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• Montreal's St. Patrick's Day Parade - Sunday March 22, 2009: http://www.montrealirishparade.com/
• GUINNESS Facts: "Nutritional Value of Guinness" A study conducted by the University of Wisconsin in 2003 looked at the nutritional value of a variety of beer. Of all beers, Guinness ranked lower in alcohol content, calories and carbohydrates than almost every other major brand of beer. It also contains less calories than low-fat milk and orange juice. To top it off Guinness is high in anti-oxidants. Its been said that just one pint of Guinness a day works just as well as aspirin to prevent blood clots that can lead to heart attacks.
• And it is the IDES OF MARCH. Well on March 15. Oh so famous per William Shakespeare's play JULIUS CAESAR. The soothsayer pegged it right when he warned Caesar to "Beware the ides of March." Subsequently Caesar was assassinated by testy Roman Senators. Thus "Et Tu, Brute" now famous for any time you get stabbed-in-the-back metaphorically by a friend.
  

  "Et Tu, Brute" ... Meaning:Supposedly the last words of Julius Caesar. Literally 'And you, Brutus?'.

  Origin: In 44 BC, Julius Caesar was murdered by a group of senators. They were led by Marcus Brutus, who had previously been a close friend of Caesar. There's no substantiated evidence to show that Julius Caesar spoke those words. They come to us via Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar which, like many of his history plays, tends to massage historical record somewhat for dramatic effect. In the play Caesar begins to resist the attack but resigns himself to his fate when he sees that his friend is amongst the plotters:

• Try this Shakespearean Insult Generator if your own well of insults is running dry. Its great fun. You'll come up with classics such as "Thou unmuzzled flap-mouthed slug!" http://www.william-shakespeare.org.uk/a1-shakespearean-insults-generator.htm

• DECLAN for St. Patrick's Day (of Ireland) Keltic Brooding
  
• WILD ROVER for St. Patrick's Day (of Ireland) Keltic Party
  
• SAM ROBERTS: "FIXED TO RUIN" (Montreal, QC, Canada) Juno nominated for rock album of the year
  
• SLOW HAND ROW: "WHAT IF YOU" (Dublin, Ireland) Funk Rock
  
• BURJCRIS: "STAY" (Dublin, Ireland) Indie Rock
  

• BONUS TRACKS as I covered the start of the "FLIP SIDE" program @ 3:00 pm
• STEVIE WONDER: "HIGHER GROUND"
• Theme song for "The Flip Side" show
  
• RUFUS featuring Chaka Khan: "SWEET THING"
  

• A week of doing pretty much Diddly-Squat with the flu. Souped out. Lemoned out! Adviled out!
  
• A BUDOKON workout on Saturday morning March 14, 2009. First attempt at the road to recovery. If it wasn't for the dog needing walks I'd have not gone out all week.
  
• Did watch a bunch of NHL hockey games and World baseball Classic games. What else could one do? Cinderella Prize goes to the Dutch (Netherlands) for beating the Dominican Republic not once but twice to advance in the WBC. Team Canada eliminated by Italy? That was a bummer.
  
• Did interviews with station "volunteers" applying to become station "members" along with a colleague on the Membership Committee on Saturday March 7 and Sunday March 8.