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[Louanne Learning]

I have one beside me now.

 

[Homer Potvin]

Just thinking of tequila makes me shudder. I like all kinds of spirits, but I find that one repellent for some reason.

In the Before Times, I recall going to a bowling alley with some work chums after our shift ended, and one of the guys brought over this big tray of tequila shots. Of all the things to order. I can't even drink it for free.

You can floss your teeth with the good shit, like Big Pussy said in The Sopranos.

 

[Naomasa298]

Are you telling me vodka is Santa's favourite tipple?

 

[Rath Darkblade]

An aunt and cousin were born January 1, brother on the 2d, brother in law on the 9th, another aunt somewhere around the 17th. Party month.

Party down.

It's not all that unusual for some holiday things to migrate to other holidays.

I had no idea that holiday songs could 'migrate' from one holiday to another. I thought that kind of thing was fixed, 'cos of tradition. (And also because one holiday's songs wouldn't make sense if coupled with another holiday instead)... *shrug*

 

[CatrionaGrace]

Home from the holiday at the ranch. Speaking of alcohol, my daughter-in-law periodically makes wine or beer. I had a bottle of wine that she gave me in 2019. Figuring it had been properly aged, I took it to the party today. She happily opened it and those who tried it declared it very palatable.

 

[Homer Potvin]

very palatable

Not exactly a ringing endorsement.

 

[Link the Writer]

Wrote 600 words in my sci-fi, 300 in both my historical and fantasy yesterday.

Today, another 600 words in my sci-fi. Gonna try and get 300 words in both my historical and fantasy today. <3

 

[CatrionaGrace]

Not exactly a ringing endorsement.

I prefer understatement. In my family, ringing endorsements are regarded as overblown polite attempts to avoid acknowledging shortcomings. "Very palatable" is high praise; I was afraid I had overdone it by adding "very". "Drinkable" would've been a considerable step down. Anything less than drinkable would've been quietly poured down the sink without further ado.

 

[JLT]

I thought they did, south of the border?

I was speaking of Italians in the US. As I mentioned in the essay, the "Day of the Dead" is still celebrated in Latin American countries. Disney even made a movie based on it.

The story goes that the Disney animators worked very hard to make sure that the proper sentiment was portrayed. But their work was nearly undone by one executive who wanted to call the movie "The Day of The Dead" and actually trademark that term. It was explained to that clueless person that if that trademarking was attempted, they'd lose all the support they were trying to garner, and the film would probably be boycotted in Mexico and other nations. So the Disney people named the movie Coco instead.

 

[CatrionaGrace]

Executives and their desire to trademark any phrase or image that might be even remotely exploitable...

 

[Naomasa298]

I was speaking of Italians in the US. As I mentioned in the essay, the "Day of the Dead" is still celebrated in Latin American countries. Disney even made a movie based on it.

The story goes that the Disney animators worked very hard to make sure that the proper sentiment was portrayed. But their work was nearly undone by one executive who wanted to call the movie "The Day of The Dead" and actually trademark that term. It was explained to that clueless person that if that trademarking was attempted, they'd lose all the support they were trying to garner, and the film would probably be boycotted in Mexico and other nations. So the Disney people named the movie Coco instead.

Good thing they didn't make it about Chanel.

 

[TIMOTIN]

Does any of you have any nostalgic memories of the 2000s internet? It seems it's a hot topic in this day n' age, especially with the younger generation.

 

[CatrionaGrace]

Nostalgic memories of internet? Internet is not old enough for old ladies like me to feel nostalgia about its early days. I have sweaters older than the internet.

 

[Maycontainthunder]

Managed to watch about two minutes of a video on social media facepalms.

 

[Homer Potvin]

Does any of you have any nostalgic memories of the 2000s internet? It seems it's a hot topic in this day n' age, especially with the younger generation.

Not really. Maybe that it wasn't available on my phone in my pocket like it is now.

 

[Rath Darkblade]

I was speaking of Italians in the US. As I mentioned in the essay, the "Day of the Dead" is still celebrated in Latin American countries. Disney even made a movie based on it.

Yes! El Dia de las Muertes. I've never seen it live for myself, but I've known about it since at least 1998, when I played Grim Fandango (a fantastic adventure game, highly recommended). Part of the game is about what happens after death, and uses calaca figures/calico dolls (among other things) as inspiration for the game art.

The story goes that the Disney animators worked very hard to make sure that the proper sentiment was portrayed. But their work was nearly undone by one executive who wanted to call the movie "The Day of The Dead" and actually trademark that term. It was explained to that clueless person that if that trademarking was attempted, they'd lose all the support they were trying to garner, and the film would probably be boycotted in Mexico and other nations. So the Disney people named the movie Coco instead.

Sigh. This is like trying to copyright Christmas or Hallowe'en.

Does any of you have any nostalgic memories of the 2000s internet? It seems it's a hot topic in this day n' age, especially with the younger generation.

Not really. Internet access in the early 2000s was still by dial-up here, because our Telecommunications Minister at the time declared: "Anyone who wants high-speed internet is either a criminal or a pedophile." (I'm not kidding).

So no, I'm not nostalgic for the days of dial-up. But I still remember (and can reproduce) the exact noises that a dial-up modem created.

Here you are, young Padawan:

Now get off the internet, I have to make a call!!! ;-P

 

[Louanne Learning]

ostalgic memories of the 2000s internet?

Not exactly nostalgia, but I remember we got internet in 1997, and it was like "What is this sh*t?"

So we gave it up, and didn't get it again until 2005.

 

[Set2Stun]

Late 90s internet for me as a teenager was pretty fun. We lived in the bush, so dial up was all we could get. It wasn't uncommon for my Ultima Online character to get murdered by mean people using T1s, but I managed well enough.

We also played an online chat game called Furcadia, where you could just hang out with randos, build your own home/level/map. Had to go look it up - yes it's still running somehow. It launched in 1996.

And then of course there was ICQ to chat with your friends before text messaging was a thing, and mIRC for your early social media chat.

And who can forget the Napster days? Downloading MP3s that sometimes took an hour for a single song, then burning them to a CD.

Yeah, those were fun times. But after a few years of seeing just how shitty people can behave online, I checked out of the social stuff. Haven't played an online game since. Didn't use MySpace or The Book of Faces, didn't even get a cell phone til late 2014.

But then I wrote a book and dipped my toes in again by joining .org. Then I got on Discord. And now I'm on Twitter. Weird how things work out sometimes.

 

[Louanne Learning]

I'd like to mention that I deleted my Facebook and Twitter accounts in 2015, and never looked back.

I'm still on Instagram, but I have never made a post! I just use it to keep in touch with my nieces.

 

[CatrionaGrace]

My museum job required me to have a private FB page in order to manage the museum page, but I put the page in the name of the museum's stuffed lynx instead of my own. My book contract requires I maintain at least one form of social media. My daughter maintains instagram for me and I put book stuff on FB.