FOR THIS, WE ARE TRULY THANKFUL

Or at least, we were last night.

(Thanks to Punky B. for the assistance)

Comments

[Joshkr]

Sandy....I meant Judi not Paris! I do have standards you know!

[djtonyb]

joshkr - Awwwwwww!

I really really really am trying to go to meet judi one of these days. Alas, she really is a busy person, what with babysitting Dave since his "hiatus" and taking care of all of us. Someday we will acutally meet in person, I know we will.

*somewhat funny aside: when I was having brunch with Jeff & Jackie, Jackie (who is an honorary bloglit or bloglit-in-law) mentioned that some people seem to be more interested in meeting judi as opposed to Dave. I said "Yeah, Dave's what kind of brought us together, but, judi's our girl, dammit!*

*PS - and Jackie actually understood that. I told you they were wonderful.*

[slyeyes]

judi is the power behind the throne; so to speak.

Or maybe I should say, judi is the power behind the low flow toilet.

*coughhacksneezewheeze*

this %a*%$(% cold woke me up and I can't get back to sleep.

[slyeyes]

Sandy, enjoyed the synopsis.

How's your mom?

I'm considering dropping cable again. I mean here I am, paying $70 a month. Right now I'm channel surfing and it's informercial, infomercial, infomercial, Sen. Ted Kennedy, infomercial, infomercial, jewelry sales, infomercial, infomercial, commercial for cable company advising of the programming choices, John Wayne movie, cartoons, CNN Headline news, infomercial.

[slyeyes]

Oh, and fishing and Elimidate.

Yawn

[Kafaleni]

OK.. I've only caught up to 11pm BST, but I can't stay awake. And the only things I have to say are

Deon's wearing Don Cheeto's hotpants? (LTTG I know, but inquiring minds want pictures)

and Susan... No, I didn't eat them all. (declines to say how many I did eat. Come on, they're air!)
They're air??? You should be careful about making comments like that around here where so many people speak one word of Arabic.

[Kafaleni]

a driveby farewell for the evening. I said I was going, and then I checked my email. I just had to pop in and send you this....

This guy says to his buddy, "You'll never believe what happened last night."
His buddy says, "Well then, tell me what happened."
The guy says, "Last night the doorbell rang, and when I opened the door, there was my ex-mother-in-law on the front porch." She said, "Can I stay here for a few days?"
"What did you tell her?"
"I said, 'Of course, you can,' and shut the door."

[Blogchik]

We got internet access back at the house, so I spent an excessive time last night online.

Then I tried to take a shower only to discover that the hot water wasn't working.

&*(&()^%!!! Stupid Russia!

So I took a shower this morning instead. And burned myself on the hot water faucet (the pipe leading to it is hot enough to burn you- oh yes it is). Although it wasn't last night, when I was wanting a shower and all.

Stupid inconvenient Russian appliances...grrr...

My roommate got a nasty burn on her leg because she sleeps next to the radiator and must have leaned against it while sleeping.

And yet its cold as all hell in here.

Looks like I need another stint with the hair dryer...last time got it just damp, but it's too cold to live with damp right now...sigh...

(I really prefer to air dry!)

[Blogchik]

OK, I attacked my hair with the hair dryer again, and it's still not dry.

*considers getting a haircut*

NAHHH.

But why oh why is it still damp!

*is annoyed with hair*

My hair, though, is one of my best features. Random Guy at Bar on New Year's Day said, "It's a mane!" For some reason I let him play with it. I think it was the chocotini.

What I need...what I need...is a trip to Florida right now. Or Hawaii. That would do nicely also.

Somebody come out and post, ok?

[kibby F5™]

Hey there blogchik. I'm at home sick, does that count? And be careful with the damp hair.

[Tamara]

Mornin' y'all...

Sandy: Incredible!! Two thumbs up!! Five stars!! A true must-see!!

[Tamara]

Anyone heard from Di yet this morning?

*freaking out*

[Tamara]

Whew! She's alive! Nevermind!

/freak-out

[Di]

*clapping*

Sandy – That was wonderful! Welcome back! How was your trip? Did you enjoy Chicago? We had wonderful weather while you were here, didn’t we?

Joshkr – Your rendition of Cheeto Bandito made me spew coffee thru my nose. Thanks for helping me get that out of the way so early… :P

*whistling Happy Days theme song*

Good morning! And how are we all doing this lovely morning?

Go ahead, ask me how I'm doing this morning... go on. You know you want to...What? You don't care? All you want are my danish? Well I never!

You get the danish once I tell you how I'm doing!
:P
*blows rasberries at the MOAT*

I'm doing GgggRrrrEeeeeeAaaaaTTtttt!

[Di]

*does a stink check*

You guys... I showered... where did you go??

[slyeyes]

Blogchik's sick, Kibby's sick, Alex is sick, I'm sick but at work -- not for long.

I hope you all have your anti-virus protection up and running.

-- sorry, it's the best I could do with cold meds.

[Tamara]

I left, because I don't really like danishes. :D

[slyeyes]

Blogchik's sick, Kibby's sick, Alex is sick, I'm sick but at work -- not for long.

I hope you all have your anti-virus protection up and running.

-- sorry, it's the best I could do with cold meds.

[neophyte]

Wait, me too, Slyeyes, add me to the list of sickos!

I figured out last night that I've been sick since Feb. 2. Not that I'm complaining. /sarcasm

[slyeyes]

SOrry, Neo, didn't know you were still sick. Yikes!! a month now. Oh, and Mad has a cold, too, right?

I think this moat should have the name "infirmary" in it.

OK, gotta get some work done so I can go home and go to bed.

[Tamara]

Laynie & I aren't sick anymore though! Wee-hoo!

Everyone here in Georgia is sick though. Money Boss developed pneumonia last month; Work Boss had Strep last month, an Upper Respiratory Infection last week, & has a stomach virus currently; Daughter, STBX, & I all had the flu last month; everybody's kids are sick; Work Boss' wife developed a weird rash last week... And NONE of this is made-up!

[Di]

*comes back to MOAT wheeling in never-ending crock pot of homemade Polish Chicken Noodle Soup*

*also brings a jar of Mamcia's Cold Remedy which is sure to help any Moatie with a sore throat or cold, so long as they hold their nose while taking it*

*shakes danishes at Tamara*

[«LabSpecimen»]

Sandy, that was wonderful!

[Eleanor]

,BRAVO SANDY!

Good morning everyone from so.so.ca. - storm that was expected for today has decided to go to Seattle instead - hooray!

I have ended it with Sump Pump Guy, because he did a Power Point presentation stating everything that was wrong with my old Sump Pump - !

Large Fan Guy is coming today to dry out and then clean still soggy downstairs - will keep MOAT abreast (hee,hee) of developments!

*wishes she knew what googlewhack is*

*hopes to find out when High speed internet is installed next Monday*

*already knows what new e-mail addy is but is keeping it a secret to build up suspense*

*grabs a leftover cup of Kaf's coffee, nukes it in MOATowave and goes to read morning papers*

[Marie]

Susan, I'm still waiting for my talent to show up. I'm hoping for a Grandma Moses sort of thing.

Posted by: neophyte on March 1, 2005 10:31 PM

Neo: you must be kidding, you have a great talent, you can write songs!

I wish I had a talent for something that could become my job, it would be such a relief not to agonize over "Am I going to do this job all my life? OK I don't particularly like it but there are so many worse jobs..."

The only talent I have is the same as Crash and Joshkr: I have hyperlax ligaments (sp?) so I can put my foot behind my head. But I'm not flexible enough to get a job as a contortionist in a circus ;-) Anyway I would have been too afraid of the porn clowns!

Sandy: I loved the synopsis!

[Eleanor]

Bon jour Marie -

Je voudray cafe au lait et croissant, s'il vous plat!

Aussi, some onion soup avec fromage from Au Pied du Cochon - merci!

How have you been? We didn't see you for much of the weekend - living the wild life of a Parisienne, pous tetre (sp)?

[Eleanor]

Checking English-French dictionary:
perhaps = peut-être Please change above post accordingly - merci.

[Higgy]

Marie's talent is being funny and intelligent and cute as a button...

Also, there's the shiny forehead thing!

Again, I voice my disbelief that there are all these uber-flexible bloglits that are single!! You need to start showing these talents off, people!!

Ok, Di - I'll ask - (in my best Joey voice)
"How're YOU doin?"

Sandy - excellent recap!

[neophyte]

thanks, Marie, but I don't write anymore; seems that creative streak dried up a couple of years ago so I'm waiting for a new streak

[streaker]

*streaks through the MOAT naked*

[neophyte]

umm... yeah, I guess that was what I was waiting for!

[Brat]

Hi all....

Just thought I'd check in now and again. Seems like life on the MOAT is as variable as ever!

TTFN - back to blurking.

[Marie]

Bonjour Eleanor!

*hands El a big cup of café au lait with a pain au chocolat and a croissant*

I really have to go to Au Pied de Cochon and try that onion soup. That would be very comforting since we've been having snow flurries for several hours now in Paris.

On Sunday I'm supposed to run my first half-marathon and the weather report says it'll be snowing with a maximum temperature of 28°F. I'm afraid I'll catch a pneumonia during the time we wait before the race starts. There will be 19999 other persons doing it with me who will be just as cold as me but that doesn't cheer me up surprisingly.

I've been blurking all week-end, not so much because I was being a party animal (unfortunately) but because I was training (running) and I felt like I had nothing interesting to tell the MOATies...

Congratulations on organizing the installation of high speed internet! Eleanor tu es la meilleure...

{{blugs}} à la Bangi!

[neophyte]

Hi, Brat!!

[Mr.Fishair]

Neo- Go to the Goofy pics folder at the Y! for a temporary streak fix.

And in case it's still fresh in your memories banks.

I will now be performing a Flash Dance of my own in the absence and also in honor of Bismuth and his Jayhawk.

*Hops up on the table and Slowly looses clothing in a steamy rendition of FootLoose as it blasts out of my old BOOM box*

*Flashes Mr.Mister at the crowd*

Whew! Glad no one was here to see that.

You owe me a Pitcher of Moataritas Bis!!

Sandy- Beauticimo!!

Susan- I never got ANY e-mails from you. Try again!!

[Brat]

Hi neo! Gee you have soft skin. Hey, look over your shoulder.......I'm back here with the medical staff. Giggle.

That was so strange, I wanted to go to www.snopes.com and check to see if it was a urban ledgend (snork).

[Brat]

Oh and neo.....with regard to the pains of parenthood, here's your quote for the day.

Delusions are often functional. A mother's opinion about her children's beauty, intelligence, goodness, et cetera ad nauseum, keep her from drowning them at birth.

[neophyte]

No urban legand, Brat. I am not making this up. I wish I had! But the story has been circulated by my friends - with my real name attached, I'm afraid. *blush*

On my way to the Y! group now, Mr. Fishair.

[Brat]

Oh and neo.....with regard to the pains of parenthood, here's your quote for the day.

Delusions are often functional. A mother's opinion about her children's beauty, intelligence, goodness, et cetera ad nauseum, keep her from drowning them at birth.

[Di]

*giggling*

Thanks for asking Higgy.. I'm doing very, very, very well... I had a date last night!

I didn't mention the first one on the MOAT, because I wanted to be sure he wasn't a stalker or psycho. Not that any of this has been confirmed or denied yet, but I figure since I made it thru date #2 I could let you guys know that I think he might be normal...

*gasp*

I know, I know.. too early to judge.

[neophyte]

aaaauugggh!! How could I have forgotten that picture!!!

Auuugghh!!!

I should have stayed here and watched Mr. Fisher strip, but no, naive me, off I trustingly trot, over to the goofy stuff folder... and rediscover the twister pic.

[Mr.Fishair]

hehehehehehe

Ok. Ladies!

Question of the Hour. (sparked by yesterdays shaving, bald, creamy shiny things, and that I recently shaved off my winter beard)

Do you like your Man to be Bearded or cleanly shaven?

You may begin.

No wait.

Ok.

Now.

[Higgy]

Mr Fishair - must have been something in the air - I also shaved off the winter growth recently!

Yup - back to looking as I do in the calendar!

[Di]

*peaks around the corner*

*tries to see what it is that Neo is so upset about*

*opens Goofy Stuff folder on ReMoat*

Aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!

*runs around screaming at the top of her lungs*

*hides under her desk hoping someone will take pity and close the ReMoat screen before the image gets burned onto her new monitor*

[«LabSpecimen»]

*runs into the MOAT at full speed*
*comes to a screaching halt*
*looks down, notices his left a skid mark*

*snicker*

[kibby F5™]

Did we have an unblurking brat?

[Marie]

*faints at the sight of MrFisher's Mister flashing*

Gee, thanks Higgy!
You know it's hard to give the information that you're physically flexible when you meet someone [insert funny dialogue à la WC or Christobol here]
When I was young I would get drunk at parties, and sometimes I'd make a "grand écart" and be a huge embarassment to my friends (and to me the next morning when memories hit). I have no idea how to translate that in English, it's a thing that ballet dancers do, when they fall on the floor with one leg in front and one leg in the back, see what I mean?

Neo I'm sure the inspiration will return soon, in the meantime you can just be what you are already, a very talented mother - for your children and for the Moaties! You're a role model! (sp?)

[Tamara]

The last two, I preferred bearded--mostly 'cause I hate that five o'clock shadow, which can cause terrible rug-burn. On my nose, people!

But I hate goatees. I hate the thought of a man getting all artsy with his facial hair. (You are male; shower and GO!)

[Brat]

Momentary abberation kibby.

[«LabSpecimen»]

**** WARNING ****
We're running out of space for photos in the Y! group. Tonight or tomorrow night I will be deleting FULL SIZE images, as I did before.

If there is a full size image on the Y! that you want to save to your computer, please do so today.

Thanks!
END WARNING

[neophyte]

*casually sneaks some handcuffs from the dungeon, and quickly locks Brat up to the bar so he can't leave*

*continues conversation as if nothing has happened*

I personally like goatees. And full beards, neatly trimmed. And mustaches. I am tactile, and I love the texture of hair. Though freshly shaven feels very nice too.

[kibby F5™]

not so glad it's not catchy, brat

lab, what are "full sized"? when it comes to Ramparts I think I have the idea....

[Di]

*nods her head in agreeance with Tamararhymeswithcamera*

Although, on some men, a decorative goatee may not look so bad. But if he's spending more time getting ready than I am in the morning, Houston, we have a problem!

[rita]

*gasping for breath*

*wooooosssshhhh (albuterol)*

Still trying to catch up--still on the last MOAT, geez, already up to Feb. 19. I think I'm a little behind.

I wish I had a little behind.

Two--count 'em, two floral places here in town are trying to deliver flowers to me! No one ever sent flowers to me, just my daughter once. I am sooooo excited! They're gonna bring 'em by school before 3; everyone will see that I'm sooo special! *evil cackle*

No, make that a *silly giggle*

*twirls in wheelie chair*

[Di]

*nods her head in agreeance with Tamararhymeswithcamera*

Although, on some men, a decorative goatee may not look so bad. But if he's spending more time getting ready than I am in the morning, Houston, we have a problem!

[neophyte]

Wait, I just realized that I was making assumptions, and with this group that is never safe to do. We were talking about the hair on a man's face right?

[Higgy]

Neo - of course we were - males are not like women in that respect - you think we'd let hot wax or (gasp of horror) a SHARP razor close to our MisterMisters????

My MisterMister is cowering in a corner just thinking about that!!!

[neophyte]

Sorry, Higgy, I didn't mean to frighten your Mr. Misty, but some men do.

[Higgy]

This calls for a poll.....

[neophyte]

heh heh, Higgy said... wait, did he say pole or poll?

Oh. Never mind.

[rita]

Oh my God, I just got a beautiful vase of flowers from the MOAT! You guys are just the best in the whole world!

I love you all!

*sniff*

[sandy beach]

Morning MOATies. Glad you enjoyed my meanderings from last night. Writing a synopsis of a week's worth of MOAT is like trying to capture the essence of a flowing river in a fishbowl.

*tries to think of a better analogy -- gives up*

Di--Chicago was OK. Visiting the old lady in her assisted living place is not too thrilling. I got her out a little bit--we had a couple nice meals out. Went to a concert. (Classical at N'western.) The restaurant part was nice for me--food we don't get in Juneau! Had lunch at a deli in Old Orchard--matzoh ball soup plus we split a Rueben sandwich. Yum!

But the old lady is depressed and the place is depressing. Happy to be home. And my mutt was happy to see me. All is well.

Can't wait to hear details on your date. You have been a busy girl!

[Wurm42 is alive, really]

Hi everybody,

I'm not even remotely caught up on the current MOAT (let alone the last one), but at this point I'm not sure when catching up is going to happen, and I wanted to let y'all know what's been going on.

I'm not known for living a calm, tranquil life, but my real-world existence has been unusually hectic for the last couple of weeks. Some for good reasons, some bad.

Bad: My grandmother is sick and the family dog died. Some icky family politics going on concerning my grandmother's affairs. Been spending a lot of time on the phone dealing with the situation (Why does the person 300 miles away have to be the diplomat? Oh, wait...). I went home over the weekend. Leetie and others in the D.C. area, I'm sorry I didn't let anyone know, but plans were made last-minute and it needed to be a family trip.

Good: I've been talking to Alicia a lot- this is the girl I met from eHarmony. Have seen her three times in 9 days, which is pretty good considering that we both work some evenings and I was out of town for 2 days. It continues to surprise me how much we've clicked in such a short span of time. (Granted we were emailing and chatting for about 2 weeks before we met in person, but still moving really fast for geeky ol' me.)

Having someone like that in my life again is wonderful. However, it does tend to cut down on evenings spent alone in front of the keyboard. Sorry guys, no offense, BUT....

So I won't be posting as much until my real-world life calms down and I get caught up on work, but I'm still out here. Would also help a LOT if the phantom wireless signal I used to be able to pirate from my desk would show up again.

[Eleanor]

I once told a guy who grew a moustache and a goatee (of sorts) that I thought it looked like a vagina - and he said, "Great, that's my favorite part of a woman's body!"

End of conversation.

[«LabSpecimen»]

Results 1 - 1 of 1 for defenestrated nonagenarian

[Wurm42]

A very kind and charming blogette just filled me in on Sandy's MOAT Opera Digest via IM.

Sandy, I was truly ROLF- great work, thank you!

However....

Ding-dong underwear?!?! This had better be some kind of joke I'm not in on, or I may have to defend Alicia's honor.

Actually, that sounds fun. Sandy, I bite my tongue at thee! Meet me behind the Luxembourg at midnight. Bring water balloons, cream pies, and plenty of seconds!

Oh, seconds. Need seconds. How about, oh, everyone to my left? Sandy, you can have everyone on my right.

*Wurm goes off in search of meringue pie trays properly balanced for throwing*

[slyeyes]

BRAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good to see you!! Please don't be a stranger.

And "Hey" to Sandy, Rita and Wurm as well. It's like reunion day.

Somehow, I missed the part about Neo's soft skin. I'll have to scroll up to catch that.

Re: Male facial hair....oh, yeah. Love it. As long as it's not like ZZ Top. It can add a certain....texture to a certain....activity.

As far as a clean shaven Mr.Mister. When my brother-in-law has his vasectomy, he did his own prepping at home. He wanted as few people with sharp instruments down there as possible and ended up shaving everything. He said the nurses and doc were having a hard time to keep from giggling. Of course, when he told us that story, we asked him exactly what they were giggling at....a clean shaven willy, or...just his willy.

[sandy beach]

Oooh! I definitely want seconds on meringue pie!

*probably not what he meant--oh well*

I'm glad you surfaced Wurm--am just sorry you're having slightly less fun than I thought. But still, Alicia sounds great. Good luck with the family politics...

Off to a meeting now--back this aft. Love you all!

[slyeyes]

OK, I'm clueless...what's the story behind Neo and softskin.

[Kafaleni]

lol sly!! i've just caught up and I'm exhausted.

You guys get busy

Wurm.. good to see you back!

Brat .. nice to meet you, you're a bit of alegend round here.

[neophyte]

Wurm, the ding dong boxers were simply a response to the bunch of Ding Dongs I found here at the moat. So nobody's honor has been impugned. And in any case, it wouldn't have been Alicia's honor, but yours at stake. But I definitely think the battle should commence anyway. *gets out camera*

Sly, Brat's "soft skin" comment was him teasing me about a post I submitted to his site.

[Kafaleni]

oh and facial hair?
As long as it's neat and kept nicely trimmed, most things are fine. Soul patches on white guys give me the skeevies though

[«LabSpecimen»]

Neo, there's a phone call for you. Some guy named Ben. Ben Dover?

[djtonyb]

Attention Leetie: (and anyone else who might be interested)

Chicken Biryani's up on the Y!, I finally dug up the recipe and made it last night. Having some for lunch right now!

Then, I'm of to the Herald to meet up with Jeff, Jackie, and judi!

[Tamara]

NEO! NEO! OMG!! Tears in my eyes! I'm dying! I'm dying, Neo! And it's all your fault! OMG! What a terrifyingly creepy doctor!! AAACCCCCKKKK!!!!!

[neophyte]

Ok, had to google "soul patch." It is also known as a "jazz dab," "flavor saver," and "cookie duster." And this constitutes my education for the day.

[Kafaleni]

i think the technical term is tiny patch of quasi-beard stuck below lower lip.. looks waaaaaaay better on black guys (of any country of origin) than white guys. No contest. Just saying

[Kafaleni]

Neo... I'm hoping and praying that you reported the giant perv to the medical board.... most of that was NOT appropriate in any way. Ask someone with medical training. That has GOT TO BE WRONG.

[neophyte]

Calm down, Tamara, really. It turns out that everybody in the area knows and loves him. He isn't creepy just... um... eccentric. I talked to a clerk at the department store who had gone to him, (I have no idea why we were discussing this in Sears!) and what he said to her was "A pretty girl like you should have the prettiest a**hole in town."

[Mike "Mad's Dork" Weasel]

Di,

He's normal? Well, I guess that's alright if you're into that sort of thing... :)

Hmmm, I better get out of this hot tub; I'm getting all pruney...

[neophyte]

No, Kaf, I was too busy laughing.

[Kafaleni]

i'm sorry neo.. even eccentric, that's just bad.

[Just]

Im sooo lost!

Since when did Neo become an Urban Legend???

And Fishy-fish... re: facial hair. I prefer Goats. Full beards remind me of my dad, who has had one my whole-long life... Goatees on the other hand.... *drool*

Alas, The dear hubby's work won't allow facial hair... so my mind must get a workout if I want him with one. *sob*

[«LabSpecimen»]

I don't know, Kaf. The soul patch seems to fit Tom Waits pretty nicely.

[Just]

*going back to finish catching up*

[Tamara]

*Okay, serious now:*
Neo... That really *isn't* appropriate. People are often all-too willing to overlook "eccentricities" in folks like that...until someone finally files a suit and the truth comes out. If you felt uncomfortable, chances are others have felt that way as well and are also not saying so because "everybody loves him." I'm just sayin'.

And what he said to that clerk was disgusting. My vote is that he is abusing his position.

[slyeyes]

Neo.....oh, my. (you've got mail)

[Kafaleni]

Just.. my Dad had a beard most of my life. Now he alternates between the full beard and just the moustache. I like the full beard, because then he "looks like Dad". There has been one day in the last 35 years that he has been totally cleanshaven. Mum took one look and said something to the effect of "no!" and he started growing facial hair again. There is one photo of him without facial hair since childhood. It's from that day. He looks like his Dad. This is not a bad thing. My mum just likes facial hair

[slyeyes]

Neo.....oh, my. (you've got mail)

[Just]

lab, what are "full sized"? when it comes to Ramparts I think I have the idea....
*snork*

And am I the only one that keeps reading Ding ding boxers?????

[«LabSpecimen» (thinking only of himself)]

Neo, I'd prefer if you didn't report him. Instead, go back to see him again so you can share a new story with us!

[Di]

MMDW - You can breathe a sigh of relief.. Normal is relative... so by Websters definition, he is anything but normal.

I took Wurms advice, (thank you Wurm!) and applied some his suggestions, and I went for it on Match.com. I think I shook a few bad apples out of the tree right away by saying in my profile:

"If you are a stalker, or whacko, you need not apply..."

Good, no?
:D

[Mike "Mad's Dork" Weasel]

For a long time, I had just the 'stache. Then I tried a full beard but it just never came in right, even after several months. So I switched to a goatee and I like it.

[Mad "about Weasel" Scientist]

*pulls Weasel and his facial hair back into the hottub*
Where do you think you are going? We are still on foreplay!

[Kafaleni]

Lab.... Tom Waits? He would be who?

[Mike "Mad's Dork" Weasel]

*bmoogle*

[Kafaleni]

Di... excellent (Mr Burns impersonation)

[slyeyes]

Tom Waits

[Just]

Kaf - apparently my dad grew his sometime around the time they got my older brother... my mom still talks about the time he shaved it and my brother (who must have been 2 or 3) first ran away from him, then kept patting his face like he didn't believe it was really him...

Then there was the person at his 40th bday party who saw the picture from their wedding and said to my mom (standing right next to my dad) "Oh! G__! I didn't know you had been married before!" ...

'cuz ya know... not only could the man in the picture NOT be my dad since my dad had a beard and the man in the picture didn't... but doesn't EVERY woman keep wedding pictures from her first marriage up in the living room she shares with her second husband ?!?!?

[slyeyes]

Tom Waits