I managed to publish nothing column-wise this weekend though I have been hard at work on some up-coming articles, my books, and some non-blog potential publications.  There’s some interesting stuff coming, friends.

It has also occurred to me to make good on my threat to produce a TV advertised workout program based on what I’ve been doing for the past few months.  I’m down 47 pounds now – at 191 (about what I weighed when I graduated high school)!!  Does anyone have any advice on how such things are produced????  I have no video/entertainment skills or experience. 

I had a bad night, last night, and awoke at 4:30 this morning feeling like a zombie.  However, after a good exercise session at the old EFC I felt energized and ready for a good Sunday’s loafing.  Again, I’ve noticed some of my readers here locally are getting on the bandwagon with visible results.  Keep it up!

Mark that calendar for Tuesday at 2:30, Augusta State U., for the gun control forum.  I’m still working on a last-minute panel position but I will be present nonetheless.  Come on out.

The news:

The EU has told Cyprus to seize 10% of people’s bank accounts as part of Cyprus’s bailout deal.  A bank holiday is in effect and panic is in the streets.  A central banker openly called this “uncivilized socialism” concluding there is no other way to describe it.  I call it theft.  Do not think for a minute this will not cross the Atlantic in the (near) future and involve you and your money.  If it is, the government wants it!

From the little I know right now about the man, I like the new Pope.  He just issued a warning against “demonic worldliness.”  I hope he includes government theft and oppression in this warning.  Given the clashes he suffered with the Argentine government over the years, he just might.

Plumbing the depths of ignorance about stupidity (or is it stupidity about ignorance??), Speaker of the House John “rollover” Boehner says he “absolutely” trusts President Obummer.  The only thing worse than a Democrat is a Republican, or visa versa.

A little history for today:

(The man of the day.  Google.)

Saint Patrick was born a Roman citizen in Britain.  At age 16 he was kidnapped and enslaved in Ireland.  He suffered his bondage for six years before escaping back to his home.  Later, as a priest and a bishop, he returned to Ireland as a missionary of the Church.  This in itself is a miracle I think.  How many men would return to the land of their forced servitude in order to save perhaps the very same people who had oppressed them?  I think he was a bigger man than I.

Completely unrelated – I am currently enjoying a Duck-Rabbit Scottish Ale with my evening cigar.  It’s Scottish (American) not Irish, but it does have a green label.  Cheers, God bless, and good night!