Monthly Archives: March 2024

‘Transgender Visibility Day’, To Avoid Falling On Easter, Is Moved To The 4th Thursday Of Each November — As Of 2025.

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by Anura Guruge
on April 1, 2024

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‘Transgender Visibility Day‘, set for March 31 of each year (one day, conveniently, ahead of April 1), happened to fall on Easter this year. That as you must know caused quite a bit of consternation — if not commotion, in some quarters.

To avoid this happening again, the organizers/sponsors have decided to change the date — shift it so that it cannot fall on a major religious holiday.

So, they have come up with the Fourth Thursday of November (each year) as of 2025.

Good choice. Now it cannot fall on Easter, the Advent or Christmas. That is a relief.

‘Jesus’, Of Course, Wasn’t White. He Was A Man Of Color, Probably Not As Colorful As Me. But, NOT White.

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by Anura Guruge
on March 31, 2024

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White ‘Jesus‘ was the creation of Italian, renaissance artist who were mainly familiar with white skinned folk.

Jesus was extremely unlikely to have been white.

A British term, which was often used to describe me, best characterizes Jesus. WOG. (Yes, golliwog comes from it.) WOG = a person from the Middle East.

Jesus was NOT black either. He was NOT from Africa. He was a Wog.

Tanned. A brown tint. Probably a few shades lighter than I, but definitely yet, a man of color.

I had known that most of my life. Jesus looked more like me than he looks like Trump. Period. Definitely not orange.

And he did NOT speak English, or for that matter Greek or Latin. Period.

Anura’s Picture Of The Day + 6 Others, March 31, 2024.

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by Anura Guruge
on March 31, 2024

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Anu’s Picture of the Day:
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The other 6:
In smaller-size here in gallery, for FULL-SIZE (i.e., to ENLARGE) click on an image. You can then SCROLL through all 6 images ENLARGED.

| All taken with my (January 3, 2023) Google Pixel 7 Pro. | Post processing limited, at most to just adjusting brightness, if & when required. | Attribution will be strictly ENFORCED. |

The HUGE Helium Discovery In Minnesota Is GREAT, But We Should Still Ban Helium Balloons.

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by Anura Guruge
on March 31, 2024

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I love helium balloons. I used to have multiple tanks of helium at home, at any given time, to blow up balloons. I would buy LOTS of helium balloons. Then I discovered, to my horror, that we, on Earth, are running out of helium. YIKES. Yes, second most abundant element in the universe, but we were running out on earth. Not good. Can’t make it, short of nuclear fusion. We need it for other things beyond party balloons. Hence, why we need to ban party helium balloons.

I only heard about this discovery today — on ‘BBC Radio‘. I was excited. I wanted to make sure YOU heard about it.

Great news. But this does not give us a license to just squander it. We owe it to future generations.

‘Biden’ Was Beyond STUPID To Let ‘Transgender Visibility Day’ Encroach On ‘White House’ Easter.

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by Anura Guruge
on March 31, 2024

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Come ON. A 12-year old could have told him that this was STUPID and it would NOT end well.

Does NOT matter, anymore.

The election is LOST. Biden is toast. Biden is history. To an extent I am kind of glad and relieved.

I used to be such a HUGE fan of his. I see video of him from the past & the difference is shocking.

This was the last straw. I am in semi-shock.

‘The Beautiful Game’ (2024) Movie On ‘Netflix’ — Is OK. Just OK. Not Great. Too Contrived.

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by Anura Guruge
on March 30, 2024

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OK, I will confess that I had never heard of the ‘Homeless World Cup‘ & thought it was made up. Kind of cute that there is such an event. If it is popular, a success & does something to HELP the homeless (a cause very dear to my heart) I am all in favor.

I watched it because it was BRITISH, I like ‘Bill Nighy’ (though I had to look up his game) & because I usually like such ‘true story‘ movies.

It is definitely OK. Some lovely shots of Rome. But, it is also, JUST OK. Not great.

Contrived. But, hey …

I happened to see on the news that folks are enjoying it. Think it is a good ‘feel good‘ movie for Easter. Good for them. I won’t stand in there way.

Go for it. It is watchable.

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‘Good Friday’ 2024 Sunset From My Desk.

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by Anura Guruge
on March 30, 2024

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Good Friday sunset last year, i.e., 2023.
But, that was a week later, April 7, 2023.

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Not bad, eh? We do get spectacular sunsets this time of the year. My window, next to my desk looks out NNW.

Yes, I kind of get blasse to them THOUGH I know I shouldn’t. Today I made a point of taking this picture. I wanted to share it with you. Enjoy.

Happy Easter 2024.

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by Anura Guruge
on March 30, 2024

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May you be blessed to find a lot of eggs!

SMILE.

The Even More COLORFUL I.

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by Anura Guruge
on March 30, 2024

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I am ALL about being COLORFUL.

Being colorful is what defines me.

IF I wasn’t colorful I would be so, so boring.

Got a whole new vividly colorful wardrobe for 2024. My 18-year old daughter is not sure about it. She refuses to comment on it (though she is not usual reticent about sharing her views on our sartorial choices.

I like it. I hope it makes YOU smile. SMILE.

First Crocuses Of 2024 In OUR Yard.

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by Anura Guruge
on March 30, 2024

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First crocuses of 2023 (in our yard) — April 7, 2023.

I am AMAZED. As you can see from one picture we still have snow on the ground — adjacent to these flowering crocuses.

I was NOT expecting to see any flowers. I wanted to see if any SHOOTS had come up, under the snow.

THEN I SAW THE FLOWERS. I was floored, BUT happy.

But, we are expecting ANOTHER MAJOR SNOWSTORM on Wednesday!

This crocus bed is usually the FIRST to bloom each year. It faces East and as such gets a lot of sun. The bed does well as long as I don’t shovel a ton of snow on top of it from the the driveway. As we know we didn’t have that much snow this winter. That sure was a factor. Over a WEEK EARLY!