Holst (surname) Puns

She could take him to the court. She had.... concrete evidence

A political push to ratchet back London City Hall’s vaccination policy for municipal employees drew a scathing rebuke from members of the Corporate Services Committee.

https://london.ctvnews.ca/i-don-t-want-to-kill-my-father-colleagues-admonish-councillor-van-holst-for-opposing-vaccine-policy-1.5734698

'B' is an obvious one. You get the greats of Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms, but also the likes of Barber, Bartók, Berlioz, Biber, Bizet, Borodin, Britten, Bruch, Bruckner, and so on.

'S' is also a solid option, giving you Saint-Saëns, Satie, Schoenberg, Schubert, Schumann, Scriabin, Shostakovich, Sibelius, Strauss, and Stravinsky.

'M' gives you some big ones—Mahler, Mendelssohn, and Mozart—but unless you're also into more modern stuff like Martinů, Messiaen, and Milhaud, it might leave you wanting.

Tchaikovsky's a popular guy, but the only other major 'T' composers in my library are Takemitsu and Telemann, and I'm not sure how much crossover there is between die-hard fans of these three.

Varèse, Vaughan Williams, Verdi, Villa-Lobos, and Vivaldi make 'V' a compelling option.

Dvořák and Debussy make for a compelling but even leaner option.

If you have a more modern taste, 'G' gives you Gershwin, Glass, Golijov, and Górecki, with Grieg for some late 19th century exposure.

Handel, Haydn, Holst, and Hovhaness make 'H' a competitive option for the right listener.

I can't imagine many listeners choosing 'K' for the likes of Kabalevsky, Khachaturian, and Korngold, nor 'O' for the likes of Offenbach and Ornstein.

Lauridsen, Ligeti, and Liszt make for a rather eclectic set unlikely to appeal to many.

Paganini, Pärt, Pergolesi, Ponce, Poulenc, Prokofiev, and Puccini make for a potentially more compelling eclectic set.

Hard to go wrong with the variety afforded by Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Reich, Riley, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rodrigo, and Rossini.

If you're a Chopin fan, choosing 'C' doesn't seem to give you many other options as far as well-known greats go, unless you're also into the likes of Cage and Copland. Ditto for fans of Elgar/Enescu, Fauré/Franck, Ives, Janáček, Nielsen, and Wagner.

As for me...I think I'll play it safe and go with the powerhouse that is 'B', while sad that I can't sneak in a "Bivaldi".

So I recently started to listen to the Planet by Holst and I'm really liking it. Is there another great orchestra composition that I must hear?

What's your favorite planet, and why is it Jupiter?
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A few years ago I posted a write-up exploring the silly mystery of Lisa Holst. In a nutshell: Snopes posted an article in 2001 in which they explained that the "you eat eight spiders in your sleep" factoid was invented by a journalist called Lisa Birgit Holst as a demonstration of the sort of bullshit people tend to accept as fact without checking. Trouble is, if you were to follow up on Snopes' own sources, there was a frustrating lack of evidence for this claim -- Lisa Holst didn't even seem to exist.

In 2015 someone figured out that "Lisa Birgit Holst" is an anagram for "this is a big troll". I explored the plausibility of this in my aforementioned write-up -- tl;dr, Snopes had pulled shit like this before, so it was looking pretty damn plausible -- but ultimately, it was impossible to prove, because absence of evidence isn't evidence of absence. For their part, Snopes had kept mum on the topic, refusing to address it or respond to requests for information...

...Until this month, that is, when they finally updated their spiders article with a link to this confession, a full 20 years after the original post.

So a pal (f/34) had a second date with a guy that was supposed to be dinner at his flat. Beforehand, she mentions to him our girl code and that she'd get shit from me if she went without at least his second name and address. So she asks for it, and instant radio silence. She says, if that's not OK, they can get dinner at a place nearby. He eventually replies that they can meet up and have a coffee and chat. Alarm bells are ringing and she mentions something along the lines of being downgraded from dinner to coffee because she asked for his address, where she would be going anyway. He thinks it's really weird and insulting that she would ask for this beforehand. She tries to explain that's its just a very basic safety precaution and no judgement on him but at this point his reluctance is giving her alarm bells so they'll just leave it. Best of luck in his future endeavours etc. His retort is that 'someone must have seriously hurt her in the past' and he's not looking for that. He actually warns her how off-putting it is and that she probably shouldn't do it again in the future. She tells him she always asks and no one has ever had a problem with it in the past. She could tell he was gearing up to war and peace in response after that so just deleted and blocked.

Very proud of her but kinda gobsmacked that someone in this day and age could get soo uppity about this. I have literally taken a photo of a guys number plate before getting in his car to go on a date and they have laughed it off. They could be a serial killer or a mad rapist. I've said this to them in my experience most guys get it. This guy did not. Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this or something like it?

Edit: the plan was to meet her off the train and take her to his place.

I have found that a lot of men and their families (particularly if they are religious) are very insistent on women and step children changing their last names after marriage. In today's world, I feel this is completely unnecessary and robs people of their established identity. Those who wish to can do it, but it's not something that should be forced/expected. It is by NO MEANS a measure of how much someone loves another person and shouldn't be treated as such.

Edit: It seems like people don't understand the post at all. It's not about changing names after marriage being removed as a practice, it's about changing names after marriage not being forced/expected if the woman/child in question doesn't want to. People losing the plot all over.

Edit 2: A lot of people claiming people have a choice, this is reddit. Not reddit USA or reddit UK. Just because your country allows it doesn't mean there's tens upon tens of them that don't.

Edit 3: It's really shocking that the first world minority comprising of maybe 400 million in a population of 8 billion believe that if this is popular among them it's popular opinion. Well I shouldn't really be surprised tho.

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I lost track, last thing I heard he was trying to establish his own "creed".

I love The Planets, but I have no idea what other pieces of his I want to listen to.

Used to go to school with a Bossman, which was pretty cool. And recently there was a boxing match between Wilder vs Fury, which together sounds like something from Clash of the Titans.

The first of which is Stefon Diggs, drafted by Minnesota in the 5th round of the 2015 draft. He quickly proved to be a draft steal for the Vikings, providing a 1-2 punch alongside Adam Thielen and became a franchise legend due to the Minneapolis Miracle. After being traded to Buffalo, he has earned back-to-back Pro Bowls in both years with the Bills.

The second active player is Quandre Diggs, drafted one round after Stefon by the Lions (Surprisingly though, they aren't related). Stuck in the perpetual quagmire of Detroit, in wasn't until he was traded to Seattle that he truly flourished. Providing an excellent replacement after the Earl Thomas flameout. While he hasn't been as good as Thomas was, he's still a very good player that the Seahawks defense sorely needs. He's even carved out a little niche as a ballhawk. Intercepting 13 passes over the past two-and-a-half seasons.

Finally, we have the most recent entry into the Diggs Echelon of Eliteness, Trevon Diggs. Trevon's burst onto the scene in a big way this year. If Quandre Diggs could be considered a ball hawk, than Trevon Diggs is a BALL EAGLE. Dude's brought back interceptions like it's the 80's all over again. Tying the Cowboys franchise record in interceptions and shattering all recent interception trends. Dude's on an absolute tear and you can't help but be impressed

So in summary, while Diggs may be a pretty rare last name for NFL players, the ones that do have that name have a pretty good track record

I asked him why, and he said because the customer is always right.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsTBd5ps5PU

I love this piece of music so much.

It starts like the pendulum of a grandfather clock, which resembles the time given to everything. It is very limited and the human mind is constantly disturbed and troubled by the things that happen. The loud notes of the brass feels like the heaviness of the burdens one carries like feeling the weight of the world because of the scariness of perceived problems. The dissonance of the strings imitates the excruciatingly painful feelings of being lost, not knowing where one is and what one is doing, being unable to understand and becoming fearful, and even refusing to acknowledge the situation at hand.

However, at around 6:16, the pendulum swings in a new different way and the brass follow suit. There are now hints of becoming in tune with the things around and with what's happening. My most favorite is when the strings play their last note which is the highest at the last part 8:45. It feels like profound acceptance and experiencing what the Stoics deem true freedom is, the mind being deeply at peace, immune to disturbances and anxieties. Finally freeing oneself from attachments and understanding what one's part is and the constant change willed by Nature and the Universe. I ultimately picture someone dying accepting death, the eventual end. For all things must perish to make way for other things, new creations.

After listening, like that someone dying, I can somehow understand that feeling of "I can now die."

Beautiful, sorrowful, hopeful and emotionally uplifting. It's one of my favorite pieces of music and was wondering if there are any others that are similar.

Thank you

My daughter (17) came out as transgender a few years ago, and for her birthday this year we legally changed her first name to a feminine name of her choosing. My wife and I have always supported her and her transition, but my daughter seemed disappointed that her surname wasn’t also changed.

I am Icelandic-American, if if you don’t know, surnames are quite different than in other countries. One’s surname is their father’s first name + a suffix related to their gender. The son of Jökull would be Jökullson, and the daughter of Jökull would be Jökulldottir. When my American wife and I married, she took my last name, per American customs, and gave that same masculine surname to our daughter when she was born. All of us have the same masculine last name.

My daughter wishes to change her surname to “Jökull”dottir in order to align with her gender expression, as well as Icelandic naming customs. I hadn’t considered this for her, as we live in the United States and used the local customs. My wife and I are on the fence about changing her legal name again, as processes like this are very expensive and time-consuming in our state. I told her that her mother and I would be more than happy to help with the paperwork if she paid for the processing. Our daughter doesn’t accept our reasoning and claims we are only contributing to her existing dysphoria by not going through the process again.

She is very proud of her Icelandic heritage, and picked an Icelandic first name for her initial name change. While I understand her desire for the name change, I think that she is too focused on how her name would come across in Iceland, where we rarely visit, and should consider how it comes across in the United States if she goes through with this change.

Am I the asshole for making my transgender daughter pay for her own surname change?

The more I think about this stupid norm, the more irritated I become. It’s so normalised and embedded into society, to the point where people will look at you sideways if you choose to keep your own name. I also hate that keeping your own name is regarded as a radical act of feminism when in reality, it’s the most neutral thing you can do.

Not to mention, I like my name! It’s been my name my whole life, it’s part of my identity and it feels right. The thought of waking up one day and just being called something else doesn’t sit right with me at all.

On a sidenote, the practice of children taking their father’s name is beyond infuriating. So you’re telling me, a woman carries a living thing inside her body for NINE months, undergoes untold damage to her body during that period, suffers the most horrifying pain to bring the child into the world and somehow this is all surpassed by a man‘s task of * checks notes * having an orgasm?! Ridiculous.

I’m just so sick of it all tbh

Edit: to all the men lurking this sub so they can whinge about men’s rights and the evil nasty feminists: go outside and touch grass lol

I hope she takes him to court. She has concrete evidence.