The Patrick Way By the time ye read this column the wearin’ of the green will be upon us. Since this is a grand day and a grand tale to tell I’ll be asking your forgiveness to indulge me with a little celebratin’ of St.

I grew up in Upstate New York where we always received nine months of winter and three months of bad sledding. You’ve heard of the Bible Belt? I lived in the Snow Belt where the first snow would fall sometime in October and the last of the white stuff melted in April. Sometimes the fluffy flakes would re-visit in May, like the day I graduated from college and we had a campus snowball fight using our mortar boards for shields.

When one door closes, and another door opens, you are probably in prison. To me, “drink responsibly” means don’t spill it.

Blue Monday I totally missed it, and I’m usually good at picking up on these things. It literally went right by me, unnoticed.

You probably woke that fateful morning, assuming everything would probably run along on the accustomed track. Never dreaming – or nightmaring – that particular day would be so much different than you expected.

Have you ever watched a volleyball game and witnessed an entire team suddenly duck under the net and join the other team? Gasping for a breath of hope that isn’t there, they had finally thrown up their hands in despair and crossed to the other side of the net. Just gave up, gave in, and joined the enemy.

Jim Priest is CEO of Goodwill Industries of Central Oklahoma and can be reached at jpriest@okgoodwill.org. NO MORE THERMOSTAT WARS According to study conducted by Innovative Psychological Consultants the top three things couples argue about are money, sex, and children.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and instead of bleeding, he sings. SUNDAY SATIRE 8:10 - A feminist passed by and asked me why I didn’t make a snow woman.

One of the perils of life is putting too much value on “stuff.” Stuff can be about anything. It can consist of what we have or what we don’t have.