DonRocks Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 To the greatest defensive center-fielder in the late 60s and early 70s, the great Paul Blair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMike Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 To Martin Miller, always a friendly face at Tales, whatever you thought of his gin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 To Bob Karl, and his entire family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tujague Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 To Phil Everly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 To Phil Everly. Reading this in the WaPo this morning made me feel very, very old. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyVanWise Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Drinking again to Jamaal Charles and the Kansas City Chiefs. It was a quick playoff run, but at least it was disappointing and underwhelming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveO Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Drinking again to Jamaal Charles and the Kansas City Chiefs. It was a quick playoff run, but at least it was disappointing and underwhelming. Lol. I drank to andrew luck. Whose td run with a recovered fumble had to be the best called play ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookluvingbabe Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine on their election to the Hall of Fame. (Not that I have anything against Frank Thomas but I'm not an AL person...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMike Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 To my coworker trying to fix a fried NetApp. Seems the A/C didn't want to work during the polar vortex, and the lab got a wee bit (errr, very, very) hot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tujague Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 To Jack Morris, for winning one of the most phenomenal games--and series--in World Series history for the Twins. May the Hall of Fame grant you the justice you deserve three years from now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronsinger Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine on their election to the Hall of Fame. (Not that I have anything against Frank Thomas but I'm not an AL person...) And I to Frank Thomas, my favorite ball player of all time; as a young impressionable kid growing up most of my family were fans of the other team in town and perhaps in alternate lives I would gone down that path. Instead, I paid more attention to one of the coolest guys in the sport. My dad took me to a playoff game in 1993 and the rest was history. Cheers to the Big Hurt and I hope to be in Cooperstown this July. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lperry Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 To the first two weeks of 2014 for passing gently and without incident. May the remaining year be just as soothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 To Jason Brown. I thought today would be the last time I would see him perform this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_X_F8zJ8k8 (from earlier this year. He skated even better today--when it counted the most) But, the boy's going to Sochi! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 To JP Caceres: May misfortune follow you the rest of your life. And may it never catch up to you. (A classic Irish toast) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillvalley Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 I raise this glass of Jura to Eva who joined the world today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tujague Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 To Pete Seeger. I heard him in concert back in 1976, when I was a freshman at Wartburg College--but only after we evacuated the auditorium because of a bomb threat. It was an early wake-up call that messages of peace and justice are deeply threatening to many people, but also how that message is only strengthened by such opposition. Well done, Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hersch Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Yes, here's to Pete Seeger. Well done, my comrade, a life well lived indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraB Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Philip Seymour Hoffman. A damn fine actor, gone way too soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squidsdc Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Ditto. I was just about to post the same. Gone too soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMike Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Every Tuesday night for I've lost track of how long several friends of mine from college and I would get together on Xbox and play (most of all) Borderlands and then Borderlands 2. Shooting bandits in the face, blowing up skags, buying so much ammo from Marcus...we knock back some drinks and hang out for a few hours. Tonight may be the last night so I'll drink to Gearbox and Microsoft, who made it so much fun to get together weekly and hang out with folks in VA and NC that I don't see often enough in person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lperry Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 To Ruthanne Lodato, our neighbor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 To Ruthanne Lodato, our neighbor. I'm sorry about Ms. Lodato. It's always tough to follow a personal tribute with a celebrity tribute, but this will also be the last chance we have to remember HOF baseball player, Ralph Kiner (who, quite honestly, I probably didn't even remember was still with us at age 91). Were you personal friends with Ruthanne? Tell us something about her we don't know, something her great-grandchildren might want to see one day. I think it's lovely when a star flickers for just a brief moment, 50, 75 years after a person passes because of a kind thought or deed that had been planted long ago. And thanks for reminding me to update my calendar. I make notes to contact people who lost loved ones 6 months after, 1 year after, 2 years after, and 3 years after - more than this is okay, too, but at least this much. It makes people so happy just to be asked a simple, passing question in the form of an email, phone call, etc., when all the other ceremonies, remembrances, and other types of well-wishing have long since died down. It's one way to know who the people are who truly care (not the only way, but one way), and is really just a simple matter of a little organization (with iCal, it's as easy as can be). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hersch Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 To the Beatles, fifty years on, and especially to you, John, my beloved slain chevalier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Shirley Temple I used to love watching her old movies on tv. She was one of the few child stars who turned out to have a productive and sane adult life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tujague Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Shirley Temple I used to love watching her old movies on tv. She was one of the few child stars who turned out to have a productive and sane adult life. Yes, but what kind of freak puts animal crackers in her soup? (But wouldn't it be terrific if there were a chef out there who would love to take up that challenge in tribute?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lperry Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 To the little crocus leaves that are emerging in my flower beds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 ^in that case, I'll drink to the witch hazel tree flowering in my backyard. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 To the little crocus leaves that are emerging in my flower beds. You may want to take some photos of those little crocus leaves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lperry Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Go, spring! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cizuka Seki Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 sid caesar RIP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choirgirl21 Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 To my grandmother, who had a huge hand in raising me, who I loved dearly, and who I miss even more dearly. Although considering that it's 2 weeks tonight since she passed away it may be more of a drowning my sorrows than a drinking in memory of at this point. Ah hell, it can be both, can't it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Yes, here's to Pete Seeger. Well done, my comrade, a life well lived indeed. Pete Seeger, displaying maximum integrity while being interrogated by a panel of ninnies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers2000 Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 To TJ Oshie and Jonathan Quick - U-S-A!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hersch Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Pete Seeger, displaying maximum integrity while being interrogated by a panel of ninnies. Thanks for that. It makes for reading both inspirational and entertaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 To nephew #1 and his lovely bride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Devo guitarist Bob Casale 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcandohio Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 AZ Governor Jan Brewer, who did the right thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tujague Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 To The Alban Institute, 1974-2014, the outfit that brought me to DC 16 years ago. Thanks for giving me a new start on life when I most desperately needed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 To Anna Spiegel for having ethics. I promise you they will always be returned in kind. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPW Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Last night to Iola Brubeck, without whom Dave would never have been a star. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMike Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 To the Wahoos! ACC champs for the first time since before I was born! A #1 seed! pleasepleaseplease don't lose tomorrow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyVanWise Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Raising a Cuba Libre to Aroldis Chapman, have a quick recovery fireballer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers2000 Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 An Iron City for my Pitt Panthers for making this afternoon relatively stress free. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMike Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 To Dave Brockie, aka Oderus Urungus, lead singer and perpetrator of GWAR (as well as Death Piggie, DBX, and bass player for X-Cops). I was lucky enough to hang out with him quite a bit back in the '90s and kept putting off getting back out to see them perform. Sigh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lperry Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 To Mother Nature. You win. I am completely, utterly, beaten into submission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 To Mother Nature. You win. I am completely, utterly, beaten into submission. And thank you to the anonymous person who found my hat on the ground and put it on a fencepost so I found it when I retraced my steps. I needed it when I went out, then took it off and stuffed it in my pocket. Then the snow finally stopped! Then it started again and I needed my hat by the time I was almost home and couldn't find it. It is (I think) my only hat, and since winter is not ending, I couldn't afford to lose it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hersch Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 To Mother Nature. You win. I am completely, utterly, beaten into submission. I'm hoping for one more big snow. (Today is Lady Day, by the way, the Old Style New Year's Day. Perhaps the BVM will intercede and forestall any further wintry weather. Here's to her!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcandohio Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 To Mother Nature. You win. I am completely, utterly, beaten into submission. Amen. Amen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMike Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 I'm hoping for one more big snow. (Today is Lady Day, by the way, the Old Style New Year's Day. Perhaps the BVM will intercede and forestall any further wintry weather. Here's to her!) So am I, just for the giggles factor. To Uby, a gentleman from Chicago and the Scofflaw bar there. Had a great time hanging out with him at the Passenger last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 To the 65 novice racing drivers and 172 volunteers who supported them in the WDCR SCCA's Spring Drivers School this past weekend. There's no misery quite like the misery of learning to drive an open-wheel, open-cockpit car in competition IN THE SNOW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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