Tuesday, March 17, 2009

St. Patty's '09

First off: To the SOBs at AIG if you're reading this.... get your head out of your ass and do what's right, not what's best for your personal wealth. Seriously - this whole thing really pisses me off. I'll ask the questions that everyone is asking, how can a contract be structured to allow someone who leads a company through such a collapse be allowed to get paid to do it? This is further example of how the rich get richer, the rest of us have to get by as best we can.

And while you do hear about the NBA taking out temporary loans, you do NOT hear about professional athletes taking pay cuts, or unemployment rising in the big leagues. It's all very sad actually.

Anyway - my soapbox of the day.

Today is St. Patty's day. I was wearing my green shirt (green dress shirt, couldn't wear my "Kiss Me I'm A Cyclone" shirt from my loving mother) at work, even pulled out the "Kiss Me I'm Irish" button that Sarah sent me. Come to find out, St. Patty's Day is NOT a Taiwan wide holiday. I took some time to explain the history as best I know (patron saint of Ireland was about it) and how on the 17th of March, most of us in the US brag about being 5% Irish or knowing someone who can speak with an irish accent. To celebrate this commonality, we drink green beer and wear as much green clothing as possible. When you explain it to the Taiwanese, it really does sound dumb....

Basketball bracket is set... I'll sleep on it tonight and see if I can pull home a 4th trophy (in 6 years) for a pool at work. Not expecting to win this year since I've barely been able to follow from here and seems that the tournament is wide open this year.

The weather is beautiful here - 70s and no moisture in the air. Gets in the 60s at night so I sleep very well:) Should be like this all week.

Enjoy your St. Patrick's Day!

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