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[Lise]

"pimp" seems to mean "make ridiculously large version of" Although the Eeek-clair looks about right sized to me!

I'll let y'all know the condition of the Tim-Tams when they arrive!

Do you ever find yourself wanting to eat what you're reading about? I'm reading The Hummingbird's Daughter, about country people in Mexico in the 1800s. It's a remarkable, wonderful book, and made me crave corn tortillas and nopales. Made nopal salad yesterday (nopales are cactus; you can buy them sliced up and pickled, no prickers, of course). Nopales, onion, cilantro, feta cheese, mild chiles, some red pepper for bite. This morning I heated up a couple of corn tortillas, sliced some left over steak and heated that, threw in a bit of avocado and some nopales. YUM! Some mornings I just can't take another bowl of cereal!

[Nanci]

The team just checked in around 5:50 AM Death Valley Time or 8:50 Eastern Standard Time. David has gone through the fifth time station and onward through Lone Pine Campground and is at the MT.. Whitney Portal with 7 miles until the finish. He is disappointed I know because he will finish about 4 to 5 hours short of a Buckle Award, which is what he really would have like to had accomplished. They will come into the finish about the same time as last year, at 52 hours or so.

A a spectator, I am in awe of the crew and Dave and their combined efforts to complete such a endeavor. They have worked together and could not have produced this result one without the other. Thanks to everyone for their support through e-mail. SEE YOU AT THE FINISH TEAM HARPER!!!

[DrBee]

Do you ever find yourself wanting to eat what you're reading about? I'm reading The Hummingbird's Daughter,

I thought you were going to say you wanted to eat hummingbirds. I spit my cantaloupe out on that one!




Nanci - Sorry to hear your friend is going to be disappointed. I'm in awe of anyone that would take on such an adventure.

[Nanci]

My friend Dave has finished the Badwater Ultramarathon- 135 miles of Death Valley. Time of 51:48- 56 minutes faster than last year! (The other Florida Death Valley Cup hopeful finished in 47:08- so now we have two people to root for at Furnace Creek 508!!)

[maillotpois]

Fantastic!!! And better than last year has to make him feel good, even if he might have been slower than he'd hoped. Amazing he could do that with his blisters and all.

[Nanci]

I hope he took pics of his feet...

[snapdragen]

Ratz

Went to the dentist today to get a filling replaced. She couldn't use the fancy water laser, they don't work well removing old silver fillings.

But, I have to say - a brand new shiny dentist office is way cool. She had some kind of electronic gizmo for the anesthesia (no needle!). And the drill didn't bother me at all. I wonder if the electronic gizmo is able to locate the numbing stuff (scientific term there...) better. Anyway, appointment was at 8:40, by 10:30 the numbness was gone. And I have a lovely shiny white tooth now.

[Lise]

WOW. That Badwater race is incredible. A friend loaned me a book about it--not particularly well written, or just not my style for reading, but amazing facts. What the human body and spirit can do.

Snap--sorry to hear about the filling. Glad the anesthesia didn't require a needle. I hate that moment of injection.

I am freakishly bored at the clinic. Where are my patients? I should look at Friday; I'm probably double-booked all day. I don't mind quiet at all. Just seems like a waste of time (mine) and money (theirs). But I'm on call tonight, so I'm just as glad not to work my butt off all day.

Yeah, no hummingbird eating around here! One, they're supposed to be messenger from the Holy. Two, who could catch one? Three, not much meat! Great book, though.