Halloween is definitely linked to All Hallow’s Eve, Day of the Dead and All Soul’s! I am hoping you will write about our new Advent Season that includes Cook County Property Taxes; bills mailed Dec 1, $ due Dec 30! Open a window each day…oh, and that insert of Holiday Gifts from the Tribune was terrible! In a city full of creative businesses, gift shops, bookstores, museums and artists, everything they listed was available at Amazon! That took absolutely no thought at all. I have greatly enjoyed my first year of the Picayune Sentinel and am happy to renew! Thanks.
I cancelled my Trib subscription 4 months ago. They keep delivering the physical paper and sending the digital edition daily, no further charges on my CC! 😂 LoL, take a chance... you can bet they have a promised circulation to advertisers.
I missed this in the comments in the previous issue, but....
"....no one really know when — or if — Jesus was born...."
Huh? Nobody *knows* if Jesus was born?
One can legitimately argue whether the son of a Nazarene carpenter is or is not the Messiah, the Son of God, to be sure. One can debate the validity of a virgin Birth.
But does anyone really argue that "no one really knows" whether that carpenter's son existed at all?
Only if one would argue that "no one really knows" if other historical figures existed. Herod? John the Baptizer? Heck, I've never met Abraham Lincoln. Take your history books and shove 'em. If I've never met the person, nobody can convince ME that the person actually existed.
Halloween is New Year's Eve on the Celtic calendar. It is one of many holidays co-opted by Christianity and turned into something else. It existed long before Christianity did. So no, let's not move a holiday that doesn't belong to us to a month earlier. Canada has Thanksgiving in October and also celebrates Halloween, so if you want to move Thanksgiving, I'm cool with that since it's not tied to an ancient celebration still practiced by some (very few, but definitely some).
Occasionally someone proposes moving Thanksgiving to a Friday so folks can have a three day weekend.All the folks who get a four day weekend now rise up against it.
Your paean to American Football (Gridiron Football) doesn't have anything to do with a certain team putting a beatdown on a team in Columbus, OH, does it?
RE: Caesarization of American Campuses - As a matter of fact, my mother - who attended Eric's alma mater in the mid-50s - WAS a campus representative for (unfiltered) Chesterfield cigarettes on campus in Ann Arbor during her college days. (She still smokes [well, vapes] almost 70 years later. How she - despite her COPD and extremely poor lung function is still alive and kickin' is a mystery to us all.) I think she now rues the fact that she helped introduce and hook new smokers back in the day. I don't know when the school banned such student cigarette distributors on campus, but they were NOT present in the early 1980s. On this issue, my mom served as a great negative role model. My dad never smoked; and neither I, nor any of my brothers or sister took up the habit.
1. Which will come first - America goes all out soccer or America converts to the metric system?
2. Wait a moment - wins/losses and not scoring is relevant in soccer? I thought a tie was as good as a win. Truthfully - soccer has more issues with concussions than football.
3. There was a documentary 10-15 years ago exploring Christmas - Birth of Jesus. Archeologically, there is support that Jesus was born on April 12. Maybe combine Easter and Christmas?
4. There is nothing better than a good Schrödinger cat joke
I've had it with the subscription game and have started to act. I cancelled the ST yesterday (yes, I had to call) after the rate went up 40% for online and Sunday only delivery. Same with the DH. I got a bill stating that there was a newsprint surcharge of $6.20 to cover their increased expenses. No problem with that. A big problem is my previous bill of 39.20 and adding the 6.20 now was $69.00. Of course both places told me that other options were available to which I said no thanks. Still have the Trib for now, but I see my future news $ going completely online where I cancel at any moment should I get jerked around.
Halloween is definitely linked to All Hallow’s Eve, Day of the Dead and All Soul’s! I am hoping you will write about our new Advent Season that includes Cook County Property Taxes; bills mailed Dec 1, $ due Dec 30! Open a window each day…oh, and that insert of Holiday Gifts from the Tribune was terrible! In a city full of creative businesses, gift shops, bookstores, museums and artists, everything they listed was available at Amazon! That took absolutely no thought at all. I have greatly enjoyed my first year of the Picayune Sentinel and am happy to renew! Thanks.
I cancelled my Trib subscription 4 months ago. They keep delivering the physical paper and sending the digital edition daily, no further charges on my CC! 😂 LoL, take a chance... you can bet they have a promised circulation to advertisers.
I missed this in the comments in the previous issue, but....
"....no one really know when — or if — Jesus was born...."
Huh? Nobody *knows* if Jesus was born?
One can legitimately argue whether the son of a Nazarene carpenter is or is not the Messiah, the Son of God, to be sure. One can debate the validity of a virgin Birth.
But does anyone really argue that "no one really knows" whether that carpenter's son existed at all?
Only if one would argue that "no one really knows" if other historical figures existed. Herod? John the Baptizer? Heck, I've never met Abraham Lincoln. Take your history books and shove 'em. If I've never met the person, nobody can convince ME that the person actually existed.
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Thanks for the tip about the "premium" issues. I expect the Trib's customer service department will get a lot of phone calls today!
No rah-rah's for the Maize and Blue? Really?
Halloween is New Year's Eve on the Celtic calendar. It is one of many holidays co-opted by Christianity and turned into something else. It existed long before Christianity did. So no, let's not move a holiday that doesn't belong to us to a month earlier. Canada has Thanksgiving in October and also celebrates Halloween, so if you want to move Thanksgiving, I'm cool with that since it's not tied to an ancient celebration still practiced by some (very few, but definitely some).
Occasionally someone proposes moving Thanksgiving to a Friday so folks can have a three day weekend.All the folks who get a four day weekend now rise up against it.
There is nothing funny about any of the tweets or else I am too dull to understand them without explanations.
I agree with Rosalie Z. I am def sticking around for another year.
Your paean to American Football (Gridiron Football) doesn't have anything to do with a certain team putting a beatdown on a team in Columbus, OH, does it?
American soccer is the Dippin' Dots of professional sports.
RE: Caesarization of American Campuses - As a matter of fact, my mother - who attended Eric's alma mater in the mid-50s - WAS a campus representative for (unfiltered) Chesterfield cigarettes on campus in Ann Arbor during her college days. (She still smokes [well, vapes] almost 70 years later. How she - despite her COPD and extremely poor lung function is still alive and kickin' is a mystery to us all.) I think she now rues the fact that she helped introduce and hook new smokers back in the day. I don't know when the school banned such student cigarette distributors on campus, but they were NOT present in the early 1980s. On this issue, my mom served as a great negative role model. My dad never smoked; and neither I, nor any of my brothers or sister took up the habit.
Love, love, LOVE the Schrödinger's Plates Tweet. (Although Chucky's Empty Box is a veryclose second.)
1. Which will come first - America goes all out soccer or America converts to the metric system?
2. Wait a moment - wins/losses and not scoring is relevant in soccer? I thought a tie was as good as a win. Truthfully - soccer has more issues with concussions than football.
3. There was a documentary 10-15 years ago exploring Christmas - Birth of Jesus. Archeologically, there is support that Jesus was born on April 12. Maybe combine Easter and Christmas?
4. There is nothing better than a good Schrödinger cat joke
I've had it with the subscription game and have started to act. I cancelled the ST yesterday (yes, I had to call) after the rate went up 40% for online and Sunday only delivery. Same with the DH. I got a bill stating that there was a newsprint surcharge of $6.20 to cover their increased expenses. No problem with that. A big problem is my previous bill of 39.20 and adding the 6.20 now was $69.00. Of course both places told me that other options were available to which I said no thanks. Still have the Trib for now, but I see my future news $ going completely online where I cancel at any moment should I get jerked around.
"It is apply named...." If this had been in the Funniest Tweets section I would have voted for it.