May 31, 2009
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Writers Choice Featured Questions Week 49
Writing prompts for discerning writers with more to say
than Xanga’s Featured Questions gives them credit for.five questions for this week
What irks you most about traveling?
AnaBomber
When in your life have you felt the strongest?
run_karatekid
Frank Zappa said that scientists, in believing the universe is primarily hydrogen based, are wrong because stupidity is more plentiful…. What do YOU think the universe is mainly comprised of?
ChristianHilton
Why do we struggle to get to the top?
WondersCafe
Is it ok to do evil things to evil people?
GreekPhysique
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.
May 31st
The Ludi Saeculares continues. In addition to Proserpine and Pluto/Dis, Diana, and the Moerae (Parcae), Latona, the Eilithyiae, and Terra Mater were honored. The games were performed by the Roman State to commemorate the end of one saeculum and the beginning of a new one in compliance with a sibylline mandate that so long as the games were kept, the empire should never fail. The saeculum was defined as the longest span of human life and was fixed in the Republic as an era of a hundred years. The ceremony took place in the Campus Martius near the Tiber at a spot known as Tarenturn or Terentum.
On this day, the annual Triple Blessings of the God Buddha is observed by Theravada Buddhists. To celebrate the god’s birth, enlightenment, and passage into Nirvana, shrines and houses are decorated with flowers and special prayer flags. Offerings of flowers, incense, and rice are also made. The Triple Blessing often lasts for three consecutive days.
Comments (4)
Oh, goody, more wcfqs.
I think the question about doing evil things to people should be interesting….
Who wants to be at the top? I surely don’t want that kind of stress in my life!
Love the Zappa quote.
I miss his practical insights to this day.
Blessings~
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