DeeDee_Z

The incessant drum circles, however, are a different story.

DearGawd . . .

Does yours end with the entire gathered crowd chanting, "You DON'T have to HOME but you CAN'T stay HERE". My opinion, that's the most off-putting "tradition" of my nearest faire.

I'd like to genericize this question and answer, if possible.

"Suppose that, like today, we have Crude Oil at Point A, a Refinery at Point B, and several or many hundreds of miles between them. Product -has- to get from A to B. What's the best option?"

(If the party is opposed to pipelines, does that mean that trains are preferred? Or is there a third option?)

Yah, this. At the local Faire, we regularly have a white plastic storm trooper about every other weekend; he's basically there so people can notice and talk about him.

One weekend I recall a patron dressed in knee breeches, white knee socks, short jacket, and tricorn hat -- could have been an aide to George Washington. After thinking about it for a while, we concluded he was actually -closer- to "period" than most of the patron-wanna-bes.

But, my local festival has morphed from a crafter-dominated faire where you can get a cold beer if you look for it, to a beer store where there's still some crafters to keep the wives happy. (Do we really need NINE pubs?)

Christmas Eve Eve it is!

In our house, today is "Christmas Adam". Feel free to adopt this yourself/ves.

 

^{(Do I need to explain this?} )

he's basically there so people can notice and talk about him.