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03/17/2010 11:52 #51205

10 Things I like about Ireland
Category: 10 things

1. u2.

2. Hurling

3. Guinness

4. Irish Whiskey

5. Cliff's of Moher (and other amazing sea cliffs)

6. Irish monasticism/Celtic spirituality

7. Galway (which was home for a Summer)

8. Dublin (it would still be a great town, even if it didn't produce u2 and Guinness)

9. The Committments.

10. More u2 (worth mentioning twice!)

ladycroft - 05/13/10 09:23
I'll second the Guinness and whiskey :)

mrmike - 03/17/10 14:17
and Van Morrison, and the Pogues, and Harp

02/12/2010 19:10 #51006

TMBG Kids songs

Having an excuse to watch/sing songs like this is one of the perks of having kids in the house.

Good songwriting works for kids and adults, and They Might Be Giants are great songwriters.

james - 02/13/10 17:58
Also, The Aquabats are a fun band that both kids and adults could like.

Pizza Day - :::link:::
Pool Party - :::link:::

james - 02/13/10 15:16
Yes, yes they are. I listen to their kids album every once in a while.

02/07/2010 15:18 #50983

More beard, less hair

Cleaned up the look a bit today.

tinypliny - 02/12/10 18:43
This picture is going to be my inspiration. Not that I am growing a beard... but still.

I wish you were smiling. :)

02/06/2010 00:41 #50977

My hometown

metalpeter - 02/07/10 11:49
It would be interesting to see videos like this of other cities. There are some things that are claimed by one country as being first and also by another I wonder if this is true of cities as well.

Steelers winning 4 superbowls awesome
klodike Bars awesome wish I had some
Those Aluminum bottles are pretty cool and are used by companies like Labatt around the holiday so they can have holiday bottles

I have never been there I think the closest I came was Ducane I think they are called the ducenesse Dukes for a swim meet. One of these days I need to change that.

heidi - 02/06/10 12:09
According to the Zippo website, the Zippo lighter was a refinement of an Austrian concept, but the refinement was done in Bradford, Pa.

:::link:::

Ooops, sorry about the conflation of the sports things.

drew - 02/06/10 12:04
But where were they invented? I tried to find out and can't find a source for the Pittsburgh claim.

And I am pretty sure that we claimed the first night world series game and the first professional football player, not the first night game.

heidi - 02/06/10 02:20
Bah! Zippo lighters are from Bradford, Pa.! The first night football game was played in Mansfield, Pa.! Pittsburgh can't claim all that - they're stealing from the rest of Pennsylvania. Booo!!

02/05/2010 16:14 #50975

I can say boring things
Category: food

via video, as well as text.

metalpeter - 02/07/10 12:01
I love that you pause and then take a drink that is great. I'm not a Dr.Pepper guy myself but I can speak on the other two. To me the throwback Pepsi tastes odd, but the throwback Mountain Dew tastes better. This is not the first time Pepsi went back to sugar as promotion. Where things get me mixed up is that some pop is made with pure cane sugar and that is different somehow, I think a company in the falls makes Logan Berry that way and that is the brand that wound up replacing Aunt Rosie's at Mighty Taco. As a side note I guess when they gave up Aunt Rosie's a lot of people complained so that is why they have Ryan's or Johny Ryan not sure if those are the same company. I think the previous Pepsi used Pure cane sugar but not sure.

tinypliny - 02/06/10 23:26
Oh man.

paul - 02/06/10 19:56
You had the youtube tag wrong on this. I fixed it for you and the video plays now.