Today (April 23) is St. George’s day.
St. George is the patron saint of England, like Patrick for Ireland, so should be a day of celebration. But it isn’t, which is a shame. Celebrating Englishness is usually frowned upon in England, which is also a shame.
Oh well.
Apparently, St George was likely a Roman soldier who protested against the Roman torture of Christians, and died because of it. He likely never came to England.
He was known for allegedly killing a dragon, although what he had against 6809-based computers, I’ll never know.
Today is also Shakespeare’s birthday, but that he also inconveniently died on the same day (presumably many years later) so that puts a dampener on celebrations.
This April 23 is also a Monday. But it’s spring and not raining yet. So not all bad.
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Happy St. George’s day, I intend to celebrate using beer.
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