Archive for December 2010
New Year’s Eve Widdershins: 2011 Predictions Thread!
Posted by: madamab on: December 31, 2010
It’s New Year’s Eve Morning, Widdershins, and I’m most likely sleeping soundly after yesterday’s exhausting drive up the East Coast. Many of us believe that in dreams we take journeys into the depths and heights of our creative unconsciouses, and I assure you this is precisely what I have done. Thanks to this mystical mode [...]
MW: Resolutions
Posted by: chatblu on: December 30, 2010
- In: Current Events | Morning Widdershins | Music | Open Thread | You Tube
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Here we go again. It’s time to make our New Year’s Resolutions. Yep, the same ones (for the most part) that we have made annually since the earth cooled. We pull them out, dust them off and run them again year after weary year. Sometimes we make it clean through Valentine’s Day without infractions, but [...]
MW: The Worst of 2010
Posted by: chatblu on: December 28, 2010
- In: Current Events | Government | Morning Widdershins | movies | Music | Open Thread | Television | You Tube
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We’re just carrying forward from yesterday, Widdershins. A discussion of “worsts” from 2010 or the past decade, or whatever we wish to unburden, castigate or throw darts in the general direction thereof. Here goes mine: (1) Worst Book of 2010: Committed by Elizabeth Gilbert. Yes, the Eat, Pray, Love author. This book would compare unfavorably [...]
MW: The Best of 2010
Posted by: chatblu on: December 27, 2010
- In: books | Current Events | Gay Rights | Morning Widdershins | movies | Music | Open Thread | Television | You Tube
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Good morning, Widdershins. Hope that Christmas was pleasant and Santa was good to you. MadamaB is taking a well-deserved break this week, so I have decided to keep it light for the next few days and maybe discuss the best – and the worst – things of 2010 or the 2010′s, for that matter. Let’s [...]
Lazy Sunday: Happy Boxing Day – The Best of British Films
Posted by: chatblu on: December 26, 2010
- In: movies | You Tube
- 71 Comments
Happy Boxing Day, Widdershins! I had initially promised Pat that we would do a years’ end review, but MadamaB has one scheduled for later this week. Therefore, my next best shot is to honor Boxing Day by giving consideration to the genre of British films. These films are sometimes produced, directed and feature non-British performers [...]
MW: Merry Christmas To All
Posted by: chatblu on: December 25, 2010
- In: Music | Open Thread | You Tube
- 40 Comments
Good morning and best Christmas wishes, Widdershins. I’d like to spend a relaxed day enjoying each other’s company, and maybe discussing the best of Christmas music. I’ve been treated to some wonderful Christmas music. My childhood steeped in the Irish Catholic methodology taught me deep appreciation for a multitude of venues ranging from the swells [...]
An Obamamas Carol: A Play in One, Er, Heartwarming Act.
Posted by: madamab on: December 24, 2010
- In: Healthcare | Human Rights | Obama | Open Thread | racism | Snark | War | Women
- 67 Comments
In the spirit of National “I Told Ya So” Day…here is my Christmas Eve Post from 2009. Enjoy, and Merry Christmas to all! THE SCENE: The White House, the President’s bedroom. BARACK and MICHELLE OBAMA are sleeping in the ornate four-poster bed, snoring in tandem, wearing their traditional matching silk monogrammed pajamas (in festive red [...]
MW: The War on Vegetables
Posted by: chatblu on: December 23, 2010
- In: Government | Morning Widdershins | Open Thread | Snark | You Tube
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What is it about members of the Republican party and vegetables? Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick in “Field of Greens” slices and dices the right-wing attack on veggies that seems to grow more aggressive each and every day. “When the socialist revolution comes, the first shot will not come from filthy peasants bearing flaming torches or angry, poorly dressed workers [...]
Activist Wednesday: Activist Judge of the Week!
Posted by: madamab on: December 22, 2010
It is an article of faith in the conservative philosophy: “judicial activism” is BAAAAAAD. Judges should never interfere in the course of social justice, they shriek (far better for it never to happen!).Like all conservative articles of faith, this is one I heartily disagree with – so much so, that today, I am saluting the Activist Judge of the Week, [...]
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