A Celt, A Musical & A Mug

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My brother Tee and I attended the Richmond Celtic Festival over the weekend. We saw big men tossing big logs, aka. “Tossing The Caber,” and big men throwing large stones, aka. “Shot Put.” There was plenty of music, fish and chips, bagpipers, ladies dancing, Irish Coffee and Guinness.

Tee & Me

The most fun seemed to be at the bandstand where, among other bands, Albannach was playing.

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Dee and I, along with Tony, Pam, Roger and Margaret went to see the production of Les Misérables at the Altria Theater here in Richmond. It was a great production and we all enjoyed it.

Wikipedia

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Brother Maynard - Monty Python and "The Hotly Grail"l

“Thou shalt set the time one hour back,

no more,

no less.

One hour back shall the clock be set,

and the setting of the clock shalt be one hour back …..”

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“A Mug Like No Other,” another interesting historical note about “Autumn Traditions in an 1805 Beergarden”  By Russ Lockwood 

“I was reminded that this particular beergarden, owned by brewmeister Klaus von Franken and set among potato, grain, and pumpkin fields, owned the largest drinking mug in the world. It had become a tourist attraction for 19th century Englander tourists, who paid a couple pfennigs each to drink beer from this mug. Actually, to be clear, the proper term for this type of mug is 'stein.' 

In any case, one of the post-Waterloo Englander tourists, a gal named Mary Shelley, visited the beergarden, paid her money, and drank way too much from the mug. She passed out and her friends had to carry her back to the hotel. When she finally awoke in a most disheveled and stuporous state, one of her friends quipped, "It's alive! It's alive! It drank from Franken's Stein and it's alive!" 

That little nugget of wit stuck in Mary's addled brain and she went on to pen a classic Gothic horror story. 

Really.”

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Our Cursillo Brother Dave has reached the 75 year mark and is still going strong. 

Happy Birthday Dave …

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Notre Dame and Navy in San Diego. I was pleased with the game but my brother was not. He’s an ex-Navy Submariner and was pulling for the Midshipmen.

The Spiders are prepared for Villanova at "Homecoming Weekend," this Saturday November 3rd.

Go Spiders!

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Dierks Bentley - “Woman, Amen”

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There are no takes at "This Ain't the Lyceum." Kelly is taking a break..