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Mistletoe
is, however, seldom found on a hard-oak,
and when it is discovered it is gathered with great ceremony, and
particularly on the 6th day of the moon (which for those tribes
[Druids] constitutes the beginning of the months and the years) and
after every thirty years of a generation, because it is then rising in
strength and not one half its full size. |
The execution of
William Tyndale, 1536 |
The splendor falls on castle walls
And snowy summits old in story:
The long light shakes across the lakes,
And the wild cataract leaps in glory.
Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying,
Blow, bugle; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying.
O hark, O hear! how thin and clear,
And thinner, clearer, farther going!
O sweet and far from cliff and scar
The horns of Elfland faintly blowing!
Blow, let us hear the purple glens replying:
Blow, bugle; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying.
O love, they die in yon rich sky,
They faint on hill or field or river:
Our echoes roll from soul to soul,
And grow for ever and for ever.
Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying,
And answer, echoes, answer, dying, dying, dying.
Alfred Tennyson, British poet laureate, died on October 5, 1892; from
'The Princess',
Chapter III
If you had asked me as a 17-year-old whether I would go to sea on a raft, I would have absolutely denied the possibility. At that time, I suffered from fear of the water.
Thor Heyerdahl, born on October 6, 1914
Borders? I have never seen one. But I have heard they exist in the minds of most people.
Thor Heyerdahl
The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout
history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the
unfortunate habit of making assumptions. It often proved fatal.
David Brin, science fiction author, born on October 6, 1950; 'A Contrarian
Perspective on Altruism: The Dangers of First Contact', September 2002
There were times when Robert actually envied his ancestors, who had lived in
dark ignorance, before the 21st century, and seemed to have spent
most of their time making up weird, ornate explanations of the world to fill the
yawning gap of their ignorance. Back then, one could believe in anything at all.
David Brin; The Uplift War, Chapter 53
It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power
attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than
power.
David Brin; attributed
I find it truly stunning how many people can shrug off stuff like this,
preferring instead a tiny, cramped cosmos just 6,000 years old, scheduled to end
any-time-now in a scripted stage show. An ancient and immense and ongoing cosmos
is so vastly more dramatic and worthy of a majestic Creator. Our brains, capable
of exploring His universe, picking up His tools and doing His work, seem
destined for much more than cowering in a corner, praying that some of our
neighbors will go to hell ...
David Brin; attributed
A man can't just sit around.
Larry Walters ('Lawnchair Larry'; d. October 6, 1993), immediately after his flight above Los Angeles on
July 2, 1982, when asked by a reporter why he did it
If the FAA was around when the Wright Brothers were testing their aircraft, they would never have been able to make their first flight at Kitty Hawk.
Larry Walters
It was something I had to do. I had this dream for twenty years, and if I hadn't done it, I think I would have ended up in the funny farm. I didn't think that by fulfilling my goal in life – my dream – that I would create such a stir and make people laugh.
Larry Walters
The human race sits in its chair. On the one hand is the message that says there's nothing left to do. And the Larry Walterses of the earth are busy tying balloons to their chairs, directed by dreams and imagination to do their thing.
Robert Fulghum; from All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
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October 6
is
the 279th
day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (280th
in leap years),
with 86
days remaining.
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Mad Hatter Day, USA
Inspired by the character of the Mad Hatter as depicted in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, Mad Hatter Day (also frequently appearing without spaces, as 'MadHatterDay') is a semi-official holiday created to be a 'second Silly Day', bridging the gap between each occurrence of April Fools' Day.
In the USA, it falls on October 6 each year, due to illustrations where the Hatter's oversized hat is labelled "In this style 10/6"; it is considered an amusing coincidence that this date is almost a half year away from April Fools' Day. However, due to differing systems of dating, in the UK, Australia and many other countries it occurs on June 10.
Originating in Boulder, Colorado, USA, the holiday reportedly gained some local recognition during the late 1980s.
"Some astute observers have noted that the paper in the Mad Hatter's Hat was really an order to make a hat in the style shown, to cost ten shillings sixpence. However, it is well known that Time Is Money, and therefore Money Is Time, and therefore 10/6 may as well be the sixth of October." Source
Mad Hatter Day is one of numerous Discordian 'Holydays' [sic; see the Discordian calendar in the Wilson's Almanac Scriptorium].
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