On new year's I revealed my plan to create a living, breathing, holiday-commemorating calendar to help mark the passage of time here at the Forward Edge.
Today, of course, we celebrate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Decoration wise, I was shooting for "something Duke, Cal, Redskins or Lauren related that also evokes the memory of powerful oration and civil rights leadership."
And while I never did get any suggestions from my loyal readers, I managed to throw something together all the same.
So be like Oski, everyone, and celebrate MLK, bald eagles and freedom.
Happy Holiday, and I'll see you tomorrow w/ stats, Weeks 3/4: WRUAGA, and a very special guest blogger.
I should also say--with Xmas, New Years and MLK knocked out, the only thing standing between me and home is Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, and possibly Columbus Day! Holiday wise, I'm 3/8ths complete!
Monday, January 21, 2008
MLK Day 2008: Undeterred in My Celebration of Progressive Politics and Civil RIghts
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Happy New Year!
I hope that everyone is fresh after a night of getting to bed early and avoiding merriment, and I hope that as you read this you are sitting down at home about to enjoy a day of relaxation and football.
I'm about to call it a night for my holiday, but I wanted to leave you with a quick picture. This is the empty, fairly sad looking wall of my hooch...but, you can see that now there are two things on the wall, where before there was only one.
My plan is to use the wall as a sort of calendar, putting up a new decoration for each Federal holiday that I spend over here. The Duke stocking covered Christmas (thanks mom!) and the calendar of photos of me and the wife covers New Year's (thanks wife!). MLK day (nee Lee Jackson King Day to you Virginians out there) is still up in the air, so shoot me a line if you have a good idea for something Duke, Cal, Redskins or Lauren related that also evokes the memory of powerful oration and civil rights leadership.
