Christmas music that doesn’t suck (4)

December 24, 2012December 24, 2012 ~ Patrick O'Grady ~ 5 Comments

I already slapped this one up this year, but it is about Christmas Eve (in the drunk tank), so up it goes again. Can’t tell you how delighted I was to learn that Shane MacGowan has new teefers for the holidays. I wonder if they’ve changed his “singing” voice. …

Meanwhile, Herself, Herself the Elder, Mister Boo and I drove to Fort Fun for an early (and delicious) holiday meal with my sister and her husband. A wonderful time was had by all, and — ¡que milagro! — the trip there and back was completely without incident. Normally we see a half-dozen cars upside down in the median thanks to the usual palette of human stupidities, but this time around there wasn’t even any serious stop-and-go. We even beat the snow home.

A Christmas miracle, to be sure. Here’s hoping your holiday goes likewise.

Christmas music that doesn’t suck (3)

December 24, 2012December 24, 2012 ~ Patrick O'Grady ~ Leave a comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1ZcxsHKBW4

Any longtime fan of the DogS(h)ite knows my fondness for Tom Waits. He was a favorite, whether my old bros and I were in residence at the Mombo Club, El Rancho Delux or Ed Siegelman’s Ground Zero Equal Opportunity Apartments.

I mean, who else would perform a mashup of “Silent Night” and “Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis” on “Austin City Limits?”

Christmas music that doesn’t suck (2)

December 23, 2012December 23, 2012 ~ Patrick O'Grady ~ 4 Comments

This is another holiday favorite, one that indulges my inner redneck. Hey, Dad was from Perry, Florida, Mom was from Sioux City, Iowa, and we all did five years outside San Antonio, Texas.

Plus Herself was born in Nacogdoches and Herself the Elder is visiting from Tennessee. So ‘scuse me for gittin’ mah y’all on, all y’all.

Christmas music that doesn’t suck

December 22, 2012 ~ Patrick O'Grady ~ 4 Comments

Thanks to Kathleen Geier over at Political Animal for reminding me of this one. And may your days (may your days, may your days) be merry and bright.

Happy solstice

December 21, 2012December 21, 2012 ~ Patrick O'Grady ~ 10 Comments

Psychotic interludes from the NRA aside (can you imagine how much fun “Saturday Night Live” is gonna have with Wayne LaPendejo’s dreams of transforming every grade-schooler into a grenadier?), it was a pleasant solstice here in Bibleburg.

Herself’s mom is in town for the holidays, staying at The House Back East, and while they visited a local spa for expensive and superfluous purposes of beautification I took a break from chores to squeeze in a short ride.

I’m been running more lately, so a bit of load-bearing exercise made for a nice change of pace. It was chilly, so long sleeves and leg warmers were the uniform of the day. And fenders were a must, as there is some water on the deck; also caution, thanks to a bit of ice in shady spots.

The weaponry I left at home, even though my route took me past two schools, which thanks to LaPendejo have been exposed as exemplars of the Pussification of America and thus low-hanging fruit for the zombie slaves of Hollywood who would perforate us all in a nanosecond were it not for the eternal vigilance of the NRA (bonus Internet joke: Q. How many NRA members does it take to screw in a lightbulb? A. More guns).

But I kept the rubber side down, and nobody drew down on me, so it was all good.

Now I’m enjoying a glass of wine, getting set to feed the Pigeons (har har) and thinking about how early I have to get up the next two days. Just shoot me.