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And a Good Time Was Had By All

by John Cole|  March 31, 201710:30 pm| 73 Comments

This post is in: Meetups, Readership Capture

Well, I hope so. I had a great time, and didn’t even feel anxious like I normally do at affairs like this, which speaks to the excellent company. I hope others have pictures because I just have, not surprisingly, a bunch of crappy ones.

And I don’t care what you say about EFGoldman, he’s ok in my book.

Also, if most people were as nice as everyone that showed up tonight, I would go out more often.

And a Good Time Was Had By AllPost + Comments (73)

Let’s Check in With Cole’s Pet Sitter…

by Adam L Silverman|  March 31, 201710:06 pm| 74 Comments

This post is in: Cat Blogging, Faunasphere, Food, Nature, Open Threads

Meanwhile, back at the Villa Cole:

This is the best internet video I've ever seen pic.twitter.com/RooSpAMGhH

— Frasier Season Eight Episode Two (@dorseyshaw) March 30, 2017

Open thread!

Let’s Check in With Cole’s Pet Sitter…Post + Comments (74)

Well This is Awkward…

by Adam L Silverman|  March 31, 20178:16 pm| 342 Comments

This post is in: America, Domestic Politics, Election 2016, Election 2017, Election 2018, Foreign Affairs, Open Threads, Politics, Not Normal, Our Awesome Meritocracy, Our Failed Political Establishment

https://t.co/D0z9TEKWAA

— Kim Caloca (@kcaloca) March 31, 2017

Well This is Awkward…Post + Comments (342)

Boston Meetup part two

by John Cole|  March 31, 20176:40 pm| 163 Comments

This post is in: Open Threads

Boston Meetup part twoPost + Comments (163)

Boston Meetup

by John Cole|  March 31, 20175:52 pm| 81 Comments

This post is in: Open Threads

We are here and doing it live.  So far it is me, Conster, Turbulence, and Flying Toaster so far.  I have my back against the wall so Anne Laurie can not stab me.

Boston MeetupPost + Comments (81)

I never knew the charm of spring

by DougJ|  March 31, 20173:54 pm| 157 Comments

This post is in: Music

What month do you think has the most songs written about it? I think it’s got to be either April or September. For April, you’ve got “I Remember April” and “April In Paris”. For September, you’ve got “September Song” by Kurt Weill, “Back In September” (from “The Fantasticks”), the Earth Wind and Fire song “September”, and “September Gurls”. So I guess September wins in a way, but…the two April songs are both jazz standards so they should count double. And “riding high in April, shot down in May” has no September analog.

What are some other good songs in which names of months are featured prominently? Aguas de Marco and Beach Baby come to mind. And I guess I forgot the Neil Diamond song “September Morn”, which I feel is the most Neil Diamond of any song.

I guess Maggie May mentions September too, so maybe September wins. But I think April is at worst a close second.

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Life Imitates Satire: TSA Edition

by Adam L Silverman|  March 31, 201712:44 pm| 232 Comments

This post is in: America, Domestic Politics, Open Threads, Politics, Popular Culture, Silverman on Security, Not Normal, Our Awesome Meritocracy, Our Failed Political Establishment, Security Theatre

This is satire:

This actually happened:

This child was patted down by a TSA agent for 2 minutes. Don't think that's a long time? Watch until the end. pic.twitter.com/6MG7tRqVsd

— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) March 29, 2017

Well that’s not creepy at all…

I have said it before and I’m sure I will say it again: 9-11 caused the US to socio-culturally suffer a mental and emotional breakdown. While lots of Americans have recovered, a not insignificant number of Americans have not.

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