Re:Why do Americans call this a holiday?
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When I lived in the US, Americans seemed to call Halloween a holiday. Why?
It's actually November 1 that is the holy day
(Allhallowmas, or All Saints' Day),
but we Americans like to
move our holidays around just for fun.
In this case, we have a holieve instead
of a holiday.
There was a proposal to do something like this
by setting up a brand new country, on the
assumption that no existing country would ever
allow this to happen within their borders.
The new country was to be called
Oceania,
and was to be built in the
Carribeans.
There is also a
FAQ
for it.
This is a GREAT idea. For somebody like me who simply DOES NOT have the time to build a level 50 character in Everquest (I hate to say this, but I have a fucking job) and would like to actually SEE the world (I did enjoy playing it afterall) this is a GREAT option...
Ahhh yes. The instant gratification option. Also the "I have a life, unlike you loosers" excuse.
He didn't say he had a life, he said he had a
"fucking job",
although I assume he didn't mean that literally.
Having a life and having a job are not the same thing.
In fact, it sounds to me like he would be happier
if he didn't have to have a job and could spend
all his time playing Everquest.
Unless he really was being literal.
"The Origins of Order" by Stuart Kauffman is
an excellent book on this subject. It's pretty
heavy reading, plenty of math and experimantal models, with a focus on
biology and how the order we see in living systems
arises out of chaos.
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Mercury News Jan 19, 2003
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It's actually November 1 that is the holy day (Allhallowmas, or All Saints' Day), but we Americans like to move our holidays around just for fun. In this case, we have a holieve instead of a holiday.
There was a proposal to do something like this by setting up a brand new country, on the assumption that no existing country would ever allow this to happen within their borders. The new country was to be called Oceania, and was to be built in the Carribeans. There is also a FAQ for it.
"The Origins of Order" by Stuart Kauffman is an excellent book on this subject. It's pretty heavy reading, plenty of math and experimantal models, with a focus on biology and how the order we see in living systems arises out of chaos.