Shouldn't we just let Ani decorate a tree with steam powered sex toys? Isn't that sufficiently discordian while still latently festive?<br><br>...hrm...what's the shear strength of slowly decaying Douglas Fir? Size queens, please relegate your decorative dongs to stuffing stockings.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 10:11 AM, jim <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jim@systemateka.com">jim@systemateka.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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i agree. if there is some holiday decoration,<br>
i hope it's a hack, not anything in the usual<br>
domain. (might be too much to ask for sarcasm<br>
in the design.)<br>
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On Sat, 2010-12-04 at 13:59 -0800, Rachel McConnell wrote:<br>
> Xmas is not everyone's holiday and I'd just as soon Noisebridge not take<br>
> sides, as it were. I know that non-Christians in the USA are pretty<br>
> inured to Xmas (and Easter) if only out of self-defense, but I hope that<br>
> Noisebridge will not force a holiday on people who prefer not to<br>
> celebrate it.<br>
><br>
> <curmudgeon><br>
> Also. Can't we keep ONE place free from Xmas crap? NB is a place to<br>
> work and do projects, not be bombarded by Holiday Cheer. There is<br>
> plenty of that EVERYWHERE ELSE. And who will clean it up afterwards? We<br>
> have plenty of difficulty cleaning up the regular messes without making<br>
> special holiday messes.<br>
> </curmudgeon><br>
><br>
> Rachel<br>
><br>
> girlgeek_wt wrote:<br>
> > One possibility - pine greenery smells good, can be put in a vase to be<br>
> > kept fresh, (if we can find vases), and can be decorated.<br>
> > -Claudia<br>
> > On 12/3/2010 10:41 PM, Patrick Keys wrote:<br>
> >> I second the festivus pole.<br>
> >> <a href="http://www.festivuspoles.com/" target="_blank">http://www.festivuspoles.com/</a><br>
> >><br>
> >> After the holidays, we can use it for dancebridge.<br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >> Patrick<br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >> On 12/3/2010 10:28 PM, Shannon Lee wrote:<br>
> >>> Perhaps we should have a Festivus pole.<br>
> >>><br>
> >>> --S<br>
> >>><br>
> >>> On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 10:23 PM, Alex Handy<<a href="mailto:alexhandy@gmail.com">alexhandy@gmail.com</a><br>
> >>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:alexhandy@gmail.com">alexhandy@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
> >>><br>
> >>> Might I suggest using circuit boards to build some form of wreath?<br>
> >>><br>
> >>> They are green, and plentiful. Also, is mistletoe acceptable? It's<br>
> >>> all about sex, really.<br>
> >>><br>
> >>><br>
> >>> On Dec 3, 2010, at 10:16 PM, Michael C. Toren wrote:<br>
> >>><br>
> >>> > On Fri, Dec 03, 2010 at 10:10:01PM -0800, Josh Myer wrote:<br>
> >>> >> Last year, we did have some reasonably neat holiday lights, but the<br>
> >>> >> relay box which drove them has gone missing.<br>
> >>> ><br>
> >>> > We still have the relay box (owned by Jonathan Foote) and the<br>
> >>> associated<br>
> >>> > electrical cables on my shelf, but the mini-PC (also owned by<br>
> >>> Jonathan)<br>
> >>> > and the webcam (owned by me) sadly disappeared.<br>
> >>> ><br>
> >>> > -mct<br>
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