Today’s Music: Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer – Makin Whoopee
(Alternate take: Dr. John and Rickie Lee Jones)
Days Til Spring: ZERO! ZIP!! ZILCH!!! NADA!!!!
At. Frakkin. Last.
At 12:57 EDT today, something glorious happen(s/ed). Without any speeches or announcements, without the interference or permission or approval of talking heads or governments, Spring start(s/ed).
For some of us, it still feels like winter, or it’s actually the start of autumn.
But for me, even though the weather disagrees with the calendar, today is a milestone.
90 days ago was the shortest day of the year. Today, regardless of legislated clock shennanigans, sunset begins twelve hours after sunrise. And after that, for the next 90 days, the days keep getting longer.
But today is where it starts! Two whole seasons of no jackets, bright sunshine, and green grass. How will I spend it?
Glad you asked!
Wait for your eyes to stop bleeding.
Then get your own at Wave Shoppe
The Spring and Summer Stupid
Surfing. As always, I don’t care if I stand up on a wave or not. Get on the water on my board. Paddle til I can’t feel my arms. Lie on the beach, then go out for a good meal.
Picnics. Books. Good food. Guitar. Hula hoop for The Most Wonderful Girl In The Universe. ‘Nuff said.
Road Trips. Pick a direction, roll down the windows and drive. Find a town, maybe with an event, maybe with the worlds largest ball of twine. Who cares! Just enjoy the ride, baby.
Stand Up Paddleboarding. We go down to a place on the Hudson in lower Manhattan. Paddleboarding in the middle of a major metropolis? Gives me the giggles every time.
Jet Skiing. A place opened on the same beach we surf. I expect to fall off at least once
Rock Climbing. TMWGITU (to my ecstatic surprise) loves climbing in a gym. I really want to get her on a cliff at the ‘Gunks.
NAPS!!!! If you have to ask why, we need to sit down for a long talk.
Free Music. It’s everywhere in the city. Free concerts in the park. Free concerts by the rivers. Festivals. I’m like a kid in a candy store.
Playing Guitar Outdoors. I don’t care how good I am (or not). There’s something extra joyful about sitting in a park making music. Even if it’s the same notes over and over. (And TMWGITU will probably bring her hoop for those outings too!)
Bungee Jumping. This probably won’t happen, but I discovered there’s a bridge with a 200′ drop 20 minutes outside Ottowa. How could that not be on my list?
Watching the stars. A warm quiet night with the heavens ablaze. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, try it and you’ll understand.
As always, this list is neither definitive, nor accurate. Maybe paddleboarding will get dropped in favor of the trapeze on the west side. New things will get added, others will get dropped because of time or money.
But it will be Spring and Summer, and I’ll spend it with my wife.
Looks like they will be great seasons!
Guapola 
HAPPY SPRING, EL GUAPO!!!!!
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And to you, HE! Hope our whole northeast manages to climb into the warm soon!
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Dr. John and Rickie Lee Jones? What a way to start a post! Plus, the awesome shirt of course (and that’s not even sarcasm, I love it!).
I want to go bungee jumping so badly, but I think the kid even draws the line at that, so I would be jumping alone.
Hooray for Spring! FINALLY.
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I’m going to be wearing that shirt in public tonight!
Glad you like that song. Their version is one of my favorites (but teh Gaiman/Palmer version is more fun).
Amen for Spring. Now if we could just get the weather to match.
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In the words of Molly, oh my gaaahhhd (is that, right?), I love it. But more importantly, I now get what Zoe is talking about!
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I’m hoping Zoe will see that shirt in all its glory and realize how very very wrong she’s been.
What? It could happen.
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I’m so not wrong! I’m very very right!
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Have you ever actually been to Hawai’i, Zoe?
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No it’s my Hubby’s dream. We had planned to go for our 10 Anniversary last year but Hubby lost his job and we just about lost our shirts.
I have however before Hubby been to Barbados, Trinidad, and Tobego. It’s not for me.
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Awww.
I’ve been to probably the least impressive of the Hawaiian islands– Oahu– but I still very much enjoyed my time there.
And I still like Hawaiian shirts, so nyeh! 😉
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Oh no! Not you too! No Hawaiian shirts!
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Yes, me too.
I can say NO to lamé pants, neon and fluorescent clothes (if it’s not safety workwear), bell bottoms, powder blue shirts with white suits, pastel colors, and other fashion horrors of my early to late childhood, but Hawaiian shirts– never. Especially if they are made in Hawai’i. I may be a crazy haole, but Crazy Shirts and Hilo Hattie were an honored part of my growing up and they still have an honored place now.
My chile-dyed Crazy Shirts T-shirt also says nyeh! It wasn’t brought back to me by my grandparents, but… it was bought with their kind gift money.
See? Nyeh!
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ahaha! No Hawaiian!
What’s wrong with bell bottoms?!
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The bell bottom shape.
You keep your bell bottomed pants, I keep my Hawaiian shirts.
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pft
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Thank you Sean!! In Public Guaps!! GEEZZEEE!! Sean stop him before he hurts someone!
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No sharpened pencils here, El G…this is not a test…..
Don’t you just love it when a plan comes together.
*snort*
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I’m just glad we made it out of the dark.
Soon it will even be bright enough to need sunscreen!
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Neil Gaiman sings too?! What a glutton for attention. Well…it’s almost singing. It’s joyful. I guess that’s enough.
Not to be contrarian but, for me, Spring is not a number on the calendar. It’s 60+ degrees. 74+ degrees is Summer.
New York does get pretty whoop-ass when the warm weather comes. We should take a lunchtime walk to The Plaza Hotel and see the sculpture that just went up. Do you get out for lunch? I think it’s there for a couple of months. More stuff like that to come.
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I understand about the weather, but for me, that first day of spring is a reason to celebrate for me. 1/4 through the year, and a season of renewal and the return of growing things.
New York is great, until the first heatwave and we get the twin smells of baking tar and garbage. As long as the a/c on the subway works…
Sure, I’ll take a walk at lunch. I usually just go down for a soda, but I can grab a few more minutes.
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It’s going to be 100% sunshine tomorrow. Let’s go then. The Plaza is just two avenues over. We can walk along Central Park South. Maybe hold hands. Let me know what time is good for you. I’m flexible.
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Gah – I have to go to NJ tomorrow all afternoon.
It’s across the plaza from the Apple fish bowl, isn’t it?
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Yup. Caddy-corner from the fishbowl. No worries. It’ll be up for months. Good luck in NJ. Be strong.
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Up for a beer/drink tonight on the way out?
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Sure! I’ve got tickets to see the Israel Philharmonic tonight at Carnegie Hall. Curtain is 7:00 so I’ll have a little time to kill. I was going to visit the Apple Store but that can wait. Can your better (much better) half join us?
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Alas, she has hoop class tonight.
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Shoot. Okay. I’ll ping you offline.
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Almost singing… that’s one way to put it. I did a doubletake as well.
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Your shirt is the BOMB and I’m getting one for my husband. That will make three for his collection. Woot!
And nothing beats getting lost in a summer night, starry sky… with a cool telescope, too!
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Your husbands gonna love it! I have 2 of the ugliest shirts. One is, dare I say, tasteful.
But the second one (in the picture) is hideous!!!
(I love it!)
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Don’t encourage him, his shirt is not the balm! lol
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Haha… I don’t know who you are but somehow your advice makes sense to me. (wink)
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If it makes sense then we’re kindred! LOL He so should not wear Hawaiian shirts! My aching eyes! 😉
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Woot and excellent! I forced my husband to purchase one at Target last year and he looks so dorky but cute. I’m so proud. *sniff*
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ahaha! Has he become one with it now?
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Well, when summer hits, let’s just say that will be his ‘uniform’. Hee-hee…
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Oh they’re one alright! Giggle. Just get a good pair of dark sunglasses 😉
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Ha! Then we’ll both be cool… but everything is relative, right? (grin)
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It is! 😉
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NOOOOO!!! Don’t give in to the anti-Hawaiian forces!
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Never. There are too many out there. They need homes.
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YES! 😀
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Ssh! I don’t want to spread this around. I have a weird, online presence to maintain. (wink)
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Ha! Don’t we all!
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That shirt is balm for the soul!
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and blinding for the eyes…
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Fantastic shirt, and even better plans ! =) TMWGITU is gonna love every minute of it, I just bet. =) Have a great first day, we are celebrating here in the den as well ! =)
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I can’t wait for our first outing of Spring. My wife and I usually end up grinning like fools for the whole day.
Have a fun party! (And hope you’re feeling better!)
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Yay Spring! My plan was to get up early and get a Happy Spring out to you first thing AND ask to see that Hawaiian shirt. Turns out that you are, among many other wonderful things, a mind reader as well!
Happy Spring Guapola!
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Having ranted and raved about it for weeks, I think I’d have been lynched if I didn’t have a pic of that shirt.
Happy Spring!
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It’s 40 degrees, Robins are bouncing around the yard, snow is melting, the dogs and horses are shedding, and the ducks are … erm … making baby ducks! Yay for spring!
I think the shirt is awesome, but since my kids think I have the fashion sense of a blind goat my opinion may not be helpful 😉
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I love those signs of spring!
Your appreciation of the shirt is proof that your fashion sense is dead-on.
I only hope your kids can appreciate it too. 😉
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Sounds perfect. I like star gazing, especially on a beach or dock of the bay with some wine. Ahh, reading this makes me feel refreshed already!
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There’s a place we go for lunch sometimes in a town that has a dock right on a bay off Long Island Sound. Great food, and a great spot to sit and watch the day float by.
And there’s a small bookstore around the corner!
Looking forward to getting back out there.
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Perfect!
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Nice. It’s snowing where I am this morning. Again. This winter is doing nothing to counter the stereotype of the Canadian winter.
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You guys have gotta do something about that…
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El Guapo – I’m blinded by that shirt, but I’m ecstatic for your delight in the changing of the seasons…. Please make sure you get a good video or picture of the hula hooping…. we must know. Happy Sproinnnnng ~
Of course, in the desert, I’m in mourning for the winter – hee hee…
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Isn’t that the worst shirt you’ve ever seen? 😀
At least in the desert, you’ll have those warm, cactus and armadillo scented evenings to enjoy!
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hee hee – it’s better than summer in the French Quarter, where it’s scented with rotting meat and vomit … July there was decidedly harsh on the nose – but great on the eyes.
Please frolic in New Paltz and on Long Island for me.
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There will be much frolicking!
(Perhaps even hanggliding…)
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Huzzah!
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And YES on the shirt. It’s a horror to the eyes. And it has (gag) buttons. AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH
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The buttons are so you can contain the awesomeness!
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I rather doubt it…. they are there to torture me. A lot.
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You can wear the shirt unbuttoned with a t-shirt, you know.
Hawaiian shirts are accessible for everyone!
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It doesn’t matter – those awful, gross, round things are THERE! TAUNTING ME! There is no alternative.
I cannot wear a shirt like that – ever…
Recently I was at a friend’s house via a bike, and realized that I was not going to be warm enough for my ride home at 10PM and asked if I could borrow a long sleeved shirt for under my very thin jacket (zipper only)…and the long sleeved shirt had a v-neck with 2 gross buttons… and even though my jacked was zipped up to my chin, and the shirt was not visible, I felt that v-neck and buttons SEARING my skin underneath. No one could see it – but I felt very conspicuous and grossed out.
Yes, I know – I’m a freak.
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Woohoo!!! and life gets back to normal. 🙂 Happy day to you, El Guapo.
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Thanks Imelda, you too!
I don’t know how I’d handle “normal”…
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That sounds like an amazing way to spend spring and summer. I’m hoping we get to enjoy some of the amazing wine and harvest festivals they have throughout the summer. Germans know how to party! And let the warm weather commence! (But please, as a side note of a request to weather gods, please let me get out of this attic apartment before you make it too hot! 🙂 )
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That’s the magic of the Hawaiian shirt – it is both cool and hot at the same time!
I don’t know anything about German festivals. Hope you have a great time, and tell us about them as they come!
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Finally! Longer days. Warmer days. Yes, sign me up.
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And not a moment too soon, after this past winter.
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That shirt.
Happy Spring!! Weather is finally cooling down here and I’m ecstatic!
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Ha! Not what I look forward to from Spring, but ok.
does your part of the world have difficult winters?
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Yeahhh… we don’t get snow (well, not here) but it does get really achy cold. And we get ripper storms which I enjoy when my fences, house etc are left intact :). We more have difficult summers.
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Hey, Guap, I hate to be the one to hafta tell you this, but someone threw up on your shirt. 😉
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Yes, a UNICORN!!!
(Isn’t it glorious?!?)
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Hahaha! I think you’re idea of glorious and mine differ about us much as each side of the shirt you’re wearing.
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Nothing could possibly equal the differences between the two sides of Guapo’s shirt. And I love it – moreso because he actually has enough internal self esteem to WEAR it. 😉
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He is quite brave to wear it.
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Wear it in public, even! I’ll be putting it on at my desk at 5pm.
(I don;t think I can get away with it in the office before that.)
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Can you please blow the sunshine and warmer air up this way?
And your shirt, well the shirt, well just God Bless your wife for loving you enough to be seen with you in the “shirt”.
And, I just have to ask what is it with your wife and a hula hoop, is this some new New Yorkie rave?
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She just loves hula hooping. It’s a lot of fun, it’s very graceful, and to do it well is a real skill that takes a lot of effort to develop. She does stuff that looks like it defies the laws of physics.
It isn’t the plastic hula hoops that you and I played with as kids.
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Oh ok,,sounds cool!
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That is the most amazing shirt I have ever seen.
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hehehe
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LOVE the shirt. Don’t listen to what anybody (TwinDaddy) says about it.
Man, I miss the city. Free EVERYTHING when it gets warm out. Music, theater…just walking the streets is a ring-side seat to the greatest show on earth.
Did you know Amanda Palmer blogs? She’s a fierce blogger. Thanks for the Thursday morning earworm.
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I’m aware of Amanda Palmer, more through her association with Gaiman than anything else. I’ve read some of her stuff, and found her to be very passionate.
There are so many free shows and events in the city, the only bad thing about it is there being too much to see it all. I love when that’s my biggest problem!
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And beer gardens, don’t forget beer gardens
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One does not forget the beer gardens until the morning after one has had an epic night at the beer gardens.
And then the pieces come back slowly.
But one never remembers exactly where one left one’s pants.
Again.
Ah well…
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I love your list and your hot photo!
Last year, we took a trip between surgeries, but in general, summer was a blur. I plan to make up for lost time this year! I’m EVEN looking forward to WEEDING!!! Okay. Not weeding, but GARDENING!!!
Here’s a new tune for you to check out from That 70’s Show actor Danny Masterson. It’s catchy even though the drum solo is a little long. I love his site too – http://www.djmomjeans.com/ Gotta love the name!
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I know what you mean about the blur. If we don’t do anything on the list, but still have a nice relaxed spring and summer, that would be fine too.
Good music! Love the name too.
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Love Mom’s jeans and his site rocks, literally!
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Awesome shirt
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Thank you, Sir.
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I think you should come to Nashville. Okay, that suggestion was inspired by me living here and you playing guitar. Bring the guitar. 😀
I absolutely cannot WAIT to get working in my garden(s)! So much to do – so little TIIMMMEEE!
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Love to! do you play?
(I think I saw you mention it on your site, but not sure.)
At least Nashville has a nice long gardening season.
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I do play … well, did play. For 25 years, actually. I haven’t touched those strings for about 4 months now, and it was an even longer time before that! It’s really quite sad. Maybe this weekend the weather will cooperate enough for me to take the guit-box out to the side porch and serenade hubby while he smokes an anniversary cigar! 27 years tomorrow! Woohoo! (Amazing that he’s put up with me that long … or perhaps he’s a little ‘off’?)
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Congratulations on your anniversary!
I bet Hubby would say he’s the lucky one.
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Trust me, never happen. 😉 It’s ok, cause we all know it.
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Happy, happy first day of spring! Love the shirt and the list.
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Thank you, and a happy, festive Spring to you!
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You’ve inspired me to create my own list, even though yours is hard to improve upon. HAPPY SPRING to you and TMWGITU!
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Fun! I’d love to compare lists.
Mine is just to give me something to look forward to until I can get out and start doing stuff.
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Happy first day of spring, friend!! (although it is snowing here today….bleh.) My Facebook status summed up my feelings today – “In the epic battle of ouwit, outplay and outlast, Mother Nature proves to be a formidable opponent!”
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On the bright side, it’s more a question of “when” than “if” for when winter is gone.
Happy Spring!
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I like your optimism!! 🙂
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The hubs and I are so excited about Spring today we actually wished each other “Happy Spring” this morning like it’s a fuggin holiday or something! I’m SO excited. Loving your hawaiin shirt, btw. 🙂
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My wife knows how I feel about Spring (how could she not?) and wishes me a happy season too.
Ah, love!
Thanks! And don’t worry, the eye-bleeding stops after a few minutes.
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Love the list! I guess it doesn’t really matter what the summer inspired in you, or what you aspire to, just that it happens. The “what” is secondary. However, I will say this: I want to see a picture of you hula-ing for TMWGITU. I mean, really — if she’s willing to adventure for you, you should be willing to gyrate a little for her. Fair’s fair.
And, did you cut your luxurious locks? Or is that just the photo angle??
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My wife has video of me hula hooping. I’ve seen it. And believe me, I was surprised to realize there was a limit to how much I was willing to embarrass myself in public! 😉
My ponytail is still there. It’s the black stripe on the collar on the left side of the pic (right of my neck). I was thinking of cutting it off, but the last haircut place I went to, the place didn’t do locks of love donations, so I figured I’d keep it.
(Wow, I sound like such a do-gooder lately. What’s up with that???)
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I would pay to see that video of you and the Hoop. Maybe you should offer it as a prize one of these weeks for the winning poll answer?!
Awesome that your ponytail has aspiration of its own, Locks of Love is a great program!
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I’m pretty sure no one wins if I post that video.
well, ok, I don;t win.
Which is kind of the same thing. 😉
The locks of love program has to be the easiest donation. I mean, if I’m going to get it cut anyway…
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Happy 1st day of spring EG.
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Thanks Hobbler. You too.
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I am inordinately jealous of your wife’s hula hoop skills. And that shirt.. everyone should have an eye-searing shirt like that to let the world know that FUN HAS ARRIVED.
Meanwhile, it is blizzarding here right now, but still.. time to make plans. For me, summer means getting stung by 10 000 bees.
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You should get one of those shirts, if only to be a beacon in the blizzards!
And maybe a long sleeved one, to protect against the bees?
Hope the snow ends, the warm comes, and the bees find somewhere else to play.
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Ah, the bees are my chosen hobby. Seems we all have our death defying stunts to get on with this summer!
If this blizzarding bullhockey doesn’t end soon I am just going to start parading around the office in a bathing suit and set up a hammock in protest. Eff wintery weather.
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On the first day of spring, anything is possible–especially if you’re wearing an amazing technicolour shirt of awesomeness!
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Oh my god! Amazing Technicolor Shirt of Awesomeness is now its official designation!
Thanks Sailor’s Woman!
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Genius, as if it must be mentioned. Seems we both consider the existence of a higher power at certain sparkling moments of beauty. i.e. the marriage and love affair of Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman.
Spring as indeed sprung and you are now the official harbinger of good times in the sun…
Love and Leather!
xxx
p.s. You wife’s hoop skills cry out for a Burning Man visit. Bring it on!
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Ha! I think she’s too mellow for burning Man, but I’ll pitch it to her.
Neil and Amanda’s version was the most fun one I’d found. How could I not go with it?
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Yahoo!!!!!!!!!!! I’ve been waiting for this day and have looked to you for the countdown. Thank the heavens above!!!!! I will be doing some salsa dancing – naked.
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Amen, Brickhouse! Let the merriment begin.
(Sometimes I eat salsa naked!)
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Sitting on the deck of my boat, listening to my iPod on the stereo, laughing with my best friend… That’s probably my favorite summer thing, and I am soooooooo lucky I get to do that all year round. San Diego is waiting for you, this should be your home! 🙂
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p.s. (because you love it when I do this) you have a beard? a BEARD? Really? Or is that your 5-o-clock shadow you bear of a man?
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In all honesty (because I know how rarely I do that), I have a beard because I’m too damn lazy too shave. It started off as a goatee, then I thought “Well, why not have to shave regularly even less?”.
I trim it all the way down every so often when it gets to the point that I’ll be security-checked at airports, then just let it grow back again.
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I could live in San Diego. But I’d still be short a boat.
Sadly.
That sounds like a great way to spend any day!
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Now that’s a shirt! Welcome spring! Thanks for hustling it in.
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Spring will be forced to hurry, if only to see that shirt!
Thanks BBB! Hope we all have a great season!
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My spring started with snow turned to icy rain this morning, so, yeah, that was fun. But seeing your shirt brings me hope. I think it will come, I think it will come, I think…
Really happy you included naps in your list. One of my favorite things. Probably because I’ve missed out on so many of them over the years. I need to make up for lost time.
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Gah! We had freezing rain yesterday, but today, the sun is shining and warm is gamely trying to make itself felt.
Summer naps under a warm breeze are something everyone should experience.
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Happy for your springing and you’ll have to keep me alive during days and days of winter rain! And wow, your wife hula hoops! She’s way cooler than you, even in that magnum PI outfit!
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Of course my wife is cooler than me. That’s why I married her!
Hope your rains are just enough to bring you a vibrant spring in six months.
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oh and loved the ‘making whoopee’
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oh and loved ‘making whoopee’
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music video (not doing very well at this comment thing tonight)
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Ha! I get that too sometimes.
Glad you enjoyed it.
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Great seasons indeed – not a moment too soon
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I know it’s just another day, but the first day of Spring, regardless of the weather, is one of the highlights of my calendar.
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Happy schwing… uh… I mean spring…
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Thanks!
(If we’re lucky, the latter implies the former.)
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If someone is lucky
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wait… is that an actual picture of you?
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That actually is.
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You furry little varmint you!
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Lazy. I don’t really like shaving.
I’m just lucky I went for a haircut recently!
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I know what you mean
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Happy SPRING, Guap! This post made me smile…I love the list and the shirt, don’t listen to the naysayers…it is mid 60s here, everything is in bloom, awesome! Wishing you the same soon!
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Thanks Curvy, and you too!
I’m going to print copies of your comment and leave it in the parks so Spring knows what it should aspire to.
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🙂
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Spring is here!
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We made it!
*contented sigh*
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Today we had sun, tomorrow we’ll have rain and only 10°C :'(. Tragic.
That shirt certainly looks good on you! And great list – sounds like the perfect way to spend these days :).
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Gah! We’re looking at some cold next week, but relative warmth before that.
And thanks!
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Pretty dang good list. Mine consists of: camping and backpacking… but, I still have months to wait for both of those. And I hoping to get in another trip to the snow for some boarding before it all melts.
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I love spring skiing! There’s something about hitting the slopes in a t-shirt.
(Or Hawaiian shirt!)
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Yep, nice to be out there and not have to be bundled up, and the snow is so much more forgiving.
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Happy first day of Spring Guaps! We had snow here, but at least it wasn’t too cold – just a few degrees celsius below zero. Hubby has 4 Hawaiian shirts to put yours to shame – yellow, aquamarine, orange & hot pink! And he loves to wear them! Great list – naps is about my speed this year!
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Ah, but are all those colors on one shirt?
I have five I think. At least one is old and fading, but it’s so purple I can;t bring myself to toss it.
Napping is an excellent activity to aspire to.
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All those colors are on all the shirts, but yellow, aquamarine, orange & hot pink are the background colors too!
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Happy Spring, my friend. It was a lovely day here (but snow on Tuesday — boo!)
I saw this on another blog and thought of you — filmed inside a wave (?)
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Yeah, we’re slowly crawling towards true Spring weather too.
Love that gif, thanks! And a happy Spring to you too.
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Wasn’t it cool? Not that I have ever surfed, mind you. But I have been overtaken by a wave or two. In the shallows, of course 😉
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Getting tossed off a surfboard is a whole new way to experience the ocean!
(Wanna go?)
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No.
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Well, I’m glad you decided to think about it before answering.
I’ll wait…
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Actually I like the water, although I’ve never surfed and it’s not the best time to start because I am a pansy.
But I do love to kayak — and in the Caribbean it was great fun to be swamped. These days I kayak in Maine, where that option is less, ummm, warm.
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Do you use a drysuit, or just paddle when it’s warm?
We’ve kayaked in bays along Long Island Sound, and off the Florida Keys.
All f them were great, but the Keys were stunning.
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I grew up on Long Island Sound — Southport beach to be exact. But I never paddled there. I would love to …
We do it in the summer. Our kayaks are low-torque and we go in calm water primarily. I am not what you would call in shape. Depending on what shape you are talking about, that is.
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Glad it’s spring somewhere. Cancelled our ski excursion tomorrow and Saturday. To MUCH snow.
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Argh! Having too much snow to be able to enjoy it is the worst!
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HAPPY SPRING!!!! Yay!!! It’s here at last. You have inspired me to go paddleboarding and to find a fun shirt like yours! Enjoy, Guapo.
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Fun! I should wear a Hawaiian shirt on those adventures too.
Happy Spring!
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I don’t know if I can type a response my eyes are hurting so bad! AHHHHHH! NOOOOO NOOOO HAWAIIAN SHIRTS!
I love rock climbing and here it snowed like crazy today dammit!
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Don’t worry, the eyebleeding stops when you get acclimated. 😉
I didn’t know you climb. Cool!
Happy Spring!
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I will never get acclimated.
The very first time I climbed was indoors and I loved it so much I climbed for 9 hours. This was of course in my twenties. I climbed a lot back then. Then a couple years ago I climbed a bit in the mountains of B.C. we were in prime climbing area.
I like indoors too. We have the climbing equipment.
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Very funneh!
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What a list! Good luck.
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Thanks Sunshine. Hope your Spring is warm and fun!
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Methinks TMWGITU is about level pegging with myQueen, mate, bloody good onya! After weeks of 40+ (that’s REAL degrees right there) I’m officially over summer, you can have it buddy, enjoy. Oh yeah, and post all about it…
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Sounds like we both did well in wives, RD.
Hope the autumn brings you cool curved roads.
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The West Coast is awesome, Guap. We have 60+F weather here in Washington, at least east of the Cascades.
This site is awesome. I was a Crazy Shirts boy for many, many years, but I’m giving this site a serious look… 4X alone is hard to find, much less 4X that fits right (and not like a bag).
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I called them once, and we had a great conversation about exactly how hideous a shirt I wanted.
I have to say, they really came through!
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We’re heading into winter here – and I’m SO looking forward to it. Balmy days, cool nights, no tropical cyclones; best time of the year. Enjoy Spring! 😀
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Ha! Different seasons, but at least we can enjoy the at the same time.
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A fine list Guap!
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Thanks, GfB!
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I would say I’m jealous that you guys are moving into Spring, but we’re officially in Autumn and my foundation is still running down my calves. You would really enjoy Brisbane too – beautiful beaches for surfing, paddleboarding and kayaking. All things I still want to learn to do.
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Oh, do them! They’re so much fun, and great ways to make it seem like you’re being all outdoorsy, while really just hanging out at the beach. 😉
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I’d rather see a pile of mud than Eddie.
I love your shirt.
Neil Gaiman sings too?!
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There’s a lot of talent in that thar mud.
Thanks! I’m looking forward to wearing it a lot this season!
Was he really “singing”?
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At last you got your spring, Congrats I guess !!! 😀 Now be careful don’t go around breaking a leg or two in excitement !
P.S Do I know you from another universe, because that’s all the things I would like to do as well
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We’re still waiting for Spring to feel like Spring here.
We should start our own adventure company! “Psychic Brother And Sister Gravitational Mayhem”!
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Ha, Yeah sure. Only if you make me the Vice President ? 😀
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Nobody lives as good as you do! And add in the shirt and you’re magical! There’s a guy who sits on the top of his car in the parking lot of the grocery store and plays the ukulele and sings– he’s good too – seeing him always makes me feel just that much happier! (And the stand up paddle boarding is the one that sounds the most fun of all!)
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I think I may have a ukelele somewhere. And our supermarkets have parking lots!
Hmm…there may be an opportunity here.
If you take up paddleboarding, I will fly cross-country to spend a day on the water with you (and 37 if he likes it too).
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Oh you have to get out your ukelele and find a parking lot! I don’t know if you write music, but if you do you have to write a parking lot song!
And if we somehow got to spend the day on the water on our stand up paddle boards it would be a highlight of my life Guap!!!! 😀
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I’ve got spring-like things to do this year, too, so I’m actually not dreading it. It’s taken a lot of work for me to appreciate the outdoor, upbeat season, but I think I’m making progress.
Happy, happy spring, Guap. Hope you get some warm weather soon. ❤
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I hope you have a mild Spring, filled with fragrant flowers and picturesque bayou sunsets!
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Great pic, Guapo! (and loved your list)
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Thanks whitelady!
The early money for “things that will actually be done” is on naps.
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Los Angeles is like that, re: the free music everywhere….amazing stuff, short drives, bring your own chair and: heaven! There is also the Hollywood Bowl season which, with nosebleeds seats great friends and a cheap ticket is the happiest place on earth.
We don’t have a typical change of seasons here…but the fun starts gearing up in the spring and explodes ion summer…so we are well on our way too.
Huzzah!
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The free music is one of the bonuses of living in a big city.
Almost makes up for the downsides of living in a big city. 😉
Here’s to a great spring/summer!
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Happy Belated Spring, El Guap!
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And to you, Enchanted!
(And thanks for the stroll through my posts!
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