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Friday Morning Open Thread: Merry Xmas / Happy Holiday

by Anne Laurie|  December 25, 20206:06 am| 199 Comments

This post is in: Dog Blogging, Music, Open Threads

Timeline cleanser: Flashmob of Beethoven’s 'Ode to Joy'…pic.twitter.com/0dUuh2XTGf — Rex Chapman???? (@RexChapman) December 23, 2020

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It's an early Christmas for these gorillas at the London Zoo as they cheerfully unwrapped their gifts ?? pic.twitter.com/CpiWd8bjii

— Reuters (@Reuters) December 23, 2020

It was a rough year. But this mailman rallied and made Christmas stockings for all 250 dogs on his route. https://t.co/58B6ax6iZZ

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 23, 2020

There are 250 dogs on Scott Arnold’s U.S. Postal Service route, and every year, he gives each one a personalized Christmas stocking that has their name, dog treats and a note from Santa.

But for the first time in 25 years, Arnold thought he might skip it this year. He knew that the families in the 22101 Zip code area of McLean, Va., would have understood. Arnold, 66, lost his adult son, Jason, in May of unknown causes, just days before his 37th birthday.

Arnold said that an outpouring of love and support from hundreds of his longtime customers helped fuel him through a difficult year. But he wondered whether he had the energy to make and deliver hundreds of stockings.

Then Arnold thought about how much his son had loved dogs, and he knew he had to continue the tradition he calls “Santa Paws.”…

So in November, Arnold bought more than 250 miniature Christmas stockings that were decorated with Santas and snowmen. He pulled out his red and green fabric paint, and sat down at his table to carefully personalize each one. “Rocky,” “Finnegan,” “Tesla,” he began, until he had written one for each pooch he has come to know and love in McLean…

As he does every year, Arnold stuffed each stocking with dog treats, then added a few extras: photos of his dog, Milo, and his grandsons — Jackson, 8, and Luke, 6 — and a special Christmas newsletter.

“Another Pawliday season is upon us, though this one is quite different than any other,” Arnold wrote. “We will begin, as always, welcoming the new members of our ever-growing pack.”

After listing all of the new dogs in the neighborhood (Teddy, Daisy, Biscuit, Lula, etc.), he mentioned those who had moved away (Molly, Rosie, Zeus, Monte), then paid tribute to all of the dogs who had crossed the “Rainbow Bridge.”…

On the other side of the letter, he thanked the people on his route for their support and kindness during the worst year he could remember.

“The outpouring of caring and compassion from all was incredible and appreciated,” Arnold wrote. “It helped so much, and continues to help.”

When he began delivering the socks about two weeks ago, Arnold said, he discovered it was good therapy.

“I’m so glad that I didn’t deprive the families and their dogs,” he said. “They look forward to the socks every year. We’re all feeling overwhelmed because of the pandemic and this was something positive I could do.”…

Merry Christmas to everybody who stayed home to make us all safer.

— Mig Greengard (@chessninja) December 25, 2020

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Friday Morning Open Thread: Merry Xmas / Happy Holiday

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Georgia Voices for a Blue Senate: A Virtual Concert Tonight at 8pm Eastern

by WaterGirl|  December 13, 20207:45 pm| 197 Comments

This post is in: Black Votes Matter, Election 2020, Georgia Runoff Races, Music, Open Threads, Political Action, Politics

This is a benefit for Fair Fight, Warnock and Ossoff Campaigns – as I told raven when he brought this to my attention, Good Music + Georgia Runoffs is right up our alley. Posting this now for anyone who might be interested, so you can plan ahead.  Then I will pin it to the top …

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Medium Cool with BGinCHI – Music!

by WaterGirl|  December 13, 20206:00 pm| 280 Comments

This post is in: Medium Cool with BGinCHI, Music, Popular Culture, Culture as a Hedge Against This Soul-Sucking Political Miasma We're Living In

Tonight, it’s Medium Cool, hold the BGinCHI. BG will return to Medium Cool on January 17.  I’ll be holding down the fort in the meantime.  Ideas for Sunday evening culture posts?  Let us know in the comments. Tonight, let’s talk about MUSIC! – What music do you listen to when you are celebrating? – When …

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Thursday Evening Open Thread: Endless Waiting

by Anne Laurie|  December 10, 20206:26 pm| 158 Comments

This post is in: Music, Open Threads

(Tough Town via GoComics.com) . We will get through this, somehow, but the wait for the solstice to roll over and the darkness to recede seems particularly tiring this year…

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Nice Things Open Thread

by Major Major Major Major|  December 9, 202012:33 pm| 188 Comments

This post is in: Books, Music, Open Threads

I’ve decided we should have an open thread. I went to Central Park on Sunday to enjoy the sun. (It was maybe forty degrees, but that’s what long underwear is for!) Clearly I wasn’t the only one who’d had this idea; the park was bustling. But that’s the benefit of being outdoors and masked: bustle …

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Smells Like Freedom

by Adam L Silverman|  November 7, 20208:55 pm| 126 Comments

This post is in: America, Biden-Harris 2020, Domestic Politics, Election 2020, Music, Open Threads, Politics, Silverman on Security

Now that President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris have addressed the Nation, I just thought I’d put this up to pass the time. I’ve written here on a few occasions that My Country Tis of Thee is my favorite patriotic song. Given what we’ve all been through since June 2015, I think this version – the …

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Music To Celebrate – Na Na Na Na Hey Hey Goodbye

by WaterGirl|  November 7, 20206:54 pm| 158 Comments

This post is in: Music, Open Threads

What’s on your celebration playlists? If you got just one song to send the dumpster fire on his way, what would it be? I was going to go with Hit The Road Jack, but then a jackal sent me this one, and I think it’s hard to beat. Any particular food that got you through? …

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