The mondern workforce is getting shafted. There are no national holidays, observed by all companies (like Thanksgiving, Memorial Day, etc.) between 1 Janurary and Memorial Day (last week of May). Sure, some companies, most government agencies get Presidents’ Day, maybe MLKJr. Day, but that’s it.

What about the rest of us? We’re up shit creek.

Solution: St. Patrick’s Day (March 17th-ish? I’m guessing here, I usually have a huge hangover on the 18th), official national holiday.

Everybody gets to be Irish for a day. Most of the population probably has Irish ancestry (including me) anyway. Hey, they’re Catholic, and they drink… a lot… and what does drinking and a propensity for unsafe sex lead to? Apparently the Guiness Brewery in Dublin, Ireland is like Disney World for adults (and/or drunks).

Another holiday: December 5th. No, it’s not Saint Nicolas Tag, that’s German. December 5th is to commemorate and honor the only good or positive action that Congress has ever done. They got off their asses and passed the 21st Amendment to repeal Prohibition (18th Amendment).