#Wendy sati

[captainstrawberrywings]

Here another Graffart collab with High Card this one has a Fairytale theme

[icaroid]

are you willing to offer the sacrifice class syllabus to the masses?? or at least a book list?? it's just that the topic is v interesting.

Hi!! I did look up the old syllabus, I'm not going to put it up in its entirety, but here's a list of the readings that we did:

Articles/Excerpts:

Lewis Hyde, The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World

Walter Burkert, Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth

Jukka Jouhki, "Orientalism and India"

J. van Baal, "Offering, Sacrifice and Gift" in Numen, Vol. 23, Fasc. 3 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3269590

Alan Morinis, "The Ritual Experience: Pain and the Transformation of Consciousness in Ordeals of Initiation" http://www.jstor.org/stable/639985

Lawrence Babb, "The Food of the Gods in Chhattisgarh…" http://www.jstor.org.remote.slc.edu/stable/pdf/3629382.pdf

Sigmund Freud, Totem and Taboo

C. G. Jung, “Transformation Symbolism in the Mass,” in Baum, Mannheim, Campbell et. al., eds., The Mysteries (Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks, vol. 2)

Euripides, The Bacchae (Lattimore translation)

Abraham's "binding of Isaac" Genesis 22:1-19

Sophocles, Oedipus Rex https://records.viu.ca/~johnstoi/sophocles/oedipustheking.htm

Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter. http://www.planetpublish.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11The_Scarlet_Letter_T.pdf

Victor Rosner, "Fire-Walking the Tribal Way" in Anthropos http://www.jstor.org/stable/40458234

Jean Varenne, Yoga and the Hindu Tradition.

Yael Bentor, "Interiorized Fire Rituals in India and in Tibet" in JAOS http://www.jstor.org/stable/606619

Sati: A Review Article by Werner Menski, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Univ.of London, Vol. 61, No. 1 (1998), pp. 74-81. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3107292

Wendy Doniger and Howard Eilberg-Schwartz, ed., Off With Her Head!: The Denial of Women's Identity in Myth, Religion, and Culture.

Joseph S. Alter, Gandhi's Body: Sex, Diet, and the Politics of Nationalism

Mohandas Gandhi, My Experiments with Truth: Autobiography. http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00litlinks/gandhi/index.html

War poems of Wilfred Owen—see " The Parable of the Young Man and the Old" and "Strange Meeting" http://www.rjgeib.com/thoughts/abraham/abraham.html

Shirley Jackson, "The Lottery"

Kevin Rushby, Children of Kali: Through India in Search of Bandits, the Thug Cult, and the British Raj

Books:

Henri Hubert and Marcel Mauss, Sacrifice: Its Nature and Functions

Rene Girard, Violence and the Sacred

C. Marvin and D. Ingle, ed., Blood Sacrifice & The Nation

Sakuntala Narasimhan, Sati - Widow Burning in India

there's a focus on India bc that was the professor's area of expertise! hope this is helpful (its gonna b helpful for me in my writing abt jellowpackets lol)

[chadsavage]

Dr. Snik’s Nocturnes In Neon

Snik/verb: to cut, snip or nick. Deep down in his dark laboratory Dr. Snik, The Sonic Surgeon, diagnoses, dissects and creates sonic monstrosities with surgical precision. MUSIC for your fEARS… 2022 is Dr. Snik’s 5th year of practicing sonic surgery. Dr. Snik: The Sonic Surgeon presents some of the darkest classical music of Satie, Chopin, Beethoven and Bach all in the style of Walter/Wendy Carlos with a hint of John Carpenter and Vangelis. NOCTURNES IN NEON: Available NOW on Bandcamp, Spotify and all other streaming sites!! MAIN SITE: https://snikczar.wixsite.com/dr-snik Bandcamp: https://drsnik.bandcamp.com/album/nocturnes-in-neon Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/60aAO6nJi86ms44fcTqamq Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Dr.+Snik&i=digital-music&search-type=ss&ref=ntt_srch_drd_B0744MMDJG The post Dr. Snik’s Nocturnes In Neon appeared first on Cult of the Great Pumpkin . - https://www.pumpkincult.com/2022/10/dr-sniks-nocturnes-in-neon/

[dr-snik]

Do you love the soundtrack to A Clockwork Orange by Walter/Wendy Carlos? Dr. Snik: The Sonic Surgeon presents some of the darkest classical music of Satie, Chopin, Beethoven and Bach all in the style of Walter/Wendy Carlos with a hint of John Carpenter and Vangelis. NOCTURNES IN NEON Available NOW on Bandcamp, Spotify and all other streaming sites!! https://drsnik.bandcamp.com/album/nocturnes-in-neon https://open.spotify.com/album/60aAO6nJi86ms44fcTqamq #nocturne #chopin #beethoven #eriksatie #bach #october #wendycarlos #johncarpenter #vangelis #darkwave #halloween #halloweenmusic #halloweenparty #clockworkorange #halloweentown #halloweenforever #halloween🎃 #halloweeneveryday #halloweennight #halloween2022 #halloweensongs #horrorcommunity #creepy #horrorgenre #indiehorror #soundtrack #horrorsoundtrack #musicforfilm https://www.instagram.com/p/CkJR5RDuTDe/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[sirthisisa-wendys]

Hola holaaaaa, mi querida Wendy!

Cómo estuvo tu día? Espero que muy bien!

I've started to pay a look and organise the recipes. Hopefully, by Saturday evening, I'll have already shared ones with you. Also, I'm thinking about a surprise for you!

So, about the art gallery you live near to, what is it like? What is the new exhibition going to be like? And, do you have a garden where you are currently living?

My ideal pizza is the one with a lot of onion and mushrooms on it! I really love topping my food with mushrooms 🤤🤤🤤

If you ever have the possibility of trying lemon pie ice-cream just do it (insert Shia Labeouf's meme here).

I've never tried blackberries. I don't know if we produce them here (I mean, there surely has to be some farms that do that but they surely are expensive too 😖😣).

I tried raspberries once. Actually, one of my favourite vodka flavours is raspberries 😝🤤! Their taste reminds me of chewing gum! Do you drink alcohol?

I'm really sorry that your Cancun trip didn't go the way you wanted to! But I really hope you can go there! My aunt, uncle and cousins were planning on going there this November. I don't know if their plan is still standing, though!

Again, I CAN'T BELIEVE YOUR FAVOURITE COLOUR IS BLUE. It's mine too!!!! But I haven't think about the exactly blue I like. I should check that out! By the way, your favourite blue is really cute! 💙 I also like green a lottttt!

Between jazz and classical, I'd choose jazz, although I have little to none knowledge about both of them. I only know what I listen from movies or series and that's all. But, if you have suggestions, I'll happy to listen!

I'm a coffee person. Definitely! However, I don't mind at all to try different tea flavours! I sometimes drink strawberry tea and peach tea. I once tried jasmine tea and it was really good! Here, we have something call mate (now that I know how to use hyperlinks I'll be using them a lot 😝). It's a traditional drink! I really like it and we tend to drink it at any time with anyone! If you have the chance, you should try. But I must warn you, it's sometimes really bitter.

What about you? Same questions you asked me + what animes/mangas have you watched/read so far? Any recommendations?

El más grande abrazo de oso para ti 🥰🤗

♠️V♠️

P.s: I checked that picrew thing out of curiosity and I ended up changing my avatar! It a really nice app! Also, I love your new avatar! It looks really cute and cool 🖤

Wow, I really had to eat something before I replied to my besto friend (bad wendy, bad)

I AM EXCITED ABOUT THESE RECIPES! And a surprise? FOR ME?

*wendy.exe has stopped working*

But seriously, I'm so thankful for you. You're very sweet to share anything with me; I'm so excited to see what you send for me to make!

The art gallery nearby is pretty amazing. It's four stories filled with art from all over the world, and stories that go along with historical art. They recently installed a bunch of figures from India, and my favorite is of the goddess Kali Ma, who is the Hindu goddess of Time, Creation, Destruction, and Power. I am a huge fan of her in general because her effigy is her standing on her consort, Shiva, who is calm and trying to prevent the world from earthquaking into oblivion with his body because of her victory dance (long story). Her story is pretty neat, too.

ANYWAYS (started ranting there), I don't have a garden where I stay, but there are plenty of parks and things nearby. I have two plants: a bamboo shoot named Luna and a regular house plant named Aethelwulf. They're surviving, which is really nice.

I LOVE MUSHROOMS! I especially love them in omelets. They're so DELICIOUS! But I don't drink. The last time I had anything to drink was in February of 2020. I've been off the sauce since then because I make stupid choices when I decide to drink to get drunk. I also get really bad headaches that aren't hangover-related.

And you like blue and green?? Any specific shade of green??? I am so enthused that your favorite color is blue, too!

I do have some suggestions for classical music: Chopin, Camille Saint-Saens, and Tchaikovsky are some of my favorites. The Nutcracker Suite (Tchaikovsky), The Swan and The Aquarium (Saint-Saens), and all of Chopin's Nocturnes are what I tend to lean towards. OH! and I couldn't leave out Gymnopédie No. 1-3 by Erik Satie. I always feel some sense of nostalgia when I listen to them.

Jazz music? Dianne Schuur's "New York State of Mind" and lofi music are my favorites.

I've never had mate, but I will keep my eyes peeled when I go to the local Latinx market in a few weeks! That sounds like something I would really enjoy. I'm a coffee and tea person, so anything from black tea to green tea to a macchiato is my go-to's. I also love this tea that only comes out once a year in stores. It's called Comfort and Joy by the Republic of Tea. I love it so much that two years ago, I hoarded SEVEN tins of it. I am now down to one tin. *cue the sad music*

Anime and Manga... Well, Jujutsu Kaisen, Prince of Tennis, Demon Slayer, Attack on Titan, Platinum Garden... Ouran Host Club, Bleach... That's all I've really gotten into in the past years. I'm trying to get into Haikyuu! and My Hero Academia, but I'm also soooooo busy. So maybe I'll watch those during the summer.

This is getting long, but I hope you find something you like. I love you, besto friendo!

Wendy

PS: SO GLAD YOU LOVE PICREW! It's so much fun, and whenever I get tagged, I try to do them because they always look so cuteeeeee!

[its-sixxers]

OC Playlist Meme - Lizzy

tagged by @garriante​!

taggin anyone who sees this and wants to do it, playlists are super fun!

tried to keep things somewhat era/tone accurate and WOOF was it a challenge

Their intro theme: Liz on Top of the World - Dario Marianelli

Their own favourite song: Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Judy Garland

Their boss battle theme: Vasily - Martin Phipps

Their love song: Spring 1 - Max Richter

Their sad times song: These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You) - Ella Fitzgerald

A song that fits their aesthetic: New Queen - Martin Phipps

A song that reminds them of a better time: Moon River - Audrey Hepburn

A song that calms them down: Clair de Lune - Debussy

A song that gets them hyped up: Cherry Bomb - The Runaways

Spring: Everybody Loves Somebody - Dean Martin

Summer: Be My Baby - The Ronettes

Autumn: Stand By Me - Ben. E. King

Winter:  Gymnopédie No.1 - Erik Satie

The song that plays while they’re lying on the ground bleeding out in a Walmart: That’s Life - Frank Sinatra

The song that would play each morning if they’re stuck in a time loop: We’ll Meet Again - Vera Lynn

The song they’d listen to while robbing a Wendy’s: At Last - Etta James

The song they’d accidentally introduce to people in medieval times if they were a time traveller: Butcher Pete - Roy Brown

The song they’d play in the middle of the night when their neighbors are being too loud: Anything Goes - Cole Porter

The song that plays at their funeral: Dream 3 (in the midst of my life) - Max Richter

The song that plays when it’s revealed that they faked their death: Future King - Rupert Gregson Williams

Listen on Spotify here!

[myrecordcollections]

Unlike her previous albums, which featured some out-there and highly experimental original music, there’s no original music to be found here. Instead it’s all covers of classical compositions. I would suspect she released this as a response to Wendy Carlos’ runaway success with Switched-On Bach, which came out a few years prior.

It lacks the insanity of her early releases, but the album is still haunting in its own way. Her arrangements are often minimal, and even occasionally employ some atonal effects to give them a somewhat off-kilter vibe. Even when it’s cheerful and fun, the album is much less “mellow” than Carlos’ Switched-On album, and features a much more diverse selection of tracks from a wide variety of composers.

[greenjudy]

on high rotation in greenjudyland

Tagged by @filigranka to share what I’ve been listening to.

Buckle up; these are.... eclectic. 

Chiquitita la novia (Voice: Kathleen Battle)

Gnossiennes: No. 1 - Lent (Erik Satie)

Metamorphosis Two, Flowing (Philip Glass; harpist Lavinia Meijer)

These Are the Armies of the Tyrannized (Kaki King)

Remnants/Shadow Scheme (Marconi Union)

Otherside (Avi Kaplan)

Know Who You Are At Every Age (Cocteau Twins)

Nada (Lexie Lu)

Crystal Silence (Return to Forever)

Angels - Excerpt (Wendy Carlos et. al.)

I Said Meow (Azazal)

Note: These are links to Spotify, and they won’t open properly on Safari. I’ll follow up with YouTube links soon. 

Tagging @yinzhengs @allsortsoflicorice @renothe @clevermanka @tyramir @razziecat @wandererriha @themossstomper @willowcatkinblossom 

and anyone who feels like they’d like to share the music. 

[karrova]

top: favorite movies, favorite books, favorite musicians, favorite people (people you know personally or people you’ve never met), favorite sounds, favorite places, favorite smells 💌

oh my gosh wow that’s a lot of things!

movies: what we do in the shadows, mulan, romeo + juliet (1997), practical magic, lotr trilogy

books: I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith, The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller, anything James Baldwin

musicians: Björk, Vivaldi, Erik Satie, Colleen, Stromae

people: my mom, my aunt wendy, my brother, my partner, all of my friends

sounds: wind passing through trees covered in leaves, a small stream, silence especially when there has been a lot of noise that happens to all quiet at the same moment, the sound of people talking and laughing in another room

places: the conservatory in lincoln park chicago, sedona arizona, mendocino california, venice, worswick hot springs idaho

smells: jasmine, roses, eucalyptus, garlic and onions sautéing in a pan, pine trees

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[llbizarreverse]

vs makai army:

 kk(kekkai sensen) 

 *boucha+ringo(air gear)

*mitsuomi(tenjo tenge)

*tojo(belzebub)

*arthur(brigade)

*morgiana(magi)

*yung er+ziyun(tales)

*li pyo(goh)

*iemitsu/ryohei(reborn)

*kaito(hxh)

* shido/himiko(get backers)

* uryu+gowter/chad(bleach)

*izumi (fullmetal)

* shaina(saint seiya)

* momo/uraraka(boku)

* maya+kaira(shadow skill)

*miu/renka/freya/hermit(kenichi)

*magna/luck(black clover)

*usop+nami/robin(one piece)

*shikamaru+ino/shino+hinata(naruto)

*shishiwakamaru/kuwabara(yu yu)

*yamcha/krilin(db)

*miki(zenki)

*ban/gowter+uryu(nanatsu)

*aoshi(ruroni)

*shinpachi/toshi/kondo(gintama)

*kilik+oz(soul eater)

*lucy+loki(fairy tail)

*polnareff/kakyoin(jo jo)

*ryu(shaman)

*tenka(soul engi)

*touka+ayato(tokyo ghoul)

*blizard(one punch)

vs djins oscuros:

 steven+sanji,zapp+zed (kekkai sensen)

*  musashi(fate) 

 *kazu+agito(air gear)

*maya+aya (tenjo tenge)

* kunieda(beelzebub)

*benimaru/joker(brigade)

* kogyoku/kouha(magi) 

* ye zong(tales)

*mubong park(goh)

*lambo/gokudera/yamamoto(reborn)

* killua(hxh)

* kazuki(getbakers)

*renji/soifon+shinshi/nell/grinjow/halibel(bleach)

*al(fullmetal)

*marin (saint seiya)

* bakugo/shouto(boku)

*Elle Ragu (shadow skil)

*sakaki+kensei+apachai+akisame/shigure(kenichi)

*yami/charlotte(black clover)

*sanji+steven/zoro(one piece)

*chouji/kiba(naruto)

*touya+chu/jin/kurama(yu yu)

*ten shin han+chaos/18(db)

*goki(zenki)

*king/diane(nanatsu)

*sanosuke(ruroni)

*kagura/okita (gintama)

*maka+crona(soul eater)

*ganjel/juvia(fairy tail)

*avdol+iggy(jojo)

*lizerg/horohoro/chocolove(shaman)

*yozen(soul engi)

*kaneki(tokyo ghoul)

*genos(one punch)

 hope arc: klaus,chain(air),luciana(heal)(kekkai sensen)

* siegfrid(fate)

* kilik,rika(air gear)

*masataka (tenjo tenge)

*zenjuro(beelzebub) 

 *leonardo burns(brigade)

*aladin(air)/titus(air)/yunan(air)/kouen(air)/koumei(air)hakuei(air)(magi)

*duan jian(air)(tales)

*dean(goh)

*hibari/mokuro/byakuran(air)/xanxus(reborn)

* ging/kurapika(heal)(hxh)

* ban mido(air)(getbakers)

*kyoraku(air)/byakuya(air)/kenpachi(air)/toshiro(air)/yoroichi(air)/orihime(heal)/urahara(heal)(bleach)

* mustang(fullmetal)

* shoko(saint seiya)

* endeavor(boku)

*scarface(shadow skil)

*hayato(kenichi)

*mereleona/julius/vanesa(black clover)

*sabo/ shanks(one piece)

*mei/a/bee/onoki(air)/gaara(air)/tsunade(heal)(naruto)

*yomi/mokuro(yu yu)

*jiren/broly/hit/17/toppo(5 air)(db)

*zenki/chisaki(air)(zenki)

*escanor/merlin(air)(nanatsu)

*seijuro(ruroni)

*takasugi/kamui/umibozu(gintama)

*stain(soul eater)

*erza/jelal/mirajeane(air x 3)grey/laxus/sting/wendy(heal)(fairy tail)

*joseph(jo jo)

*anna/sati/jeane(heal x 2)/hao y guardianes copia(air x 6)(shaman)

*nataku(air)(soul engi)

*arima (tokyo ghoul)

tatsumaki(one punch)

[mandabear72]

Oh shit, I got tagged by @sataara !

Nickname: Indigo

Height: 5′3

Last Thing You Googled: How to pronounce Henrik. I was trying to figure out how to properly say Dr. Schneeplestein’s name since we were given one. Favourite Music Artist: Oh god, I listen to all kinds of music and don’t really have a favorite. But just to name a few = Beyonce, Nicki Minaj, Rhianna, Gorillaz, Pharell Williams, Fall Out Boy, P!ATD, Daft Punk, Green Day, OutKast, Dave Brubeck, Astrud Gilberto, Erik Satie, Bach, Alessia Cara, No Doubt, etc. Song Stuck In My Head: I currently have two. Feels by Calvin Harris and Three minutes of ecstasy by NSP Last Movie You Watched: I don’t remember XD All I remember was the last TV show I watched and that was Rick and Morty What Are You Wearing Right Now: A white nightgown What Do You Post: Only the BEST quality posts….*snickers* Fuck if I know. mostly it’s just a mixture of various fandom shit, some dirty jokes mixed with politics, psychology, and fan art Why Did You Choose Your URL: Well, the ladyindigo part always stuck with me because lady sounded royal to me and I thought indigo was a shade of blue when I was younger. The blume part is different. I love cherry blossoms and blume is german for flower so, I liked that. =3 Do You Have Any Other Blogs: Yeah, one other one, but it kinda fell to the wayside What Did Your Last Relationship Teach You: I’ve never been in a relationship, but I’ve learned shit vicariously through the past relationships of others around me.  Religious Or Spiritual: Neither, dude, I’m Agnostic.  Favorite Color: I’m all about them blues >w< Specifically turquoise Average Hours Of Sleep: *shrugs* I dunno. Some nights it’s 7 or 8, other nights, it’s 5 or 6 Lucky Number: I don’t really do lucky numbers, but I like numbers 72, 21, and 45 Favorite Characters: 10th Doctor, Ruby & Garnet (Steven Universe), Sylvia (Wander over Yonder), Buttercup (Powerpuff girls. The original), and Kyle & Wendy (South Park) How Many Blankets Do you Sleep With: Technically one Dream Job: Mental health counselor

I tag @sunnyhedgie , @salmonandsoup, @feelssoseattle, & @paperpolygons

[dr-snik]

Do you love the soundtrack to A Clockwork Orange by Walter/Wendy Carlos? Dr. Snik: The Sonic Surgeon presents some of the darkest classical music of Satie, Chopin, Beethoven and Bach all in the style of Walter/Wendy Carlos with a hint of John Carpenter and Vangelis. NOCTURNES IN NEON Available NOW on Bandcamp, Spotify and all other streaming sites!! https://drsnik.bandcamp.com/album/nocturnes-in-neon https://open.spotify.com/album/60aAO6nJi86ms44fcTqamq #nocturne #chopin #beethoven #eriksatie #bach #october #wendycarlos #johncarpenter #vangelis #darkwave #halloween #halloweenmusic #halloweenparty #clockworkorange #halloweentown #halloweenforever #halloween🎃 #halloweeneveryday #halloween2022 #halloweensongs #horrorcommunity #creators #creepy #horrorlife #horrorgenre #indiehorror #soundtrack #horrorsoundtrack #musicforfilm #SpreadtheHorror https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj4AqIPsrHH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[proverbesdamour-blog]

Funny 50th Birthday Wishes

Birthdays are always special and if it’s a golden jubilee then there’s happiness unlimited. Really, it’s an excellent moment to cherish with near and dear one. When any of our loved one , relative or close one have the thrill moment to celebrate then we should always shower him/her by some Funny 50th Birthday Wishes and messages to form their 50th birthday memorable. On this special post of funny 50th birthday wishes messages you’ll find the simplest funny and hilarious 50th birthday quotes and greetings to share with the one that goes to celebrate his/her most precious 50th birthday.

Funny 50th Birthday Wishes

Tom Cruise, Demi Moore and John Bon Jovi have already turned 50 and now another superstar has joined the club. Happy 50th birthday!

You are halfway to hundred but that doesn’t guarantee you’ll live that long. Happy 50th birthday.

You’re not the oldest person i do know in their 40’s. Now you’re the youngest 50-year-old i do know .

Now that you’re 50 you’ve probably got more hair where you are doing n’t want it and fewer hair where you do want it. You can’t fight it but a minimum of you’ll still let your hair down and celebrate on your birthday!

If you were a dog, you’d be 213 years old. So, don’t feel so bad about your age. a minimum of you’re aging sort of a human. Happy 50th!

We call it 50. The Spanish call it cincuenta. The Germans call it funfzig. The Kalahari bushmen don’t even have a word for numbers that big. In whatever language, it’s a birthday worth celebrating!

Your 40’s are behind you now, so you ought to have your midlife crisis out of your system. Be proud! You wear it well!

If you’ll magnify all of your birthday balloons, then you’ll officially earn the proper of calling yourself young at fifty. Happy 50th birthday.

Happy birthday and congratulations, you’re halfway to a telegram from the Queen. within the meantime, put your feet up and luxuriate in the rewards from all the diligence you set in during your 20s, 30s and 40s.

Now that you simply are an old 50-year-old, you simply have 10 years before I call you an old 60-year-old.

Congratulations on your 50th birthday. As Hugo once said, “Forty is that the adulthood of youth; fifty the youth of adulthood .” A surprisingly optimistic sentiment from the person who wrote Les Miserables and therefore the Hunchback of Notre Dame, but grab it with both hands and run with it anyway.

Being in your 50’s is like being in your 60’s without all the perks. you’ve got no oldster discounts yet. you continue to need to work, and you can’t get people to feel pitying you when your back hurts. Enjoy your 50’s.

Funny 50th Birthday Messages

Don’t ever bother pocket money on anti aging creams or face-lifting lotions. At 50, there’s no turning back even with a secret potion. Happy birthday old timer.

As you switch 50 you’ll age as gracefully as you wish – flaunt your grays and wrinkles or use modern technology to cover them. Whichever path you select , it only happens once so roll in the hay well and have an exquisite birthday!

You are half a century, or 5 decades, or 50 years, or 600 months, or 2609 weeks, or 18262 days, or 438288 hours, or 26297280 minutes, or 1577836800 minutes old, counting on what unit of measure you’re using. Hey, a minimum of I didn’t figure it out for seconds. Happy 50th birthday!

As we get older , we become more open-minded and understanding. So, you’d still understand if I didn’t buy you a present right? Cheers to you on your special day!

The older you get, the brighter your cake becomes. See? It’s all crammed with burning candles. celebrate blowing!

Now the remainder of your life will depend upon whether you’ve got fun by being nifty, otherwise you become boring by being thrifty. the selection is yours. Happy 50th birthday.

Happy 50th birthday! The Romans called it ‘L’, we are saying ‘fifty’ and a few tribes within the Amazon don’t even have a word for numbers that big. In anyone’s language, it’s variety worth celebrating.

It is never too late to get older and stop being stupid. Maybe your 50th birthday is your chance to try to to just that. Happy birthday.

Midlife crisis may be a label that’s given to fifty year olds to prevent them from being the simplest they will . Forget these labels and luxuriate in life to the fullest. Happy birthday.

Don’t worry about getting older. you’ll still choose facelifts to wipe out the wrinkles. Happy birthday!

You’ve got half a century of accumulated knowledge and wisdom! that might be awesome… if you’ll remember any of it.

I would make a joke about how old you’re getting, but I’m worried that if I hurt your feelings i’d not get a change to apologize to you since you’re getting so old. Happy 50th!

Happy 50th birthday! In your fifties you’ll ditch mortgages, contraception and faculty fees. You’ll probably forget everything else also , but a minimum of now you’ll have an excuse.

Funny 50th Birthday Quotes

Celebrating 50 is like throwing a celebration when your odometer reaches 150,000 miles. – Melanie White

By fifty, you’ve found out that point may be a great healer and a not-so-hot beautician.

Turning 50 means it’s only a matter of your time before you’re regaling your grandkids with tales of your first colonoscopy. – Greg Tamblyn

50 years old means no more wearing speedos on the beach. this is often a rule. – Greg Tamblyn

Fifty may be a powerful age for ladies . you’ll depart sprinkler systems together with your hot flashes.

When I was young, people wont to tell me: Wait until you’re fifty, you’ll see. Well, I’m fifty. I haven’t seen anything. – Eric Satie

Fifty may be a weird age. I can clearly remember my childhood, but I can’t remember where I put my keys. – Melanie White

I’m aiming by the time I’m fifty to prevent being a teenager . – Wendy Cope

At 50, you’ve entered the stone age: gall, kidney, and bladder.

Maybe it’s true that life begins at fifty. But everything else starts to wear out, fall out, or opened up . – Phyllis Diller

Who said there have been no such things as miracles? You made it to 50, didn’t you? – Melanie White

The face you’ve got at age twenty-five is that the face God gave you, but the face you’ve got after fifty is that the face you earned. – Cindy Crawford

You’ve got four sizes of garments in your closet, three of which can never be worn again by you.

After fifty, one ceases to digest. As someone once said, “I just ferment my food now. – Henry Green

I’m 50, and therefore the only thing getting thinner is my skin. – Melanie White

Funny 50th Birthday Sayings

You know you’re 50 when the sole bright side you’ll see is on your head. – Melanie White

For my 50th birthday, my husband and that i spent a weekend in Rehoboth Beach. My first choice was 1978, but the machine was booked. – Jean Sorensen

I rented a bounce house for my adults-only 50th birthday and had a blast jumping within the stupid thing. I kept expecting the Age Police to point out up and ticket me. – Janet Periat

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The Satoshi Revolution: A Revolution of Rising Expectations Section 4: State Versus Society Chapter 9, Part 5 Crypto: Other Than The Black Market, A Last Stand For Economic Freedom?

Money…is the economic area most encrusted and entangled with centuries of government meddling. Many people, many economists, usually devoted to the free market stop short at money. Money, they insist, is different; it must be supplied by government and regulated by government. They never think of state control of money as interference in the free market; a free market in money is unthinkable to them. Historically, money was one of the first things controlled by government, and the free market “revolution” of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries made very little dent in the monetary sphere. So it is high time that we turn fundamental attention to the life-blood of our economy—money.

-Murray Rothbard, “What Has Government Done to Our Money?”

Envisioning free-market crypto should be easy because cryptocurrency was created on the free market, and it remains unregulated in many places. How difficult is it for a person to envision what is standing in front of his or her own eyes? Coins like Bitcoin or Bitcoin Cash are success stories for all to see.

Unfortunately, governments also see it. They recognize crypto as a fierce competitor to their own fiat monopolies, their tax systems, and a relatively untapped source of wealth. To control crypto, however, government cannot praise the phenomenon; government needs to demonize crypto by creating public hysteria over problems both real (fraud) and manufactured (links to terrorism). Rest assured, if crypto was an economic Satan rather than a business sensation, governments around the world would not be salivating and scheming about how to co-opt the industry. To do so, they paint crypto as a ‘good’ that is currently rife with abuses, which only governments can solve. The free market has failed, they claim.

Pressure from government is increasing. As cryptocurrency becomes more accepted as money, the cry for regulation grows. A recent report from the trading giant eToro and the Imperial College London claimed, “Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin offer a viable evolutionary ‘next step’ for money and have the potential to become a mainstream form of payment within the next decade.” The report stated that regulation was a necessary prerequisite for such an evolution.

And most people will listen to the call for regulation because they believe a government monopoly makes money safer for them to use—at least, safer than free-market money, which they do not understand. Of course, the opposite is true. Government money gives those in power an iron control of the economy, and that arrangement never ends well for the average person. By contrast, the free market panders to customers who are the source of profit. How many government restaurants would allow people to send meals back to the kitchen for a replacement? How many have a “no questions asked” return policy on goods or services?

The free market also provides goods and services, including money, more efficiently than government. For one thing, competition forces companies to be efficient in order to achieve the low prices that attract customers. The free market also expresses far greater morality because it is based on voluntary exchanges, while the government consists of coercion.

Nevertheless, money is considered to be a “special” case that requires government intervention because money is essential to the functioning of a healthy society. But so is food. And, yet, the free market provides a cornucopia of groceries from around the world at affordable prices. Most people can walk to stores with a bounty for sale. It is difficult to imagine a government managing a similar food chain; indeed, the governments that have tried have produced rationing, famines, black markets, and soaring prices on the essentials of life.

Hysteria is a standard fall-back position for those who wish to obscure reality. And hysteria against crypto is underway because it is the best strategy to convince people that government is an instrument of crypto justice, not a crypto-criminal wannabe.

Respectability=the Need for an Injustice to Remedy=Regulation

Governments are playing a multi-leveled shell game with crypto, which is likely to play out as follows.

First and wherever necessary, crypto will be redefined as money rather than as an asset, because central banks, government agencies, and traditional financial institutions have no proper authority to regulate privately-held assets that are legally acquired and held. Governments can tax and confiscate, to be sure, but that level of control is modest compared with the monopoly power to issue and/or to define what is legal money.

Next, crypto will be conflated with crypto-asset markets, such as exchanges and businesses that issue ICOs (Initial Coin Offerings). Although the two are separate, most people make little to no distinction between them; the concepts become jumbled together. Those who want to regulate crypto itself find the jumble to be useful because it facilitates broad legislation that covers the entire sphere of crypto and its many manifestations.

The blueprint for crypto control is predictable; it is also global. Last week, for example, the Financial Stability Board delivered a report to a G20 meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, which discussed a framework for setting standards on crypto-asset markets.

A few months earlier, the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde indicated how global bodies would proceed. There were familiar references to crypto’s alleged role in terrorism and money laundering. But the emphasis differed. On the IMF blog, Lagarde called for crypto-asset markets to protect consumers in the same manner as traditional financial markets do. Know Your Customer policies and global coordination were stressed.

The call for consumer protection is echoing. At a June 25th conference, for example, the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection Director Andrew Smith, explained, “With the rise of cryptocurrencies we’ve seen many signs, from public sources to law enforcement actions brought by us…that scammers are using the lure of cryptocurrencies to rip off consumers.”

“People need protection from the new money!” is ascending as the argument for regulating crypto. The argument not only appeals to an ingrained bias against free-market money, it also plays on people’s fear. Popular support makes it much easier for government agencies and central banks to succeed in their global grab at crypto. And, so, the word “fraud” is becoming more common whenever crypto is discussed, even though crypto-asset markets are usually the focus. (Note: the fact that fiat currencies are total frauds, along with many penny and over-the-counter stocks, does not arise.)

The Most Damnable Aspect of the Widespread Fraud Claim

There is real truth to the accusation of fraud. Crypto, like every other investment, is a “caveat emptor” situation due to the risk of fraud and other forms of theft. “Caveat emptor” is usually translated as “Buyer Beware,” and it means that a buyer or customer is responsible for checking goods and services before purchasing them. The principle is valid, but it is unsatisfying and an incomplete answer when confronted with fraud, which is a crime—the crime on which government pins its dreams of usurping crypto.

How massive is the problem of fraud? A recent study prepared by the Satis Group found that, as a percentage of the ICOs it examined, “approximately 78% of ICOs were Identified Scams, 4% Failed, 3% had Gone Dead, and 15% went on to trade on an exchange.” It is not clear if the findings are valid, especially since expert reports have become a stock aspect of any push for legislation; many of them are sloppy and politically motivated. Frankly, the figures seem exaggerated. On the other hand, many ICOs have been revealed as corrupt, and the existence of fraud is undeniable, especially in crypto-asset markets.

Admitting a problem, however, does not validate a particular solution, such as government intervention. For one thing, government has proven itself to be unwilling to prevent fraud in the monetary system it already commands: central banking. Satoshi Nakamoto explained,

“The central bank must be trusted not to debase the currency, but the history of fiat currencies is full of breaches of that trust. Banks must be trusted to hold our money and transfer it electronically, but they lend it out in waves of credit bubbles with barely a fraction in reserve. We have to trust them with our privacy, trust them not to let identity thieves drain our accounts. Their massive overhead costs make micropayments impossible.”  

The debasement of currency is also known as inflation, which becomes inevitable because inflation is a prime source of revenue for the government and for the groups it favors. But the damage of government money extends beyond the degradation of value. Rothbard explained,

“It has fragmented the peaceful, productive world market and shattered it into a thousand pieces, with trade and investment hobbled and hampered by myriad restrictions, controls, artificial rates, currency breakdowns, etc. It has helped bring about wars by transforming a world of peaceful intercourse into a jungle of warring currency blocs. In short, we find that coercion, in money as in other matters, brings, not order, but conflict and chaos.”

And, yet, one of the main arguments against free-market money is that the marketplace is too chaotic and corrupt. Nonsense.

 There Oughta Be a Law

Fraud requires a legal response because a crime has occurred. But, again, admitting a need does not validate a particular solution. This is especially true of the legal solutions offered by government.

Generally speaking, there are four types of laws that function in society, and they sometimes overlap.

Ones that impose a specific vision of the world or of morality. These include laws against alleged vices, such as alcohol or drug use, as well as laws requiring alleged virtues, such as voting or paying taxes. The goal is to mandate a code of behavior, thus erasing the boundary between the legal and (someone’s vision of) the moral. Typically, the laws are enforced on everyone, except those with power seem to be exempt.

Ones that regulate a targeted segment of society. These include laws about who may conduct a specific business and how it must operate, as well as laws that discriminate between people based on factors such as race. The goal is economic and social control, with enforcement focusing on designated people.

Ones that protect against physical harm and property damage, including theft. These include laws against assault and vandalism. Rather than mandate a behavior, they prohibit one–namely, violence, which includes fraud. The goal is to provide the safety that allows a healthy society to thrive, with enforcement applying to everyone.

Ones that are created by contract. These include laws that allow creditors to seize assets in arrears, such as a repossessed car, and laws aimed at enforcing behavior, such as the performance of work for which payment has been rendered. A contract can always be breached, but there is a penalty for doing so: for example, a repossessed car, a refund of fees. The goal is to establish enforceable contracts, which are nothing more than enforceable consent between individuals. Again, it provides a safety that allows a healthy society to thrive and which discourages violence as the only way to resolve a dispute. The law applies only to those who contract.

On crypto, the government flexes only the first two forms of law: a specific vision imposed on the world; and, the regulation of a targeted sector. The laws do not protect people and property, as evidenced by the fact that recovered funds are not returned to those who have been defrauded. Fines, fees and recovered wealth go into the government’s coffers. In short, the laws serve government; they do not protect consumers.

The last two forms of law protect individuals, including consumers, and not government. They are laws that would exist in the free market because they fulfill human requirements. But what exactly would they look like? And how would they be enforced?

[To be continued next week.]

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Tá aí minha terceira protagonista, a Wendy. Introvertida pra caramba, mas incrivelmente inteligente, Wendy é completamente apaixonada por parkour. Também é de escorpião. Ela foi adotada por uma família muito grande e tem vários irmãos e irmãs, o que faz dela uma pessoa muito responsável e centrada. Pelo menos até o dia que ela descobre que é uma bruxa shapeshifter.

1- Qual o principal aspecto de sua personalidade?

“Acho que tenho um raciocínio rápido e objetivo.”

2- Qual sua qualidade favorita num homem?

“Tanto homem quanto mulher; precisam ser responsáveis.”

3- Qual sua qualidade favorita numa mulher?

“Ternura.”

4- O que mais aprecia nos amigos?

“.”

5- Qual seu principal defeito?

“Falta de flexibilidade.”

6- Qual seu passatempo favorito?

“Parkour.”

7- Qual sua noção de felicidade?

“Viver em solitude e paz.”

8- Qual sua noção de infelicidade?

“Não sair nunca da casa dos meus pais.”

9- Se você não fosse você mesmo, quem seria?

“Não sei.”

10- Onde gostaria de morar?

“Em algum lugar perto de um lago.”

11- Qual sua cor favorita?

“Preto.”

12- Qual seu escritor favorito?

“.”

13- Qual seu poeta favorito?

“Não curto poesia.”

14- Qual seu herói favorito na ficção?

“Super-homem.”

15- Qual sua heroína favorita na ficção?

“Provavelmente a mulher-maravilha.”

16- Quais seus pintores e compositores favoritos?

“Eu tocava Satie para os meus irmãos dormirem. Acho que acabei gostando.”

17- Quais seus heróis na vida real?

“Maria Raptaki.”

18- Qual sua figura feminina favorita na história?

“Cleopátra.”

19- Quais seus nomes favoritos?

“Eu dei o nome de Lara pra minha irmã.”

20- O que você mais odeia?

“Barulho desnecessário.”

21- Quais as figuras históricas que você mais odeia?

“A maior parte dos militares.”

22- Qual o evento militar que você mais admira?

“Acho que nenhum.”

23- Qual o talento natural que você gostaria de ter?

“Força.”

24- Como você gostaria de morrer?

“Fazendo algo que amo.”

25- Qual é seu estado mental atual?

“Concentrada.”

26- Por qual defeito você tem menos tolerância?

“A ignorância.”

27- Qual seu lema favorito?

“O que não mata, fortalece.”

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