Today's "Great Scot" is probably better described as infamous rather than great... especially depending on what side of the Protestant-Catholic fence you're on. Cardinal David Beaton was Archbishop of...St Andrews. They held it for many months until a French force arrived to defeat them. The murder of Beaton is seen as a significant point in the eventual triumph of Protestantism in Scotland. .

Yesterday we went up to Dunfermline, which is just north of Edinburgh, in the Kingdom of Fife, because Jenny had a dress fitting somethingorother for her wedding which is coming up in April.  Linda, Jenny, Sarah and Lisa (bridesmaids) did the dress fitting while I walked around in a nearby mall.  I bought a few stocking stuffer type things for Christmas, had a mocha frappacinno at Starbucks, that sort...

Got pulled over. Barney Fucking Fife walked up to my car acting all big and bad with his gut puffed up and chest out. My fucking 13 year old cousin could probably kick his ass. After a bit of negotiating he asked me to get out of the car. So I did, and when I did, not thinking, I threw something on the ground. Barney Fife says 'What the hell was that?'. He rants about how it's littering and that bullshit...