The Hersch Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 You know, tomorrow, March 4, 2013, it will be eighty years since FDR became president. I'm raising a glass to the New Deal, and hoping the hundreds of millions of people who have been better off because of it will be succeeded by hundreds of millions more. Salut! Here's to you, Mr. Roosevelt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 You know, tomorrow, March 4, 2013, it will be eighty years since FDR became president. I'm raising a glass to the New Deal, and hoping the hundreds of millions of people who have been better off because of it will be succeeded by hundreds of millions more. Salut! Here's to you, Mr. Roosevelt! x 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 You know, tomorrow, March 4, 2013, it will be eighty years since FDR became president. I'm raising a glass to the New Deal, and hoping the hundreds of millions of people who have been better off because of it will be succeeded by hundreds of millions more. Salut! Here's to you, Mr. Roosevelt! x 10. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_FrB-hkiTc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hersch Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Thanks, Don. That scene is never far from my thoughts when they turn to FDR, but I hadn't actually watched it in years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tujague Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 To my cousin Steve, a sweet, sweet soul gone too suddenly and too soon. Even though we only met once (!) he nevertheless granted me "most favored cousin" status, sending me regular messages of encouragement, love, and concern. As he wrote of another departed family member, "Another pebble dropped upon the pool: his waves will be long felt before they are lost." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 To nephew #3 and his girfriend on the birth of their first child. So glad to get some good news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choirgirl21 Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 You're sweet, Don. Thanks. Aw, what a cutie. I'm sorry for your loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMike Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 To my friend who is is dying of cancer. Dammit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 To my friend who is is dying of cancer. Dammit. And on that note of pure suckitude: To Valerie Harper, who played Tallulah Bankhead in Looped at the Lincoln Theater--much to the delight and entertainment of several of the ladies on this site, including the late Mrs. B. Cocktails at the Gibson after the show and the never-to-be-forgotten sight of Nutty Buddy and Mrs. B determinely headed for Ethiopian food on a weeknight at 1 am. Good times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 To Alvin Lee. , and I'm feeling old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovehockey Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 To Stompin' Tom Connors, country/folk singer, patriot, and unofficial poet laureate of Canada, who passed away yesterday. He's best known for songs such as "Sudbury Saturday Night", "Bud the Spud" (about a potato), and, most famously, "The Hockey Song" ("Hello out there, we're on the air, it's hockey night tonight..."). I raise a toast as I'm watching two hockey games courtesy of picture-in-picture and NHL Center Ice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 To 2013 Walter Cronkite Award winner Jon Karl, and 2013 NCAA Heptathlon Champion Kevin Lazas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcandohio Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 To my partner, who completed her graduate program this weekend, and who will receive her Master's degree in May! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaRiv18 Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 To a sweet outright Big 10 championship, our first in 20 years. NOW we are back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwertyy Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 To a sweet outright Big 10 championship, our first in 20 years. NOW we are back! Hell yeah! Hoooooooooooosiers!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMike Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 To my brother's alma mater, JMU, for their win in the CAA tournament. And to the district manager at Bailey's, for calling me back this morning after I left feedback late last night. It's always nice to see upper management jump on what was a bad situation and take care of it when lower management fails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillvalley Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 To my friend who is is dying of cancer. Dammit. I'm tired of being in this fucking club. Again. And to surviving the single worst hour I've had in years of dealing with hit after hit of shit that no teenager should have to go through. And to my niece who at the age of sixteen months knows how to say Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyVanWise Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 To one final defeat of Duke in the ACC. We'll see y'all in the Big Ten next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 To Morgan Carstens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPW Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Clarence Earl Gideon and the right to counsel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tujague Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 To Gordon Cosby, founder of Church of the Savior, and one of the most remarkable Washingtonians of our time. He not only rethought what church can and should be all about, he made a tangible difference in the lives of thousands among the neglected populations of DC--a true inspiration to believers and nonbelievers alike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyVanWise Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 To Chinua Achebe, the author of one of the finest books this English major was ever assigned Things Fall Apart, buy it and read it if you haven't yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 There are several people here worthy of being toasted. We've all seen this video before, but even if you have, watch it through until the last 10 seconds (it's updated). http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50143429n 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkstar965 Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 There are several people here worthy of being toasted. We've all seen this video before, but even if you have, watch it through until the last 10 seconds (it's updated). http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50143429n That's awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdt Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 FGCU! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 FGCU! Picked the upset in your pool, I assume? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdt Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Picked the upset in your pool, I assume? Not even close. Against my better judgement and utter hatred of GT I picked them to get to the Final Four. My bracket is busted, but I couldn't care less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lperry Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 To Thomas Stearns Eliot, the amazing orange cat, who caught a mouse last night, two weeks shy of his 17th birthday. We should all age so well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPW Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 A protein shake to Joe Weider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMike Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 To my friend Todd Breitenstein, who lost his battle with cancer this weekend. I'll not just have a drink in his memory, but I'll roll some dice, too - he and his wife Kerry started the game company Twilight Creations and I've played tons of their games, especially their "headlining" first game "Zombies!!!". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielK Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 I love "Zombies!!!". I'll lift a glass to Todd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMike Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 DanielK, I've also set up a fundraiser for his family. http://igg.me/at/help-kerry/x/2730649 We're already at nearly $2K and just started today. I'm also working on putting together an e-book of anecdotes about Todd and his life so we can remember the good times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielK Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 DanielK, I've also set up a fundraiser for his family. http://igg.me/at/help-kerry/x/2730649 We're already at nearly $2K and just started today. I'm also working on putting together an e-book of anecdotes about Todd and his life so we can remember the good times. looks like bgg is down - did you post something there about the fundraiser? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMike Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Yeah, there's a thread there in memoriam of Todd, and it's been linked there a couple of times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcandohio Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 To the OSU Buckeyes, going to the Elite 8! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookluvingbabe Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Opening day! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkstar965 Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Opening day! An impressive win on Opening Day...with just a sprinkling of rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillvalley Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 To Glendora-six years later. This hot chocolate is for you. And to Ellen because she would expect to be toasted. We will drink the good wine before the new wife comes along. May you be lucky number 7 and end the streak for a while. And to yesterday because it was a good day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Horoscope Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Top vote-getter for a new name for Nationals Park is my (Y.I. Tittle's) entry: Ray's the Ballpark! http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/nationals-journal/wp/2013/04/02/should-the-nats-sell-the-naming-rights-to-nationals-park/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkstar965 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Gio Gonzalez, for hitting a home run (!) and hurling a 2nd consecutive shutout for the home team...all with a broad smile. And Ryan Zimmerman for hitting so it wasn't just Harper. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookluvingbabe Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 I decided Zimmerman was old and injury prone and didn't keep him on my fantasy team this year. In fact, I failed to buy any Nat--up to and including Tyler Clippard whom I adore. Apparently all our vows to raise the kid as a Nats fan went out the window when the Cardinals got good again just as he was discovering baseball. On topic--drinking to my broken washing machine. We had a good run. Letting Mr. BLB deal with the repair people because I don't want to develop a drinking problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkstar965 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 I decided Zimmerman was old and injury prone and didn't keep him on my fantasy team this year. In fact, I failed to buy any Nat--up to and including Tyler Clippard whom I adore. Apparently all our vows to raise the kid as a Nats fan went out the window when the Cardinals got good again just as he was discovering baseball. ... Eegads! There's so much wrong with that, I don't know where to begin! And, back on topic, I think I need a drink now after reading your post. Will drink to your baseball salvation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tujague Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 To Milo O'Shea. Best. Eyebrows. Ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookluvingbabe Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 (edited) Roger Ebert. He and Gene Siskel were the first critics I had ever heard of. Damn... PS: I think the folks who say "Fuck Cancer" are right on the money. Edited April 5, 2013 by bookluvingbabe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Blume Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Ebert, indeed. Funny, I always felt for Siskel when the two critics disagreed; Ebert seemed a bit of a dismissive bully and I tended to side with Siskel anyway. But then, I ordered the DVD of Ozu's "Floating Weeds", listened to Ebert's commentary afterwards and was impressed. What really did it for me, though, was his recommendation of The Decalogue by Polish film director Krzysztof Kieslowski which I never would have heard about or rented were it not for Ebert's praise. Haunted by those films, still, years later. Started to read him more frequently. Literate. Compassionate. Courageous. Fond of Anna Thomas. Fun to read. Never thought I would miss anybody's tweets, but I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sthitch Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Jason Hanson, one of the most clutch kickers in NFL history and the only player to ever play for the same team for 20 years - in all of those years he never walked off the field at Lambeau a winner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 (edited) Roger Ebert. He and Gene Siskel were the first critics I had ever heard of. Damn... PS: I think the folks who say "Fuck Cancer" are right on the money. Ebert, indeed. Funny, I always felt for Siskel when the two critics disagreed; Ebert seemed a bit of a dismissive bully and I tended to side with Siskel anyway. But then, I ordered the DVD of Ozu's "Floating Weeds", listened to Ebert's commentary afterwards and was impressed. What really did it for me, though, was his recommendation of The Decalogue by Polish film director Krzysztof Kieslowski which I never would have heard about or rented were it not for Ebert's praise. Haunted by those films, still, years later. Started to read him more frequently. Literate. Compassionate. Courageous. Fond of Anna Thomas. Fun to read. Never thought I would miss anybody's tweets, but I do. "This is the best show on television!" my dad would proclaim. He was talking about "At the Movies, with Siskel and Ebert." My father was a movie buff like no other. Especially when he became frail in the last few years of his life, he'd go to the video store every day, and rent 3-4 movies. He watched probably over 1,000 movies a year during that time. And he *loved* Siskel and Ebert, and so did I - because of him. I miss my father, and I miss Siskel and Ebert. Right now, I'm into the final half-hour of "Wait Until Dark," which was made in the year Ebert became "famous" for his bold predictions about "Bonnie and Clyde." It's scary as *hell* and I wish I had my dad here in the house with me. --- ETA - That was one hell of an ending. Goodbye, sir. Edited April 5, 2013 by DonRocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanishka Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 To Ian Cameron G., born March 31, 2013, a five-day old source of extreme sleep deprivation and extreme moments of transcendent joy. I look forward to the day I can share a beer with him, rather than simply drinking a beer in his honor. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 extreme sleep deprivation Get used to it, boss! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMike Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 To one of my favorite authors, Iain Banks, who is dying of cancer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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