Twas Writ: >Have I told yall he's visiting me? Rael, I mean? He is. His sorry redneck >self is complaining about the *cold* here. I thought it was finally getting >warm. He brought LONG JOHNS, and is *wearing* them. Just like a yankee to think 40 degrees is warm. Jeez. And I was damned comfy in my long johns, FireGirl, thank you very much. None-o-the-less, Maine is a cool place, in all aspects. Sorta rural with spots of city life...mobile homes and satellite dishes...Thai restaurants in the middle of nowhere. If it had been 80 degrees, I woulda thought I wuz in Mississippi (minus the Thai restaurant, unfortunately)...until one of them yankees spoke. And they say *Southerners* have accents...HA! Anywho, attempting to dance into an on-topic topic here, Rael must say that FireGirl is truly one groovy superhero and is an embodiment of The Way of Chile. House full o' chiles (her fridge stocks more sauces than many retail places that I've seen..), couple real-live cool chilehead cats, cool chilehead office, and a cool website which I'm sure all of you chileheads have seen. Of course, she put up those pics of me (a cross between Beard and Manson? ouch! ain't got no crossed spatulas tattooed on my forehead, folks, I swear...) which may scare some folks away, but the really bad ones may be gone by now. All I can say is that from the beginning (CH list sign-on, Aprilish of 95?) I've said I'm a short, skinny, long-haired, goateed redneck cook...with groovy chile cook pants <g>... And that's who I be. And single...in case some nubile out there is a bit of a masochist (not me..) or feels the need to perform some penance... I'll stop now. Peace, Hendrix, and Chiles....... Rael"...Cardinal, don't throw that at me, please...WHACK..."64 (ouch) rael64@earthlink.net Redneck Sous Chef Monk of the TCS Order of Immaculate Twister Keeper of the Faith and a Towel...