53:43 pm PST #570 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Has someone posted this before? Barack Obama being adorable with adorable children: [link]


§ ita § - Nov 12, 2012 2:05:26 pm PST #571 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

$1408

$1408

That's how much fraudulent charges were racked up on my credit card.

MOTHER FUCKERS.

Oh, and thirteen cents.

Mostly in Barstow.


Burrell - Nov 12, 2012 2:15:29 pm PST #572 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Happy birthday, Jessica!

Happy anniversary, Teacups!

And yipes, ita! Thank dawg you caught those charges.

I am home from campus. So why am I drinking coffee and grading?


Connie Neil - Nov 12, 2012 2:18:44 pm PST #573 of 30001
brillig

Barack Obama being adorable with adorable children:

I love watching that man with babies.