We’ve had some fairly major arguments here lately and find ourselves collectively on multiple sides of a complex issue that many of us take personally.
So I just want to be clear about something: I really do love this blog and I love that we can take such strong positions in opposition to one another without forgetting that we have a lot of common causes and, in many cases, common respect.
So this is a Christmas day, not at all about politics, but about whatever is going on in our lives. After the fold, a little fun stuff.
I now get the kind of gifts my grandfather used to get,an unmistakable sign of post-middle age.
That’s for sure, at least as it looks at this point.
…apparently, the Herald doesn’t have any photos of Welch on file.
Thanks to Walt Kelly:
Deck us all with Boston Charlie,
Walla Walla, Wash., an’ Kalamazoo!
Nora’s freezin’ on the trolley,
Swaller dollar cauliflower alley-garoo!
Don’t we know archaic barrel,
Lullaby Lilla boy, Louisville Lou?
Trolley Molly don’t love Harold,
Boola boola Pensacoola hullabaloo!
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