Yesterday everything was surfing along smoothly,
until I came into the house and smelled something
suspicious.

OMG! Wife presented me with chicken livers
in madiera sauce, over rice/peas pilav, and
for a salad, heirloom tomatoes slices dressed
with guacomole/mayo drizzle.

It was wonderful. She said the recipe came from
some magazine, Gourmet, I think.

She never does this, unless I'm in deep s**t.

And she used up my Rainwater Madiera!!!

I don't even know what the Hell I did!!

help?

Alex

"Chemiker" > wrote in message
...
> Yesterday everything was surfing along smoothly,
> until I came into the house and smelled something
> suspicious.
>
> OMG! Wife presented me with chicken livers
> in madiera sauce, over rice/peas pilav, and
> for a salad, heirloom tomatoes slices dressed
> with guacomole/mayo drizzle.
>
> It was wonderful. She said the recipe came from
> some magazine, Gourmet, I think.
>
> She never does this, unless I'm in deep s**t.
>
> And she used up my Rainwater Madiera!!!
>
> I don't even know what the Hell I did!!
>
> help?
>
> Alex

Don't worry - you'll find out soon enough.

Dimitri

Chemiker > wrote in
:

> Yesterday everything was surfing along smoothly,
> until I came into the house and smelled something
> suspicious.
>
> OMG! Wife presented me with chicken livers
> in madiera sauce, over rice/peas pilav, and
> for a salad, heirloom tomatoes slices dressed
> with guacomole/mayo drizzle.
>
> It was wonderful. She said the recipe came from
> some magazine, Gourmet, I think.
>
> She never does this, unless I'm in deep s**t.
>
> And she used up my Rainwater Madiera!!!
>
> I don't even know what the Hell I did!!
>
> help?
>




Pack your bags, run away and join the Marines. HURRY!!!




--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

You will travel through the valley of rejection;
you will reside in the land of morning mists...and you will find your
home,
though it will not be where you left it.

Chemiker wrote:
> Yesterday everything was surfing along smoothly,
> until I came into the house and smelled something
> suspicious.
>
> OMG! Wife presented me with chicken livers
> in madiera sauce, over rice/peas pilav, and
> for a salad, heirloom tomatoes slices dressed
> with guacomole/mayo drizzle.
>
> It was wonderful. She said the recipe came from
> some magazine, Gourmet, I think.
>
> She never does this, unless I'm in deep s**t.
>
> And she used up my Rainwater Madiera!!!
>
> I don't even know what the Hell I did!!
>
> help?

You forget every year, it's your anniversary!

nancy

Chemiker wrote:

> Yesterday everything was surfing along smoothly, until I came into the
> house and smelled something suspicious.
>
> OMG! Wife presented me with chicken livers in madiera sauce, over
> rice/peas pilav, and for a salad, heirloom tomatoes slices dressed with
> guacomole/mayo drizzle.
>
> It was wonderful. She said the recipe came from some magazine, Gourmet, I
> think.
>
> She never does this, unless I'm in deep s**t.
>
> And she used up my Rainwater Madiera!!!
>
> I don't even know what the Hell I did!!
>
> help?

Well, *somebody* made her real happy the night before...

--
Blinky
Killing all posts from Google Groups -
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On Mon 12 Jan 2009 06:22:44p, Blinky the Shark told us...

> Chemiker wrote:
>
>> Yesterday everything was surfing along smoothly, until I came into the
>> house and smelled something suspicious.
>>
>> OMG! Wife presented me with chicken livers in madiera sauce, over
>> rice/peas pilav, and for a salad, heirloom tomatoes slices dressed with
>> guacomole/mayo drizzle.
>>
>> It was wonderful. She said the recipe came from some magazine, Gourmet,
I
>> think.
>>
>> She never does this, unless I'm in deep s**t.
>>
>> And she used up my Rainwater Madiera!!!
>>
>> I don't even know what the Hell I did!!
>>
>> help?
>
> Well, *somebody* made her real happy the night before...
>

Were you at home that night?

--
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On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:01:40 -0600, in rec.food.cooking, Chemiker wrote:

> Yesterday everything was surfing along smoothly,
> until I came into the house and smelled something
> suspicious.
>
> OMG! Wife presented me with chicken livers
> in madiera sauce, over rice/peas pilav, and
> for a salad, heirloom tomatoes slices dressed
> with guacomole/mayo drizzle.
>
> It was wonderful. She said the recipe came from
> some magazine, Gourmet, I think.
>
> She never does this, unless I'm in deep s**t.
>
> And she used up my Rainwater Madiera!!!
>
> I don't even know what the Hell I did!!
>
> help?
>
> Alex

It is conceivable that all your wife wants is sex. Assuming that is the
issue I must ask if you are up to it

Wayne Boatwright wrote:

> On Mon 12 Jan 2009 06:22:44p, Blinky the Shark told us...
>
>> Chemiker wrote:
>>
>>> Yesterday everything was surfing along smoothly, until I came into the
>>> house and smelled something suspicious.
>>>
>>> OMG! Wife presented me with chicken livers in madiera sauce, over
>>> rice/peas pilav, and for a salad, heirloom tomatoes slices dressed with
>>> guacomole/mayo drizzle.
>>>
>>> It was wonderful. She said the recipe came from some magazine, Gourmet,
> I
>>> think.
>>>
>>> She never does this, unless I'm in deep s**t.
>>>
>>> And she used up my Rainwater Madiera!!!
>>>
>>> I don't even know what the Hell I did!!
>>>
>>> help?
>>
>> Well, *somebody* made her real happy the night before...
>>
>>
> Were you at home that night?

No comment.

--
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Killing all posts from Google Groups -
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"Chemiker" > wrote in message
...
> Yesterday everything was surfing along smoothly,
> until I came into the house and smelled something
> suspicious.
>
> OMG! Wife presented me with chicken livers
> in madiera sauce, over rice/peas pilav, and
> for a salad, heirloom tomatoes slices dressed
> with guacomole/mayo drizzle.
>
> It was wonderful. She said the recipe came from
> some magazine, Gourmet, I think.
>
> She never does this, unless I'm in deep s**t.
>
> And she used up my Rainwater Madiera!!!
>
> I don't even know what the Hell I did!!
>
> help?


Sounds like a guilty conscience to me. Does your pool boy look unusually
happy lately? Mailman? Paper boy?

Paul

"Paul M. Cook" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Chemiker" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Yesterday everything was surfing along smoothly,
>> until I came into the house and smelled something
>> suspicious.
>>
>> OMG! Wife presented me with chicken livers
>> in madiera sauce, over rice/peas pilav, and
>> for a salad, heirloom tomatoes slices dressed
>> with guacomole/mayo drizzle.
>>
>> It was wonderful. She said the recipe came from
>> some magazine, Gourmet, I think.
>>
>> She never does this, unless I'm in deep s**t.
>>
>> And she used up my Rainwater Madiera!!!
>>
>> I don't even know what the Hell I did!!
>>
>> help?
>
>
> Sounds like a guilty conscience to me. Does your pool boy look unusually
> happy lately? Mailman? Paper boy?
>
You have an itty, bitty, tiny dick, don't you? And have trouble getting it
up, too.

Wayne Boatwright wrote:

> On Mon 12 Jan 2009 07:35:18p, Blinky the Shark told us...
>
>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon 12 Jan 2009 06:22:44p, Blinky the Shark told us...
>>>
>>>> Chemiker wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Yesterday everything was surfing along smoothly, until I came into
>>>>> the house and smelled something suspicious.
>>>>>
>>>>> OMG! Wife presented me with chicken livers in madiera sauce, over
>>>>> rice/peas pilav, and for a salad, heirloom tomatoes slices dressed
> with
>>>>> guacomole/mayo drizzle.
>>>>>
>>>>> It was wonderful. She said the recipe came from some magazine,
> Gourmet,
>>> I
>>>>> think.
>>>>>
>>>>> She never does this, unless I'm in deep s**t.
>>>>>
>>>>> And she used up my Rainwater Madiera!!!
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't even know what the Hell I did!!
>>>>>
>>>>> help?
>>>>
>>>> Well, *somebody* made her real happy the night before...
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Were you at home that night?
>>
>> No comment.
>>
>>
> I thought as much.

Well, I suppose I could've given you, "Someone's home."


--
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Chemiker wrote:

> Yesterday everything was surfing along smoothly,
> until I came into the house and smelled something
> suspicious.
>
> OMG! Wife presented me with chicken livers
> in madiera sauce, over rice/peas pilav, and
> for a salad, heirloom tomatoes slices dressed
> with guacomole/mayo drizzle.
>
> It was wonderful. She said the recipe came from
> some magazine, Gourmet, I think.
>
> She never does this, unless I'm in deep s**t.
>
> And she used up my Rainwater Madiera!!!
>
> I don't even know what the Hell I did!!
>
> help?

You're asking the wrong question. I'd be wondering what SHE did.

Have you taken a slow walk around the car in good light?

Oh and by the way, thanks ever so much for mentioning the heirloom
tomatoes. Now I'm craving them. Even in the summer they're seven bucks
a pound, and right now I'd pay that and smile, but they're just not to
be had locally.

AND the gardening catalogs have started arriving. Unfortunately (or
probably, fortunately), my husband has vetoed my plans to plow up the
entire back yard for a vegetable garden.

I think I need to organize a field trip to Soulard Market for Saturday
morning.

Chemiker wrote:
> Yesterday everything was surfing along smoothly,
> until I came into the house and smelled something
> suspicious.
>
> OMG! Wife presented me with chicken livers
> in madiera sauce, over rice/peas pilav, and
> for a salad, heirloom tomatoes slices dressed
> with guacomole/mayo drizzle.
>
> It was wonderful. She said the recipe came from
> some magazine, Gourmet, I think.
>
> She never does this, unless I'm in deep s**t.
>
> And she used up my Rainwater Madiera!!!
>
> I don't even know what the Hell I did!!
>
> help?
>
> Alex
>
>
You could just *ask* ;D

On Tue 13 Jan 2009 12:14:25a, Blinky the Shark told us...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
>> On Mon 12 Jan 2009 07:35:18p, Blinky the Shark told us...
>>
>>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon 12 Jan 2009 06:22:44p, Blinky the Shark told us...
>>>>
>>>>> Chemiker wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Yesterday everything was surfing along smoothly, until I came into
>>>>>> the house and smelled something suspicious.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> OMG! Wife presented me with chicken livers in madiera sauce, over
>>>>>> rice/peas pilav, and for a salad, heirloom tomatoes slices dressed
>> with
>>>>>> guacomole/mayo drizzle.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It was wonderful. She said the recipe came from some magazine,
>> Gourmet,
>>>> I
>>>>>> think.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> She never does this, unless I'm in deep s**t.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And she used up my Rainwater Madiera!!!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't even know what the Hell I did!!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> help?
>>>>>
>>>>> Well, *somebody* made her real happy the night before...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Were you at home that night?
>>>
>>> No comment.
>>>
>>>
>> I thought as much.
>
> Well, I suppose I could've given you, "Someone's home."
>
>

But yuou didn't. <g>

--
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Heirloom tomatoes in the dead of winter?

Wish I had her connections.

Lass

"Kathleen" > wrote in message
...
> Chemiker wrote:
<snip>
>> I don't even know what the Hell I did!!
>>
>> help?
>
> You're asking the wrong question. I'd be wondering what SHE did.

My thoughts exactly. If I went to that extent to butter him up, it would
have little to do with him, methinks, and a LOT to do with ME!!

TammyM, BTDT

<snip>

Kathleen wrote:
> Chemiker wrote:
>
>> Yesterday everything was surfing along smoothly,
>> until I came into the house and smelled something suspicious.
>>
>> OMG! Wife presented me with chicken livers
>> in madiera sauce, over rice/peas pilav, and
>> for a salad, heirloom tomatoes slices dressed
>> with guacomole/mayo drizzle.
>>
>> It was wonderful. She said the recipe came from
>> some magazine, Gourmet, I think.
>>
>> She never does this, unless I'm in deep s**t.
>>
>> And she used up my Rainwater Madiera!!!
>>
>> I don't even know what the Hell I did!!
>>
>> help?
>
> You're asking the wrong question. I'd be wondering what SHE did.
>
> Have you taken a slow walk around the car in good light?
>
> Oh and by the way, thanks ever so much for mentioning the heirloom
> tomatoes. Now I'm craving them. Even in the summer they're seven bucks
> a pound, and right now I'd pay that and smile, but they're just not to
> be had locally.
>
> AND the gardening catalogs have started arriving. Unfortunately (or
> probably, fortunately), my husband has vetoed my plans to plow up the
> entire back yard for a vegetable garden.
>
Neighbours two doors away converted virtually their entire small (about
30 x 50) city backyard to vegetable and fruit growing over 30 years ago
and grow pretty much all the produce they use!

> I think I need to organize a field trip to Soulard Market for Saturday
> morning.
>

TammyM > wrote in message
...
[snip]
> My thoughts exactly. If I went to that extent to
> butter him up, it would have little to do with him,
> methinks, and a LOT to do with ME!!
>
> TammyM, BTDT

My mind's image is destroyed! D-E-S-T-R-O-Y-E-D I tellya! The
Mona Lisa is toothless behind her smile! Perfection doesn't
exist in our universe!

The "Crestfallen" Ranger

It's out. She ordered some un-cheap jewelry online
and it hasn't hit the Amex bill yet. However, I went
online and found the transaction under recent
activity. BUSTED!

It's OK though, she's worth it. I *did* miss her
last birthday.

We made up, and had tenderloin fiorentina
last night, baby spinach greens, side of
farfalle tossed with kalamata slices, capers,
lemon zest and moistened with meyer lemon
olive oil. Dessert was chocolate-mint I/C.

All's well that end's well. <G>

Alex

On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:29:03 -0800, "The Ranger"
> wrote:

>TammyM > wrote in message
...
>[snip]
>> My thoughts exactly. If I went to that extent to
>> butter him up, it would have little to do with him,
>> methinks, and a LOT to do with ME!!
>>
>> TammyM, BTDT
>
>My mind's image is destroyed! D-E-S-T-R-O-Y-E-D I tellya! The
>Mona Lisa is toothless behind her smile! Perfection doesn't
>exist in our universe!
>
>The "Crestfallen" Ranger
>

"Chemiker" > wrote in message
...
> It's out. She ordered some un-cheap jewelry online
> and it hasn't hit the Amex bill yet. However, I went
> online and found the transaction under recent
> activity. BUSTED!



haha! That's cute.

Chemiker wrote:

> It's out. She ordered some un-cheap jewelry online
> and it hasn't hit the Amex bill yet. However, I went
> online and found the transaction under recent
> activity. BUSTED!

Hah! I totally told you so!
>
> It's OK though, she's worth it. I *did* miss her
> last birthday.

Oops.

> We made up, and had tenderloin fiorentina
> last night, baby spinach greens, side of
> farfalle tossed with kalamata slices, capers,
> lemon zest and moistened with meyer lemon
> olive oil. Dessert was chocolate-mint I/C.

Sounds good, but since when does making up and/or apologizing involve
*food*? I musta missed that memo.

> All's well that end's well. <G>

And that's all that counts.

By the way, what did she order? Describe the bling!

On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:04:52 -0600, Kathleen
> wrote:


>> We made up, and had tenderloin fiorentina
>> last night, baby spinach greens, side of
>> farfalle tossed with kalamata slices, capers,
>> lemon zest and moistened with meyer lemon
>> olive oil. Dessert was chocolate-mint I/C.
>
>Sounds good, but since when does making up and/or apologizing involve
>*food*? I musta missed that memo.
>
May I reference Madame to the dinner scene in the film
-"Tom Jones"? The re-past was prelude....
>
>By the way, what did she order? Describe the bling!

Moldavite earings, with diamond surrounds. She bought
them to match a ring she got in Europe. Actually, it's
kind of pretty. Moldavite is green, and I hope the colors
match.

Alex

Chemiker wrote:

> On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:04:52 -0600, Kathleen
> > wrote:
>
>
>
>>>We made up, and had tenderloin fiorentina
>>>last night, baby spinach greens, side of
>>>farfalle tossed with kalamata slices, capers,
>>>lemon zest and moistened with meyer lemon
>>>olive oil. Dessert was chocolate-mint I/C.
>>
>>Sounds good, but since when does making up and/or apologizing involve
>>*food*? I musta missed that memo.
>>
>
> May I reference Madame to the dinner scene in the film
> -"Tom Jones"? The re-past was prelude....
>
>>By the way, what did she order? Describe the bling!
>
>
> Moldavite earings, with diamond surrounds. She bought
> them to match a ring she got in Europe. Actually, it's
> kind of pretty. Moldavite is green, and I hope the colors
> match.

Oh, I love green.

My daughter didn't want a traditional high school class ring so I'm
going to have a white gold and diamond ring left to her by her
grandmother re-cast, with a pair of emeralds from earrings her father
gave me added in, into something she'd be happy to wear. Her dad
approves and I'm sure her grandmother would be thrilled.

I'm thinking of a horse's head in profile, and a dog's head in profile,
noses touching, with the emeralds for eyes and the diamond balanced just
above their brows. The jeweler I'm working with was excited by the
project so I can't wait to see his sketches.

On Tue 13 Jan 2009 01:56:22p, Kathleen told us...

> Chemiker wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:04:52 -0600, Kathleen
>> > wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>>We made up, and had tenderloin fiorentina
>>>>last night, baby spinach greens, side of
>>>>farfalle tossed with kalamata slices, capers,
>>>>lemon zest and moistened with meyer lemon
>>>>olive oil. Dessert was chocolate-mint I/C.
>>>
>>>Sounds good, but since when does making up and/or apologizing involve
>>>*food*? I musta missed that memo.
>>>
>>
>> May I reference Madame to the dinner scene in the film
>> -"Tom Jones"? The re-past was prelude....
>>
>>>By the way, what did she order? Describe the bling!
>>
>>
>> Moldavite earings, with diamond surrounds. She bought
>> them to match a ring she got in Europe. Actually, it's
>> kind of pretty. Moldavite is green, and I hope the colors
>> match.
>
> Oh, I love green.
>
> My daughter didn't want a traditional high school class ring so I'm
> going to have a white gold and diamond ring left to her by her
> grandmother re-cast, with a pair of emeralds from earrings her father
> gave me added in, into something she'd be happy to wear. Her dad
> approves and I'm sure her grandmother would be thrilled.
>
> I'm thinking of a horse's head in profile, and a dog's head in profile,
> noses touching, with the emeralds for eyes and the diamond balanced just
> above their brows. The jeweler I'm working with was excited by the
> project so I can't wait to see his sketches.
>
>

Quite honestly I think it sounds really strange for a "class ring". I
mean, class rings are all about tradition. I would save those jewels and
gold for something more special. But, then, I'm a traditionalist. No
criticism meant.

--
Wayne Boatwright
(correct the spelling of "geemail" to reply)
************************************************** **********************
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************************************************** **********************
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On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:56:22 -0600, Kathleen
> wrote:

>Chemiker wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:04:52 -0600, Kathleen
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> Moldavite earings, with diamond surrounds. She bought
>> them to match a ring she got in Europe. Actually, it's
>> kind of pretty. Moldavite is green, and I hope the colors
>> match.
>
>Oh, I love green.
>
>My daughter didn't want a traditional high school class ring so I'm
>going to have a white gold and diamond ring left to her by her
>grandmother re-cast, with a pair of emeralds from earrings her father
>gave me added in, into something she'd be happy to wear. Her dad
>approves and I'm sure her grandmother would be thrilled.
>
>I'm thinking of a horse's head in profile, and a dog's head in profile,
>noses touching, with the emeralds for eyes and the diamond balanced just
>above their brows. The jeweler I'm working with was excited by the
>project so I can't wait to see his sketches.

As I understand it, Modavite is some kind of glass formed when
meteorites hit terra firma. She says it's kind of like Trinitite, the
radioactive green glass formed from the nuclear test on the
sands of Trinity Site. Ecah piece is unique, and apparently there
is a bed of it in the Czech Republic.

I'd like to see the finished product of that ring, if you'd care
to share.

Alex

Wayne Boatwright wrote:

> On Tue 13 Jan 2009 01:56:22p, Kathleen told us...
>
>
>>Chemiker wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:04:52 -0600, Kathleen
> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>We made up, and had tenderloin fiorentina
>>>>>last night, baby spinach greens, side of
>>>>>farfalle tossed with kalamata slices, capers,
>>>>>lemon zest and moistened with meyer lemon
>>>>>olive oil. Dessert was chocolate-mint I/C.
>>>>
>>>>Sounds good, but since when does making up and/or apologizing involve
>>>>*food*? I musta missed that memo.
>>>>
>>>
>>>May I reference Madame to the dinner scene in the film
>>>-"Tom Jones"? The re-past was prelude....
>>>
>>>
>>>>By the way, what did she order? Describe the bling!
>>>
>>>
>>>Moldavite earings, with diamond surrounds. She bought
>>>them to match a ring she got in Europe. Actually, it's
>>>kind of pretty. Moldavite is green, and I hope the colors
>>>match.
>>
>>Oh, I love green.
>>
>>My daughter didn't want a traditional high school class ring so I'm
>>going to have a white gold and diamond ring left to her by her
>>grandmother re-cast, with a pair of emeralds from earrings her father
>>gave me added in, into something she'd be happy to wear. Her dad
>>approves and I'm sure her grandmother would be thrilled.
>>
>>I'm thinking of a horse's head in profile, and a dog's head in profile,
>>noses touching, with the emeralds for eyes and the diamond balanced just
>>above their brows. The jeweler I'm working with was excited by the
>>project so I can't wait to see his sketches.
>>
>>
>
>
> Quite honestly I think it sounds really strange for a "class ring". I
> mean, class rings are all about tradition.

And she despised high school and everything it stood for. Nevertheless,
she put her head down, leaned into the harness and graduated a semester
early with a 4.3 GPA and a great big Kiss My Ass.

> I would save those jewels and
> gold for something more special. But, then, I'm a traditionalist.

Those colors, those symbols, those metals and those gems and the people
they came from, they mean something to her, something far more real
than, "Rah, Rah, Francis Howell Central! Conform or be cast out! Yay!"

A ring specific to her, born of the gifts of her own family as a
celebration of her individuality, of her survival of the trial by fire,
means more to her than anything I could order from Josten's.

> No
> criticism meant.

None taken. Just understand that high school isn't a golden time for
all of us.

"The Ranger" > wrote in message
ndwidth...
> TammyM > wrote in message
> ...
> [snip]
>> My thoughts exactly. If I went to that extent to
>> butter him up, it would have little to do with him,
>> methinks, and a LOT to do with ME!!
>>
>> TammyM, BTDT
>
> My mind's image is destroyed! D-E-S-T-R-O-Y-E-D I tellya! The Mona Lisa is
> toothless behind her smile! Perfection doesn't exist in our universe!
>
> The "Crestfallen" Ranger

Of course it does. What I *didn't* mention was that the time I had to give
him this treatment I served it to him whilst wearing a skimpy, lacey little
"something something" from Victoria's Secret. Once time came to fess up, it
wouldn't have mattered if I'd bludgeoned his parents to death with a hot
pink rolling pin whilst humming "It's Howdy Doody Time".

:-)

TammyM

Chemiker wrote:

> On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:56:22 -0600, Kathleen
> > wrote:
>
>
>>Chemiker wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:04:52 -0600, Kathleen
> wrote:
>>>
>>>Moldavite earings, with diamond surrounds. She bought
>>>them to match a ring she got in Europe. Actually, it's
>>>kind of pretty. Moldavite is green, and I hope the colors
>>>match.
>>
>>Oh, I love green.
>>
>>My daughter didn't want a traditional high school class ring so I'm
>>going to have a white gold and diamond ring left to her by her
>>grandmother re-cast, with a pair of emeralds from earrings her father
>>gave me added in, into something she'd be happy to wear. Her dad
>>approves and I'm sure her grandmother would be thrilled.
>>
>>I'm thinking of a horse's head in profile, and a dog's head in profile,
>>noses touching, with the emeralds for eyes and the diamond balanced just
>>above their brows. The jeweler I'm working with was excited by the
>>project so I can't wait to see his sketches.
>
>
> As I understand it, Modavite is some kind of glass formed when
> meteorites hit terra firma. She says it's kind of like Trinitite, the
> radioactive green glass formed from the nuclear test on the
> sands of Trinity Site. Ecah piece is unique, and apparently there
> is a bed of it in the Czech Republic.

I've just googled it briefly. I'm glad to hear she's bought special
earrings. It doesn't sound like a stone that would stand up to the
dings and knocks a daily-worn ring might take.

A friend from flyball has the most beautiful peridot ring. It's her
engagement ring and the stone is a gorgeous marquise cut stone in the
most exquisite, atypical, pale grass green, in a white gold setting,
flanked by a couple tiny brilliant-cut diamonds. I try not to covet but
I envy that ring.

She'd had to reassure her fiancé over and over that what she really,
REALLY wanted was a peridot, not a diamond, but when he finally believed
her, he was happy because, "I can get you a really big one". Guys...
>
> I'd like to see the finished product of that ring, if you'd care
> to share.

Will do.

In article >,
Kathleen > wrote:

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
> > On Tue 13 Jan 2009 01:56:22p, Kathleen told us...

> >>My daughter didn't want a traditional high school class ring so I'm
> >>going to have a white gold and diamond ring left to her by her
> >>grandmother re-cast, with a pair of emeralds from earrings her father
> >>gave me added in, into something she'd be happy to wear. Her dad
> >>approves and I'm sure her grandmother would be thrilled.
> >>
> >>I'm thinking of a horse's head in profile, and a dog's head in profile,
> >>noses touching, with the emeralds for eyes and the diamond balanced just
> >>above their brows. The jeweler I'm working with was excited by the
> >>project so I can't wait to see his sketches.

> > Quite honestly I think it sounds really strange for a "class ring". I
> > mean, class rings are all about tradition.
>
> And she despised high school and everything it stood for. Nevertheless,
> she put her head down, leaned into the harness and graduated a semester
> early with a 4.3 GPA and a great big Kiss My Ass.

> Those colors, those symbols, those metals and those gems and the people
> they came from, they mean something to her, something far more real
> than, "Rah, Rah, Francis Howell Central! Conform or be cast out! Yay!"
>
> A ring specific to her, born of the gifts of her own family as a
> celebration of her individuality, of her survival of the trial by fire,
> means more to her than anything I could order from Josten's.
>
> > No
> > criticism meant.
>
> None taken. Just understand that high school isn't a golden time for
> all of us.

That's why I don't understand the "class ring" deal. I never wanted a
class ring from either high school or college. High school was just
something to get through, to put in the time. Sort of like going to
jail. Why would I want a ring to "celebrate" that?

All of my three kids had trouble with high school. The oldest graduated
from the local high school, with a 2.73 GPA. The second dropped out.
He has no high school diploma. He is two classes short of an AA, and
has been for over a year. I think it'll happen. The youngest
transferred to an alternative school, and did graduate, a few months
early.

Like Wayne, no criticism here, just a lack of understanding.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA

Dan Abel wrote:

> In article >,
> Kathleen > wrote:
>
>
>>Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On Tue 13 Jan 2009 01:56:22p, Kathleen told us...
>
>
>>>>My daughter didn't want a traditional high school class ring so I'm
>>>>going to have a white gold and diamond ring left to her by her
>>>>grandmother re-cast, with a pair of emeralds from earrings her father
>>>>gave me added in, into something she'd be happy to wear. Her dad
>>>>approves and I'm sure her grandmother would be thrilled.
>>>>
>>>>I'm thinking of a horse's head in profile, and a dog's head in profile,
>>>>noses touching, with the emeralds for eyes and the diamond balanced just
>>>>above their brows. The jeweler I'm working with was excited by the
>>>>project so I can't wait to see his sketches.
>
>
>>>Quite honestly I think it sounds really strange for a "class ring". I
>>>mean, class rings are all about tradition.
>>
>>And she despised high school and everything it stood for. Nevertheless,
>>she put her head down, leaned into the harness and graduated a semester
>>early with a 4.3 GPA and a great big Kiss My Ass.
>
>
>>Those colors, those symbols, those metals and those gems and the people
>>they came from, they mean something to her, something far more real
>>than, "Rah, Rah, Francis Howell Central! Conform or be cast out! Yay!"
>>
>>A ring specific to her, born of the gifts of her own family as a
>>celebration of her individuality, of her survival of the trial by fire,
>>means more to her than anything I could order from Josten's.
>>
>>
>>>No
>>>criticism meant.
>>
>>None taken. Just understand that high school isn't a golden time for
>>all of us.
>
>
> That's why I don't understand the "class ring" deal. I never wanted a
> class ring from either high school or college. High school was just
> something to get through, to put in the time. Sort of like going to
> jail. Why would I want a ring to "celebrate" that?

I got a high school class ring. Not sure why. I put it aside as soon
as I started college. When the time comes to commemorate my son's
achievements I'll have it melted down. He likes yellow gold. I've got
a pigeon's blood ruby for him, given to me by my aunt, but will probably
hold onto that to be given to his bride or even his daughter, later, if
he thinks it would suit.

It's a tradition in our family to remake what's old into new forms.

> All of my three kids had trouble with high school. The oldest graduated
> from the local high school, with a 2.73 GPA. The second dropped out.
> He has no high school diploma. He is two classes short of an AA, and
> has been for over a year. I think it'll happen. The youngest
> transferred to an alternative school, and did graduate, a few months
> early.
>
> Like Wayne, no criticism here, just a lack of understanding.

There are times when I strongly regret not pulling my kids out of public
school and home schooling them. I substitute teach and I have an
excellent perspective on the process. Wanna witness your round peg
being bludgeoned into a square hole? Send 'em to public school.

"No child left behind?!" How about "all children left behind" as
teachers and schools spend ever increasing blocks of time teaching not
those things that matter, not those things neccessary for higher level
education, but instead, how to take the goddamned test.

And then there's the huge block of time teachers have to spend not
teaching, but simply dealing with the behaviors of the young wolverines
dumped on them by negligent parents. Why do home-schooled children's
test scores kick ass? Because their instructors, although not certified
teachers, don't have to spend fully *50%* of their time coping with
little assholes.

I allowed my gifted daughter to pull out a semester early and start
college (catching us flat-footed financially) because she was miserable.
Her boyfriend graduated from our district's alternative high school
and is an apprentice in a skilled trade and owns his own home.

I have yet to make a decision about my son's educational future.

The system is broken.

Wayne Boatwright wrote:

> On Tue 13 Jan 2009 12:14:25a, Blinky the Shark told us...
>
>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon 12 Jan 2009 07:35:18p, Blinky the Shark told us...
>>>
>>>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Mon 12 Jan 2009 06:22:44p, Blinky the Shark told us...
>>>>>
>>>>>> Chemiker wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yesterday everything was surfing along smoothly, until I came into
>>>>>>> the house and smelled something suspicious.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> OMG! Wife presented me with chicken livers in madiera sauce, over
>>>>>>> rice/peas pilav, and for a salad, heirloom tomatoes slices dressed
>>> with
>>>>>>> guacomole/mayo drizzle.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It was wonderful. She said the recipe came from some magazine,
>>> Gourmet,
>>>>> I
>>>>>>> think.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> She never does this, unless I'm in deep s**t.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And she used up my Rainwater Madiera!!!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I don't even know what the Hell I did!!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> help?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Well, *somebody* made her real happy the night before...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Were you at home that night?
>>>>
>>>> No comment.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I thought as much.
>>
>> Well, I suppose I could've given you, "Someone's home."
>>
>>
>>
> But yuou didn't. <g>

I don't want to look like a tramp.

--
Blinky
Killing all posts from Google Groups -
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On Tue 13 Jan 2009 03:00:42p, Kathleen told us...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
>> On Tue 13 Jan 2009 01:56:22p, Kathleen told us...
>>
>>
>>>Chemiker wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:04:52 -0600, Kathleen
> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>We made up, and had tenderloin fiorentina
>>>>>>last night, baby spinach greens, side of
>>>>>>farfalle tossed with kalamata slices, capers,
>>>>>>lemon zest and moistened with meyer lemon
>>>>>>olive oil. Dessert was chocolate-mint I/C.
>>>>>
>>>>>Sounds good, but since when does making up and/or apologizing involve
>>>>>*food*? I musta missed that memo.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>May I reference Madame to the dinner scene in the film
>>>>-"Tom Jones"? The re-past was prelude....
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>By the way, what did she order? Describe the bling!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Moldavite earings, with diamond surrounds. She bought
>>>>them to match a ring she got in Europe. Actually, it's
>>>>kind of pretty. Moldavite is green, and I hope the colors
>>>>match.
>>>
>>>Oh, I love green.
>>>
>>>My daughter didn't want a traditional high school class ring so I'm
>>>going to have a white gold and diamond ring left to her by her
>>>grandmother re-cast, with a pair of emeralds from earrings her father
>>>gave me added in, into something she'd be happy to wear. Her dad
>>>approves and I'm sure her grandmother would be thrilled.
>>>
>>>I'm thinking of a horse's head in profile, and a dog's head in profile,
>>>noses touching, with the emeralds for eyes and the diamond balanced just
>>>above their brows. The jeweler I'm working with was excited by the
>>>project so I can't wait to see his sketches.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> Quite honestly I think it sounds really strange for a "class ring". I
>> mean, class rings are all about tradition.
>
> And she despised high school and everything it stood for. Nevertheless,
> she put her head down, leaned into the harness and graduated a semester
> early with a 4.3 GPA and a great big Kiss My Ass.
>
>> I would save those jewels and
>> gold for something more special. But, then, I'm a traditionalist.
>
> Those colors, those symbols, those metals and those gems and the people
> they came from, they mean something to her, something far more real
> than, "Rah, Rah, Francis Howell Central! Conform or be cast out! Yay!"
>
> A ring specific to her, born of the gifts of her own family as a
> celebration of her individuality, of her survival of the trial by fire,
> means more to her than anything I could order from Josten's.
>
>> No
>> criticism meant.
>
> None taken. Just understand that high school isn't a golden time for
> all of us.
>
>
>
>

Kathleen, I guess what I really meant was that this is not really a "class
ring". I can understand that a lot of kids really hate school. I don't
think I would like it much today, but I did enjoy in "my time". :-)

I think the ring will be super and quite memorable for her. Just not a
clss ring.

--
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On Tue 13 Jan 2009 04:47:05p, Kathleen told us...

> Dan Abel wrote:
>
>> In article >,
>> Kathleen > wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>On Tue 13 Jan 2009 01:56:22p, Kathleen told us...
>>
>>
>>>>>My daughter didn't want a traditional high school class ring so I'm
>>>>>going to have a white gold and diamond ring left to her by her
>>>>>grandmother re-cast, with a pair of emeralds from earrings her father
>>>>>gave me added in, into something she'd be happy to wear. Her dad
>>>>>approves and I'm sure her grandmother would be thrilled.
>>>>>
>>>>>I'm thinking of a horse's head in profile, and a dog's head in
>>>>>profile, noses touching, with the emeralds for eyes and the diamond
>>>>>balanced just above their brows. The jeweler I'm working with was
>>>>>excited by the project so I can't wait to see his sketches.
>>
>>
>>>>Quite honestly I think it sounds really strange for a "class ring". I
>>>>mean, class rings are all about tradition.
>>>
>>>And she despised high school and everything it stood for.
>>>Nevertheless, she put her head down, leaned into the harness and
>>>graduated a semester early with a 4.3 GPA and a great big Kiss My Ass.
>>
>>
>>>Those colors, those symbols, those metals and those gems and the people
>>>they came from, they mean something to her, something far more real
>>>than, "Rah, Rah, Francis Howell Central! Conform or be cast out!
>>>Yay!"
>>>
>>>A ring specific to her, born of the gifts of her own family as a
>>>celebration of her individuality, of her survival of the trial by fire,
>>>means more to her than anything I could order from Josten's.
>>>
>>>
>>>>No
>>>>criticism meant.
>>>
>>>None taken. Just understand that high school isn't a golden time for
>>>all of us.
>>
>>
>> That's why I don't understand the "class ring" deal. I never wanted a
>> class ring from either high school or college. High school was just
>> something to get through, to put in the time. Sort of like going to
>> jail. Why would I want a ring to "celebrate" that?
>
> I got a high school class ring. Not sure why. I put it aside as soon
> as I started college. When the time comes to commemorate my son's
> achievements I'll have it melted down. He likes yellow gold. I've got
> a pigeon's blood ruby for him, given to me by my aunt, but will probably
> hold onto that to be given to his bride or even his daughter, later, if
> he thinks it would suit.
>
> It's a tradition in our family to remake what's old into new forms.

I can totally understand that. I am an only child. In my mother's last 5-
6 years of life she could no longer wear her engagement or wedding rings.
In her last year of life, she absolutely insisted that we go to a jeweler
and use the gold and diamonds towards having a ring designed for me. I was
reluctant because I didn't want her to give up her rings, but her sincerity
and insistence was overwhelming. I now have a beautiful remembrance of
her. I don't wear the ring often, but I do look at it often. It means a
lot.

>> All of my three kids had trouble with high school. The oldest
>> graduated from the local high school, with a 2.73 GPA. The second
>> dropped out. He has no high school diploma. He is two classes short
>> of an AA, and has been for over a year. I think it'll happen. The
>> youngest transferred to an alternative school, and did graduate, a few
>> months early.
>>
>> Like Wayne, no criticism here, just a lack of understanding.
>
> There are times when I strongly regret not pulling my kids out of public
> school and home schooling them. I substitute teach and I have an
> excellent perspective on the process. Wanna witness your round peg
> being bludgeoned into a square hole? Send 'em to public school.
>
> "No child left behind?!" How about "all children left behind" as
> teachers and schools spend ever increasing blocks of time teaching not
> those things that matter, not those things neccessary for higher level
> education, but instead, how to take the goddamned test.
>
> And then there's the huge block of time teachers have to spend not
> teaching, but simply dealing with the behaviors of the young wolverines
> dumped on them by negligent parents. Why do home-schooled children's
> test scores kick ass? Because their instructors, although not certified
> teachers, don't have to spend fully *50%* of their time coping with
> little assholes.
>
> I allowed my gifted daughter to pull out a semester early and start
> college (catching us flat-footed financially) because she was miserable.
> Her boyfriend graduated from our district's alternative high school
> and is an apprentice in a skilled trade and owns his own home.
>
> I have yet to make a decision about my son's educational future.
>
> The system is broken.
>
>



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On Tue 13 Jan 2009 05:54:23p, Blinky the Shark told us...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
>> On Tue 13 Jan 2009 12:14:25a, Blinky the Shark told us...
>>
>>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon 12 Jan 2009 07:35:18p, Blinky the Shark told us...
>>>>
>>>>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon 12 Jan 2009 06:22:44p, Blinky the Shark told us...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Chemiker wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yesterday everything was surfing along smoothly, until I came into
>>>>>>>> the house and smelled something suspicious.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> OMG! Wife presented me with chicken livers in madiera sauce, over
>>>>>>>> rice/peas pilav, and for a salad, heirloom tomatoes slices dressed
>>>> with
>>>>>>>> guacomole/mayo drizzle.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It was wonderful. She said the recipe came from some magazine,
>>>> Gourmet,
>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>> think.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> She never does this, unless I'm in deep s**t.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> And she used up my Rainwater Madiera!!!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I don't even know what the Hell I did!!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> help?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Well, *somebody* made her real happy the night before...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Were you at home that night?
>>>>>
>>>>> No comment.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> I thought as much.
>>>
>>> Well, I suppose I could've given you, "Someone's home."
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> But yuou didn't. <g>
>
> I don't want to look like a tramp.
>

A trampy shark? Never.

--
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(correct the spelling of "geemail" to reply)
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Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Tue 13 Jan 2009 04:47:05p, Kathleen told us...
>
>
>>Dan Abel wrote:
>>
>>
>>>In article >,
>>> Kathleen > wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>On Tue 13 Jan 2009 01:56:22p, Kathleen told us...
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>My daughter didn't want a traditional high school class ring so I'm
>>>>>>going to have a white gold and diamond ring left to her by her
>>>>>>grandmother re-cast, with a pair of emeralds from earrings her father
>>>>>>gave me added in, into something she'd be happy to wear. Her dad
>>>>>>approves and I'm sure her grandmother would be thrilled.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I'm thinking of a horse's head in profile, and a dog's head in
>>>>>>profile, noses touching, with the emeralds for eyes and the diamond
>>>>>>balanced just above their brows. The jeweler I'm working with was
>>>>>>excited by the project so I can't wait to see his sketches.
>>>
>>>
>>>>>Quite honestly I think it sounds really strange for a "class ring". I
>>>>>mean, class rings are all about tradition.
>>>>
>>>>And she despised high school and everything it stood for.
>>>>Nevertheless, she put her head down, leaned into the harness and
>>>>graduated a semester early with a 4.3 GPA and a great big Kiss My Ass.
>>>
>>>
>>>>Those colors, those symbols, those metals and those gems and the people
>>>>they came from, they mean something to her, something far more real
>>>>than, "Rah, Rah, Francis Howell Central! Conform or be cast out!
>>>>Yay!"
>>>>
>>>>A ring specific to her, born of the gifts of her own family as a
>>>>celebration of her individuality, of her survival of the trial by fire,
>>>>means more to her than anything I could order from Josten's.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>No
>>>>>criticism meant.
>>>>
>>>>None taken. Just understand that high school isn't a golden time for
>>>>all of us.
>>>
>>>
>>>That's why I don't understand the "class ring" deal. I never wanted a
>>>class ring from either high school or college. High school was just
>>>something to get through, to put in the time. Sort of like going to
>>>jail. Why would I want a ring to "celebrate" that?
>>
>>I got a high school class ring. Not sure why. I put it aside as soon
>>as I started college. When the time comes to commemorate my son's
>>achievements I'll have it melted down. He likes yellow gold. I've got
>>a pigeon's blood ruby for him, given to me by my aunt, but will probably
>>hold onto that to be given to his bride or even his daughter, later, if
>>he thinks it would suit.
>>
>>It's a tradition in our family to remake what's old into new forms.
>
>
> I can totally understand that. I am an only child. In my mother's last 5-
> 6 years of life she could no longer wear her engagement or wedding rings.
> In her last year of life, she absolutely insisted that we go to a jeweler
> and use the gold and diamonds towards having a ring designed for me. I was
> reluctant because I didn't want her to give up her rings, but her sincerity
> and insistence was overwhelming. I now have a beautiful remembrance of
> her. I don't wear the ring often, but I do look at it often. It means a
> lot.

I suspect that the recycling and recasting of jewelry happens more often
than you realize.

In college I had a friend from India who had an enormous stash of very
pure gold jewelry from her mother and grandmother. I was shocked when
she took a big handful of the stuff to a local jewelry store owned by a
Hindi gentleman and had them melted down and recast into more
contemporary forms.

I asked her if her mother, her grandmother wouldn't be angry at her for
melting down antiques. "Oh no", she said, "It's so very soft, you see,
and it gets a bit bashed up after a while. It's meant to be worn, you
know? And you like to have something fine. So every so often you have
to get it remade. Everyone does it."

And then there's divorce jewelry, a specialty in itself. Divorce
jewelry is anything made from a re-cast wedding ring but here in the
midwest, for women recovering from an ugly split, the most common choice
is a decidedly non matrimonial-looking ring to be worn on right hand.
Usually on the middle finger.

On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:49:19 -0600, Kathleen
> wrote:

>Chemiker wrote:

>>>>Moldavite earings, with diamond surrounds. She bought
>>>>them to match a ring she got in Europe. Actually, it's
>>>>kind of pretty. Moldavite is green, and I hope the colors
>>>>match.
>>>
>
>I've just googled it briefly. I'm glad to hear she's bought special
>earrings. It doesn't sound like a stone that would stand up to the
>dings and knocks a daily-worn ring might take.

I got it backwards. The moldavite piece was
a drop. SHe bought the chain separately.
The ring was a green tourmaline. She likes
tourmaline. Her fave piece is a strange stone,
the jewel is green on one end and pink at the
other. She calls it "watermelon tourmaline".

You can see the various appearances the
stone he

http://images.ask.com/pictures?q=wat...rc=8&o=0&l=dir


The stone in her ring looks more like this:

http://images.ask.com/fr?q=watermelo...art%253D0&qt=0


That's one hell of a URL, no?

The pride of her jewelbox is an alexandrite, her "Chameleon stone".

Chemiker

In article >,
Chemiker > wrote:
> The stone in her ring looks more like this:
>
(11-line URL snipped)

> That's one hell of a URL, no?

It is. Ever hear of http://www.tinyurl.com ? Useful for just such an
occasion. :-)
>
> The pride of her jewelbox is an alexandrite, her "Chameleon stone".
> Chemiker

Hey! My birthstone!
--
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<http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/amytaylor>
December 27, 2008, 7:30 a.m.: "I have fixed my roof,
I have mended my fences; now let the winter winds blow."

On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:35:39 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>In article >,
> Chemiker > wrote:
>> The stone in her ring looks more like this:
>>
>(11-line URL snipped)
>
>> That's one hell of a URL, no?
>
>It is. Ever hear of http://www.tinyurl.com ? Useful for just such an
>occasion. :-)
>>
>> The pride of her jewelbox is an alexandrite, her "Chameleon stone".
>> Chemiker
>
>Hey! My birthstone!

Ha! I *knew* there was something about you....
Velut luna, statu variabilis. ;-)

Chemiker

Chemiker wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:49:19 -0600, Kathleen
> > wrote:
>
>
>>Chemiker wrote:
>
>
>>>>>Moldavite earings, with diamond surrounds. She bought
>>>>>them to match a ring she got in Europe. Actually, it's
>>>>>kind of pretty. Moldavite is green, and I hope the colors
>>>>>match.
>>>>
>>I've just googled it briefly. I'm glad to hear she's bought special
>>earrings. It doesn't sound like a stone that would stand up to the
>>dings and knocks a daily-worn ring might take.
>
>
> I got it backwards. The moldavite piece was
> a drop. SHe bought the chain separately.
> The ring was a green tourmaline. She likes
> tourmaline. Her fave piece is a strange stone,
> the jewel is green on one end and pink at the
> other. She calls it "watermelon tourmaline".
>
> You can see the various appearances the
> stone he
>
> http://images.ask.com/pictures?q=wat...rc=8&o=0&l=dir
>
>
> The stone in her ring looks more like this:
>
> http://images.ask.com/fr?q=watermelo...art%253D0&qt=0
>
>
> That's one hell of a URL, no?
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> The pride of her jewelbox is an alexandrite, her "Chameleon stone".

That's my birthstone; my mom's and my dad's too. My dad has an
alexandrite ring that he got in China when he was in the navy. The
setting is a dragon lying on its back clutching the stone to its belly
with the head and tail sort of curved around the sides.

When I was little he'd show me how the color changed with the light, and
told me this creepy story about it. He said the old guy he bought it
from said it was cursed and that he had to get rid of it because every
night as soon as he fell asleep the dragon would crawl out of the ring
and bite him on the cheek. Said it happened to him, too, and he'd point
to this little scar just under his cheek bone. So that's why, he said,
every time he wore it he had to make sure he put it back in the locked,
fireproof box in the top left drawer, under the t-shirts.

The one with the gun from his grandfather, the bullets that went with
it, Grandpa Perkin's diamond pinky ring... He died before I was born
and I never saw a picture of him but I always imagined him looking like
an old time gangster in a fedora and a pinstriped suit, 'cause that was
certainly a gangster's ring. Grandpa Taub's gold pocket watch, the one
from Germany with the rubies on the inside (how posh is that, gemstones
where nobody can even see them), the titles to the house and cars,
everybody's birth certificates and his and mom's marriage certificate
and social security cards...

<Note to parents: There is very little that can be hidden from an
intelligent, quiet, observant 5 year-old. Just because something's
locked up doesn't mean it's out of reach and safe. I looked at and
handled every single item in that box, including the gun and the
bullets, unsupervised, on numerous occasions. That knowledge informed
every decision I made as to what was and wasn't safe to keep around the
house with my own kids.>

I want that ring. My sister can have grandpa's diamond ring and all of
mom's opals - opal is mom's favorite gem and Sis' birthstone. But I
want that alexandrite. Might have to buy a jewelry box with a lock on
it, though. It's crowded enough with three dogs in the bed. Adding a
dragon to the mix might be too much, especially if it bites.

On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:08:27 -0500, flitterbit wrote:

> Chemiker wrote:
>> Yesterday everything was surfing along smoothly,
>> until I came into the house and smelled something
>> suspicious.
>>
>> OMG! Wife presented me with chicken livers
>> in madiera sauce, over rice/peas pilav, and
>> for a salad, heirloom tomatoes slices dressed
>> with guacomole/mayo drizzle.
>>
>> It was wonderful. She said the recipe came from
>> some magazine, Gourmet, I think.
>>
>> She never does this, unless I'm in deep s**t.
>>
>> And she used up my Rainwater Madiera!!!
>>
>> I don't even know what the Hell I did!!
>>
>> help?
>>
>> Alex
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> >
> You could just *ask* ;D

and remove all the suspense?

your pal,
blake