Cheese Sticks, Too

Friday, Nov. 18, 2005 - 12:58 a.m.

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There's cola in the fridge and I think cheese sticks, too. Help yourself.

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Regular readers: I don't know if you've noticed or not, but over the last two weeks since coming back from Anaheim, I haven't had a lot of pictures here, save those of my obtaining a tattoo. There's kind of a silly reason for this, but now it's all better: My battery charger died. I finally have a new one, so I can start taking pictures again.

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It's really quite confusingly warm here in San Francisco. When I walked to the post office to send a package off to Old Buddy Dave yesterday, I saw the trees bending over and reclaiming the leaves they'd dropped in preparation for the cold weather.

That was weird.

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And finally, speaking of weird:

Japan radish in intensive care after murder attempt
18 November 2005

TOKYO: A giant white radish that won the hearts of a Japanese town by valiantly growing through the urban asphalt was in intensive care at a town hall in western Japan on Thursday after being slashed by an unknown assailant.

The "daikon" radish, shaped like a giant carrot, first made the news months ago when it was noticed poking up through asphalt along a roadside in the town of Aioi, population 33,289. This week local residents, who had nicknamed the vegetable "Gutsy Radish", were shocked - and in some cases moved to tears - when they found it had been decapitated.

TV talk shows seized on the attempted murder of the popular vegetable and a day later, the top half of the radish was found near the site where it had been growing.

A town official said on Thursday the top of the severed radish had been placed in water to try to keep it alive and possibly get it to flower. Asked why the radish - more often found on Japanese dinner tables as a garnish, pickle or in "oden" stew - had so many fans, town spokesman Jiro Matsuo said: "People discouraged by tough times were cheered by its tenacity and strong will to live."

Awwwwwww. I hope it lives.

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Okay. Have a good weekend.

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3 of my readers commented on this entry

hissandtell - 2005-11-18 06:41:49
Poor Gutsy Radish. The story reminds me of a news article I have somewhere (just looked for it for ages and can't find it anywhere - darn) about a Fijian family who had an (I think) eggplant that was the spitting image of the Virgin Mary. They built a little altar for it and everyone came from miles around to pay their respects and pray for miracles. When Our Lady of the Aubergine started to slump and decompose and eventually rot, the family threw it away. So much for uncorrupted flesh of the sainted, I guess... Love, R xxx
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divacowgirl - 2005-11-18 09:32:43
It is also very warm down here in the south. I can't complain however, I would eventually like to use the cord of wood we just purchased that takes up a huge part of my garage. I was surprised I didn't get sunburned at Disneyland the other day. I love the bay area and miss being up there around the holidays :)
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candoor - 2005-11-18 15:58:56
I can't believe I am cheering for the recovery of a radish... I must get a life, really, I must :)
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