The Happiness Thread

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  1. montecarlo

    montecarlo Contributor Contributor

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    that’s a wild take.

    You insulted my favorite pie. I demand satisfaction, sir!

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  2. J.T. Woody

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    I thought id follow up with you!
    I Zoomed with my family last night and asked my great aunt and great uncle some questions about their family (remember, i couldnt find anything about their father's family and was stuck).
    They were able to help me fill in some gaps, and i went back to my search and found photos of my great great great aunt! :supershock:
    And for months, id wondered why my great grandpa was living in this one household and why i couldnt find records of his mother. When i told my great aunt and great uncle the households name, they told me that they remember that man and his wife. Come to find out, his wife was the sister of my great grandpas mom. The couple was childless and so my great grandpa and his brother were sent to live with them as children.

    They also told me that their name had changed. They have a German name. I had been typing it the way ive always known it and how its spelled now (the americanized version). They told me how their grandmother used to spell it (it was news to them too... Apparently she was a headmistress at an all girls school thats still around and my great uncle was curious and went in and found a picture of her there in the school and her name was spelled differently). After that, i was able to find more information on their family.

    Very eventful Thanksgiving :supersmile:
     
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    Half right. I love strawberries; vile, disgusting rhubarb, not so much.
     
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    rhubarb is one of my favorite fruits vegetables fibrous stalks. I'll eat it raw with no sugar, that's how much I love it.
     
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    We went with apple for T'giving dessert. Crumbly crust, wonderful.
     
  7. Earp

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    Two years too late, but the Detroit Lions have finally fired coach Matt Patricia. You Pats fans can have him back.
     
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  8. Homer Potvin

    Homer Potvin A tombstone hand and a graveyard mind Staff Supporter Contributor

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    Hell no. We're grooming the baby Belichicks!
     
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    Mike McCarthy might be available soon, too.
     
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    what book(s) got you interested in going for graduate studies in Gothic Studies?

    :superthink: do you dress all in black? :whistle:
     
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    Given a quick look, and based on the Gothic period dress probably not.
    Seems that during that time people still wore colors.
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    [​IMG]

    look at this dapper em-effer. who WOULDNT want to emulate him?
    hashtag: stylin'
     
  13. Vanna Heller

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    You can be gothic and not wear necessarily black. For example, some wear pastels but wearing black is the norm for being gothic.
     
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    Got accepted into my MA program and I start class in January! Short English program, but I'm really excited for the classes. Starting off with Modern Gothic literature. Lots of horror novels from this last decade. Needless to say, I'm overly excited. I bought my books for the class today a month ahead of time.
     
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    @EFMingo, if you come across some particularly interesting book or theme or theory, please do share!

    and again congratz! :cheerleader:
     
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    EFMingo A Modern Dinosaur Supporter Contributor

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    Thanks! I do quite often and usually put up my impressions of them in the "What are You Reading Now" thread.
     
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    EFMingo A Modern Dinosaur Supporter Contributor

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    I finally got it! My jaw fell out of place in the lamest way...while I was sleeping (I mean, come on!)...but i finally got it today. While i was driving back from my Marine base visit, I wrenched on it in a new direction and finally it snapped (painfully) back into place. My teeth finally touch on the left side without effort or popping, so I'm super happy. Driving while doing medical procedures may not be the best of plans but...can't be results!

    Three weeks out of place is a while though. I have to relearn to shut my mouth again, which is weird.
     
  18. Homer Potvin

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    I totally thought this was a metaphorical story. Like you got (understood) something so hard that your jaw fell open (as in surprise) while you were asleep... like a REM eureka moment or something.

    Haha... glad it worked out for you.
     
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    Well done! It sounds like a really interesting course, actually.
     
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    I've just been asked to join the review team for a UK-wide traditional music magazine I subscribe to, based on an unsolicited review I just sent. I felt quite chuffed, as the editor said: "It's obvious you can write!" This means freebies ...both CDs and books. I think this is going to be fun. They don't thrust stuff on you to review, but simply list what's available and you get to choose. :) Slowly, but surely, I'm putting my toe back into the traditional music waters that originally brought me to Scotland. After a LONG break. It feels good to be listening and enjoying it again.

    I burnt out on traditional music back in the early 1990s, due to the fortnightly folk music magazine my husband and I produced at the time, plus my duties as TMSA National Secretary, attending umpteen folk clubs, festivals and concerts, etc. It got to be too much—and when my husband packed it in, so did I. I'll be careful this time, not to take on too much.
     
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    Don't forget, “This is a book for every fiddler who has realized halfway through playing an ancient Scottish air that the Ramones "I Wanna Be Sedated" is what folk music is really all about, and gone straight into it.”

    - Neil Gaiman
     
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    It's snowing!!!!
     
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    i'm starting to get this "adulting" thing down.

    I just moved a basket of laundry i washed 2 weeks ago up from the laundry room and into my bedroom. Sure, it may remain there, untouched in its basket for another week or two, but at least I achieved something today! :cheerleader:
     
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    Ah, the bliss of the minimum bar.
     
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