When it’s time to do away with my carcass, I want family and friends to gather for pretty much a traditional Lutheran service, because I like the liturgy and music. When the obligatory stuff is over, I want them to have an Honest-To-Og party, with booze, food, and the whole nine yards. I want them to leave laughing, not crying, having celebrated a life (mostly) well spent.
Hell, I’d have converted years ago had I known this.
creeeeeak Door opens, SmartAleq peers in cautiously…
Huh, so this is what this place looks like. Interesting choice of decor, I must say!
In the spirit of St. Paddie’s Day and all that rot, I submit a topical lolcat that will probably not get posted on icanhascheezburger even though I entered it last night–it shouldn’t be a total waste, right?
Sure wish I had some Bushmill’s to tip into my coffee this morning but oh well…
scratches ass, wanders aimlessly away…
Huckin Famsters! :mad:
Okay, yes, but I was too lazy to look up the correck spalling.
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mbg, converting wouldn’t help. You’d still have to take the pee-pee test.
Off to check that lolcat.
Sheesh! Well into page 2 on Monday! I can’t keep up!
Very interesting OP. I like hearing about other holiday traditions. Maybe we should just have an MMP about holidays and how everyone likes to celebrate them sometime.
I’ve got corned beef and veggies in the crock pot. We soaked the brisket yesterday so hopefully it won’t be too salty. KeithT’s still complaining about the one he made two years ago that was really really salty. And the veggies were mushy. But I checked on this year’s while I was home for lunch and the veggies were still hard and it wasn’t salty. So I’m keeping my fingers crossed that it’ll be good this year.
He made gumbo for dinner yesterday, and I made a sweet potato pie to go with it. Neither of us had ever had sweet potato pie before, but it came out well, if indistinguishable from pumpkin pie. I did make it with a pecan topping though, which made it really really yummy. Oh and so was the gumbo!
Heh. I LOL’d.
Speaking of drinking…
Friday night I went to the Flogging Molly concert at the House of Blues here in Las Vegas - Woo Hoo!! Yay, Drink! Following the concert, a friend of mine picked me up and then proceeded on our way to L.A. for the weekend. We got to L.A at 4 A.M…
Saturday, a group of 8 of us went to Six Flags Magic Mountain. I had never been there before, I had a great time even in the freezing cold rain that decided to fall all day. Saturday night, it was partying in San Pedro for my sisters birthday party. St. Paddy’s is her actual birthday. More drinking. Hooray!
Sunday, it was the return drive home back to Las Vegas.
It was so nice to get some sleep last night.
Other good news - I have a job interview this upcoming Friday!!!
That’s okay, it’s one of the few words I know in Gaelic so it stuck out at me is all. I don’t usually pick. 
Welcome back, dear. Long time, no hassle. And you preemptively answered the Burning Question Of The Day.
Pee pee test? I can pass that - I always (almost anyway) hit the pretty puck in the urinal, hardly ever dribble and when I’m home I put the seat down. What else is there?
I have actually closed my door today, so I can work and get caught up on mundane paperwork without being harassed by stupid people. I’m gone 7 days (workdays) and people stick their head in my office to ASK me “so, you’re back?”
Uh, yeah dumbass, this be me. I be back. Go away.
Japanese funeral tends to end up being big social events. It was really funny watching Mr. Lissar hogging the sushi in a sea of five-foot-tall people with black hair, with everyone gossiping and eating.
I think the funeral home had never tried to do loose-leaf green tea before. It was awful.
It was a good party. Auntie would have liked it.
I have a bad feeling that Mr. Lissar is going to come home with green food colouring and insist we drink green beer tonight.
Ooh, Nat wants me. Babies really aren’t the easiest pets in the world.
…sounds like a volunteer.
We’re onto page two.
Does that means it’s Tuesday?
I’ll be pissed if it’s Tuesday.
I’d like to catch up!
Nice OP, Noonie, definitely a different sort of perspective on Purim.
Very busy today in addition to the outages. I’m in TVLand for the evening and we’ll be going out to dinner soon, but probably somewhere that isn’t a bar because we’d like to steer clear of that sort of craziness for the night.
beebs, darling, it’s only Monday. But what’s wrong with Tuesday anyways?? 
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Because it means I missed a day, although Monday ain’t looking too good either:
Nice OP, Nooner! It even brought a buncha folks outta the woodwork, so yay!
Being of full-blooded Polish ancestry, I pretty much ignore Mar 17. In fact, I’m wearing a red shirt and black jeans. Rah! 
Very productive day both at work and back here. I organized the green room, piling most of our stuff against the far wall, so when the kids’ stuff gets here, we’ve got space to pile it. Then I dragged the old crappy desk from the garage into the green room - when FCD gets home, I’ll get him to help me bring up my old computer and the scanner. I’m going to make that desk a photo station. I think.
I also unloaded the van. I see a major yard sale in my future - we’ve got sooooooo much crap we don’t need. Heck, all the stuff that was in the van had been in my mom’s attic for at least 4 years. So it’s not like it’s anything we needed, right?
I don’t get Firday off. In fact, I have to fill in for Gwen since her kid’s daycare is closed so she can’t work. So I have to be project leader on the last day of the project. Which means I’ll probably be working late. ick.
That’s about all I have to share for now. Welcome to all youse new MMPers - **Aleq ** - I loved your lolcat!
And now, off to start supper…
Exactly.
{{{Lili}}} Sorry for your loss. Sounds like the funeral was as good as possible, though.
Rosie, everybody else missing their favorite part of the holiday, yeah, I know that was a Readers Digest… Vat, you vant I should give you ze whole megilleh!?
Beebs, it’s very nearly Tuesday. Well, here it is, anyway! 
Zev - You’re not a Lubavicher, I take it? I “did” Pesach with them once (when I was a student in Rochester NY)… Oy! They very much subscribed to the notion that you have to have 4 cups of wine, but it doesn’t say anywhere that you can’t have more than 4. MANY more than 4. And those additional drinks didn’t necessarily have to be wine, either!
And yes, Maneshevitz is insidious!
{{{LiLi}}} I’m so sorry for the loss of your aunt. She, you and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.
Wow, we got new folks stickin’ their haids in this week. Howdy Y’all! I laughed at the lolcat and I usually just grouse at 'em.
How is the date for Easter figured somebody asked? Well…
Prior to A.D. 325, Easter was variously celebrated on different days of the week, including Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. In that year, the Council of Nicaea was convened by emperor Constantine. It issued the Easter Rule which states that Easter shall be celebrated on the first Sunday that occurs after the first full moon on or after the vernal equinox. However, a caveat must be introduced here. The “full moon” in the rule is the ecclesiastical full moon, which is defined as the fourteenth day of a tabular lunation, where day 1 corresponds to the ecclesiastical New Moon. It does not always occur on the same date as the astronomical full moon. The ecclesiastical “vernal equinox” is always on March 21. Therefore, Easter must be celebrated on a Sunday between the dates of March 22 and April 25.
What does that mean? It means buy you a calendar every year and look on it to see when Easter is.
Tonight is men’s steak night at church. Except we’re not doin’ steak tonight. As befits any church named after the patron saint of Ireland, we are doin’ the very traditional custom for March 17th, makin’ reuben sammiches. Yep, reuben sammiches. Bein’ as we have leftover corned beef from last Saturday’s doins it was decided yesterday to use it tonight. Ok, if’n somebody just gets all squicked out over the idea of a reuben, then a corned beef on rye can be had or whatever else said squicked out person can scrounge up. MMMMMMM… I’ve been lookin’ forward to a big thick reuben sammich and a cold beerverage all day!
Yays, boos, hugs, congrats, etc. as needed.