My son Tom’s Simpsons calendar says that not only is today Christmas, but it’s also Shane MacGowan’s birthday, though I’ve seen the latter listed elsewhere as December 26.
Regardless, Merry Christmas and Happy Birthday to the former Pogues frontman. We drank porter, which went well with our mounds of fudge, and Spaten Optimator, which went well with apple pie, a la mode.
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January 2, 2008 at 10:47 pm
A pint of Margarita would be more appropriate.