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Say 'Rabbit, Rabbit' For 31 Days Of Good Luck

According to the superstition, uttering the words on the first of the month will make you lucky for the rest of it. Host Rachel Martin speaks with public radio host and word-lover Martha Barnette about where the notion came from.

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:

Rabbit, rabbit. Some of you may have said that first thing this morning. And for those still slowly rising - get to it, it could bring you good luck all month long. Saying rabbit, rabbit on the first of the month is supposed to be a harbinger of good fortune.

Few of us know the history behind this quirky saying. So we thought we'd get to the bottom of this question. Martha Barnette hosts the public radio show A Way With Words. She herself is a word lover, here to share with us some of the history and tradition of rabbit, rabbit. Hey, Martha. Welcome to the show.

MARTHA BARNETTE, BYLINE: Rabbit, rabbit.

MARTIN: Rabbit, rabbit to you. I don't know, can you use it as a greeting?

BARNETTE: If you haven't said anything else all day, and so I've been saving it.

MARTIN: This is the hard thing, right? Like, you're supposed to wake up first thing and the first thing out of your mouth on the first day of the month has to be rabbit, rabbit. And then you're lucky for the rest of the month?

BARNETTE: Exactly, yes. That ensures luck. And we don't know why, you know, rabbits have been associated with luck of one sort or another - usually good luck - for more than 2,000 years. But it's only in the early 1900s that we see written references to this superstition.

MARTIN: And it only works with rabbits, right? You can't say gopher, gopher.

BARNETTE: Yeah. I don't think that's going to work as well. But there are different variations of it. I mean, some people say rabbit, rabbit. In the U.K., it's quite common to say white rabbits. Gilda Radner was someone who was known to say bunny, bunny on the first day of the month; to ensure, as she put it, laughter, love and peace.

MARTIN: Wow. This has been around for a long time?

BARNETTE: At least since the early 1900s. In fact, another aficionado of this practice was Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

BARNETTE: Yeah. He was known to carry a rabbit's foot during the 1932 election. We still have that rabbit's foot in a museum. And supposedly, he also said rabbit, rabbit at the beginning of every month.

MARTIN: And do you have any idea where this originated, geographically? Was this a British thing and migrated to the U.S., or where did it come from?

BARNETTE: I think you're right about that. And I'm not aware of any analogous saying in other languages.

MARTIN: And do you remember to do it every month, Martha?

BARNETTE: I resolve to do that, but then I usually forget. There are other people who are much better at that. Simon Winchester, the writer, went for 696 months before he forgot to say white rabbits one day. If you forget, at the end of the day, you can say black rabbit right before you can go to sleep; or you can say tibbar, tibbar.

MARTIN: Tibbar, tibbar?

BARNETTE: It's rabbit spelled backwards.

MARTIN: Ah. Martha Barnette, host of A Way with Words. She joined us from member station KPBS in San Diego. Thanks so much, Martha.

BARNETTE: Sure thing.

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HOWLIN' WOLF: (Singing) Well, I ain't superstitious, but a black cat just crossed my trail. Well, I ain't superstitious, but a black cat just crossed my trail. Don't sweep me with.

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Lunar Stellis Vs. Tibbar the Magic Rabbit

What would happen if Slagar the Cruel met Ballaw de Quincewold? Find out in this hilarious tale!

One day, Slagar the horridly ugly fox was taking a stroll around his fortress egotistically named after one of his many names, Lunar Stellis Castle. He took a drink from his well that he had crawled out of (*evil grin* Matthias better watch out!) He was soon intrrupted by a theatrical voice calling out to him.

"Soho! This is the lunatic that boasts to have powers far greater than my own! Well laddie buck, prepare to be amazed by Tibbar the Magic Rabbit!" Out of nowhere, a long legged hare leapt out heroically onto the scene. He was clad in Slagar's old Lunar Stellis costume only now, it was stained with bits of food. Slagar's eyes grew clod.

"Hah! I could out magic you any day rabbit! Stay right there!" He dashed off to his castle and donned a magical swirling cape. The two "magicians" faced each other and a random squirrelmaid (AKA Celandine) cheered Tibbar on.

"Go Tibbar, go Tibbar, go, go, go Tibbar!" Tibbar drew forth a top hat (I don't know where he got it) and disappeared in a poof of smoke. His paw came out of nowhere and he pulled himself out of his own hat. Slagar sneered and started pulling out cloth from his mouth. He pulled it all out and it was the tapestry of Martin the Warrior. Tibbar yawned.

"Pshaw! Amateur's work, let a master show you how it's done, you cad!" He reached down his throat and pulled out Martin the Warrior's sword. Slagar was panicking. Tibbar was indeed the most magical rabbit to ever have been born. But he would not give up.

"Ha! Feast your eyes on Slagar the Invincible!" Tibbar was not amused.

"Thought yore name was flippin' Slagar the Cruel, wot wot?" Slagar pulled out a cup of nightshade and chugged it. Tibbar was amazed at the fox's feat. Little did he know, that Slagar had built up an immunity for years. Tibbar clapped his paws.

"Well then time for the grand finale!" He pulled off the Lunar Stellis cloak and twirled it around and around and around until.

THWACK! CHUNCK! Slagar fell to the ground with a sharp dagger growing out of his middle, he coughed once, then fell over dead. Ballaw took off the Tibbar costume and removed the dagger to clean off in the grass. Mattias popped out of nowhere and paid the hare his fee: A huge load of food.

"Thanks for getting rid of Slagar for us Mr. Ballaw." Matthias said. The hare wolfed energetically on a pastie.

"No problem old scout. Give Basil my regards wot?" Celandine came out of the bushes and sat next to Ballaw.

"Was that the Deadly Dagger of Death?" She asked ditsy as ever.

"Yes, the very same I tried to kill you with only Brome got it mixed up with the trick dagger. Silly mouse." Celandine screamed and ran for comfort. Ballaw sighed. Some creatures have no sense of humor.

1018-23 NY Times Crossword 18 Oct 23, Wednesday

The Garment District in Manhattan established itself as the powerhouse of the nation’s garment industry by producing clothes for slaves on southern plantations. Slave owners found it more efficient to get clothes from New York than have the slaves make their own clothes. Up to this time, most American made their own clothes, so this really was a new industry. Business got a further boost with the need for ready-made uniforms for soldiers fighting in the Civil War. As the market increased, competition grew and costs had to be kept down. Manhattan had a ready supply of cheap labor, so it was able to keep up with demand. By the end of the 1860s, Americans were buying most of their clothes rather than making them.

10 Nickname for a young Skywalker : ANI

Darth Vader is (to me) the most colorful antagonist in the “Star Wars” universe. Born as Anakin “Ani” Skywalker, he was corrupted by the Emperor Palpatine and turned to “the Dark Side”. In the original films, Darth Vader was portrayed by English bodybuilder David Prowse, and voiced by actor James Earl Jones. Jones asked that he go uncredited for the first two “Star Wars” films, feeling that his contributions were insufficient to warrant recognition. I disagree …

13 The Great Depression, for one : ERA

The Great Depression (also “Depression Era) was a worldwide phenomenon in the decade or so that preceded World War II. The depression was sparked by a dramatic drop in stock prices in the US in September 1929, which eventually made the news around the world following the stock market crash of October 29th of that year, now known as Black Tuesday. US unemployment rose to 25% during the Great Depression, and in some countries unemployment was as high as 33%. Many economists believe that World War II played a large role in ending the depression, at least here in the US. Government spending on the war increased employment dramatically, although many of those jobs were in the front lines. During the war, unemployment fell back below 10%.

21 “Charlotte’s Web” monogram : EBW

E. B. (Elwyn Brooks) White was an American writer. His most famous creations were the children’s stories “Charlotte’s Web” and “Stuart Little”, but he also co-authored the writing guide “The Elements of Style” (usually referred to as “Strunk & White”).

28 Drum type : SNARE

Snare drums are so called because they have a set of wire strands (snares) stretching across the bottom surface of the drum. When the drum is struck, the snares vibrate against the bottom drumhead producing a unique sound.

36 Patrick on the 1992 Dream Team : EWING

Patrick Ewing is a former NBA player, and a two-time inductee into the Basketball Hall of Fame, having been inducted in 2008 for his individual career and in 2010 as a member of the 1992 Olympic team. Ewing is Jamaican-born, and moved with his family to the US in 1975. He was actually born in the British Colony of Jamaica, as Jamaica became independent from the UK the day after his birth.

41 Name that translates as “people of the standing stone” : ONEIDA

The Oneida people originally lived in the area that is now Central New York. They were one of the five founding nations of the Iroquois Confederacy, also known as the Five Nations (the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca).

43 Divine or digital representation : AVATAR

The Sanskrit word “avatar” describes the concept of a deity descending into earthly life and taking on a persona. It’s easy to see how in the world of online presences one might use the word avatar to describe one’s online identity.

48 “The spell is cast! Don’t blink or you’ll miss it …” (go to 15-Down) : ABRACADABRA!

The incantation “abracadabra” has a long history. It was used as far back as the 2nd century AD in ancient Rome when the word was prescribed by a physician to be worn on an amulet to help his emperor recover from disease. “Abracadabra” is Aramaic, and roughly translates as “I will create as I speak”.

52 Bulldoze : RAZE

The term “bulldoze” comes from the noun “bulldose”, which meant “a severe beating” back in the late 1800s. A bulldose was “a dose fit for a bull”, a beating designed to intimidate mainly black Republican voters in the 1876 US presidential election.

55 Pepper and others: Abbr. : SGTS

“Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” was the alter-ego of the Beatles, and the title of a famous studio album released in 1967, as well as the name of the album’s title track.

58 Sheltered from the wind : ALEE

Alee is the direction away from the wind. If a sailor points into the wind, he or she is pointing aweather. The sheltered side of an island, for example, might be referred to as the “lee” side.

60 Bird revered by the Maori : KIWI

The kiwi is an unusual bird in that it has a highly developed sense of smell and is the only one of our feathered friends with nostrils located at the tip of its long beak.

61 Modern initialism when skipping text : TL;DR

Too long, didn’t read (TL;DR)

62 What a server may “serve” : EMAIL

In the world of computer science, a computer accessing a service is called a “client”. The service is provided on a computer called a “server”. These days, clients and servers often communicate via the Internet. I am typing up this blog post on my laptop (the client) and am connected via the Internet to the Google Drive service that resides on a computer somewhere (the server).

Down

3 Like some hair and seas : PARTED

The Red Sea (sometimes “Arabian Gulf”) is a stretch of water lying between Africa and Asia. The Gulf of Suez (and the Suez Canal) lies to the north, and the Gulf of Aden to the south. According to the Book of Exodus in the Bible, God parted the Red Sea to allow Moses lead the Israelites from Egypt.

6 Hell of a poem? : INFERNO

Dante’s epic narrative poem “Divina Commedia” (Divine Comedy) is divided into three parts: “Inferno”, “Purgatorio” and “Paradiso” (Hell, Purgatory and Paradise).

9 James of jazz : ETTA

“Etta James” was the stage name of celebrated R&B and jazz singer Jamesetta Hawkins. James was an acquaintance of civil rights activist Malcom X. For ten years, she was a member of the Nation of Islam, and used the name “Jamesetta X”.

10 Grande of pop : ARIANA

Ariana Grande is a singer and actress from Boca Raton, Florida. Grande plays the role of Cat Valentine on the sitcom “Victorious” that aired for four seasons on Nickelodeon. Grande’s singing career took off with the release of the 2011 album “Victorious: Music from the Hit TV Show”.

18 Considerable, as a sum : TIDY

A tidy sum, a pretty penny, a considerable amount of money.

25 Lily Potter, ___ Evans : NEE

In the world of “Harry Potter”, Harry’s mother was Lily Potter née Evans. Lily Evans had magical abilities even though she was born to Muggles, individuals with no magical powers. Lily married James Potter. Lily and James were murdered by Lord Voldemort, leaving their child Harry an orphan.

31 Echo effect : REVERB

When audio mixing in the process of sound recording, the sound engineer might add some reverb, a slight reverberation.

32 Cap’n’s mate : BOS’N

A boatswain works on the deck of a boat. He or she is unlicensed, and so is not involved in the navigation or handling of the vessel, and instead is in charge of the other unlicensed workers on the deck. “Boatswain” is pronounced “bosun” and this phonetic spelling is often used interchangeably with “boatswain”. The contraction “bo’s’n” is also very popular.

35 Miller offering : LITE BEER

The first light beer was produced by Chicago’s Meister Brau brewery in the sixties. Miller took over Meister Brau, reformulated the light beer using the same process and became the first of the big breweries to come out with a light beer, “Lite Beer from Miller” introduced in 1973. There really wasn’t a serious competitor to Miller Lite until Anheuser-Busch finally came up with a process and a product in 1982 that they called Bud Light.

42 Rogers’s co-star in “Top Hat” : ASTAIRE

“Top Hat” is a fun comedy musical starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers that was released in 1935. It was to become the most successful movie that the Astaire-Rogers team made.

50 Inter ___ : ALIA

“Inter alia” is Latin for “among other things”.

Another popular example is the Apple logo, which features a partially bitten apple with a rainbow-colored scheme. This logo is often referred to as the "bitten apple" and is used to represent the Apple brand and its products, including the iPhone, Mac computers, and iPads. Technology mascots can also be found in the gaming industry, with characters like Mario from Nintendo and Sonic the Hedgehog from Sega becoming iconic mascots for their respective companies.

Complete List of Clues/Answers

Across

1 Rent in the garment district? : RIP
4 Tuna type : AHI
7 Amount on an invoice : FEE
10 Nickname for a young Skywalker : ANI
13 The Great Depression, for one : ERA
14 Get in a twist : CONTORT
16 Foosball apparatus : ROD
17 “Ladies and gentlemen, you are about to witness something extraordinary that has never been seen or attempted before!” (go to 34-Down) : FOR THE FIRST TIME!
20 Get out of a tangle : UNTIE
21 “Charlotte’s Web” monogram : EBW
22 Yoga posture : ASANA
23 Unit of doubt, so to speak : SEED
24 Relating to city life : URBAN
26 Twisted tangle : KNOT
27 Name seen going down the drain? : EDDY
28 Drum type : SNARE
29 Camila Cabello’s “Never Be the ___” (2018) : SAME
30 Get more, say : REORDER
32 Kind of belt : BIBLE
36 Patrick on the 1992 Dream Team : EWING
41 Name that translates as “people of the standing stone” : ONEIDA
43 Divine or digital representation : AVATAR
44 Declares : STATES
45 “Groom and board” locale : PET SPA
46 Vegetarian’s demand : NO MEAT
47 Bio and chem student’s program, perhaps : PREMED
48 “The spell is cast! Don’t blink or you’ll miss it …” (go to 15-Down) : ABRACADABRA!
52 Bulldoze : RAZE
54 Not as well : ILLER
55 Pepper and others: Abbr. : SGTS
58 Sheltered from the wind : ALEE
59 Bet more than : RAISE
60 Bird revered by the Maori : KIWI
61 Modern initialism when skipping text : TL;DR
62 What a server may “serve” : EMAIL
63 Recycle bin on a desktop, e.g. : ICON

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1 Garbage : REFUSE
2 Straightened (out) : IRONED
3 Like some hair and seas : PARTED
4 Hunger (for) : ACHE
5 Chopping tool : HOE
6 Hell of a poem? : INFERNO
7 Overfamiliar, in a way : FORWARD
8 Hosp. sections : ERS
9 James of jazz : ETTA
10 Grande of pop : ARIANA
11 “So, so delish!” : NOM NOM!
12 Brainstorm : IDEATE
15 Visual representation of this puzzle’s trick (go to 38-Down) : TIBBAR (upside-down RABBIT)
18 Considerable, as a sum : TIDY
19 Sounds of disapproval : TSKS
24 Application : USE
25 Lily Potter, ___ Evans : NEE
30 Sunfish with colorful gills : REDEAR
31 Echo effect : REVERB
32 Cap’n’s mate : BOS’N
33 Smitten with : INTO
34 “You will experience a great and unexpected surprise!” (go to 48-Across) : BE AMAZED!
35 Miller offering : LITE BEER
37 Participate in an aquatic sport : WATER-SKI
38 “Presto!” : IT’S MAGIC!
39 Back of the neck : NAPE
40 ___ school : GRAD
42 Rogers’s co-star in “Top Hat” : ASTAIRE
43 Tailcoat, vest and bow tie, e.g. : APPAREL
49 Stop talking, with “up” : CLAM …
50 Inter ___ : ALIA
51 Relating to the Indian subcontinent : DESI
52 Tell (on) : RAT
53 ___ too easy : ALL
56 II : TWO
57 Transgress : SIN

Rise of Poison Ivy´s empire- Chapter 4: Zatanna

Barbara is happily sitting in a limousine, and she is on her way to Metropolis to seduce the heroes there. However, her nude body was not alone. Next to her sat a group of beautiful woman, pleasuring her body. She was Slutgirl, the leader of the Seducers and Poison Ivy´s second in command. “Listen up girls.” said Slutgirl, putting on a slideshow showing their targets. “These are our targets. Starting with the one we will control today, Zatanna. She will be attending the Metropolis Theater, putting on a magic show. Our goal is to seduce her, we need her to get to Wonder woman, even I aren’t powerful enough for the amazon. But with Zatanna’s magic and my secret weapon, we might stand a chance.

Zatanna was preparing for her magic show. This was her first time on this stage, but she felt ready. She put on her white shirt, jacket and black top hat before going out on stage. There was a huge audience. People looked excited and she heard a couple of applauses. A number of men also looked at Zatanna’s impressive rack. She didn’t care, as she had get used to it. If they can´t keep their eyes off her, that´s not her problem.

She started off by a simple magic trick. “Tibbar Tniag!” One of her rabbits turned giant, jumping around on the scene. The audience was in awe, applauding and cheering her on. She turned her rabbit into different colors, “Der!” “Wolley” “Eulb!” After her rabbit had turned back, the show continued. She did many tricks, including fire, flying, animals and more. Her final trick was her teleporting out. The show was finished, and it was a success.

Zatanna stood in her room backstage when she got a phone call. It was Wonder Woman. “Hello, Diana.” “Good evening, Zatanna, let me get straight to the point. Bruce told me that woman have been disappearing in Gotham City. When he interrogated one of the kidnappers, he discovered that Metropolis was their next target. He didn’t get a name though. Be careful.” “I will, thank you for the tip. I will investigate it when I´m done here.” “Zatanna, don´t take this lightly. Batgirl and Catwoman have disappeared following this criminal.” Yes, ma’am.” Wonder woman ended the call. “She really needs to learn how to take a joke.” Said Zatanna, mocking the older woman.

The door knocked. “Coming!” To her surprise, she was greeted by Batgirl. She was standing in her dirty Batgirl uniform, crying. “What happened, Barbara?” “Let me tell you. It all started with me investigating the Gotham Greenhouse.” She told her story, but leaving out everything after she met Ivy, saying that she managed to escape to Metropolis. “That´s crazy. Did she do anything to you? Batman told me that women have been disappearing in Gotham.” “Yes, they have, darling. And Mistress Ivy and I are behind it.” “Then we have to stop…wait did you just say that you was behind it!?”

Then she realized how stupid she had been. Batgirl´s eyes were glowing a faint green color. Batgirl hadn´t escaped Ivy, she had been converted. “Poison Ivy is controlling you, Batgirl. This is not you!” “Yes, it is, her voice sounding deeper and sultrier. She ordered a plant to cover Zatanna´s mouth and binding her to a chair. Seducers!” 5 nude women came in, bowing to Slutgirl. Barbara gave Selina a deep kiss. “You know what to do, just like we planned.” The other sluts walk out, leaving Zatanna alone with the former Catwoman.

Zatanna could not even react before Pussycat was on her. Selina ripped off her blouse and jacket, and quickly removed the rest of her clothes. Zatanna was scared. She had never had sex with a woman before. Though she had to admit it felt nice. NO, stop it Zatanna. Think of the mission. These woman are control by Ivy, they are not doing this by free will. With Zatanna´s clothes removed, Catwoman laid down on top of her body, and started to finger her victim´s pussy before offering her breasts to Zatanna. Zatanna refused to touch them.

“No? Well I hoped I could avoid this. But you give me no choice.” She put on mind-control lipstick on her lips, removes the vine covering Zatanna´s mouth, and kisses her before she can even utter a word. But Zatanna is not giving up that easily. She will call Wonder woman and…what was she doing again. The rest of Zatanna´s mind is focused on the seductive woman licking her nether regions. To her dismay, she is enjoying it, and when Selina walks out of the room, she feels confused.

She could escape any time, but wants to stay. Stay in her bed and wait for orders. She is still not fully entranced, but her mind is starting to change. That´s when a nude Slutgirl re-enters the room. Her pussy is dripping, having had sex with the seducers. “Enjoyed the time with Pussycat?” No answer. Zatanna´s eyes are blank, a struggle taking place inside of her. “Expected as much. Listen up Zatanna. I am Slutgirl, the leader of the seducers and Mistress Ivy´s personal lover. You are no longer Zatanna.” Her mind was starting to take in this information. “I…am…a…seducer.” “Good. And Mistress Ivy has chosen you for a seed. This seed of power will give you extraordinary abilities, like it gave me my incredible beauty.”

Slutgirl opened a small briefcase, picking up a red seed. Then she planted it and let it grow. In minutes, a red cocoon has appeared before their eyes. Zatanna walked inside it, closing tightly behind her. Her body was injected by thorns and liquids and pumped into her body. She screamed. The pain was unbearable, her magic power increasing for every second. Her eyes was glowing red, and her mind changed. Her body grew taller and more elegant. Every last part of her former self was replaced by the mind of an evil sorceress. She found a new purpose in life, to become the most powerful magic user in the universe and to serve Ivy. Then she walked out to Slutgirl.

Slutgirl was impressed. The seed had turned Zatanna into a beautiful tall woman with glowing red eyes. “What do you think, Mistress?” “You´re my best seducer yet, that´s what I think. I think you need to get an introduction to lesbian sex though. Let me show you.” Their nude bodies collided, and the night could begin.

Zatanna never got home that night. Her night was filled with sex, sweat and moans. When Slutgirl was done with her, she put on a black skintight long dress and high heel boots. She didn´t need practical clothes, her new magic could make her teleport and fly wherever she wanted. Put what the seed gave her most of all was power of the mind. With it, she could put anyone in a deep trance, converting women who resisted the pheromones of her fellow sisters. She was now the Black Queen, a sorceress who took control over women.

These mascots not only represent their companies but also evoke a sense of nostalgia and fond memories for gamers. In addition to representing a brand, technology mascots can also help in humanizing complex or technical products. For example, Microsoft's animated character, Clippy, was a mascot for Microsoft Office, providing users with helpful tips and assistance. Although Clippy was eventually retired, it served as a friendly face that made the software more approachable and user-friendly. Overall, technology mascots play an important role in the tech industry as they help in building brand recognition, establishing an emotional connection with consumers, and making complex technology more relatable. These mascots have become an integral part of the marketing strategies of tech companies, contributing to their success and popularity..

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