Oh, I thought of another pseudo-ethnic pride celebration that's really a Get Drunk In Public Festival for many people: Octoberfest!
For some people, it's an excuse to get drunk while wearing lederhosen.
Tracy: Well-- That call -- That call means you just murdered me. Mal: No, son. You murdered yourself. I just carried the bullet a while.
'The Message'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Mar 17, 2009 5:06:02 am PDT #11030 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
DavidS - Mar 17, 2009 5:06:27 am PDT #11031 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Oh, I thought of another pseudo-ethnic pride celebration that's really a Get Drunk In Public Festival for many people: Octoberfest!
Yeah, but that one comes with sausage. So, flea, you're advocating that ethnic pride be expressed by staying home and sipping tea and reading a pamphlet or two?
Jesse - Mar 17, 2009 5:06:56 am PDT #11032 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
In other places, you just get shitfaced without homophobic parades or earnest speeches about the auld sod. Not saying that's better or worse.
Ah.
Trudy Booth - Mar 17, 2009 5:08:55 am PDT #11033 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Speaking of St. Patrick's Day, of course there's a big parade here in NYC. Our City Council Speaker, while being the first Irish American Speaker, is also the first openly gay speaker, so she doesn't march in the parade, because they don't let gay groups march. So what is doing today? Going to the White House with the Irish Ambassador. Nice.
I remember one year the group was told they could march but they couldn't carry a banner.
So Mayor Dinkins walked with them. He was their banner. That was sweet.
flea - Mar 17, 2009 5:10:05 am PDT #11034 of 30000
information libertarian
I am all in favor of fiddle music and step-dancing! You can celebrate culture without being pissing yourself drunk, is all.
An old friend who is an Irish dancer came up with a brilliant idea on Facebook: Step Dancing With The Stars!
sumi - Mar 17, 2009 5:11:26 am PDT #11035 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
Hee. I think Step Dancing with the Stars would be comedy gold!
Kathy A - Mar 17, 2009 5:13:33 am PDT #11036 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Comcast OnDemand is featuring U2 this month, and I was just watching the video for "The Sweetest Thing" yesterday--it has stepdancers in it!
tommyrot - Mar 17, 2009 5:15:30 am PDT #11037 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Both U2 and Ann Coulter have seen large declines in sales for their most recent efforts.
What does it mean???
Toddson - Mar 17, 2009 5:28:54 am PDT #11038 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
In the case of the second, a sudden onset of sanity?
DavidS - Mar 17, 2009 5:29:37 am PDT #11039 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Oh, no!
British actress Natasha Richardson is in critical condition in a Montreal hospital after being severely injured in a skiing accident in Quebec, according to published reports.
People.com and IrishCentral.com reported that the Tony award-winning actress and wife of Liam Neeson suffered a head injury Monday and is in a Montreal hospital.
Best case scenario is probably traumatic head injury and long rehab.