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Poor little lizard?!? Your concern (while appreciated) is misplaced.

Lizards are very resilient.

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It's always the children who suffer the most?

For some reason, I'm craving (CRAVING) that velveeta-melted-with-rotel dip. Mmmmmmmm.

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They had some San Francisco Grand Prix bike race running past our apartment this weekend.

On a sunday. In the fucking morning. And it was noisy.

Bells. Rattles. Whistles. Too much fucking cowbell.

I was tempted to throw scalding water at the riders/fans after the 10th lap.

F Lance.

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Would you rather they ran the race during rush hour on a Friday afternoon?

Oh, wait . . .

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You lasted to the 10th lap before wanting to kill them? Patient!

Is it okay to refer to a Sunday morning as "fucking"? I'm pretty sure that is step one to eternal damnation, but I've gotten fuzzy on the details.

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Get up, go outside, drink bloody marys and mock them. It's what I do if I'm not actually in the race.

Actually, I only mock the slow and fat ones.

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If that's how you spend your Sunday, what else would you call it?

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A day like any other?

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Because those are the ones you've met running near you when you do race?

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For Slave, that sort of thing (saying the phrase "Sunday Fucking Morning") actually reduces his likelihood of eternal damnation.

I hear you saying "whoa!" in a keanu-like way. It's a paradox, I know, but true. Kind of like a pitcher who gets shelled in his first game of the season lowering his earned run average in the next game despite giving up 10 runs.

Or think of it as three seconds he otherwise would have spent engaging in eyeball-licking with an underaged set of twins, prior to snorting a line of blow of their waxed private areas.

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You're thinking of Penske. He can't even go sub 3.

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There are some guys who set up lawn chairs after work right at the tip of Memorial Park every couple of afternoons. They heckle runners as they sit back, relax and drink beer. I suspect that they'll die early, but happy, possibly beaten to death by a running shoe.

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Ahhh, Texas.

The only people that heckle me are bums, and they're usually pretty funny.

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Do they throw beer cans at the runners, like they do with cyclists?

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You know entirely too much detail about Slave's "private" life.

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What the hell is rotel? And why would you want it on your sandwich?

http://www.rotelhifi.com/html/prodshots/rsx-1056.jpg

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It's the ingredient that makes a good recipe great. (TM)

http://www.texmex.net/Graphics/rotel.gif

ETA: Recipe

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So it's just diced tomatoes? With chilis? Huh, imagine that. I've gone my whole life never having had diced tomatoes and velveeta - together - in a sandwich.

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What do sandwiches have to do with anything? It's a dip. For tortilla chips.

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It's good on a burger.

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Did you know this stuff before taking up with a Texan?

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Probably could be good on potatoes or something too. But it's not a SANDWICH FILLING.

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Somehow the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

Personally, I think the dip made with Rotel is a little thin unless you drain the Rotel can really well. I prefer it made with a good (or even mediocre) chunky salsa.

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Uh, balt could easily assume my former moniker.

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Yes. Well, no. But before taking up with this Texan.

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Not a filling, fringe, an enhancement. Like mustard.

(Sheesh -- I can't believe I have to school you on sandwich-related matters.)

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Wait . . . you and RT are . . . ? Wow. I really need to start keeping my ear to the ground.

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I did not get the impression her mental image had them melted together in cheesy yumminess. Plus, while I can see the appeal on a burger or what have you, I am a purist. I do agree with Balt's point about draining well.

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I got a phone call on my cell phone this morning while I was sitting at the salon with tinfoil on my head. The caller was nearly impossible to understand because she was crying so hard, and I nearly clicked off the phone, until I heard her say the name "Pat C".

Over the weekend, I got an email from someone I know who is involved in greyhound rescue. She told me a long, sad story about an evacuee from New Orleans who had left her beloved and aging greyhound behind when she fled the city. She was now beside herself and looking to find her dog. Like finding a needle in a haystack, huh?

But I got the dog's name, and luckily the owner was able to tell me the dog's racing name. I made some phone calls to the National Greyhound Association and was able to get the dog's ear tattoo numbers. With that information, I was able to give a definitive description of the dog to the Humane Society network, and Pat C Roundandaround, now known as Rounder, was located in a Valdosta, Georgia kennel. Owner and Rounder were reunited this morning after a shelter worker offered to drive the freaked out dog to Memphis, where the dog's owners are camped out.

Suffice it to say, Rounder's owners were worried sick about their pooch, and having him back is one less thing for them to worry about.


eta... wow, this is my 2,000th post.

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Sorry, in my research to figure out what the fuck Rotel was, I found a lot of grilled cheese sandwich sites. Still, ew. Sounds like that orange crap they serve at football games. On chips.

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That does make me feel good.

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Not dissimilar in concept, but tasty, crazy tasty. Damn I'm hungry.

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Tell me about it. I know entirely too much detail about *all* y'all's "private" lives.

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Is Ro-tel even available outside the old Confederacy? I had never heard of it before spending time in the south. I mean, it seems like a regional delicacy, like nutria or something.

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Remember, you're conversing with people from ArkLaTex. They probably serve this at proper dinner parties, or as near as they come to proper.

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I make really good fried okra.

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And what would you know from a proper dinner party?

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Hank -- are you paying attention?

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Am I a bad person becauase this story failed to warm my heart and actually made me think "what"?

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I thought it was made up and was mocking people concerned about their pets. But I didn't look on Snopes.