Gloom and
doom, fie on thou!! For, December 24, 2012 is shaping up to be a beautiful and eventful day on planet
Earth.
Granted, not eventful everywhere, for it
is Christmas Eve, and many establishments are
closed for
business. The Beaverton Area Chamber of Commerce has
no events scheduled for that day; likewise the
City of Olive Branch Mississippi; and
UC Davis simply lists it as a Winter Holiday (same for that date in 2013, 2014, and 2015, as well.
But.... WNYC 93.9 FM has
a full day of programming scheduled, including multiple doses of
BBC World Service,
Morning Edition,
Marketplace, and
All Things Considered, along with
editions of The Brian Lehrer Show and The Leonard Lopate Show. Sansur Paradise Plaza Hotel must be expecting some big business on that day, since they picked it to
kick of a few weeks of jacked-up prices. The
Philadelphia Cathedral plans on that day to hold
Diocesan Initiation Rites -- and for the
Protestants, there will be a nifty
Evangelism Committee Meeting at Rich Spath's House!! (I anticipate
cake and
pie). In
Indianapolis,
Sean Baker will be taking a day off from his usual Monday night Open Mic Piano Bar. Down in Brantley,
Alabama,
WAOQ-FM 100.3 MHz will have to hurry up and finish construction of its tower in Goshen, because on that date their Construction Permit Expires!!
What else? How about loads of fun stuff in
Louisville,
Kentucky, where on that date
Mike Veach will be hosting the Filson Bourbon Academy program, to teach
bourbon appreciation (and now I know where
I'll be on that date); elsewhere in the city there'll be a free "
Yoga for
Athletes" Class; and other classes ranging from "Introduction to Playing the
Mandolin," to "
Toddler Hip Hop" to (I kid you not) "How to Write
Vampire Stories". And elsewhere still, and most importantly of all from the
party dimension,
Ryan Seacrest will be sharing his 38th birthday with
Ricky Martin (turning 42) and
Alabama Republican senator Jeff Sessions, who will turn 65 and thus be eligible for
social security. Is that
ironic? I don't know.