Slainte.
March 17th, 2014 by slangon

As you no doubt know, today is the feast of St. Patrick. What you might not know is that “Saint” Patrick is not actually a saint, at least not in the canonized sense. Regardless, every year on the anniversary of his death, millions of pints of green beer and countless shots of Irish whiskey are […]

Happy Beer Drinking Day!
March 17th, 2011 by slangon

There was a line going out the door of McSorleys as I was coming it to work this morning. That can mean only one thing. St. Paddys Day is upon us. It’s time for the Second Annual Condition: Poor St. Patricks Day Parade of Cardboard. Have fun, everybody. Don’t drink too much green beer.

Happy Beer Drinking Day!
March 17th, 2010 by slangon

Or as my mom calls it, St. Paddy’s Day. In honor of all the boisterous teens who were cutting school in order to go to the NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade that were on my train this morning, preventing me from reading my newspaper in peace, and the drunken fools who will inevitably be on […]