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<\/a>But then I realized what today<\/em> is\u2014it\u2019s the dreaded Ides of March! And, rather than celebrating<\/em> this one with you, I\u2019m reminding<\/em> you, as Caesar was warned, to beware<\/em> the Ides of March!<\/p>\nI have an amusing anecdote about these two days together. One of my dumbest pals, who gets a lot wrong in life, called me on one past March 15th, and said, \u201cKaren, be honest\u2014do you have to worry about the Ides if you\u2019re not Irish?!\u201d I couldn\u2019t even laugh\u2014my mouth had dropped to the floor. Her perpetual wrongness usually makes me laugh, but this one took the cake.<\/p>\n
I had to explain to her that the only things that being Irish and Ides of March have in common is that they both begin with \u201cI!!!!\u201d And if you squint your eyes, you can also say that the Ides of March and St. Patrick\u2019s Day, which celebrates an Irishman, are both in March. And they are<\/em> just two days apart. But ever since that historic question from her, I often lump the two \u201cspecial days\u201d together, as I\u2019m doing right here for you!<\/p>\n On top of that, this year the 17th has another special significance–the March Madness Selection Show takes place on St. Patrick\u2019s Day. So that coincidence just may create a miracle for the NCAA Championship hopes of Notre Dame, whose nickname is The Fighting Irish, (even though I can\u2019t imagine that poor basketball team has even a slight chance. I think the Ides got them more than St. Patty did!)<\/p>\n