Each of us was put here for a reason, and for some of us that reason is to serve as a bad example. Yes, Nanny Ogg is my literary role model, however did you guess?
Music
Mid morning open thread
Got a bad case of the Mondays, even though it’s Friday. This song always cheers me up.
Late Night Open Thread: Year of the Rabbit
__ Gong xi fat choi! — Happy Lunar New Year of the Rabbit! Traditionally, Rabbit years are supposed to provide a respite from the turbulence of the preceding Tiger years’ political unrest and environmental catastrophes. Social, intellectual, and creative activities are favored and those who live by such activities will prosper. And as might be …
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Evening Open Thread: ‘Blessed’ Candlemas
__ “If Candlemas is bright and clear, there’ll be two winters in the year; If Candlemas has snow and rain, old winter shall not come again.” __ I think the folkloric point could’ve been established somewhere short of 9 inches of sleet/snow crusting to ice on top of yesterday’s 10 inches of powder. __ What’s …
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Open Thread: Happy Australia Day
Hat tip for notice of the day to commentor TattooSydney, and Advance Australia Fair! __ Which, even at its most bombastic, is still 79% less ridiculous than America’s ear-bleeding, throat-burning anthem. Although I’m not sure I fully understand why this is the first link to come up when I YouTubed “Australia Day”:
Late Night Open Thread: Happy Birthday, Robert Burns
__ And you guys thought you’d get off Scot-free, after all the SotU excitement? __ To be serious, there is a thread of bloody history running from Burns’ fellow tenant farmers, dispossessed by eighteenth-century Masters of the Universe implementing the very latest economic paradigm, to the indentured servants torn away from their Celtic roots to …
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The String(s) of Pop: Open Thread
Dueling Cellists Play Michael Jackson’s Smooth Criminal and A One Man Violin Quartet Takes on Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody [A little levity for your evening opening thread. Yutsano, I think, will like this one. Peace out- ABL] [cross-posted here (sorta) at Angry Black Lady Chronicles]