First Irish St. Patrick’s Day

This is my first St. Patrick’s Day after discovering my Irish Heritage a few months ago. I wish I could go to a parade but the only thing I can do is have a Guinness at lunch so I thought I’d share some Irish things on the web log.

Favorite Flogging Molly Song- “If I ever leave this world alive” (Think he’s singing from the prospective of a dog. He says “I’ll come and sit by your feet tonight,” so it’s either that or he’s just got a foot fetish. Great song either way.)

Guinness St. Patrick’s Day official holiday petition. 

Just looking at St. Patrick’s day videos on YouTube and Fred had a video. Gets old quick with the high pitched voice as usual. 

Forgot John Mayer had a song about today. It would make for a good John Mayer Trio piece. 

Sorry there isn’t much more, like I said, just discovered my heritage a few months ago. Happy St. Patrick’s Day.

Back from the Gym Update

Hair and Body Wash makes things simpler.

Correction for the previous post-Brawndo*, It’s got electrolytes.

*From the movie Idiocracy with Luke Wilson. Some people hate the movie but I think it has its moments.

Reflections on the eliptical

On the eliptical in the WRAC so I apologize for misspellings and typos.

Thoughts while on the eliptical:

Need to wash workout clothes.
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Bluegrass covers of Jack Johnson make for great workout music
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Brando- it’s got electrolites.
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I’ve only gone a mile?
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Why are there sheets hanging by a clothes wire in the Alumni Plaza?
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Seeing people not slow down for the big speedbump is funny. Hopefully they don’t have any hot coffee in their lap.
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I drank too much coffee this morning…

Discovery on the Ides and Mars

As a young dorky kid with a bowl cut in the sixth grade, I went to Space Camp. I still remember being in mission control for our big shuttle mission and living up every second of it. I would consider myself a bit less of a nerd today but I still have space pictures in my room back home and the binder from when I created my rocket agency (did I mention I was a dork?). So it is not surprising that I follow NASA twitter updates and am looking forward to the space shuttle Discovery launch tonight.

I was checking my Google Reader earlier and stubled upon this video of Google Earth’s maps of Mars after reading about the 174th birthday of the famous Italian astronomer and cartographer Giovanni Schiaparelli. 

The Mars addition to the Google Earth software is so interesting because it shows the tracks of all the landers that have been on the planet and a lot of other information.

The Soldier’s Mother Waits

When I rhyme in poetry it usually doesn’t turn out too great but here is a recent stab at it.

The mother waits by the phone,
Desperately wanting to hear his voice.
His deep masculine yet still adolescent
tone,
Gone for many months of his own choice.

The flag he wears on his arm,
Waves outside her door.
Causing her to miss his Charm,
And spite Bush’s war.

She takes pills to numb the many pains,
Yet it never wains.
Her heart is beating so she knows she’s alive,
But without hearing from her soldier she takes a dive.

Plummeting into a deep abyss,
She wonders what he might miss;
Maybe a kiss,
Or a his favorite dish?
But she still has that one wish.

Tears flood her room,
Seemingly taking her to a watery tomb.

But childhood memories serve as a preserver,
Keeping her safe from a psychological murder.

The piercing ring of the phone nearby,
Sends a jolt up from her spine.
Pressing it close to her ear,
She says hello and his baritone voice responds with a hi.

Not really a post

So it’s been way to long since I’ve posted last but I’ve barely had time to breath, much less write something worth reading but I’ll be working on something soon.

Until then, check out my twitter page (twitter.com/codybourque).

Take care and thanks for reading.