CURRENT EVENTS
St. Patrick’s Day
St. Patrick’s Day this year will be a bit different for many of us without some of the parades, foot races and a little less partying.
I believe next year will be much better.
BOOK OF THE WEEK
A Dark History: Celts
By Martin J. Dougherty
Since St. Patrick’s Day is this coming week, I thought perhaps a book on the Celts may be appropriate. Oh, and it has lots and lots of pictures.
MOVIE, PLAY OR TV SHOW OF THE WEEK
Invasion of thel Grocery Snatchers
This is playing at your local market
MUSIC OF THE WEEK
This song is just so much fun, I don’t think it will ever get old.
YMCA
By Village People
ART OF THE WEEK
Jewelry as Art
EXTRAORDINARY PERSON OF THE WEEK
Saint Patrick
Saint Patrick was a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland [and ] is the primary patron saint of Ireland.
Early medieval tradition credits him [ ] as the founder of Christianity in Ireland, converting a society practicing a form of Celtic polytheism. He has been generally so regarded ever since, despite evidence of some earlier Christian presence in Ireland.
According to Patrick’s autobiographical account, known as the Confessio, when he was about sixteen years old, he was captured by Irish pirates from his home in Britain and taken as a slave to Ireland, looking after animals; by his account, he lived there for six years before escaping and returning to his family in Britain, where he became a cleric.
Patrick eventually returned to Ireland, probably settling in the west of the island, where, in later life, he became a bishop and ordained subordinate clerics.
Saint Patrick’s Day is observed on 17 March, the supposed date of his death. It is celebrated inside and outside Ireland. (Source: Wikipedia)
WEEK’S JOKE
PHYSICAL TRAITS
CHARACTER TRAITS
SOCIAL TRAITS
Really?
LEARNING TRAITS
MISCELLANEOUS
LAST WEEK’S POLLS
Book
If you have ever been curious about this book, the Kindle version of this book has now been reduced to $1.00 and the paperback version has been reduced to $10.00
However, I must warn you that this book will not change your life,
only you can do that.
Harmony Books & Films, LLC 
That’s interesting about St Patrick. I would like to read more in depth about his childhood.
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I checked a few other sources, which confirmed the slave story. However, other than Saint Patrick’s own words in the Confessio, there isn’t a lot of confirmation information. I did find that it wasn’t an uncommon event during that period of history. So, it seems likely to be true.
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Lol this post gave me a few chuckle especially the movie of the week.
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Thank you very much for commenting and especially about the movie of the week.
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Not that other parts weren’t funny, that one made me laugh out loud. Bawwhhaaa I also copies the toilet paper one too! You’re welcome. Thanks for injecting some humor amongst all the gloom and doom. 😄
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My pleasure and thank you for your encouraging words. The blog would simply not be as much fun to create if one never heard any feedback. Again, thank you for taking the time to comment.
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You’re welcome.🙂
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I like the Retirement Village People!
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Thanks for comment Liz. When I saw that Retirement Village People mime, I knew what was going to be this week’s song
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Thanks Bill for yet another entertaining blog. The grocery snatchers going on now at your local stores was funny, Unfortunately true. I haven’t seen the YMCA music video in a long time. That’s one of the songs they play at my water aerobics class. Has a good beat. I also liked the can’t change him joke. No cases of the corona vitus here yet. All the stores here are out of toilet paper and water. People are crazy, Stay safe and remember wash, sanitize and wash again.
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Thank you Darlene for your encouraging comment. I’ve heard that the YMCA song is used in a lot of aerobic classes. I think there was a lot of truth in that “can’t change him” joke.
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This post alone has made me a new follower! You “get” it! 😉😎
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Thank you very much for commenting and especially for following. I hope I can continue to be entertaining and every so often thought provoking.
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You are absolutely welcome. I look forward to catching up on previous blogs and reading your next.
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Again, thank you for your encouraging words
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I adore your blog and your humor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Thank you very much. I appreciate your encouraging comment.
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What a welcome post! You have a great sense of humor and we sure can use it now! People need to keep a perspective on life. I am 78 and born at the beginning of WWII, so I have lived through and been through a lot of things and here I am still standing, learning new things, etc. Currently reading and studying Robert Gallo, M.D.: Virus Hunting Aids, Cancer, & the Human Retrovirus: A Story of Scientific Discovery. My interests these days run along the lines of science, laws and human rights and criminal justice, one of my degrees. Robert Gallo is an award-winning scientist who notes in his book that viruses have been around since the beginning of time. Scientists in early times had no way to even study them properly, though archaeological evidence has since shown that they did exist in prehistoric times. I bought my copy at a thrift store; it was written in 199.
I also learned recently on PBS that Castro was very interested in science and particular medicine and started a cancer research center in Cuba. He was an attorney before he became a leader. Too bad the U.S. was so paranoid about him. We have missed so many opportunities to work with other countries for the same reasons. I hope the day when we will get over this, but then I also hope that one day the people of the U.S. will stop trying to blame any particular party for everything that is going on with CV-19. No man (or woman) is an island, particularly in the government, and I am not defending either party. Over the years, I have seen a huge change in the nature of the government, and to me, the idea of a government for, by, and of the government is long gone. Thank you kindly for your excellent post. The world needs you for sure.
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And thank you very much Anne for your outstanding comment. You have had a long and impressive life, having made good use of those years in gaining a great deal of wisdom. I wish you many more years.
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