Soprano voices, violins and a fish head or two...

The Celtic Woman special was delayed for 44 minutes last night due to the broadcast of a state high school basketball tournament. PBS has a way of completely destroying a schedule and the clods that are in charge seem to live for the moment they can delay or reschedule a program. They also have this inane talent for worrying the hell out of you begging for money when they air good programming. When PBS started scrambling their satellite signal (the name is PUBLIC broadcasting, right?) back in the 80s my contributions stopped. Besides, when that cable bill hits every month they receive funding.

Celtic Woman will be broadcast again Wednesday night. It will be watched at the beach house for the third time. Since Thursday is St. Paddy's Day it stands to reason they would make this program available during a prime time slot on Wednesday or Thursday. Nope, it's on the schedule for 10:00PM Wednesday unless it is pre-empted by the state fish cleaning championship or a kitten petting contest. There are many Irish-Americans and descendants of the Irish that live throughout the nation. Many of us reside in Mississippi.

Ireland has given us great artists through the years; i.e. - James Joyce, W.B. Yeats, Oscar Wilde, the Chieftains, U2, Cranberries, Richard Harris, Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, etc. Now they have assembled some of the most tremendous talent on the planet in a spectacular show and it's available for viewing. C'mon PBS, what gives? Prejudice against the Irish? Had a bad turbulence experience while flying Aer Lingus? This should be in prime time so everyone can view it. Children usually retire early and they can reap great benefits from such programming. Get your heads outta there and view the Celtic moon. Let us listen to these Gaelic nightingales at a decent hour!

Now I must go fishing. Later, while I practice cleaning (for the state contest) kittens will show up to be petted. Nothing like a good catfish head to attract the felines.

"A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart."
-Jonathan Swift