April 9th needs to be a big celebration.

[reynardo]

Do it by leering at the pigeons whilst holding a dubious looking bag of peanuts.

Do it by using the phrase "Ave Maria - Gee it's great to see ya" the next time you're at Mass.

Do it by looking across a restaurant table at your date, and singing or reciting to them I hold your hand in mine.

Because April 9th is Tom Lehrer's 80th birthday, and it surely needs celebrating. Even if you don't agree with his policial choice (of Obama).

And in other news, E Gary Gygax has died. In my first game, one of the great gods was Gygax. Somehow I don't think he would have minded.

Comments

[sandypawozbun.livejournal.com]

Hmm... must have rolled damn high on his critical fumble.

Seriously, that is sad. Gygax was a bastard in a lot of ways, but he was a hero none the less.

[nefaria.livejournal.com]

I fondly remember Tomb of Horrors, that dungeon scared the heck out of me as a kid. I also liked the simplicity of AD&D first edition, even if it wasn't as balanced as the later editions.

And I don't mind people who are for Obama. Obama is for people who like liberals, Hillary is for people who hate conservatives.

[waitingman.livejournal.com]

On April 9, I suggest we sing This song of Tom's loudly & repeatedly.

As for the US 2&1/2 year election campaign... wake me when there's a result that really matters... like who finally wins.

[ultra-velvet.livejournal.com]

it's sad.

but what do I say if I don't go to mass. :?

[reynardo.livejournal.com]

Then pick another of his songs. National Brotherhood Week is always good, and who can top that gloriously romantic sweetness:

I ache for the touch of your lips, dear,
But much more for the touch of your whips, dear.
You can raise welts
Like nobody else,
As we dance to the masochism tango.