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"Smudging" was part of the tobacco ceremony. First a woman went around the group with a satchel of ground tobacco and each person was to reach in with their left hand only and grab a pinch of tobacco. Then she came back around with a wad of smoldering tobacco and you were to "grab" some of the smoke in your hands and waft it onto your head/body. This is "smudging" and is used to "cleanse" and "bless" oneself. Then the chief(?) had an around two foot wooden pipe that he took a big rip on and then blew it into the air (Iirc, to signify blowing the blessing of the union up to the ancestors), then we had to walk to a grassy area (we were outside in the parking lot because of the smoke) and drop the pinch of tobacco onto the earth. Even cooler was the eagle feather. From the way it was revered and handled it was obviously a Very Important Object. It was carried around in a special handmade leather sleeve that was tied around with leather strapping and opened/closed like a book. The sleeve was also decorated but I wasnt close enough to see the patterns. Also, I know its probably a relic of the past and NA's probably dont do it anymore, but all of their surnames were very pedestrian like "Miller". There wasnt a single "old school" name to be heard, like Running Bull, for example.

Whoa, I didnt even know there were two! Yes it was the OG.

I went to a friends wedding last night and got to see a few new things! Hes an Italian guy who married a Native American (Ojibwe) woman and their ceremony was a blend of both cultures. The officiant was of the same tribe and he performed the ceremony in both languages, then they read their vows to each other while holding an eagle feather, then there was a blanket ceremony where they were draped in a blanket woven by her mother, then there was a tobacco ceremony where you could partake in "smudging" if you like (I did). Their language was hella complex and it seem like it took a lot of Ojibwe words to say just a few English words. It was honestly one of the best wedding Ive ever attended.

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Looks delicious. My neighbor a few doors down once gave me a pigs feet based dish and I found it to be a bony and knuckley experience, but I guess it was flavorful.

What do you make from the pig tails?

Especially crows. I tried to befriend one in my back yard by tossing it a slice of bread, but it was disinterested. I think it would be awesome to form a symbiotic relationship with one...I give it food, it brings me baubles it thinks have value.

I love watching animals play. Do you happen to know the species of that bird?

Trench warfare...wow. I suppose it will be morbidly interesting to see how that works out for them in todays age of pinpoint accurate artillery. Those poor conscripts are going to need more tampons.

Since his girlfriend is a farm veterinarian, I assume hes been fed to the hogs and theres no trace of him left.

They also have great benefits (medical/dental/vision/401k).

You should try to join the electricians union. 👍

Yeah, saltwater shows no mercy. Unfortunately, their own website doesnt describe the construction materials, but theres a cool YouTube short which shows a real life one in action: AWS Waveswing trials exceed expectations - AWS Ocean Energy Imagine deploying fleets of them offshore to just produce energy 24/7/365. Amazing.

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I went and bought 5 tickets for tonights 1.9B lotto. w00t!

I dont think Ive ever seen Banner-Hulk in a fight so Ive got a random question. You know how normal Hulk gets stronger and stronger the "madder" he gets, with seemingly no upper limit (World War Hulk). Is Banner-Hulk at a "fixed" power level? Being his genius persona in a Hulk body, he will never be able to "lose his mind" and go full raging Hulk, right? Or does anyone have a link of Banner-Hulk fighting something?

I didnt know that. Fascinating: Triarii - Wikipedia

Right, but youd think he is concerned about winning the war. Ffs, if the article is to be believed, the professional army is back on the 3rd(!) line. Lol, what.

^Its crazy to me that they just scoop people off the streets, hand them an AK-47 and a set of fatigues, and dump them on the front line. I mean jeez, at least send them through some form of a truncated basic training. Conscripts will never be a match for a professional army (unless you have a Billion to bumrush with) but this is just a meatgrinder.

Whatever happened to all those squatters that were everywhere? Did they win, is everything occupied? Were they Antifa?

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