Monday Open Thread: September 3 is National Welsh Rarebit Day
September 3 is the 246th day of the year; as well as Sweetmorn, Bureaucracy 27, 3184 YOLD to discordians.It is 9/3, make of that what you will ...“Rarebit, n. A Welsh rabbit, in the speech of the...
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Did you hear the exciting news from Spain?Spain just cancelled a $10.6 million arms sale to Saudi Arabia! And since Spain is the fourth largest arms supplier to the horrific Saudi-led coalition war in...
View ArticleThe Daily Bucket - August 2018 Yard Report
The Daily Bucket is a regular feature of the Backyard Science group. It is a place to note any observations you have made of the world around you. Insects, weather, meteorites, climate, birds and/or...
View ArticleMonday Open Thread: September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day
September 10 is the 253rd day of the year; as well as Pungenday, Bureaucracy 34, 3184 YOLD to discordians.Twenty years of schooling and they put you on the day shift, look out kid, ...On this day...
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Once upon a time the people of a South American nation elected a Marxist president against the wishes of the US ruling elites. This was that man, Salvador Allende,and this was ChileNaturally, the US...
View ArticleWednesday Morning Open Thread: Surprise!
Many of you were no doubt expecting one of those thoughtful, articulate, content heavy and well organized columns that CSTMS puts up on Wednesday. Well neener, neener, neener, I got Wednesdays now.I...
View ArticleMonday Open Thread: September 17 is Batman Day
September 17 is the 260th day of the year; as well as Setting Orange, Bureaucracy 41, 3184 YOLD to discordians. Really, 17, really? This is always an excuse for me to play Edge of 17. Can I resist? OK,...
View ArticleWednesday Open Thread: Models, Maps, Reality and Relevance
Welcome to Wembley No, it's Thursday So am I, let's have a drink O,K, Let's not go there A while back, there was a study that concluded that human children start out from the earliest age as...
View ArticleMonday Open Thread: September 24 is New Caledonia Day (in New Caledonia)
September 24 is the 267th day of the year; as well as Boomtime, Bureaucracy 48, 3184 YOLD to discordians. The prefix for 1024 is yotta. So, yotta, yotta, yotta. heh. The product of any four consecutive...
View ArticleWednesday Open Thread: A Day of Great Infamy
It is September 26, 2018 by the Calendar selected by Pope Gregory. By the Mayan Long Count Calendar it is 13.0.5.15.5 On September 26, 1493, Mayan date 11.13.13.4.2, Pope Alexander set loose the...
View ArticleMonday Open Thread: October 1 is International Day of Older Persons (older...
October 1 is the 274th day of the year; as well as Boomtime, Bureaucracy 48, 3184 YOLD to discordians. One is Unity. It may be significant here that only one out of an infinitude of numbers represents...
View ArticleWednesday Open Thread: Day 276 of the Year 2018 CE
So, October 3, 2018 - for my reference if nothing else. I'm scurrying along trying to get all my OTs queued up before heading out on a 3 week road trip so I don't have to try to do it on the road. So...
View ArticleMonday Open Thread: October 8 is the 281st day of the year
October 8 is also Sweetmorn, Bureaucracy 62, 3184 YOLD (discordian) If you search "octopus" on the internet archive, it is amazing how many squid you get. This implies that 8=10 and, hence, 2=0. If...
View ArticleWednesday Open Thread: Day 283 of the Year 2018 CE
So, October 10, 2018 - for my reference if nothing else. All of the stuff I wrote and scheduled before we departed on our 3 week road trip has posted except for next Monday. All of the stuff I was...
View ArticleMonday Open Thread: October 15 is the 288th day of the year
October 15 is also Pungenday, Bureaucracy 69, 3184 YOLD (discordian) So, in the earlier history of this OT series I beat the numerical significance of 15 and 15 related items and phenomenon to death....
View ArticleWednesday Open Thread: Our Warfare State
It's Day 290 of the Year 2018 CE So, October 17, 2018 - for my reference if nothing else.As I am writing this there is a ton of hue and cry about Hamal Kashoggi. Mr Kashoggi was a Saudi citizen who had...
View ArticleMonday Open Thread: October 22 is INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY
October 22 is the 295th day of the year October 22 is also Setting Orange, The Aftermath 3, 3184 YOLD (discordian)THIS is the day, the day of all days. This is the day that time began one thusand nine...
View ArticleWednesday Open Thread: Want the Truth? Heh, silly you.
It's Day 297 of the Year 2018 CE So, October 24, 2018 - for my reference if nothing else. Goebbels may or may not have said "If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually...
View ArticleMonday Open Thread: October 29 is International Internet Day
Your basic ten codes used by police et. al. has a bunch of entries for 10-29: 10-29 Check for wants 10-29F Subject wanted, felony 10-29H Hazard potential from subject 10-29M Subject wanted, Misdemeanor...
View ArticleThe Daily Bucket - October 2018 Yard Report
The Daily Bucket is a regular feature of the Backyard Science group. It is a place to note any observations you have made of the world around you. Insects, weather, meteorites, climate, birds and/or...
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