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Library closings are becoming epidemic in low income neighborhoods.
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Neighborhoods where libraries are closing down will probably face other troubles that we at the TFWG PowerWorld have been able to avoid.
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All the posted rules are there for your safety and our sanity.
Sanity reigns supreme at the TFWG offices but I continue to wonder where Miss Silkie has disappeared to and I hope those library construction workers haven't accidentally sealed her into the wall with the time capsule.
If they did, we might not see her again until the new library's 100th anniversary....at which point we might be looking at the Quest to Page 1,000,000. ???
If they did, we might not see her again until the new library's 100th anniversary....at which point we might be looking at the Quest to Page 1,000,000. ???
The time capsule will be something we can all look back on in 100 years and say "Remember when we had to type to put stuff on the Internet?"
Just by thinking them would work for the internet, but wouldn't be a good thing to happen in the real world.
Just imagine how horrible the world would be if things could be controlled just by thought. Someone thinks that you should be and boom it happens
Rodent update: I have unfriended him on FACEBOOK and deleted his number from my cell phone. Just too bad there isn't a way to block his number from calling me. Tonight was the straw that broke the camel's back. I was supposed to meet him and another friend at a club that I'd never been too. I got there at 10 minutes to 10. I called him and told him I was there. He told me they'd be there by 5 after. I told him to call me and we'll all go in together. He then calls me at 10:15 and tells me he's inside. I say eff you to him and hang up on him and go home.
Just imagine how horrible the world would be if things could be controlled just by thought. Someone thinks that you should be and boom it happens
Rodent update: I have unfriended him on FACEBOOK and deleted his number from my cell phone. Just too bad there isn't a way to block his number from calling me. Tonight was the straw that broke the camel's back. I was supposed to meet him and another friend at a club that I'd never been too. I got there at 10 minutes to 10. I called him and told him I was there. He told me they'd be there by 5 after. I told him to call me and we'll all go in together. He then calls me at 10:15 and tells me he's inside. I say eff you to him and hang up on him and go home.
In the real world, people don't live rent-free and have camera crews trailing along behind them as seen on MTV's The Real World.
Well, maybe they do nowadays what with all the reality tv stuff now. The Real World was the original and it's been going for 1992. I last watched it in 1994.
Well, maybe they do nowadays what with all the reality tv stuff now. The Real World was the original and it's been going for 1992. I last watched it in 1994.
MTV's The Real World and most of the other shows on MTV don't interest me, but I watched an episode of Jersey Shore last night just to see what all the controversy was about.
It was said on the news that the show portrayed Italian-Americans in a very stereo-typical way including talking with their hands and having gelled hair, so a few sponsors dropped their advertising from the show. Shoot. I have a few Italian friends and that's how they act - talking with their hands and one (not the other) uses a lot of hair gel. (My best friend Paul thinks using hair gel all the time will make it fall out so he doesn't use it. Plus unlike most Italians (Sicilians) he shaves his hair off).
It was said on the news that the show portrayed Italian-Americans in a very stereo-typical way including talking with their hands and having gelled hair, so a few sponsors dropped their advertising from the show. Shoot. I have a few Italian friends and that's how they act - talking with their hands and one (not the other) uses a lot of hair gel. (My best friend Paul thinks using hair gel all the time will make it fall out so he doesn't use it. Plus unlike most Italians (Sicilians) he shaves his hair off).
All the controversy was about the way MTV chose to use hyperbolic caricatures of racial stereotypes to fill their air time, but then again, that's what 75% of tv today is about.
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75% of tv today is about selling crap, except for Two and a Half Men, which always makes me laugh.
(My Sicilian father would not have liked to be lumped with Italians and I believe he is still rotating in his grave now that Palermo is in Italy now that Sicily is officially a provence.)
(My Sicilian father would not have liked to be lumped with Italians and I believe he is still rotating in his grave now that Palermo is in Italy now that Sicily is officially a provence.)
Your troubles away from you, you can put them behind you and soldier on.
Don't abuse the privileges.
Don't abuse the privileges.
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The internet has never seen a thread as convoluted as this.
(Your friends may use Italian and Sicilian interchangeably but they don't live in Sicily or Italy and they may not actually know there is, or was, a difference. There are three kinds of Italians: Italian-Americans, people born there who live here; American-Italians, children of people who were born there and who live here; and Americans, those who had relatives who in some distant past came from some other place to here. However, we still do the feast of the seven fishes--although I have been known to get carried away and do nine.)
(Your friends may use Italian and Sicilian interchangeably but they don't live in Sicily or Italy and they may not actually know there is, or was, a difference. There are three kinds of Italians: Italian-Americans, people born there who live here; American-Italians, children of people who were born there and who live here; and Americans, those who had relatives who in some distant past came from some other place to here. However, we still do the feast of the seven fishes--although I have been known to get carried away and do nine.)
This TFWG poster is going to let Anyacat get away with a minor infringement that occurred when she used "never" instead of "ever" because now that I know she and I share an ethnic bond, I just feel like it's the right thing to do.
Part of the problem with the MTV show (based on what I've read because I have not seen it) is most of the people portrayed are not from NJ. They are New Yorkers who spend their summer at the shore. Those of us who actually did live at the Jersey shore year round were not like that and we had a name for people who came from NY that were like that. As for Italians vs. Sicilians, Anyacat is right on the money...but it works both ways. Northern Italians had great disdain for Southern Italians and nothing but contempt for Sicilians. They were considered the lowest of the low. My paternal great grand parents were from Sicily...my maternal great grand parents were from the province of Naples. The differences in culture, language, and cuisine as you go from South to North in Italy are pretty amazing. But as for me, I'm an American. I do talk with my hands but do not use hair gel...and I didn't use it back when I actually had hair either. For those of you on Facebook, there is a great group for Italian Americans: "I'm Not Yelling...I'm Italian, It's Just The Way We Talk". ;D
Part of the problem with the MTV show (based on what I've read because I have not seen it) is most of the people portrayed are not from NJ. They are New Yorkers who spend their summer at the shore. Those of us who actually did live at the Jersey shore year round were not like that and we had a name for people who came from NY that were like that. As for Italians vs. Sicilians, Anyacat is right on the money...but it works both ways. Northern Italians had great disdain for Southern Italians and nothing but contempt for Sicilians. They were considered the lowest of the low. My paternal great grand parents were from Sicily...my maternal great grand parents were from the province of Naples. The differences in culture, language, and cuisine as you go from South to North in Italy are pretty amazing. But as for me, I'm an American. I do talk with my hands but do not use hair gel...and I didn't use it back when I actually had hair either. For those of you on Facebook, there is a great group for Italian Americans: "I'm Not Yelling...I'm Italian, It's Just The Way We Talk". ;D
The right thing to do isn't always easy..
Paul's grandparents were Sicily. From my understanding they came to to the States and later moved back. His parents were born here, but lived over there for a while. He still has some distant relatives over there, but he's not sure who's who, however unlike alot of people in this country, he's not a mixture. He's 100% Sicilian and because we hang out so often he says he's making me an honorary member of the Sicilian Culture. As for my other friend we've never talked about his background other than the fact that he told me he's Sicilian. Both of them however make jokes about the mob/mafia (is there a difference? They use those words interchangeably as well).
Paul's grandparents were Sicily. From my understanding they came to to the States and later moved back. His parents were born here, but lived over there for a while. He still has some distant relatives over there, but he's not sure who's who, however unlike alot of people in this country, he's not a mixture. He's 100% Sicilian and because we hang out so often he says he's making me an honorary member of the Sicilian Culture. As for my other friend we've never talked about his background other than the fact that he told me he's Sicilian. Both of them however make jokes about the mob/mafia (is there a difference? They use those words interchangeably as well).
Easy going on this lovely weekend although I'm working to make up for Wednesday's snow day and so I shall see you fine people later on this evening.
Those of you who put in the extra effort over the past couple of weekends to help reach The Quest deserve some time off. Except for raptus. It's his weekend to keep on eye on the ship. I hope he knows that. ;D
Those of you who put in the extra effort over the past couple of weekends to help reach The Quest deserve some time off. Except for raptus. It's his weekend to keep on eye on the ship. I hope he knows that. ;D
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Later this evening I expect to curl up with a good book.
(If Paul thinks of himself as Italian, or that Sicilian is interchangeable with Italian, I won't argue. But this is a product of modern Italy. My Sicilian grandmother could not communicate with my Calabrese grandmother because their dialects were as different as their cultures. Today, all provinces, including Sicily have a common language. Then again, when my grandparents came to this country, most were had no formal education. And yes, there is a huge difference, even today, in culture and in food from one end of Italy to another. Have you ever dealt with an angry waiter in Northern Italy because you insisted on grated cheese for your pasta, salad, and soup? I'm not even sure that's southern, could be it's just American. But born and raised in this country makes one an American, with American tastes, American attitudes, and an American culture. What I discovered with those distant cousins in the hills of Calabria is that they may look like relations I know, but I have nothing in common with them other than food preferences. The Sicilians have no formal name for the Mafia, although the word Mafia comes from the Sicilian word "mafiusu," which is derived from Arab slang [however, the Cosa Nostra" is used to distinguish the Sicilian Mafia from other criminal networks that are also sometimes referred to as "mafias" [such as the Camorra, the "Neapolitan Mafia"]. The feminine version of the word means beautiful and attractive. When applied to a man, it means swagger or bravado. In Italy, "Cosa Nostra" is used to distinguish the Sicilian Mafia from other criminal networks that are sometimes referred to as "mafias" [such as the Camorra, the "Neapolitan Mafia"]. Whatever you call it, their success has made it difficult for the rest of us to get out from under that unfortunate stereotype. However, I loved the Soprano's. So, maybe I am as guilty as everyone else in promoting that stereotype. Why Arab slang? Because Sicily was invaded by everybody, hence the amazing conversation between Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper in True Romance.)
(If Paul thinks of himself as Italian, or that Sicilian is interchangeable with Italian, I won't argue. But this is a product of modern Italy. My Sicilian grandmother could not communicate with my Calabrese grandmother because their dialects were as different as their cultures. Today, all provinces, including Sicily have a common language. Then again, when my grandparents came to this country, most were had no formal education. And yes, there is a huge difference, even today, in culture and in food from one end of Italy to another. Have you ever dealt with an angry waiter in Northern Italy because you insisted on grated cheese for your pasta, salad, and soup? I'm not even sure that's southern, could be it's just American. But born and raised in this country makes one an American, with American tastes, American attitudes, and an American culture. What I discovered with those distant cousins in the hills of Calabria is that they may look like relations I know, but I have nothing in common with them other than food preferences. The Sicilians have no formal name for the Mafia, although the word Mafia comes from the Sicilian word "mafiusu," which is derived from Arab slang [however, the Cosa Nostra" is used to distinguish the Sicilian Mafia from other criminal networks that are also sometimes referred to as "mafias" [such as the Camorra, the "Neapolitan Mafia"]. The feminine version of the word means beautiful and attractive. When applied to a man, it means swagger or bravado. In Italy, "Cosa Nostra" is used to distinguish the Sicilian Mafia from other criminal networks that are sometimes referred to as "mafias" [such as the Camorra, the "Neapolitan Mafia"]. Whatever you call it, their success has made it difficult for the rest of us to get out from under that unfortunate stereotype. However, I loved the Soprano's. So, maybe I am as guilty as everyone else in promoting that stereotype. Why Arab slang? Because Sicily was invaded by everybody, hence the amazing conversation between Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper in True Romance.)