Tell HN: Merry Christmas
Best wishes to all of you. May the new year bring everything you hope for.
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Not a pointer was dangling, the place was a hack
The coders were all zonkered and crashed out on couches
With their screens all dimmed out and hands on their mouses
And I in my Code Monkey Shirt, and Maw in her cap
Had just settled down for a long winter's nap
When out on the quad there arose such a clatter
I sprang to the window to see what's the matter
When what to my wondering eyes did appear
But PG riding a sleigh, and giving out free gear!
That's all I got folks -- it's late and time to do the dad duties before sacking out. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!
Maybe before the part where you're in your underwear
This wasn't supposed to come off sarcastic or anything. If you knew me you would know I'm pretty religious, but whatever maybe that's why it got downvoted.
might be better worded as 25 Dec == 31 Oct
For those of us in grad school on the other side of a continent from a family that doesn't celebrate Christmas anyway:
I just wish people would use some other song besides Trans-Siberian Orchestra's "Wizards in Winter"... http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22wizards+in+wi...
For somewhere around 1,500 years (since the Christians co-opted Christmas), people have been doing almost exactly the same thing on December 25th. That's kind of cool to think about and participate in.
On the down side, it makes me realize just how radical the coming post-religious world is. This is going to be a century that is more eventful than we would probably like.
I'm with you that it is interesting and pleasurable to participate in historical traditions and ceremonies revolving around religion/philosophy -- as long as no coercion is involved. And it isn't.
Most of western thought came out of either Athens or Jerusalem (or a combination of the two). It's neat to see what parts of modern thought are still in various religious traditions and vice-versa.
Cool stuff.