December 1, 2008

  • Writers Choice Featured Questions Week 26
    five questions for this week

    unfeatured questions stolen from the featured question chatboard, dated from October of 2007

    Please use the new Share button to answer these. That makes it almost like the regular featured questions.

    What is the right way to go about teaching the religious origins of art, theater, and music in high school without pressuring teens and young adults into a religion?
    eddibear

    What's your favorite fairy tale?
    TakingxOverxMe

    If you were given a group of 100 colonists, men, women, and children, a ship's load of basic supplies, and governing power, where would you and your people settle, and how would you set up your new society?
    Guinoc

    What would the world be like if everyone said aloud everything that they thought?
    xXbUbBlEwRaPXx

    If you could change the world in one way, what would you change?
    Perfectly_X_Unpefect

    Answer any one or all of these questions in the coming week. I try to mix the whimsical with the serious here, so hopefully there is at least one question here for everyone. Again, since Xanga has been so thoughtful as to add the new SHARE button, please use that when answering any of these questions. Using the Share button allows you to answer the question almost in the same way that you would a normal Xanga-sponsored featured question.
    December


    Decima is the middle Fate in charge of the present. Though she presides over December, the month may have received its name because it was the tenth month of the Roman calendar. Vesta, patroness of fire also laid claim to the month of December. Called Aerra Geola, "the month before Yule," or Wintermonat, "winter month," by the Anglo-Saxons, the Franks called it Heilagmanoth, "holy month," and Wolfmoon is the Asatru name. Mii na Nollag or an Dubhlachd is December in Ireland, the dark season.

    The first Full Moon is the Moon before Yule or the Long Nights Moon. It is the Oak Moon, Big Winter Moon, or the Moon of Popping Trees. The name, Wolf Moon, is shared with January and February, and the Cold Moon may also be found in January.

    Sagittarius passes into Capricorn around December 22nd. The paper white is the birth flower for those born in December, and the birthstone is ruby, turquoise, chrysoprase, bloodstone, or lapis lazuli. Ruby or garnet is also the birthstone for Capricorns, while Sagittarius claims lapis lazuli. Amethyst, azurite, labradorite, pink tourmaline, ruby, sodalite, and topaz are also linked to Sagittarius, and other stones associated with Capricorn are amber, amethyst, carnelian, fire agate, green tourmaline, labradorite, peridot, and sapphire.
    December 1st


    Poseidon, god of the sea and rebirth, was honored today.




Comments (6)

  • What's the purpose of the share thing if you aren't even notified when I do it? 

  • @TastyAnonymity - I know. That is annoying, but you can always leave a link here when you're done. That way, people who visit here will look at your site and answer(s), and maybe people who visit your site will come here through your site to visit other people's answers if they leave links. That way, people get introduced to new writers and make new friends.

    I do apologize though. This time of year, I really don't have a lot of spare time, so reading through my subscriptions kind of gets put off and sometimes I miss whole days of posts from others. I really do try to read everyone's blogs, but I'm sorry if I missed something you wanted me to read.

  • Oh, no it wasn't specifically directed at anyone.

    I just don't really understand the point of it. I would want to know if I sparked enough interest for someone to write about it. It's like the user tag thing too. You aren't notified when that happens either. Just seems well, kinda wasted? I don't know.

  • @TastyAnonymity - I have been notified on the rare occasion that I was tagged. The only benefit to the share button is that it allows you to link directly to someone else's post that you'd like to promote, kind of like the recommend button, but more interactive. It's a kind of a "this is what inspired me" button. I agree that it's not perfect, but I've tried a time or two to talk to the "big guys" about various ideas and I get the sense that I'm more of a bother to them than anything else. You know... I'm not mainstream enough for my ideas to be worth diddly squat. :: shrugs :: I like Xanga over all, but there are definitely changes I'd make if I were in charge. Get rich and give me money and I'll buy Xanga and fix it for you.

  • If everyone had to say aloud what they thought, I'd be talking constantly.  That wouldn't be fun.

  • Yay Poseidon! 

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