Happy St. Andrew's Day!

Wikipedia on St. Andrew

the First Minister's message

scared to death by fairies

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cumbria/6157611.stm

pointed out by one of the members of my editors' list

Senator-elect, Bush have unfriendly chat on Iraq

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/29/webb.bush.ap/index.html

I'd heard about this on NPR yesterday. Not politic, but I do rather like what it says about the man.

"rough music"

http://www.berksfhs.org.uk/journal/Jun2003/RoughMusicOrMoralityInTheCommunity.htm

For those whole think that wife-beating was normal and accepted behavior in earlier times...

guid wishes tae a' on St Andra's Day!

We had a grand meal (haggis, neeps, tatties, leeks in sauce, a pudding, with Irn Bru and Highland Spring Water for the non-alcoholic), with toasts and the ode, and music by Andy Stewart. I hung up my saltire in the window. The whole expat thing--minus, of course, an actual expat. There was the better part of a bottle of 14-year-old Oban put away, thanks to the generosity of Mr gr_c17. And my kind guests made short work of cleaning up my kitchen.

We had a grand craic, the four of us (john_arundel and redactrice were also in attendance, shy_kat having been with us earlier but having had to leave, feeling poorly :-(, and then we started (but did not finish) watching 'A Bridge Too Far' (hey, Roy Urquhart was Scots!)

So, despite a few hitches and vexations, all went well. And we've plenty of practice now for January 25th! :-) And, again, I am reminded what awfully nice friends I have!