PSoTD

Time to be really honest.

What does the federal holiday, "Labor Day", really mean to you?

I'm tagging the following bloggers to post their feelings about it on their sites. And I'll post mine tomorrow.

42, 100 monkeys typing., 750 Volts, A Big Fat Slob, A Grand Illusion, above average jane, After School Snack, Agitprop, The All Spin Zone, alphabitch, The Alternate Brain, AMERICAblog, America's Hometown, An Old Soul, Ang's Weird Ideas, The Angry Drunk Bureaucrat, Annie's Annals, Audacity, Aunt Elinor Fights Crime, AverageBusinessman, Ayn Clouter's Blog, BARBARIAN Blog, Bark Bark Woof Woof, Barnestormin, Blah3, Blankbaby, Blanton's and Ashton's, blogenlust, BlondeSense, Body and Soul, Bootstrap Analysis, Brian's Political Donnybrook, Byzantium's Shores, Can't Keep Quiet, Capitol Ideas, The Chronic Curmudgeon, Coffee House Studio, Collective Sigh, The Command T.O.C., Comments from Left Field, Confined Space, Content, Creek Running North, Crushed by Inertia, cuddlefish, The CultureGhost, Cup O' Joe, Cutting to the Chase, The Cynic, Daddy Democrat, Daily Kos, The DAOU Report, Dialogic, Dohiyi Mir, Edicts of Nancy, Effect Measure, Eschaton, expostulation, Fact-esque, fatcat politics, Fester's Place, firedoglake, Fixer and Gordon, Folkbum, Froth Slosh B'Gosh, The Funny Farm, Geeky Mom, GnostiNews, Gort42, Granny Insanity, Halushki, The Heretik, I See Invisible People, I'm Just Waiting for the Robot Invasion, Iddybud, iFlipFlop, ISOU, It's My Country Too, It's Recess-Time Somewhere, I've Made a Huge Tiny Mistake, Jesus' General, Just A Bump in the Beltway, Keystone Politics, King of Zembla, Lab Kat, The Lady Speaks, Last Left Turn Before Hooterville, The Left Coaster, LJ's Blogorific, Loaded Mouth, Macswain, MadKane, Majikthise, Making Light, Mamie: Inside/Out, Masson's Blog, memeorandum, Middle Earth Journal, Mister Anchovy, A Mockingbird's Medley, The Moderate Voice, MoxieGrrrl, Neverending Rainbow, NewsHog, next direction, The Next Hurrah, Night Bird's Fountain, NoGodBlog.com, No More Apples, No More Mister Nice Blog, Norbizness, Norwegianity, Obsidian Wings, Ole Blue the Heretic, OnBackground, On the Left Tip, The Online Magazine Formerly Known As Rob's Blog, The Opinion Mill, Pam's House Blend, Pandagon, Paperwight's Fair Shot, PCNBlog, Pen-Elayne, philly, Philly Future, Photon Theory, Pinko Feminist Hellcat, Poverty Barn, Preemptive Karma, The Price of Liberty is Vigilance, Progressive Blog Digest, Progressive Society Blog, Proof Through the Night, Radical Hapa, Random Thoughts, [--raw muses & codfish II--], The Reaction, Red State Diaries, RichardBellikoff.com, Roger Ailes, Rook's Rants, Rowhouse Logic, Rox Populi, The Rude Pundit, ScaramoucheBlog, Seeing the Forest, Shakespeare's Sister, The Sideshow, Simianbrain, Skippy the Bush Kangaroo, Smorgasblog, Something Requisitely Witty and Urbane, Speedkill, State of Grace, State of the Day, Suburban Guerrilla, sumo merriment, Swerve Left, T. Rex's Guide to Life, The Tally Ho, The Tattered Coat, TBogg, Thoughts of an Average Woman, Toad in the Hole, TommyWonk, Uncle Horn Head, Upon Further Review, Upper Left, Very Simple, Wampum, What Do I Know?, Why Are We Back In Iraq?, Why Now?, Windy City Lefty, Women's Autonomy and Sexual Sovereignty Movements, Worlds, The Yellow Doggerel Democrat, Young Philly Politics

Following along the Labor Day theme...

This looked promising - the AFL-CIO has a "Labor Day" movie page. And there's some clips there, but they could go much further.

Every year around Christmas there are blog posts and emails and radio broadcasts and television shows dedicated to the "best Christmas movies/shows ever made". When you participate in the discussion, naturally the debate comes along to discussing why the movie or show is best - and although there may be production quality components to the debate, a bigger part is the lessons that are taught within the program.

There really aren't many "Labor Day" movies - I can't even think of one. But there are plenty of movies about labor, and improving the worklife. I think it would be useful for the celebration of Labor Day to have a national discussion of the great movies about working and labor and the work environment, although not necessarily about unions. It's an easy way to remind people what the point of next Monday was or ought to be.

Since the AFL-CIO whiffed on this, I'll do my part. What are the top ten most hope-inspiring labor or work environment movies ever made?

At least for those going to school. So in honor of that...

What's your favorite memory of the Summer of 2006?

Thought I'd prod the visiting browsers for memories or thoughts about this relatively obscure 70s/80s band...

Do you remember Starcastle?

Today's question is about relatively new folks to blogging:

Who are some of the most interesting new voices in blogging?

How many state capitol buildings have you actually been inside?

Yeah, I'm an old t-shirt fiend. I can't throw them out unless they tear or get some sort of bizarre stain on them (like tar or paint or some other house repair type of stuff...). The older they get, the more worn, the more comfortable. Many of my t-shirts in regular "wear rotation" are 5 years old or more. My wife is in charge of finally pulling the items that have aged so much that she can no longer stand to look at them. She has told me before that a 47-year old man's nipples shouldn't poke through a threadbare shirt, and I was the offending example. Yes, I'm quite the prize.

Now that I've painted such a pleasant picture for you, here is today's question:

How old is the oldest piece of "regular day" clothing you wear? (for followup, what makes it so treasured?)

What do you think will be the least safe mode of motorized transportation this upcoming September 11th?

A couple of nights ago we received free tickets from a local television station to see Superman Returns in 3D at the Whitaker Center. It wasn't really a movie we were planning to see, but we were pleasantly surprised. The 3D was kinda cool, as were most of the effects, but I think the star of the movie was clearly Kevin Spacey as villain Lex Luthor.

So I thought there was a good question in there:

Who has portrayed the best movie villain in the 21st Century? (And I'll include the year 2000 for these purposes)

Okay, okay... to prevent unanimous selection and lack of discussion, you're not allowed to include anyone from Fahrenheit 9-11.

Gonna be gone most of the day on a field trip with my daughter - the summer camp is going to a waterpark today. Today's question:

What's your favorite recipe for catfish?

Prognosticators, prognosticate...

What will Joe Lieberman be doing a year from today?

Not talkin' 'bout religion. Talkin' 'bout buildings.

What's the most attractive looking place of worship you've seen in person, outside, inside, or both?