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This is my favorite photo: http://goo.gl/WhXtA

In B&W, it almost looks like it could have been taken 60 years ago.

EASY!!!!!!

You are the hot one!!

;o)

I saw parts of the gala on Fox, and was astounded at how tough those older Brits still are. What with multiculturalism and all that, it’s hard to believe the country even speaks English anymore. But still, when a 90 year old dude stands out long enough to get sick: that’s dedication.

Rule, Britannia, and all that: Start by retaking New Zealand. Then civilize France. My grandmother was French, and making them speak English and like cars would negate their being French in the first place.

I hope grand old Phillip gets better and Chuck the Putz winds up with the next inconvenient malady. Just nothing deadly. Shingles would be good.

Three years and seven months to go if she’s to beat Victoria’s record.

Hang in there, Your Majesty.

I’m always a bit envious of people who actually, and honestly, get into the spirit of things. I’m forever the grump who flees any gathering greater than 4 people; I’ll say no to that if I can come up with imaginary flaws or a debilitating case of dengue fever or 24-hr plague.

I’m glad you’re having a gay ole time of it!

Didn’t watch the Gala, but I did catch my first episode of Game of Thrones in quite a while last night. Also heard one of the BEST lines I’ve ever heard in Cinema.

“Those are BRAVE men. Lets go kill them”!

Peter Dinklage is getting some good mileage out of that show…

Meh
The Queen serving scones and cream as Europe burns?
Hear Japan officially went belly-up this week.
California’s being bought by Mexico at this Sunday’s garage sale in Rialto.

I’ve not been in a party mood since 2008, but can ya pass the tabbouleh?

@EZ – How about we all go out for shawarma after Obama concedes the election in November?

😉

Scubafreak,

Have you read the series? Pure Awesome. The show can only hint at all the awesome that lies within the books. Oh, and Peter Dinklage is phenomenal as Tyrion. He has made that character his own.

haven’t had the chance yet, but Tyrion (Dinklage) is easily my favorite character in there. And Emilia Clarke has definitely gotten my attention as Daenerys…

Then all I can say is: To the books with you!

Is Betty Windsor as madcap as I hear she is toward the end of a good party?

Haven’t watched any of it at all, but I’m hoping the kid got some photos of it being she’s in England an’ all.

God save the Queen!

So, is this day 4 of stoaty and Badger’s alcoholic stupor?

Comment from Feynmangroupie
Time: June 5, 2012, 3:09 am

Have you read the series? Pure Awesome. The show can only hint at all the awesome that lies within the books.
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I’ve been meaning to shell out the dough to buy the first one, as none of the libraries nearby ever seem to have a copy to take out.

If you like GRR Martin, be aware, if you’re not already, that his career goes back into the Seventies at least. He had stories in the SF magazine Analog back then. And his Fevre Dream from about ’83 is a vampire thriller, a historical adventure set before the Civil War. Dynamite stuff.

Waking up with a beer at 06:30 while watching soccer is pretty surreal & decadent, too.

I watched part of it. Pretty neat, really. We were to have a tea on Saturday for our own festivities, but life had other plans so we have postponed it. Not as decadent as drinking at noon, but enough clotted cream to clot an artery is pretty decadent, IMO. 🙂

The Diamond Jubilee Celebration of Queen Elizabeth II was all over BBCAmerica yesterday morn. I led the litany (Prayers of the People) at Mass, and was prompted to add the Queen and her celebration during the prayer for birthdays and anniversaries.

It is a good thing to recall where our Anglican/Episcopal roots reside. Within all the regal pomp and ceremony in British royal celebrations, there runs the common thread, dim though it may be at times, pointing from whence the true source of the British monarch’s power resides. It is by the Grace of God in Christ that the British royals serve their people. Those who have been the best and under whom the Empire (now Commonwealth) flourished are those who recall this basic tenet:
Their power comes not from Man, it comes from God. And they *serve* their subjects by providing for them a stable leadership, prayerful and strong.

Christ the King’s life and service is to be reflected in the monarch’s life and service. Queen Elizabeth has done so in her own, very quiet and regal manner….truly and well raised by her Mum and Dad, schooled in what it means to serve.

God bless her and her 60 years on the British throne,titular though it may be.

BTW ….As a woodworker and woodcarver, I was astounded by the ornate guilt prow on HRH’s barge. Hell, the damn launch that ferried her to the barge is quite a piece of work all on its own.

I read somewhere that the launch is the tender from the now retired royal yacht Britannia.

“California’s being bought by Mexico at this Sunday’s garage sale in Rialto.”

So sell it to ’em. What are they gonna do, take it home with ’em?

It’s good to see the ladies from Monty Python’s Flying Circus are still alive and well!