el dia de manuel October 16, 2007
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Two days ago a very special little man came into our lives. He slept in that basement for decades patiently awaiting the day to come. His day. Manuel’s Day…
EL DIA DE MANUEL!!!
The imprisoned puppies at the top of this post came from earlier in the day, before Manuel smiled at us with his big wooden grin (and gastly paint-chipped breath.) If we had not discovered Manuel (or he hadn’t discovered us) I might very well be writing about
EL DIA DE PERROS DOS ROJAS CON CONFINIEMENTE!!!
which, as you can imagine, is not quite as festive.
I would take tequila and poorly tuned plastic guitars over imprisoned puppies any day. I think my fellow specialists will agree.
I don’t have my notebook handy, but I’m sure we came up with some traditions to follow up on next year for The Spanish Day of The Rest (as it is called in some countries.) If any of you can remember the details, post ‘em in a comment…
The particular one I can recall is: On this special day you shall never use the last match in a pack of matches… I can’t recall the reason for it though. Hmm.
(Oh, and you can click through any of the pics on the left to get to some more on Flickr.)
Happy Birthday Kate October 12, 2007
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Today is Kate‘s birthday, which makes her not only a Specialist, but the Specialest Specialist. so I thought I’d take a moment to spill my guts about her.
Kate, Kate, Kate…
What to say about Kate?
Mabe I’ll just transcribe what I wrote in my Moleskine the other night at McGlinchey’s:
My best friends are Special (most of the time). But the thing that makes it truly special is that we have a bond beyond that. We all love words (word!) and we’re all smarter than the average bear. We’re all packed full of the worst curse on earth: Potential. And piss. And vinegar.
Well, maybe that’s not completely eloquent, but it was somewhere in the middle of six pitchers. I was alone at the table while Sean was getting his Ms. Pacman fix.
Anyway, Kate, Happy Birthday!
And thank you for being a good friend (see video below) and an energetic partner in crime.
(I’ll do everything I can to make it special.)
TEN SHOTS UP FOR KATE!!!
(actually, 30, and one to grow on.)
P.S. I would also like to suggest that if anyone posts today that there is a special requirement: Kate has to be a central character in any stories, quotes, references, etc.
