Everybody Is Irish on St. Patricks Day

While it is true that St Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland, and St. Patricks Day is a quintessentially Irish celebration, it is also the only national holiday I know of that is celebrated by so many, of so many different backgrounds all around the world. It's true that everybody is Irish on St. Patrick's Day.

St Patrick's Day in Moscow

In Japan

In Havana

And even in New Orleans

Check out this video for St Paddy's Day with a Mardi - Gras feel, down to the green beads

Erin go Bragh y'all:-)

Chubby People Live Longer. Yipeeeee!

It's true. A Japanese study confirms it. According to a 12 year study conducted by a Japanese health ministry team led by Tohoku University professor Ichiro Tsuji, chubby people at age 40 can expect to live up to seven years longer than skinny people.

Now that is a study I can go with.I was somewhere in my fifties when it came to my attention that I weighed 30 pounds more than I did at the age of 20, in spite of quite normal eating and exercise habits.

My efforts to lose weight soon made it clear to me that the only way I was going to get back my girlish figure was to spend two hours a day at the gym, have a tummy tuck and never again chow down on anything but salad, oats and groats. It was a sacrifice I was unwilling to make.

So here I am chubby, aging, and vindicated at last. I could not be happier. Yipeeee I'm going to live longer than all the skinny women I know and I haven't had to give up ice cream.

Thank you Professor Tsuji. We chubby people of the world think you are a god:-)


source: Newsmax.com