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Late Night Open Thread

by Anne Laurie|  March 20, 20101:35 am| 46 Comments

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Happy Spring Equinox (as of 1:32pm EDT). Some light entertainment, complete with puppets for the DFHs…

Get some sleep, people. It’s gonna be a long weekend.

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  1. 1.

    Yutsano

    March 20, 2010 at 1:36 am

    A blessed Naw Ruz to y’all as well.

  2. 2.

    General Egali Tarian Stuck

    March 20, 2010 at 1:38 am

    Love The Coors and Chieftains. And Irish music, all of it.

  3. 3.

    celticdragonchick

    March 20, 2010 at 1:39 am

    Yay! Celtic music!

  4. 4.

    Linda Featheringill

    March 20, 2010 at 1:42 am

    Happy equinox to you
    Happy equinox to you
    Happy equinox dear ones
    Happy equinox to you!

    Yes, it’s silly but what the hey?

  5. 5.

    JGabriel

    March 20, 2010 at 2:02 am

    Celtic Music for the Equinox? How about some Pogues:

    The Sick Bed Cuchulainn

    A Pair Of Brown Eyes

    A Rainy Night In Soho

    .

  6. 6.

    Comrade Luke

    March 20, 2010 at 2:02 am

    How ’bout those Gonzaga Bulldogs!!!

    They’re probably going to run into a buzz saw on Sunday against Syracuse, but that’s not for two days. Right now, the victory feels real good.

  7. 7.

    Yutsano

    March 20, 2010 at 2:08 am

    @Comrade Luke: Heh. One of my co-workers will be insufferable come Sunday. Having said that, GO ZAGS!!

  8. 8.

    Tattoosydney

    March 20, 2010 at 2:08 am

    Away from home this weekend and internet access intermittent, so I just want to take this opportunity to wish all of you good luck for tomorrow. I have more than just my fingers crossed for a safe, non-Stupacked HCR vote.

  9. 9.

    Comrade Kevin

    March 20, 2010 at 2:09 am

    @Comrade Luke: WCC, Baby! Two entries, two victories!

  10. 10.

    Comrade Luke

    March 20, 2010 at 2:10 am

    @Yutsano: We had seven first-year players this year, yet we still won the regular season conference title and won at least one game in the tourney.

    I’d love to pull it off on Sunday, but at this point anything else is gravy.

  11. 11.

    Yutsano

    March 20, 2010 at 2:11 am

    @Tattoosydney: We thank thee for the wellwish FH # 1, however the vote is scheduled for Sunday. So one more day of nonsensical politicking before the final vote occurs. I wish it was over tomorrow, I want to get the entire mishegas out of the way.

    So where did you two sneak off to? Please don’t say Alice Springs.

    @Comrade Luke: I want brackets broken and much rendering of garments to occur as much as possible this time of year. No school should EVER assume their team is a lock to win it all.

  12. 12.

    Comrade Luke

    March 20, 2010 at 2:11 am

    @Comrade Kevin:

    WCC REPRESENT!

    I really think St Mary’s can beat Villanova tomorrow. They’re playing out of their skulls right now, and ‘Nova…isn’t.

  13. 13.

    Yutsano

    March 20, 2010 at 2:18 am

    Where’s RedKitten? I need her opinion on the RCMP short skirt controversy:

    http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/03/19/bc-rcmp-complaints-olympic-ceremonies.html

  14. 14.

    freelancer

    March 20, 2010 at 2:18 am

    In terms of Evidence of things not seen, we all missed the mythic moment of the equinox. But it doesn’t matter, you can still balance an egg on its end anyways, contra Aaron Sorkin. I’ll let Phil Plait, Ph. D. explain.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrhdR0G2PQ0

  15. 15.

    Comrade Kevin

    March 20, 2010 at 2:19 am

    @Comrade Luke: I’m a Santa Clara graduate, and while my team sucked this year, it’s always good when the conference does well.

  16. 16.

    freelancer

    March 20, 2010 at 2:27 am

    Re Stupak,

    We caught you on the wrong side of lying,
    within the dust we left you dying, if only words can keep you hiding.
    Well go on, cowards we’ve offed you, cowards we’ve offed you.
    …
    I hope your life’s a living hell.
    It’s all on you, boy. It’s all on you, boy.

    freelancer +6

  17. 17.

    JGabriel

    March 20, 2010 at 2:28 am

    In terms of Evidence of things not seen, we all missed the mythic moment of the equinox.

    Er, no, we didn’t. It’s not for another 11 hours.

    But I’m reminded that I always forget about Bloomsday until the end of the day on June 16 and kick myself for missing it.

    .

  18. 18.

    Mark S.

    March 20, 2010 at 2:33 am

    @Yutsano:

    “It is regrettable that this event unfolded as it did and that offence was caused to our membership.”

    That’s the saddest thing I’ve read since the article about how Lindsey Graham’s fee fees were hurt.

  19. 19.

    hamletta

    March 20, 2010 at 2:36 am

    It was warm here today, but I still don’t quite believe there will be a spring.

    I saw tiny buds on a tree today, but I still don’t quite believe there will be a spring.

    I have choral parts to learn for Easter, but I still don’t quite believe there will be a spring.

    It’s been so damn cold for so damn long, I still can’t quite believe there will be a spring.

  20. 20.

    asiangrrlMN

    March 20, 2010 at 2:36 am

    Woot-woot! I moved up sixty-plus spots in the BJ tourney pool today! I feel pretty damn good about it.

    Love this vid, Anne Laurie. Thanks for posting it.
    @Tattoosydney: FH#1 emerges from hiding! Hiya.

    @Yutsano: I went with the state school today (U of M), otherwise, I would have done even better.

  21. 21.

    Comrade Kevin

    March 20, 2010 at 2:40 am

    The high temperature where I live was 82 today. Especially weird, when we had temperatures in the low 50’s, with rain, and snow in the hills, just a week ago.

  22. 22.

    Tattoosydney

    March 20, 2010 at 2:40 am

    So one more day of nonsensical politicking before the final vote occurs.

    Jesus. I’d forgotten the time difference. Agh.

    We are in Melbourne. Bradley has a public health conference next week so we took the opportunity to fly down early – shopping today, off to a great Spanish restaurant tonight, then I am flying back to Sydney Sunday night after a late lunch.

  23. 23.

    asiangrrlMN

    March 20, 2010 at 2:45 am

    @Tattoosydney: Living la vida loca, eh? Sounds like a grand old time.

    @Comrade Kevin: We are at forty. Everyone else in the Midwest is getting snow, but, not, apparently, Minnesota. The snow gods, they mock me.

  24. 24.

    Tattoosydney

    March 20, 2010 at 2:45 am

    @asiangrrlMN:

    Howdy. I’m a little drunk. We have been playing billiards in the bar of our hotel, and I need to be pissed to play even vaguely well.

    How you?

  25. 25.

    freelancer

    March 20, 2010 at 2:47 am

    @JGabriel:

    and kick myself for missing it.

    Wednesday night, I was over at my parents’ house North of the city where you can see a lot more stars, and my dad just happened to announced that the ISS would be passing right over at 9:07 local time, sure enough we’re standing outside at 9:06, and I’m pointing out constellations, planets and nebulae to my niece and my cousins. Orion, Draco, Venus, Cassiopeia, Mars, and all of the sudden we see a new star to the Northwest. I can tell just by the naked eye that it is ascending rapidly above the horizon. My dad says it’s a police helicopter, as the airstrip that they operate out of is about a mile west of their house, and it could’ve easily been that. The illusion holds until we see the light pretty much streaking over our heads at an impossible rate, and then POOF! it’s gone, disappeared out of the sunlight over into the Earth’s shadow.

    That was pretty fucking cool.

  26. 26.

    asiangrrlMN

    March 20, 2010 at 2:56 am

    @Tattoosydney: I’m the same way! I am much better at pool when I’m drunk. It’s because I go with my instincts. I’m fucking exhausted, but not tired. How many fingers am I holding up?

  27. 27.

    asiangrrlMN

    March 20, 2010 at 2:56 am

    @Tattoosydney: I’m the same way! I am much better at pool when I’m drunk. It’s because I go with my instincts. I’m fucking exhausted, but not tired. How many fingers am I holding up?

  28. 28.

    asiangrrlMN

    March 20, 2010 at 2:56 am

    @Tattoosydney: I’m the same way! I am much better at pool when I’m drunk. It’s because I go with my instincts. I’m fucking exhausted, but not tired. How many fingers am I holding up?

  29. 29.

    asiangrrlMN

    March 20, 2010 at 2:57 am

    Oh, and FYWP.

  30. 30.

    Tattoosydney

    March 20, 2010 at 3:23 am

    How many fingers am I holding up?

    um. Eleven?

  31. 31.

    Comrade Kevin

    March 20, 2010 at 3:59 am

    @asiangrrlMN: I’m in the SF Bay Area, to give some context.

    Comrade Kevin +?

  32. 32.

    arguingwithsignposts

    March 20, 2010 at 4:17 am

    Watching Maddow: John Ensign is so truly screwed. I can’t believe he’s still a sitting Senator. IOKIYAR. Possibly not this time. I personally hope he ends up in the clink for this.

  33. 33.

    Comrade Kevin

    March 20, 2010 at 4:24 am

    @arguingwithsignposts: Are you watching a recording? I see “Lockup: San Quentin” on MSNBC right now.

  34. 34.

    arguingwithsignposts

    March 20, 2010 at 4:26 am

    @Comrade Kevin: There’s this “series of tubes” that has a stream of the program. I don’t own a TV, so thankfully I miss the Sat./Sun. MSNBC lockup/crime wave marathons.

    ETA: Whoever pays $24.95 to Ralph Reed to fax a letter against HCR is such a sucker.

  35. 35.

    Comrade Kevin

    March 20, 2010 at 4:29 am

    @arguingwithsignposts: You could have just said you watched it on the Internet without being a smart-ass.

  36. 36.

    arguingwithsignposts

    March 20, 2010 at 4:33 am

    @Comrade Kevin: LOL. Hey, anytime I can make a veiled Ted Stevens reference, I go for it. Insomnia is a bad mistress.

    BTW, I am so loving the CBS sports March Madness streaming program. They are doing it right, unlike NBC with their dick Internet streaming of the Olympics, or generally any pro sports league.

    ETA: You know how you can tell Spring Break is over in a college town? People banging on people’s apartment doors across the hall at 3 a.m. in the f**king morning!

  37. 37.

    Restrung

    March 20, 2010 at 4:56 am

    Nancy Pelosi is awesome.

  38. 38.

    South of I-10

    March 20, 2010 at 7:28 am

    Ugh! I am supposed to be walking in the Race for the Cure this morning, but the little one is sick. So now I am awake at 6:30 on a Saturday morning for no reason.

  39. 39.

    dr. bloor

    March 20, 2010 at 8:17 am

    If Hamsher is to be believed, the HCR bill just got a whole lot uglier.

  40. 40.

    demo woman

    March 20, 2010 at 8:26 am

    @dr. bloor: I’m taking a wait and see approach. If it is a separate amendment, there is a chance that it won’t pass the Senate even though the Senate needs 51 votes.

  41. 41.

    dr. bloor

    March 20, 2010 at 8:31 am

    @demo woman:

    I reckon. I’m long past the capacity of keeping track of the procedural elements involved in this thing; I can’t tell if Barty has real leverage here, or if this is a Rube Goldberg scheme for letting him save face.

  42. 42.

    mr. whipple

    March 20, 2010 at 8:40 am

    My first thought wakingup today? Stupak.

    Is it ok to drink at 8:30 am?

  43. 43.

    valdivia

    March 20, 2010 at 8:51 am

    maybe this is from earlier than the whole to do began but here is this from abc re Stupak. Cohn and Chait at TNR had talked about a vote affirming Hyde being the solution earlier in the week I don’t know if what Stupak is suggesting is the same thing. If it is according to them and contra Hamsher it is a good solution since Hyde is *already* the law. As Dengre said in the previous thread we have to fight against that law but it does not make this bill worse since it already had to comply with Hyde.

  44. 44.

    Linda Featheringill

    March 20, 2010 at 8:55 am

    Good morning, folks.

    Had technical difficulties this week and so am behind on my work. And am now in catch-up mode. Bah, humbug!

    But you are correct – Nancy Pelosi is awesome!

  45. 45.

    demo woman

    March 20, 2010 at 9:11 am

    @mr. whipple: Sounds like a weekend brunch to me. Perfect time for mimosas or bloody mary’s. I’m on the way to home depot to but pine straw. Today is suppose to be a beautiful sunny day and tomorrow the rain returns. yuk

  46. 46.

    demo woman

    March 20, 2010 at 9:13 am

    @dr. bloor: Whether he votes for health care or not, he still needs to have a primary challenger.

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