https://infrogmation.dreamwidth.org/ The Information Super-Frog - Dreamwidth Studios Mon, 27 Jan 2025 16:27:12 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios infrogmation personal https://v2.dreamwidth.org/16054740/4055681 https://infrogmation.dreamwidth.org/ 84 100 https://infrogmation.dreamwidth.org/255335.html Mon, 27 Jan 2025 16:27:12 GMT https://infrogmation.dreamwidth.org/255335.html “I had arrived at the season of general relaxation, on the eve of the Carnival, which is celebrated with much gaiety in all Catholic countries. Masks, dominoes, harlequins, punchinelloes, and a variety of grotesque disguises, on horseback, in carts, gigs, and on foot paraded the streets with guitars, violins, and other instruments; and in the evening the houses were opened to receive masks, and balls were given in every direction.” -- J. Freeman Rattenbury's description of Carnival in St. Augustine, Spanish Florida, February 1818, from "Narrative of a voyage to the Spanish Main"<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=infrogmation&ditemid=255335" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://infrogmation.dreamwidth.org/255335.html mardi gras carnival history florida st. augustine public 0 https://infrogmation.dreamwidth.org/245431.html Thu, 30 Mar 2023 18:17:23 GMT https://infrogmation.dreamwidth.org/245431.html Newsweek: "Ron DeSantis' Board Rages Against Disney World After Legal Humiliation"<br /><br /><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/ron-desantis-disney-board-reedy-creek-1791369">https://www.newsweek.com/ron-desantis-disney-board-reedy-creek-1791369</a><br /><br />Kudos to Disney for the rare 'royal lives clause' troll- which means the agreement remains valid until "21 years after the death of the last survivor of the descendants" of King Charles III.<br />😂<br /><br /><br />In 1928, Walt Disney lost rights to his nationally popular character.<br /><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswald_the_Lucky_Rabbit">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswald_the_Lucky_Rabbit</a><br /><br />Walt Disney determined to never again let someone else have final say over his property or be out-slick-lawyered. It's remained part of Disney corporate culture.<br /><br />I'm generally not a fan of Disney's litigious side, but against Ron DeFascist and his minions, I'll virtually cheer the Disney lawyers wearing a mouse ear hat and waving a Mickey flag.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=infrogmation&ditemid=245431" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://infrogmation.dreamwidth.org/245431.html desantis lawyers florida disney public 1