Archive for December, 2005
Saturday, December 31st, 2005
Nice Quote
Joy is to feel the doors of the self fly open into a wealth that is endless because none of it is ours and yet it all belongs to us.
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Saturday, December 31st, 2005
Lest We Forget
Death Toll for the American Military in Iraq in 2005 Is 844
By DEXTER FILKINS
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Dec. 31 - At least 844 American service members were killed in Iraq in 2005, nearly matching 2004’s total of 848, and the number of service members wounded in 2005 was significantly higher than in the previous year, according to […]
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Saturday, December 31st, 2005
Letting the Old Year Out:
At midnight, all the doors of a house must be opened to let the old year escape unimpeded. He must leave before the New Year can come in, says popular wisdom, so doors are flung open to assist him in finding his way out.
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Saturday, December 31st, 2005
Augustine will erupt soon, experts say
WITHIN WEEKS: Magma may already be as high as 1,000 feet.
By TOM KIZZIA
Anchorage Daily News
Published: December 31, 2005
Last Modified: December 31, 2005 at 05:53 AM
HOMER — It’s been a quiet week at Augustine Volcano. But scientists don’t think prospects for a major eruption have changed. In fact, their mathematical models say it’s likely magma has […]
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Saturday, December 31st, 2005
British bishop: Western governments outside the law in war on terror
LONDON An Anglican bishop says western governments are “putting themselves outside the law” in the war on terror.
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Saturday, December 31st, 2005
For My Niece Kayt, Who Has Only One More Year In This Status
Idiom/Phrase
Spedestrian
Where This is Used
United States, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh.
Definition
Common name referring to a highschool underclassman.
Usage
Hey, spedestrian get out of my way!
Explanation
When an underclassman walks straight into a senior, and the underclassman does not know whether to move to the right or the left, and causes a blockage of the hallway, until the Senior shoves the underclassman out […]
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Saturday, December 31st, 2005
What is First Footing?
Traditionally, it has been held that your new year will be a prosperous one if, at the strike of midnight, a “tall, dark stranger” appears at your door with a lump of coal for the fire, or a cake or coin. In exchange, you offered him food, wine or a wee dram of whisky, or […]
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Saturday, December 31st, 2005
AULD LANG SYNE
Words adapated from a traditional song
by Rabbie Burns (1759-96)
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And auld lang syne?
CHORUS:
For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We’ll tak a cup of kindness yet,
For auld lang syne!
And surely ye’ll be your pint-stowp,
And surely I’ll be mine,
And we’ll tak a cup o […]
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Saturday, December 31st, 2005
Hogmanay
Hogmanay is celebrated on New Year’s Eve, every year, usually in a most exuberant fashion in Scotland as hundreds of thousands of revellers take to the streets to see in the New Year. In the cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh it has become a huge ticketed festival. Celebrations start in the early evening and reach […]