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Post by Kimby on Feb 23, 2017 23:37:13 GMT
Remember the Alamo! The siege began on this date in 1836.
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Post by lagatta on Feb 25, 2017 23:15:52 GMT
Do look up Alamo + slavery, though.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2017 14:10:54 GMT
HAPPY MARDI GRAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2017 14:40:28 GMT
Thanks. I was at a carnival in Belgium today.
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 28, 2017 16:54:12 GMT
Yes, happy fat Tuesday to all! I'm off to a carnival in a little town near Oaxaca today. Here's hoping it will be photo-worthy!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2017 20:26:28 GMT
One radio show I was listening to today said "yes, it's fat Tuesday. Or in the United States just Tuesday" inferring that every Tuesday is fat there.
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Post by rikita on Mar 1, 2017 0:11:43 GMT
agnes had "fasching" at daycare today. she went as st. martin (really just a knight costume with a red cape), though later she decided to be superman instead, so she took off all the costume except for the cape.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2017 0:21:54 GMT
One radio show I was listening to today said "yes, it's fat Tuesday. Or in the United States just Tuesday" inferring that every Tuesday is fat there. That sucks. We had a fine day and I was pleasantly surprised but very grateful that absolutely no mention of politics came up.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2017 7:09:53 GMT
Today is International Women's Day, which at least has the merit of existing, although like most people I find it a bit dismaying that such a day even needs to exist, in the same category as gay pride, Mother's Day or left-handers day. The slogan this year is "Be Bold for Change" -- that doesn't seem particularly inspired to me, but I have not examined a list of slogans from the past. However, it's kind of interesting that the word "bold" is being used since we had a discussion here recently of terms that demean women or which are never used to describe them. Bold is a strong word, and women should take possession of it more often.
At least one day a year, though, most countries clearly point out the lack of equality between men and women in the workplace, in most legislatures and governments, in the arts and often even more dramatically in the domestic household, which should be the very first place where equality should be in place.
Women work harder and usually get less out of it. Time for change!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2017 15:03:25 GMT
We are now 20 minutes into the International Women's Strike as per Central European time. Women were supposed to stop working today at 15:40 which is the hour at which they stop earning any money for the day of work, compared to men's salaries.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2017 15:11:10 GMT
Yes, and encouraged to wear RED.
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Post by Kimby on Mar 8, 2017 15:35:20 GMT
I think this strike would be MUCH more effective if women kept on working at their jobs/careers, but did no more than HALF of the domestic goddess chores, and, most importantly, abstained from sex with their partners (or clients, for sex-workers) completely, till men cry "uncle!" and acknowledge the need for equality between the sexes.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2017 15:44:37 GMT
I almost mentioned that women need to stop doing household chores so efficiently (yes, I know that some of you are more efficient than others) because it just makes men even lazier or could even mislead us into thinking the you enjoy it. Of course most women know that they should not send their man to the supermarket by himself until he has been properly trained, but quite a few things around the house can be done even by imbeciles, especially if they find the vacuum cleaner sitting in their armchair or see that the bed has been stripped but clean sheets are lying right there waiting to be used.
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Post by lagatta on Mar 8, 2017 20:11:43 GMT
Although the World March of Women started here (I took part in the planning committee on the part of an international solidarity association I belonged to then), there hasn't been much here except an early-morning demonstration for the $15 minimum wage (which would affect women workers above all).
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Post by questa on Mar 9, 2017 0:15:18 GMT
Came home from hospital with new, firstborn son who soon needed a diaper change. This in the days when diapers were 40 inch squares of thick cotton which one folded like some weird origami into different patterns to encompass gender, size and ambient temperature. In spite of numerous practice sessions during pregnancy, and diapers pre-folded, Proud Daddy never changed a diaper... EVAH ! "You are the baby nurse specialist, Why should I, an amateur, do it, when other highly qualified people like you can attend to it?"
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Post by rikita on Mar 9, 2017 0:18:12 GMT
well i stopped working shortly after 3 pm, but i only work part time ... as for household work - when it comes to cleaning mr. r. actually does more than i do (he also finds it more important that for example the floors are whiped once a week, i keep telling him we could skip it this week) - though i think altogether i still do more than him, because i take care of agnes more often (he sees it differently though, because i go places with her where i also have fun) ... i don't think i could live with someone who'd expect me to do all the household chores ...
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Post by rikita on Mar 9, 2017 0:20:48 GMT
ah, but i always found it kind of funny, when my little brother was a toddler, that whenever my dad's wife went on a trip (her grandma was sick at the time, so she went to see her regularly, and also sometimes had work trips), my dad invited me over for dinner - and when i arrived he said "you can bathe f. and put his diaper on and get him ready for bed, while i prepare dinner" ... i don't think he changed diapers very often, either ...
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 19, 2017 22:48:44 GMT
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Post by lagatta on Mar 19, 2017 23:15:50 GMT
Yes indeed. Zeppole!
I never knew Renzo's actual date of birth, but the vet could tell me how many weeks old he was, so I always celebrated his birthday (with some fish!) on the 18th, the day between St Pat's and St Joe's.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2017 0:30:02 GMT
It was a fine day for this annual celebration indeed. One of the highlights of my year ever since becoming a full time resident since 1978.
Many more altars have re-emerged over the last few years since Hurricane Katrina when many of them had not recovered from damage and sadly some who never did continued with the tradition because many of the properties were demolished and or remain blighted to this day.
It being on a Sunday this year brought about many more altars in local churches. Not as many in private homes disappointingly, for some reason. I suspect that many of the ones I was familiar with and visited over many years that were hosted by families by the elders of have passed away and their children have not continued with the tradition.
My husband and I went to two of them in the uptown section of the city, one of them was still serving food well past the time of day (2-3 pmish) that usually have long since stopped serving but, of course, keep the altars inside the church open for viewing.
( I revere this particular day for many reasons. Most especially because it falls on the anniversary of my fathers burial. He died in 1963 on St. Patrick's day and was buried on St. Joseph's day. His name was Joseph.)
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 20, 2017 1:36:24 GMT
Oh, happy birthday in big fish deveined shrimp heaven to dear Renzo! And of course Szczęśliwy dzień świętego Józefa to you, Casimira!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2017 19:28:44 GMT
Thank you ever so much for that Bixa. You never cease to amaze me with the things that you come up with.
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Post by whatagain on Mar 20, 2017 21:27:36 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 23, 2017 3:32:03 GMT
Wednesay. March 22, 2017. 9:30 pm CST (in Mexico. 10:30 CDT in US) Another Wednesday and anyporters all over the globe have gone into their mid-week comas. See you all on the other side.
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Post by lagatta on Mar 23, 2017 13:44:41 GMT
Wow. 100 years ago. During the Great War and in the shadow of the nearby Russian Revolutions... Your Polish fellow is certainly in the spirit of the day! Though he might be an emigrant, no? I don't think of that kind of brown paper bags in Central-Eastern Europe 100 years ago, I envisage more either cloth totes or groceries wrapped in butcher paper.
I both laughed and cried at Renzo and St. Pete. Livia, of course, does exactly the same thing.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2017 5:51:20 GMT
25 March marks the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome which created the Common Market and brought peace permanently to Western Europe.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 7, 2017 2:53:18 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2017 4:58:29 GMT
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the disastrous battle of the Chemin des Dames when idiot General Nivelle sent the French troops to certain disaster, leading to 200,000 casualties and also the first mutinies of the war -- 3427 convictions and 554 death penalties.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 16, 2017 5:33:48 GMT
That is part of the horrible thread that runs through the history of WWI. It was as though the generals thought they had an imperative to kill their own men.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2017 6:08:21 GMT
President Hollande is going there today and will be the first president to ever attend a commemoration of the battle (and the tragedy).
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