Máire's photographer friend Peter Young had heard of my visit to Dublin
and contacted Máire to invite me on a bear photo-shoot.
Oh, boys, these Irishmen know how to live!
As Oscar Bearwilde used to say,
We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

Ah, by the way, just to avoid possible confusion,
in the picture I'm the one wearing the white jersey with Irish flag on,
the one with the grey T-shirt is Peter.

People here tell me that definitely I must have a good dose of Irish genes,
because I like beer, girls and I have reddish hair...