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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: What time of year it is
It is one day since the Khoiak Ceremony in the Sokar Festival in the month of Ka-Hr-Ka ('sustenance upon sustenance') in the season of Akhet: [^]. On this day, the severed arm and leg of Osiris is found; on the next day his viscera are found.
Isis is waiting to conceive Horus when Osiris is resurrected enough to perform his manly duty, and it is Horus (like Khoiak, also falcon-headed) who will revenge Osiris by killing the brother who killed him and scattered the parts of his body throughout Egypt, the fratricide, Seth.
cheers, Bill
«Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.» Benjamin Franklin
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...and in other news. 
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Yes, it is really depressing...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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But, Kornfeld, it this eternal cycle that floods the Nile, that ensures life is renewed: is that not a cause for experiencing great joy at the gift of being depressed ?
cheers, Bill
«Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.» Benjamin Franklin
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I had me exodus...and I do not look back (to the Nile)...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: I do not look back (to the Nile)
Well, yes, I guess in the light of the Red Sea parting for your tribe, all other bodies-of-water are somewhat passe, even as metaphor  But, consider Isis, and, Nile, and "shekhinah", and the figure of Mae Toranee in Theravadan Buddhist theogony, as, all, metaphors for the female sustaining power: the nourishing mother extrapolated to divinity ?
Shalom, Bill
«Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.» Benjamin Franklin
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That's it exactly - I always get depressed waiting for the finding of the viscera. 
TTFN - Kent
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About 14:51
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Wrong... it is 16:55 and I'm packing 
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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I refuse to acknowledge the reality of weird "foreign" time... 
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Yes and I've been that way all my life.
New version: WinHeist Version You didn't fall from the stupid tree you got dragged through the whole dumbass forest.
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I used to. I don't anymore.
Just curious here but, are you alright, or just commenting in general about your seasonal depression?
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Seasonal depression only, but thanks for asking.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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Well I have some bad memories about these times - my grandfather died right around New Years and we had the service either on the 30th or 31st of December. That wasn't a fun New Years Eve. But otherwise no.
I mean I'm not the person who is out partying and smiling and dancing. But I keep to myself and to what I want to do. Sometimes in a small closed company.
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I refer the honourable gentleman to his own avatar! 
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Yep. Every year at this time I go from feeling overworked to bored! Since clients aren't calling, I'm having to look around for stuff to do...such as yesterday when I finished the first of around 100 modules, getting rid of ADODB COM references. Only 99 more to go!
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Yes. But then I get depressed whatever the time of year is!
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Yes, I do, and it's been a life-long aspect of my whatever; in my family, myself and two other siblings both manifest SAD (seasonal affective disorder) ... that's three out of four children. By SAD, I mean: shift of the sleep-cycle, poor sleep, symptoms as found in "jet lag," mood fluctuation (often negative), tendencies to avoid social contact, increased sensitivity to any perceived negative social feedback, frequent negative self-talk and ideation.
fyi: both my sister and I became psychotherapists (she's still doing that).
For me the usual period of onset is early to mid-November. My sister uses light-box therapy every year starting in November, and into late January.
Moving permanently to a tropical country really did change the phenomenon for me, but, having learned to deal with it over fifty years of my adult life (I'm 72), I have a variety of ways I can cope with it which include: working out more frequently until exhausted (seems to help re-establish my "normal night-owl" sleep pattern, throwing myself into complete absorption in some creative project.
But, it's important to distinguish a recurring syndrome like SAD which may well have a genetic component and an environmental component (the latitude you grew up in), from other forms of depression related to specific losses, social isolation, stress, poor health, etc.
If you feel you are really depressed, and want a friendly ear to e-mail to who won't judge you, or give you advice, but may offer you information ... send me a reply to this message.
cheers, Bill
«Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.» Benjamin Franklin
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Good, it's not just me. Most of the time, I have to listen to the Mrs worry about making this adult child happy or that adult child happy. in-laws (as in sons and daughters) start fussing.
I want to take my boat to the Keys and sail for a week or three.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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Because Mourinho got rid off the Physio.
(I've already got my coat on)
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With the change in Management came a change in Policy?
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No, it's 'sham pain', get it?
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Upvote this post to help me get to 10k on CodeProject! 
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Since you asked so nicely...and were the first, it won't work with me again! 
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Bugger...just were on my way to ask to round-up my point to 200K...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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