tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731214.post7420173054767766050..comments2023-04-29T08:43:47.259-05:00Comments on m. molly backes: The True Meaning of St. Patrick's Day, or: There's Nothing Irish About That JagerbombM. Mollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01340364298155651414noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731214.post-88154456536447591812009-03-18T12:20:00.000-05:002009-03-18T12:20:00.000-05:00Hey Ms. Molly,Great post. I must confess that I d...Hey Ms. Molly,<BR/>Great post. I must confess that I didn't even get a beer on St. Paddy's Day as I was up in the Lesotho mountains interviewing an old woman who used to help smuggle communists and other people the apartheid regime didn't like out of South Africa and into safer parts of Lesotho--a 20th century underground railroad. She was pretty rad and pretty radical (she told me she left theJohn Aernihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14657493785015062341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731214.post-18493554926422196252009-03-18T01:05:00.000-05:002009-03-18T01:05:00.000-05:00But drinking carbombs...But drinking carbombs...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731214.post-90804537050179272012009-03-17T09:43:00.000-05:002009-03-17T09:43:00.000-05:00Here is how the conversation went in our house thi...Here is how the conversation went in our house this morning: <BR/>Nick: is this the last of the Irish soda bread?<BR/>Me: YES.<BR/>Nick: We lose.<BR/>Me: I KNOW. Everyone else got their own loaf!<BR/>Nick: Well, we had our own loaf too.<BR/>Me: But other people ate most of our loaf! And got to take a whole loaf home at the end!<BR/>Nick: Well, that's true.<BR/>Me: If I'd known, I would have made brave new grrrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13725352315758401822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731214.post-41447146861255878312009-03-16T15:05:00.000-05:002009-03-16T15:05:00.000-05:00It's true. I used to hate St. Patrick's because m...It's true. I used to hate St. Patrick's because my best friend's mom chased me to pinch me, I tripped over a rock, and cracked the end of my elbow. Bursitis hurts.Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17522344104577240916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731214.post-6399650823108145332009-03-15T14:05:00.000-05:002009-03-15T14:05:00.000-05:00I confess, I do like butter on my soda bread. But ...I confess, I do like butter on my soda bread. But I like it with raisins, too. Can I blame this on being Scots-Irish?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com