Ramblings of an American Madman

Ramblings of an American Madman - Just another Day - just another day in the life of the guy who cleans the Blarney Stone each evening after closing time - each day about a thousand people kiss the Blarney Stone and it must be cleaned to keep it fresh for the next batch of tourists to come along and kiss it - to kiss the Blarney Stone means you will attain the gift of Blarney - a gift of talking I guess, or as we Americans would say "a gift of BS" - oh, just noticed, BS could stand for B--l S--t or Blarney Stone, a coincidence? Anyway.

Started the day with a stiff Irish coffee - notice the theme today - St. Patrick's Day! - a day to celebrate all that is Irish - actually didn't St. Patrick drive the snakes out of Ireland or something - good a reason as any to have a celebration - drink green beer, eat corned beef and cabbage, wear a funny green hat, oh the Irish are a fun bunch - what is with the leprechauns though? - is anyone else kind of creeped out by them - yellow moons, green clovers, pink hearts - or is that a cereal? oh, Lucky Charms - keep getting that and the rabbit cereal mixed up - Trix are for kids? Wow!

Not too much going on in the world right now - at least as far as I can see from where I am standing - seems the lawmakers are in full throttle now - is it too much to ask them just to take care of maintenance items and then go home? - but no, there are some funny new laws coming up that I am not sure how we ever survived without them - life as we know it will grind into anarchy if this particular new law is not acted upon right now - are they just trying to justify being there - is this little law representative of what the people in their district elected them for or is it some outside interest pushing the agenda? Oh, what the hell - the session will be over soon and I can go back to wearing jeans on Friday.

Hambone is a little upset that he didn't receive a census form - we tried to tell him that the forms were sent to a residence - house, apartment or mobile home - someplace with an actual mailing address - Hambone has been avoiding a mailing address for years and is now upset because he is afraid he won't be counted in the census - we suggested that maybe his sister-in-law will count him on her form as he does stay in her tool shed from time to time - I am not really sure she is his sister-in-law but that is what he calls her and he admits that relationships are a bit fuzzy these days - anyway, the tool shed is dry and an air mattress with five sleeping bags works - the census form calls for names and birth dates, Hambone will have to make some calls.

Nothing like driving on a long road trip with six Led Zeppelin CD's for your listening pleasure - maybe throw in a Rage Against the Machine album just to stir it up - oh, and you must have a Kid Rock album to show you are diverse - Led Zeppelin for sure though!

The castle just outside of Dublin had not been lived in for over 100 years yet stood mostly intact with only a few minor defects - try to find a building in your area 100 years old - Bye Irish Bye!