Showing posts with label New Year. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Year. Show all posts
Thursday, October 26, 2023

A World Without Christmas

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The Hallmark channel has already begun its annual Countdown to Christmas movie marathon. For us (Episcopalians) the season runs from the fir...
Thursday, January 05, 2023

Facing a New Year

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Happy New Year! -- even though it is an arbitrary date. Why not the precise day of the winter solstice instead of over a week later? Or, bet...
Thursday, January 06, 2022

Goals

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As I've mentioned before, I haven't done New Year's "resolutions" in a long time. Thinking of the coming year in those...
Thursday, December 30, 2021

Games Cyborg Brains Play

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Researchers at Cortical Labs have designed "cyborg brains," composed of living human brain cells atop a microelectrode array in a ...
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Thursday, December 31, 2020

Happy New Year

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Here's a page of New Year's customs from around the world: New Year's Traditions One immediately notices the universal them...
Thursday, January 02, 2020

SF Seasons

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Happy New Year! The days begin to lengthen, even if imperceptibly at first, but nevertheless I have to brace myself for over two months mor...
Thursday, January 03, 2019

New Year Customs

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Happy New Year! Do you eat black-eyed peas for luck on New Year's Day? Although my grandmother, who grew up in rural North Carolina, o...
Thursday, December 28, 2017

New Year's Goals

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In January, I prefer to set "goals" (modest, achievable ones) rather than "resolutions." The latter word sounds more int...
Thursday, December 29, 2016

Happy New Year

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2017 is almost upon us (while I've barely gotten used to writing 2016, a symptom of growing old, no doubt). Do you make New Year's r...