I blame Linda Medley

Anyone got a spare $3,000,000 (Canadian) kicking around?

See, I spent a lot of time tonight shopping for castles. It’s not insane–I need more shelf space for my books, and nothing says “lots of shelf space” like a nice castle; especially a castle with a tower.

While I was doing that, I ran across this lovely manor house in Ireland. It’s only eleven years old, so you avoid most of the traditional castle problems–I certainly wouldn’t be fighting with the locals about painting my castle pink–and it’s near Galway, so I could have Paddy FlynnNot this one, the one that’s currently in the band Lucas, and used to be in the Groove Daddys, and Mazola Pony. over for a pint. Also, we did like the West best on our tour of Ireland, and we’d be only a short drive from where my grandfather was born.

So, I just need to come up with the cash.

Oh, and convince Trish to move to Ireland. That might be even harder than coming up with the cash.

Oh, and come up with a good philosophical argument for why it’s not ridiculous to spend that much on a house, so I can discuss it with Will. That might be the hardest part. Heh.