Sometimes I write my thoughts down.

Or "Happy Drink Guinness And Celebrate Someone Else's Culture Day" as cynics would have it. I'm not sure how cynical I am about this. It's a fair point to ask why the English love to celebrate a foreign patron saint's day but not their own; but on the other hand, it's always nice to have something to celebrate. In India there are festivals every other week (though, granted, not everyone celebrates all of them, being associated with different races & religions), and I think it lifts people's spirits. So, as Al's MSN display name reads today: "Mine's a Guinness, ya fecker!"