what, all this for me?

this pup snuck his way into a parade in mexico for the pope. can you believe it?

carnivale photos

thomas wilhelm showed me this collection of photos from mardis gras / carnivale celebrations around the world. check out rio. they don't f around. (also, part 1)

puppy-ween

tompkins square held its annual puppy costume parade over the weekend. get a load of these guys!

that might be the cutest thing i've ever seen.

did you go shopping today?

give thanks for BEYONCE

UPDATE: its totally different. last year was I AM... YOURS. this year is I AM... WORLD TOUR. duh.



on thanksgiving, im going to watch the macy's parade (kanye + j simps), im going to watch the dog and pony show (just dogs but it will still be good), and im going to watch I AM... BEYONCE.

happy mardi gras!!

i think joel's in new orleans today. but you never can really tell.

your obligatory (but ExCiTiNg!!!) thanksgiving post.

omg thanksgiving is tomorrow!!! and while i sit here autoCAD-ing with crossed fingers, hoping that this office will close up shop early and let me outta here, i wanted to build a bit of buzz for this often overlooked holiday. jk, obvi. people love thanksgiving! and why wouldn't they? here's a few turkey-day-related items from the internet and beyond:

emily shared this recipe for cranberry butter rolls, which she claims were a big hit last year. they look pretty delicious.

here's some liberal hippie shit from PETA trying to convince people not to eat turkey on thanksgiving. gmafb, am i right? g.animalz sent me that, and i think that she secretly believes in it.

some people get really excited about the macy's thanksgiving day parade. there's no arguing that its one of new york's longest running and most nostalgic traditions. but who has time to go uptown and stand in the middle of child-ridden crowds when you've got a freshly-humiliated turkey (see above) to prepare!

as an alternative, go up to central park west tonight, and watch them blow up the parade balloons. i hear it's just great. how many years do you think it will be before we get a twilight balloon? i hope not many.

and speaking of nostalgia, don't miss a charlie brown thanksgiving, airing on abc at 8/7c tomorrow.

2Pz wishes you all a fulfilling and filling holiday. be sure to send us some photos of your turkey day highlights, including meals, grandparents, pets, tryptophan comas, etc.

happy st patty's day!!

In the past, Saint Patrick's Day was celebrated as a religious holiday. It became a public holiday in 1903, by the Money Bank. (Ireland) Act 1903, an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament introduced by the Irish MP James O'Mara.[14] O'Mara later introduced the law which required that pubs be closed on 17 March, a provision which was repealed only in the 1970s. The first St. Patrick's Day parade held in the Irish Free State was held in Dublin in 1931 and was reviewed by the then Minister of Defence Desmond Fitzgerald. Although secular celebrations now exist, the holiday remains a religious observance in Ireland, for both the Church of Ireland and Roman Catholic Church. (read more here!)