{"id":4574,"date":"2018-12-24T16:53:26","date_gmt":"2018-12-24T15:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damiengaleone.com\/?p=4574"},"modified":"2020-03-16T08:14:27","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T07:14:27","slug":"a-visit-from-paddy-okegger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/damiengaleone.com\/?p=4574","title":{"rendered":"A Visit from Paddy O’Kegger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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We all love our folk heroes. Paul Bunyan, Santa Claus,\nRobert Mueller. So there\u2019s something special about greeting another folk hero.\nAnd especially one so close to our hearts and livers. In this case I am talking\nabout Paddy O\u2019Kegger. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paddy O\u2019Kegger is the folk hero that we all need from time to time, the hero of libations, hero of the party, the hero of the pub. He arrives much like Santa, uh, sort of, with a sled equipped with kegs and mixology equipment, and pulled by wolfhounds seemingly named by Hunter S. Thompson (Jitters is by far my fave).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just as Santa brings gifts and Christmas cheer, Paddy brings\nhappiness, mirth, and much-needed social lubricants to a party that might be in\ndanger of slipping into the scary realm of suppressed yawns, half-finished\npints, and lame excuses made on the way out the door. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Much like ole St. Nick\u2019s famous Twas the Night Before Christmas<\/em> arrival poem, Paddy\u2019s arrival is\ntold in rhyme and takes place in one night. He woos a pub full of revelers in a\ntale that is rather witty, surprising, and definitely makes you run to the\nfridge for another glass of loudmouth chowder. The whole effect is that the\npicture book A Visit from Paddy O\u2019Kegger<\/em>\nis rather charming. It\u2019s a quick read, so it\u2019s the perfect bathroom book (or\ncan be read with one eye closed, if need be). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Along with the witty language the artwork is a huge asset in terms of charming the reader and conveying the story\u2019s details, both overt and subtle. It is digitally illustrated in warm tones that is curiously detailed and very pleasing to the eye. The story\u2019s setting seems to be a northern locale, but oddly under water (or beer). The details are sneakily witty and could consume you for hours, whether studying the wolfhounds\u2019 personalities or placing backstories to the background characters. (This might be especially true if you personally know one of the authors\u2026Ahem\u2026My twenty year old self makes a cameo. Ahem.).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Visit of Paddy O\u2019Kegger<\/em> is a charming read and equally as charming visually. It\u2019s very much worth having on your coffee table for a laugh, a quick dive into the artwork, or to put together a drinking game out of the details. Almost a prerequisite. But it\u2019s mostly pleasant just to open the book to enter a mysterious northern landscape where the pubs are inviting, the people ready for a pint, and Paddy O\u2019Kegger is brought home by his trusty wolfhounds who know the way and can easily pass a breathalyzer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Follow this link<\/a> to buy in either paperback or e-book, have a merry Christmas, and to all, a good nightcap! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We all love our folk heroes. Paul Bunyan, Santa Claus, Robert Mueller. So there\u2019s something special about greeting another folk hero. And especially one so close to our hearts and livers. In this case I am talking about Paddy O\u2019Kegger. Paddy O\u2019Kegger is the folk hero that we all need from time to time, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4575,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/damiengaleone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/paddy-.jpg?fit=2560%2C1322&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1EvEu-1bM","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/damiengaleone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/damiengaleone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/damiengaleone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damiengaleone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damiengaleone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4574"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/damiengaleone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4952,"href":"https:\/\/damiengaleone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4574\/revisions\/4952"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damiengaleone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/damiengaleone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damiengaleone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damiengaleone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}