New Zealand Sabbatical

After the Iowa Hawkeye women won their 3rd consecutive Big Ten tournament championship in overtime, I decided to wear their colors in a show of appreciation. I walked into the medical centre that day only to have multiple nurses immediately chortle, saying I reminded them of “Greg” the lead singer of The Wiggles,an Australian television children’s music  group formed in Sydney in 1991. That was good for a laugh until I looked into Greg’s history only to find he retired from the show at age 33 of blood pressure problems. He was enticed to come back for a reunion show 5 years later only to suffer a heart attack during that performance. Luckily, he survived. I also read another member of the band had heart block and needed a pacemaker. Maybe TV acting is more stressful than I had realized.

Greg is in the first photo in a yellow shirt just like I am wearing in the second picture.

I am posting this on St. Patrick’s Day and find it curious the local priest downplayed that fact during Mass this morning, especially since his name is Father Brian Fennessy.