Celebrating Two Holidays
This is a banner week during any given year. You folks have my apologies, as in the excitement and apprehension of my Wednesday job interview, I completely and totally spaced that it was the Ides of March, one of history's great and historic holidays. Since I've already missed it, I'll go into the Ides of March last.
Today is Saint Patrick's Day! Today is pretty much the only church holiday that I don't find to be a complete and total cowpie-esque load of bullshit. For those of you who are ignorant knuckle-draggers, Patrick was a bona fide man of God. Here are a few links pertaining to Saint Patrick.
Wikipedia: St. Patrick
The Confession of St. Patrick
The Shield of St. Patrick
How the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill
Guinness Official Website
A couple of things. First, Guinness has nothing to do with Saint Patrick, but it has everything to do with being Irish, so you'd better believe that tonight I'll be celebrating the life of Saint Patrick and the glory of being Irish with twelve fluid ounces of Ireland's finest export. Second, How the Irish Saved Civilization has a couple of great chapters on Saint Patrick and the revolutionary monastic movement he founded. The business of driving the snakes out of Ireland may have been bullshit, but Saint Patrick was pretty much responsible for the lot of you not becoming heathen savages. Seriously, it's a quick read, give it a try. M@, this means you!
Anyway, on to the Ides of March. The Ides of March is the most tragic historic holiday, save of course for Passover (and Passover, of course, had a happy ending, both in Egypt in thirteenth century BC and Jerusalem in the first century AD). It's the day on which Julius Caesar, a more controversial politician even than President Bush, was murdered by his friends and countrymen. Here are a few pertinent links.
The Life of Julius Caesar by Plutarch of Chaeronea
The Life of the Divine Julius by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus
The Works of Juius Caesar
Caesar was a man's man, like Saint Patrick, John Wayne, Bane, Lycan Thrope, and of course, me. When Caesar wanted something early in his life, he knew who to talk to and how to manipulate the situation so that he could get it. After he smited Vercingetorix, he could pretty much take whatever it was that he wanted, be it power, gold, or Greco-Egyptian queens. So, on Wednesday, people who weren't flipping out over job interviews celebrated the life of Gaius Julius Caesar.
Saint Patrick and Gaius Julius Caesar: two great men who played pivotal roles in the development of the world. I raise my glass to them.
Today is Saint Patrick's Day! Today is pretty much the only church holiday that I don't find to be a complete and total cowpie-esque load of bullshit. For those of you who are ignorant knuckle-draggers, Patrick was a bona fide man of God. Here are a few links pertaining to Saint Patrick.
A couple of things. First, Guinness has nothing to do with Saint Patrick, but it has everything to do with being Irish, so you'd better believe that tonight I'll be celebrating the life of Saint Patrick and the glory of being Irish with twelve fluid ounces of Ireland's finest export. Second, How the Irish Saved Civilization has a couple of great chapters on Saint Patrick and the revolutionary monastic movement he founded. The business of driving the snakes out of Ireland may have been bullshit, but Saint Patrick was pretty much responsible for the lot of you not becoming heathen savages. Seriously, it's a quick read, give it a try. M@, this means you!
Anyway, on to the Ides of March. The Ides of March is the most tragic historic holiday, save of course for Passover (and Passover, of course, had a happy ending, both in Egypt in thirteenth century BC and Jerusalem in the first century AD). It's the day on which Julius Caesar, a more controversial politician even than President Bush, was murdered by his friends and countrymen. Here are a few pertinent links.
Caesar was a man's man, like Saint Patrick, John Wayne, Bane, Lycan Thrope, and of course, me. When Caesar wanted something early in his life, he knew who to talk to and how to manipulate the situation so that he could get it. After he smited Vercingetorix, he could pretty much take whatever it was that he wanted, be it power, gold, or Greco-Egyptian queens. So, on Wednesday, people who weren't flipping out over job interviews celebrated the life of Gaius Julius Caesar.
Saint Patrick and Gaius Julius Caesar: two great men who played pivotal roles in the development of the world. I raise my glass to them.
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