Happy May Day
While the US celebrates Labor Day in September, many other countries set aside May 1 as a day to celebrate labor, the working class, and to commemorate the struggle for workers rights. So happy International Labour Day!
Or, if you prefer, May Day is also a festival of ancient European origins marking the midway point between the spring equinox and the summer solstice. It apparently involves dancing around a pole and is believed to be Brian Kelly's biggest recruiting day of the year.
Or maybe you are looking forward to the rebirth of the basketball program under a new head coach. In that case, happy Dusty May Day!
Whichever you choose to celebrate, happy May Day to all my fellow MGoBloggers!
Commie.
/s
Fuck that. Goddamn pinkoes.
Better Dead than Red!
Or at least better maize and blue!
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Happy May Day I guess. Or for those of us named Joseph: Happy Feast of St. Joseph the Worker Day.
Or you could join my religion. I'm taking tomorrow off due to, uh, Feast of. . . Maximum Occupancy.
Happy May Day and recognition of his current #1 transfer class!
https://www.on3.com/transfer-portal/team-rankings/basketball/2024/
(Note this takes into account both incoming and outgoing.)
Yes, my European S.O. very disappointed she has to work today while her friends back in her home county all have the day off. At least we get to give kids a day off in 2nd week of the school year.
I feel this way every November 11th when 90% of the people who have the day off for Veteran's Day never served....yet I still slave away, working for THE MAN......
My current job is the only one I've had as a vet that gives me Veteran's day off and I am thankful! It's also the only holiday I get off when my kids still have school so that's a nice benefit as well!
Veteran’s Day being on Armistice Day is so very gross to me. 20 million humans died in a war that has shaped large swaths of humanity and Americans make it about themselves.
Veteran’s Day should be on another day.
You've got your history twisted a bit - it was changed in America drom Armistice Day to Veteran's Day after WW2 to be more inclusive, and recognize another conflict that also killed tens of millions and shaped humanity. As there was already a long tradition in America of Memorial Day (treated similar to Dia de los Muertes, and had sometimes been called Decoration Day for decorating the graves of the fallen), and Armistice Day celebrations featured major gatherings of Veterans, it seemed appropriate.
If it's gross to you I acknowledge your feelings, but understand it's really not about you.
There is no WW2 without WWI. There was no reason to change it either when they could have chosen VJ Day. What they did wasn’t inclusive. It was typical American solipsism.
Do understand that November 11th isn’t about American veterans. It’s about the end of a catastrophic World War that begat another World War, revolutions, genocides, etc.
Armistice Day is far more inclusive than Veteran’s Day which is in fact exclusive as it ignores the hundreds of millions of lives impacted by the First World War. Armistice Day is a day for nations to commemorate a shared horror, not a nationalist holiday.
They could have done other things, but to be offended by how it was done takes effort.
Further, as incredibly important as WW1 was to Americans and Europeans, its impact on Africa and Asia was far less direct, and its effects on Latin America even less so. For a rant about American solipsism to advocate embracing a Eurocentric approach is not a surprise. "World" history is often taught from a European perspective around the world. There are many valid criticisms of American perspectives and closr mindedness, but this particular criticism lacks self awareness.
This is my favorite sports blog.
What's worse is being thanked for your service on Memorial Day.
The only time I had Veteran's Day off was when I owned my business. But I still go celebrate with my fellow vets for a dinner and annual camaraderie! And hey, sometimes it's on a weekend! Happy Dusty May Day!
My bosses typically give me veterans day off...after I show uo to work...if theu remember it's Veteran's Day
Friends of mine at GM say they are having a nice, relaxing day since their counterparts in China and South Korea have the day off today. Enjoy your day, everyone!
Definitely worth celebrating Dusty May Day.
Wolverines of the world, unite!
no politics
I am actually impressed so far everyone has kept politics out of it. Well done!
The first response was "commie". Is that not politics?
I took it as tongue in cheek. Acknowledging where this thread could go, rather than making a value judgement. Perhaps I was wrong?
Sorry. I didn't realize that Brian Kelly pole dancing with recruits was a left-right issue. 🤷♂️
Brian Kelly pole dancing is NOT a left/right issue...it is a right/wrong issue. And it's clearly wrong.
He starts to the left but then twirls artfully to the right. There is grace in his movements, as they unite left and right, unti clockwise snd countrr
More like MAYDAY! due to Davis committing to KY NILube.
NTMD (Not This "May Day")
I had the day off today and did not know it. I live in one part of Switzerland which doesn’t recognize May Day, and my official office is in another part which does.
Oops.
And in the next 5 days, May the 4th be With You and Cinco de Mayo. May 2nd and 3rd need to step up and contribute.
Happy Uno de Mayo to all.
I'd like to second making The Day After May 1st and Cincoween unofficial national holidays.
I prefer celebrating my ancestral European heritage in a healthy and non toxic manner.Labor Day is for the celebration of labor.Let’s all dance around the May Pole.
Worker Day
Ancient Festival Day (Maypole, etc.)
Law Day
Circus Day (rookie is called a "First of May")
May Dusty Day
Another reason to celebrate the first of May (somewhat NSFW lyrics but why are you blaring music out loud at the office in the first place?)
May Day just isn't the same without a massive display of ballistic missiles rolling through Red Square with the Politburo benignly looking on.
Sigh, good times
/sarc
Let's Go Blue and Dusty May! Side Note: his accent is REALLY reminding me of some Zach Galifianakis character. But, I can't recall who. Somebody help me out here?!?
The Internationale Unites the Human Race.
My Dad died on this day back in 1989. He'd just turned 60 five days previous, but was under so much medication that he didn't realize it. (Insert "Fuck cancer" here.)
I ask your indulgence with a little rambling on this 35th anniversary:
After Dad retired and left our hometown of Flint, he moved to California: first to the south, and then to Sacramento. He came back once a year or so to visit family (some of them, anyway) and to remind himself why he'd moved. On one visit, he'd gone to visit some of his old shop buddies at AC Spark Plug. He called to tell me that he was going to be at one of his old shop bars afterward, and why didn't I swing by if I had nothing else to do.
So I did, and we sat at on a pair of stools in one of those nameless bars that exist in every industrial city, in a rougher end of Flint that was never going to be on a postcard (if they still made them). A couple of beers sat in front of us, with a couple more on the way, while Dad gave a funny, profound, and profane monologue on anything and everything. I sat and laughed and listened to the man I grew up scared of, because of his volcanic temper and its tendency to erupt from the back of his hand. Those days were long past, as he was happier, healthier, and content.
In the midst of the monologue he suddenly stopped, looked at me and blurted, "Holy shit, I forgot - you're not old enough to be in a bar, are you?"
Now, Dad never missed an opportunity to tease you. It was always meant in fun - never malicious or mean-spirited - but if you made yourself look stupid, he was always ready with the needle. So I relished the chance to slowly reply:
"Dad ... I'm 25."
He paused, and then exploded in one of his big gassy laughs, knowing he'd put his foot in it and was gonna pay for it. The rest of the evening was spent with me making oh-so-helpful suggestions that maybe he should stop drinking before he grew forgetful, and maybe we should find him a nice retirement home while he was in town, and so forth. And every time I'd stick the needle in, he'd make a fake pout and say, "You're not very nice to me." The poor aggrieved victim.
The evening ended, Dad went back to Cali, and life went on - until 35 years ago when it didn't. And it wasn't until a few years ago that I realized something: that was the only time I ever sat in a bar and had a beer with my Dad. Just that one time. It's something I'd give any amount of money to be able to do again.
So guys, If your dad is still with you, take him out for a beer. Or if you're of that age, take your son out for one. It doesn't seem like a big deal until you can't do it anymore.
Great story and memory. Thanks for sharing!
Good writing and even better story. To Dad! GO BLUE!
Thanks a lot. It pains me to admit this, but Dad wasn't a Michigan fan. Or more accurately, he was NOT a Bo Schembechler fan (and since Bo was Michigan, y'know ...) He liked nothing better than give his son grief every time UM would go to the Rose Bowl and get beat. "Hey, there's this new play in football - it's called the forward pass. When do you think that coach of yours is gonna learn it?" I once heard him refer to Bo's insistence on running on every opportunity as "three yards and a cloud of dumb."
I wanted to fight back, but Bo's Rose Bowl record didn't give me a lot to work with.
It apparently involves dancing around a pole
Happy strippers day
May the Fourth be with you… a few days earlier than normal.
HAIL, fellow commies!