Many of you know my primary ancestry is Irish (3/4) with 1/4 Calabrese Italian for good measure. Some of you may also be aware that my professional heritage is marketing (having spent more than 10 years in IT marketing and business development. In the spirit of these two I have developed a fondness for Irish brands…most especially Guinness (of course I appreciate more than simply the Guinness brand).

Any how – the past couple of days has been something of a boon in terms of Guinness. On Sunday at church I found that an anonymous agent had delivered to my desk a bottle of BBQ sauce flavored with Guinness (I have it from certain spies that the agent was A.R.).

Today while purchasing some supplies for a youth pool party at Megalomart (Walmart) I was surprised to find an officially licensed Guinness bathing suit (no I will not model it – be praised and thankful).

So these join my Guinness rugby shirt (straight from the factory in Dublin thanks to my sister April), and two t-shirts.