Comments on: ‘Tis The Season

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 21:32:40 +0000

In reply to cookie jill. If you want to put them on Dot, I'll stand by with the ambulance, put I need your blood type first, Jill.

By: cookie jill

cookie jill — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:53:43 +0000

LOVE those fuzzy ears. .-= last blog ..Hunger in California =-.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 22:32:20 +0000

When I was studying Russian mythology I came across an interesting paper by a Soviet anthropologist [massive grain of salt required] about the problem of converting the Rus [before they divided into the Ukrainians, Belarus. and Russians] to Christianity.

Hell was apparently a tough sell because they kept saying it was hot. Now, hot may have a bad reputation among desert dwellers, but it is considered a good thing among Russians.

Burying people was also a problem, as the Russians built funeral pyres, and continued to do it well after conversion saying the fires were necessary to thaw the ground for burial. The Rus were suspicious about digging down towards hell as opposed to sending the body up to heaven in a fire,

Context is everything.

By: Badtux

Badtux — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 15:57:05 +0000

It always struck me that celebrating a holiday based around somebody stealing a body out of a tomb was like celebrating a holiday based around somebody stealing a candy bar out of a grocery store… as in, “say wha?!”.

That first LOLcat definitely is going to perform some 18th century medicine upon its staff once its staff removes all that crap :). Y’know, I think I could probably dress up The Mighty Fang in stuff like that. Despite his ginormous size, he’s a really mellow kitty who already lets me do humiliating things to him that he really would prefer I don’t do (like pick him up while he’s walking down the middle of the hall and cuddle him and call him my big furry baby shmoogums 😉 ), he’s already decided to humor the crazy staff member in some things. But that… that is just wrong.

– Badtux the Heretic Penguin

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 05:26:27 +0000

Frankly, Steve, I have always been conflicted about “celebrating” Easter, and the whole “Happy Easter” greeting. It just seems wrong on some level, which is why I stay with the symbols of the older pagan holiday of my Baltic ancestors.

Besides, I’ll be defending my Mother’s lawn from the “Christians” who want to park on it.

By: Steve Bates

Steve Bates — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 03:45:13 +0000

I'll wager Agatha Christie never thought to call that Poirot novel Cat Among the Rabbits... Have a good one, Bryan, whatever you celebrate. .-= last blog ..Happy Spring Holiday Of Your Choice =-.