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Open the box and you find someone has sawed some branches from a tree that by this time of year has been hollowed from weathering. In the presence of the traditional tree you will think nothing unkind about this gift or else make an argument against all festive trees. This is an interesting joint in
the wood where the branches fork. One branch has been sawed off near the intersection to form a stage, and the other rises above it like a half tent, or sound stage half-tent. Something is eery about the opening and you expect one of your favorite animals to appear. Instead it's a throwaway husk that contains a book that addresses your suspicions about what the object contained, and that a social and political system may consider these kinds of expectations.
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sp: eerie, otherwise...Huh? |
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He might have meant "eyrie", since there was
something about a branch. |
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My wife and I give each other champagne, beer, and the gift of quietly doing nothing while periodically dancing on Saturnalia. I know, my life is difficult... |
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Never heard of Saturnalia. Interesting read. |
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[bigsleep] no more harassing comments please. |
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Ah, you can't do stuff like that, at least put quoted bigsleep's comment in with yours..I'll be up all night wondering about it.. |
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What [bigsleep] probably said. |
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Yes, it runs from early December to mid-November. |
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Well [bigsleep] is not welcome on my ideas. |
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Now now. Christmas is all about sharing, [rc]. |
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Well said, [bigsleep]! Although the Dutch ones tend
to be larger. |
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rcarty by erasing posts you are filtering our view of events for us and basically doing what you speak against... no? |
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NO he's just leaving harassing comments that are not about the idea, then when I do have a civil discussion with him he deletes all of his annos; I'll continue to delete. |
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Bigsleep, bigsleep, bigsleep is such fun.
in matters annotational, [bs] is no. 1
there's no need to delete it,
why be mean and dour,
but celebrate the criticisms-
a new one every hour! |
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Well he's doing something where he thinks hes making me delete my annos but this is the halfbakery who cares what anyone writes here. |
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//they can delete our annotations, but they'll never
delete our freedom// marked for tagline. |
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//who cares what anyone writes here |
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Not me, but I do seem to care about what people said, which then got deleted. Perhaps that makes no sense? |
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//who cares what anyone writes here// That pretty
much depends on who writes it. |
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//who cares what anyone writes here?// |
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This site is an Earth-spanning beacon of free-speech, shared learning, and sanity. A mote or back-eddy of calm in an otherwise completely chaotic internet maelstrom.
Most of the things I've learned in the last decade were off-shoots of things written by people on this site, so... I guess I do. |
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I didn't think there was an idea. |
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