Happy St David's Day

And a happy St David's Day to those out there in the blogosphere who care about such things. I've even posted it while it is still (just) St David's Day in the place that actually cares about this, and I knew it was St David's Day even before seeing the posts saying such on my RSS feed.

Granted, I mostly knew it was St David's Day because I'd checked the date a few weeks ago while we were writing the newest Syndicate story, which is allegedly about St Patrick's Day but is mostly about Vaughan ranting about why St Patrick's and not St David's as the excuse for people several generations away from the country concerned to get all sentimental about the old country. The bit in Volume 3 about Welsh Methodists was partly taken from Real Life, and Real Life very few generations away from me indeed, but knowing that it is in fact St David's Day that should be celebrated is about as far as I go in the cultural highlights. Actually knowing the date without prompting is something I haven't achieved for years...