Goodbye To All That

I hope you enjoyed the nearly fact-free April Fool's Day silliness here yesterday. I certainly did. Today we'll return to the kind of serious, somber, substantive discourse we usually engage in. A little house keeping from yesterday first, just so we're clear:

• Yes, the Elders are playing at this year's Kansas City Irish Fest. No, Nuala and Feargus McEvoy are not.
  
• No, you will not have to give a tissue sample to get a 3 oz. beer.
  
• Yes, Ed Scanlon is alive and well and still president.
• No, we won't be naming port-a-potties or folding chairs after anybody. Unless they want to pay for it.
• And yes, you will be required to wear something on your bottom Friday night and every night at Irish Fest. Just please don't make it a kilt, fellas.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled blog.