tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post6580472198640299886..comments2024-03-28T19:18:56.561-05:00Comments on Althouse: At the Sunny Christmas Café...Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-4002756952054309542017-12-26T20:13:35.355-06:002017-12-26T20:13:35.355-06:00Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas! Saint Croixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17876368500159112781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-14228983936907877322017-12-26T12:52:49.617-06:002017-12-26T12:52:49.617-06:00The Dell Inspiron 1200 that was my main computer s...The Dell Inspiron 1200 that was my main computer since 2005 finally died.<br /><br />About ten hours of work moving everything to a newer faster machine (still XP) is just about done. Audio recording schedules, orchestrating math problem solutions in a bunch of other machines, signing up for stuff on the new machine. Big project.<br /><br />My netnews Netscape broswer from 1995 still works.<br /><br />There were lots of backups but scattered all over in different places.rhhardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901742898653890646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28043425868482738212017-12-26T11:44:40.131-06:002017-12-26T11:44:40.131-06:00Christmas doesn't feel quite right, by the des...<i>Christmas doesn't feel quite right, by the desert here.</i><br /><br />Imagine celebrating Christmas in Australia...it's the middle of summer there.Gahriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16795449308207016641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-91584404792171185082017-12-26T08:31:37.863-06:002017-12-26T08:31:37.863-06:00OK
Day After X-mas.
-4 here in the beautiful fox v...OK<br />Day After X-mas.<br />-4 here in the beautiful fox valley. I'm not leaving the house.<br />Mamosas and scrambled eggs and then play with the 3D printer for the rest of the day.Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00938263272237104128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-62351835308562364412017-12-26T06:24:45.494-06:002017-12-26T06:24:45.494-06:00@Big Mike
Only fair, thanks for asking.@Big Mike<br /><br />Only fair, thanks for asking.Tankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04187906854627334164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-74572692984152717852017-12-26T05:51:18.395-06:002017-12-26T05:51:18.395-06:00I don’t get the hate over policy differences. Espe...I don’t get the hate over policy differences. Especially over something as easily reversible as tax rates.tim in vermonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06547980465313241972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-90512303657446124652017-12-26T05:10:02.384-06:002017-12-26T05:10:02.384-06:00Yet another data point for why Democrats should no...Yet another data point for why Democrats should not be in charge of things they don’t understand: 143 million receiving a tax cut under the new law.rehajmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554135440560051175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-32984969027086514312017-12-26T04:51:55.232-06:002017-12-26T04:51:55.232-06:00"Almost 20 above in Missoula and we got a goo..."Almost 20 above in Missoula and we got a good snow. I'm sick for Christmas, which is a blessing. I can now skip the harrowing drive out i-90 to the in-laws' for Xmas chaos."<br /><br />Still too cold for my partner. Which is why we go south to AZ for the winter. Rest of the year we are maybe 100 miles down river from you. MT there should break freezing Tues, and get into the 40s the rest of the week. As contrasted with here in AZ, where the low is in the 40s, and the high in the low 70s this week. First Christmas in the new house, so first warm climate Christmas in maybe 5-6 years. Making up for it later this week with a trip to see family in CO. Extended Christmas this year - 24th with her daughter and her extended family, 25th also be together, 26th with her son and his family come not here, and 27th with my family. No snow (or even chance of it) means no excuses for anyone not showing up. <br /><br />Christmas doesn't feel quite right, by the desert here. Christmas lights gets in the cactus. Etc. But I remain unconvinced that Joseph and Mary faced all that much snow that night in Bethlehem. But then, while we pretty much know when in the year Jesus died (because of the connection between Easter and the Passover), Christmas is a very different story. Is is coincidental that Christmas is a couple days after the winter solstice? Or is it causative, is the solstice part of why we celebrate Christmas when we do? Etc. In the church I belong to back in CO, we light candles, and turn down the lights for singing "Silent Night", and then turn them back up for the concluding "Joy to the World". That seems very similar to the renewal that some other cultures observe and celebrate around the solstice. Plus, I always thought that it was a bit weird that Christmas and New Years were only a week apart. I am thinking that maybe the problem is that they both were originally connected to the solstice, but calendar slippage to very the centuries, due to Leap Day ever 4 (or so) years may be the reason why. Bruce Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10815293023158025662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55615295214110978272017-12-26T00:20:26.677-06:002017-12-26T00:20:26.677-06:00Great Scot!,
How much Korbel are you down?Great Scot!,<br />How much Korbel are you down?walterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17818749187960350810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-73204132818691810212017-12-25T22:29:27.783-06:002017-12-25T22:29:27.783-06:00"AllenS said...
What is better than a new pow..."AllenS said...<br />What is better than a new power tool?<br /><br />2 new power tools."<br /><br />Nah, one old machine. I just added a 1930 Tannewitz Model J 16" table saw to my vintage woodshop. Cool thing is that it was from Boys Tech High School in Milwaukee. A lot of cabinet makers and patternmakers learned their trade on it I'm sure. It really is a work of art. All 1700 pounds of it.Curious Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14440726941494085334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-61681301959934628972017-12-25T22:27:50.362-06:002017-12-25T22:27:50.362-06:00Dinner with my Bernie bro daughter and boyfriend.
...Dinner with my Bernie bro daughter and boyfriend.<br /><br />She is starting to sound like Trump is OK.<br /><br />She agrees government is corrupt.<br /><br />She agrees that politicians should not get rich on $150,000 salary,<br /><br />Oh Oh, Democrats may be in trouble.Michael Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18127450762129879267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-16855560724404178172017-12-25T20:59:48.020-06:002017-12-25T20:59:48.020-06:00Merry Christmas Meadehouse. You brighten my every ...Merry Christmas Meadehouse. You brighten my every day!Malesch Moroccohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473246143429526665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-48088682942703444552017-12-25T19:52:17.340-06:002017-12-25T19:52:17.340-06:00@Tank, how’s the wife doing?@Tank, how’s the wife doing?Big Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831645119853118904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-81822277292280694892017-12-25T19:34:18.358-06:002017-12-25T19:34:18.358-06:00Merry Christmas everyone! Snowed here in NE this ...Merry Christmas everyone! Snowed here in NE this am then the sun peered through about midday, enabling everyone to come for dinner safely. Thankful for the NE road crews...:)Breezyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11332445185864048371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-51460661504287133172017-12-25T19:23:13.970-06:002017-12-25T19:23:13.970-06:00Tcrosse: I could understand how the Latin Tridenti...<i>Tcrosse: I could understand how the Latin Tridentine mass would be more aesthetically pleasing but it would seem less relevant than one in English. Is the homily delivered in Latin, as well? </i><br /><br />The Latin Mass is indeed relevant if you already know the words. Homily is in the vulgate, of course. tcrossehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13861315905142017219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-18588356957002899412017-12-25T18:58:04.953-06:002017-12-25T18:58:04.953-06:00Two new power tools would be ... Nice!Two new power tools would be ... Nice!Tankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04187906854627334164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-4242393995620422832017-12-25T18:40:20.378-06:002017-12-25T18:40:20.378-06:00Nativity scene causes topless protest.
The Lord wo...Nativity scene causes topless protest.<br />The Lord works in mysterious ways. walterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17818749187960350810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-45088583326065589422017-12-25T18:32:31.271-06:002017-12-25T18:32:31.271-06:00What is better than a new power tool?
2 new power...<i>What is better than a new power tool?</i><br /><br />2 new power tools.AllenShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08848966772462502893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-49118826662440863962017-12-25T18:12:04.296-06:002017-12-25T18:12:04.296-06:00The Washington Post is in a lather over the “coord...The Washington Post is in a lather over the “coordinated attacks” on Mueller. The one thing I don’t see is a claim that anything said about his team is untrue.tim in vermonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06547980465313241972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-59451126958286813672017-12-25T18:02:45.527-06:002017-12-25T18:02:45.527-06:00Hah! It’ s my Mac that won’t let me hotlink. Works...Hah! It’ s my Mac that won’t let me hotlink. Works from my phone! I guess I better run the updates.tim in vermonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06547980465313241972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-79801249733772308612017-12-25T17:42:12.354-06:002017-12-25T17:42:12.354-06:00After 30+ years of being lapsed, I recently return...<br />After 30+ years of being lapsed, I recently returned to the Catholic faith of my youth. If I hadn't found a traditional parish with the Latin Mass, things might have been different. <br /><br />While many others may feel differently - and I respect those who have those preferences - to me the Pauline Mass is an awful show with awful rites and awful music. With the Tridentine Mass, I feel closer to the awesome act the Mass is meant to represent.Greg Hlatkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10085208508480007361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-14539009465586794702017-12-25T17:37:29.893-06:002017-12-25T17:37:29.893-06:00Is peeing on a mattress worse that burning a flag?...Is peeing on a mattress worse that burning a flag? Asking for a friend....tim in vermonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06547980465313241972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8723418840987976232017-12-25T17:34:53.036-06:002017-12-25T17:34:53.036-06:00Disappointed I didn't get my "Hide the De...Disappointed I didn't get my "Hide the Decline" vanity license plate for Christmas. Humperdinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08765464624483404218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-53764503404082156172017-12-25T17:32:18.955-06:002017-12-25T17:32:18.955-06:00I'm very fond of Gregorian chants, as well.I'm very fond of Gregorian chants, as well.mockturtlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10507310332014103437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-49059065681353808002017-12-25T17:26:21.980-06:002017-12-25T17:26:21.980-06:00@mockturtle, @Greg,
There are multiple churches t...@mockturtle, @Greg,<br /><br />There are multiple churches that do the Tridentine Mass in the DC area, one of them very near where I live. I, too, dust off the old Missale Romanum, & follow along. If you've had any Latin at all, liturgical Latin isn't too difficult, so that helps. <br /><br />It's nice to hear the Gregorian chant in their original context. But, ya know, I do miss the hymns (the classic ones, not those recent & appalling St. Louis Jesuit fakey-chant but in English) hymns. Sadly, at a many a regular mass nowadays, it's tough to find the old standards. <br /><br />YoungHegelianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02723316130501823658noreply@blogger.com