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I pretty much always wish I was a barefoot gypsy ’round the campfire singing and playing, but especially this time of year, maybe because I used to go caroling when I was in elementary school.

Now we can get down to what is really wrong.

Talk about anything except the Daily Dish and Four Loko.

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  2. 2.

    Bnut

    I did a bad thing about an hour ago. I was coming home and saw a man let his dog shit in the middle of the sidewalk and just walk away. I sped up and asked him why he left it there and if he knew that was not only illegal but mean to everyone else. He just turned and walked away. Sooooooo, I got a plastic bag from the nearest garbage can, grabbed the shit, followed him home and smeared it on his steps. I feel awesome.

  3. 3.

    eemom

    Congrats to Merle Haggard, who won one o’them thar fancy Washington awards last night.

    I loves me some Merle Haggard. Maybe a tad less than John Prine, but he’s up there.

  6. 6.

    Cris

    I used to go caroling when I was in elementary school.

    Why’d you stop?

    I do find caroling a wee bit depressing, because every house I come to is lit up with the flickering blue light of the television and so many of the residents behave as though they’re simply tolerating an interruption.

  7. 7.

    Comrade Colette Collaboratrice

    @Bnut: OK, my new New Year’s Resolution is to do this as soon as possible, starting with the woman down the street who lets her dog poop in her neighbors’ yards so seh can truthfully say she never lets Fluffy poop on the sidewalk.

  12. 12.

    Bnut

    @mikej droid: @Comrade Colette Collaboratrice: I don’t get it. My dog would never go on the sidewalk, but if he did, I’d find a way to clean it up. The real problem is that with all the snow, it gets smeared everywhere and it’s hard to differentiate between NYC street grime and dog feces until you are right on top of it.

  14. 14.

    Maody

    doesn’t everyone over 40 love themselves some Van?

    what did y’all think about Inglourious Basterds? Tarantino. wow.

  16. 16.

    burnspbesq

    Settling in to watch K pass Dean.

    Dean is a good man and was a great coach. He did more to advance the cause of integration in North Carolina than just about any other white person, just by recruiting Charlie Scott.

    Fucking Tar Heel fans didn’t deserve him.

  17. 17.

    JPL

    So if I can rant…WhyTF does ESPN have every bowl game imaginable…..I don’t choose to support cable or dish. Football games on New Years were always carried on network channels…WTF…
    Even if I chose to pay 50 to 100 dollars a month at this point I would boycott ESPN…
    BTW who is carrying the parades?

  18. 18.

    Uncle Clarence Thomas

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    Talk about anything except the Daily Dish and Four Loko.

    Let’s talk about a Streetcar Named Obama.
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  19. 19.

    Mnemosyne

    @Bnut:

    You mean you didn’t put it inside a paper bag, set the bag on fire, and then ring his doorbell?

    You’re right, you should be ashamed of yourself.

  20. 20.

    Bnut

    @JPL: justin.tv, channelsurfing.net. Most games should be on ESPN3.com if you don’t have evil Time Warner internet like I do.

  21. 21.

    Steeplejack

    One of my favorite lesser-known Morrison songs–“Redwood Tree.”

    This is a demo version, the only one I could find on YouTube. The original has a nice horn arrangement and appears on St. Dominic’s Preview.

    And why the hell is that album out of print?! WTF.

  22. 22.

    robertdsc-PowerBook

    May I just say that I am glad to see Christine O’Donnel’s lovely face back in the news? I can look at her for days and days.

  23. 23.

    JPL

    @Bnut: I know but it seems sacrilegious not to have all the games on network channels… I’ll watch the outback on ABC and maybe the Rose Bowl online but I’m stilled pissed.. I think ESPN got paid by TimeWarner to air all the bowl games.

  25. 25.

    Cat Lady

    @JPL:

    I fondly remember the days of the Cotton Bowl, the Sugar Bowl, the Orange Bowl and the Rose Bowl. We watched them on a black and white TV with a rotary dial, and we got probably six VHF channels and three UHF channels, with rabbit ears and a roof antenna. No one remembers who the sponsors were.

    I’m an old.

  26. 26.

    Steeplejack

    @Cat Lady:

    I’m an old cudlip.

    Fixed that for you.

    I, too, remember the days of four “real” bowl games and when things like the Fiesta Bowl and the Peach Bowl were frightening hippie experiments.

  27. 27.

    JPL

    @Steeplejack: lol Some of us take down our Christmas decorations while watching bowl games and switching channels. Some of us don’t like change.
    Some of really like the Van Morrison that freelancer linked to..also,too.

  30. 30.

    tomvox1

    When Greenwald swings into this kind of high gear and calls justifiable bullshit on the sorry state of the Fourth Estate, I feel like he’s a completely different dude than when he goes all “YOU OBOTS ARE LIKE RIEFENSTAHL!” and shit (which, of course, would make Obama in Glenn’s mind…uh-oh). Bi-polar disorder maybe?

    Also, too: When did Wired become Ben Bradley’s WaPo circa 1972 and how exactly are Poulsen & Lamo, a couple of ex-hackers with negligible (any?) journalistic credentials, all of a sudden Woodward & Bernstein? I always thought Wired was the tech version of Discovery magazine. These are truly strange days…

  31. 31.

    Emily L. Hauser/ellaesther

    Question about the Amazon link:

    Does Amazon throw a few pennies your way if I just click through to the site via BJ (as I did today, to get a link to a book) or only when I spend money there?

    I’ve literally been waiting all day for an Open Thread to ask that question! I’m a simple woman.

  32. 32.

    Bella Q

    I was watching the televised Fiesta Bowl when Woody Hayes grabbed the Clemson player (who ran by Hayes in the midst of running back an interception) by the facemask, yanked him to the side and punched him. That was the only excitement in the Fiesta Bowl, ever, to my knowledge.

    And Mr. Q is having a grand time telling people I got hit on by Greg Cook at the Christmas buffet. Mr Cook introduced himself to Mr. Q, who had not a clue who he might ever have been, LOL.

  35. 35.

    General Stuck

    @Nutella:

    Oh cool, I can trash you all day for free. And btw, i consider it a badge of honor, getting pied. Sort of like making eagle scout of the blogs. Well not really

  36. 36.

    Karen

    I was in Choir for my last year of High School and we used to go caroling in Nursing Homes, Banks and Children’s Hospitals. I was Alto 2 and the one who did the “ding dong”s of “Carol the Bells.”

    We sang “Oh Come Emmanuel” at the Christmas shows and we all held candles as we walked down the isles. Candlelight in the darkness was really cool.

  37. 37.

    General Stuck

    BJ is so much more pleasant without the too-frequent ravings of General Stuck.

    Deep thought. Could I pie myself, and would that make for a much more pleasant Balloon Juice experience?

  43. 43.

    wenchacha

    Love Van the Man, but I hate the sparkle pantsuit. Even back when I saw The Last Waltz in the movie theater.

    RIP Rick Danko and also Richard Manuel. Also, I am Team Helm, as opposed to Team Robertson, too.

  45. 45.

    Chinn Romney

    I wish I didn’t know as much about the Band as I do. Never read bios about Rock Musicians! (I’m going to violate my own rule, which I just made up this instant. I can’t wait to start the Keith Richard book. I’m always down for some Jagger bashing).

    Van the Man rocks, but all I’m seeing is that publicity hound, song credit stealing Robbie Roberston, pretending to be singing along while he mugs for the camera. He definitely knows where that camera is.

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