Popular Post Starrynight22 Posted February 17, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2019 I just bought concert tickets and I'm so freaking excited going with my best friend and his gf 6 Link to comment
MacGreg Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 25 minutes ago, Starrynight22 said: I just bought concert tickets and I'm so freaking excited going with my best friend and his gf Do we get to know who? 4 Link to comment
Starrynight22 Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 3 minutes ago, MacGreg said: Do we get to know who? SWMRS And my new band crush The Regrettes. It's not until April. But still. And I'm trying to finagle Dashboard Confessional this summer. 4 Link to comment
MacGreg Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 37 minutes ago, Starrynight22 said: SWMRS And my new band crush The Regrettes. It's not until April. But still. And I'm trying to finagle Dashboard Confessional this summer. Should be a good show. 4 Link to comment
mollyhousemouse Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 hello @MacGreg Sir hello DiC picked up the groceries, now folding laundry watching the Daytona 500. i'll be around 👋 4 Link to comment
MacGreg Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 9 minutes ago, mollyhousemouse said: hello @MacGreg Sir hello DiC picked up the groceries, now folding laundry watching the Daytona 500. i'll be around 👋 Hello, molly. It's Penguins vs Rangers here while I get stuff done. Hockey Day in America. 3 1 Link to comment
Starrynight22 Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 1 hour ago, MacGreg said: Should be a good show. Oh my gosh yes. I've followed my bandcrush online for about a year or so. It'll be the first time they come within 3 hours of my city. 4 1 Link to comment
Thorn Wilde Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Just finished season 3 of The Expanse. I'm so glad I know it's coming back... If I'd watched it when I thought it was cancelled I may have started throwing things, lol! How is everyone? 3 Link to comment
Thorn Wilde Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 2 minutes ago, Starrynight22 said: Oh my gosh yes. I've followed my bandcrush online for about a year or so. It'll be the first time they come within 3 hours of my city. So wonderful when you get to see bands you like. The Cure is coming to a festival here in Oslo this summer and I got myself a festival pass. So happy! 5 Link to comment
Popular Post Marty Posted February 17, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2019 (edited) I decided to get out of the house and commune with nature again today. A short drive brought me to this gem. So glad I had my camera along for the ride. And I can feel the mountains calling my name... Edited February 17, 2019 by Marty Inserted omitted word 3 5 Link to comment
Thorn Wilde Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 (edited) Oh, wow, that is gorgeous, @Marty! Simply breathtaking! Edited February 17, 2019 by Thorn Wilde 4 Link to comment
Popular Post Marty Posted February 17, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2019 (edited) 37 minutes ago, Thorn Wilde said: Oh, wow, that is gorgeous, @Marty! Simply breathtaking! That's a photograph of Glencar Lake. The lake, and the nearby Glencar Waterfall, was made famous by William Butler Yeats, as it was the inspiration for his 1886 poem The Stolen Child, in which a human child is stolen away by the faeries. Edited February 17, 2019 by Marty Correcting another of my inevitable typos. 3 3 Link to comment
Site Moderator Popular Post Reader1810 Posted February 17, 2019 Site Moderator Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2019 18 hours ago, MichaelS36 said: Netflix drives me nuts.. asking Oh are you still there … let people die in front their TVs in peace. My Netflix doesn’t care enough to say that, it just turns itself off. Your comment did remind me of the time I stayed in my seat at the theatre and watched the final credits role on Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Have to say, I wasn’t expecting this... 2 4 Link to comment
Popular Post mollyhousemouse Posted February 17, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2019 1 hour ago, MacGreg said: Hello, molly. It's Penguins vs Rangers here while I get stuff done. Hockey Day in America. hockey's always good too Sir 33 minutes ago, Marty said: decided to get out of the house and commune with nature again today. A short drive brought me to this gem. So glad I had my camera along for the ride. that's beautiful Marty! thank you for sharing! 6 Link to comment
mollyhousemouse Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 8 minutes ago, Marty said: That's a photograph of Glencar Lake. The lake, and the nearby Glencar Waterfall, was made famous by William Butler Yeats, as it was the inspiration for his 1886 poem The Stolen Child, in which human child is stolen away by the faeries. @Marty thank you for that! was wonderful to read, and then hear it read so well! 5 Link to comment
Thorn Wilde Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Marty said: That's a photograph of Glencar Lake. The lake, and the nearby Glencar Waterfall, was made famous by William Butler Yeats, as it was the inspiration for his 1886 poem The Stolen Child, in which human child is stolen away by the faeries. Oh, I love Yeats! What a beautiful reading as well. Thank you. Hadn't realised you were Irish, actually. One of my best friends is Irish, so I've visited with her. It's a beautiful country. Edited February 17, 2019 by Thorn Wilde 3 Link to comment
Marty Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 (edited) 39 minutes ago, Thorn Wilde said: Oh, I love Yeats! What a beautiful reading as well. Thank you. Hadn't realised you were Irish, actually. One of my best friends is Irish, so I've visited with her. It's a beautiful country. Yes indeed, Yeats wrote some magnificent poetry! I was born in England to an Irish father and an English mother. I have lived in Ireland since 1986, travel on an Irish passport, and now consider myself Irish, not English (although I still have a northern English accent). Although Yeats didn't reference it as such in the poem, The Stolen Child, it is based on an old Irish legend about Changelings. If a child were sickly and/or not thriving, the belief was that the original (healthy) child had been stolen by the faeries, and a sick faerie child had been left in its place (hence the term "changeling"). It was believed that male children were more likely to be stolen in this way than a female one, so apparently a mother would often dress a young boy in girl's clothing to try to trick the faeries. There's an old Irish poem (which I have also heard sung), probably written in the 17th or 18th century, about changelings:- A mother came while stars were paling, Wailing round the lonely spring; Thus she cried while tears were falling, Calling on the fairy king: "Why, with spells my child caressing, Courting him with fairy joy, oh why take a mother's blessing? Wherefore steal her baby boy? Over hills and down through valleys, Where his childhood loved to play, Where the flowers are freshly springing, There I wander day by day. There I wander ever fonder Of the child who made my joy, Calling on the wild winds blowing To restore my fairy boy. But in vain my plaintive calling, Tears are falling all in vain; He now sports with fairy pleasure, He's the treasure of their train. Fare you well my child forever, In this world I've lost my joy, In the next we ne'er shall sever, There I'll find my angel boy." To avoid taking up too much space, I've put a link to a rendition of it, sung by The Grehan Sisters, inside spoilers below. Spoiler [youtube] Edited February 17, 2019 by Marty Correcting yet another of my inevitable typos. 3 2 Link to comment
Starrynight22 Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 2 hours ago, Thorn Wilde said: So wonderful when you get to see bands you like. The Cure is coming to a festival here in Oslo this summer and I got myself a festival pass. So happy! Oh fun! I love the Cure 4 Link to comment
Popular Post Mikiesboy Posted February 17, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2019 i had an idea on the way home ... i have been trying to write serious ... i am tired of serious.. time for some comedy ... not Faris and James.. sorry.. but something else... i need to make some notes.. hehe 3 4 Link to comment
Marty Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 2 hours ago, Thorn Wilde said: The Cure is coming to a festival here in Oslo this summer and I got myself a festival pass. So happy! 3 minutes ago, Starrynight22 said: Oh fun! I love the Cure Me too! They've done so many great songs. I think Lovesong is brilliant in its sheer simplicity. 4 Link to comment
Brayon Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Today has been a George Carlin kinda day. Back when real comedians were around. Hello, everyone. Enjoy the night. 4 Link to comment
Thorn Wilde Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 6 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said: i had an idea on the way home ... i have been trying to write serious ... i am tired of serious.. time for some comedy ... not Faris and James.. sorry.. but something else... i need to make some notes.. hehe That's awesome! Go for it! 1 Link to comment
Thorn Wilde Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 5 minutes ago, Marty said: Me too! They've done so many great songs. I think Lovesong is brilliant in its sheer simplicity. Love that one. Disintegration is one of my favourite albums of all time. And perhaps the greatest make-out album I know of. 1 Link to comment
Thorn Wilde Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 1 minute ago, BHopper2 said: Today has been a George Carlin kinda day. Back when real comedians were around. Hello, everyone. Enjoy the night. Hi, A! I love George Carlin. Link to comment
Marty Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 5 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said: i had an idea on the way home ... i have been trying to write serious ... i am tired of serious.. time for some comedy ... not Faris and James.. sorry.. but something else... i need to make some notes.. hehe Go for it, Tim! There's nothing wrong with a bit of comedy. As W. B. Yeats says: "For the world’s more full of weeping than you can understand." 3 Link to comment
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