Nov 09
Hmm. My usually quiet apartment complex parking lot is full of: police cars with flashing lights, cars going through the parking lot (possibly detoured off the street and through the lot — there are two street entrances), and people standing and staring. And there was quiet a bit of “party noise” coming from outside before that. I wonder if people waited until the weekend to celebrate — or something — the election results, because as far as I know November 8 has no significance as a holiday.
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November 9th, 2008 at 7:54 am
It is the Vigil of the Solemnity of the Archbasilica of St John Lateran (the cathedral of Rome) in the Calendar of the Roman Church. I doubt that they were celebrating that, though.
November 9th, 2008 at 11:41 am
It was the anniversary of the day Montana became a state. I doubt they were celebrating that, too.
November 9th, 2008 at 11:51 am
And just now — Sunday morning at 11:50 AM — fire trucks went down my street and I can hear sirens not too far away. WTF?
November 9th, 2008 at 11:52 am
I forgot to mention — I’d watch the news to see if they say anything, but there is never any useful mention of local happenings the same day they are happening. If anything there will be a mention in the local tv news a week later, or something.
November 9th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
It all started when somebody quoted a lyric from an Elton John song…