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What Day Is It? Open Thread.
ByIf you’ve been maxing the holidays like I have, then you’re aware of that strange feeling of not knowing for sure what day it is. I’m having fun tonight, but tomorrow’s a workday. It must be Sunday. No, I worked today, and I’m having fun. It must be Friday. No, Friday is snowstorm Christmas New Year’s Eve. It must be some other day.
Your thread. Tell Old Man 2009 what you think of him. Baby’s on its way.
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December 29th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
Dear Old Man 09,
Get outta here! You did pretty good but you coulda done better you old bastard!
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December 30th, 2009 at 9:49 am
Dear 2009:
False hope is worse than none at all! Now go sit next to 1980 and think about what you did wrong.
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December 30th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
Josh Marshall ponders the inies and outies of airport security. Americans are okay with a host of intrusive/invasive/extrajudiacial violations of privacy and personal dignity in the name of fighting terrorism, up until the point of letting TSA screeners see outlines of our naughty bits.
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December 30th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
I still think 1984 was a worse year (if well-named), but the decade was worse than the eighties, which managed to better its reputation in the last 60 days.
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December 30th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
Hey Baby – if you’re arriving on an airliner, prepare to be frisked.
http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_14091279
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December 30th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
Thanks a lot, 2009. I had hoped the last full calendar year before my 50th birthday would be full of romance and excitement, but all I can remember along those lines is almost being run over by a soccer mom in the Harris Teeter parking lot. And it wasn’t even a close enough call for her to get out of her minivan, she just mouthed “I’m sorry!” *sigh*
Congratulations again, Gordon, and good luck in your new position. Asheville is lucky to have you, my friend.
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December 30th, 2009 at 6:38 pm
Was she cute?
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December 30th, 2009 at 6:47 pm
BREAKING NEWS! TEAPARTIERS REALIZE THEY’VE BEEN HAD! FILM AT 11!
http://motherjones.com/politics/2009/12/tempest-tea-party
ALSO: BEAR CAUGHT EXCRETING OUTDOORS! POPE’S HAT DOES IN FACT MAKE SOME PEOPLE LAUGH! I’M NOT MAKING THIS UP!
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December 30th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
That’s the stuff of a Disclaimer “missed connections” spoof.
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December 30th, 2009 at 11:22 pm
Yeah, she was pretty cute. I went out of my way to shop there like every other day for two weeks in the hopes of seeing her again, until I realized I had 3 gallons of milk and 5 packs of angel hair pasta waiting to be consumed. I had to let her go.
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December 31st, 2009 at 12:02 am
After 20 years out West, I’m back in my home state, having arrived on Halloween night. We lucked into a reasonable rental house in south Asheville, and I am working a temp job at Biltmore Estate in the Bake Shop. It’s not much yet, but its a start in a new life on the East coast where I realize my heart has always been.
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December 31st, 2009 at 5:02 am
2009 was a year to focus on the big picture. Get even more inclusive and to demand less polarized framing of important issues. We are in fact all in this together. Here is to a great 2010 where we trust and respect each other more.
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December 31st, 2009 at 9:07 am
On this day in 1999 (h/t to Arratik via Twitter)
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January 1st, 2010 at 9:09 am
Congratulations to Jenny Bowen on the birth of her daughter Astrea last night. May she grow up happy, healthy and strong.
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January 1st, 2010 at 2:32 pm
Our friend Jennifer Saylor (follow her on Twitter @jensaylor) has invited everyone to attend “After Copenhagen: A Community Climate Discussion” tomorrow morning, January 2 at 10:00am to 12:30 pm in the West Asheville Library Community Room. The Facebook event link is here.
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