Happy New Year

We would like to extend a happy new year to our readers in Thailand. Make sure you douse your favorite relative and clean up that Buddha statue.

Birthday

I hope you will join us in pausing for a moment to pay respect to one of the most legendary actors of any generation, whose birthday is Saturday. Of course I'm talking about James Garner. Who else could have given us such American treasures like Rockford Files. So think about that on April 7Th. I know I will.

Traditional Irish Pub Music Session

Saint Patrick's Day

We here at The Sunshine Empire would like to send out St. Patrick's Day wishes to all those around the world and here in the United States. If you can't be with our good friends in Castlegregory in County Kerry Ireland, then try to make it to a Roger Location. With offices in Columbia South Carolina, Portland Oregon, Birmingham Alabama, and our corporate headquarters in Jacksonville you'll be sure to drink good. For those of our Malaysian and Chinese readers, this is a holiday that Americans no longer feel guilty drinking to physical sickness. Not unlike New Years Day, Super Bowl Sunday, come to think of it we just like to drink. I will refuse to drink any green beer and instead will break into our family stash of Paddy Irish Whiskey. We'll be toasting with our good friends over at The Thoughts Of Biggus Rickus Blog, and saying Slainte to our good friends on the West Coast as they pound Cammo Malt Liquor and maybe a Samuel Smith or two. Tomorrows is going to be great fun.

Beware The Ides Of March

Just a friendly reminder from The Sunshine Empire, don't get stabbed today.

Our Fallen Boys and Girls

Happy New Years to all. I thought as we work off our hangovers, and I have one to be sure, that we should really take a moment to consider those who will not be joining us in the world of 2007.

God bless them and all of you and yours.


The Faces of our soldiers in Iraq

New Years

New Years

A New Year

Another year has passed and in a bizarre turn of events I am realizing my own age. Years are racing by and I have not had a decent New Years Eve since 2002. Each one seems to be a harbinger of the horrible year to come. Pessimism is my new crutch. Last year I was trapped at a detestable meat market at Jax Beach and ended up way too screwed up when I got home(not driving). I was ordered by a lady friend's parents not to go out on Y2K, and as Lewis Black said, we knew there was no danger and watched as two guys in Afghanistan rubbing sticks together were having more fun than we would. December 31, 2002 was pretty good, as it was spent with a friend who no longer lives in the area. I have no idea what I will be doing when that mess of flashlights gets to the end of the pole in New York, but I will be looking wide and dewey eyed torward the new year. Like a woman it will probably turn against me sometime in the middle and blame me in the end. So be it.

Happy New Year.

For My Jewish Brothers and Sisters

This is my mother's favorite holiday song, and we're Catholic.

Santa Claus

Still my favorite Christmas movie.

Merry Christmas

Even though I am engaged in a bitter war against everything Christmas, enjoy one of my favorites.