Tonight we had some friends over for Christmas. We went to their house
last year, so figured it was our turn this year. A lovely dinner (David
made osso bucco, a mixed-greens salad with a pomegranate vinaigrette,
and a cheesecake in a chocolate crust, with truffles along the bottom,
and raspberries on top) and then were sitting around drinking coffee.

Our house is eclectic, to say the least, and one of the things in the
living room is a large stuffed pig made out of old quilts (a gift from
my ex-mother-in-law many years ago), with a Santa hat on for the
holidays (she normally wears a hard hat. The pig's name is Sarah, but I
don't know why, she came with that name. She's butch) and it was next
to the chair I was sitting in.

The dogs had been wandering from person to person, and then finally
Humphrey lay down under the Christmas tree, but Fidget suddenly started
doing something really odd: he walked up to Sarah, did a double take,
and backed off like he'd seen something that scared him. But he kept
going back and then backing off. I called everyone's attention to it,
and David said "Sarah's been there for years, why's he acting that way
now?" and then we all realized that the candles on top of the stereo,
which was on the table just behind Sarah, had formed a puddle of wax so
large that it was starting to drip off the edge of the tray they were
on--not into the stereo, thank goodness, but down onto the table itself.
I quickly blew them out, and Fidget went back to being Fidget.

He's *never* done anything like that before, but it's a good thing he
did it then, or it would have gotten really messy. As it is we got wax
all over a Dupioni silk cocktail napkin. (And before anyone asks, I do
not know why we have Dupioni silk cocktail napkins. I didn't even know
what Dupioni silk was until a couple of months ago.)
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On Thu, 25 Dec 2003 22:50:37 -0500, Kevin Michael Vail
wrote:

David
made osso bucco, a mixed-greens salad with a pomegranate vinaigrette,
and a cheesecake in a chocolate crust, with truffles along the bottom,
and raspberries on top

Bloody hell. To read *that* and then recall that the last couple of
days most of the people here have been debating the "merits" of stuff
like brussel sprouts and okra.

There *is* a god.

I do not know why we have Dupioni silk cocktail napkins. I didn't even know
what Dupioni silk was until a couple of months ago.

I still don't...but they don't sound like something that would survive
all that long in a house with a dog named "Fidget". :-)

Lee

On Thu, 25 Dec 2003 22:50:37 -0500, Kevin Michael Vail
wrote:

David
made osso bucco, a mixed-greens salad with a pomegranate vinaigrette,
and a cheesecake in a chocolate crust, with truffles along the bottom,
and raspberries on top

Bloody hell. To read *that* and then recall that the last couple of
days most of the people here have been debating the "merits" of stuff
like brussel sprouts and okra.

There *is* a god.

I do not know why we have Dupioni silk cocktail napkins. I didn't even know
what Dupioni silk was until a couple of months ago.

I still don't...but they don't sound like something that would survive
all that long in a house with a dog named "Fidget". :-)

Lee

On Thu, 25 Dec 2003 22:50:37 -0500, Kevin Michael Vail
wrote:

David
made osso bucco, a mixed-greens salad with a pomegranate vinaigrette,
and a cheesecake in a chocolate crust, with truffles along the bottom,
and raspberries on top

Bloody hell. To read *that* and then recall that the last couple of
days most of the people here have been debating the "merits" of stuff
like brussel sprouts and okra.

There *is* a god.

I do not know why we have Dupioni silk cocktail napkins. I didn't even know
what Dupioni silk was until a couple of months ago.

I still don't...but they don't sound like something that would survive
all that long in a house with a dog named "Fidget". :-)

Lee

On Thu, 25 Dec 2003 22:50:37 -0500, Kevin Michael Vail
wrote:

David
made osso bucco, a mixed-greens salad with a pomegranate vinaigrette,
and a cheesecake in a chocolate crust, with truffles along the bottom,
and raspberries on top

Bloody hell. To read *that* and then recall that the last couple of
days most of the people here have been debating the "merits" of stuff
like brussel sprouts and okra.

There *is* a god.

I do not know why we have Dupioni silk cocktail napkins. I didn't even know
what Dupioni silk was until a couple of months ago.

I still don't...but they don't sound like something that would survive
all that long in a house with a dog named "Fidget". :-)

Lee

Any chance you could post a picture of Sarah? Inquiring quilters want
to know.

Also, I've been seeing pomegranate-blueberry juice in the supermarket
but have been reluctant to buy it at $3.59 for 16 ounces without knowing
more about it and what to do with it. Should I try pomegranate vinaigrette?

(Your post wins the year's prize for best combination of dogs, quilting
and food.)

--Lia

Any chance you could post a picture of Sarah? Inquiring quilters want
to know.

Also, I've been seeing pomegranate-blueberry juice in the supermarket
but have been reluctant to buy it at $3.59 for 16 ounces without knowing
more about it and what to do with it. Should I try pomegranate vinaigrette?

(Your post wins the year's prize for best combination of dogs, quilting
and food.)

--Lia

Any chance you could post a picture of Sarah? Inquiring quilters want
to know.

Also, I've been seeing pomegranate-blueberry juice in the supermarket
but have been reluctant to buy it at $3.59 for 16 ounces without knowing
more about it and what to do with it. Should I try pomegranate vinaigrette?

(Your post wins the year's prize for best combination of dogs, quilting
and food.)

--Lia

Any chance you could post a picture of Sarah? Inquiring quilters want
to know.

Also, I've been seeing pomegranate-blueberry juice in the supermarket
but have been reluctant to buy it at $3.59 for 16 ounces without knowing
more about it and what to do with it. Should I try pomegranate vinaigrette?

(Your post wins the year's prize for best combination of dogs, quilting
and food.)

--Lia

In article 8wZGb.656249$HS4.4674273@attbi_s01,
Julia Altshuler wrote:

Any chance you could post a picture of Sarah? Inquiring quilters want
to know.

Sure, I can take one later today.

Also, I've been seeing pomegranate-blueberry juice in the supermarket
but have been reluctant to buy it at $3.59 for 16 ounces without knowing
more about it and what to do with it. Should I try pomegranate vinaigrette?

Well, David used a real pomegranate (I'd never seen one before), so I
don't know about the juice stuff. According to the ads I've been seeing
in the Metro, pom juice is supposed to be good for you.

(Your post wins the year's prize for best combination of dogs, quilting
and food.)

Heh.
--
Found Poetry (_Science News_, 14-Jun-2003): oldest _homo sapiens_ find
+-----------------------------------------+ ocean eddies' far-flung effects;
| Kevin Michael Vail | superior threads spun
+-----------------------------------------+ the pox from prairie dogs.