The Patron Saint of Ireland

 There are some pretty outrageous ways that St. Paddy's Day is celebrated...

  

 I have decided that I am definitely headed to Chicago some year to see the green river.

Here are some random facts in light of the holiday:
Apparently the original color associated with St. Patrick was blue, but that must not have caught on.
In the Northeastern United States peas are traditionally planted on St. Patrick's Day.
Indianapolis (my state's capital) dyes it's canal green in celebration of St. Patty's Day ( I did not know this..)
To dye Chicago's river for just a few hours it takes  forty pounds of dye.
St. Patrick was actually born in Britain, but somewhere around age 14 he was captured and taken to Ireland.
Until 1970 the Irish bars actually CLOSED on St. Patrick's Day...quite the opposite now.
America is more Irish than Ireland having 35 million American's with direct Irish ancestry, and all of Ireland only containing 4.2 million people.

Well it's a warm beautiful St. Patty's Day here and I have a half day of work, followed by a picnic, a partial Thursday night date with Kori, and then a whole night with friends to enjoy the festivities and drink green drinks. Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone!

JORDAN