Hot Date

Happy Burns Night to all my fellow Celts in Scotland! I shall be raising a wee dram in his honour.

Winter: A Dirge by Robert Burns

The wintry west extends his blast,
And hail and rain does blaw;
Or, the stormy north sends driving forth
The blinding sleet and snaw:
While tumbling brown, the burn comes down,
And roars frae bank to brae;
And bird and beast in covert rest,
And pass the heartless day.

The sweeping blast, the sky o'ercast,
The joyless winter-day,
Let others fear, to me more dear
Than all the pride of May:
The tempest's howl, it soothes my soul,
My griefs it seems to join;
The leafless trees my fancy please,
Their fate resembles mine!

Thour Pow'r Supreme, whose mighty scheme
These woes of mine fulfil,
Here, firm, I rest, they must be best,
Because they are Thy will!
Then all I want (O, do Thou grant
This one request of mine!)
Since to enjoy Thou dost deny,
Assist me to resign.

I think it is great to celebrate the life and works of what some say is Scotland's greatest poet, I think we should do something similar in Wales. Perhaps Dylan Thomas? Who do you think?

I think I'll petition the Welsh Assembly Government, get them to do something constructive for a change. Lol!

Talking of Wales, today is Saint Dwynwen's Day, the Welsh patron saint of lovers. So if you take your loved one out tonight, its going to be a hell of a lot cheaper than on Valentine's Day.

I've got a hot date tonight, it's our third date. She's been hard work so far, giving me homework, and keeps talking about carrying out risk assessments before we do anything. Tonight she issued me with a Permit to Date and has asked me to sign up to a Safe System of Dating before we do anything. Her name?..Ne Bosh! Lol!