I want to know who voted against the serial comma. I'm taking names, people.
Hello.
There are couple of pubs here that opened at 7AM for St. Patrick's Day. And they have a line waiting.
But we should do St. Pat's like the Newfs, who have a holiday.
Time for some thrilling heroics.
Jayne ,'The Train Job'
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.
Sue - Mar 17, 2009 9:32:09 am PDT #11143 of 30000
hip deep in pie
msbelle - Mar 17, 2009 9:36:49 am PDT #11144 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I loved that when I was in Ireland five or so years back, the big radio stations were giving away trips to America for SP's Day. It's such an American holiday.
I really wish we had a nationally recognized silly hat day (Derby Day could just become a bigger deal) or dress fancy day or pajama day.
JZ - Mar 17, 2009 9:38:32 am PDT #11145 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I was thinking aneurysm too.
Poor Natasha, poor Liam, their poor sons (12 and 13). There's never a time in life when it isn't awful to lose a parent, but early adolescence is already so full of out-of-control changes and huge inarticulate emotional tidal waves--oh, those poor kids.
Kat - Mar 17, 2009 9:38:40 am PDT #11146 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I should look into a bubble wrap suit for mac.
One for Noah and Grace too, please.
Jesse - Mar 17, 2009 9:40:36 am PDT #11147 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
But we should do St. Pat's like the Newfs, who have a holiday.
They have that in Boston, too -- but not for St. Paddy's Day, oh no! It just happens to be the day the British evacuated Boston. Therefore, Evacuation Day.
sarameg - Mar 17, 2009 9:41:35 am PDT #11148 of 30000
Sue - Mar 17, 2009 9:45:56 am PDT #11149 of 30000
hip deep in pie
Newfoundland also used to have a holiday the Battle of the Boyne, just to be fair to all sides of the Irish conflict. I don't think that's a statutory holiday anymore though.
Newfoundland public holidays. Outside the usual ones:
16 Mar St Patrick's Day.
20 Apr St George's Day.
22 Jun Discovery Day.
13 Jul Orangemen's Day
Scrappy - Mar 17, 2009 9:46:32 am PDT #11150 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I have a busy week or so coming up--a business trip to Minneapolis all next week (which is full of what promises to be kinda stressful meetings), then I get back Friday night. Early Saturday morning, we drive up north to take care of my MiL, who is having surgery next week. The DH stays there, but I get on the train late Sunday to be at work Monday morning. Not terrible, but tiring nonetheless.
However, once I get through that I just found out that I get to go with DH to a schmancy Audi weekend event, being held at this place nest weekend: [link] I am really excited! This is the fanciest hotel I will have ever stayed at--so gorgeous. And they pay for dinner on a boat one night and for a bike trip around Santa Barbara, which sounds really fun.
Trudy Booth - Mar 17, 2009 9:47:23 am PDT #11151 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
Do most people wear helmets while skiing, though? Or beginners, anyway?
Not in my experience -- though I've never been a huge skier.
Connie Neil - Mar 17, 2009 9:48:16 am PDT #11152 of 30000
brillig
Every year here in Utah we have a few people who die on the ski runs from running into trees or whatnot. Trees don't yield.