"Well that's good at least," Roosevelt said. Not that he was particularly Irish or anything but some things you just didn't mess with. St. Patrick's Day was one of those. It was a day for drinking and bonding. Not nerding.

"Come on. When are you more Zen than when you've almost exhausted yourself after being in the ocean and on a bike and then running? Mind, body, and spirit all engaged. That's Zen."