I was skyping with my children while at an amazing B&B in Dingle, Ireland, population of right around 2,000. "Boys, tomorrow, we're going to see the Cliffs of Moher. They're like the Cliffs of Insanity from Princess Bride. Ok, see ya later." Then on a whim, I googled it. I was spot on: they were the exact cliffs used as the establishing shot in the film (one of my favorites), and I was going to see them in a day!
In junior high, that's middle school for you whippersnappers, I listened to the radio a lot. That's when I discovered U2's Pride (In the name of love). Then Joshua Tree came out. Then some years passed, and I found myself dating a big U2 fan in college. It seemed like the relationship might be going somewhere (it did, and that "somewhere" has been pretty freaking nice for the last 27 years), so I borrowed her cassettes and CDs and made myself a U2 mixtape.
