http://boingboing.net/2011/12/23/winter-solstice-2011.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 22:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://boingboing.net/2011/12/23/winter-solstice-2011.html#comment-1303733 Rob Beschizza Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135681#comment-1303733 Haha, as if. Haha, as if.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2011/12/23/winter-solstice-2011.html#comment-1303707 Brian Donohue Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135681#comment-1303707 In the context of the religio-secular holidays that have formed around it, W.S. is not really a celebration of the longest night but rather of the cessation of night's lengthening. More on that point here:  https://plus.google.com/u/0/116841128793104627176/posts/WZCUTmehNmW In the context of the religio-secular holidays that have formed around it, W.S. is not really a celebration of the longest night but rather of the cessation of night’s lengthening. More on that point here: 
https://plus.google.com/u/0/116841128793104627176/posts/WZCUTmehNmW

]]> http://boingboing.net/2011/12/23/winter-solstice-2011.html#comment-1303677 subflor Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135681#comment-1303677  Do you have permission from  English Heritage to show this image?  Do you have permission from  English Heritage to show this image?

]]> http://boingboing.net/2011/12/23/winter-solstice-2011.html#comment-1303609 Joseph Francis Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135681#comment-1303609 What a lady, what a night. What a lady, what a night.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2011/12/23/winter-solstice-2011.html#comment-1303575 mtdna Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135681#comment-1303575 It's not the longest night of the year, it's the shortest day of the year. Duh. It’s not the longest night of the year, it’s the shortest day of the year. Duh.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2011/12/23/winter-solstice-2011.html#comment-1303468 GD Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135681#comment-1303468 To be fair, the caption does qualify the location. It is the longest night of the year at Stonehenge. To be fair, the caption does qualify the location. It is the longest night of the year at Stonehenge.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2011/12/23/winter-solstice-2011.html#comment-1303461 Paul Renault Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135681#comment-1303461 "The longest night of the year"?  I'd bet that a few 'Stralians would like to have a word with you... “The longest night of the year”?  I’d bet that a few ‘Stralians would like to have a word with you…

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