Recently on Facebook, someone posted the following item referring to the upcoming US general and Presidential elections ( Read more... )

... to fajrdrako, who is currently on her way back from the Near East (aka Turkey).

Wishing you all the best this week, with hope that I can meet you for lunch sometime.

... to arndis on Sunday [tomorrow], who worked hard to obtain the job that she has currently.

May you have a wonderful celebration and a generally happy day tomorrow.

... (almost belatedly) to deakat, who has been a good friend of mine and fought long and hard for women's rights.

I hope you've had a wonderful day today.

... Merry New Year, a Cheery Yule, feliz navidad (et natal), joyeux noël, Fröhliche Weihnachten and a' that.

In short, Happy Holidays in any language you choose. :-)

... to janeg, who is a filker par excellence (even if our paths seldom cross).

May you have lots of music, hugs and cheer to celebrate this day.

It has been 22 years since a gunman entered the Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal [QC], screamed "You're a bunch of feminists" and shot fourteen women who would be engineers dead.

Thanks to janeg, I found a song that stands as one of the best memorials to that tragic day.

I hope people here enjoy it.

I'm also putting this up in (partial) reaction to the ( Read more... )

... to shaddyr, who I think marked it three days ago.

Ooops. Some of us are a tad distracted ... and some of us are "under the weather."

I hope it was still a festive and cheerful occasion.

This is a rather last-minute notification ...

... but the Musica Viva Singers, the choir I regularly sing with, will hold their Christmas Concert this Monday evening here in Ottawa at the Centretown United Church just north of the Queensway in the downtown area.

I hope that some of you may be able to come out and hear us sing!

I case some of you ( Read more... )

... to ozarque, who remains one of the smartest linguists and authors that I have had the privilege to meet electronically.

I hope you are having a wonderful celebration with many friends today.