Man, do I miss my mom’s made-100%-from-scratch apple pie.
Sarkus
3222
I usually leave the radio on in the background while I mess around on my computer, even when playing games. Generally it’s on a sports talk radio station.
I just realized I’ve been listening to minor league hockey tonight. Yeah, that got turned off real quick!
:-)
What’s it called when someone who was once excommunicated is no longer placed in that position? Re-communication? Unexcommunication? Communication?
jason
3224
I’ve been disgruntled a number of times, but I haven’t learned yet how to regruntle.
Really? This is for a paper, so that was a serious question.
Really. At least in the Roman Catholic Church, someone who has been excommunicated can be brought back into the fold through the sacrament of Reconciliation. Usually it just involves meeting with a bishop, professing repentance, and receiving the sacrament. Most times it’s done within the confessional.
The tradition of excommunication varies between religions - from the Amish tradition of shunning those who’ve violated certain edicts, to the LDS church doing everything short of an all-out jihad on people criticizing church elders. But in almost every recognized modern religion that practices some form of excommunication, there is always an opportunity to be reconciled.
Gotcha. It was the ancient Russian Orthodox Church, so that makes good sense. Thank you!
kerzain
3229
I recently ordered several used paperback psychological and supernatural horror novels from a seller on Amazon. They arrived today, and inside each cover is a library check-out sleeve & card (a couple of them have bookmarks in the pages too)… Apparently, based on the check-out cards, these all came from an insane asylum in California, and the book marks are old prescription slips and appt/referral cards and the like.
What the fuck are they making these people read?
Raife
3230
Just wished a friend of mine a Merry Christmas. I forgot he is Jewish.
Sarkus
3231
And on the first day of Hanukkah too. Clever. ;-)
Does anyone happen to know the proof for |e^(-ix)|^2 = 1 off-hand, or even the name of the identity? I know it’s true but I cannot for the life me prove it using trig identities and euler’s identity.
Sarkus
3233
It sucks when the day after you go grocery shopping you look in your fridge and say to yourself “none of that looks interesting.”
Eilonwy
3234
When you call me to say that you think your computer has a virus and I tell you to not do anything until I get there, I didn’t mean you should panic, half install a random free antivirus, panic again and try doing a system restore, then decide that the System32 folder is clearly a virus file and try to delete it, then do another system restore, then try to trash your Program Files x86 folder because it “looked suspicious.”
I really, honestly meant you should not do anything.
Ha, that’s kinda cool. It’s like the beginning of a Twilight Zone episode. Be warned, you are about to be drawn into some kind of supernatural mystery.
Thoro
3236
Your mum invented the universe?
jason
3237
This is the constant state my wife is in. She is only hungry for foods that we don’t possess. She tries to solve this problem by buying everything.
The corollary, when your PC appears broken or virus ridden and I ask, “What did you do?” “Nothing” is not an appropriate answer. Clearly you have either been installing things or been going to questionable websites or been clicking random links/attachments in your email, if you tell me I can help you prevent this from happening in the future. By saying “Nothing” all you do is make me not want to fix it because I know you are just going to break it again.
chase_j
3239
I came across this forum and thought it was cool so I joined. I’m amazed at how many members are here that have been here for years.
It’s a somewhat civil board with interesting characters.
