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Tweaking the tradition – Altoona Mirror
And while the Boston Red Sox, Pitt football and others have elevated “Sweet Caroline” to a staple for their games, that popular PSU tradition may be interrupted or discontinued.
Long overdue, particularly considering the awful origins of the song:
Neil Diamond Storytellers by JimGoodwine
Okay, in the real world, I’m glad they are [...]

The Summer Solstice just happened.

I’ve done this before and probably will again because Ella and Louis are always a good thing.
Capital Weather Gang had another great write-up about the solstice today.
Did you know your shadow was its shortest of year at 1:10 p.m. today: DC’s solar noon at summer solstice?
— Capital Weather Gang (@capitalweather) [...]

BeltwayLand was sad yesterday after the godfather of go-go Chuck Brown died (The Post). There was plenty of speculation on Twitter about how and whether the Washington Nationals would honor Brown. In the past, “Bustin’ Loose” was played after home runs. When I heard about Brown’s passing, I tweeted this:
I’d like to see the #Nats [...]

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
When I think of St. Patrick’s Day, I figure there has to be a bar with a Christmas/Easter Protestant who had one Irish grandparent is wearing a green baseball cap of a team that doesn’t normally wear green (i.e. Red Sox) drinking green light beer and rocking out to “Little Lion Man.”

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I think we all had the same thought when we saw this video back in 1987 or whatever — that big-haired redhead in the parking garage is going slap Chuck Finely around someday…

I heard this on 98 Rock while I was going out for my roast beast sammich at Harris Teeter today. It holds up [...]

The sun’s rays are at zenith at 23.5 degrees north latitude right now — you know what that means:

Capital Weather Gang (The Post) has a thorough explanation of the summer solstice.

This Screaming Trees song was an earworm yesterday, so I post it today:

When I sang a few bars to reacquaint my wife with it, my son laughed a lot.

I thought about going with Fantasia, but this works fine.

I’m still never more proud of my Irish heritage (I’m 1/128th) than when I see this video.