St. Patrick's Day

So here we are...celebrating another religious holiday under the guise of a day where frat boys and borderline alcoholics can test their limits at drinking massive amounts of Irish whiskey.

St. Patrick's Day (per Wikipedia), is a national holiday in Ireland where they celebrate St. Patrick, a patron saint of Ireland.

Bet you didn't know my blog was going to be so educational, huh?

The US celebrates the day because, in recent history (only since 1970), it has meant crowding into nearby Irish pubs to guzzle Guinness and scorge corned beef and cabbage...and still go to work half-toast the next morning.

Have you ever noticed how we Americans make every holiday into a reason to be thrashed?
Christmas-eggnog. Check
New Year's Eve-champagne. Check
This year's Presidential inauguration-excessive amounts of beer in celebration. Check
Valentine's Day-2 bottles wine (to keep from remembering I'm single). Check
St. Patty's Day-anything with an alcohol content and green food dye. (bring on the cough syrup!) Double Check
Easter-shots of wine. (and tiny pieces of bread to go with) Check

I could go on and on...Don't even get me started on the 4th of July!

Well, I started out the day with an Irish coffee but I'm sure I'll be ending it in the corner of the Blarney Stone Pub just 2 Irish car bombs short of a coma.

Hope yours goes just as well. Happy St. Patty's Day! Here's to you...