Sharks sucking my balls
Hiller was unpassable
Playoffs disappoint
Stay at home parent
Maybe it’s just part time work
Ask Shrudder he knows
Mraz? Whitey Ford?
No farmer lady that night
Bartender pusher
Zito wasn’t bad
Could this be the Giants year
Bonds has steroid brain
The pre-drink routine
Tore Fin was at it again
A money game win
Cannot recall more
Night ends after 3 a.m.
Hangover painful
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Sharks sucking my balls
Hiller was unpassable
Playoffs disappoint
Stay at home parent
Maybe it’s just part time work
Ask Shrudder he knows
Mraz? Whitey Ford?
No farmer lady that night
Bartender pusher
Zito wasn’t bad
Could this be the Giants year
Bonds has steroid brain
The pre-drink routine
Tore Fin was at it again
A money game win
Cannot recall more
Night ends after 3 a.m.
Hangover painful
Sushi Rocked
Wind sucked
Death Cab Performed
What time did you depart?
I wanted to play the money
But I stayed home with my honey
I love to go bowl
There is nothing I want more
Then to just win one
Not gonna happen
Unless I get my head right
Or, just bowl better
So I was a little wrong on the Norse God thing, but Torfinn was a character in Shakespeare’s Macbeth, which Shakespeare basically stole from history and rewrote into the famous tragedy
Torfinn
TORFINN, known as ' The Mighty ', succeeded his father Jarl Sigurd in the year 1014.
Whilst just an infant, his mother, being of Celtic stock, took him to the court of his grandfather Malcolm II of Scotland for his upbringing, though by all rights he would have been just as welcome at the court of the King of Norway.
As a youngster he would have had the company of Macbeth and Duncan, for both were also under the protection of Malcolm, who just happened to be their grandfather also.
The situation must have been extremely interesting for here we had three boys each with a strong claim to the throne, being raised in and around the court of Malcolm. Can you imagine the posturing that must surely have taken place around the king for favour, for we know what mothers can be like regarding their offspring, especially with a throne at stake.
Torfinn was schooled in all the manly arts of his position and grew strong mentally as well as physically. He would need all that training as these were troubled times and grandfather Malcolm was about to spring a surprise on all the hopefuls at court. Duncan was to be given the throne much to the anger and frustration of the other contenders. This left Torfinn with his Caithness and Orkney domain and an ambitious eye on Sutherland, however Macbeth had avenged the killing of his father and was now the Mormaer of Moray and he also had a strong claim to Sutherland.
Twice king Duncan gave battle to Torfinn and was soundly beaten, let alone the numerous skirmishes Macbeth's men had with the men of Caithness . Torfinn was proving to be a formidable leader well liked by his people. Time by now, was running out for Duncan as certain nobles were conspiring against him, and, after a disastrous defeat outside Durham , history tells us that he met his end whilst on his way north at a place called Pitgaveny near Elgin . Whether this was in a major battle or just a skirmish we don't know for sure. Whether by Torfinn alone or in combination with Macbeth we don't know either, but history gives the latter the blame whilst certain Norse legends give the former the blame. It doesn't really matter for Scotland was rid of a bad king, who with his impetuosity had cost the land many losses in blood and wealth.
Macbeth was now declared sovereign and an on- off relationship between the Norseman and the Celt played out in the north. Torfinn had the knowledge that Duncan 's young sons who had fled to the court of Siward of Northumbria would always preoccupy Macbeth's mind plus the constant viking raids along the coastline would keep him active elsewhere. But nonetheless we know that one sea battle was fought between the two and that Torfinn was victorious once again.
For all this, Torfinn did manage a pilgrimage to Rome for the expected ' Second Coming ' but only after a hostage arrangement with Macbeth, who also just happened to be going, had been agreed. Whether they went together we don't know, but it is possible they at least met whilst there. On his return, Torfinn, who was obviously affected by the experience, but not the event, for it never happened as we all know, set about building a magnificent church on his beloved Birsay in Orkney.
As time passed Macbeth was killed by the vengeful Malcolm Canmore, one of the sons who had fled south years earlier. This now gave Scotland two men as king, for Lulach, the stepson of Macbeth, assumed the title as Malcolm did also. Lulach had only a few months of kingship before Malcolm caught up with him and so ended the Macbeth era. Malcolm now turned his mind on Torfinn and over the next few years was to engage in open hostilities against our northern ruler. Torfinn proved once more he would be no pushover as time after time he beat back Malcolm's incursions into his territory.
Torfinn died in Orkney and was laid to rest in the building he had so lovingly created. His Norse blood had obviously passed strongly into his offspring, for, his sons were to join Harald Hardrada on his unsuccessful invasion of England some years later, but that is another story.
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