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Downside: if you use multiple devices to access the board, or you reject delicious cookies, you won't always have that information cookie. But the New Posts feature should take care of that.
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this will zero the unread anything for you, so you can strive forth into the exciting world of the new cookie thing.
Because the board got shutdown again because of a load of database, I had to fettle with the settings again.
As part of that, the server no longer stores what topics you have or haven't read.
IT IS STILL RECORDED!
But now, that information lives in a delicious cookie, rather than the forum database.
Upside: this should reduce the load of database.
Downside: if you use multiple devices to access the board, or you reject delicious cookies, you won't always have that information cookie. But the New Posts feature should take care of that.
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You know the email (if you don't, see in the registration info below), you know where to find the Administerrerrerr on the Midget Circus.
Some unpleasant miscreant was firing incessant database queries at our server, which forced the Legal Department of our hosting company, via their Abuse subdivision, to shut us down. No I have none.
All I can do it button the hatches, and tighten up a few things. Such as time limits on how long you may take to compose a post and hit Debauch! As of 24/01/10, I've set that at 30 minutes for now.
To restrict further overloads, any unregistered users had to be locked out.
How do we know who is or isn't an unregistered user?
By forcing anyone who wants in to Log In.
Is that annoying?
Yes. But there's only so much the Administerrerrerr can do to keep this place running.
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Happy Solstice!
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sun rat
- Dominatrix of Skulduggery
- Location: bfe
- Contact:
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Whiskeywrist
- Barista of Doom
- Location: Seattle, WA
- Contact:
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Rench
- the Harm in Harmony
- Location: Chicago
- Contact:
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Metalredneck
- Largely Uncontroversial
Here's one of my fave pagan bands. We were going to see them in Jan., but the money's gone now. We're holding out for Paganfest in the summer.
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Happy Solstice!
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Happy Solstice!
Done.
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rolly
- Tim Horton hears a Who?
- Location: Greater Trauma Area
- Contact:
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sun rat
- Dominatrix of Skulduggery
- Location: bfe
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erosvamp
- Sophisticated Meat Machine
- Location: denver
Long live the Oak King!
"The Holly King, represents the Death aspect of the God at this time of year; and the Oak King, represents the opposite aspect of Rebirth (these roles are reversed at Midsummer). This can be likened to the Divine Child's birth. The myth of the Holly King/Oak King probably originated from the Druids to whom these two trees were highly sacred. The Oak King (God of the Waxing Year) kills the Holly King (God of the Waning Year) at Yule (the Winter Solstice). The Oak King then reigns supreme until Litha (the Summer Solstice) when the two battle again, this time with the Holly King victorious. Examples of the Holly King's image can be seen in our modern Santa Claus."
"The Holly King, represents the Death aspect of the God at this time of year; and the Oak King, represents the opposite aspect of Rebirth (these roles are reversed at Midsummer). This can be likened to the Divine Child's birth. The myth of the Holly King/Oak King probably originated from the Druids to whom these two trees were highly sacred. The Oak King (God of the Waxing Year) kills the Holly King (God of the Waning Year) at Yule (the Winter Solstice). The Oak King then reigns supreme until Litha (the Summer Solstice) when the two battle again, this time with the Holly King victorious. Examples of the Holly King's image can be seen in our modern Santa Claus."
"If you don't like change, you're going to like irrelevance even less." -General Eric Shinseki
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Jaeger
- Baron von Scrapple
- Location: NoVA
- Contact:
]BackDoorBarbie wrote:While the sun is great and all, don't you mean- happy birthday jeager?
Or rather, Happy Birfday BDB?
Offering to the Moto Gods made. Given the luck we've had this past year, I figure we could use a little additional luck.
Cheers, y'all, and here's to the coming Spring!
--Jaeger
<<NON ERRO>>Bigshankhank wrote:The world is a fucking wreck, but there is still sunshine in some places. Go outside and look for it.
2018 Indian Scout -- "Lilah"
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sweetpea
- Maltov Rattlecan
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Happy Solstice!
I miss my good friend Bear this time of year - we used to hold a solstice ceremony at his house and all received blessings for our health and safety during the winter months.
This was one of his stories.
How the Christmas Tree Came to Be
Yona Equa
Big Bear of the Cherokee
(copyrighted by Cherokee Tribe)
The world as we now know it was created on the Full Moon of the Flower Moon - the month that is now called April - and as the days passed the plants grew and bloomed. The temperature got warmer and warmer for four moons, and then things began to cool down. Each moon was cooler than the last until on the eighth Full Moon after the world was created, it was so cold that the water in the puddles and ponds froze. Even the lakes froze and no water could be found to drink except in the fastest streams. It became even colder and the raindrops froze into strange and beautiful white crystals and laid on the ground, covering everything. The animals named these frozen raindrops unatsi and named the time n˚Òda unatsi - The Snow Moon
When the snow fell all the animals looked for shelter and found that if they huddled together in the smaller caves they could keep the small spaces warm with their exhaled breath. But most of the plants and grasses they normally ate had turned brown and died, and snow covered everything, so very little could be found to eat and they were all hungry.
Each day the animals tried to go out to look for food, and by doing this they discovered another difference between them. It was difficult for Awi (the deer) to walk in the snow because his hooves sank deep into it, while Tsitstu (the rabbit) found that his paws were perfectly suited for walking on top of the snow and the thick fur he had on them kept them warm and kept the snow from building up between his toes.
The animals held a council and discussed this, and the rabbit and his wife volunteered to go out and scout for all of them and come back and tell the others if they found any food. They did this each day, but found almost nothing that was edible, and soon the animals began to fear that they would starve to death.
And - as if that was not enough - with each day that passed, Grandfather Moon got thinner and thinner until finally, on the 14th day after Full Moon, he disappeared completely from the sky. The animals were very upset about this because Grandfather Moon was their protector and their guide.
That night, when rabbit and his wife went out to look for food, a strange ball of light appeared in front of them. They followed it as it led them through the forest to a place no animal had ever been before. The ball of light led rabbit and his wife to a small evergreen tree and they watched as it settled on one of the tree’s seed cones. Soon other balls of light came through the forest and they also led animals to the tree. In a short while the tree was circled by various animals, all of them staring in amazement at the tiny balls of light and the small tree.
The rabbit, always mischievous, as is his nature, took a bite of one of the leaves of the tree and found that it could be eaten.
"Look here!" he said. "This tree is still alive and healthy! Everything is not dead! We will not starve! The lights have led us to a reason to hope!"
The other animals heard this and those who ate leaves began eating the leaves of that small tree and the other similar trees nearby. Some ate the seed cones. The animals who did not eat leaves found other animals to eat, and because they had been nourished by the leaves and seed cones, they provided nourishment for the predators.
And even today, in these modern times, if you are in the mountains, and you watch very carefully, you may see some little balls of light floating around - those balls the Unega call "St. Elmo's fire" - and if you follow one of these balls, it might lead you to a green tree that will give you a reason to hope for better times.
I miss my good friend Bear this time of year - we used to hold a solstice ceremony at his house and all received blessings for our health and safety during the winter months.
This was one of his stories.
How the Christmas Tree Came to Be
Yona Equa
Big Bear of the Cherokee
(copyrighted by Cherokee Tribe)
The world as we now know it was created on the Full Moon of the Flower Moon - the month that is now called April - and as the days passed the plants grew and bloomed. The temperature got warmer and warmer for four moons, and then things began to cool down. Each moon was cooler than the last until on the eighth Full Moon after the world was created, it was so cold that the water in the puddles and ponds froze. Even the lakes froze and no water could be found to drink except in the fastest streams. It became even colder and the raindrops froze into strange and beautiful white crystals and laid on the ground, covering everything. The animals named these frozen raindrops unatsi and named the time n˚Òda unatsi - The Snow Moon
When the snow fell all the animals looked for shelter and found that if they huddled together in the smaller caves they could keep the small spaces warm with their exhaled breath. But most of the plants and grasses they normally ate had turned brown and died, and snow covered everything, so very little could be found to eat and they were all hungry.
Each day the animals tried to go out to look for food, and by doing this they discovered another difference between them. It was difficult for Awi (the deer) to walk in the snow because his hooves sank deep into it, while Tsitstu (the rabbit) found that his paws were perfectly suited for walking on top of the snow and the thick fur he had on them kept them warm and kept the snow from building up between his toes.
The animals held a council and discussed this, and the rabbit and his wife volunteered to go out and scout for all of them and come back and tell the others if they found any food. They did this each day, but found almost nothing that was edible, and soon the animals began to fear that they would starve to death.
And - as if that was not enough - with each day that passed, Grandfather Moon got thinner and thinner until finally, on the 14th day after Full Moon, he disappeared completely from the sky. The animals were very upset about this because Grandfather Moon was their protector and their guide.
That night, when rabbit and his wife went out to look for food, a strange ball of light appeared in front of them. They followed it as it led them through the forest to a place no animal had ever been before. The ball of light led rabbit and his wife to a small evergreen tree and they watched as it settled on one of the tree’s seed cones. Soon other balls of light came through the forest and they also led animals to the tree. In a short while the tree was circled by various animals, all of them staring in amazement at the tiny balls of light and the small tree.
The rabbit, always mischievous, as is his nature, took a bite of one of the leaves of the tree and found that it could be eaten.
"Look here!" he said. "This tree is still alive and healthy! Everything is not dead! We will not starve! The lights have led us to a reason to hope!"
The other animals heard this and those who ate leaves began eating the leaves of that small tree and the other similar trees nearby. Some ate the seed cones. The animals who did not eat leaves found other animals to eat, and because they had been nourished by the leaves and seed cones, they provided nourishment for the predators.
And even today, in these modern times, if you are in the mountains, and you watch very carefully, you may see some little balls of light floating around - those balls the Unega call "St. Elmo's fire" - and if you follow one of these balls, it might lead you to a green tree that will give you a reason to hope for better times.
dachshund must be german for 'insane dog'