What could they possibly be thinking ?

8 04 2007

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Today, just for a moment, I thought I was transported in time back to last Sunday, April 1st, because surely this had to be an April Fools joke. Nope. It’s just a poorly thought out yet persistent business model. Yes, as of today, as proudly displayed on their banner, Easter Sunday, the “new” Oriental Buffet, formerly “Kings Super Buffet” formerly “China Star Buffet” has risen from the dead — again Let’s just hope only the restaurant has been reincarnated, and not what lived inside of it.

Do they think this community has no memory? I mean come on, open any other business or restaurant type there and you might have a fighting chance. But nooooo, lets open up another Chinese food buffet. Yeah, thats the ticket.

For those of you unfamiliar with the building in the picture above, here is the Enterprise Record article about what happened with the original China Star restaurant just over one year ago.


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Calculating Easter

8 04 2007

Figuring out the date of Easter at the Council of NiceaDid you ever wonder why the date of Easter is not fixed like Christmas, or St Patrick’s Day?

Well its because there is a series of complex and somewhat inane rules that combine astronomy and religion and some arbitrary religious driven political decisions that determine the date. The date can change based on the position of the vernal equinox in the calendar, the full moon, the number of Sundays in April and whether you choose the Roman Catholic rule or the Protestant rule.

When Easter falls in a leap year, and there are five Sundays in April, the Easter Bunny is replaced by the Jackalope.

The US Naval Observatory has made sense of it all, sort of, and their explanation follows. In the meantime you can use their handy online calculator to figure out future dates for Easter.

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