A Very Éire Thanksgiving

I'm going to Ireland for the Thanksgiving weekend to visit the Dubliner. We seem to be hitting it off well, so what the hell?

He's already being a lovely host and has offered to take me to see Newgrange, an ancient passage-tomb in County Meath. It's older than either Stonehenge or the pyramids at Giza.

On Saturday we'll be going to my first non-PRU / non-IGRAB rugby match: Leinster (one of the Irish provinces) vs. the Newport/Gwent Dragons (a Welsh team). I will be rooting for Leinster centre/wing Fergus McFadden (love the name), or Newport Gwent's woofy captain and hooker Tom Willis. Hookers rule!

From Ultrasparky: check out this hot fireman fabric! I'm going to make a pair of jammies with that material.

I can't get enough Robyn now that I've listened to Bravehound's brilliant resuscitation remix compilation, sprinkled liberally with tracks from our favorite Swedish pixie's newest album with a dash of Chakka-Kahn, Dee-Lite, Britney, Miss Janet and her brother Michael. The 'hound is really clever with his remixes, and that one's gonna go on the iPod set to gym mode. My favorite Robyn tracks would be Dream On, With Every Heartbeat, Cobrastyle, Sensual Seduction/Konichiwa Bitches medley.

I got the Williams' Blood in me: Dingo tuned me into this corker by Grace Jones, co-written by Wendy and Lisa, who have their own Facebook page and an upcoming album I'm excited about. Anyway, do a search for the Aeroplane remix of Williams' Blood on Google if you can, it's a good one.

Robyn, Bravehound, Miss Grace Jones, Wendy & Lisa should keep you busy while I'm away. Have a nice holiday.