Ha! There’s a great line in this French novel: http://amzn.to/bLUp48 “We were drunk enough to find everything we said fascinating”.

That person obviously lives by that rule of being positive. Though imperfectly, since he’s perfectly willing to insult me for not living by his code.

The reason I posted what I did was because I felt if I didn’t say it, then my compliments in other posts about other shows meant nothing. If I’m not free to be honest, the praise means nothing. Praise is meaningful when it comes out of honesty.

Thankfully, the performer himself was not at all bothered by what I said.

So, I guess I’m not a normal American. For me, being honest comes ahead of being positive. And I know people appreciate compliments when they know those positive words are honest opinions.

Ah yes, now I remember. Something about how I wanted to be immortalized in bright colors. It must have been that second beer talking.

Primal - Typo? No, the power of the written word. Or the e-written word, strictly speaking. Ominous but unsurprising that Ireland would start catching up. I blame the smoking ban. People need to talk nonsense - driving them out of the pubs is driving nonsense out there too.

Oiseau - assuming all goes to the unconfirmed plan, as the day gets nearer it’s more apparent that there is much not great about the timing of the move. You said you wanted to pose for a painting.

Spyder’s blog says you’re moving back to Ireland? And we just met. Ah, such is life.

- Cate

I feel your pain, Eolaí. In the last week alone I have been given four contracts. All soberly made. None in a pub. Ireland is surely catching up on the US.

Last night was enjoyable. More time and a little less harsh acoustics would have been nice too.

Blogroll updates all around, I feel.