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[Monica]

Mark wrote: "happy chocolate day everyone.;0D"

lol...same to you, Mark!

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Happy Chocolate day.

That's PERFECT, Mark! :D

[Mark]

Terri wrote: "Happy Chocolate day.

That's PERFECT, Mark! :D"

I have always thought we should call it that Lols.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I think I'll use it from time to time.

[Mark]

Lol, please do, and you can have my share of the chocolate as well. None for me now. Unless its sugar free, ;)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Oh that's a shame. Blood sugar issues hey?

[Mark]

Yes. Lol.

[Darcy]

I'm one of those weirdos who can't stand the scent or taste of chocolate. Well, I can do white chocolate but that's not real chocolate anyway. Plus, it's kind of too sweet.
I do understand the importance of heavy chocolate days though. Have a happy one. :)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

D wrote: "I'm one of those weirdos who can't stand the scent or taste of chocolate. ..."

omg.

[Dawn]

*jaw drops to floor* Not like chocolate?? I don't think I understand that concept...... :D

[Linda]

It is nearly time for Church, and the Bunny has not shown up yet. I am worried that the little energizer has finally run down. On my continent the days are a tad longer than the nights. Pear trees are in full bloom. Dogwoods are just beginning to bud, as are the azaleas. The air is cool then warm, cool then warm. Tornado and flood weather. In a month the air will be wonderfully HOT and HUMID with a chance of isolated thunder showers every day.

[Linda]

As I was thinking about my family's Easter traditions the Easter tea ring I used to make came to mind. Some of you like to cook and probably have made this yeasty bread with raisins, nuts, spices and other stuff. My sister and I kept the family in babies for quite a few years. My father insisted that the chilren, no matter how young, be taken to 'big church' rather than the nursery on Easter Sunday. I can see him now holding our babies in church. The children grew up and my father died, but that memory will be mine forever.

[Bobby]

Thought I would send out a quick Happy Easter to all of you before my kids find that the Bunny made it to Arizona....again....and chaos reigns. Might as well give up on them eating anything healthy for the next few weeks!

[Monica]

Sorry to break up all the lovely Easter wishes. (Mine go out to all of you as well.)

I'm not sure where to post this...didn't see a Shakespeare thread, but thought this was an interesting article.

Study shows Shakespeare as ruthless businessman

LONDON — Hoarder, moneylender, tax dodger — it's not how we usually think of William Shakespeare.

But we should, according to a group of academics who say the Bard was a ruthless businessman who grew wealthy dealing in grain during a time of famine.

Researchers from Aberystwyth University in Wales argue that we can't fully understand Shakespeare unless we study his often-overlooked business savvy.

"Shakespeare the grain-hoarder has been redacted from history so that Shakespeare the creative genius could be born," the researchers say in a paper due to be delivered at the Hay literary festival in Wales in May.

Read more here:

http://bostonherald.com/business/busi...

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Interesting.

I will paste a copy of the article to the Elizabethan thread as well.

[Margaret]

Monica wrote: "Sorry to break up all the lovely Easter wishes. (Mine go out to all of you as well.)

I'm not sure where to post this...didn't see a Shakespeare thread, but thought this was an interesting article...."
I've tweeted this - hope that's ok. Fascinating

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Definitely okay. I think newspapers allow people to Tweet their stories these days.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Oh. :( ...Derek has gone.
Derek, who was a member here. He chose to delete out of Goodreads because of the Amazon merger.

That's a shame. :(

[Crystal]

Random thought from rehearsal the other day. Hamlet is part of the first Heavy Metal movie. The darned poison pearl is the Loknar! lol

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

That is random. lol

[Bobby]

We call randomness like that to be "coming out of left field" here in the States.

[Bryn]

I've been trying to understand that one most of the afternoon. It's good. I like left field.

[Dawn]

Well, in the spirit of left fieldness......I dyed my hair blue today. And I must say it looks pretty awesome. :)

[Bryn]

What blue? Electric? Pastel?

[Dawn]

Electric, not a pastel fan. Kinda like this colour: http://www.bluebanana.com/shopimages/...

[Bryn]

I guessed not pastel. That's a very nice blue.

[Dawn]

Thanks, it makes me easy to find in a crowd. :)

[Crystal]

Nice, Dawn! My hair is purple and violet!

[Bobby]

my hair is shockingly grey...no dye required.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Dawn wrote: "Electric, not a pastel fan. Kinda like this colour: http://www.bluebanana.com/shopimages/..."

Gorgeous. Love it.

[Nate]

I miss when women dying their hair these types of colors was popular in the States. I always thought it looked neat.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I think it is still common in Japan, but it isn't common here in Australia much anymore either.

[Bobby]

Still a few here but mostly Goth Black or Boarder Blue.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Goth Black will always be in fashion I think. Colours come and go, but black is timeless. :)

[Tim]

Crystal wrote: "Random thought from rehearsal the other day. Hamlet is part of the first Heavy Metal movie. The darned poison pearl is the Loknar! lol"

I've always thought that if Hamlet had been into heavy metal music, he would have been able to cope with his situation a bit better. I see Hamlet as a bit of a Duran Duran fan. Or maybe Backstreet Boys.

[Darcy]

See, and figure Hamlet to be an closet emo dude.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I could see Hamlet as emo too.

[Dawn]

Bobby wrote: "Still a few here but mostly Goth Black or Boarder Blue."

I definitely have people assume I'm either a hair dresser or a tattoo artist. Apparently those are the professions I look like I belong too.
And I have only been to two places where I don't look out of place. LA and Seattle. Even NY is pretty conservative, more accepting but out of their massive population I only saw a couple others with cool coloured hair.
And did I get the 'look' from every woman I saw in Rome. We met a young lezzy couple from LA when we were there and they had the same experience.

Still, can't beat the look on some peoples faces when they ask for a building inspector and and a young, tattooed, blue haired girl comes out to help them. :)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Dawn wrote: "Still, can't beat the look on some peoples faces when they ask for a building inspector and and a young, tattooed, blue haired girl comes out to help them. :) ..."

Do they ask you where you parked your Unicorn?

[Dawn]

I mustn't look like a Unicorn type person, no one has ever asked me that. :)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

But the blue hair is only new. Give it time. ;)

[Darcy]

Terri wrote: "But the blue hair is only new. Give it time. ;)"

Clearly you've not met the elderly fashionistas in Canada...They don't have unicorns either. Mostly, they have scooters.

ETA: Not that I'm saying Dawn is sporting octogenarian blue.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

hahahaha!!!! Dawn has joined the blue rinse brigade.

[Tim]

Dawn wrote: "And did I get the 'look' from every woman I saw in Rome. We met a young lezzy couple from LA when we were there and they had the same experience...."

I moved to the US from Ireland last year and I have to say I've noticed just how much Americans seem to be into tattoos. Its quite surprising for a nation that appears to be so conservative to the outside. There's at least 3 tattoo parlors here in Portsmouth (NH). As a man of a certain dangerous (of making a fool of myself) age, the temptation to go to one (obviously after I buy a motorbike/convertible car) is becoming increasingly hard to resist.

[Bobby]

I have 2 tatoos but no blue hair...yet. One is the Hawaiian flag on my calf and a sunrise-sunset on my ankle. My oldest daughter bought both sessions for me. Might do one more.

[Tim]

Bobby wrote: "I have 2 tatoos but no blue hair...yet. One is the Hawaiian flag on my calf and a sunrise-sunset on my ankle. My oldest daughter bought both sessions for me. Might do one more."

If you don't mind me asking, how sore is it to get one done?

[Tim]

Tim wrote: "Bobby wrote: "I have 2 tatoos but no blue hair...yet. One is the Hawaiian flag on my calf and a sunrise-sunset on my ankle. My oldest daughter bought both sessions for me. Might do one more."

If y..."

Also, are Hearts big in Hawaii?

[Dawn]

You weren't insulting me by calling me American were you Tim?? ;D

And yes, tattoos are very big in North America. I work in a city of 35,000 and we have at least 6 tattoo shops. So if a girl wants to make a statement she has to go big, thus I have both arms and my back done. I highly recommend getting lots Tim, it's addictive.

[Crystal]

Very nice!

[Dawn]

Bobby, you don't need blue hair. The hippy ponytail is the perfect look for you. :)

My sister bought my first tattoo for me for my 24th birthday. I think I went a little bigger than she planned on paying for but I love it.