Irish thug, lesbian. You certainly are a chameleon.

I'm not wearing green yet, but I'll be wearing the prettiest emerald green after I take a shower. I'm now wondering whether J is wearing green. If not, he'll have to be pinched.

half tempted to go out and try to find some St Pats festivities, but geez....its a monday

decisions decisions

I'm drinking Jones green apple soda out of a green can. The soda is also an alarmingly green color. I would be happy to replay the green color as evidence for the next person to pinch me.

The decision is to go out.

There was a short story on NPR last Friday about an Irish immigrant that opened an Irish bakery in San Francisco a couple years ago. He said that until he came to America he'd never had corned beef and cabbage before and it came as a surprise to him that people apparently considered it a staple of his diet.

That the American idea of Irish culture seems to have been frozen into our national psyche about 100 years ago.

The pressure is such to provide "authentic" foods that this year he added corned beef and cabbage to the menu for the month and it has been hugely popular.

Not that this is any reason to not eat corned beef, I just found it amusing. An object lesson in how you get what most people think of as "Chinese food" or the Taco Bell line-up or people not believing Lani when she says that sushi isn't really eaten at home in Japan.

ah, but where....this is the rub

I'm fully insured so I guess I can drive today...

I forgot to pick up the corned beef from the supermarket. Dang, shoulda had that cookin' up in the crock pot today! Must remember to pop by and grab a couple (one to eat this week, one to freeze for later while it's cheap!)