Afsaneh surprised me with a trip to Dublin in May! Basically she bought the tickets on a whim and we used our credit card points to pay for most of the room nights. So we'll be in the same timezone folks!

I've always wanted to visit Ireland!

OMG. Gabe stay away from the blarny stone. you talk a lot already.

Haha! It's runs in the family I'm afraid.

At a past reunion my great uncle Joe was telling us stories about World War II. He's 93 and if I have his genetics anywhere in me I'll be a lucky man. He's got an uncanny memory. In any case, he was telling us that his sergeant recommended him for some speaking engagement by saying, "Benson, you seem to have the gift of gab."

All Bensons (with the exception of my Uncle Ben perhaps) are chatty. Maybe it's a southern thing.

I've kissed the Blarney stone.

You have to lay back and stick your head out of a hole in the castle wall to do it.

Lady in front of me was not impressed when her wig fell off and sailed down the outside of the castle and into the moat.

I'm not sure I'd wanna stick my head in any hole to kiss anything.

I don't know of a hole big enough to fit your head in :)

Bung!

Hole!