Open Thread – Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Here’s hoping your day is festive, and a celebration of all things Irish. Remember, wear green or you might get “affectionaetly pinched” according to Wikipedia. Then again, maybe you might NOT want to wear green. I suppose it all boils down to personal preference.
And if you do indulge in the traditional green beer or two or three, remember to call a cab or bring a designated driver!
While we’re in a festive mood, I thought I’d do a little cross post from the Events page. There are so many things going on this week, I thought I’d post them here, and remind everyone that the Events page is always there, and you are welcome to send me an email with an event, or just invite me on Facebook (AK Muckraker) and I’ll post it.
Events!
Cook Inlet Historical Society presents “Alaska Far Away”
Wednesday, March 17th, 7:30pm at Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, 121 W. 7th Ave., Anchorage, AK
Fundraiser for Keli Booher & Paul Honeman for Assembly
Thursday, March 18th, 5:00pm at 5063 Heritage Heights Drive
Open House: Bob Poe for Governor Anchorage Campaign HQ Reception
Friday, March 19th, 4:30pm at 207 E. Northern Lights, Suite 111, Anchorage
Alaskans for Peace & Justice and Students for Social Equality
Saturday, March 20th Noon-4pm at UAA – SSB Room 118
Panel Discussion to mark the anniversary of the Iraq War and discuss effects on the economy, the soldiers, the environment, etc.
Panelists – Diane Benson, Larry Weiss, Steve Heimel, Diddy Hitchens, and Cezar Martinson.
Anchorage Democratic Caucus Convention
Saturday, March 20th, 9:00am at UAA Lucy Cuddy Center
UAA Film Night – “This is What Democracy Looks Like”
Monday, March 22nd, 7:30pm at University of Alaska Anchorage
Anchorage Assembly Meeting***
Tuesday, March 23
Assembly Chambers – Z.J. Loussac Public Library – Come one, come all to hear Harriet Drummond’s resolution to have an independent investigator examing Sullygate!
5:30pm
Celebrating the Power of Women’s Voices with Diane Benson
Tuesday, March 23rd, 7:00pm at Schaible Auditorium, UAF Campus, Fairbanks
An Evening with Candidate for Governor Bob Poe
Wednesday, March 24th, 5:00pm at The Hangar Ballroom at the Wharf in Juneau
A Tale of Two Disappearing Women
Thursday, March 25th, 1:00pm at UAF Alumni Lounge, Constitution Hall, Fairbanks
Girl Scouts of Alaska Lunch
Friday, March 26th, 12:00am at Dena’ina Convention Center
Gospel Benefit Concert for the Haiti Relief Fund
Sunday, March 28th, 4:00pm at 855 East 20th Ave. Anchorage
Ben Masters’ First Solo First Friday Show ‘Just Pressure’
Friday, April 2nd, 6:00pm at Katie Sevigny Gallery
A Food Bank of Alaska Promotion Like No Other
Saturday, April 3rd, 8:00pm at Elixer’s–the bar out by Merrill Field on 5th, Anchorage
And of course, every Thursday night, you can attend the taping of Moore Up North, Shannyn Moore’s TV show! You’ll want to get to Bernie’s Bungalow on D street between 6th and 7th Ave. at 5:30 sharp. Enjoy a pomegranate martini, or a …. well, I’m sure they have something else, even though I’ve never tried it. And they also have great food, lots of space, and a bunch of people you’ll enjoy hanging out with!
Happy St Patrick’s Day everybody ♥
Happy Paddy’s Day from Ireland to AKM and all the mudpups!
This day is more special to me than it used to be. Went to Ireland a few years ago and it felt more like home to me than even my beloved Vermont. So I like all these reminders of Ireland that pop up this time of year. May the Lord bless and keep you all.
“…And if you do indulge in the traditional green beer or two or three, remember to call a cab…”
I thought it said “cabbage,” and the image in my mind was so startling and strange I burst out laughing and had to reread several times….but I just can’t shake “green beer….remember to call a cabbage.”
Cracking myself up, giggling madly. (I suspect it’s the fever from this annoying bug my students have so generously shared with me, or perhaps the medicine…) Not wearing any green, but feeling a bit “green around the gills” as Grandpa Linus, of blessed memory, used to say. Grandma Shorty, of blessed memory, would never say “sick.” She referred to being under the weather as “feeling puny.”
Whatever I am, I’m rambling, also, too. Time for more OJ and aspirin, then back to bed…where our flannel sheets are a lovely print of dozens of rainbow trout (see the green?) swimming in a dark greenyblue stream…so I will be “wearing green” while I “sleep with the fishes.”
(relax…just a nap…no mobsters here)
Good morning and good night again, all. (waving to Irishgirl) Have a pleasant St. Patrick’s Day…”may the wind be always at your back…” and something that has Nothing to do with $P about …”the palm of His hand”…
Happy St. Paddy’s day President Obama. And a very, very happy St. Paddy’s day to all my mudpups out there as well.
http://www.oneeyedparrot.org/obama.html
May your blessings outnumber, The shamrocks that grow, And may trouble avoid you, Wherever you go.
May God grant you many years to live,
For sure he must be knowing.
The earth has angels all too few.
And heaven is overflowing.
Sláinte. Erin Go Bragh!
Good morning says I in my green Crocs. Himself is still in KY tending to his parents. Whoof. Difficult times for that family.
My mother is grooving right along, happy as a clam. Has a great world and is danged happy in it. Except when she starts reading about Congress, and then I get phone calls, and so do the ones who are ticking her off! She is only ten miles away, and I can get to her daily, which is good.
Hoping to get outside and rake a bit if the front yard has drained enough. The back is a bog, and no rush with that one.
A week and a bit till our younger daughter gets married! Wow. Can’t believe it.
Happy St. Paddy’s Day !!
Last nite I attended a live taping of etown at the beautiful Boulder Theater with Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings. Ah……..nothing like some bone rattlin’ funk , gospel and soul.
Please take a look at the site.
“Etown is an exciting weekly radio broadcast heard from coast to coast on NPR, public and commercial stations. Every etown show is taped in front of a live audience and features performances from many of today’s top musical artists as well as conversations and information about the world around us. At Etown, we build community through music”
http://www.etown.org/
Definition of a “sonofab^*ch”…..
http://i.imgur.com/gQ7ML.jpg
Lol Austintx.
Good news on the health care front.
Dennis Kucinich Flips On Health Care Reform: Will Support The Bill
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/17/dennis-kucinich-health-care_n_502182.html
Happy St. Patrick’s Day to Irish everywhere (and they are everywhere, including my little block), remember to drink water as well as alcohol so you don’t get too hung over. And of course, happy holiday to President O’Bama!
Health and peace.
I somehow knew Kucinich would come around, glad he did.
Happy St Pat’s Day mudpups, and of course Irishgirl!
HAPPY SAINT PATRICK’S DAY TO ALL YOU LOVELY PUPS!!!!
here in New York everybody is Irish today. i am going to get my corned beef and cabbage and think of my auntie Ruthie and uncle Jim (Ruthie was my mom’s best friend and therefore ‘auntie to me). every year mama would go help Auntie Ruth make the corned beef. they would make huge slabs of meat and great pots of snowy white potatoes and cabbage, Uncle Jim owned a bar in Queens, and everyone was fed. especially me.
No one as Irish as Barack OBama
O’Leary, O’Reilly, O’Hare and O’Hara
There’s no one as Irish as Barack O’Bama
You don’t believe me, I hear you say
But Barack’s as Irish, as was JFK
His granddaddy’s daddy came from Moneygall
A small Irish village, well known to you all
thank you Shadow’s Heart
Toor a loo, toor a loo, toor a loo, toor a lama
There’s no one as Irish As Barack O’Bama
He’s as Irish as bacon and cabbage and stew
He’s Hawaiian he’s Kenyan American too
He’s in the white house, He took his chance
Now let’s see Barack do Riverdance
Toor a loo, toor a loo, toor a loo, toor a lama
There’s no one as Irish As Barack O’Bama
From Kerry and cork to old Donegal
Let’s hear it for Barack from old moneygall
From the lakes if Killarney to old Connemara
There’s no one as Irish as Barack O’Bama
O’Leary, O’Reilly, O’Hare and O’Hara
There’s no one as Irish as Barack O’Bama
From the old blarney stone to the great hill of Tara
There’s no one as Irish as Barack O’Bama
2008 the white house is green, their cheering in Mayo and in Skibereen.
The Irish in Kenya, and in Yokahama,
Are cheering for President Barack O’Bama
O’Leary, O’Reilly, O’Hare and O’Hara
There’s no one as Irish as Barack O’Bama
The Hockey Moms gone, and so is McCain
They are cheering in Texas and in Borrisokane,
In Moneygall town, the greatest of drama, for our Famous president Barack o Bama
Toor a loo, toor a loo, toor a loo, toor a lama
There’s no one as Irish As Barack O’Bama
The great Stephen Neill, a great man of God,
He proved that Barack was from the Auld Sod
They came by bus and they came by car, to celebrate Barack in Ollie Hayes’s Bar
O’Leary, O’Reilly, O’Hare and O’Hara
There’s no one as Irish as Barack O’Bama
By
Hardy Drew
Thanks be to Shadows Heart for the above
Happy St. Pat’s, mudpups!
I live in the Irish Channel in New Orleans and there is a huge block party just down the street from me. I’ve been for a poboy (yum) already and will head back in a bit to enjoy the crowd and beer. It’s a 42 year tradition for this bar to hold the party, so it’s great fun and a must-attend. There’s also a parade in the French Quarter this evening. There was a pretty good parade on Saturday (also) too, so in effect, we’ve had 2 St. Pat’s! I am REALLY glad I found my wee lil house, instead of moving to the ‘burbs as everyone wanted me to.
No doubt by now the hyper-aware mudpups have already heard of Move Your Money, which Arianna Huffington has been promoting as hard as she can.
Well, J.P. Morgan Chase is responsible for 80% of the funding for mountaintop removal coal “mining,” to which I’m passionately opposed (like all enviros). If you have an account at Chase, close it! If you have their credit card, transfer your balance (preferably to a credit union credit card, which is lower rate). Leave Chase with nothing but corporate investors, and empty banks. Tell them why you’re closing your account!
Health and peace to all, and party on, Irish (and honorary Irish).
NOLA Says:
March 17th, 2010 at 9:36 AM
There was a pretty good parade on Saturday (also) too, so in effect, we’ve had 2 St. Pat’s! I am REALLY glad I found my wee lil house, instead of moving to the ‘burbs as everyone wanted me to.
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yeah NOLA….. i agree. you are in the perfect spot. a nice bar down the street. people around to socialize with. sweet.
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Zyxomma Says:
March 17th, 2010 at 9:44 AM
No doubt by now the hyper-aware mudpups have already heard of Move Your Money, which Arianna Huffington has been promoting as hard as she can.
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hi Zyxomma! If I had some money, which I don’t, i would move it and myself to the Fiji Islands. Sunshine, ocean air and me lying in a hammock and sucking down Mai Tais.
From About.com…
“According to legend, the earliest celebration of St. Patrick’s Day in America took place in Boston in 1737, when colonists of Irish descent marked the event with a modest parade.
The Boston event is often cited as the earliest celebration of St. Patrick’s Day in America, but historians as far back as a century ago would point out that a prominent Irish-born Roman Catholic, Thomas Dongan, had been governor of the Province of New York from 1683 to 1688. Given Dongan’s ties to his native Ireland, it has long been speculated that some observance of St. Patrick’s Day must have been held in colonial New York during that period, although no written record of such events seem to have survived.”
Even THAT far back… ‘long been speculated… must have been held… although no written record…’ The politics of the claim to fame of the first parade. Don’t ever tell a ‘southie’ that NY was first! ‘Tis a great day indeed for all the Irish and wanna-be’s… enjoy a pint or two but be careful on the road! I’ll be waitin’ for Herself and my daughter to get off work, and for my granddaughter to get home from schoolin’… then off we go to Flanigans for a bit of the corned beef and cabbage… and a Guinness for Himself!
May you have the hindsight to know where you’ve been…
The foresight to know where you are going…
And the insight to know when you’ve gone too far!
Happy St Patricks Day to you all!
BahstinBoyo
Happy St. Patricks day everyone! Have something green, do something to promote “green”, but most of all, have fun!
dear AKM and Anchorage Mudpups if i were able to be there i would go to the
Gospel Benefit Concert for the Haiti Relief Fund
Sunday, March 28th, 4:00pm at 855 East 20th Ave. Anchorage
i would go and make friends for Mudflats. i would tell the people there about this virtual community on the Flats and i would tell them that they are more than welcome to come on board and be a part of a progressive, activist blog that supports and upholds the President we all elected. I know they would be pleased to be invited.
I think AKM’s listing of local events is a wonderful way in itself to commemorate St. Patrick. Patrick’s work involved exercising the mind, the spirit, and the imagination, and emphasized the value of community life, of involvement with the world around us. So many of the trappings we associate with St. Patrick’s Day, such as corned beef, green beer, and other kinds of sham rockery really aren’t Irish at all. Instead, I try to celebrate by reading a good book, reciting a poem, taking a walk out in the beautiful world, and trying to engage in the civic life of my community. It produces no hangovers.
((((Mag the Mick)))). I was just thinking of you as I sat down to the computer and lo and behold when I refreshed….you were there!!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you.
And may I add, no green beer or corned beef here either.
And to you, Irishgirl. Go have a pint at the Blue Light for me!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100317/hl_nm/us_insurers Another reason we need health insurance reform!!!!!!!
Brian celebrates the day! Add your Brian photos to the forum thread
http://www.themudflats.net/forum/index.php/topic,9659.msg105479/topicseen.html#new
Mag… Irishgirl… no offense, Ladies!
I don’t do the green beer… I’m a Guinness man. And the corned beef and cabbage, although started in America by Irish origin, is still a tradition to get the family together and enjoy each others company for a spell. For every one who DOES the ‘Americanized’ version seems to enjoy it… as do the hard working waiters and waitresses and cooks at the local. Kind of helps put the bread on THEIR table, don’t ya know! Being born and raised in New England, the alternate version, or the New England Boiled Dinner, kept us warm and happy many a time. Herselfs’ Dah was born in Ireland and came to NY as a we’un. Until his demise, he always had the CB&C and homemade Irish soda bread (again, not invented by the Irish, but almost always identified with them) every year. There are those that do, and those that don’t. To each his own, I say. Read a book, dine with family, lift a pint with friends… whichever you choose… they are ALL worthwhile!
From ‘The History Of Food’…
“Corned beef and cabbage is a classic dish created by Irish immigrants in the United States. The immigrants used the corned beef rather than other types of meat such as pork or bacon. The dish contains the corned beef along with cabbage and some vegetable such as carrots and potatoes.
It is perhaps ironic that corned beef and cabbage is linked with St. Patrick’s Day since the dish is not from Ireland. As often happens, we lost our since of history, and simply adopted the dish for St. Patrick’s Day since it was created by Irish immigrants. Corned beef and cabbage remains quite popular in the New England region of the United States as well as parts of Canada in that same geographic area. Maybe it is the fact that the dish contains very simple foods that makes it so popular even to this day. That question may never be answered, but one thing seems clear, this dish is here to stay.”
Off to Flanigans! And I’ll leave a BIG tip! Cheers all!
Cheers BahstinBoyo……I am glad you are a Guinness man. Hubby brews it for a living!!
However, I will never be a fan of corned beef!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day everybody and especially to my 3 year old Phantom. Happy Boofday little boy! You’ll get your three laps of Guinness tonight with dinner.
Irish Wolfhounds Rule! WooHoo!
A different take on the history of corned beef. And where the pinch came from.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2010/0317/St.-Patrick-s-Day-Why-do-we-wear-green
An Irish Blessing
(A Blessing from St. Patrick)
May the road rise to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back,
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
May the rains fall soft upon your fields,
And, until we meet again,
May God hold you in the hollow of His hand.
This comes from a friend on another blog but is so very true
Happy St. Paddy’s day, mudpups..
have a safe one…
Raising a toast to ya…
Here’s to a long life and a merry one…
A quik death and an easy one…
Happy St. Paddy’s !
South Buffalo is Buffalo’s Irish center. Big Irish population for generations and St. Paddy’s is a high holy day around here. Parties and parades began on Friday and haven’t stopped.
Waving to all of the area mudpup locals who are out at the Buffalo Irish Center or any of the pubs tonight!
New Kitten update : They’re becoming more adorable by the hour. All 4 of them have become quite good at using their claws to dig in. ( you wouldn’t think that claws on a being that’s only 5 inches long could have much impact but dang – they do!)
laffin at buffy’s kittehs!
YAY for healthy kitties! Are they getting good Irish names?
May those who love us, love us,
and those who do not love us,
may God turn their hearts,
and if He cannot turn their hearts
may He turn their ankles
that we may know them by their limping.
Happy St Patrick’s Day to all!
I’ll be out the next two nights so I’ll have to save my corned beef dinner for the weekend. I might even spring for a Smithwick’s or two which I will happily raise in toast to all the Irish, and Irish-in-Spirit, here at the Mudflats.
To Irishgirl and anyone else here who might currently be residing on the Emerald Isle, please take a deep breath of that sweet Irish air for me!
For anyone that wants to take a step back in time ( through the L ooking Glass)to review the past here is a little video clip I stumbled across last night. This is from a TV broadcast (from Pennsylvania ) just ONE DAY after MCGrumpy selected ‘ HER ‘.
It was quite interesting. Especially when the News announcer ( at about 1:25 )talks about his choice for VP… Sarah and ” DOUG ” Palin ….I listened a couple of times. I know she was unknown in the lower 48 at that time but you would think the Press release might have the correct name ..maybe..?
In the future…is that why they went with ” The First Dude “..?.. instead of DOUG.
And Biden had been in the Senate for years. Not a new name in the Media.
What was his excuse there. At about 3:15 I could swear he introduces Obama and ” Beaver ” at the end of the clip. No way it sounds like Biden.
http://kdka.com/video/?id=45625
I’m so late to the party, but just saw this and wanted to share!
The song mentions the Hockey Mom & McCain too.
Hilarious.
“There’s no one as Irish, as Barack O’Bama”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HplZ_taHXLM&feature=player_embedded
Seagull…just saw it and I loved it!