New Year’s Greetings
I drove to the YMCA in Arlington, (fake) Virginia, this afternoon for my regular workout, only to be met by a sign on the door:
Due to power issues, the building is closed
Interesting choice of language. I wonder if there was an attempted coup or something by members of the staff?
Disappointing as it was, that should be the worst of my problems. This will probably be my last post of 2008 (cause enough for celebration by some, I suppose). So Happy New Year to all, and may this time next year look at least a little more peaceful and promising.
Comments
| 31 December 2008, 10:19 pm |
Happy New Year (soon) Gene. You had a good year - calling it right on Obama. Will be interesting in 2009 to see how he deals with the sharks and lunatics on the international scene, not to mention the deepening economic crisis.
If he can do so successfully he will be in the top five ranking of Presidents!
| 31 December 2008, 10:26 pm |
If the last week is any guide, in 2009 the world will live up to it’s primary responsibility, which is to keep me alternately amused and appalled. Happy New Year.
| 31 December 2008, 10:50 pm |
Well happy New Year to all our brothers and sisters across the Pond. Next year has to be better. Could it get any worse?
| 31 December 2008, 11:00 pm |
Happy new year to all - now time for a dop.
| 31 December 2008, 11:03 pm |
Athbhliain faoi Mhaise Daoibh
| 31 December 2008, 11:10 pm |
Put yer teeth in Paddy!
| 31 December 2008, 11:16 pm |
Put yer teeth in Paddy!
I thought it was Welsh. :D
| 31 December 2008, 11:21 pm |
I’ve only been here a couple of months, this time next year I hope I’ll have found my way around. Nice place you’ve got here. Happy New Year, Shanah tovah, Bonne année, Feliz ano novo …
| 31 December 2008, 11:25 pm |
I’ve only been here a couple of months. Nice place, Harry’s. By this time next year I hope I’ll have found my way around. Happy New Year, Shanah tovah, Bonne année, Feliz ano novo …
| 31 December 2008, 11:26 pm |
Didn’t mean to post twice, sorry. Time for a drink.
| 31 December 2008, 11:49 pm |
you have got a great place, one of the best addresses in town, thanks
| 31 December 2008, 11:50 pm |
I wonder what that Irish bastard Macpherson is up to tonight.
| 31 December 2008, 11:51 pm |
A New Year wish: may all shaheeds achieve their goal in 2009 without any collateral damage! And long life to everyone else!
| 1 January 2009, 12:33 am |
I wonder what that Irish bastard Macpherson is up to tonight.
He’s about as Irish as I am.
Oh wait…
| 1 January 2009, 12:36 am |
The Mesquito family has always been haunted by whispers that there may be a Mick or two in the woodpile.
| 1 January 2009, 12:44 am |
Happy new year to all at Plaza del Harry.
| 1 January 2009, 12:45 am |
New Year’s giggles from the Land of the Common Man:
“Senora Kennedy Is Make Very Good Senator”
http://iowahawk.typepad.com/iowahawk/2008/12/senora-kennedy-is-make-very-good-senator.html
| 1 January 2009, 12:52 am |
The Mesquito family has always been haunted by whispers that there may be a Mick or two in the woodpile.
Hun or Taig?
Happy Honecker to everyone at Ill de Harry.
| 1 January 2009, 2:51 am |
OK - let’s be politically correct…
How many New Years are there around the globe?
I’ve got:
Christian/pagan - Mostly 1st Jan (it used to be Easter for Christians I believe, but they gave up eventually). 14th Jan for the Julian following Eastern Orthos!
Muslim - moves around the solar calendar as is a lunar month thingey.
Chinese New Year - Always Jan/Feb???
Jewish New Year - Early September.
Any more?
Just been on good old Wiki - and yes there are a lot!
| 1 January 2009, 6:36 am |
Happy New Year Gene and all HP readers! Have a good 2009.
| 1 January 2009, 8:18 am |
Well, the single most exciting event of 2009 will of course be David Lindsay’s British People’s Alliance emerging butterfly-like from its present tightly sealed chrysalis.
Lindsay’s cannily keeping his cards close to his chest, to the extent that we don’t even know who the other British people in his alliance are, but he’s been claiming for over a year that he’ll be contesting every seat in the upcoming European elections.
This suggests he’s managed to raise a massive war chest, and I confidently expect his website to be significantly upgraded over the next few weeks to reflect this Obama-like financial advantage. If I have a tiny criticism of an otherwise sterling effort, it’s that the site’s News section is a tad limited - while it is undoubtedly true that the launch of the BPA’s website was indeed the single most important event of the last few months, it certainly wasn’t the only thing that’s happened since September.
But I’m sure we all wish him every success, and that his inevitable triumph will put him in sight of Number 10 within the next eighteen months. After all, what better way to respond to Obama’s victory than by electing a British Prime Minister who, as he constantly reminds his avid followers, is “visibly mixed race”?
| 1 January 2009, 11:58 am |
It’s started ok, with the Iraqis who murdered two British soldiers in cold blood (one was only 20) being handed over to the Iraqi authorities, despite an injunction from the European Court of Human Rights to stop them. Let’s hope that it gets better. Happy and Peaceful New Year.
| 1 January 2009, 12:32 pm |
Happy New Year everyone.
I hope everyone has sent their best wishes to Sarah Palin on the birth of her grandson.
Torn between dull names like Barack and John the parents announced the boy was to be called “Tripp”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/chi-bristol-palin-ft-1231dec31,0,4169229.story
A stroke of genius to name the boy after the keeper of a dress stained with the sperm of a Democratic President
| 1 January 2009, 3:05 pm |
I drove to the YMCA in Arlington, (fake) Virginia,
It is interesting watching Virgina transform from a Southern state to a Northern one.
Chinese New Year - Always Jan/Feb???
Yes, Chinese New Year is a lunar calendar with a leap month so it doesn’t shoot all over the place like the Muslim one.
| 1 January 2009, 4:03 pm |
Happy new year to all.
| 1 January 2009, 6:39 pm |
Irony abounds in the new year.
Former Sunday Express journalist Yvonne Ridley has been awarded more than £20,000 in compensation and £5,000 costs after winning a case for unfair dismissal and sexual discrimination against the Islam Channel.
| 1 January 2009, 7:10 pm |
I just found your blog looking for things on Gaza. Mostly a good group, with a few brainstems to keep things in perspective. I enjoy it, and wish you well, Gene and the others.
Happy New Year to all who celebrate Jan 1. And May it be a peaceful year for us all.
| 1 January 2009, 9:01 pm |
Happy New year to everyone.
| 1 January 2009, 10:13 pm |
Mesquito - Its good to see for a change an Islamic organisation having to pay out compensation rather than the tax payer though the shine is slightly dimmed by the fact that Ridley is the beneficiary.
| 1 January 2009, 11:06 pm |
Gene - I hear of a group being set up in the US to map sharia centres over there. The Islamic organisation CAIR is highly critical so the chances are that it’s a good thing. Any thoughts on the US development and anyone know of anything similar in the UK - with our sharia powerhouses Finsbury and Birmingham mosques [to mention but two outed by TV], as well as the Archidiot of Cantebury’s lobbying, we must have something to go on for 2009?
| 1 January 2009, 11:08 pm |
Any chance of a nice grant from the Home Office for a UK shariah centre mapping project?
| 2 January 2009, 7:25 pm |
I wonder if there was an attempted coup or something?
If so you would doubtless have written a lengthy post in their support.
| 2 January 2009, 10:41 pm |
If so you would doubtless have written a lengthy post in their support.
Doubtless.
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