Ginger, I'm not Frank, but still - thanks for the update. It's very good to read that things are improving, even though there's still quite a road to go.
Yes, there is. There's a hurry, Xander. I'm dying...I may have as few as fifty years left.
Anya ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
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.
Nilly - Aug 12, 2008 11:19:09 am PDT #2869 of 10003
Swouncing
Jesse - Aug 12, 2008 11:20:53 am PDT #2870 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm definitely going to start calling it monkey.
Steph L. - Aug 12, 2008 11:24:20 am PDT #2871 of 10003
I look more rad than Lutheranism
In the Netherlands he is accompanied by "Six to Eight Black Men" which is the title of the piece.
Oh, yes! And if you're bad, he beats you and steals your shoes? Or something?
If you're bad he stuffs you in a sack and takes you back to Spain (which is where the Dutch Santa lives the rest of the year). Or possibly just pretends to kick you.
Nilly - Aug 12, 2008 11:28:46 am PDT #2872 of 10003
Swouncing
I'm definitely going to start calling it monkey.
Wait, I thought we were supposed to pet things and call them George?
sarameg - Aug 12, 2008 11:29:28 am PDT #2873 of 10003
4 hours of meetings. Almost as long monkeying with a damned pc.
Tired now.
Jesse - Aug 12, 2008 11:30:45 am PDT #2874 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Wait, I thought we were supposed to pet things and call them George?
A shocking confession: Honestly, I don't even know what that means.
meara - Aug 12, 2008 11:30:51 am PDT #2875 of 10003
I just listened to the whole "Six to Eight Black Men" thing, that was awesome, thanks for linking to it!!
Other random trivia: Did y'all know that the equestrian events for the Olympics are NOT happening in China?!?! They're in Hong Kong, thousands of miles away, because of Chinese quarantine restrictions on the horses being too much of a pain to deal with?? How weird is that?!?
sumi - Aug 12, 2008 11:31:48 am PDT #2876 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
Hong Kong IS China.
Scrappy - Aug 12, 2008 11:32:18 am PDT #2877 of 10003
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
When we were in the Netherlands a coupel of years ago, we were there in early December, wwhich is when Sinter Klaas and Black Peter (Yeah, that's his name) have their Day. There were wonderful costumed versions of them everywhere. Like this: [link]
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Not my picture, but we saw many random versions of this parade. My fave was seeing Black Peters in full satiny regalia and adidas shoes.
megan walker - Aug 12, 2008 11:36:37 am PDT #2878 of 10003
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Hong Kong IS China.
Didn't they march in separately in the opening ceremonies? That seemed weird.