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WilliamPitt

(58,179 posts)
Mon Dec 24, 2012, 04:27 PM Dec 2012

You people MAKE ME CRAZY!!11!!1!!!

Don't know what I'd do without you.



Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, live long and prosper.

===

For Equilibrium, a Blessing:

Like the joy of the sea coming home to shore,
May the relief of laughter rinse through your soul.

As the wind loves to call things to dance,
May your gravity by lightened by grace.

Like the dignity of moonlight restoring the earth,
May your thoughts incline with reverence and respect.

As water takes whatever shape it is in,
So free may you be about who you become.

As silence smiles on the other side of what's said,
May your sense of irony bring perspective.

As time remains free of all that it frames,
May your mind stay clear of all it names.

May your prayer of listening deepen enough
to hear in the depths the laughter of god.

― John O'Donohue

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You people MAKE ME CRAZY!!11!!1!!! (Original Post) WilliamPitt Dec 2012 OP
Like I said over dere... Panasonic Dec 2012 #1
Merry! Christmas!, WilliamPitt and thanks! for the insanely fine Irish poem! patrice Dec 2012 #2
Right back atcha! (The Merry Christmas part, not the "make me crazy" part) Systematic Chaos Dec 2012 #3
Will, please step away from the Red Ryder BB gun HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #4
same here samsingh Dec 2012 #5
No guns for you. Ellipsis Dec 2012 #6
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, Will... SidDithers Dec 2012 #7
Merry Christmas, Will! And whatever they tell you, do NOT lick the flagpole! 11 Bravo Dec 2012 #8
I double dare ya. Kennah Dec 2012 #43
Merry Christmas to you and yours! TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #9
sure hfojvt Dec 2012 #10
Thanks for a wonderful Delphinus Dec 2012 #11
Happy Holidays to you ... former_con Dec 2012 #12
And a blessed Season of the Solstice to you and all of the DU community, William... Surya Gayatri Dec 2012 #13
Happy Holidays to you and your family, William. madinmaryland Dec 2012 #14
Happy Holidays to you goclark Dec 2012 #15
Seasons Greetings And Good Cheer cantbeserious Dec 2012 #16
I don't know what we'd do without you either, my dear Will... CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2012 #17
Happy Yuletide! Rosa Luxemburg Dec 2012 #18
Merry Christmas to you and yours!! octoberlib Dec 2012 #19
Merry Christmas to all DU. I love you guys! catbyte Dec 2012 #20
Merry Christmas, Will. DinahMoeHum Dec 2012 #21
jiNglE bElLs aLL tHe wAy ! Berlum Dec 2012 #22
Same back atcha. paleotn Dec 2012 #23
I agree! In_The_Wind Dec 2012 #24
Merry Christmas to all and keep up the "Good" fight world wide wally Dec 2012 #25
"As time remains free of all that it frames," zeemike Dec 2012 #26
Aloha Will mahina Dec 2012 #27
Happy January 2nd!!! nt Plucketeer Dec 2012 #28
Some are whispering you've gone soft... FailureToCommunicate Dec 2012 #29
WE KNOW YOU LOVE US WILLIAM Skittles Dec 2012 #30
Merry Christmas!!! Happy Holidays!!! Happy New Years!!! Happy Everything!!! RKP5637 Dec 2012 #31
You mean crazIER cbrer Dec 2012 #32
Merry Christmas Will! Owl Dec 2012 #33
That's our job and we are very good at it grantcart Dec 2012 #34
Thanks Will, and wishing You happiness, health, prosperity & love this year & always! hue Dec 2012 #35
Merry Christmas Will! RoseMead Dec 2012 #36
Merry Christmas to you and yours, Will! KatyaR Dec 2012 #37
Likewise, Mr. Pitt ailsagirl Dec 2012 #38
Yep, crazy is contagious. Curmudgeoness Dec 2012 #39
Merry Christmas, Will! NRaleighLiberal Dec 2012 #40
Love you Will!! Robyn66 Dec 2012 #41
Yo buddy libodem Dec 2012 #42
Christmas kick WilliamPitt Dec 2012 #44
you people? you people? jorno67 Dec 2012 #45
!!11!!1!!! salinen Dec 2012 #46
and to you as well, good sir. nt tomp Dec 2012 #47
You're beginning... ReRe Dec 2012 #48
Nollaig shona dhuit! n/t tavernier Dec 2012 #49

11 Bravo

(23,926 posts)
8. Merry Christmas, Will! And whatever they tell you, do NOT lick the flagpole!
Mon Dec 24, 2012, 04:48 PM
Dec 2012

(I know you New Englanders can go a little nuts at times.)

hfojvt

(37,573 posts)
10. sure
Mon Dec 24, 2012, 05:01 PM
Dec 2012

blame the victim

Doesn't your mom say

"Insanity is hereditary,


you get it from your kids."

I know my mom did.

At Christmas, I would once again remember this Longfellow serenade

"and in despair, I bowed my head
'there is no peace on earth,' I said.
'For HATE is strong and mocks the song
of peace on earth, good will to men.

Then pealed the bells more loud and deep
God is not dead, nor doth he sleep
the wrong shall fail, the right prevail
for peace on earth, good will to men."

But, nota bene, it is HATE that is the enemy.

Not the gun nuts. Not the repukes. Not the teahadists, or racists, or talibornigains.

Not even the trolls.

It is hate.

"The nonviolent resister not only refuses to shoot his opponent. He refuses to hate him." Martin Luther King

Here's to the failure of the wrong.

 

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)
13. And a blessed Season of the Solstice to you and all of the DU community, William...
Mon Dec 24, 2012, 05:26 PM
Dec 2012

Let's treasure the "little" things--most days are made of them, after all.

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,683 posts)
17. I don't know what we'd do without you either, my dear Will...
Mon Dec 24, 2012, 05:44 PM
Dec 2012

To my dear friend!

What an honor, a privilege, and a joy it is to know you, both in 'real' life, and here.

I'm wishing you, and your whole family, and your daughter-to-be, a joyous Christmas and a fabulous 2013!



DinahMoeHum

(21,806 posts)
21. Merry Christmas, Will.
Mon Dec 24, 2012, 06:08 PM
Dec 2012

and remember what Jimmy Buffett says about crazy:

". . .if we weren't all crazy, we would go insane. . ."

zeemike

(18,998 posts)
26. "As time remains free of all that it frames,"
Mon Dec 24, 2012, 06:35 PM
Dec 2012

"May your mind stay clear of all it names."
Here here.
And merry Christmas to all
And to all a good night.
May none of us fall
In our quest for the light.

grantcart

(53,061 posts)
34. That's our job and we are very good at it
Mon Dec 24, 2012, 07:00 PM
Dec 2012

Here is something to cheer every DUer:

Over the next few years with a sound administration not spending trillions overseas and regulating the banking industry to ensure that we don't have another crash employment will steadily build social costs will decline and the middle class will begin rebuilding.

Among all of these signs of improvement will be the Republicans on the sidelines gnashing their teeth and wrenching their garments cursing every sign of good news.

KatyaR

(3,445 posts)
37. Merry Christmas to you and yours, Will!
Mon Dec 24, 2012, 07:28 PM
Dec 2012

May the New Year hold every happiness for your family--DAD!!!!!

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